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Cultural quirks exposed in Africa

Opinion: From the "You Just Can't Make This Stuff Up" file: "More than 50,000 bare-breasted virgins vied to


HOW HE SEES IT Uncle Sam has rich uncles overseas

Opinion: By DAVID R. FRANCIS CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR It's an odd situation. Foreigners have in effect


Rebuilding after Katrina with dollars and sense

Editorial: Where will President Bush and Congress find another $200 billion? That is the biggest question


Ensuring one voter, one vote

Opinion: Scripps Howard: Our elections of course should be fair, but it is also vital that they be seen to be


BONNIE ERBE Afghan women deserving of praise

Opinion: A little-noticed aspect of this past weekend's elections in Afghanistan was the high rate of voter


Today is Wednesday, Sept. 21, the 264th day of 2005. There are 101 days left in the year. On this

Opinion: Today is Wednesday, Sept. 21, the 264th day of 2005. There are 101 days left in the year. On this


HOW HE SEES IT Evacuees could change political landscape

Opinion: By PETER A. BROWN ORLANDO SENTINEL The idea that the New Orleans tragedy could change the


No room for bigotry in U.S. Senate hearings

Opinion: No room for bigotry in U.S. Senate hearings EDITOR: Any senator who doesn't know the difference


"I think he'll be remembered as the conscience of the Holocaust."

Opinion: "I think he'll be remembered as the conscience of the Holocaust." Rabbi Marvin Hier Dean and


HOW HE SEES IT Syria's terror pipeline has U.S. in an uproar

Opinion: By JOHN HALL MEDIA GENERAL NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON -- Syria's terrorist pipeline into Iraq is


Boardman takes a proactive approach to fighting crime

Editorial: The city of Youngstown's crime epidemic illustrates what can happen to a community that lets its


Jury's verdict in Vioxx case puts infirmed at risk

Opinion: By DAVID R. HENDERSON KNIGHT RIDDER/TRIBUNE You'd think that a reputable company has at least


We should save ourselves first, then rest of the world

Opinion: We should save ourselves first, then rest of the world EDITOR: Our politicians can approve


Attacks in Iraq stoke fear

Opinion: Detroit Free Press: Maybe they were miffed about being bumped from the headlines and news shows for


Accountability, realism key to presidency

Opinion: By JAMES M. KLURFELD LONG ISLAND NEWSDAY Some of my Democrat friends are quietly chortling as