http://wyrk.com Today's Country And Your All-Time Favorites Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:45:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://wyrk.com/should-the-united-states-stop-giving-aid-to-pakistan/ http://wyrk.com/should-the-united-states-stop-giving-aid-to-pakistan/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 20:13:10 +0000 John La Mond http://wyrk.com/?p=16714 Did you know that the United States gives 1.3 billion dollars in aid annually to Pakistan?  I had no idea the figure was that high.  The Pakistan Government claims they had no knowledge of Osama Bin Laden hiding out in their country.

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