Letter About Palin Goes Viral Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:05:00 -0400 This week in Wasilla, Alaska, a woman named Anne Kilkenny sent a letter to some college friends about her former mayor, Sarah Palin. By week's end, the letter was pinging around the country and Kilkenny's phone was ringing off the hook. Teen Sex, Sex Education And Sarah Palin Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:39:00 -0400 Gov. Sarah Palin has been a strong supporter of programs that advocate abstinence until marriage, and she also opposes explicit sex education. Alaska's law is silent on these issues, however, and it provides no specific funding for sex education in the schools. Examining Palin's Pentecostal Background Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:14:00 -0400 Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has electrified religious conservatives who see her as one of their own. The Republican vice presidential candidate brings evangelical credentials to the ticket and has a Pentecostal background.
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ABC News Online: Attack on Terror - Continuous coverage including news, multimedia, picture gallery and discussion forum. Australia.
Ananova: War on Terrorism - News stories. UK.
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Asia Times: September 11 - Offers articles and commentary on the present situation, and archival material from September 11, 2001.
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Asia Times: War and Terror - News, archivated analysis and commentary. Thailand.
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BBC: Investigating Terror - Information about the key people, organisations, places and the evidence linking them. UK.
BBC: War on Al-Qaeda - News and analysis, fact files, backgrounders, key players, photos, audio and video clips about Afghanistan. UK.
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Boston Globe: Fighting Terrorism - Articles, profiles, timeline, photos, graphics, video, background information and web resources. Message boards. USA.
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Chicago Sun Times: America Fights Back - Daily story archive, photo gallery and online memorial. USA.
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Christian Science Monitor: A Changed World - Compilation of news, in-depth coverage, slice shows, QA and transcripts. Chat and talkboards. USA.
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CNN: War Against Terror - News, analysis, commentary, interactives, photos, video, audio and web resources. USA.
Final Call: America at War - Weblog of news, editorials and opinions intended to reflect an assortment of news sources and views outside of mainstream media, not necessarily reflecting the views of Nation of Islam, the host website.
Guardian: Attack on Afghanistan - Ongoing coverage: news, comment and analysis, focus by country, what the other papers say, audio, video and interactive. Covers September 11 through November 20. UK.
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Irish Independent: US Retaliation - News coverage including background and analysis, archive, photo gallery and graphics. Ireland.
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: War on Terrorism - News articles and commentary, audio and video clips, graphics, photos and web resources. Bin Laden profile and 'from the wires' section. USA.
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MSNBC: America at War - Continuing coverage from the war zone, the home front and the diplomatic front. Key documents and speeches, interactives and slide shows. USA.
New York Times: A Nation Challenged - Archives by day and subject including news and commentary, interviews, photographer's journals, graphics, video, audio, interactives and readers' opinions. Learning Network for students and Portraits of Grief. Requires free registration. USA.
New Zealand News: War Against Terrorism - Story archive organized by date. New Zealand.
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404OneWorld.net: US Counter-Attack - Ongoing worldwide weblog of news, commentary and related guides to the associated issues.
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PBS: America Responds - Analysis and insight, plus background resources. Public Broadcasting System, USA.
rediff.com: America's War on Terror - Collection of news and commentary, interviews, photos and links. India.
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404RFE/RL: War on Terror - Complete archive of stories by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. USA.
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404South China Morning Post: War on Terrorism - News archive with photos. Hong Kong
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404Spiked: After 11 September - Ongoing collection of articles and commentary. UK.
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Telegraph Newspaper - War on Terrorism Factfile - Updated and archived news reports and analysis on the War on Terrorism. Requires free registration.
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Telegraph: War on Terrorism - Continuing coverage including daily story archive, comment and analysis, speeches, the Blair initiative, picture gallery and web resources. Message board. UK.
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The Age: War on Terror - Continuing in-depth coverage with full story archive by date, commentary, photos, graphics, audio, video and related links. Message board. Australia.
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The Atlantic: War on Terrorism - Atlantic Monthly features relevant to the War on Terrorism. USA.
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The Mercury: War on Terror - News, picture gallery and audio files. Australia.
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The Oregonian: America Retaliates - Daily archives of news and commentary, victims, impacts, multimedia, breaking news and web links. USA.
The Seattle Times. Understanding the Conflict - Comprehensive background reports on terrorism, US foreign policy, the military, the region, Islam, September 11, and Crossing America. Also photo galleries, graphics, video, discussion guide for teachers and parents plus web and non-web resources. USA.
500TIDES World Press Reports - Daily weblog focused on US security interests, from over 80 mostly-foreign news sources shaping public perceptions globally. From TIDES (Translingual Information Detection, Extraction and Summarization).
TIMEasia.com: War on Terror - A collection of news, commentaries and photo essays, focusing on the Asian point of view.
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Wall Street Journal: Aftermath of Terror - Complete story archive organized by date into several collections, plus interactive maps and updates on victims. Requires paid subscription to access. USA.
War Times - Magazine with articles documenting the costs of militarism and the war on terrorism. Includes back issues, subscription information, action ideas, and volunteer opportunities.
Washington Post: America at War - Archive of news stories, editorials and columns organized by subject and date, plus letters, backgrounders on suspects, speeches, photo galleries, graphics, multimedia and web resources. Online discussions. USA.
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World Press Review: Battle Without Borders - The War Against Terror - A review of international coverage of the war against terrorism.
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Yahoo! News: U.S. Full Coverage on Terrorism - Weblog of news and opinion, audio, video, photos, interactives and web resources relating to the attack on America. USA.
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