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christine-bottaro's picture
Apr.01.2010
Fools? Not Just In April
Even though I try, I don't know what motivates people to do things I'd never do in a million years.  There are at least 3 billion people swarming the globe now - most likely, the number is much bigger - and a lot of them are doing things this very instant that I find unbelievably odd.   I had...
matt-beynon-rees's picture
Apr.01.2010
Israeli settler sect: Messiah is coming
GIVAT ONAN, West Bank—On this windblown outpost in the hills north of Jerusalem, a small group of Israeli settlers strives to bring the day of redemption promised, as they believe, in the Bible. A controversial sect shunned by nearby Israeli settlements, the Brothers of Onan believe that by “...