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echidneofthesnakes.blogspot.com - 12/7/2008
Meanwhile, in Nigeria
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Child brides are common and this results in fistula being common, too: Northern Nigeria has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world: nearly half of all girls here are married by the age of 15. The consequences have been devastating. Nigeria has the highest maternal mortality ...

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article.nationalreview.com - 12/2/2008
McCarthy: Sovereignty, Vindicated
— article.nationalreview.com — Transnational progressives are beaten in San Francisco, of all places. (more) McCarthy: Sovereignty, Vindicated

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Still Asleep After Mumbai
danielpipes.org - 12/11/2008
Still Asleep After Mumbai
— danielpipes.org — Victims caught in terrorist atrocities perpetrated for Islam typically experience fear, torture, horror, and murder, with sirens screaming, snipers positioning, and carnage in the streets. That was the case recently in Bombay (now called Mumbai), ... (more) Still Asleep After Mumbai

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theonion.com - 12/4/2008
In The Know: How Can We Make The Iraq War More Handicap Accessible? | The Onion - America's ...
— theonion.com — Email This Video Embed Share Podcast The Video Dispatch Receive e-mail when new videos are released. Featured FOLSOM DAM Preemptive Memorial Honors Future Victims Of Imminent Dam Disaster NIGERIA In The Know: Situation In Nigeria Seems Pretty Complex ... (more) In The Know: How Can We Make The Iraq War More Handicap ...

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