- PAST POST NEWS | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 - (Dec 31 2011) - Post & Email : Man of the YearU.S.A. -- America, I'm honored and delighted to bestow my first annual MAN OF THE YEAR Award upon Mario Apuzzo, Esq. If ever there's an American emblematic of Integrity, patriotism, dedication and courage, it's Mario. To protect and defend the country he loves dearly ...
(Dec 30 2011) - Ayrshire Post : Scots seeking more powersSCOTLAND -- Scots have shown a "hunger" for more powers, Alex Salmond stated, as he said he was "confident" the country would opt for independence. The First Minister said the coming 12 months would "mark a further shift in the debate on Scotland's future as we move towards a referendum".
(Dec 29 2011) - Christian Post : Solyndra scandal helps GOPU.S.A. -- 5 Reasons Solyndra Will Play Prominent Role in GOP Efforts to Defeat Obama. For Republicans, the Solyndra scandal is ready-made to feature five of the main arguments they will use against President Obama in the 2012 election.
(Dec 28 2011) - Palm Beach Post : Tarzan Chimp 'Cheetah' diesPALM HARBOR -- A Florida animal sanctuary says Cheetah the chimpanzee sidekick in the Tarzan movies of the early 1930s has died at age 80. The Suncoast Primate Sanctuary in Palm Harbor announced that Cheetah died Dec. 24 of kidney failure.
(Dec 27 2011) - Activist Post : Montanans launch recallsMONTANA -- In response to the traitorous actions of 86 senators who voted to pass the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, commonly referred to as the NDAA, Montanans have announced a recall campaign against Senators Max Baucus and Jonathan Tester.
(Dec 26 2011) - Lancashire Evening Post : Fight breaks out @ massSOUTHAMPTON -- A priest has described how he feared parishioners' lives were in danger when a fight broke out in his church during midnight mass on Christmas Eve. Monsignor Vincent Harvey said heavy chairs were thrown down an aisle at St Edmund's Church, Southampton, during the brawl in the middle of the service, Sat night.
(Dec 25 2011) - U.S.S. Post : Christmas Blast Kills 19 ...NIGERIA -- A powerful blast hit a Catholic church on the outskirts of the Nigerian capital Abuja during a Christmas service on Sunday killing many people, residents said, and one counted 19 bodies from the explosion. Emergency services said 10 bodies had been recovered from the scene so far ...
(Dec 24 2011) - Washington Post : Gingrich, Perry disqualified ...VIRGINIA -- Former House speaker Newt Gingrich and Texas Gov. Rick Perry failed to submit enough valid signatures to qualify for the Virginia primary ballot, state GOP officials said Friday evening and early Saturday. The Republican Party of Virginia announced early Saturday that Gingrich and Perry failed ...
(Dec 23 2011) - Global Post : 64,000 marker mistakes in Arlington ?WASH D.C. -- As many as 64,000 graves at Arlington cemetery may contain mistakes, a long-awaited study by the U.S. Army has found. The review discovered that up to 64,000 graves may have the wrong names, rank and service branch, or date of birth or death, Politico reported. After receiving reports of misidentified and misplaced graves, Congress asked for the study to be conducted ...
(Dec 22 2011) - Huffington Post : Romney Won't Release ReturnsWASHINGTON -- In an interview that aired Wed night on NBC News, Mitt Romney definitively answered one of the lingering questions surrounding his presidential ambitions, saying he had no plans to release his tax returns should he win the Republican nomination. "Never say never, but I don't intend to do so," Romney said.
(Dec 21 2011) - Activist Post : Gingrich skulking behind adsIOWA -- GOP presidential contender Newt Gingrich, a corporate-financier sponsored CFR member also was a "distinguished advisor" at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, a warmongering, Neo-Con think-tank & the architects of both the costly unending wars America has been fighting for the last 2 decades & the resulting war profiteering.
(Dec 20 2011) - Kyiv Post : Who's behind Kim Jong UnNORTH KOREA -- North Korea's young and inexperienced next leader will lean on a seasoned inner circle headed by his aunt and uncle to guide him through the transition to supreme ruler. Kim Jong Un, who vaulted into the leadership role with the death of his father, Kim Jong Il, made his public debut as anointed successor only 15 months ago.
(Dec 19 2011) - Financial Post : No time for Christmas in crisisBRUSSELS -- For Brussels' bureaucrats, the run-up to Christmas used to involve a flurry of cocktail parties, relaxed liquid lunches and a chance to knock off early to escape the glass and steel office blocks of the city's European quarter. But two years into a debilitating debt crisis, the routine has shifted dramatically.
(Dec 18 2011) - Liberty Post : Islamist-supporters infiltrate WHWASH D.C.. -- Islamist-allied operatives appointed by Obama are undermining U.S. security policy - explains counter-Intelligence expert, Prof. Clare Lopez. Aimed at co-opting Americas foreign policy in the Middle East, a network including well-known American diplomats, congressional representatives, figures from academia and the think tank world - with ties to the clerical regime in Tehran ...
(Dec 17 2011) - Patriot Post : Countering an EMP AttackU.S.A. -- When Americans think about the threat from foreign missiles, it's nearly always the catastrophic effect of a conventional nuclear blast that comes to mind. We think of the doomsday scenarios that have played out in so many movies and TV shows: a nuke explodes over a large city -- leveling buildings, crushing houses and creating a swath of destruction.
(Dec 16 2011) - Activist Post : Riot Shields Suffocate ProtestersU.S.A. -- It's not the first crowd control tool to use sound waves, but Raytheon's patent for a new type of riot shield that produces low frequency sound waves to disrupt the respiratory tract and hinder breathing, sounds a little scary. Crowd control tools like the LRAD Sound Cannon emit bursts of loud and annoying sounds that can induce headaches and nausea.
(Dec 15 2011) - Frontier Post : US guarantee sought against attacksPESHAWAR -- Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has said government's new terms of engagement with US will get the nation's support as the decisions taken so far in the aftermath of Nato attack on army checkpost in Mohmand Agency reflects the aspirations of the nation.
(Dec 14 2011) - China Post : Canada leaves Kyoto ProtocolTORONTO -- Canada pulled out of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, saying the accord won't help solve the climate crisis. It dealt a blow to the anti-global warming treaty, which has not been formally renounced by any other country.
(Dec 13 2011) - Washington Post : Looking for the 'God particle'GENEVA -- Scientists said Tuesday morning that they're homing in on the Higgs boson, the elusive theoretical particle that's believed to play a key role in the fabric of the universe. While researchers haven't found the Higgs conclusively, one of them said there was an "excess of events" detected ...
(Dec 12 2011) - Denver Post : Broncos, Tim Tebow rally late, againDENVER -- Class is dismissed, Chicago. Now you know what they already knew in Miami and New York. The people there learned their lesson just as they did in Oakland, San Diego and Minnesota. And now the people of Chicago know. There is no antidote for, no potion against Tebow Magic.
(Dec 11 2011) - Christian Post : Perry doesn't know the SCOTUSIOWA -- Presidential candidate Rick Perry admitted Sunday that he doesn't know who the Supreme Court justices are. Perry also defended his statement that President Obama is waging a "war on religion." "The fact is I can't tell ya, I don't have memorized all of the Supreme Court judges," the Texas Governor said.
(Dec 10 2011) - Pakistan Christian Post : UN intervention demandedWASH D.C. -- Dr. Nazir S Bhatti, President of Pakistan Christian Congress PCC appealed Mr. Ban-Ki Moon, Secretary General of United Nations to constitute a Commission to investigate genocide of 20 million Pakistani Christians and ...
(Dec 09 2011) - Yemen Post : Sectarian violence growingYEMEN -- Clashes between Sunni Salafis & Zaidi Houthis escalated as more than 14 fighters from both sides were killed in the fighting over the last 48 hours. Eyewitnesses on the ground said though Houthis were having the upper hand in the fighting, Salafi militants succeeded in taking over checkpoints ...
(Dec 08 2011) - Pittsburgh Post : Sandusky posts bail againPENNSYLVANIA -- Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, arrested Wed on charges that he sexually abused 2 more boys, posted $250,000 bail today with the help of his wife Dorothy, who wrote a $50,000 certified check. Sandusky, was arraigned Wed on additional sex abuse charges ...
(Dec 07 2011) - Jakarta Post : Self-immolationJAKARTA -- Police officers and volunteers carry the body of an unidentified man who set himself ablaze in front of the state palace in Jakarta on Tuesday. The man was later taken to a nearby hospital where he is reportedly in critical condition.
(Dec 06 2011) - Bangkok Post : Khmer Rouge defends regimePHNOM PENH -- The Khmer Rouge were not "bad people", the regime's highest-ranking surviving member said Monday as Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes tribunal began hearing evidence in a long-awaited atrocities trial. "Brother Number Two" Nuon Chea, seen as the chief ideologue of the brutal 1970s movement ...
(Dec 05 2011) - Global Post : India: an army of ethical hackersNEW DELHI -- To paraphrase an old saw: It takes a geek to catch a geek. That's the logic behind a new Indian response to the growing threat of cyber war, anyway. Indian authorities were stunned by the impact of the Stuxnet virus on Iran's nuclear facility at Natanz last year.
(Dec 04 2011) - New York Post : It's no 'paign, no CainNEW YORK -- In a bizarre, rambling speech that began 2 hours late, Herman Cain yesterday took his floundering, scandal-wracked presidential bid off life support & sent it to the morgue. "I'm suspending my presidential campaign," he said. "I'm at peace with my God, I'm at peace with my family & with myself."
(Dec 03 2011) - Yorkshire Post : Eurozone faulty, admits DelorsEUROPE -- The eurozone was flawed from the beginning and efforts to tackle its problems have so far been "too little too late", the architect of the single currency has said. Jacques Delors, former president of the European Commission, suggested that "a fault in execution" had doomed the euro to its present crisis.
(Dec 02 2011) - National Post : Undesireable vs UnelectableU.S.A. -- It's Iowa minus one month, and barring yet another resurrection, or something of similar improbability, it's Mitt Romney versus Newt Gingrich ... Every conservative has thus to ask himself two questions: Who is more likely to prevent that second term ? CONGRESSMAN RON PAUL
(Dec 01 2011) - Activist Post : PARENTS SHOULD DECIDE !!!U.S.A. -- After a new report confirmed that childhood vaccination exemption rates were climbing across the United States, a flurry of mainstream media reports began to surface discussing whether or not it was 'irresponsible' to opt out of vaccinations due to medical, philosophical, or any other reasons.
(Nov 30 2011) - Tripoli Post : Sanctions escalate against SyriaTURKEY -- Turkey Wed. sharply escalated pressure on Syria by announcing a series of economic & financial sanctions on it in response to its violent crackdown against civilians. It froze its financial assets, imposed a travel ban on senior regime officials & cut off transactions with the Syria's central bank.
(Nov 29 2011) - Jerusalem Post : Brit's embassy breached in TehranTEHRAN -- Iranian protesters stormed two British Embassy compounds in Tehran on Tuesday, smashing windows, hurling petrol bombs and burning the British flag during a rally to protest against sanctions imposed by Britain. The attacks followed the rapid approval by Iran's Guardian Council ...
(Nov 28 2011) - Yorkshire Post : Union leader: Strike will go aheadU.K. -- A mass walkout by public-sector workers will definitely go ahead on Wed and could be the biggest since the 1926 general strike, a senior union leader said. Union leader Dave Prentis said there's "absolutely no chance" of reaching a deal in the next few days over the Govt's controversial pension reforms.
(Nov 27 2011) - Kansas City Post : Ex-NY Mafia-don shot & dumpedCANADA -- The body of a former N.Y. Mafia boss {Salvatore Montagna} was found in a Canadian river. A man who was once attached to New York's notorious Bonanno crime family died in the L'Assomption River, north of Montreal, supposedly from gunshots. The FBI once called him the acting boss of the Bonanno crime family ...
(Nov 26 2011) - Activist Post : UK worried about stolen nukesUNITED KINGDOM -- Did we the British public know that our current Prime Minister was instrumental in the loss of three illegal nuclear weapons ? Is the UK frantically trying to find out where they were sold on the "Black Market"? We know something that you don't ... but can't talk about it.
(Nov 25 2011) - Post & E-Mail : Remove the 'Ineligible' ObamaNEW HAMPSHIRE -- The core arguments of my articles are that the Democrat and Republican parties at the national level, i.e., the Congress and the national committees are corrupt and they do not uphold the Constitution. Obama and his Administration are simply the most flagrant examples.
(Nov 24 2011) - Christian Post : Giving Thanks Via TwitterU.S.A. -- Q : Is it possible to truly give thanks in 140 characters or less ? During Thanksgiving 2011, many pastors who love Twitter as yet another useful platform to evangelize and encourage are proving this week they can tweet God's word about gratitude at a steady clip.
(Nov 23 2011) - African Post : Libya unveils new gov'tLIBIA -- Libya's Prime Minister designate Abdurrahim El-Keib gestured during a news conference in Tripoli Nov 22, 2011. Libya's National Transitional Council on Tues. named a new government featuring several surprise appointments that suggested the line-up was aimed at trying to soothe rivalries between regional factions.
(Nov 22 2011) - Post Chronicle : Autism linked to clever parentsU.S.A. -- Researchers at Cambridge University have been working on the first 'clear test' to determine whether the university choices and occupation of high-achieving parents affect the likelihood of their child developing the condition, the Daily Mail reported.
(Nov 21 2011) - Palm Beach Post : Michelle Obama booed at NASCARHOMESTEAD -- NASCAR fans booed First Lady Michelle Obama & Jill Biden, wife of V.P. Joe Biden, before the start of the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Obama & Biden served as Ford 400 Grand Marshals, where they addressed the drivers' meeting Sunday afternoon before presiding over the ceremonial starting ...
(Nov 19 2011) - Washington Post : Supercommittee at impasseWASH D.C. -- Congressional negotiators made a yet another push Friday to carve $1.2 trillion in savings from the federal debt, but remained stuck in their entrenched positions on tax policy even as the clock was running down on their efforts to reach a deal.
(Nov 18 2011) - Global Post : China bristles at US build upBEIJING -- US President Barack Obama's decision to send 2,500 troops to Australia has drawn predictable reaction in China, from scathing party-run newspaper editorials to more measured words from diplomats. The troop announcement has been widely interpreted as a symbolic ...
(Nov 17 2011) - Norway Post : Nordic defence cooperation to cont.NORWAY -- The Nordic defence ministers have met this week, and have confirmed their commitment to the Nordic cooperation on defence as a broad, flexible and effective cooperation. The main countries for the study will be Denmark, Norway and Sweden who today operate the C-130 system.
(Nov 16 2011) - Huffington Post : Newt Gingrich Freddie Mac FeesU.S.A. -- In recent months, GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has strongly criticized Freddie Mac & Fannie Mae, as well as Dem's in Congress that he claims played a key role in the collapse of the housing market. And yet two former Freddie Mac officials recently told Bloomberg that Gingrich made between $1.6 million - $1.8 million in consulting fees from the mortgage company.
(Nov 15 2011) - Birmingham Post : Stocks plunge amid turmoilEUROPE -- A toxic cocktail of soaring borrowing costs and weak growth data in the troubled eurozone has triggered sharp falls on stock markets. The FTSE 100 Index was 1.4% lower as quick progress towards forming a new government in Italy failed to keep a lid on benchmark 10-year bond yields ...
(Nov 14 2011) - Financial Post : Europe faces the worst ...ROME / ATHENS -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday that Europe could be living through its toughest hour since World War Two as new leaders in Italy and Greece rushed to form governments and limit the damage from the eurozone debt crisis. "If the euro fails then Europe fails ..."
(Nov 13 2011) - Kyiv Post : Changes demanded by 2012BERLIN -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel is seeking to speed up reform of the European Union treaty and wants all 27 EU member states to give their approval by the end of 2012, government sources said on Sunday. Merkel won a victory last month in getting the EU to consider amending the Lisbon treaty ...
(Nov 12 2011) - Activist Post : Erasing Your Digital FootprintU.S.A. -- Think about all the things you've used your Internet for in the past 24 hours. You've probably checked your email, updated your Facebook status, paid some bills through online banking, read up on the latest news & took the time before bed to video chat with a far-flung childhood friend.
(Nov 11 2011) - Patriot Post : The Heroes of 2011CLOVIS, Calif. -- This little town not far from Fresno may be the perfect place to observe Veterans Day as our nation closes a decade of war. A quiet San Joaquin Valley community in the heart of our most populous state, Clovis has lost 10 of its sons -- eight of them from local Buchanan High School -- in Afghanistan and Iraq.
(Nov 10 2011) - New York Post : Penn State fires PaternoPENNSYLVANIA -- Embattled Penn State coach Joe Paterno said yesterday he will retire at the end of the season. But the university's board of trustees didn't want to wait that long. It didn't even give the Brooklyn native the final home game of this 46th season ... (student's riot)
(Nov 09 2011) - China Post : Fair Trade Fines RisingCHINA -- The Legislative Yuan ratified yesterday the latest revision of the nation's Fair Trade Law to raise the maximum possible fines for enterprises found to have monopolized or colluded on joint price-hikes to 10 percent of their business revenues of the previous year.
(Nov 08 2011) - India Post : Doctors gunned down in PakKARACHI -- Four Hindu doctors have been gunned down in Pakistan's southern Sindh province, sparking fears and panic among the minority community. The doctors were gunned down yesterday at their clinic in Chak town close to Shikarpur. " ... What is of concern is that the law enforcement agencies tend to support the criminals involved in such acts," Dr Kumar told PTI.
(Nov 07 2011) - Liberty Post : National Remembrance Day ...U.S.A. -- Today is National Remembrance Day for Americans Killed by Illegal Aliens. More than 50,000 Americans have been killed by illegal aliens since 9/11. Think about that. More than 6,000 U.S. troops have been killed in Iraq & Afghanistan since that date. But nearly ten times that number have been killed right here at home as a consequence of the Fed gov's failure to secure our borders ...
(Nov 06 2011) - Denver Post : Bidding for the 2022 OlympicsCOLORADO -- If Colorado's name is to be thrown into consideration for the 2022 Winter Olympics - and there's a concerted, behind-the-scenes effort aimed at just that - everything from the bobsled track to the budget has to be figured out. And relatively quickly.
(Nov 05 2011) - Washington Post : Another General FiredAFGHANISTAN -- One of the top American generals responsible for training the Afghan security forces was fired Saturday for criticizing President Hamid Karzai and his government ... this is the second time a senior American officer in Afghanistan has been fired for comments to the press.
(Nov 04 2011) - Frontier Post : The Istanbul conclaveAFGHANISTAN -- On the face of it, the Istanbul conclave was a praise-worthy venture. Any effort to bring peace, tranquility and development to war-torn Afghanistan must be lauded. But the problem is minutia. The effort has necessarily to be sincere and unmotivated, solely intended to restore peace and stability to the long-troubled country.
(Nov 03 2011) - Pittsburgh Post : OCCUPING PITTSBURGHPITTSBURGH -- Occupy Pittsburgh drew its largest police presence to date as more than 100 supporters marched through Oakland Wed. night, sometimes blocking lanes of traffic & chanting messages against police brutality. At one point, more than 10 police cars & motorcycles were used to move the crowd off Bellefield Ave.
(Nov 02 2011) - Jakarta Post : Indonesia - A bribing NationINDONESIA -- Berlin-based Transparency International has ranked Indonesia fourth on the list of countries whose businesses are most likely to pay bribes abroad, after Russia, China and Mexico. Transparency released on Wednesday its 2011 Bribe Payers Index, which ranks 28 leading international and regional exporting countries by the likelihood of their firms to bribe abroad.
(Nov 01 2011) - Yemen Post : Opposition leaders meet with USYEMEN -- The European and US ambassadors to Yemen met with the leaders of the Opposition yesterday in their continuing bid to promote the signature of the GCC brokered proposal which would enunciate the terms of the country's power-transfer and the departure from the presidency of Ali Abdullah Saleh after 33 years.
(Oct 31 2011) - Bangkok Post : Flooding won't get any worseTHAILAND -- Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra says the flooding in Bangkok should not get any worse, but Science and Technology Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi said the west of Bangkok, Thon Buri, will see more flooding. Ms Yingluck said Monday the flooding in Bangkok is unlikely to get any worse than it is now.
(Oct 30 2011) - Post & E-Mail : Is this America's Future ?WASH D.C. -- We are finding the anointed one, Barak Obama, gaining confidence in his ability to circumvent the Constitution & Congress to implement any rule he desires. In the last week he has gone on the campaign trail to tell We the People that if Congress is reticent in its willingness to implement the changes he wants that he will do it by executive order ...
(Oct 29 2011) - India Post : Gov't Scape-goating AlliesTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM -- Advani today accused the government of trying to make coalition partners a "scapegoat" of corruption for which the government as a whole is "responsible". He also attacked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over rising inflation and said that price rise is continuing unabated ...
(Oct 28 2011) - National Post : F-35 project is slowly unravellingOTTAWA -- The Conservative govt's controversial F-35 jet fighter project, plagued by delays, cost overruns and now economic turmoil in Europe, is at growing risk of being sharply curtailed or shelved - the defence minister's protestations notwithstanding. "It just seems like it's slowly unravelling" ...
(Oct 27 2011) - Copenhagen Post : Big Brother is watching ...DENMARK -- While Danes accept CCTV as an effective way of fighting crime, a study from the UK begs to differ. Ever get the creepy feeling you're being watched? Well, maybe not if you're Danish. A new study conducted by the Danish domestic security agency PET showed that a majority of Danes backed CCTV as a way to improve safety and security.
(Oct 26 2011) - Parks Champion Post : Queen arrives in PerthPERTH -- Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip have touched down in Perth. A small crowd of about 500 members of the general public braved the rain and cool conditions bearing roses and the Union Jack. Loud cheers erupted as the doors to the royal aircraft, Regal One, opened.
(Oct 25 2011) - Nagaland Post : Army opposes revocation of AFSPAKASHMIR -- Amidst a heightened debate over revocation of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from parts of Jammu and Kashmir, army's northern commander Lt General K T Parnaik met Governor N N Vohra and briefed him on the security scenario in the state.
(Oct 24 2011) - Jerusalem Post : Who's minding the store ?ISRAEL -- Israelis are rightly incensed by the recent announcement that a contract worker at the Labor and Welfare Ministry has copied all their personal details and made them freely available on the Internet. According to media reports on the incident, the Justice Ministry has freely admitted that the significance of the exposure is large.
(Oct 23 2011) - Christian Post : GOP Candidates Compete ...IOWA -- Six of the GOP presidential candidates competed for the votes of conservative Christians Saturday in Des Moines, Iowa, claiming to be more Christian and more conservative than their opponents. However, there was not a clear winner at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition ...
(Oct 22 2011) - Yorkshire Post : MP quizzes Murdoch re: hackingLOS ANGELES -- Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has been challenged over alleged computer hacking at a News Corporation shareholders meeting. Labour MP Tom Watson fired questions at the 80-year-old company chairman during the 90-minute gathering in Los Angeles. He asked Mr Murdoch if he knew ...
(Oct 21 2011) - Tripoli Post : Proclaiming Libya Free SaturdayLIBIA -- Euphoria gripped the whole of Libya after Thursday's events that led to the killing of the former Libyan leader, the despot Muammar Al Qathafi, thus putting an end once and for all the chapter in history that most citizens of Libya want to forget after a rule that brought more sorrow than joy to Libya ...
(Oct 20 2011) - Activist Post : ... about Chemtrails & HAARPU.S.A. -- The intent of this information is to create a strong interest in Chemtrails and HAARP so that people will want to sit with their government representatives and encourage them to stop both. First, a little about myself ...
(Oct 19 2011) - Patriot Post : Pitting Us Against Each OtherU.S.A. -- President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party have led increasingly successful efforts to pit Americans against one another through the politics of hate and envy. Attacking CEO salaries, the president -- last year during his Midwest tour -- said, "I do think at a certain point you've made enough money."
(Oct 18 2011) - Minnesota Post : Politicians censor climate researchTEXAS -- Something else is burning in the state of Texas besides the wildfires caused by the historic drought in the Lone Star State. Scientists are combusting in revolt, saying Texas politicians are censoring their work on climate change. Not a few of them are pointing their fingers at Gov. Perry, (R) candidate for president.
(Oct 17 2011) - African Post : Mubarak Sons Assests = $340MSWITZERLAND -- The sons of Egypt's ousted President Hosni Mubarak own assets worth $340 million in Switzerland and might have been involved in money laundering, a justice official tasked with recouping ill-gotten gains from abroad said on Monday. European governments agreed after Mubarak was ousted to freeze his assets and those of 18 associates.
(Oct 16 2011) - Global Post : Trading with the enemyHAVANA -- If the Israeli government is willing to trade more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for a single soldier, Gilad Shalit, would the U.S. give up a few Cubans for jailed American Alan Gross ? Like the deal for Shalit, it probably wouldn't be an even swap. But it might be possible - if only U.S.-Cuba relations could improve to the level of Israeli-Palestinian ones.
(Oct 15 2011) - Pakistan Christian Post : Media inciting violenceCAIRO -- Egyptian state television has been accused of spreading false information and inciting violence against Christians protesting in front of the TV building in Maspero on October 9. Calls have been made for the Information Minister Osama Heikal to resign.
(Oct 14 2011) - New York Post : Protesters march on Wall St.NEW YORK -- It's war ! Hundreds of Occupy Wall Street protesters -- emboldened by officials backing down this morning from evicting them from their Zuccotti Park campsite for a 7 a.m. cleaning -- stormed Wall Street, leaping over barriers and getting into a fracas with cops.
(Oct 13 2011) - Daytona Post : Make your Voice be HeardDAYTONA BEACH -- The Grass Roots movement Occupy Daytona {Flyer} will hold its first demonstration at Tuscawilla park at the corner of Nova Rd. & International Speedway Blvd., Sat. Oct. 15th from 9:00 am - 6:00 pm. Occupy Daytona has over 700 members and it continues to grow by the minute ...
(Oct 12 2011) - Huffington Post : SONY PlayStation HackedTOKYO -- Sony said Wednesday intruders staged a massive attempt to access user accounts on its PlayStation Network and other online entertainment services in the second major attack on its flagship gaming site this year. The Tokyo-based company temporarily locked about 93,000 accounts whose IDs and passwords were successfully ascertained by the blitz.
(Oct 11 2011) - Kyiv Post : Tymoshenko sentenced to 7 yrsUKRAINE -- Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Tuesday was found guilty of abuse of office and sentenced to seven years in jail, in a trial widely condemned in the West as politically motivated. Tymoshenko remained calm, but didn't wait for Kireyev to finish reading the lengthy ruling ...
(Oct 10 2011) - Financial Post : U.S. recession threat weakensU.S.A. -- The U.S. has likely dodged a recession for now, even though it’s too early to sound the all-clear for the economy. A string of stronger-than-projected statistics — capped by the news on Oct. 7 of a 103,000 rise in payrolls last month ...
(Oct 09 2011) - Norway Post : Activist group warns whalersNORWAY -- The US environmental activist group Agenda 21 say they are responsible for the sinking of a former coastal whaler dockside in Engelsviken, in the county of Ostfold on Thursday. The group says the sinking is a warning to whalers to stop hunting.
(Oct 08 2011) - Birmingham Post : Extra funding for LibyaUNITED KINGDOM -- Defence Secretary Liam Fox has announced 500,000 {pounds} and extra military expertise to help Libya in the battle against arms proliferation. The package of support was announced during his first official tour of the state - a visit which has been overshadowed by a series of allegations at home ...
(Oct 07 2011) - Wales Post : 3,000 arrests in London riots probeLONDON -- Almost 3,000 people suspected of offences in London during the August riots have been arrested, according to new figures. One of the Metropolitan Police officers leading the inquiry - which has now been in place for two months - described the investigation as "a marathon".
(Oct 06 2011) - China Post : Boehner dismisses dangerous yuan billWASH D.C. -- The Republican leader of the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday dismissed a Senate bill that could punish China for undervaluing its currency, saying it was "pretty dangerous" for Congress to tell another country how to run its monetary policy.
(Oct 05 2011) - Palm Beach Post : Occupy Wall Street in FloridaFLORIDA -- Inspired by a New York protest against corporate greed and Wall Street riches, Rachel Shidaker wanted to lure the karma to South Florida, uniting victims of economic strife. The protest up north, called Occupy Wall Street, has resulted in many arrests since September, including 700 held on disorderly conduct charges during a Brooklyn Bridge march on Saturday.
(Oct 04 2011) - Kentucky Post : Nobel Prizes Are AnnouncedSTOCKHOLM -- The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences says American Saul Perlmutter, U.S.-Australian citizen Brian Schmidt and U.S. scientist Adam Riess share the 2011 Nobel Prize in physics. The trio were honored Tuesday "for the discovery of the acclerating expansion of the universe through observations of distant supernovae."
(Oct 03 2011) - Denver Post : ATF : No guns for pot-usersCOLORADO -- (In) a Sept. letter from the federal BATF saying it's illegal for medical-marijuana patients to own firearms. Everybody who buys a gun must fill out ATF Form 4473, which asks: "Are you an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance?" Answer yes, & you don't get the gun. Falsely answer no, & you've just committed a crime.
(Oct 02 2011) - Washington Post : 100's arrested OWSNEW YORK -- More than 700 protesters demonstrating against corporate greed, global warming and social inequality, among other grievances, were arrested Saturday after they swarmed the Brooklyn Bridge and shut down a lane of traffic for several hours in a tense confrontation with police.
(Oct 01 2011) - Tripoli Post : Italy ready to help Libia rebuildLIBYA -- Italy will be sending a team of experts to Libya discuss how to disburse the 2.5 billion in frozen Libyan assets that it has authorisation to unfreeze in order to find out the best way to help the Libyan people to rebuild the country to rebuild after a lengthy conflict that eventually overthrew former leader Muammar Al Qathafi from power.
(Sep 30 2011) - Liberty Post : Drug bust at BoeingPHILADELPHIA -- US federal agents have arrested 37 people in a drugs raid on a plant run by the aircraft manufacturer Boeing. All but one of those detained are current and former employees at the facility near Philadelphia, which produces aircraft for the US military.
(Sep 29 2011) - Pittsburgh Post : Police seize chickens ...PITTSBURGH -- Police seized 15 chickens Wednesday from the West End home of a man who they suspect of running an illegal slaughterhouse. The investigation began earlier this month, when officers went to the house on McKnight Street for another incident. Officers found nine pigeons, 14 chickens, blood, feathers, a stump and a hatchet in the basement, Officer Christine Luffey said.
(Sep 28 2011) - Frontier Post : China supports Pak's sovereigntyISLAMABAD -- China on Tuesday categorically extended full support to Pakistan's sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity and vowed to work with it for progress and peace in the region and the world.Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani who met the Deputy Premier of China Meng Jianzhu here termed China as close friend."Your friends are our friends, your enemies are our enemies," ...
(Sep 27 2011) - Bangkok Post : Govt to go ahead with policiesBANGKOK -- The government will implement all promised policies but their implementation will be strictly under fiscal discipline guidelines, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on Tuesday. In the meantime, the government will gradually reduce dependence on the export sector in boosting the economy in preparation for possible impacts from the economic crises in Europe and the US, she said.
(Sep 26 2011) - Activist Post : London gold exchange closedLONDON -- It seems that the scandalous financial world has claimed another casualty: the London Gold Exchange. An announcement was made on their website claiming "Due to operational difficulties the London Gold Exchange is permanently closed for business."
(Sep 25 2011) - Christian Post : Atheists picket creation museumSANTEE -- About a dozen atheists holding disparaging signs towards creationism and Christianity demonstrated during the opening of the Human Anatomy Exhibit by the Creation and Earth History Museum in San Diego County Saturday. About 1,500 people attended the celebration, many of them parents wanting to show their children the new exhibit ...
(Sep 24 2011) - National Post : Massive prison expansion in CanadaCANADA -- The Conservative government is in the midst of a procurement blitz to ramp up expansions at federal prisons across the country, just as it moves to pass a sweeping tough-on-crime bill that will inevitably send more people to prison and for longer. From Prince Edward Island to British Columbia to Nunavut, Canada is undergoing a massive prison expansion.
(Sep 23 2011) - Post Chronicle : Couple fined for having Bible studyCALIFORNIA -- In southern California, a couple has been fined $300 for holding somewhat large Christian Bible study sessions in their home every week. According to reports, they could be charged $500 for each gathering after this fine. Chuck and Stephanie Fromm are reportedly in violation of the municipal code 9-3.301. This code prohibits, "religious, fraternal or non-profit organizations in residential neighborhoods without a permit".
(Sep 22 2011) - Jerusalem Post : Obama held responsibleNEW YORK -- US President Barack Obama will be held responsible for the failure of the Middle East peace process, members of the Palestinian Authority delegation to the UN General Assembly meeting in New York charged on Thursday. The latest allegation came as the PA called for anti-Obama demonstrations ...
(Sep 21 2011) - Copenhagen Post : Hands off the economy ...DENMARK -- Economic stimulus packages could do more harm than good, says Nationalbanken governor. The best thing the new government can do to help the economy is to not do anything at all, according to the central bank, Nationalbanken.
(Sep 20 2011) - Rotorua Post : Too soon for sex educationROTORUA -- A Rotorua pastor says children are learning about sex too soon, resulting in high numbers of teen pregnancies, sexual assaults & sexually transmitted diseases. Pastor Jon Parker, from Living Well Church in Rotorua, said children were being unnecessarily bombarded with info about sex at school too soon.
(Sep 19 2011) - Global Post : 5,000 + killed in SyriaBEIRUT -- Alarming new statistics from human rights researchers in Syria show that more than 5,300 people are now believed to have been killed since the uprising began six months ago, roughly double the current United Nations estimate and three times the Assad regime's official tally.
(Sep 18 2011) - Murfreesboro Post : Bad Accountant SuedTENNESSEE -- An 81-year-old Murfreesboro woman is seeking more than $1.5 million in damages against a local certified public accountant for allegedly mismanaging more than $800,000 of her retirement fund. Patsy R. Linkermann filed the lawsuit Aug. 24 in the Circuit Court of Rutherford County, arguing Ralph H. Turley mishandled multiple investments ...
(Sep 17 2011) - Yorkshire Post : Same-sex marriage laws plannedBIRMINGHAM -- The Government is to legislate for same-sex marriages before the next general election. A public consultation on how to make civil marriage available to same-sex couples is to be launched in March of next year. The move was announced by Lib Dem equalities minister Lynne Featherstone ...
(Sep 16 2011) - Tripoli Post : Summary by the press in LibiaLIBIA -- Fighters loyal to the interim Libyan National Transitional Council have reached the outskirts of Sirte from three fronts in an assault on Muammar Al Qathafi's hometown and last strongholds. NTC leaders described the offensive as a co-ordinated push to take Sirte - a city of about 100,000 people - from the south, east, west and along the coast.
(Sep 15 2011) - Pittsburg Post : Man robbed bank to pay taxesSHARON -- A Mercer County man jailed on charges he robbed a bank allegedly told police he needed the money for back taxes to keep from losing his home. Police and FBI agents questioned Mr. Stowell earlier this week, and he acknowledged robbing the bank because he needed $1,100 to pay the tax debt by Sept. 27.
(Sep 14 2011) - China Post : Two MND jets crash in YilanCHINA -- Two aircraft crashed in the mountains of Yilan County around 7:48 p.m. yesterday, setting the peaks aflame upon impact near the 116.4-kilometer mark of Suhua Highway, local fishermen in the area reported. The crashed aircraft are military fighter jets from the Ministry of National Defense (MND).
(Sep 13 2011) - Global Post : Kabul attacks U.S. EmbassyAFGHANISTAN -- Taliban says it's behind suicide bomb attacks aimed at foreign intelligence targets in downtown Kabul. Media reports described an ongoing bomb and gun attack in the city Centre. Witnesses heard loud blasts, while Taliban fighters are understood to have taken refuge in a high-rise building overlooking the area.
(Sep 12 2011) - Activist Post : A Decade of Denial & DeceptionAMERICA -- 9/11 is the biggest event in our life time, and yet here we sit a decade later, and the average American has not put any logical thought into what happened that day. For the most part, Americans were driven by emotional, almost animalistic, herd mentality into multiple wars, loss of liberties and explosive generational debt.
(Sep 11 2011) - New York Post : The Eleventh DayNEW YORK -- A 'severe clear' fall morning. Four planes taken hostage by terrorists. And an attack that would change New York City - and the world - forever. In the dawn of September 11, 2001, in Massachusetts, 92 people were getting up, breakfasting, heading for Boston's Logan Airport ...
(Sep 10 2011) - Jakarta Post : Cash for democracyFRANCE -- Finance Minister Francois Baroin welcomes US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner before the Deauville partnership meeting in Marseille, southern France, Saturday. The Deauville Partnership is a multi-billion-dollar program of aid & credit ($40 bl) to Egypt & Tunisia - trying to establish true {CIA} democracies.
(Sep 09 2011) - Patriot Post : All the Wrong 9/11 LessonsU.S.A. -- Are your kids learning the right lessons about 9/11? Ten years after Osama bin Laden's henchmen murdered thousands of innocents on American soil, too many children have been spoon-fed the thin gruel of progressive political correctness over the stiff antidote of truth. "Know your enemy, name your enemy" is a 9/11 message that has gone unheeded.
(Sep 08 2011) - Pakistan Christian Post : Muslims kill Christian ...SHEIKHUPURA, PUNJAB -- A Christian youth Sunil Masih aged 25 years was kidnapped and killed by Muslims on his way to Shrine of Holy Mary in Mariamabad when he left his group to pass urine in fields. His dead body was run over by a truck to make it an accident but police denied any such accident after examining the dead body ...
(Sep 07 2011) - Huffington Post : U.S. economy drops to # 5GENEVA -- The U.S. has tumbled further down a global ranking of the world's most competitive economies, landing at fifth place because of its huge deficits and declining public faith in government, a global economic group said Wednesday. The announcement by the World Economic Forum was the latest bad news for Obama ...
(Sep 06 2011) - Financial Post : How to wreck an economyWASH D.C. -- With the U.S. economy facing a heightened risk of sliding back into recession, the country's elected representatives may be pushing it closer to the brink. Democrats and Republicans say job creation is a top priority as they return to work this week, but there is a growing body of evidence that Congress is actually hurting the economy.
(Sep 05 2011) - Bangkok Post : H5N1 Bird Flu in VietnamVIETNAM -- A mutant strain of the deadly bird flu H5N1 virus detected in Vietnam does not appear to pose an increased risk to human health, the United Nations said on Monday. After Indonesia, Vietnam has recorded the highest number of human deaths from bird flu, with 59 since 2003, according to the WHO's data.
(Sep 04 2011) - Christian Post : Christians & Muslims Urge PeaceNIGERIA -- At least 42 people were killed in a clash in the city of Jos in central Nigeria prompting Christian and Muslim leaders to call for calm amid persistent divisions between the two communities that have caused hundreds of deaths in recent years. It is estimated that violence in the region has killed over 200 and displaced more than 40,000 after churches were bombed last Christmas Eve.
(Sep 03 2011) - Saturday Evening Post : Happy Labor DayU.S.A. -- Getting out of labor ... some people do it better than others. Here's a collection of cartoons from the Saturday Evening Post that expresses the conditions and concerns about LABOR. If nothing else, take a few minutes out of your busy day to laugh. We all need it.
(Sep 02 2011) - Activist Post : US creates no jobs in AugustWASH D.C. -- The struggling US economy added no jobs in Aug. after 10 months of gains, amid rising fears of recession & political turmoil over the govt's debt & deficit, official data showed Friday. Employment in the private sector, which has been the main engine for job growth as revenue-strapped governments shed workers, "changed little" in most major industries, the Labor Department said.
(Sep 01 2011) - Yemen Post : Al-Qaeda Targeting Lahj ProvinceSOUTH YEMEN -- Suspected al-Qaeda militants are now planning to takeover another southern province after controlling Abyan province. Local security officials in Lahj province said that a large number of al-Qaeda militants have entered the province coming from neighboring Abyan.
(Aug 31 2011) - Denver Post : Colorado scaling back MedicaidCOLORADO -- Two years after lawmakers expanded Medicaid to cover poor adults without children, the state is vastly scaling back the program because the number of people eligible for coverage is nearly three times as high as first projected and the cost of insuring them is almost nine times original estimates.
(Aug 30 2011) - Cape Breton Post : Caesarea: Herod's lost city ...Israel -- The engraved limestone block is hard to read after all this time, but with a little effort you can make out the name "Pontius Pilatus" and fragments of the words "praefectus Iudaeae," or prefect of Judea. This is the only physical, non-literary evidence ever discovered that offers proof Pontius Pilate, the man who the Bible says sentenced Jesus Christ to crucifixion, was real.
(Aug 29 2011) - Washington Post : Made for TV ConfessionsMEXICO CITY -- Hours after his capture, authorities paraded the alleged mass murderer Oscar Osvaldo Garcia before the news media to have his picture taken. This performance - called "the presentation" - is an almost daily ritual in Mexico.
(Aug 28 2011) - New York Post : Irene socks New York CityNEW YORK -- Packing vicious winds & torrential rain, Tropical Storm Irene unleashed its full fury today on a dark & desolate New York - causing coastal flooding, downed trees & power outages. Despite some flooding & power outages, the city escaped the worst-case scenarios that had been predicted on the eve of the storm.
(Aug 27 2011) - Tripoli Post : Revolutionaries take controlTRIPOLI -- While the rebels opposing the Libyan dictator Muammar Al Qathafi move to strengthen hold on the country's cpaital, Libya, after an overnight battle, others are reported by AP of claiming victory over a suburb near Tripoli's airport Saturday, Qasr bin Ghashir, about 32 kilometres south of Tripoli.
(Aug 27 2011) - Newark Post : Nat. Guard prepares to aid areasDELAWARE -- The Delaware National Guard is working with the Delaware Emergency Management Agency and will provide a task force of 500 Guardsmen upon request of the governor for state active duty beginning immediately. Up to 1,000 additional Delaware Guard members are available to meet any additional requests for troops to be placed on state active duty.
(Aug 26 2011) - Watershed Post : State of Emergency for N.Y.NEW YORK -- In another sign that Hurricane Irene is making history, President Barack Obama has granted Governor Andrew Cuomo's request to declare a federal emergency for the state of New York. Obama announced the decision, which frees up federal disaster aid dollars, tonight.
(Aug 26 2011) - Palm Beach Post : Irene heading NorthFLORIDA -- Hurricane Irene continues to chug through the Atlantic as a Category 2 storm as of the National Hurricane Center's 8 a.m. update, but that is little relief to the mid-Atlantic Coast bracing for her arrival. The hurricane's core will pass well off the coast of Northeastern Florida today ...
(Aug 25 2011) - Post Seachlight : DoD employee taking bribesGEORGIA -- A U. S. Department of Defense employee from Climax was arrested Wednesday and charged with taking bribes to steer federal contracts for work in Afghanistan to certain bidders, according to a news release from the U. S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Georgia.
(Aug 24 2011) - National Post : Ron Paul getting silent treatmentCANADA -- (VIDEO) When Mike Huckabee & Donald Trump dropped out of the GOP presidential race in the spring, the biggest news was not who was running, but who wasn't. Ron Paul was mentioned as the only candidate with name recognition, but was quickly written off as not being a serious contender. My how things have changed.
(Aug 23 2011) - Rotorua Post : Getting youth away from gangsNEW ZEALAND -- Waiariki Institute of Technology is teaming up with local communities to keep troubled youth out of gangs and get them into education. The institute's new Certificate in Tertiary Learning Skills has been designed to give students with no high school qualifications the chance to study a trade.
(Aug 22 2011) - Christian Post : Chavez; Castro & Jesus cured meCUBA -- Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has credited Fidel Castro and Jesus for helping him win his battle against cancer, during a televised prayer service on state television Sunday. "The first doctor is named Jesus of Nazareth, the highest of healers, the second is Fidel, and the third is the medical team," Chavez said during the broadcast.
(Aug 22 2011) - Post & E-Mail : UPDATE : Lt. Col. Terrence LakinU.S.A. -- Again, this week, the general media used the idiotic phrase that goes something like this: "In spite of overwhelming evidence to the contrary birthers still don't believe Obama is the president ... " But notice they never outline what the overwhelming evidence is? So let's be clear about this.
(Aug 21 2011) - Post Zambia : Heavy gunfire erupts in TripoliLIBIA -- Explosions and sustained gunfire have been heard in parts of Tripoli, as rebels close in on the Libyan capital. A credible source told the BBC there had been heavy fighting in some districts. A rebel official said the uprising had begun in Tripoli. But Col Muammar Gaddafi said his forces had eliminated "rats".
(Aug 20 2011) - USS Post : Virus Outbreak Kills 81 KidsVIETNAM -- Virus Outbreak Kills 81 Children, Prime Minister of Vietnam has put the country on alert as an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease continues to rise, killing 81 children and sickening more than 32,000 people around the country this year, officials said Friday.
(Aug 19 2011) - Norway Post : Memorial visit to Utoya camp siteNORWAY -- On Friday, relatives of the young people who were killed by the terrorist at Utoya on July 22nd were invited to visit the camp site, accompanied by councellors and police. An estimated 500 to 600 next of kin will be freighted to the island by groups on a special craft operated by the Civli Defence.
(Aug 18 2011) - Jerusalem Post : 7 dead in terror attacksISRAEL -- At least 25 injured in triple terrorist attacks near Eilat; special police forces, IDF soldiers kill 7 terrorists; series of bombs go off near IDF patrol along border with Egypt, gunmen fire on bus, private car. IDF forces were still searching the area around Eilat and the Egyptian border out of concern that there may be terrorists still in the area.
(Aug 17 2011) - Liberty Post : Windmills Killing California's EaglesCALIFORNIA -- As California attempts to divorce itself from fossil-fueled electricity, it may be trading one environmental sin for another -- although you don't hear state officials admitting it. Wind power is the fastest growing component in the state's green energy portfolio, but wildlife advocates say the marriage has an unintended consequence: dead birds, including protected species of eagles, hawks and owls.
(Aug 16 2011) - Activist Post : Big Bro. spying & controlling youU.S.A. -- Are you ready for Big Brother 2.0 ? If you think that the hundreds of ways that the government watches, monitors, tracks and controls us now are bad, just wait until you see what is coming. We live in an age when paranoia is running wild. As technology continues to develop at an exponential pace, governments all over the globe are going to discover a multitude of new ways to spy on us and control our behavior.
(Aug 15 2011) - Washington Post : Many killed in IraqBAGHDAD -- More than 70 people were killed and dozens more were wounded Monday in a string of violent attacks around Iraq, one of the deadliest days in the country so far this year, police and government officials said. In the worst incident, two bombs exploded in a busy market in the city center of Kut, killing at least 37 and injuring more than 50.
(Aug 14 2011) - Global Post : Tim Pawlenty drops outIOWA -- Tim Pawlenty, the former Minnesota governor, on Sunday dropped out of the U.S. presidential race following a disappointing performance in the Iowa straw poll. Pawlenty ended his campaign for the Republican nomination for the White House after a 3rd-place finish in Saturday's straw poll, which was won by Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, who edged out Rep. Ron Paul from Texas.
(Aug 13 2011) - Pittburgh Post : Candidates take show on roadDES MOINES -- Bubba, the champion 2,768-pound Charolais bull, seemed immune to the commotion as he lounged indolently in the breeze of one of the many electric fans in the Cattle Building. But elsewhere in Des Moines' fair grounds -- and across the Hawkeye State -- folks were more energized, gearing up for the highly anticipated if less-than-scientific straw poll ...
(Aug 12 2011) - New York Post : NY turns negative on BamWASH D.C. -- President Obama might need to start taking a few more campaign trips to New York and not just to raise cash. A stunning new survey gives the president a negative approval rating in the Empire State for the first time, with just 45 percent approval and 49 percent disapproval among voters, according to the latest Quinnipiac University poll.
(Aug 11 2011) - First Post : Both sides to blame for riotsENGLAND -- Within hours of the first London riots breaking out, the debate was already being polarised, with left-wing commentators blaming Tory cuts, poverty and institutionalised racism, and right-wing observers slamming multiculturalism, poor parenting and 'community' policing. In fact both the Left and Right must take equal responsibility for the social breakdown we are now witnessing.
(Aug 10 2011) - Palm Beach Post : Talibans Chopper killers, killedWASH D.C. -- Coalition forces in Afghanistan have killed the Taliban militants responsible for shooting down a U.S. helicopter last weekend but not the insurgent leader initially sought in the operation, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said on Wednesday. "We dealt with them in a kinetic strike," ...
(Aug 09 2011) - China Post : Gold hits new peak ...LONDON/SINGAPORE -- Gold soared to an all-time high on Monday as investors sold off other commodities from oil to grains, fleeing from riskier assets after the U.S. loss of its prized AAA credit rating stoked fears about economic growth. Gold broke through the US $1,700 per ounce barrier for the first time ...
(Aug 08 2011) - Financial Post : Gold storms to record $1,715LONDON -- The gold price was set for its second largest daily gain this year on Monday after the respective pledges by the G7 and the European Central Bank to quell the turbulence in the financial markets did nothing to put investors at ease. In Europe, Spanish and Italian bond yields fell.
(Aug 07 2011) - Patriot Post : Making Hay in IowaWASH D.C. -- Being in politics, said Eugene McCarthy, is like coaching football: You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it is important. The game of presidential politics is especially arcane in the cunning weirdness of the Ames straw poll, a quadrennial fundraising event for Iowa's Republican Party.
(Aug 06 2011) - Seattle Post : 'Armed Citizen' takes down gunmanSEATTLE -- Police say an 'armed citizen' helped arrest a man who shot another man late Saturday in the Skyway neighborhood south of Seattle. A man not involved in the dispute who was using the ATM at the bank pulled out his own gun and pointed it at the shooter. Sgt. John Urquhart said the man was licensed to carry the weapon and also had handcuffs with him ...
(Aug 05 2011) - K.C. Post : Teachers protest new Facebook rulesMISSOURI -- As they prepare lesson plans for fall, teachers across Missouri have an extra chore before the new school year begins: purging their Facebook friend lists to comply with a new state law that limits their contact with students on social networks. The law was proposed after an investigation found 87 Missouri teachers had lost their licenses because of sexual misconduct ...
(Aug 04 2011) - Huffington Post : Corrupted Patent ReformWASH D.C. -- After months of dead-end negotiations over raising the federal debt ceiling, President Barack Obama walked into the East Room of the White House on June 29 to demand action. The stalled talks not only threatened the integrity of the nation's debt, he said, they reflected a lack of purpose about solving economic problems and improving the plight of middle-class families.
(Aug 03 2011) - Irish Post : The great property sell-offIRELAND's -- So-called 'bad bank' has been inundated with calls from bargain hunters hoping to cash in its huge property sale. NAMA (the National Asset Management Agency) just released details of almost 850 properties over which it has control. More than 193 are up for sale in Britain - being placed in receivership.
(Aug 02 2011) - Denver Post : Judge blocks school vouchersDENVER -- A Denver judge is being asked to stop Douglas County from issuing school vouchers to 500 students. Judge Michael Martinez is holding a three-day hearing starting Tuesday to consider whether the program violates the state Constitution.
(Aug 01 2011) - Activist Post : Iceland's loud NoICELAND -- The people of Iceland have now twice voted not to repay international debts incurred by banks, and bankers, for which the whole island is being held responsible. With the present turmoil in European capitals, could this be the way forward for other economies? The small island of Iceland has lessons for the world.
(Jul 31 2011) - Washington Post : Debt Deal Getting CloseWASH D.C. -- With the default deadline just two days away, prospects for a debt-limit deal seemed to significantly brighten early Sunday after the White House entered intense negotiations with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Saturday in a last-ditch bid to forge a bipartisan agreement to raise the federal debt limit.
(Jul 30 2011) - African Post : Western Powers Withdraw AidMALAWI -- The United States has withheld $350-million in funding to Malawi following the death of 19 people during two days of public protests last week over fuel and electricity shortages, rising prices and high unemployment in the country. The US pledged aid as part of a Millennium Challenge Corporation pact signed on April 7.
(Jul 29 2011) - Lindsay Post : Former cop faces luring chargeLINDSAY -- A former Peterborough police detective has been charged with luring a child over the Internet and invitation to sexual touching following an OPP investigation into explicit online chats between a man and a young person. Doug Bronson, 51, was arrested in the Durham region Tuesday ...
(Jul 28 2011) - Sandy Post : Suicidal kidnapper arrestedOREGON -- Portland Police officers arrested Casey O. Betts, 43, of Sandy, on July 25, after he reportedly grabbed a 12-year-old boy from his uncle's truck. Betts was armed with a chunk of concrete & had his arm around the boy's neck in the middle of the street at the intersection of Southeast 117th Ave & Yamhill St.
(Jul 27 2011) - Watershed Post : Graffiti-spreading teens nabbedKERHONKSON -- You can hardly blame Ulster County legislator Terry Bernardo for being mad about graffiti on the bridge across the Rondout Creek in Kerhonkson. After all, Kerhonkson has been waiting for the bridge to get rebuilt for almost 3 years and the concrete was barely dry before taggers started marking it up.
(Jul 26 2011) - Saturday Evening Post : Top Screwups Doctors ...U.S.A. -- Although medical doctors have many years of education and practice, they are still just human-and all humans make mistakes. After one such mistake proved fatal for a relative, Joe Graedon, M.S., and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D., went to work trying to get hospitals to institute better safety measures. In their book Top Screwups Doctors Make and How to Avoid Them ...
(Jul 25 2011) - Pakistan Christian Post : PCC File Revised PetitionPAKISTAN -- Pakistan Christian Congress PCC filed a Petition with UN offices to award Refugee Status to Pakistani Christians in 2009, which was put in pending after objections raised by National Commission for Justice and Peace NCJP Lahore and five other umbrella organizations of Church of Pakistan and Catholic Church of Pakistan, claiming that PCC is not sole representative body of millions of Pakistani Christians and not reserve right to petition for such status.
(Jul 24 2011) - Post South : Moving Closer to a HospitalPLAQUEMINE -- The Iberville Parish Council last week moved a step closer to providing a medical facility here with the approval of a cooperative endeavor agreement with Ochsner Clinic Foundation to operate a freestanding emergency room and walk-in clinic in a building the parish plans to construct.
(Jul 23 2011) - Christian Post : Blast Shock Church LeadersNORWAY -- The unprecedented shooting spree and bomb blast that killed over 90 people in Norway Friday "shocked" and "saddened" the Norwegian General Secretary of the World Council of Churches who appealed for international solidarity and prayers from the worldwide church.
(Jul 22 2011) - Palm Beach Post : Panetta : Gays can serve openlyWASH D.C -- Pentagon chief Leon Panetta has decided to end the ban on gays serving openly in the armed services and certify that repealing the 17-year-old prohibition will not hurt the military's ability to fight, officials said Thursday. His decision, which was expected, comes two weeks after the chiefs of the military services told Panetta that ending the ban would not affect military readiness.
(Jul 21 2011) - Liberty Post : Hackers breached NATO SecurityU.S.A. -- A group of computer hackers claims to have breached NATO security and accessed hordes of restricted material. The group called Anonymous says it would be "irresponsible" to publish most of the material it stole from NATO but that it is sitting on about 1 gigabyte of data.
(Jul 20 2011) - Wales Daily Post : PM extremely sorry over CoulsonENGLAND -- David Cameron has said he is "extremely sorry" for the furore his appointment of Andy Coulson as his communications chief has caused. In a Commons statement, the Prime Minister said that with the benefit of "20:20 hindsight" he would not have given the former News of the World editor the job, and added that he would owe a "profound apology" if ...
(Jul 19 2011) - Frontier Post : Preparing for covert CIA operationPAKISTAN -- In connection with, 'Petraeus's Next Campaign' the renowned writer Robert Haddick writes in the Foreign Policy magazine dated July 15, 2011, that, "The new CIA chief will take on the covert war in Pakistan." The magazine disclosed that, the new CIA Chief General David Petraeus, would launch a covert US campaign against Pakistan unilaterally to implement the US quasi-military operations.
(Jul 18 2011) - U.S.S. Post : Debt Deficit DeadlineWASH D.C. -- This week, senators will probably go ahead with a plan that would authorize potential return more borrowing capacity and could also include some spending cuts. Obama had a deadline Friday by congressional leaders of both parties to agree on a deal to raise the debt ceiling in the country. He said the July 22 deadline would give Congress enough leeway to write and approve a bill before the August 2, when the government will run out of money to pay their bills.
(Jul 17 2011) - Norway Post : Preparing for cyber attacksNORWAY -- Ten per cent of all Norwegian defence personnel are engaged in preventing cyber attacks, forming a new military service, according to the newspaper Aftenposten. Even though the new cyber defence is not yet comparable to the Air Force or the Army, it is clear that we are observing the development of a new military service in Norway, the newspaper writes.
(Jul 16 2011) - Tripoli Post : U.S. Recognises Rebels' CouncilLYBIA -- At the end of the fourth meeting of the Libya Contact Group in Istanbul that discussed the five-month-old conflict in Libya, on Friday, the United States formally recognised the rebel leadership (TNC) as the country's legitimate government. The move was intended to put up the diplomatic pressure on Col. Muammar Al Qathafi to step down from power aftr a rule of 41 years.
(Jul 15 2011) - Liberty Post : Illegal inside Nuclear PlantPHOENIX -- Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's deputies arrested an illegal immigrant working inside the Palo Verde Nuclear Plant, the nation's largest nuclear plant and one of the most closely monitored in the country. Cruz Loya Alvares was taken into custody by Sheriff Deputies Wednesday and interrogated by the Sheriff's Human Smuggling detectives. Deputies determined that the worker is, in fact, here illegally.
(Jul 14 2011) - Birmingham Post : Tracking the NotW HackersBIRMINGHAM -- As the phone hacking scandal continues to unravel, West Bromwich East MP Tom Watson tells Political Editor Jonathan Walker how he has spent two years patiently investigating Rupert Murdoch's newspaper empire. Tom Watson is in demand. Radio Four wants to speak to him, and so does the New York Times.
(Jul 13 2011) - Global Post : The death of an Afghan PatriotAFGHANISTAN -- There is much that is unclear about the assassination of Ahmed Wali Karzai. But there is one thing that is virtually certain: it will make the situation worse. "We make heroes of our leaders only when they are dead," sighed a young Afghan businessman who runs a risk assessment company in Kabul.
(Jul 12 2011) - Post & E-Mail : A Conspiracy of CongressWASH D.C. -- On April 27, 2011, the person commonly known as Barack Hussein Obama (aka Barry Soetoro), did, with malice and aforethought, publicly display on the official White House website, a blatantly forged document that he claimed to be a copy of his Hawaiian Certificate of Live Birth - in order to obtain and maintain his continued employment within our Federal Government.
(Jul 11 2011) - Kentucky Post : Bengal Shot in Bakersfield ?BAKERSFIELD -- A former member of the Cincinnati Bengals is dead after being shot by a sheriff's deputy in California. David "Deacon" Turner played for the team as a running back for three season in 1978, 1979 and 1980. 9 News has learned that an altercation with authorities outside a convenience store Sunday morning in Bakersfield, California ultimately ended with Turner being shot.
(Jul 10 2011) - National Post : Egyptian protesters' frustratedCAIRO -- Egyptian activists vowed on Sunday to stay camped in Cairo's Tahrir Square, accusing the army rulers of failing to end corruption, the use of military courts & swiftly try those who killed protesters. Anger has been rising against what many Egyptians see as the reluctance of the military council to deliver ...
(Jul 09 2011) - Zambia Post : Lameck Mangani quits gov.ZAMBIA -- Lameck Mangani has resigned from the MMD and government. In a letter to President Rupiah Banda dated July 8, 2011, Mangani, who is Chipata Central member of parliament and works and supply deputy minister, stated that he had resigned with immediate effect.
(Jul 08 2011) - Seattle Post Globe : At behest of banks ...WASH D.C. -- Putting an end to one of the biggest lobbying fights of the year, the Federal Reserve has finalized rules capping the transaction fees that merchants pay to banks whenever a customer makes a purchase with a debit card. As it turns out, neither the banking industry nor the retail sector are too happy about the final result - capping debit card fees at 21 to 24 cents per transaction ...
(Jul 07 2011) - National Post : Hells Angels clubhouse returned ?TORONTO -- Hells Angels could get back the keys to a clubhouse that was seized by police in a 2007 raid because members arrested during the operation have been found not guilty of belonging to a criminal organization, say lawyers involved with the case. The building was seized during Project Develop, an undercover operation that involved sweeping raids of Hells Angels properties ...
(Jul 06 2011) - China Post : Moody's cuts Portugal to junkLISBON -- Moody's became the 1st ratings agency to cut Portugal's credit standing to junk, warning the country may need a 2nd round of rescue funds before it can return to capital markets. The downgrade on Tues. was not entirely unexpected & served as a reminder that Europe's debt troubles extend beyond Greece ...
(Jul 05 2011) - Kyiv Post : UN calls for greener food productionNEW YORK -- World food production will have to increase by up to 100 percent by 2050 and focus on greener methods to sustain an expected 9 billion population, the U.N. said Tuesday in its annual survey of economic and social trends. The survey said the 2007-2008 food crisis and higher food prices "revealed deep structural problems in the global food system" ...
(Jul 04 2011) - Patriot Post : Independence DayAMERICA -- "Let the Fourth of July always be a reminder that here in this land, for the first time, it was decided that man is born with certain God-given rights; that government is only a convenience created and managed by the people, with no powers of its own except those voluntarily granted to it by the people. We sometimes forget that great truth, and we never should. Happy Fourth of July." -- Ronald Reagan, Independence Day, 1981
(Jul 03 2011) - Activist Post : King George III Won ...AMERICA -- When you read the Declaration of Independence, it turns out to be an indictment of King George III for various abuses of power. And those abuses of power look fairly similar to abuses of power we happily permit U.S. presidents to engage in today, either as regards the people of this nation or the people of territories and nations that our military occupies today in a manner uncomfortably resembling Britain's rule over the 13 colonies.
(Jul 02 2011) - New York Post : Maid cleaning up as hookerNEW YORK -- Dominique Strauss-Kahn's accuser wasn't just a girl working at a hotel -- she was a working girl. The Sofitel housekeeper who claims the former IMF boss sexually assaulted her in his room was doing double duty as a prostitute, collecting cash on the side from male guests ...
(Jul 01 2011) - Yemen Post : Hadi Ignores GCC proposalYEMEN -- While millions feel that Yemen can not stand another week of the ongoing catastrophic crisis, Yemen acting president Abdu Rabu Hadi hinted that transfer of power is far from happening and wants to start from step one again calling for dialogue - saying, "the UN has come up with a proposal ... "
(Jun 30 2011) - P.C. Post : Climate change critic, criticizedAUTRALIA -- Controversial climate orator Lord Christopher Monckton has launched an attack on the term "climate change denier", saying it seeks to group global-warming doubters with extreme fascism. One week after making headlines for likening Australian economist Ross Garnaut's climate advocacy to Nazism, ...
(Jun 30 2011) - Huffington Post : Monsanto Under Investigation ...WASH D.C. -- Global agribusiness giant Monsanto is under federal investigation for using cash incentives to persuade distributors to use Roundup, the world's top-selling weedkiller. Monsanto announced Wednesday they'd cooperate with the Securities & Exchange Commission's probe of its "customer incentives" programs ...
(Jun 29 2011) - Kansas City Post : Abortion Doctors Sue StateTOPEKA -- Two doctors who perform abortions in Kansas filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday to block a new licensing law and regulations that abortion rights advocates fear will make Kansas the first state in the country without an abortion provider.
(Jun 28 2011) - Denver Post : Nuclear lab threatened by firesLOS ALAMOS -- Firefighters worked through the night and into Tuesday hoping to put out spot fires erupting ahead of a wildfire in the mountains above the northern New Mexico town that is home to a government nuclear laboratory. "That's the biggest threat we have right now to homes in the community," ...
(Jun 27 2011) - Post Chronicle : China's latest high-speed trainCHINA -- With its fully reclining airline-style business class seats, a strict no-smoking policy and designed top speed of 350 km (220 miles) per hour, the new Beijing-Shanghai express embodies China's race to the future. It took just 39 months to build such a high-standard and world-renowned high-speed rail line ...
(Jun 26 2011) - Gwinnett Daily Post : An angel among usDACULA -- This is the guy organizing the training of Gwinnett County's firefighting recruits: an 18-year veteran of the U.S. Navy, who has been deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan and still travels the world preparing Marines for what they'll see on the Middle East's front lines.
(Jun 25 2011) - India Post : Time to forgive & build a new IndiaNEW DELHI -- Seeking to put behind memories of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Home Minister P Chidambaram today said the country has moved on since the "tragic incident" and that it was time to "forgive" and build a new India, where every citizen irrespective of faith has equal place ..."
(Jun 24 2011) - Plaquemine Post : Truant parents arrestedLOUISIANA -- Four parents / guardians of Iberville Parish Public School students were arrested last week for alleged failure to comply with the Louisiana Compulsory Attendance Law & more arrests are expected. Chief of Operations Aubrey St. Angelo of the Iberville Sheriff's Office said the School Board issued the warrants for the misdemeanor charges.
(Jun 23 2011) - Bangkok Post : Characters spice up electionTHAILAND -- A charismatic former massage parlour kingpin & a one-time coup general are among the wilder characters wooing voters as elections loom in politically volatile Thailand. Among the mostly banal images of suited hopefuls on party billboards, a few candidates stand out - one gripping a panda, a man who appears to be suffering from eye-popping road rage & another with the head of a buffalo.
(Jun 22 2011) - Ayrshire Post : Man jailed for power drill assaultLANARKSHIRE -- A man who assaulted a 26-year-old with a power drill in a "deliberate and unprovoked" attack has been jailed for 4 1/2 years. Robert Kirkwood, 26, attacked James Hanlon with the tool in Stepps, North Lanarkshire, on Aug 22 last year. The victim was forced out of the car he was a passenger in before Kirkwood hit him repeatedly on his head & body with the drill.
(Jun 21 2011) - Long Beach Post : LB's 10 Worst Decisions ...LONG BEACH -- There are two possible outcomes for every public decision made: a positive one that improves the well-being of a city, and a negative one that not only has the opposite desired effect, but also serves as a source of embarrassment to the populace. Three years ago, the Long Beach Post asked its readers to identify ten of the worst decisions ever made in our city.
(Jun 20 2011) - Liberty Post : Missing Iraq money - $18 billion ???WASH D.C. -- In 2004, the Bush administration flew twenty billion dollars of shrink-wrapped cash into Iraq on pallets. Now the bulk of that money has disappeared. The funds flown into the war zone were made up of surplus from the UN's oil-for-food program, as well as money from sales of Iraqi oil and seized Iraqi assets.
(Jun 19 2011) - Jerusalem Post : Israel on 'poor' aviation listISRAEL -- Israel appears on list together with 3rd world countries which US aviation safety regulator says do not meet int'l standards.. The FAA, lists Israel as one of 22 nations whose civil aviation authorities do not meet international safety standards, the USA Today reported on Saturday.
(Jun 18 2011) - Saturday Evening Post : Moonshining TraditionU.S.A. -- "Freedom and whiskey go together," wrote the Scottish poet Robert Burns. He was thinking of Scotland, but the principle applied to the United States as well where independent farmers enjoyed the right to distill and drink their own liquor without anyone's approval. Burns might have added that money and whiskey keep even closer company.
(Jun 17 2011) - Vanuatu Post : Gaua volcano danger mapVANUATU -- In February 2011 the Vanuatu Red Cross Society handed a Geographic Information System (GIS) software over to the Vanuatu Meteorology and Geohazards Department as part of its natural disaster risk reduction program "Together, becoming resilient!" funded by the European Commission's Humanitarian Office.
(Jun 16 2011) - Christian Post : Assembly Ok's Same-Sex MarriageNEW YORK -- The Senate must decide if gay marriages are to get the go ahead in New York after the state Assembly passed a same-sex marriage bill late Wednesday night. Gov. Andrew Cuomo's bill was approved 80-63 in the Democrat-led Assembly but faces a tougher vote in the Senate, where Republicans are in the majority.
(Jun 15 2011) - Washington Post : Blog re: Bohemian GroveCALIFORNIA -- Every July, some of the richest and most powerful men in the world gather at a 2,700 acre campground in Monte Rio, Calif., for two weeks of heavy drinking, super-secret talks, druid worship (the group insists they are simply "revering the Redwoods"), and other rituals. Their purpose: to escape the "frontier culture," or uncivilized interests, of common men.
(Jun 15 2011) - Bangkok Post : Pakistan arrests CIA informantsPAKISTAN -- Pakistan's top spy agency has arrested five Pakistani informants who assisted the CIA ahead of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, The New York Times reported on Wednesday. The men arrested reportedly include a Pakistani Army major ... Pakistani military denied that any army officer's been detained ...
(Jun 14 2011) - Financial Post : U.S. retail sales drops ...WASH D.C. -- U.S. retail sales fell in May for the first time in 11 months, dragged down by a sharp drop in receipts from auto dealerships, according to a gov. report that could raise fears of a prolonged economic slowdown. Total retail sales slipped 0.2%, the Commerce Department said on Tuesday, after a downwardly revised 0.3% increase in April.
(Jun 13 2011) - Activist Post : FBI expands investigative powersU.S.A. -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation is giving significant new powers to its roughly 14,000 agents - allowing them more leeway to search databases, go through household trash or use surveillance teams to scrutinize the lives of people who have attracted their attention.
(Jun 12 2011) - Tripoli Post : POLL Americans Oppose Libya WarLIBIA -- The majority of Americans, regardless of their political party affiliations, do not approve of the US involvement in the Libyan war, a recent CBS News poll reveals. According to the poll, six out of 10 American Democrats, Republicans, and independents think the US should not be involved in the unpopular war on Libya, The Atlantic reported.
(Jun 11 2011) - Global Post : Syrians fleeing TurkeyANTAKYA -- In Karbeyaz, a town surrounded by olive trees and grain fields, white vans race to and fro, packed with scared and tired looking men, women and children. About 2,400 Syrian refugees have crossed into Turkey in the last 48 hours, fleeing a violent government crackdown in Jisr al-Shoughour, a mainly Sunni town of 45,000 residents in Northern Syria.
(Jun 10 2011) - Frontier Post : 12 martyred in attack ...DERA ISMAIL KHAN -- About 200 Taliban fighters stormed a checkpoint, martyring 12 soldiers and injuring eight others in Marobi area of Makin Tehsil in South Waziristan Agency (SWA) late on Wednesday night.Two intelligence officials said 13 insurgents who took part in the attack also were killed ...
(Jun 09 2011) - Yorkshire Evening Post : Porn pics with animalsLEEDS -- A teacher has made his second appearance in court accused of possessing sexual images of children as young as seven. John Hardcastle, 52, who works at Primrose High School in Burmantofts, is also alleged to have owned photographs and videos of adults engaged in sexual activity with animals.
(Jun 08 2011) - Pittsburgh Post : New rules for for-profit schoolsWASH D.C. -- An Obama administration official told Senate Democrats on Tuesday that new rules for for-profit colleges are just the beginning in targeting programs earning taxpayer-subsidized profits while leaving students with high debts. The Dept. of Ed. last week released its final "gainful employment" rule, mandating that career education programs meet standards of student loan debt related to income by 2015 or else ...
(Jun 07 2011) - Huffington Post : Roundup Causes Birth DefectsWASH D.C. -- Industry regulators have known for years that Roundup, the world's best-selling herbicide produced by U.S. company Monsanto, causes birth defects, according to a new report released Tuesday. The report found regulators knew as long ago as 1980 that glyphosate, the chemical on which Roundup is based, can cause birth defects in laboratory animals.
(Jun 07 2011) - Seattle Post Globe : Bankrupt Lehman Brothers ...U.S.A. -- There are growing indications that federal investigators at the SEC will opt to publicly scold the failed firm Lehman Brothers instead of filing fraud charges against former executives. The 2008 bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, readers may remember, was the largest in U.S. history & sent shock waves through the global financial system spiraling into crisis.
(Jun 06 2011) - Financial Post : Greece starts austerity drive ...ATHENS -- Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou starts a campaign on Monday to secure a new international bailout by imposing years of austerity on a nation already seething over corruption and economic mismanagement. Unease is growing within Papandreou's ranks about the consequences of waves of budget cuts demanded under successive deals with the European Union and IMF ...
(Jun 05 2011) - Christian Post : Donations Will DecreaseWASH D.C. -- Church leaders are concerned that giving could suffer if the federal government moves forward with plans to limit tax breaks, including those for charitable donations, as a way to rein in the country's out of control budget deficit, according to a recent church survey on offerings and giving.
(Jun 04 2011) - Webster Post : Academic freedom for saleNEW YORK -- Billionaires are different from you and me for obvious reasons, including the fact that they buy much pricier baubles than we do. A sleek car costing $100,000 ? Why that's just an impulse purchase. A few million bucks for a Matisse original? Go ahead - it'll liven up the hallway.
(Jun 03 2011) - Kansas City Post : Missouri tornado deaths = 138JOPLIN -- Missouri officials say the death toll from the massive May 22 Joplin tornado has risen to 138 people. The state Department of Public Safety announced the increase from 134 yesterday after confirming that four more people died in hospitals of injuries suffered in deadliest single US tornado since 1950.
(Jun 02 2011) - China Post : 25 Pakistani forces killed ...ISLAMABAD -- Twenty-five Pakistani security forces have been killed in fighting in northwest Pakistan after about 200 militants crossed over from Afghanistan and attacked a security checkpost, a government official said on Thursday. Skirmishes had been going on for 24 hours in a village in Dir region ...
(Jun 01 2011) - Borneo Post : Put aside political differencesKUCHING -- The people of Sarawak have been called on to refocus their attention on development efforts, and put aside all political differences after the recent state election. The Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Datuk Patinggi Abang Muhammad Salahuddin said Sarawakians should take the necessary steps to ensure that political stability is maintained in the state.
(May 31 2011) - Activist Post : Cyber Combat: Act of WarWASH D.C. -- The Pentagon has concluded that computer sabotage coming from another country can constitute an act of war, a finding that for the first time opens the door for the U.S. to respond using traditional military force. The Pentagon's first formal cyber strategy, unclassified portions of which are expected to become public next month ...
(May 30 2011) - Patriot Post : Conducting Guerrilla WarfareU.S.A. -- In America, where the major networks & some of the minor ones, together with most dailies & news magazines, along with 90% of the actors, writers & directors in Hollywood, are dedicated to disseminating left-wing propaganda, it's quite natural for those of us on the Right to feel like we're waging war behind enemy lines.
(May 29 2011) - New York Post : IMF Chief may have been set upRUSSIA -- Vladimir Putin has jumped to the defense of the accused maid molester -- declaring the sex-assault charges against Strauss-Kahn are likely bogus and hinting that they may be part of a conspiracy to bring the ex-IMF chief down. "It is hard for me to evaluate the hidden political motives," the Russian prime minister said in comments posted on the official Kremlin Web site.
(May 28 2011) - Palm Beach Post : Gas tanks draining budgetsNEW YORK -- There's less money this summer for hotel rooms, surfboards and bathing suits. It's all going into the gas tank. High prices at the pump are putting a squeeze on the family budget as the traditional summer driving season begins. For every $10 the typical household earns before taxes, almost a full dollar now goes toward gas, a 40 percent bigger bite than normal.
(May 27 2011) - Washington Post : What Obama did to IsraelWASH D.C. -- Every Arab-Israeli negotiation contains a fundamental asymmetry: Israel gives up land, which is tangible; the Arabs make promises, which are ephemeral. The long-standing American solution has been to nonetheless urge Israel to take risks for peace while America balances things by giving assurances of U.S. support for Israel's security and diplomatic needs.
(May 26 2011) - Kyiv Post : EU warns Ukraine over caseUKRAINE -- The European Union said on Thurs. it was concerned about "suggestions of political motivation" behind criminal cases brought against Ukrainian opposition leader, Yulia Tymoshenko. Ukrainian prosecutors told Tymoshenko, a former prime minister who narrowly lost to President Viktor Yanukovich in a Feb. 2010 election ... she may be detained for hampering probes into charges of abuse of power.
(May 25 2011) - India Post : Terror fury hits Pak againPESHAWAR -- A Taliban suicide bomber today rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into a police building near the US consulate here killing at least nine policemen as terror fury continued to hit Pakistan since the US raid that killed al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden. The bomber, said by police to be carrying more than 300 kg of high-grade explosives, hit the three-storey police building on University Road ...
(May 24 2011) - Post Chronicle : Another Dooms Day Prophey ?CALIFORNIA -- The evangelical Christian broadcaster whose much-ballyhooed Judgment Day prophecy went conspicuously unfulfilled on Saturday has a simple explanation for what went wrong - he miscalculated. Instead of the world physically coming to an end on May 21 with a great, cataclysmic earthquake, as he had predicted, Harold Camping, 89, said he now believes his forecast is playing out "spiritually," with the actual apocalypse set to occur five months later, on October 21.
(May 23 2011) - Seattle Post Globe : WHO's link with corporationsGENEVA -- A number of civil society & non-profit organizations are claiming that the World Health Organization is overly influenced by corporate interests. At this week's World Health Assembly meeting in Geneva, Corporate Accountability International, which represents 100 organizations from 24 countries, claims the WHO is compromising its independence and mission of improving global health.
(May 22 2011) - Ayshire Post : Church Divided re: Gay ClergySCOTLAND -- The Church of Scotland faces losing whole congregations if it approves the appointment of gay clergy, an academic said. Dr Bill Naphy, of the University of Aberdeen, said it will be "a very divisive issue" whatever the Assembly decides. The Kirk is holding its General Assembly this week ...
(May 21 2011) - National Post : Why jerks inherit stuffCANADA -- Imagine you are, in the words of American psychologist Stanton Peele, "an average slob" who has taken a child on a business trip, and you’re "worried the IRS is going to audit your tax return because you claimed a breakfast voucher and you included your child's milkshake." This little worry is a big problem. It may mark you for a life of mediocrity.
(May 20 2011) - Jerusalem Post : What rankled Netanyahu ...ISRAEL -- In 2004, US President George Bush, in exchange for then Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip, wrote a letter saying in any future agreement between Israel and the Palestinians it would be "unrealistic" to expect a full Israeli withdrawal to the 1949 Armistice lines (the 1967 lines), and that a just and fair solution to the Palestinian refugee issue would be their absorption in a future Palestinian state, rather than Israel.
(May 19 2011) - Irish Post : Ring of Steel for QueenIRELAND -- A security operation unlike any in the history of the Irish state is in full swing this week as Queen Elizabeth becomes the first British head of state to visit the country in 100 years. Armed British police officers will patrol the streets of Dublin alongside thousands of gardai & soldiers to protect the 85-year-old monarch & the Duke of Edinburgh as they travel around the Republic.
(May 18 2011) - Wayne Post : Radar coming to Northern BorderBUFFALO -- Sen. Charles Schumer says Homeland Security will begin tapping into Canadian military radar later this year to detect low-flying aircraft used to smuggle drugs from Canada into the U.S. The New York Dem. chaired a hearing of the subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees & Border Security in Wash D.C. Tuesday.
(May 17 2011) - Palm Beach Post : 7,000 Arrests JeopardizedRIVIERA BEACH -- Thousands of arrests made by officers in two Palm Beach County police agencies are in danger of being compromised because the officers weren't legally certified to carry firearms, The Palm Beach Post has learned. According to Florida Dept of Law Enforcement documents, 151 police officers didn't receive firearms training from a certified trainer ...
(May 16 2011) - Huffington Post : IMF Head Charged with RapeNEW YORK -- The head of the International Monetary Fund was examined for evidence that could incriminate him in the alleged sexual assault of a hotel maid, charges that stunned the global financial world and upended French presidential politics. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a married father of four whose reputation with women earned him the nickname "the great seducer," faced arraignment Monday ...
(May 15 2011) - Financial Post : Combined Bid for TMX GroupCANADA -- A who's who of Canada's biggest financial companies have joined forces & made a written takeover offer for the owner of the Toronto Stock Exchange. A source familiar with the group said TD Bank, CIBC, Bank of Nova Scotia, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Alberta Investment Management Co. & others ...
(May 14 2011) - Bangkok Post : Corruption as a way of lifeTHAILAND -- Few serving prime ministers have made as many public speeches condemning corruption as Abhisit Vejjajiva. He also transformed some of those words into deeds by forcing the resignation of a deputy minister at the Public Heath Ministry when graft became an issue. But it would be wishful thinking to assume that any significant progress has been made ...
(May 13 2011) - Patriot Post : English for ImmigrantsWASH D.C. -- President Obama invoked immigrant assimilation this week in a speech in El Paso, Texas, praising the notion embodied in the motto E pluribus unum: out of many, one. But it wasn't all that long ago when many liberals eschewed the idea of America as having one language, one culture, and one people.
(May 12 2011) - Post & Courier : Activists push immigration billCOLUMBIA -- Conservative activists will pressure lawmakers today to crack down on illegal immigrants living in So. Carolina by showing up in force before a legislative hearing. Barbara Pulicicchio of Mt. Pleasant & Linda Rouvet of No. Charleston, among other local activists, have rounded up supporters to travel to the Statehouse to demand that legislators act on illegal immigration reform ...
(May 11 2011) - IOL Post : Suspects killed in hail of bulletsSOUTH AFRICA -- Two Umlazi brothers and their cousin, who were wanted in connection with the murder of a policeman on Friday night, were shot and killed by officers on Tuesday. Musawakhe, 36, and Xolisani Ngcobo, 24, and their cousin Simphiwe Moye Shozi, 26, died in a hail of bullets after apparently opening fire on the police trying to arrest them.
(May 10 2011) - Kentucky Post : Microsoft agrees to buy SkypeSAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday that it has agreed to buy the popular Internet telephone service Skype SA for $8.5 billion in the biggest deal in the software maker's 36-year history. Buying Skype would give Microsoft a potentially valuable communications tool as it tries to become a bigger force on the Internet and in the increasingly important smartphone market.
(May 09 2011) - Denver Post : Pakistan premier defends countryISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's prime minister says the army will investigate how al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden hid for years on his country's soil without being detected. Yousuf Raza Gilani made the comments during an address to Parliament on Monday, a week after a raid by U.S. Navy SEALs in the Pakistani garrison city of Abbottabad killed the terrorist mastermind.
(May 08 2011) - Post & E-Mail : Nullify ObamacareU.S.A. -- THE STATES HAVE THE POWER OF SOVEREIGNTY : Constitutionally and historically, do the States turn over full sovereignty to the government? Does the government trump States' rights by the so-called 'supremacy clause' (Art VI, Clause 2)? If the answer to these two questions is 'yes,' then the will of the people is of secondary importance and must defer to the mandates of Obamacare. If 'no,' then the States' rightful place as sovereign Republics (Art IV, Sec 4) is recognized with every right to nullify government-run healthcare.
(May 07 2011) - Pittsburgh Post : Unemployments mixed messagesU.S.A. -- Unemployment was up in April, but so were the number of jobs across the country in a report filled with mixed messages for those who are trying to figure out the economic trends. The national unemployment rate, based on a survey of households by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, was 9% in April, up from 8.8% in March and 8.9% in Feb., ending a 4 month trend of declining unemployment.
(May 06 2011) - Global Post : MI5 Gets Pass from London JudgeLONDON -- Neither British intel nor emergency services were at fault in the terrorist attacks on London's public transport system on July 7, 2005 that killed 52 people, an inquest found. While the British spy service MI5, was rapped for its system of assessing terrorist suspects & its record-keeping after after so-called 7/7 attacks - intelligence lapses didn't contribute to casualties on the day ...
(May 05 2011) - Frontier Post : Petition filed against US ...LAHORE -- A petition was filed in the Lahore High Court on Wed. against the U.S. operation for killing Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in Abbottabad. The petitioner Ishtiaq Chaudhry Advocate said in the petition that the government didn't take the people into confidence regarding the US operation in Abbottabad. He said that the US operation had directly attacked on sovereignty of Pakistan.
(May 04 2011) - Jakarta Post : Bin Laden hailed as a heroINDONESIA -- Osama bin Laden is being hailed as a hero and martyr by radical groups around the country, with the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) holding a program of "gratitude for service" later today at its headquarters. Demonstrations against the US by other groups are planned. The question is whether there will be more serious consequences, and three come to mind.
(May 03 2011) - China Post : Not everyone believes he's deadWASH D.C. -- Knowing there would be disbelievers, the U.S. says it used convincing means to confirm Osama bin Laden's identity during and after the firefight that killed him. But the mystique that surrounded the terrorist chieftain in life is persisting in death. Was it really him? How do we know? Where are the pictures?
(May 02 2011) - Jerusalem Post : MISSION : To Kill OsamaWASH D.C. -- The US special forces team that hunted down Osama bin Laden was under orders to kill the al Qaida mastermind, not capture him, a US national security official told Reuters. "This was a kill operation," the official said, making clear there was no desire to try to capture bin Laden alive in Pakistan.
(May 01 2011) - Tripoli Post : Qathafi's son & grandsons goneLIBIA -- A NATO air strike Saturday night reportedly killed the Libyan leader's youngest son, 29-year-old Seif al-Arab, and his three children, Muammar Al Qathafi's grandsons, Libyan government spokesman Mr Moussa Ibrahim told reporters in the Libyan capital, Tripoli. The Libyan leader was in the one-storey house in a residential neighbourhood in Tripoli at the time of the strike, but was unharmed.
(Apr 30 2011) - Activist Post : America's Fate Under Chinese ...U.S.A. -- The news has recently hit the press that China's economy, measured on the purchasing-power basis that adjusts for price differences between nations, may surpass the U.S. in only another five years or so. Surprisingly, China has still shown no signs of morphing into the cuddly liberal and democratic nation ...
(Apr 29 2011) - Birmingham Post : The Royal WeddingU.K. -- It's the royal event of the year! Catch all the Royal Wedding action from 10am on the 25 April, and continuing through to the big day 29 April, right here on the Birmingham Post. We'll bring you all the latest news straight from Westminster, as well as the latest on local celebrations around Birmingham.
(Apr 28 2011) - USS Post : Wilkerson Killed in CrashNEW YORK -- David Wilkerson Killed, Rev. David Wilkerson, founding pastor of Times Square Church in New York and author of the popular book The Cross and the Switchblade, was killed Wednesday in a collision in Texas. He was 79. "It is with deep sadness that we inform you of the sudden death of Rev. David Wilkerson, our founding pastor," the Times Square Church Pastor Carter Conlon said in a statement on the website of the church.
(Apr 28 2011) - New York Post : Severe Southern StormTUSCALOOSA -- The death toll from severe storms that punished five Southern U.S. states jumped to a staggering 193 Thursday after Alabama canvassed its hard-hit counties for a new tally of lives lost. Alabama's state emergency management agency said it had confirmed 128 deaths, up from at least 61 earlier.
(Apr 27 2011) - Palm Beach Post : WH releases birth certificateWASH D.C. -- The White House released the long form of President Barack Obama's birth certificate Wednesday in response to questions about whether he was really born in the U.S. The certificate says Obama was born in Hawaii, which makes him eligible to hold the office of president.
(Apr 26 2011) - Financial Post : Is copper the new gold?SINGAPORE -- Soaring global demand for copper makes the metal a better bet than gold & explains a surprise bid by Barrick Gold Corp, the world's No. 1 bullion producer for copper miner Equinox Minerals. Barrick's $7.68 billion offer trumped one by Minmetals Resources, a unit of China's largest metals trader.
(Apr 25 2011) - Post Zambia : Investigate Rupiah in arms dealZAMBIA -- Rupiah Banda should be probed over George Mpombo's revelation that he had his fingers in the $100 million arms deal, demands Col Panji Kaunda. And Col Panji said President Banda should apologise to the Zambian people for lying that he didn't solicit for campaign funds from the country's diplomats ...
(Apr 24 2011) - Christian Post : Crucifixion Story Becomes RealDETROIT -- On Good Friday, Christians around the world pondered the suffering Jesus endured on the cross - his back bloody from the cruel whippings he received prior to his crucifixion; his hands pierced by iron nails beaten in with a hammer; and his agonizing death on a wooden cross.
(Apr 23 2011) - Wales Post : N.U.T.(s) call for general strikeHARROGATE -- Teachers have called for a general strike as they were told how Government cuts are hurting the nation's children. The Government's plans to slash budgets are "not based on economic necessity, but on ideology," delegates at the National Union of Teachers (NUT) annual conference in Harrogate were told.
(Apr 22 2011) - Global Post : Devout crucified in PhilippinesPHILIPPINES -- More than a dozen people have been nailed to crosses in the Philippines in front of thousands of tourists in a controversial annual event to mark Good Friday. Hundreds more people had their backs whipped until they bled during the grisly religious spectacle re-enacting the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in the town of Cutud, north of Manila.
(Apr 21 2011) - African Post : Mubarak's Name Stripped OffEGYPT -- Egypt Thursday took another step toward erasing the legacy of deposed president Hosni Mubarak by ordering his name, and that of his family, removed from public institutions across the nation. Sycophantic officials seeking to curry Mubarak's favor had resorted to naming everything from streets to schools ...
(Apr 20 2011) - Post Independent : Glenwood's youngest centenarianCOLORADO -- Julian Vogt, a Glenwood Springs resident for the past 40 years, turns 100 today. He still lives in his own home, maintains his yard and is an active skier and swimmer. "I'm going to give first priority to my health," he said, noting that his formula for longevity has been moderation in all things.
(Apr 19 2011) - Wash Post : It's The Economy STUPID !WASH D.C. -- Deepening economic pessimism has pushed down President Obama's approval rating to a near record low, but he holds an early advantage over prospective 2012 rivals in part because of widespread dissatisfaction with Republican candidates, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
(Apr 18 2011) - Post Chronicle : Tea Party Tax Day RalliesU.S.A. -- Some Republican presidential hopefuls will try to appeal to Tea Party activists during Tax Day rallies by the grassroots movement throughout the United States. Rallies were planned Friday and Saturday. One of the most prominent events was scheduled Friday at the Capitol in Concord, N.H., which conducts the first presidential primary ...
(Apr 17 2011) - Palm Beach Post : Gadhafi forces shell cityLIBIA -- Troops loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi are shelling the rebel-held city of Ajdabiya, a strategic eastern town that has been the scene of intense fighting in recent weeks. The government bombardment of Ajdabiya on Sunday marks a setback for the rebels, coming a day after rebel forces battled Gadhafi's troops on the outskirts of the oil town of Brega ...
(Apr 16 2011) - Rotorua Post : 100's watch fights on YouTubeROTORUA -- A Rotorua man has uploaded videos of city youths fighting on YouTube, and now a Rotorua principal wants people who share them to face criminal charges. Two separate videos of Rotorua youths fighting - including a fight involving two Rotorua Boys' High School students and another involving two people named Raz and Kane fighting in daylight along Vaughan Rd ...
(Apr 15 2011) - Liberty Post : BRICS demand greater influenceCHINA -- The BRICS group of emerging-market powers kept up the pressure on Thursday for a revamped global monetary system that relies less on the dollar and for a louder voice in international financial institutions. The leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa also called for stronger regulation of commodity derivatives to dampen excessive volatility in food and energy prices ...
(Apr 14 2011) - National Post : The Christian Heritage partyCANADA -- This week, the Post gives smaller parties the chance to tell you what they're all about & why you might consider giving them your vote. The Christian Heritage Party (CHP) of Canada is our country's 6th largest political party. They're completely member-supported & do not receive political subsidies. They support stronger families, smaller government, safer streets & a healthier society.
(Apr 13 2011) - Bangkok Post : Mubarak and sons detained ...EGYPT -- Egypt's ailing ex-president Hosni Mubarak & his 2 sons have been placed in detention for 15 days as part of an inquiry into the use of force against protesters ... a statement on the public prosecutor's Facebook page said {he} authorised the detentions "as part of an inquiry into the use of force against protesters during the unrest in January and February."
(Apr 12 2011) - Birmingham Post : Japan PM urges calm ...JAPAN -- Japan's prime minister has made a public appeal for calm after raising the severity level of the nuclear plant crisis to the highest rating - on par with the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. Prime Minister Naoto Kan urged people in a televised address to focus on recovering from the country's disasters.
(Apr 11 2011) - Yemen Post : Gov. welcomes GCC's initiativeYEMEN -- Government welcomed the efforts by Gulf Cooperation Council, GCC, to resolve the current situation in Yemen between the Ruling General People Congress party and the opposition coalition, the Joint Meeting Party, JMP. The source said that President Ali Abdullah Saleh wants peaceful and smooth transfer of power under the constitution.
(Apr 10 2011) - Post & Email : Defining Natural Born CitizenU.S.A. -- When I was a young boy in Mr. Hanson's fifth grade civics class in the mid-60s, we learned that the definition of "natural born Citizen" was exclusively a person born on US soil of parents who are US citizens. That has been the accepted definition of "natural born Citizen" for most of our history, except ...
(Apr 09 2011) - Patriot Post : If I Were Running ThingsU.S.A. -- It's true that nobody has asked me how I'd go about getting America's financial house in order, but that's not unusual. After all, I'm not an expert. No "Dr." before my name and no "PhD" after it. That's why nobody ever invites me on TV and asks me to deal with the really important things. Instead, I get stuck with taking out the trash and feeding the dog.
(Apr 08 2011) - Denver Post : Congress not connecting on budgetWASH.D.C. -- Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill say they are about $5 billion apart in their haggling to reach a deal to fund the federal government for the rest of the year. That's a minuscule percentage of the trillion dollars in spending that Congress doles out each year.
(Apr 07 2011) - Christian Post : Tithing Not Required by Bible ?U.S.A. -- A majority of evangelical leaders believe that the Bible does not require Christians to tithe, according to a survey released by the National Association of Evangelicals on Wednesday. 58% of respondents said they do not think giving 10 percent of one's income to the church is mandated by the Bible, while 42% do.
(Apr 06 2011) - Kentucky Post : No Government Deal YetWASH D.C. -- Talks appear to be intensifying on Capitol Hill on reaching a deal on long-overdue legislation to finance the government through the end of September - and avoid a government shutdown. Whether a shutdown can be avoided in three days' time is another matter. A White House meeting Tuesday failed to produce the hoped-for breakthrough ...
(Apr 05 2011) - Pittsburgh Post : 100's support labor rallyPITTSBURGH -- As many as 500 protesters filled Downtown sidewalks and, briefly, office lobbies and streets, Monday afternoon for a "We Are One" labor rally. Monday's demonstration was among hundreds of other rallies that were held in all 50 states. The rallies and 175 teach-ins were organized largely to protest the Republican-led efforts in Wisconsin and Ohio ...
(Apr 04 2011) - Global Post : Drug Cartels form allianceIXTEPEC -- Two dangerous gangs {Maras and Zetas} have formed a concrete alliance, working together on kidnappings and acts of intimidation and terror. The mass kidnapping in this southern Mexican state of Oaxaca followed a modus operandi that has become depressingly familiar. Gangsters in January held up a freight train on which Central American migrants were traveling north to the United States.
(Apr 03 2011) - Leader Post : Gadhafi forces repulse rebelsBREGA -- Warplanes flew over Brega overnight as rebels fought troops loyal to Muammar Gadhafi for control of the east Libyan oil town, rebel fighters said. A Reuters correspondent waiting near the eastern gate of Brega, a sparsely populated settlement spread over more than 25 km (15 miles), heard the thud of explosions and machinegun fire on Sunday morning.
(Apr 02 2011) - Jerusalem Post : Facebook sued for negligenceWASH D.C. -- Less than a week after Facebook removed a "cause" page calling for a "Third Intifada," the social networking website and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg were hit with a lawsuit seeking more than $1 billion in damages, AFP reported Saturday. Facebook removed the page after the site's monitors said administrators of the page were found to be participating in calls for violence.
(Apr 01 2011) - Seattle Post Globe : Finding Fake DrugsSEATTLE -- I've written before about some of the Seattle folks playing a critical role in the battle against counterfeit medications and the potential for harm "fake drugs" can cause, especially in low-income countries. It is a much bigger problem than most people realize and not at all simple to fix.
(Mar 31 2011) - Wash Post : Radiation found in California MilkWASH D.C. -- Low levels of radiation have turned up in milk samples from 2 West Coast states. Traces of radioactive Iodine-131 were found in milk in California & Washington, according to fed & state authorities who are monitoring for contamination ... officials say the levels are still 5,000 times below levels of concern & do not represent a public health threat.
(Mar 30 2011) - China Post : TEPCO president in hospitalTOKYO -- The president of the beleaguered Tokyo utility company that owns the tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant leaking radiation in the northeast has been hospitalized with high blood pressure, the company said Wed. Masataka Shimizu, president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., hadn't been seen for nearly 2 weeks ...
(Mar 29 2011) - Activist Post : FDA Rescues Big Pharma againU.S.A. -- It appears that Big Pharma has an unlimited number of tricks up its sleeve. From millions & millions of dollars poured into the pockets of regulators & politicians to the subsidization of medical schools & the doctors they churn out, Big Pharma is a force to be reckoned with. However, recently Big Pharma's engaged in a battle plan that few would've expected - attacking Little Pharma.
(Mar 28 2011) - Jakarta Post : Indonesia urges ceasefire ...INDONESIA -- The Indonesian government has urged for an immediate ceasefire in Libya between members of the local military and allied forces (including the US, France and UK among others), fearing further civilian casualties. "In the past eight days we have seen an increase in the number of civilian victims and therefore there should be an immediate truce ..."
(Mar 27 2011) - Kyiv Post : Libyan rebels retake cityLIBIA -- Libyan rebels took back a key oil town and pushed westward Sunday toward the capital, seizing momentum from the international airstrikes that tipped the balance away from Moammar Gadhafi's military. Brega, a main oil export terminal in eastern Libya, fell after a skirmish late Saturday and rebel forces moved swiftly west, seizing the tiny desert town of Al-Egila ...
(Mar 26 2011) - Post Zambia : Govt retreats on media reg'sZAMBIA -- Vice President George Kunda says the government may not regulate the media as earlier intended. Responding to a question from Mwansabombwe PF parliamentarian Samuel Chitonge during the Vice-President's question time in Parliament yesterday, V.P. Kunda said statutory regulation may not be necessary since the media had started regulating themselves.
(Mar 25 2011) - Financial Post : Fed Reserve gets less reservedCANADA -- April 27 has become a date certain to be indelibly circled on calendars of monetary-policy wonks across the United States. It will be a day that will rank among central banking's most momentous. For on that day, Ben Bernanke, king among central bankers and steward of the world's most powerful financial system, will actually hold a press conference.
(Mar 24 2011) - Christian Post : Former atheist still praising GodU.S.A. -- Three years later and still going strong, one man continues to prove to atheists that his conversion was not a "temporary brain infraction." Nominal Christian, Mormon missionary, atheist, and now a born-again Christian, Richard Morgan recently spoke to Apologetics315 about his life-changing, or saving, experience on none other than Richard Dawkins' infamous website.
(Mar 23 2011) - Tripoli Post : Rebels Form 'Interim Government'LIBIA -- The Libyan regime's forces keep pressing ahead with attacks against the rebels. However, the pro-democracy fighters are going ahead to try and establish themselves. Their last act has been to form an "interim government", that they hope would help them in their efforts to free the entire country from the current regime. The 'new government' is headed, as interim prime minster, by Mahmoud Jibril as Prime Minister.
(Mar 22 2011) - Copenhagen Post : Denmark; yes to euro pactDENMARK -- PM wins support from opposition, clearing way for Denmark to join euro pact. After intense negotiations with opposition parties, prime minister Rasmussen secured majority support to bring Denmark into the controversial new euro pact agreement. That means Rasmussen goes to this week's top meeting on the euro pact with a written agreement of participation from his countrymen ...
(Mar 21 2011) - New York Post : Nuclear plant workers evacuatedFUKUSHIMA -- Gray smoke rose from two reactor units Monday, temporarily stalling critical work to reconnect power lines and restore cooling systems to stabilize Japan's radiation-leaking nuclear complex. Workers are racing to bring the nuclear plant under control, but the process is proceeding in fits and starts ...
(Mar 20 2011) - Global Post : Gaddafi promises long war ...BENGHAZI -- Muammar Gaddafi says Libyans are armed for a long war in the Mediterranean "battlefield," and that air strikes by allied forces during the weekend represented a confrontation between the Libyan people and "the new Nazis. All the Libyan people are united. The Libyan men and women have been given weapons and bombs" ...
(Mar 19 2011) - Activist Post : WWIII: One Nation at a TimeWORLD -- The globalists are infiltrating, corrupting, and turning the entire planet, one nation at a time in a combined scientific-geopolitical dictatorship that will be effectively impossible to reverse once it is completed. The latest Western-fueled conflagration in the Arab world indicates an accelerated regional strategy of destabilizing and taking over target nations.
(Mar 18 2011) - Huffington Post : Japan Raises Severity LevelTOKYO -- Japan's nuclear safety agency raised the severity rating of the country's nuclear crisis Friday from Level 4 to Level 5 on a seven-level international scale, putting it on par with the Three Mile Island accident in Pennsylvania in 1979. The scale defines a Level 4 incident as having local consequences and a Level 5 incident as having wider consequences.
(Mar 17 2011) - Post & Email : A National Call to ActionU.S.A. -- In December of last year, a highly-decorated, 18-year U.S. Army medical doctor was sentenced to six months in prison at Ft. Leavenworth for disobeying orders due to questions surrounding the legitimacy of Barack Hussein Obama to serve as President and Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. military. Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin was denied discovery of any kind regarding Obama's eligibility ...
(Mar 16 2011) - Borneo Post : Japan braces for radiation crisisTOKYO -- Japan faces a potential catastrophe after a quake-crippled nuclear power plant exploded and sent low levels of radiation floating towards Tokyo, prompting some people to flee the capital and others to stock up on essential supplies. Prime Minister Naoto Kan urged people within 30km of the facility north of Tokyo to remain indoors amid the world's most serious nuclear accident since Chernobyl ...
(Mar 15 2011) - Palm Beach Post : New Radiation LeaksSOMA -- They barely survived last week's calamitous earthquake and tsunami in Japan's northeast, and now they are confronted with a new worry - fears of a fallout from a nuclear power plant that's leaking radiation. The government told an estimated 140,000 people in a 19-mile (30-kilometer) radius around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant to seal themselves indoors to avoid exposure to radiation.
(Mar 14 2011) - Seattle Post : Japan : Rocked by 2nd blastSOMA -- The second hydrogen explosion in three days rocked a Japanese nuclear plant Monday, devastating the structure housing one reactor and injuring 11 workers. Water levels dropped precipitously at another reactor, completely exposing the fuel rods and raising the threat of a meltdown. The morning explosion in Unit 3 of the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant was felt 25 miles (40 kilometers away) ...
(Mar 13 2011) - Bangkok Post : Japan Battles Nuclear MeltdownFUKUSHIMA -- Japan battled a feared meltdown of two reactors at a quake-hit nuclear plant Sunday, as the full horror of the disaster emerged on the ravaged northeast coast with thousands feared dead. An explosion at the ageing Fukushima atomic plant blew off the roof and walls around one of its reactors Saturday, a day after the biggest quake ever recorded in Japan unleashed a monster 33-foot tsunami.
(Mar 12 2011) - Activist Post : Japan's quake shifts coastlineJAPAN -- The powerful earthquake that unleashed a devastating tsunami Friday appears to have moved the main island of Japan by 8 feet (2.4 meters) and shifted the Earth on its axis ... (and) the 8.9-magnitude quake shifted the planet on its axis by nearly 4 inches (10 centimeters).
(Mar 11 2011) - National Post : Earthquake & tsunami kill 100'sTOKYO -- The biggest earthquake to hit Japan in 140 years struck Friday, triggering a 10-metre tsunami that pounded the country's east coast and prompted advisories along Canada's West Coast. Hundreds were believed to be dead following the disaster, and the extent of the destruction along a lengthy stretch of Japan's coastline suggested the toll could rise significantly.
(Mar 10 2011) - Limerick Post : Heroin club operating in cityIRELAND -- A "heroin club" is in operation in the heart of Limerick city. Currently part of a wider drug investigation in operation by An Garda Siochana, the residential complex in John's Square is frequented by junkies seeking access to an apartment where they conduct drug fuelled parties.
(Mar 09 2011) - Connecticut Post : More flooding likely Th-FriCONNECTICUT -- The flood warning in effect for parts of southwestern Connecticut won't be lifted until later today, but there's already another flood watch in effect for tomorrow night. Just as communities are recovering from widespread flooding that damaged homes, forced evacuations and wreaked havoc on roads ...
(Mar 08 2011) - Denver Post : Chinese blogger lost Facebook pageBEIJING -- Chinese blogger and activist Michael Anti wants to know why he is less worthy of a Facebook account than company founder Mark Zuckerberg's dog. Anti, a popular online commentator whose legal name is Zhao Jing, said in an interview Tuesday that his Facebook account was suddenly canceled in January.
(Mar 07 2011) - Patriot Post : Who's to blame for Union Woes?U.S.A. -- The labor union movement is in deep trouble. Only 6 % of private-sector employees are union members. Voters are beginning to realize, thanks to governors like Chris Christie of New Jersey and Scott Walker of Wisconsin, that public-sector unions have negotiated unsustainable levels of pensions & benefits ...
(Mar 06 2011) - Frontier Post : US advised not to inflame tensionKARACHI -- President Asif Ali Zardari has said that if Pakistan and the United States are to work together against terrorism, they must avoid political incidents that could further inflame tensions and provide extremists or opportunists with a pretext for destabilizing the fledgling democracy.
(Mar 05 2011) - Seattle Post : Police arrest 3 in protestSEATTLE -- Three anti-police protesters were arrested Friday night in downtown Seattle after two of them assaulted police officers and the other obstructed traffic, officers said. The protest was yet another display of violence in Seattle following the announcement that former Seattle Police Officer Ian Birk would not be charged for the shooting death of John T. Williams.
(Mar 04 2011) - India Post : Concerns over Indians in LibyaNEW DELHI -- Members, including those from ruling Congress voiced concern in Parliament over the plight of Indians in troubled Libya and the slow evacuation process, prompting the govt. to promise that it would make all efforts to bring back all the Indians safely.
(Mar 03 2011) - Post Chronicle : A New 'Catholic' BibleU.S.A. -- A new edition of one the most popular English-language bibles will offer substitutes for words such as "booty" and "holocaust" to better reflect modern understanding, a Catholic group said Wednesday. Nearly 50 scholars from all faiths and a committee of Roman Catholic bishops have labored since 1994 over the first fresh edition of the New American Bible since 1970 ...
(Mar 02 2011) - Birmingham Post : UK launches Libyan airliftU.K. -- The UK has launched an operation to airlift "several thousand" refugees trapped on the Libyan-Tunisian border in a bid to ensure that the humanitarian emergency "doesn't turn into a crisis", David Cameron has announced. The flights will take Egyptians stranded by the crisis in Libya back to their own country ...
(Mar 01 2011) - Jerusalem Post : Yemen blames Israel for unrestISRAEL -- Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Tuesday accused Israel & the U.S. of fomenting anti-regime revolts throughout the Arab world & attempting to destabilize his country. "There is an operations rooms in Tel Aviv with the aim of destabilizing the Arab world, Saleh said (and) is run by the White House."
(Feb 28 2011) - Tripoli Post : Rebels claim they shot down jetLIBIA -- Rebels claimed to have downed a military aircraft as they fought a government bids to take back Libya's third city, Misrata, and the strategic oil refinery town of Zawieh, The Telegraph website has reported. It added that Libyan forces have launched fresh offensives again ...
(Feb 27 2011) - Palm Beach Post : GOP's reforms stirs rivalsTALLAHASSEE -- Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Legislature's ruling Republicans have kicked over a political hornet's nest by promoting budget cuts, pension overhauls and civil justice changes, which are now emerging as targets for statewide rallies by Democratic-allied organizations.
(Feb 26 2011) - China Post : New Zealand quake at 145CHRISTCHURCH -- Fresh aftershocks sent masonry tumbling among rescuers in New Zealand's quake zone and a cat sparked false alarms of a possible survivor Saturday, as the disaster's death toll rose to 145 with more than 200 missing. Grim assessments emerged for the central business district in devastated Christchurch
(Feb 25 2011) - Borneo Post : Missing in Christchurch quakeKUALA LUMPUR -- Search efforts to find a Malaysian woman who was reported missing in Christchurch, New Zealand following earthquakes last Tuesday are still ongoing. According to Ayauf Bachi, chief of the Malaysian operations room in Chirstchurch, they received reports on the missing woman from her friends on the day of the incident
(Feb 24 2011) - Pittsburgh Post : Downtown rally set today ...PITTSBURGH -- The United Steelworkers and the AFL-CIO have organized a rally today to show solidarity with Wisconsin public employees. The rally is set for noon at the USW's headquarters on the Boulevard of the Allies, Downtown. Another rally is set for around the same time in Philadelphia.
(Feb 23 2011) - Post Crescent : Dems work overnightMADISON -- Democrats kept the Wisconsin Assembly up overnight with a droning filibuster in another desperate attempt to block the Republican governor's bold plan to strip public sector workers of nearly all of their bargaining powers. The debate marked the first movement in days ...
(Feb 22 2011) - Liberty Post : Americans on hijacked yacht deadSOMALIA -- The four Americans aboard a yacht hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia are dead, CBS News has learned. Hijacked last Friday off Oman, the Quest was being piloted toward the Somali coast - and was being shadowed by a U.S. Navy warship.
(Feb 21 2011) - Activist Post : Libya Conquered in the DarkLIBIA -- Shut down the Middle East, you shut down China and Russia, then you rule the world. The current Middle East destabilization is a desperate gambit to eliminate the Near-East buffer, isolate the two rising superpowers, and force them to concede to their place within a unipolar New York-London centric world order.
(Feb 20 2011) - Sunday Business Post : Pledge to stop bank bailoutsIRELAND -- Sinn Fein said today that it wants to put a stop to any more taxpayers' money going into toxic Irish banks. The party says Ireland can ill-afford to allow any more money leave the country in senior bond debt. It said that it will use the 30bn that is intended for Irish banks to invest in jobs & infrastructure instead.
(Feb 20 2011) - Wash Post : Showdown as gov shutdown loomsWASH D.C. -- The prospect of a government shutdown appeared more possible Saturday after the House passed a budget measure in the pre-dawn hours that cuts $61 billion - and was immediately rejected by Senate Democrats and President Obama. Federal funding for AmeriCorps and PBS would cease. Hundreds of millions would be cut from border security, and tens of millions would be withheld from funding for the District of Columbia.
(Feb 19 2011) - Christian Post : Leaders warned of ComplacencyAUSTRIALIA -- After 34 years in ministry and spending most of that pastoring one church, Brian Houston, founding pastor of Hillsong Church in Sydney, said Friday that he doesn't want to become complacent and unaware of what God wants to do through him in the future ... "If there is one thing that would bring out God's objection is that middle ground, just sitting somewhere in the middle."
(Feb 18 2011) - Post & E-Mail : You Made a Fool of YourselfWASH D.C. -- The following letter was sent in response to the letter posted at The Post & Email submitted by Shireen Boddy about the treatment she received from Sen. James Inhofe's staffer, John Collison, during a face-to-face meeting earlier this month ... Well, you made a fool of yourself, of your office, and of Senator Inhofe.
(Feb 17 2011) - Yemen Post : Crackdown on protestsYEMEN -- Salel supporters and bullies continued on Wednesday attacking students and anti-government protesters at Sana'a University, exposing the confusion of the regime and negative steps it is taking to thwart what appears to be a sign of a true revolution in the aftermath of the revolts that forced the Tunisian and Egyptian regimes out. More than a dozen were injured ...
(Feb 16 2011) - Global Post : In Iran, protesters look aheadIRAN -- On the eve of Feb. 14, the day the opposition in Iran had planned a rally in support of the uprising in Egypt, Dariush was restless. "I am anxious," the student of photography at Tehran University wrote on his Facebook wall. "What will happen tomorrow?" Twenty-four hours later, he wrote again. "I'm still alive."
(Feb 15 2011) - New York Post : NYSE SELLING OUT ?NEW YORK -- NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Boerse AG confirmed Tuesday they would combine to create one of the world's largest financial exchanges. The all-stock deal was billed as a merger, but the ultimate company would be owned 60% by current Deutsche Boerse shareholders and 40% by NYSE shareholders. The boards of both companies still have to agree to the deal ...
(Feb 14 2011) - Financial Post : Second-Largest Economy : ChinaTOKYO -- Japan's economy shrank slightly in the final quarter of 2010 but analysts expect a recovery this year as stronger exports to China and other parts of fast-growing Asia offset persistently weak domestic demand. The data confirmed Japan lost its place to China last year as the world's second-largest economy ...
(Feb 13 2011) - Bangkok Post : Red shirts rally at Criminal CourtTHAILAND -- A large number of the red-shirt supporters of the United front for Democracy on Sunday afternoon gathered in front of the Criminal Court on Ratchadaphisek road to call for justice for their detained leaders and colleagues, reports said. The mass gathering had caused heavy traffic congestion on the Ratchadaphisek road.
(Feb 12 2011) - Courier Post : Celebrations ring out ...CAIRO -- Cries of "Egypt is free" rang out and fireworks lit up the sky as hundreds of thousands danced, wept and prayed in joyful pandemonium after 18 days of peaceful pro-democracy protests forced President Hosni Mubarak to surrender power to the military, ending three decades of authoritarian rule.
(Feb 11 2011) - Activist Post : House pre-extends PATRIOT ActWASH D.C. -- The US House of Representatives voted Thursday night to clear the road for an extension of controversial provisions in the USA PATRIOT Act. The final vote was 248 to 176, largely along party lines. Just 4 Republicans voted against the extension, while only 15 Democrats voted for it. Under the House bill, the act would be extended until Dec. 8.
(Feb 10 2011) - Copenhagen Post : Forign Workers ExploitedDENMARK -- Foreign workers are being sold, cheated and grossly exploited in Denmark, says a new report from the Copenhagen-based Centre against Human Trafficking. The report described a group of Bulgarian men who were lured to Denmark with promises of well-paid jobs.
(Feb 09 2011) - Norway Post : Norway and Russia's Sea TreatyNORWAY -- The maritime delimitation treaty establishing the maritime boundary between Norway and Russia in the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean has been approved by the Norwegian Parliament. "Approval by the Storting was one important step needed for the treaty to enter into force. We are now awaiting its approval by Russia's national assembly, the Duma ..."
(Feb 08 2011) - Pakistan Christian Post : Muslim hangs ChristianPUNJAB -- The activists of All Pakistan Minorities Alliance and local Christians blocked GT Road with burning tires at Ghakkar Mandi, in Gujranwala district on murder of a Christian youth. The protestors were demanding registration of murder case against Muslim landlords who hanged to death their Christian employee on being one day absent from duty.
(Feb 08 2011) - Minnisota Post : S.A.'s truckers threaten strikeSOUTH AFRICA -- Last year at this time, South African transport workers unions nearly brought the continent's largest economy to a halt, refusing to offload ships and airplanes until their wage demands were met. The timing couldn't have been better, at least from a union organizer's perspective, with the strike called just months before the World Cup.
(Feb 07 2011) - National Post : Reagan vs. NixonSIMI VALLEY -- As tributes and dedications inundated American airwaves and state assemblies for Ronald Reagan's 100th birthday, the small California city of Simi Valley found itself becoming Ground Zero for Reagan worship. On Saturday, the city's Ronald Reagan Presidential Library hosted an invitation-only Beach Boys concert featuring video tributes by both Bush presidents.
(Feb 06 2011) - Denver Post : Child porn prosecutions up in U.S.SAN FRANCISCO -- FBI agent Stacie Lane sat at her computer at the FBI headquarters in Maryland one June morning in 2007, launched the notorious file-sharing software LimeWire, typed the search query "10yo" and went hunting for child pornography. Within an hour, Lane was downloading images from Max Budziak's home computer in San Jose.
(Feb 05 2011) - Patriot Post : Ronald Reagan at 100CALIFORNIA -- At the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, in the foothills of the Santa Susana Mountain Range where old Hollywood directors shot Westerns, they will mark Sunday's centenary of Reagan's birth with events and speeches geared toward Monday's opening of a rethought and renovated museum aimed at making his presidency more accessible to scholars and vividly available to the public.
(Feb 04 2011) - Ayrshire Post : Oil firm spells out leak dangersSCOTLAND -- An oil well leak off Shetland could see millions of gallons of crude spread as far as the Norfolk coast, according to a report by a firm seeking to drill there. The spill could potentially reach the shores of Iceland, Norway and the Netherlands. US oil company Hess outlined the worst-case scenario ...
(Feb 03 2011) - Wash Post : White House e-mails go downWAS D.C. -- An outage affecting unclassified White House e-mail accounts began at around 7:45 a.m. Thursday and stretched well into the afternoon, which meant the most tech-savvy administration in history spent most of the day relying on papers, pens and landlines. Reporters first inquired Thursday morning after e-mails sent to normally responsive contacts went unanswered
(Feb 03 2011) - Yorkshire Post : Vodafone hits out at EgyptU.K. -- Vodafone says Egyptian authorities forced it to broadcast pro-government text messages during the protests which have rocked the country. It called the practice "unacceptable" and said it had protested to Egypt's authorities. Micro-blogging site Twitter has been buzzing with screen grabs from Vodafone ...
(Feb 02 2011) - Kyiv Post : Wiki 'Leaks' Ukraine's cablesUKRAINE -- The whistleblowing WikiLeaks website on Feb. 1 published more than 10 new U.S. State Department cables mentioning Ukraine, mostly dealing with Ukraine's efforts to stem the proliferation of nuclear materials and ties with Libya. Previous briefs posted to the Internet have provided insight insight into U.S. interest in Russia's rocky relationship with Ukraine ...
(Feb 01 2011) - Post Paper : Remembering ReaganALABAMA -- Feb. 6, 2011 will mark the 100th birthday of Ronald Reagan, the man who restored our faith in America and in ourselves. Reagan had great confidence in the American people - our common sense, our common decency, our resiliency and our ability to always rise above difficult circumstances. In his acceptance speech at the 1980 RNC, Reagan called on the people of America to help him renew the American compact and return to the core values so important to the founding of this nation.
(Jan 31 2011) - Jerusalem Post : 250,000 protesters gather ...EGYPT -- Curfew-defying protesters continue 7th day of anti-government demonstrations calling for Mubarak's removal; Al-Jazeera network says 6 English-language journalists arrested, subsequently released. Around 250,000 protesters gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square Monday afternoon as anti-government protests continued for the seventh day, the pan-Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera reported.
(Jan 31 2011) - Huffington Post : Hormones In Your Food ...U.S.A. -- A salmon that grows to market size twice as fast as normal. Dairy cows that produce 15% more milk. Beef cows that grow 20% faster. What do these hyper-productive animals have in common? Thanks to injections and implants (in the case of cows) or genetic engineering (in the case of salmon), they contain artificially high levels of sex or growth hormones. Are these hormones dangerous to the humans who eat the food or drink the milk?
(Jan 30 2011) - Post & E-Mail : Readers Hammer Speaker ...WASH D.C. -- Dear Speaker Boehner, America has a non-documented, non-naturalized, Indonesian citizen-dual citizen usurper sitting in the White House, Barack Hussein Obama/Soebarkah/Barry Soetoro. The first two names were given to him by his mother Ann Dunham Soetoro on her 1965 passport #F777788, issued July 19, 1965, renewed July 18, 1970. His name Barry Soetoro his Indonesian step-father Lolo Soetoro gave him when he entered Barry in an Indonesian school.
(Jan 29 2011) - China Post : Police destroy protest camp ...TUNIS -- Tunisian riot police broke up a protest camp in the capital on Friday, hoping to end days of demonstrations against a government that has undergone a major overhaul to meet some of the crowds' demands. The assault on the round-the-clock sit-in came a day after Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi replaced 12 cabinet ministers in an attempt to placate protesters ...
(Jan 28 2011) - Activist Post : State of DenialWASH D.C. -- Barack Obama addressed the country for the third State of the Union address of his Presidency this week. In broad terms, he talked mostly about innovation, education and jobs. To be fair, he also briefly touched on the deficit, the two wars we are fighting and unity. But because so much emphasis was put on education, it sounded more like an address to a local PTA and not an SOTU speech.
(Jan 27 2011) - Wash Post : Anti-Gov Protests in YemenSANAA -- 1000's of Yemenis took to the streets Thursday demanding an end to the government of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has ruled this impoverished Middle Eastern nation for more than three decades. The rally, one of the largest demonstrations this capital has seen in recent memory, unfolded in four different neighborhoods and was inspired by the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt.
(Jan 26 2011) - Rotorua Post : Shopkeepers scare robbers offNEW ZEALAND -- When two armed females came at them, a Rotorua shopowner and his wife sent the would-be robbers packing by hurling cans and bottles of soft drink at them. Milesh Kumar and his wife Manisha were working in their shop on Sunset Rd when Mrs Kumar was approached by two girls wielding weapons - one a sharpening steel and the other a knife.
(Jan 25 2011) - Activist Post : Jesse Ventura Sues TSA ...MINNEAPOLIS -- Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura sued the DHS and the TSA on Monday, alleging full-body scans and pat-downs at airport checkpoints violate his right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. Ventura is asking a federal judge in Minnesota to issue an injunction ordering officials to stop subjecting him to "warrantless and suspicionless" scans and body searches.
(Jan 24 2011) - Liberty Post : Explosion at Moscow airportMOSCOW -- An apparent suicide bombing at Moscow's busiest airport has killed at least 31 people, according to the Russian Health Ministry, Russia Today reports. RT says at least 130 people have been injured at Domodedovo airport in what the Russian Investigative Committee believes to be a terror attack.
(Jan 23 2011) - Christian Post : 40,000 at Pro-life MarchSAN FRANCISCO -- The Walk for Life West Coast event on Saturday exceeded organizers' expectations by drawing a crowd of 40,000 people ... activists filled Justin Herman Plaza in S.F. to participate in the 2.5-mile walk along the waterfront during the 7th annual Walk for Life West Coast. The Walk was held on the 38th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion.
(Jan 23 2011) - Huffington Post : Global Health Fund a FraudGENEVA -- A $21.7 billion development fund backed by celebrities and hailed as an alternative to the bureaucracy of the United Nations sees as much as two-thirds of some grants eaten up by corruption, The Associated Press has learned. Much of the money is accounted for with forged documents or improper bookkeeping, indicating it was pocketed, investigators for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria say.
(Jan 22 2011) - Daily Post : Irish PM quits as party leaderIRELAND -- Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen has announced he is standing down as leader of the ruling Fianna Fail party but will remain at the head of the country's government until the March general election. After more than a week of political turmoil and a string of ministerial resignations, Mr Cowen said the election should be fought on policies not a leadership issue.
(Jan 21 2011) - Post Star : Special Olympics CanceledQUEENSBURY -- The Special Olympics Winter Regional Games, which had been scheduled for Saturday at West Mountain Ski Center, have been canceled because of the cold weather forecasted for this weekend, organizers announced Friday morning. "It is with extreme disappointment that we have to announce we've decided to cancel the Winter Regional Games at West Mountain," said Kaila Horton ...
(Jan 20 2011) - New York Post : New York Mobsters Rounded UpNEW YORK -- The FBI confirmed Thursday that law enforcement authorities were arresting more than 100 organized crime figures in the New York area. "Early this morning [Thursday] FBI Agents along with our law enforcement partners began arresting over 100 organized crime members for various criminal charges," said Diego Rodriguez from the FBI in a statement. "Additional information will be available at the US Attorney's offices later today [Thursday]," he added.
(Jan 19 2011) - Yorkshire Post : Cutting 24,000 health care jobsENGLAND -- The Government said a patient-centred NHS was a "step closer to reality today" as it published its plans for a radical overhaul of the health service. The Health and Social Care Bill will see all 152 of England's primary care trusts (PCTs) scrapped alongside 10 strategic health authorities, leading to the predicted loss of 24,500 jobs.
(Jan 18 2011) - Post Zambia : BoZ officer faces jail ...ZAMBIA -- BANK of Zambia (BoZ) officer Marshall Mwansompelo has been threatened with jail as he tries to enforce Anti-money Laundering Regulations on Tedworth Properties Incorporated, a company registered in Panama, which Frederick Chiluba used to acquire properties in Lusaka.
(Jan 17 2011) - Global Post : Tunisia Awakens Arab WorldCAIRO -- An unemployed Algerian committed suicide by lighting himself on fire outside a government building in his North African country last week. A few days later, and over a thousand miles away, thousands of Jordanians took to their streets to protest rising food prices.
(Jan 16 2011) - Post Chronicle : Death threats prompts arrestNEW YORK -- A New York money manager with a long history of legal battles with the government has been charged with threatening to kill 47 U.S. officials, including the nation's top securities and commodities regulators. Vincent McCrudden, 49, last month allegedly posted online an "execution list" naming officials, including Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro and Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gary Gensler.
(Jan 15 2011) - Bangkok Post : Chinese troops in N. Korea ?CHINA -- China is in discussions with North Korea about stationing its troops in the isolated state for the first time since 1994, according to a South Korean newspaper. The Chosun Ilbo newspaper quoted an anonymous official at the presidential Blue House as saying that Beijing and Pyongyang recently discussed details of stationing Chinese soldiers in the North's northeastern city of Rason.
(Jan 14 2011) - Palm Beach Post : LT : Guilty Sex OffenderNEW YORK -- Former NFL star Lawrence Taylor admitted in court to paying a 16-year-old runaway for sex as he pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct and patronizing a prostitute. The 51-year-old ex-linebacker, who led the New York Giants to Super Bowl titles in 1987 and 1991, will serve six years' probation and must register as a sex offender. "She told me she was 19," ...
(Jan 13 2011) - Financial Post : The Great 2011 Food CrisisCANADA -- U.S. retailing giant Target Corp. has secured the land needed to make its much-anticipated arrival in Canada. Target reached a deal with Hudson's Bay Co. that will see it pay $1.825-billion to acquire the leasehold interests in as many as 220 sites now operated by Zellers Inc. Target said it will now be able to open its first Canadian stores starting in 2013.
(Jan 12 2011) - Activist Post : The Great 2011 Food CrisisU.K. -- As the new year begins, the price of wheat is setting an all-time high in the United Kingdom. Food riots are spreading across Algeria. Russia is importing grain to sustain its cattle herds until spring grazing begins. India is wrestling with an 18-percent annual food inflation rate, sparking protests. China is looking abroad for potentially massive quantities of wheat and corn.
(Jan 11 2011) - Champion Post : Brisbane prepares for worst floodAUSTRAILIA -- Brisbane is now headed for its worst flood since 1893, with thousands of properties to be inundated. A disaster declaration had been made for the lower half of the state, including the greater Brisbane area, giving authorities forced evacuation powers if necessary.
(Jan 10 2011) - Jakarta Post : Police brush off Gayus pleaJAKARTA -- The Attorney General's Office and the National Police have played down graft defendant Gayus H. Tambunan's offer to help settle high-profile corruption cases, as read out by Gayus from his defense statement at the South Jakarta District Court on Monday. Attorney General chief Basrief Arief said it was impossible for Gayus to become a special staff at the office.
(Jan 09 2011) - Patriot Post : Rust Belt RevolutionaryWASH D.C. -- Consensus is scarce but almost everyone agrees with this: The government is dysfunctional and the Internet is splendid. But last month, the Democratic-controlled Federal Communications Commission, on a partisan 3-2 vote, did what a federal court says it has no power to do: It decided to regulate the Internet in the name of "net neutrality."
(Jan 08 2011) - National Post : Secret grand jury vs WikileaksSTOCKHOLM -- WikiLeaks said Saturday the Twitter accounts of four supporters had been subpoenaed in connection with an espionage investigation into the whistleblowing website led by a secret U.S. grand jury. WikiLeaks, which began releasing 251,287 U.S. diplomatic cables in November, added it had reason to believe Facebook and Google had also received court orders requesting details on users.
(Jan 07 2011) - Denver Post : Mind-controlled devices may be nextLAS VEGAS -- While technology companies are introducing tablet computers and Internet- connected TVs by the dozen at the International Consumer Electronics Show, perhaps more intriguing are views from leading manufacturers about emerging technologies. Among them are motion-based, wirelessly charged and mind-controlled computers, TVs and other consumer electronics.
(Jan 06 2011) - Ayshire Post : Smart food packaging developedU.K. -- Scientists have developed a type of packaging which can tell people when food is starting to go off. Researchers at the University of Strathclyde said their "intelligent" plastic indicator should help cut food waste. They said around 8.3 million tonnes of household food, most of which could have been eaten, is wasted in the UK each year.
(Jan 05 2011) - Salisbury Post : Church plans housing for seniorsSALISBURY -- Affordable housing for low-income seniors planned for the Sacred Heart Catholic Church campus is still a year away. But Jerry Widelski, director of the Catholic Diocese of Charlotte Housing Corporation, said the development will be worth the wait. "The curb appeal and quality of the product is going to be terrific," said Widelski ...
(Jan 04 2011) - Seattle Post Globe : Gulf oil spill claimsGULF COAST -- After the blowout of the Deepwater Horizon well triggered the largest oil spill in United States history, BP vowed to "Make it Right" for Gulf Coast residents affected by the spill. One of the central pieces of BP's program to make amends was to create a claims system -- as required under federal law -- to compensate individuals and businesses that lost money as a result of the spill.
(Jan 03 2011) - Kyiv Post : Pakistani government in dire straitsPAKISTAN -- Pakistan's prime minister on Monday tried to keep his government from collapsing after a key party said it was quitting the ruling coalition, leaving the government short of majority support in parliament. The Muttahida Qaumi Movement, the second largest party in the ruling coalition, said Sunday it would join the opposition because of fuel price hikes, inflation ...
(Jan 02 2011) - Post Zambia : He who betrays the poor ...ZAMBIA -- "He who is not afraid of death by a thousand cuts dares to unhorse the emperor" - this is the indomitable spirit needed in our struggle to build a more just, fair and humane society. And this is the spirit demonstrated by Bishop John Mambo's fearless engagement in criticism and self-criticism when he says: The Church has been compromised. And some of these new bishops just want to drink coffee with the President.
(Jan 01 2011) - Jerusalem Post : Bomb hits Egypt churchALEXANDRIA -- A powerful bomb exploded in front of a crowded Coptic Christian church a half hour into the New Year early Saturday, hitting worshipers emerging from a holiday Mass in the Egyptian city of Alexandria and killing at least 21 people in an attack that raised suspicions of an al-Qaida role. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak vowed to track down those behind the attack, saying "we will cut off the hands of terrorists and those plotting against Egypt's security."
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