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  • August 2008

    • Megapastor Aims to Save Not Only Souls, but Lives

      Time  |  Aug 9, 08 5:07 PM CDT

      Megapastor Aims to Save Not Only Souls, but Lives

      (Newser) - Megapastor Rick Warren, he of The Purpose Driven Life , has moved from organizing churches to save souls to organizing churches to save lives, Time reports. At the forefront of the new wave of Evangelicals, the hyper-energetic Warren launched a worldwide initiative, called PEACE, to use churches to fight poverty and preventable disease. He plans to mobilize a billion Christians. More »

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      election 2008  • evangelicals  • Rick Warren  • Saddleback Church  • international aid  • humanitarian organizations

  • July 2008

    • US Military Showing Softer Side

      Boston Globe  |  Jul 28, 08 2:08 PM CDT

      US Military Showing Softer Side

      (Newser) - Despite recent focus on shooting wars, the Defense Department has tweaked the core mission of US armed forces to promote “soft power,” such as humanitarian aid, the Boston Globe reports. Some civilian onlookers say the foreign policy is “out of whack,” and “too dominated by the military.” One Pacific commander says his job, “more often than not,” is to provide aid. More »

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      Department of Defense  • disaster zones  • humanitarian aid  • medical care  • US military aid  • international aid

  • June 2008

    • In Afghanistan, Laura Bush Urges Support

      Reuters  |  Jun 8, 08 1:31 PM CDT

      In Afghanistan, Laura Bush Urges Support

      (Newser) - During an unannounced visit to Kabul today, Laura Bush urged the international community not to pull support from Afghanistan, highlighting successes in reconstruction and improved women’s rights, Reuters reports. The first lady's visit came even as Afghan, US, and NATO forces fight to contain a Taliban guerilla war in which the group and its al-Qaeda allies have vowed to increase suicide bombings to deter international aid to the country. More »

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      Afghanistan  • al-Qaeda  • Taliban  • War on Terror  • NATO  • Kabul  • Laura Bush  • international aid

  • May 2008

    • Make Dams and Food, Not War and Ethanol

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 22, 08 4:55 PM CDT

      Make Dams and Food, Not War and Ethanol

      (Newser) - Ethanol is among the "poor solutions to high-profile problems" researcher Bjorn Lomborg blasts in the Wall Street Journal . According to calculations by his Copenhagen Consensus, “carbon mitigation policies” return only 90 cents for every dollar spent; in contrast, he writes, $1 billion spent on tuberculosis would result in an “annual economic benefit” of $30 billion. More »

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      Iraq war  • carbon emissions  • Iraq war spending  • philanthropy  • civil war  • food shortage  • environmental impact  • international aid

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