North, South Sudan Leaders Agree to Protect Oil Fields During Referendum

The authorities in northern and southern Sudan agreed to protect the nation’s oil fields and workers during the south’s independence referendum next month, the minister of internal affairs in the southern government said.

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"By Fire, By Water," and "Mary Ann in Autumn"

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Whatever Happened to the War on Christmas?

Media watchers in the year in 2010 might not believe it, but there was a time in America--say, 2005--when the holiday season meant joy, mirth, and spirited debate about the purported existence of a "war on Christmas." Bill O'Reilly said that "outside of the war on terror, this culture war is the most important thing happening in the country today" while papers like The New York Times and ...

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