US media portrayed the Iraqi elections as a triumph for democracy
Iraqis saw it as a vote to end the foreign occupation of their country

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Jerusalem is at the centre of three of the world's major religions - i expect that's why it's such a violent place

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love of money is the root of all evil?
try telling that to Cheyney and Halliburton

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God's Rottweiler romps home at 5:1 in papal contest

not that i've got anything against transvestites, or Germans -
but popes... hmm...

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Happy Bicycle Day (16th April)

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1 in 4 US soldiers returning from Iraq are said to have a mental health problem. And what is the figure for Iraqi detainees released from US detention centres?

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vote Labour, get Blair - get Blair, get Bush

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the US spends 30 times more on military strategies than on developmental help - if it was the other way round the world would be a safer place

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The US and the UK are the world's two largest arms exporters
it's vital for their economies that the world does not run out of wars

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"China would never pose a threat to any country" - Wen Jiabao

well it already poses a threat to a lot of Chinese people

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/1425570.stm

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"a new dawn is breaking" - Tony Blair
yes - it shattered under the weight of New Labour spin

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former US commander in Iraq sanctioned the Abu Ghraib abuse - not surprising given American expertise in interrogation and torture techniques

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today is a day of mourning - my friend's pet gerbil died last night - ok, so he didn't live in a magnificent palace looked after by a troupe of Polish virgins, and he didn't wear fabulously embroided dresses, or ride around in bullet-proof limousines - but hey, we're all equal in the sight of God, right?

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Africa's share of the global economy has halved in the last 20 years - and people are still saying globalisation doesn't work - well it's working ok for the G8 countries

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the purpose of intelligence agencies is to provide justifications for government policies

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