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Published: 09/22/10

Missing Artifacts Found in Iraqi PM's Office, No Foul Play Suspected

By  Paul Wachter - AOL News
Missing Artifacts Found in Iraqi PM's Office, No Foul Play Suspected

(Sept. 22) -- Hundreds of Iraqi artifacts that had been spirited out of the country during the war, recovered and lost again have been found (finally!) in the prime minister's office. According to Iraq's antiquities minister, the items were misplaced, and no accusations have been made against Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in the matter. "The 638 items include pieces of jewelry, bronze figurines and cylindrical seals from the world's most ancient civilizations that were looted from the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion," reports The Associated Press. "After ...

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Published: 06/15/10

Abortion and Regret: The Remorse Can Cut Both Ways

By  Delia Lloyd - Politics Daily
Abortion and Regret: The Remorse Can Cut Both Ways

There's a scene in the movie "Fish Tank," often hailed as the U.K.'s answer to "Precious," in which the mother of the 15-year-old heroine tells her daughter that she'd intended to abort her. It's a difficult thing to listen to -- and to watch the mixture of pain, anger and confusion that passes across the teenage daughter's face. But one of the many things this brutally realistic film forces you to do is confront the question of what each of these female's lives might have been like without the other. In the Woman Up thread that's coalescing around the issue of feminism and abortion and ...

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Published: 02/2/10

Opinion: Oscar Shortchanges Small Movies

By  not in system - AOL News
Opinion: Oscar Shortchanges Small Movies

(Feb. 2) – The Oscars are just about the only time each year when small movies are on equal footing with big ones, when our national conversation about movies focuses on merit and not just on box office. Or at least that used to be the case, until Tuesday morning. Thanks to the new Oscar rules, in a case of reverse affirmative action, the expansion of the Best Picture category from five slots to 10 gives big studio blockbusters an awards boost, at the expense of the smaller (usually independent or foreign) movies that need and deserve attention, at the one time of year that they might ...

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Published: 11/11/09

Growing Up at 16 -- Ready or Not

By  Bonnie Goldstein - Politics Daily
Growing Up at 16 -- Ready or Not

Thanks for the mini-review of "Precious," Mia. The Lee Daniels film about the neglect and abuse of a 16-year-old girl has not opened yet where I live, but by next weekend, when it does, I hope I'll have developed the emotional fortitude to watch it. The film's fictional depiction of very real violence and cruelty toward an unloved and unlovely teenage girl in 1987 Harlem, based on the novel "Push," by Sapphire, tracks the title character's struggle to gain courage and self-esteem. Maybe the fine performances, especially the reputed tour de force of comedian Mo'Nique and stunning debut of ...

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