
The
new plan for US withdrawal from Iraq would have US troops out within three years, with withdrawals set to begin next Summer if it's agreed upon. But, these troops had their big homecoming this week.
Troops from the Homestead Air Reserve Base returned to Miami after a six-month deployment to Iraq.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation
just released a list of 11 endangered sites chosen from almost 70 nominees. The list's goal is to protect significant buildings and locations. Of the approximately 200 places listed by the organization in the past 20 years, only six have been lost.

When I ran across these jaw-droppingly striking pictures, I couldn't believe I'd never heard of the Kalash Tribe — and I wanted to rectify that immediately. The
tribe lives nestled in the North-Western Province of Pakistan. Protected by the Hindu Kush mountain range lives this culture of people Muslims call Kafirs or “infidels”.

An afternoon break — the pictures sort of speak for themselves. I just can't help but adore these happy pictures of troops coming home yesterday to Camp Lejeune, NC.
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Pictures are starting to come out of Myanmar following the cyclone though media is discouraged. One CNN reporter
remaining anonymous says, "They have no drinking water whatsoever. When you don't have drinking water and you are forced to drink out of puddles and drinking reservoirs contaminated by dead bodies...