Peace
Neighbors help neighbors with 32nd annual Christmas program
December 19, 2009For the last 32 years, volunteers in Chicago's Bridgeport community collect food and gift donations for holiday baskets.
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100,000 sign petition to stop Afghanistan war
December 15, 2009Veterans and others opposed to the U.S. military escalation in Afghanistan announced they have collected 100,000 signatures "in record speed" calling for an end to the war.
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Afghanistan scandal shakes Berlin
December 12, 2009BERLIN -- Like the peaks of the Hindu Kush dominating much of Afghanistan, the war in that unhappy country increasingly overshadows the political scenery in Germany.
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Obama’s Nobel Prize: world wants peace surge
December 10, 2009Accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, President Obama acknowledged "considerable controversy" over the award, while others said the prize signals the world's hopes for peace.
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The regional alternative to escalation in Afghanistan
December 5, 2009More U.S. troops are being prepared for Afghanistan, but there is another alternative.
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