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  • September 2008

    • Return to Iraq: A Fragile Peace That's Jarring

      New York Times  |  Sep 21, 08 9:04 AM CDT

      Return to Iraq: A Fragile Peace That's Jarring

      (Newser) - When Dexter Filkins left Baghdad in 2006, it was a city of shuttered buildings and fearful citizens, in a land that looked as though it would never recover from war. But, writes the war correspondent in the New York Times, “to return now is to be jarred in the oddest way possible: by the normal, by the pleasant, even by hope”—reopened, packed shops, people outside at night, women walking alone. More »

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      Iraq war  • troop surge  • peace  • Awakening Councils

    • Jude Law Plugs 'Peace Day' in Afghanistan

      AFP  |  Sep 1, 08 8:02 PM CDT

      Jude Law Plugs 'Peace Day' in Afghanistan

      (Newser) - Jude Law stumped for peace in Kabul today, urging all sides in the Afghan war to lay down arms for one day. Visiting with British filmmaker Jeremy Gilley, Law said "Peace Day" on September 21 would give health workers a chance to vaccinate children or deliver food. Gilley and Law won a day of peace last year that allowed 1.4 million kids in Taliban regions to receive polio shots. More »

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      Afghanistan  • Taliban  • peace  • Jude Law

  • August 2008

    • Serbs Erect Bob Marley Peace Statue

      BBC  |  Aug 25, 08 8:11 AM CDT

      Serbs Erect Bob Marley Peace Statue

      (Newser) - Eastern Europe may not be known for its reggae scene, but a small Serbian village has chosen iconic wailer Bob Marley as a symbol of peace for the Balkans. A statue of Marley, who died in 1981, was recently unveiled during a rock festival in Banatski Sokolac, reports the BBC. The crowd included musicians and fans from both Serbia and Croatia. Organizers say it's the first Marley statue in Europe. More »

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      Serbia  • peace  • statue  • Balkans  • Croatia  • Bob Marley

  • July 2008

    • Lost Gandhi Recording Resurfaces

      Washington Post  |  Jul 1, 08 1:09 PM CDT

      Lost Gandhi Recording Resurfaces

      (Newser) - A long-lost recording of a Mahatma Gandhi speech has emerged in the collection of an American journalist, the Washington Post reports. In the 1947 speech, one of only two known recordings of the spiritual and political leader speaking in English, Gandhi calls for peace and unity. The day before, he had made a radical proposal for a Muslim to become the first prime minister of a united India. More »

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      India  • speech  • peace  • Gandhi  • pacifists  • partition

  • June 2008
  • May 2008

    • Iceland Most Peaceful Nation

      Reuters  |  May 20, 08 6:44 PM CDT

      Iceland Most Peaceful Nation

      (Newser) - Iceland is the world's most peaceful nation, says a new ranking of 140 countries, Reuters reports. Other findings of the Global Peace Index: The US ranked 97th, below Libya, Cuba, Chile, and Belarus. Iraq finished last, edging out Sudan, Somalia, Afghanistan, and Israel. More »

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      Iraq  • Cuba  • Libya  • peace  • Iceland

  • April 2008
  • March 2008

    • Cheney, Peres Warn of Iran's Reach

      Associated Press  |  Mar 23, 08 10:41 AM CDT

      Cheney, Peres Warn of Iran's Reach

      (Newser) - Following an early Easter prayer service in Jerusalem, Dick Cheney continued his 10-day trip focused on the Mideast peace process by meeting with Israel President Shimon Peres this morning. Both men warned of Iran’s rising influence in the region, reports the AP. "We have this problem of the Iranians who want to build two satellites, the Hezbollah (in Lebanon), and the Hamas in Gaza,” Peres says. More »

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      Iran  • Israel  • Palestine  • Dick Cheney  • Israel and Palestinians  • peace  • Easter  • Mideast peace talks

    • Cops Arrest 160 at Iraq Protests

      Reuters  |  Mar 19, 08 11:40 PM CDT

      Cops Arrest 160 at Iraq Protests

      (Newser) - Police arrested more than 160 protesters today at demonstrations across the US to  mark the fifth anniversary of the launch of the Iraq war, Reuters reports. More than 100 were arrested in San Francisco alone, where demonstrators staged a "die-in" and disrupted busy Market Street. About 30 were arrested in Washington, where activists tried to shut down the IRS building to highlight the war's cost. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • San Francisco  • protests  • Iraq war spending  • IRS  • peace  • political demonstrations  • anti war movement  • National Mall

    • Poisoned Arrows Riddle Kenya

      Time  |  Mar 1, 08 7:58 PM CST

      Poisoned Arrows Riddle Kenya

      (Newser) - Kenya has struck a peace agreement, but its people are still stockpiling a new weapon of choice: poisoned arrows. A primitive arms industry is supplying ethnic warriors with the projectiles to replace their time-tested machetes, Time reports. “This is obviously something very wrong and very new,” said one former police commander. More »

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      Africa  • politics  • Kenya  • violence  • peace  • weapons

  • February 2008

    • SF Voters Nix Plan to Tear Down Alcatraz

      New York Times  |  Feb 7, 08 5:16 PM CST

      SF Voters Nix Plan to Tear Down Alcatraz

      (Newser) - Alcatraz Island shouldn't be transformed into a global peace center, San Franciscan voters decided in rejecting a measure on Tuesday's ballot. Only 28% backed the non-binding proposal to convert the one-time penitentiary and tourist hotspot into a peace dome, the New York Times reports. But DaVid, the measure's main sponsor, says he's about to throw in the towel. More »

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      California  • San Francisco  • prison  • peace  • Golden Gate Bridge  • Alcatraz

  • January 2008

    • Nigerian Rebels Seek Help From Clooney

      Associated Press  |  Jan 19, 08 7:21 PM CST

      Nigerian Rebels Seek Help From Clooney

      (Newser) - Nigeria’s top rebel group urged George Clooney to come heal their war-torn land today, the AP reports. The militants, who often pressure officials by blowing up oil pipelines, promised to work with Clooney “and other credible peace makers" to cool off fighting in Nigeria. Clooney gave no immediate response to the invitation. More »

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      United Nations  • Nigeria  • George Clooney  • militant  • peace  • MEND  • Rebel

    • Bin Laden Son Plans 'Race for Peace' Event

      Associated Press  |  Jan 18, 08 4:30 AM CST

      Bin Laden Son Plans 'Race for Peace' Event

      (Newser) - Osama bin Laden’s 26-year-old son says he wants to be an “ambassador for peace” between Muslims and the West and is planning a cross-continental horse race to raise money for child war victims, AP reports. Omar Osama bin Laden, one of the al-Qaeda leader’s 19 children, is planning a 3,000-mile race across North Africa with his 52-year-old British wife. More »

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      al-Qaeda  • Osama bin Laden  • Muslims  • peace  • activist  • Omar bin Laden

  • November 2007

    • 1 Small Disc, 1 Giant Message

      Space.com  |  Nov 17, 07 10:02 AM CST

      1 Small Disc, 1 Giant Message

      (Newser) - A tiny disc carrying messages of peace from world leaders has been lying in a small pouch on the moon since 1969, reports Space.com . Space historian Tahir Rahman's new book We Came In Peace For All Mankind tells the story of how the disc came to be there—and how the Apollo 11 astronauts almost forgot to leave it behind. More »

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      NASA  • astronauts  • moon  • peace  • Apollo missions  • moon landings

  • October 2007

    • Cheney Amps Up Rhetoric Against Iran

      Reuters  |  Oct 21, 07 7:56 PM CDT

      Cheney Amps Up Rhetoric Against Iran

      (Newser) - Cheney threatened "serious consequences" today if Iran doesn't drop its nuclear program, Reuters reports. "Our country and the entire international community cannot stand by as a terror-supporting state fulfills its most aggressive ambitions," he told the audience at a think-tank forum. One analyst called Cheney's threat "quite significant. That’s very strong words and it does have implications.”  More »

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      George W. Bush  • Iran  • Dick Cheney  • Syria  • Lebanon  • nuclear weapons