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The Knockoff Won?t Be Knocked Off (New York Times)

With media coverage of fashion so broad and instantaneous, consumers have been conditioned to seek out the latest styles and they expect more for less.

Palestinian infighting in Gaza escalates, 9 killed (AP via Yahoo! News)

Hamas forces battled Fatah-linked fighters with mortars and machine guns in a crowded Gaza neighborhood Saturday, leaving at least nine dead in the worst Palestinian infighting in nine months.

Jesus Freaks Trying to Control the Vagina

This is mass madness. It's an uncontrollable diety-like urge to control how and when a female can get impregnated. In the name of religion, George Bush has proposed a new act to take away more reproductive rights of women and to protect crazy loon doctors who refuse birth control in the name of Jesus Christ. Here's a sum up: "Under the guise of rules to protect antiabortion nurses and doctors from discrimination in hiring, a proposed new regulation would expand the definition of abortion to

Iraqi Forces Mass Outside Southern City of Amara - New York Times

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Iraqi Forces Mass Outside Southern City of Amara New York Times, United States - 13 hours ago The operation is the Iraqi army’s fourth this year to regain control over militia-dominated cities. Though disparate in their specific blend of violence and ... Life Under Muqtada: Inside Baghdad's Shiite Slums AlterNet Iraqi Troops Mass for Assault in South New York Times Iraqi Forces Mass Outside Southern City of Amara New York Times New York Times all 756 news articles