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Terror took no holiday last week as gunmen sprayed mayhem and murder across Mumbai, India, killing more than 180 people at last report and wounding hundreds more.   Luxury hotels, restaurants, a Jewish community center, the main train station, and other public sites were all targets of the terrorist group that some news reporters identify as the Deccan Mujahideen. Full Article

Maybe you think that "thanksgiving" as in "giving thanks" is not something you'll do this year.   I mean, really, what with the government having to bailout all the banks and foreclosures running amok and those Detroit guys flying their private planes to beg for money (notice:  they didn't drive their own cars… they were probably in the shop!) and recently defeated candidates already starting campaigns for 2012.   Who is able to give thanks when you can easily find a parking space at Best Buy or Tysons Corner — that's not a good sign!   So many big screen TVs, so little available credit.

Wait.  Maybe, that's it!   Maybe we really do have a few things for which we can give thanks in this season! Full Article

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45 years ago today, November 22, Lee Harvey Oswald shot President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas.   Countless newspaper articles, magazine essays, books, films and official reports restate the basic facts of the assassination and its aftermath.   Many conspiracy theories still burn bright if only in caves scattered around the landscape. Full Article

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I recently received two messages from Trinity students who are showing great leadership in organizing Trinitys participation in the STAND movement to raise awareness and advocacy for the genocide in Darfur.   Tega Okah, Ijeoma Arize and Brigid Otieno participated in an event on the Mall last weekend, and this is their account: Full Article

Ok, here's The List:

1. Norway
2. Finland
3. Sweden
4. Iceland
5. New Zealand
6. Philippines
7. Denmark
8. Ireland
9. Netherlands
10. Latvia
11. Germany
12. Sri Lanka
13. United Kingdom
14. Switzerland
15. France
16. Lesotho
17. Spain
18. Mozambique
19. Trinidad and Tobago
20. Moldova
21. Australia
22. South Africa
23. Lithuania
24. Argentina
25. Cuba
26. Barbados
27. United States
28. Belgium
29. Austria
30. Namibia

OK, so, thinking about that lineup, class, this list must be a rank-order measurement of countries according to: Full Article