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90,000 civilians 'killed in Iraq war' over five years H/T DJ Elliott who writes - 'Interesting stats - especially the bottom. Big difference from the propaganda put out. And still a lower death rate than Venezuala during the same period...'

25 Rules To Grow Rich By

B-17 veteran back in air aboard a WWII-era bomber

The Weather Isn't Getting Weirder

N.Y. Stock Exchange being bought by Germans

Kidnappers use Google to research, select victims

Growth stalls, falls for largest U.S. churches

Radiation would nix sex in space: NASA

US court clears way for bison slaughter

Beck Runs the Numbers on Obama's Deficits: "Mr. President, I Could Be Missing Something or Maybe You're Just Lying"

Amazing U.S. snow cover retreat in six days

How much oil does Saudi Arabia actually have?

We'd better brace for a 'G-Zero' world

Ice queens of the Arab world

Elderly facing eviction from NHS beds: After damning report on hospital care, legal moves to force patients off wards

Has Indian inventor REALLY made a Back to the Future style flying car?

General Petraeus 'to quit as Afghanistan commander'

Families of HMS Poseidon victims urge David Cameron to press China for answers

Bahrain: protesters threaten Egypt-style permanent demonstration

Russian foreign minister criticises the West for supporting Arab protests

Japan vows to find 12,000 fallen Iwo Jima soliders

Intelligence Agency's Murky Past: The Nazi Criminals Who Became German Spooks