Iraq war killed 120,000, cost $800 billion
At least 116,000 Iraqi civilians and more than
4,800 coalition troops died in Iraq between the outbreak of war in
2003 and the US withdrawal in 2011, researchers estimated on Friday.
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‘Poor man!’ says new Pope’s sister
For a man who has embraced humility, the new
pope's first moments in the spotlight must have come with mixed
emotions, a fact perhaps best understood by the woman who has known
him her whole life.
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Pope Francis -- tango lover
Pope Francis, the first Argentine to rise to
the throne of St Peter, loves tango and danced to the passionate
South American music in his youth. “I like it a lot. It’s something
that comes from within me,” Jorge Mario Bergoglio said in an
extensive 2010 interview published in the book “The Jesuit,” by
Sergio Rubin and Francesca Ambrogetti.
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