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Baghdad Residents Protest at Wall Dividing Shia and Sunni
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Anti-Labor Bush would veto Union-friendly bill
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Taylor’s son sentenced in US to 97 years in prison for torture in Liberia
[Editor’s Note to Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Gonzales, Yoo, et al: Torture is illegal. You condoned it. This is the justice you deserve. Don’t get too comfortable in your retirements.] Charles ‘Chuckie’ Taylor Jr was sentenced to 97 years for leading attacks against those opposed to his father’s rule McClatchy newspapers guardian.co.uk Son of ex-Liberian president…
