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Peacework Transition to Online Blogging & Nonviolent Dialogue Platform - Print Publication to Cease After 37 years
Posted September 10th, 2009 by sdiener in
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September 2009
Dear Peacework Readers,
With sadness, we write to inform you that Peacework Magazine will end publication with its September 2009 issue. As you know, we have tried various measures to keep the magazine going, but in today’s economy our beloved print publication is simply not sustainable.
Dallas Morning News AP Story Lies About US Inflicted Deaths in Afghanistan
Posted August 12th, 2009 by sdiener in
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In an AP story posted on the Dallas Morning News Site, "Soldier, civilian deaths from bombs soar in Afghanistan" posted on 12:00 am CDT on Wednesday, August 12, 2009, the paper (or the news-service) claimed that, "A recent U.N. report said at least 1,013 civilians were killed in the first six months of this year by insurgents bombs, compared with 818 for the same period in 2008 – a 24 percent increase."
