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#  IMPORTANT READS

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### Making War Obsolete

Written by John M. Repp on July 26 2021.

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  [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2021/059r.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22159:cue-the-typhoon-in-japan-and-other-impending-storms&catid=9)Written by Eric Preven on July 26 2021. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=9).

## [Cue the Typhoon in Japan. . .and Other Impending Storms](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22159:cue-the-typhoon-in-japan-and-other-impending-storms&catid=9)

More children are dying from COVID-19 in Indonesia than in any other country, says the head of the Indonesian Pediatric Society, Dr. Aman Bhakti Pulu…

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Written by Brett Wilkins on July 26 2021.

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Written by Ramsey Liem on July 26 2021.

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Written by Emily Hoeven on July 26 2021.

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Written by David Bacon on July 22 2021.

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Written by Caroline Framke on July 22 2021.

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Written by Robert C. Koehler on July 22 2021.

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Written by Kenny Stancil on July 22 2021.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on July 19 2021.

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Written by Julia Conley on July 19 2021.

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Written by Brett Wilkins on July 19 2021.

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Written by Aviva Chomsky on July 19 2021.

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Written by Patrick Cockburn on July 15 2021.

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Written by Paul Street on July 15 2021.

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Written by Bil Browning on July 15 2021.

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Written by Andrew Moss on July 15 2021.

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Written by Joe Mathews on July 15 2021.

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Written by Tony Butka on July 15 2021.

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