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Iran's massive missile and drone barrage targeting Israel over the weekend is similar to Russian tactics used in frequent strikes on Ukraine, according to a new assessment, after Iran launched its first-ever direct strike from its own territory into Israel. "Iran's use of drones and missiles shows how Iran is learning from the Russians to develop increasingly dangerous and effective strike packages against Israel," the U.S. think tank, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said on Saturday. Russia has launched thousands of missile and drone strikes on Ukraine in nearly 26 months of all-out war in the country....

Moore blasts U.S. health-care system Canada on right track, filmmaker tells festival By Bruce Kirkland Toronto Sun Sunday, May 20, 2007 CANNES -- Sicko just caused a sensation at the 60th Cannes Film Festival last night. And George W. Bush just might be squirming in the White House this morning. Sicko is Michael Moore's new agitprop documentary. Slick, funny and wildly entertaining, the film is highly critical of the Bush administration and Congress for turning the U.S. health-care system into a profit-making machine that may be killing people by denying them drugs and surgeries. "There is something very barbaric...