Archive for April, 2007
Monday, April 30th, 2007
U.S. Rebuilding in Iraq Is Missing Key Goals, Report Finds
Production of Oil, Electricity Falls Short By Dana Hedgpeth Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, April 30, 2007; A12 The U.S. project to rebuild Iraq remains far short of its targets, leaving the country plagued by power outages, inadequate oil production and shortages of clean water and health care, according to a report to be issued […]
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Monday, April 30th, 2007
Lest We Forget
Iraq Death Toll Passes 100 for April Associated Press | April 30, 2007 BAGHDAD - Five U.S. troops were killed over the weekend in Iraq, the military said Monday, pushing the death toll for April past 100 in the deadliest month for American forces this year. A suicide bomber, meanwhile, blew himself up during a […]
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Monday, April 30th, 2007
Nothing Is Too Good For Our Boys In The Trenches!!!
Armored Vehicles for Iraq Delayed Associated Press | April 30, 2007 CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq - The armored carrier has a grim black slash across its side, burn marks on the door and a web of cracks along the window. Like most of the Mine Resistant, Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles in Anbar province, this one has […]
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Monday, April 30th, 2007
Feast of the Holy Abbots of Cluny
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Monday, April 30th, 2007
Feast of Pandita Mary Ramabai
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Monday, April 30th, 2007
Feast of Pius V
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Monday, April 30th, 2007
On This Day
St. Pius V (RC) Pandita Mary Ramabai (Anglican) 311 - Emperor Galerius ends his persecution against Christians 418 - Emperor Honorius issues decree against Pelagianism 1774 - Pope Clement XIV proclaims universal jubile
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Monday, April 30th, 2007
April sets European heat records
Back to Story - Help By Jeremy LovellFri Apr 27, 3:14 PM ET This month is set to be the warmest April in Britain since records began nearly 350 years ago and all over Europe tourists are slapping on the sun cream several weeks ahead of schedule. Britain’s Met Office said the average temperature in […]
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Monday, April 30th, 2007
Coming Online Soon: The Five-Minute ‘Charlie’s Angels’
April 30, 2007 By BILL CARTER The question probably never occurred to viewers in the 1970s and 1980s, but suddenly it is highly relevant: exactly how much worthwhile entertainment content was there in shows like “Charlie’s Angels,” “T. J. Hooker,” and “Starsky and Hutch”? The Sony Corporation and its production studio, Sony Pictures Television, which […]
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Monday, April 30th, 2007
A college student designed the most visited memorial in the United States.
Maya Lin was a student at Yale University, studying architecture and sculpture, when her Vietnam War Memorial design was chosen from 1,420 entries in a contest. Despite controversy and Ross Perot’s fight against the design, it was completed in 1982. Lin’s vision resonated with the public and has been visited by more people than any […]