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Injured armed forces personnel to receive more money   UK Lib Dem MP, Bob Russell, said an off-duty soldier who was assaulted in the UK and  suffered serious head injuries would still be eligible for more money under the  criminal injuries compensation scheme than a soldier shot on active service in  Afghanistan, who had the same injuries but was compensated under the  armed forces scheme. Why The Oscars Are A Con This year’s Oscar nominations are a parade of propaganda, stereo- types and downright dishonesty. The dominant theme is as old as  Hollywood: America’s divine right to invade other societies, steal their  history and occupy our memory. When will directors and writers  behave like artists and not pimps for a world view devoted to control  and destruction? Report: Mideast, North African countries censor, control media Keith Olbermann Names Senate Committee of Indian  Affairs to His WORST List Non-response to the disasters in South Dakota Health inequalities cost billions in lost productivity The report estimates up to 202,000 early deaths could be avoided, if everyone in the  population enjoyed the same health as university graduates. Doing nothing to tackle these inequalities would cost the economy more, according  to the review, which says inequality in illness accounts for £33bn of lost productivity  every year Carbon caps - who gets the cash?. Ex-Congressman Charlie Wilson Dies At 76  ( Funding of Afghanistan's resistance to the Soviet Union ) Douglas shows value of evidence-based change Douglas's views as a young man reflected those of his environment. Given changes to scientific findings, social conditions and from his own experiences, he was required to revisit  his ideology. His willingness to change his opinions in the face of new information would result  in the formation of some of our most important social policies. As such, he is correctly remembered as the greatest Canadian who has ever lived. At age 54, Douglas wrote that he became more of a radical as he grew older because previously he "thought things could be done, and today I know they can be done." Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Douglas+shows+value+evidence+based+ change/2350103/story.html#ixzz0fC0VsFa6 CBS bans ads calling for marijuana legalization Liberals seek plan to handle isotope shortage As the looming shutdown of a European reactor threatens  to create shortages of the material used to diagnose  life-threatening illnesses, the Opposition is pushing Ottawa  to develop plans to ensure the continued supply of medical  isotopes. Liberal MPs sent a letter yesterday to Natural Resources  Minister Christian Paradis and Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq,  expressing "growing concern" that there is no contingency plan  to deal with the shutdown of the Petten reactor in the Nether- lands, which will occur while the NRU reactor at Chalk River,  Ont., remains out of service. A Primer on Iran’s Medical Reactor Plans Iran's Other Nuclear Reactor From engagement to confrontation with Iran "What we are going to be working on over the next several weeks is  developing a significant regime of sanctions that will indicate to them  how isolated they are from the international community as a whole,"  President Barack Obama told journalists earlier this week. The president sounded not unlike his predecessor George W Bush, who  worked for years to contain Iran, a sign that Mr Obama's policy to  engage with the Islamic Republic has failed. The question now is whether a new round of sanctions would be any  more successful than those imposed under Mr Bush's watch. ( What policy to engage with Iran would that be?  I missed it inCarbon caps - who gets the cash?. the  continuation of  now standard  warlike acts of economic sabotage that  have been inflicted on Iran for decades.  It must be the Cuban model, celebrated by unanimous  world condemnation for 50 years of bipartisan ! villainy by blockade  - in October) American coup d'etat: Military thinkers discuss the unthinkable Report on 'State of Public Admn: 2009’: Politicisation of  bureaucracy must go - Pakistan Dubai’s Sinking Multi-Billion Dollar Man-Made Islands Smarts in the great white north A convoy of seven tiny cars takes on Canada's toughest roads Archaeologists find Byzantine era road - Jerusalem Unlocking a medical mystery: Stuttering