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The An Shi Rebellion had the second greatest amount of casualties (second only after World War II) during any single war, with an estimated 36 million civilian deaths, over 2/3 the population of China at that time.

During the writer's strike, I found my favorite shows suddenly gone. In their place, was shlock like Wife Swap, Deal or No Deal, Supernanny and Lost.

A new Carsey Institute factsheet shows that soldiers from rural America are dying at a disproportionate rate in Iraq and Afghanistan. High unemployment in rural America were blamed by the report's authors.

The Council on Foreign Relations has published a new analysis that examines recently released statistics on Iraq's security situation.

How I survive life with out dad after Vietnam

In the wake of the shootings on the campus of Virginia Tech University, U.S. soldiers on the battlefield are having mixed feelings about the way the nation is responding to our casualties in Iraq.

Many were surprised to learn today, 01-26-08, that Christian Brando had died at the age of 49.

If you support a higher minimum wage, are you seeking "economic justice" or are you caught up in "class warfare?" When viewing Iraq, do we see "civilian casualties" or "collateral damage?" The word games never end.

The casualties of war don't always have a limp, scar or missing limb. Oftentimes, the most injured soldiers show no outward sign; the devastation is internal.

42,000 deaths from automobiles accidents! This figure is actually less than the deaths from last year. However, it is more than twenty times higher than the casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Hi-Heat Aerosol Coating Cans May Explode. Consumers must return immediately to avoid casualties.

President Karzari stated that he is looking forward to discussing issues such as construction, narcotics, the high rate of civilian casualties and the security issue.

Health and Human Services will provide $896.7 million to the states, territories, tribal governments and four major cities for unforeseen health epidemics, mass casualties inflicted by bio-terrorists, and natural disease pandemics.

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict as well as the biases present in the news are examined through close reading of various news articles detailing recent events.

The Battle of Dorchester Heights is a Revolutionary War battle that is unfortunately little known. Perhaps that is because there were no battlefield heroics, or, for that matter, any battlefield casualties.

There is a little-known battle for survival going in some parts of the world. Those at risk are baby girls, and the casualties are in the millions each year.

The large suicide bombing, which reminded many of the Iraq style bombing with many casualties, was at least the fourth attack on a bus carrying Afghan police or army members in Kabul in the last year.

This essay demonstrates a direct correspondence between the volunteer nature of a country's military and its effectiveness on the battlefield, as well as a direct relationship between the presence of military conscription and extremely high wartime casualties.

The late nineteenth century saw the beginning of a dramatic shift in the way wars would be fought. Mr. Stolyarov analyzes these changes and ways in which they made possible the massive casualties of the two World Wars.

Blacksburg, VA.- Two shootings happened at the opposite ends of Virginia Tech University campus, leaving one gunman dead and at least twenty casualties.

The casualties of the Wars never end with the dead.

Sunday was a bad day for U.S. soldiers in Iraq, as five were killed in by roadside bombs in Baghdad. Four of the casualties occurred in a single attack that happened just north of the city in one of the more violent spots in Iraq.

One would think that we could avoid what has been historically accepted as "the casualties of war."

LSD is better than a movie, but is it worth your life?

Since March 2003, 93 journalists and 37 media support personnel have been killed in Iraq. In the midst of rising U.S. military casualties and repeated reports of journalist deaths and injuries, do reporters belong on the front lines?

The Army mistakenly sent letters to officers killed and wounded in action asking them to consider returning to military service.

Americans used to tolerate war casualties. What happened to cause us to focus on what is historically a low number of military deaths?

Troop movement, suicide bombing and civilian casualties all delivered to your home in a continuous digital stream coming live from the war front. Should the press have unlimited access to warzone material.

The battle of Guilford Courthouse is considered by many to be a major turning point during the American Revoultion. The British suffered severe casualties and were no longer able to continue fighting and chasing Nathaniel Greene in the South.

Cervical cancer is the 11th most common cancer among women in the US; an estimated 9,710 new cases are reported each year, which kills 3,700 women, with hundreds of thousands more casualties worldwide.

The Norman Conquest of England transformed that island from a northern kingdom, oriented toward Scandinavia, to an Anglo-Norman Kingdom, oriented toward continental Europe. Here is a look at what led up to the Battle of Hastings, and its aftermath.

Ronald Regan once said, "We fought the War on Poverty and poverty won." An in-depth look at why.

The Dam Busters is a fun and realistic game from Just Flight, just one of many of their and other Combat and Flight Simulation add-ons.

People have no home to return to. Childeren become the worst victims of the earthquake. They had no time to leave the school buildings; as the roofs caved in nobody came there to their rescue. Communication system is destroyed and roads have been closed.

If the Navy is looking for splashy recruiting tools, it could do worse than Stealth, a zillion-dollar action movie stuffed with futuristic jet fighters, glamorous carrier pilots and an overload of explosive, mostly digital daring-do.

Pat Robertson's comments signal a shift in middle-American Conservative ideology regarding the war in Iraq

The battle of Teutoburg Forest decided both the fate of the Roman Empire and Germany. If Rome forever lost Germany, Germany also lost Rome. The Empire would never stretch beyond the Rhine to control the people and resources beyond.

Is there still any question that not only is Bush a coward, but that he doesn't give two shakes about the thousands of men and women he has sent off to die, be mutilated, or be psychologically traumatized?

There's an old saying, "Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority." This book, Iraq War, attempts to provide a fair, balanced account of the events leading up to the Iraq War, the War itself, and its aftermath, up to late 2004. A good introduction.

Being well prepared in advance of a storm, and knowing what your insurance company expects of you, will make assessing your damage a much easier task.

Bush's failed attempt to put the brakes on the nation's plummeting support for his fool's errand in Iraq seems an appropriate occasion for reflecting upon the Bush administration's history of lies and incompetence regarding the Iraq war.

While the means employed by terrorists may be different than those we employ, the ends are identical: dead and wounded civilians, confused and frightened, wondering what they had done to deserve such wanton devastation.

Much has been written about the conflict of World War II, which many see as a battle against good versus evil. Most of it has been written about the soldiers who fought and died, but there were other brave individuals whose stories need to be told.

Newport News Park, with hiking and biking trails, an arboretum, playgrounds and picnic shelters, a campground, a 30-acre aeromodel flying field, archery range, and a disc golf course, is the gateway to Civil War and Revolutionary War sites.

Mention the word "Gettysburg" in any casual conversation, and chances are the people to whom you're speaking have heard of this fascinating place at least once in their lives.

Signs that Afghanistan is headed down the same bloddy road as Iraq.

A review of the BEST MOVIE made this year, along with my near-perfect system for rating movies.

"The people who run this country - people WE voted in - believe, somehow, that we are better off giving up our freedoms than compromising our security. I disagree."

Romance is blooming. Well, at least it's infiltrating the airwaves via reality TV. But does it ever really last?

I recently set out to write an article about how the war in Iraq is affecting the families of American servicemen and women. My first step in researching this issue was to contact a dear friend whose nephew would soon ship out to Iraq. After seeing her ne