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  • Thomas Friedman: Yemen isn't Afghanistan - but it isn't Denmark, either

    SAN‘A, Yemen — Yemen’s former prime minister, Abdul Karim al-Iryani, got right to the point when I arrived at his San‘a home for dinner: “So, Thomas, did it take Abdulmutallab to finally get you here?” Yes, it is true, I admitted, because that young Nigerian, trained in Yemen by al-Qaida, tried to blow up a Northwest jetliner on Christmas Day, I decided I had
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  • Annexation can help contain sprawl

    I am for annexation for a reason that is not so obvious and that is that I am against sprawl.

    As long as these people can move out beyond the city limits to avoid taxes and build, it just continues on and on and sprawls out into the country.

    There are plenty of houses within the city limits that need rehab.
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  • Racism isn't the problem here

    Once upon a time, the people of Rocky Mount could be proud of their city, but being in the Top 10 on the poverty list nationwide is not something to brag about.

    We have e-police reports showing break-ins, robberies, ride-by shootings, murders and the list goes on.
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