Stuff below the fold

Pinay UN worker laid to rest.

Her crime? Teaching Afghanis to hold election...so the Taliban attacked the UN guesthouse in revenge.
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And here in the Philippines, the AbuSayyaf is terrorizing teachers in Sulu.
seems to be a pattern:The jihadis also kill teachers in Thailand.
StategyPage wryly comments on the Taliban destroying girl's schools: god tells them to keep the girls ignorant.

The fact that teachers and UN workers continue to try to improve conditions for ordinary folks says a lot about the heroism of everyday folks.

But it also stresses the problem of pacifism: opposing the killers is necessary too.
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After 61 years, Catholics can again visit the Shrine where Our Lady supposedly appeared in Lipa.
It was "shut down" by Vatican politics, who back then hated all visions as too untidy...

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Chicago Tribune writer wonders how a suicide managed to find his way to a spot near the river in the dark...

Hmmm....Sounds like Vince Foster redux...

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Female caregivers of those with Alzheimers get support from families and church.

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.... Robert Reich points out the Chinese emphasis on putting profit into industrial expansion instead of paying higher wages may have social consequences.
I don't know enough about economics to commen