'Living on memories of my family'

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It is six months since 10 members of the large family of Abid Hassan Hamoodi were killed when coalition aircraft mistakenly bombed his Basra home. The 72-year-old tells BBC News Online how he is coping.

I will never forget my family for a second. We were all living here in my house and now I am left by myself. Alone.

They are of my blood. My wife, my daughter, who was a doctor, my son, a computer engineer and my grandchildren. They have all gone.

I am now living on my memories. But I will never forget them. How could I do that?

There is sadness and sorrow throughout our days and nights, for something which shouldn't have happened.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/3201262.stm

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1. kick for all the Abid Hassans that the BBC didn't interview

While this kind of story is nowhere near as interesting as the sexual peccadilloes of a famous ball thrower, strange as it may seem, it is actually more relevant to your future, or lack thereof.