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...Government officials say that more than 90 civilians died this week as a result of NATO and US operations, part of the 230 that a consortium of aid agencies, including CARE, Save the Children and Mercy Corps, estimate have died since the beginning of the year due to ill-planned military operations. The Agency Coordinating Body for Afghan Relief (ACBAR), which represents nearly 100 Afghan and international humanitarian and development groups, released their scathing report mid week, saying, "We strongly condemn the operations and force protection measures carried out by international military forces in which disproportionate or indiscriminate...
...Kortzidis the last straw was a violent showdown with a local nightclub owner in May. After a string of ill-fated appeals to the government to shut down illegal nightclubs and business ventures in Hellenikon, Kortizidis took action alone. He faced up against a team of local entrepreneurs, shutting down a sprawling go-cart business controlling swaths of sandy shoreline along Hellenikon. He then ordered a bulldozer to rip out the operation's fenced facade, and commanded a nightclub owner to pull the plug on a pay-beach venue exploiting another part of the Athens coastline, the Agios Kosmas beach...
...Lifesharers is a no-fee network of about 9,000 members nationwide who have pledged to donate their organs when they die--but only to other members on the list. To avoid "freeloaders"--as Undis calls them--you must have signed up at least 180 days before you're ill...
...tiny, and so far no member of the group has received an organ from another member. But Undis believes that as a proof of principle, Lifesharers shows how to fix the donor mess. If UNOS demanded what Lifesharers does and patients were required to register before they fell ill, he believes, the nation could essentially eliminate its organ shortage within three years. "It's a fair trade," he says. "I'll give you mine if you give me yours...
...foolishly messianic. It didn't reflect the reality on the ground, or even the reality of U.S. policy, which still supports oppressive regimes around the world. It came after years of grandiloquent sloganeering: "the war on terror," "the axis of evil," wanton talk of crusades and evildoers and an ill-conceived war with Iraq. Furthermore, the President's speech was based on a simplistic vision of America's role in the world, one firmly rooted in American infallibility. And finally, there was a fundamental mismatch between the grandness of Bush's oratory and his unwillingness to summon the nation...