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WORLD NOTES: August 23
August 22, 2008Iraq: Who controls contract workers? The Congressional Budget Office reported Aug. 11 that the 190,000 private contractors working in Iraq and neighboring countries match the number of U.S. troops there. They earn up to 12 times...
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Cubas health care: A continuing success story
August 16, 2008Health care Cuban style has many admirers. One reason is favorable statistical measures of health outcome vying with those of wealthy nations. Preventative strategies, health education, and universal access through a unique primary care system all...
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War or peace? U.S. faces a choice in the Georgia-Russia conflict and beyond
August 16, 2008Commentary Georgia, in a geo-political sense, is an outpost of the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) that sits directly on the border of Russia on one side and close to the Middle...
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Beijing Olympics showcase harmony concept
August 16, 2008The Beijing Olympics opening ceremony began at 8:08 a.m., on the eighth day of the eighth month of 2008. The exact time was picked by organizers because of the meaning of the number eight to the...
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One more pothole
August 15, 2008BERLIN — A former top leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) has been saved from expulsion and possible disgrace and Germany’s oldest party, founded in 1863. Wolfgang Clement, 68, has huffed and puffed its way...
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