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(No, he is not Pol Pot. It is Paul Potts. If you have not heard his name, you will indeed be hearing it.) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ If you have not heard this, you need to hear it. Yeah, I know, opera sucks. Well, it doesn't suck, I guess. I just never had any interest in it. But this is going to amaze you. What a Cinderella story. You will be moved and cannot help but to root for this guy, a guy Simon Cowell probably looked at as a total loser. DO NOT MISS THIS PERFORMANCE ON YOUTUBE! At 36, Potts is...

BAGHDAD, Iraq - On the table by her bed, Najat Saleem keeps two precious items. One is a worn Arabic-English dictionary. Before she goes to sleep and as soon as she awakens, Najat memorizes a few English words. She wants to be fluent so she can move to America and leave behind the country she in many ways has grown to hate. There is also a faded photograph of Najat at a party with a handsome man. Her husband. The last time she saw him was April 7, the day he left for work and never came home. In her...