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August 30, 2009
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review: inglourious basterds

i know it’s unfair to compare everything tarantino does to “pulp fiction” – it’s just never gonna happen again. i know that. but “inglourious basterds” left me disappointed. the premise of the film is unusual – an alternative end to … Continue reading

August 30, 2009
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For Pakistani Rockers, A Plugged-In Protest

It’s not uncommon for Pakistanis to sing poetry and use it in political protests. So when Pakistan’s first Communist rock band re-appropriated decades-old verses about hope, its songs became the soundtrack to Pakistan’s lawyers’ movement. Full article.

August 30, 2009
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Flushing Blackwater

On August 19, the New York Times revealed that the company was, in fact, a central part of a secret CIA assassination program that Dick Cheney allegedly ordered concealed from Congress. Blackwater is also being investigated by the Justice Department … Continue reading

August 30, 2009
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Senator Edward Kennedy dies at age 77

One of the most influential and longest-serving senators in U.S. history — a liberal standard-bearer who was also known as a consummate congressional dealmaker — Kennedy had been battling brain cancer, which was diagnosed in May 2008. Full article.

August 13, 2009
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Discovery of mass graves in Swat

A fact-finding mission of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan to Swat has documented accounts of extrajudicial killings by the security forces, discovery of mass graves in the conflict-hit region and the unabated suffering of the civilian population. Full article.