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...there's so much room between stars that Earth likely wouldn't feel any effects of a galactic collision, though our constellations would certainly change. And second, a crash is still about 3 billion to 5 billion years away, by which time our sun will have transformed into a red giant and turned the Earth into a smidgen of charred dust...
...have running water as a result of the clash. Meanwhile, the NGO Save the Children reports a “severe shortage of food” and the World Food Programme’s stores have been rendered inaccessible by the fighting, while the International Committee of the Red Cross has had difficulty getting medical resources to injured or dying civilians. No matter how the conflict ends, the primary concern should be delivering aid to those who need...
...last Thursday, Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni unabashedly asserted, “There is no humanitarian crisis in the Strip, and therefore there is no need for a humanitarian truce.” That Livni arrived at this conclusion—despite reports from the United Nations, the Red Cross, Amnesty International, Oxfam International and Human Rights Watch—reflects the irreverence with which the Israeli government regards Palestinian lives. Indeed, there is no other explanation. How else could a week of aerial bombing of such a densely populated city and intentionally starving its citizens be justified...
...With red-carpet flourish and speeches by top U.S. and Iraqi officials, the United States celebrated the next step in the U.S.-Iraq diplomatic relationship with the dedication of its sprawling new embassy in Baghdad on Monday. The 104-acre complex is the largest U.S. embassy in the world. "Today is about more than raising a flag and dedicating an embassy. It is about new direction and a new future," said U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker, standing on an outdoor stage with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte. "In the security agreement...
...Monday's ceremony, a long red carpet snaked along a dusty walkway from the heavily fortified front gate to a large white tent specially set up for the occasion. There, embassy personnel, Iraqi officials in suits, contractors in khakis and soldiers in fatigues milled about, munching on mini quiches and kabobs served by waiters in vests and bow ties...