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Study: U.S. regime has killed 20-30 million people since World War Two

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James A. Lucas CounterCurrents.org Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:35 UTC Introduction After the catastrophic attacks of September 11 2001 monumental sorrow and a feeling of desperate and understandable anger began to permeate the American psyche. A few people at that time attempted to promote a balanced perspective by pointing out that the United States had also been responsible for causing those same feelings in people in other nations, but they produced hardly a ripple. Although Americans understand in the abstract the wisdom of people around the world empathizing with the suffering of one another, such a reminder of wrongs committed by our nation got little hearing and was soon overshadowed by an accelerated "war on terrorism." But we must continue our efforts to develop understanding and compassion in the world. Hopefully, this article will assist in doing that by addressing the question "How many September 11ths has the United States caused in other nations since WWII...

tragic blow that killed Phillip Hughes

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The tragic blow that killed Phillip Hughes: Doctors reveal cricket ball split his artery which led to 'catastrophic' bleeding on the brain  Doctors who treated Phillip Hughes say there had only been 100 cases of vertebral artery dissection St Vincent's Hospital Head of Trauma Tony Grabs said he had never encountered the condition before  'It's very rare, very freakish,' Dr Grabs told reporters on Thursday afternoon  Team doctor Peter Brukner said the injury was 'frequently fatal' By  LOUISE CHEER FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA   PUBLISHED:  07:34 GMT, 27 November 2014  |  UPDATED:  10:45 GMT, 27 November 2014 Doctors who treated Phillip Hughes after he was struck in the neck by a cricket ball have described the condition he died from as 'incredibly rare' and 'very freakish'. Team doctor Peter Brukner told reporters on Thursday only a hundred cases of vertebral artery dissection had ever been reported. 'There's only...