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...they all agree. That's the impression I get by members of political parties, who themselves represent more people. The alternative to not de-Baathifying at the time, I think would have led to an enormous amount of violence. A lot of people would have gotten killed. I think we save a lot of lives. I would offer in evidence simply what happened in comparable circumstances in Europe at the end of (World War II) when tens of thousands of people were killed in revenge killings. We had very little of that here...
...bishops will hear from a task force, led by Washington Archbishop Theodore Cardinal McCarrick, that is supposed to give them a set of guidelines on the issue shortly after the election. McCarrick has said he has "not gotten comfortable" with the idea of confronting anyone at the altar, even as he has asserted that Catholics conscious of grave sin should not take Communion. The antiabortion group American Life League responded in early May with full-page newspaper ads in the Washington Times featuring a picture of the crucified Christ and asking, CARDINAL MCCARRICK: ARE YOU COMFORTABLE...
...Although the panda population is undoubtedly larger than 20 years ago, the WWF says that it has also simply gotten better at counting. Satellite photography, computers and better access on the ground give researchers a more accurate reading. If the giant panda population is to grow further, China must continue to expand its network of linked nature reserves?which Li says will also benefit some of China's other endangered species, such as the golden monkey and the takin. If that happens, China's environmental critics will have even better news to celebrate...
...would they want a man who had expanded the scope of every job that he had been in...unless they wanted a president like that,” Tarullo says. “It seems that has been exactly what they have gotten...
...Crimson beat Princeton on the way to its match against Ivy champion Penn on the Quakers’ Senior Night. Harvard gave as good as it had gotten in the Palestra, taking the lead in the final minutes and spoiling Penn’s final hurrah at home with...