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...Yemen is the U.S.'s "most fragile ally." But our country does a good job on its own of keeping terrorists busy there and all around the world. We invade countries to spread our form of government, then we fail to comprehend their ancient tribal systems, their religious systems and their views about marriage and family structure. The rise of terrorist activity over the past decade should at last lead us to look more carefully at ourselves, not the people chewing khat in Yemen. Tom Edgar Boise, Idaho...
...Australia will mark the one-year anniversary of the Black Saturday bushfires, the worst natural disaster in the continent's recorded history. The deadly combination of scorching temperatures and dry northwesterly winds from central Australia's parched desert caused fires that spread over 1 million acres (413,000 hectares), killing 173 people. Over 2000 homes were reduced to ash, dozens of towns were emptied of their populations and native wildlife was cremated on a devastating scale. The intense heat boiled 200,000 trout alive in their ponds outside of Marysville, the town worst hit by the fires. (See pictures...
...While it is clear that the spread of [new communication] technologies is transforming our world, it is still unclear how that transformation will affect the human rights and human welfare of the world's population," noted Clinton. That's because "on their own, new technologies do not take sides in the struggle for freedom and progress, but the United States does; we stand for a single Internet where all of humanity has equal access to knowledge and ideas." (Read about internet searches in China...
...Having seen the potential of new communications platforms and social media to spread information and organize action, the State Department has assembled a team of tech-savvy twenty- and thirty-somethings to train activists, nurture networks and even innovate new technologies. To do this, it plans to sponsor competitions and partner with universities and companies, which Clinton called upon to "be part of our national brand" campaigning against Internet censorship...
...People have been mocking the campaign for releasing this type of ad," says James Fisfis, a Campbell spokesman, noting the criticism that has spread on blogs. "We sent it out to our supporters to raise money on it." The fundraising e-mail claimed that "Carly's campaign is hitting the panic button...