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The U.S. will give an estimated $26 billion in foreign aid in 2008—70% more than when President George W. Bush took office (the figure doesn’t include funds related to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan). More than 150 countries get financial assistance from the U.S. Here are the six that received the most this year.

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Kobayashi vs Giant Bear

Legendary competitive eating champion Takeru Kobayashi battles a huge Kodiak bear. Part of the glasscapsule video miscellania series. For more go to http://w...

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Larger pic at flickr.com BARACK OBAMA RIDING A UNICORN T-SHIRT

Now is your chance to own an historic shirt designed by Washington DC-based artist and adventurer Chris Bishop! Due to high demand, the shirts are available again, although supplies are extremely limited!

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Emma Hack Body Art

Exceptional and enchanting—check out these images by Australian artist, Emma Hack.

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Birth of baby giraffe!

The birth of a baby giraffe, at a safari park in California. The miracle of life.

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video of the attacks from palestinian vitness

This is very raw and seems like it got banned from youtube, but it is in other sites now, I am not sure if you would like to publish it on your page. It made me cry but I want to share it with you.

Peace.

This was submitted by phil tadros from Chicago

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The BEAST magazine

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The Bottom Of The Bottle

Video description: An alcoholic fugitive from prison seeks the help of his brother, a lawyer who is too ashamed to admit that they are related.

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Direct from the streets of Gaza - Demotix is the UGC picture agency

Demotix, a new startup coming out of London, is taking a pretty interesting approach to reinventing the newswire and with the wave of ...

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How Newspapers Tried to Invent the Web

A moment of sympathy, please, for newspapers, whose readers and advertisers have been fleeing at a frightening rate

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Obama deplores civilian deaths in Gaza, Israel

Ben Smith's Politico.com blog on the 2008 presidential race, with a focus on the Democratic candidates. Includes political new coverage of primary and election races, and in-depth blog posts and stories on Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John Edwards, Bill Richardson, Al Gore, Dennis Kucinich, Joe Biden, Chris Dodd, Mike Gravel, and other politicians.

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How Obama's New Tech Tsar Can Save America

The Silicon Valley wizards behind Wikipedia, Craigslist, and other wonders of the Web offer advice to America's first chief technology officer.

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Oil up 38% since Christmas

Oil prices fell Monday as concerns about falling demand continued to weigh on the market. Investors also shrugged off columns of Israeli tanks, which rolled into the Gaza Strip this weekend.

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