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Pomegranates, Not Poppies for Afghan Farmers

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Posted by marvin hepburn   
Friday, 21 November 2008

pomegranate.jpg Kandahar is famous all over Afghanistan for its high quality pomegranates, which are now being exported to different countries with the help of a US initiative by the US Agency of International Development that hopes to find an alternative to opium-producing poppies for farmers in the impoverished nation. (Read AP story on MSNBC.com)

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Baghdad Opens Bridge of Love and Reconciliation

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Posted by geri   
Saturday, 15 November 2008
blurry_mem._bridge.jpgSunnis and Shi'ites made an emotional reach across the sectarian divide on Tuesday, reopening a Baghdad bridge between the two communities closed since a 2005 stampede, the deadliest incident of the war. Sunni children from one side raced to see their Shi'ite friends on the other. Women from the two communities met up on the bridge, hugging each other with joy. A banner across the bridge read: 'The bridge of love and reconciliation between the people of Adhamiya and Kadhimiya.' (Reuters News has the full report )
 

“Holiday Mail for Heroes” to Deliver One Million Cards to Service Members

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Posted by geri   
Saturday, 15 November 2008
christmas-cards-soldiers.jpgHoliday Mail For Heroes invites the public to send holiday cards with their message of thanks and support to service men and women in the U.S. and around the world. The American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes have teamed up to provide a special post office box to collect the cards until Wednesday, December 10. They will then sort and package the cards, and deliver them to military bases, hospitals, and other locations during the holidays.
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Obama Sends Bipartisan Team to Global Financial Summit

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Posted by geri   
Friday, 14 November 2008
President-elect Barack Obama is sending former Republican congressman Jim Leach of Iowa and  ex-secretary of state Madeleine Albright to meet on his behalf with delegations attending the global economic summit this weekend.
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Israel Lauds Saudi Peace Plan Before King Abdullah

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Posted by geri   
Thursday, 13 November 2008
Israeli President Shimon Peres seized the rare opportunity of being in the same hall as Saudi King Abdullah on Wednesday to praise a Saudi peace initiative that he said had brought hope to the Middle East.

Addressing a special high-level U.N. General Assembly meeting on dialogue between different religions, Peres termed some of the language in an Arab peace proposal based on the Saudi initiative "inspirational and promising -- a serious opening for real progress."

It was a rare moment -- an Israeli head of state speaking directly to the Saudi Arabian leader, whose country does not recognize Israel. (Reuters News report)
 
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