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Protestors burn the Israeli flag outside Leinster House during the Ireland Palestine demonstration in Dublin today. Photo: Matt Kavanagh A man attempted to set himself alight at a protest today in Dublin over the continued bombing of Gaza. The man, who appeared visibly distraught, set his arms and shoulders alight before onlookers managed to extinguish the flames. He was not seriously injured. The incident happened at around 1.45pm this afternoon at the Central Bank in Dublin where around 600 people had gathered to protest at Israeli attacks in Gaza. The protest continued without incident to Leinster House and finished this...

Danny Dietz was a Navy SEAL. A hero, killed in action in service to his country in Afghanistan in 2005, at the age of 25. For his bravery under fire he was posthumously awarded the Navy's second highest commendation, the Navy Cross. A statue has been commissioned to honor Danny by the city of Littleton. It will be unveiled and dedicated on July Fourth in a ceremony at a memorial in a Littleton park near Goddard Middle School where Danny first dreamed of becoming a Navy SEAL. The bronze sculpture, fashioned by Robert Henderson, is modeled after a photo of...

We don't need to honor any more rich white males So says one member of the University of Washington Student Senate. Gregory Pappy Boyington...graduate of the Univeristy of Washington (went to High School in Tacoma), winner of the medal of honor, shot down 28 enemy aircraft, was a prisoner of war for 20 months, and apparently does not - according to the student senate - deserve a memorial on campus. Apparently we are told that he "is not the type of person we want to honor" and some even went so far as to liken his duty in WW2 to...