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Funds for Great Lakes make smart investment

Advocates for the world's greatest freshwater resource are gathering Thursday in Washington, D.C., for Great Lakes Day. As we do, the citizens of Michigan and of all the states in the Great Lakes region should take time to recognize the importance of these priceless bodies of water and what we need to do collectively to protect and preserve them.

A Million Iraqi Victims… Do They Deserve an International Tribunal?

Over one million Iraqi citizens have died since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 according to the recent survey conducted by (ORB) Opinion Research Business. The survey found that 20% of the Iraqi citizens had had at least one death in their household as a result of the conflict, rather than natural causes. Narmin Othman, Iraqi Minister of State for Women's Affairs said in an interview to Al-hayatt newspaper (1/2/2008) "over two million Iraqi women lost their husbands and were left without any supporter for themselves and their kids. They became victims of tyranny, poverty and exploitation". US Department of Defense announced that about 600 Iraqi children, most between 15 and 17 years old, are detained in the Camp Cropper prison, which is a holding facility for security detainees operated by the United States Army near Baghdad International Airport.