This Week: In Memoriam

[media id=6917] (h/t Heather) This Week with George Stephanopoulos marks the passing of singer and civil rights champion Odetta, Russian Orthodox pat
By Nicole Belle — December 8, 2008

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(h/t Heather)

This Week with George Stephanopoulos marks the passing of singer and civil rights champion Odetta, Russian Orthodox patriarch Aleksy II and heiress Sunny Von Bulow as well as one soldier killed in Afghanistan.

Per iCasualties.org, the number of service members killed in Iraq is 4,524 and 1,021 in Afghanistan. During this week, Iraq Body Count lists 199 Iraqi civilians killed.

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