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The visual at left shows photos of people of peace, or visual
expressions of peace which they created. These photos provide just a small capsule of the tens of millions
of people around the world being visible, speaking up and speaking out for peace. Please - join in!
Afghanistan: over 3,005 Coalition soldiers dead, with the civilian death count unknown. Iraq: more than 650,000 civilians
and over 4,804 Coalition soldiers - dead from war. Darfur: over 400,000 people, dead. Israel and Palestine: over 6,200 people since 2000.
The Congo: 3,000,000 since 1998. Mumbai.Chechnya. New York. Sri Lanka. Lebanon.Madrid. The list goes on.
Our Sons and Daughters. Husbands and Wives. Sisters and Brothers. Parents and Friends. It's enough already. All you "leaders" out there, listen. We - the people - want peace, please. Make it happen!
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"The Box" - as spoken by John Denver
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The video above features the poem "The Box", written by Kendrew Lascelles in 1971 and recited here by the late
singer John Denver. The video is by theNewHuman2008, who put visuals to the potent words. Some of the pictures are difficult
to see, but they remind us of the horror that is war, and that often it's victims are the young and innocent. Truly the death of
one innocent child should be enough for us all to stop the madness that is war.
Please everyone, do all you can to make 2012 the year that we put war back in it's box, and let peace, freedom and justice reign.
African Union to press Sudan and South Sudan on peace talks Los Angeles Times JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- African Union mediator Thabo Mbeki flew to Khartoum on Thursday after Sudan and South Sudan missed a UN Security Council deadline to resume peace talks. Mbeki, the former South African president, is expected to spend two ... Uganda sends peace team to Sudan New Vision
Metta World Peace lost in space ESPN (blog) As he neared the 3-point line, Durant executed a hard right-to-left crossover, dipped his shoulder and glided past World Peace, who managed only to helplessly rotate his hips as though one foot was nailed to the ground.
Finding peace after war through poetry Barnstable Patriot Cape poet, playwright and screenwriter Jacqueline Murray Loring is giving local vets the opportunity to share their personal stories in her new book “Surviving the Peace after War.” “I want to know what happened to them when they came home and what ...
Negotiating Peace With Taliban Difficult KMBC Kansas City Despite several serious rounds of violence this week, including the assassination of a top peace negotiator, the United States will continue to try to negotiate with the Taliban, experts say. Afghanistan has been violent for a long time, they argue.
The Taliban are desperate to kill off any peace talks with President Hamid ... Telegraph.co.uk Peace in their time? Former Taliban fighters hand over their weapons to Afghan police as part of the reconciliation process in Herat on May 13 Photo: AP By Con Coughlin The murder of two British servicemen this week shows just how seriously the Taliban ...
