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March 13, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Death For A Disability Grant Jabu Van Niekerk is worried about the lives of the clients she serves through the Raphael Centre, an HIV/AIDS outreach and support organization for the residents of Grahamstown in South Africa's Eastern Cape. One of her biggest fears is what she believes will become the country's next health care crisis—that some HIV positive residents will stop taking their medications in order to receive a disability grant from the government. Continue reading... Syria's Lost Generation Of Children Topless Women Protest Conclave (NSFW) Australia's Richest Woman Sued By Son For $15 Million 'Sorry Payment' History Shows Pattern In NKorean Attacks LOOK: Ahmadinejad In Big Trouble Over This Photo Some Of Ukraine's Military Attack Dolphins AWOL, Report Says Death For A Disability Grant LOOK: Ahmadinejad In Big Trouble Over This Photo Some Of Ukraine's Military Attack Dolphins AWOL, Report Says Outrage In Saudi Arabia As Girl Is Accidentally Given HIV-Positive Blood Vatican Warned Irish Bishops Not To Report Abuse TRITA PARSI 3 Facts to Note in 2013 Worldwide Threat Assessment Report Almost ten years to the day of the foolish invasion of Iraq, the discrepancy that existed between the media description of the Iraqi threat and the non-manipulated assessment of the U.S. intelligence community is being seen again -- but this time on Iran. Continue reading... MARY ROBINSON Same Millennium, New Goals: Why Peace, Security, Good Governance and the Rule of Law Must Be Included in the New MDGs In September 2000, world leaders unanimously adopted the Millennium Development Goals, but standing against the achievements of the last 12 years is a sobering finding: no fragile or conflict-affected low-income country has achieved a single MDG. Continue reading... ARIANNA HUFFINGTON The Drone Debate Upends DC's Right/Left Divide It's become accepted wisdom that Washington has become pathologically polarized and partisan, with every new debate inevitably breaking down along party lines. That's why it was so remarkable last week when Rand Paul's old-fashioned talking filibuster scrambled the even more old-fashioned right-vs.-left way of looking at the world. The Paul-provoked debate on the confirmation of John Brennan to head the CIA in turn provoked a wider and critical debate about the use of drones -- a debate that needs to continue well beyond Brennan's confirmation. Since 2004, only 2 percent of those killed have been confirmed as militant leaders. From mid-2004 to mid-2012, between 474 and 881 civilians were killed in Pakistan. This includes 176 children. Last week's debate allowed Americans to put themselves in the position of those living under drones overseas -- imagining, even hypothetically, life under drones. And, not surprisingly, most of us didn't like it. Continue reading... JEFFREY LAURENTI 'Complicated' Politics of Afghan Withdrawal An astute political animal, Karzai recognizes that the Afghan public long ago soured on the American military presence. And he calculates that assailing the foreigners is his best ticket to shoring up the legitimacy of his regime. Continue reading... JOHN DEAR Norway Calls on the World to Ban Nuclear Weapons Last week, an extraordinary, historic event occurred. The government of Norway invited all the nations of the world to a two-day conference to discuss the humanitarian effects of nuclear war and to begin the process to ban all nuclear weapons. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here.