- PAST POST NEWS | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 - (Dec 31 2013) - Patriot Post : Not Getting What We Pay ForU.S.A. - In real life when you find yourself paying more and getting less, you usually search for another product or service. With the federal govt, it isn't possible to take your business elsewhere unless you are prepared to give up your citizenship, as some have done. Such a drastic step is rejected by most of us ...
(Dec 30 2013) - Jakarta Post : Successive suicide bombings in RussiaVOLGOGRAD - A blast that tore through an electric bus in the southern Russian city of Volgograd during Monday's morning rush hour, killing 14, was probably carried out by suicide bombers from the same organization behind a railway explosion a day earlier, officials said. Together more than 30 were killed in the explosions ...
(Dec 29 2013) - National Post : Russia suicide bombing kills 15MOSCOW - 15 people died & scores were wounded Sunday as a female suicide bomber struck at a railway station in southern Russia, officials said, heightening concern about terrorism ahead of Feb's Olympics in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. No one immediately claimed responsibility for Sunday's attack in Volgograd ...
(Dec 28 2013) - Bangkok Post : China purges crooked officialsHONG KONG - More than 500 lawmakers in a Chinese province have stood down following an electoral fraud scandal, as Beijing ramps up its sweeping anti-corruption crackdown. The 512 municipal officials in Hunan province resigned, were disqualified or dismissed after being caught taking bribes from 56 representatives
(Dec 27 2013) - Top Info Post : Christmas was banned in England ?ENGLAND - In the mid-17th century, a wave of religious reform transformed the way in which Christmas was celebrated in England. Oliver Cromwell - a statesman and General responsible for leading the parliamentary army during the English Civil War - took over England in 1645. Supported by his Puritan forces, Cromwell believed it was his mission to cleanse the country of decadence.
(Dec 26 2013) - Global Post : 2013 Comet of the YearU.S.A. - ISON was supposed to be the comet of the century. But instead, it was the comet that flew too close to the sun. NASA scientists predicted that it would shine as brightly as the moon, if only it could survive a close encounter with the sun on Nov. 28. Hopes were high but not unrealistic for the 4.5-billion-year-old comet.
(Dec 25 2013) - Activist Post : Mission Accomplished, Says SnowdenRUSSIA - On December 23, he told the Washington Post, "For me, in terms of personal satisfaction, the mission's already accomplished. I already won. As soon as the journalists were able to work, everything that I had been trying to do was validated. Because, remember, I didn't want to change society. I wanted to give society a chance to determine if it should change itself."
(Dec 24 2013) - Palm Beach Post : $100 to report drunk driverFLORIDA - Driving under the influence tends to peak during the holidays, according to the the Safety Council of Palm Beach County. To help combat this, the council is giving away a $100 reward to anyone who reports a drunk driver to 911. As of Monday, 28 people have received the $100 Mobile Eyes reward this year.
(Dec 23 2013) - Internet Post : Google purges info for govtsU.S.A. - Governments, judges, cops and politicians are continuing to lobby Google to tear down online material critical of their operations, we're told. Today, the advertising giant said that, in the first six months of 2013, it received 3,846 demands from public officials to remove 24,737 personal blog posts, YouTube videos and other pieces of content it hosts.
(Dec 22 2013) - Seattle Post : DEA agent leaves job for pot businessPORTLAND - A Portland DEA agent has left his position to join a Seattle firm that invests in the marijuana industry, joining a small but emerging industry that projects to keep growing with legal pot in Colorado and Washington state. Ten-year DEA veteran Patrick Moen made the jump to Privateer Holdings last month, The Oregonian reported.
(Dec 21 2013) - Frontier Post : Constitution grants equality for allPAKISTAN - Addressing a Christmas gathering held at the Governor House Punjab, Prime Minister Sharif said that Pakistan's Constitution granted equality to all irrespective of religion. The PM further said that Jesus Christ spread the message of peace. PM Sharif added that the way Jesus Christ & Mary were mentioned in the Quran was evidence that Islam & Christianity had the same purpose. ( SAY WHAT ??? )
(Dec 20 2013) - Balfour Post : Kerry forces Israel's decisionISRAEL - There was a ghoulish creepiness to US Secretary of State John Kerry's visit to Israel last week. Here we were, beset by the greatest winter storm in a hundred years. All roads to Jerusalem were sealed off. Tens of thousands of Jerusalemites and residents of surrounding areas were locked down in their houses, without power, heat, telephone service or water.
(Dec 19 2013) - Cape Breton Post : Obama to snub OlympicsWASH D.C. - If Stephen Harper or Barack Obama plan to do any Olympics-watching next February, they'll be staring at a screen & not from the stands. The Canadian & American leaders both announced Wed that they will not be attending the Games prompting speculation of an international snub over Russia's gay-rights record.
(Dec 18 2013) - Greanville Post : Snowden: Person of the YearWORLD - Edward Snowden is vilified as a "traitor" by politicians of the American political duopoly, and hunted like Public Enemy Number One by the global imperial apparatus. However, for a large proportion of Earthlings, Snowden has made the singular contribution to humanity of the year 2013.
(Dec 17 2013) - Arizona Jewish Post : End of Congress' yearWASH D.C. - For Jewish and pro-Israel groups, the congressional year is ending with an odd reversal: the prospect, however fragile, of bipartisan comity on budget issues coupled with a rare partisan disagreement on Middle Eastern policy. The groups that deal with social welfare and justice issues are heartened ...
(Dec 16 2013) - News Junkie Post : Small is Beautiful ...PHILIPPINES - National govts have assumed a direct hand in the economic development of countries, presumably to provide order to endeavors & undertakings that serve the well-being & improve the lives of people. This does not however mean that govts have always successfully achieved this explicitly-stated purpose.
(Dec 15 2013) - Irish Post : Peter O'Toole dies aged 81LONDON - Peter O'Toole, the Irish actor who shot to fame in the Oscar-winning Lawrence of Arabia, has died aged 81. O'Toole, who overcame stomach cancer in the 1970s, passed away yesterday at the Wellington hospital in London following a long illness, his agent Steve Kenis said today.
(Dec 12 2013) - So Asian Post : Passage to Canada for Tibetan'sCANADA - For 17 Tibetan exiles, Christmas this year means a new home in Canada. They comprise the first group of about 1,000 exiles under the Tibetan Resettlement Project in Canada & arrived in Toronto & Ottawa last week. Others selected in the first round will arrive in Vancouver and Victoria on Dec 14th ...
(Dec 11 2013) - Lations Post : 8 bodies found On Mexican HwyMEXICO - Mexican authorities found the bodies of eight kidnap victims, some dismembered, on a highway in the troubled southern state of Guerrero where government troops have been deployed to stem violence, officials said on Monday. The victims were all related and their bodies were identified by relatives.
(Dec 10 2013) - China Post : Thai PM dissolves lower house ...THAILAND - Analysts said the steps came too late and are unlikely to satisfy opponents who want to rid Thailand of her powerful family's influence. The protesters are pushing for a non-elected "people's council" to replace her democratically elected government.
(Dec 09 2013) - Kyiv Post : City Hall ready to deflect an attackKYIV - The scariest thing to see in Kyiv's city hall is doctors laying down rubber mats & putting bandages & medication on top of them to treat the wounded. "We're setting up to receive lighter injuries here & will try to evacuate the more seriously injured victims, if they allow us, of course," says Dr. Andriy Posikira.
(Dec 08 2013) - BRICS Post : China trade surplus rises to $33.8bnCHINA - China's trade surplus hit $33.8 billion in November, according to the General Administration of Customs on Sunday. Foreign trade stood at $370.61 billion in November, including $202.21 billion of exports and $168.4 billion of imports. China’s factory growth stabilised in November, recent data showed.
(Dec 07 2013) - Saturday Evening Post : 100 Years Ago ...ITALY - One hundred years ago this week, police in Florence, Italy, announced they had recovered the Mona Lisa, which had been stolen from the Louvre two years earlier. They had also caught the thief–the mastermind behind the world's most famous art theft. But the culprit, Vincenzo Perugia, was no criminal genius ...
(Dec 06 2013) - Liberty Post : 11 ways B.O.'s worse than BushWASH D.C. - 1. Spending ... 2. Job Creation ... 3. War ... 4. Civil Liberties ... 5. Corruption ... 6. Scandals ... 7. Lobbyists ... 8. Whistleblowers ... 9. Economic Inequality ... 10. GDP Growth ... (and) ... 11. Race Relations ... which seem to be getting worse under President Obama, contrary to expectations upon the election of America's first black president.
(Dec 05 2013) - Jerusalem Post : Journalists should be hanged ...BERLIN - The mayor of the Austrian town of Gfohl said on Tuesday in city council meeting that journalists who reported on asylum seekers should be hanged like the Jews. The Austrian news outlet Heute.at reported on Wednesday that Gfohl's mayor Karl Simlinger expressed fury about asylum applicants who would be lodged in a planned complex.
(Dec 04 2013) - Huffington Post : Hearings on Space Aliens ?WASH D.C. - The Committee on Science, Space and Technology, chaired by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), will meet for a hearing called "Astrobiology: Search for Biosignatures in our Solar System and Beyond" for 2 hours Wed. to "investigate what methods are being used to determine if any of these planets may harbor life," according to the hearing charter.
(Dec 03 2013) - African Post : UN Starts Drone SurveillanceCONGO - The UN mission in Democratic Republic of Congo has started to deploy surveillance drones to monitor rebel activity near the forested borders with Rwanda & Uganda. This is the 1st time any UN mission has deployed drones. If they're successful in DR Congo, they could also be used in other peacekeeping missions.
(Dec 02 2013) - Phnom Penh Post : Long march to capital beginsCAMBODIA - The long journey on foot from the provinces to Phnom Penh began yesterday for hundreds of villagers and monks who intend to mark December 10's International Human Rights Day by protesting outside the National Assembly. Parades of people, expected to grow in size the closer they get to the capital ...
(Dec 01 2013) - Connecticut Post : 4 dead in train derailmentNEW YORK - A Metro-North passenger train derailed on a curved section of track in the Bronx on Sunday morning, killing four people and injuring 63 as it came to rest just inches from the water ... three of the dead were found outside the train, and one was found inside, authorities said.
(Nov 30 2013) - Financial Post : Taxman has a little-fish fetishCANADA - And while it's heartening that Canada's tax authority takes its job seriously, a quick perusal of the list raises questions. Why, for instance, are small timers so predominant? Admittedly, there are a few real estate agents, business owners and other more well-to-do types but it's really just a sprinkling.
(Nov 29 2013) - Denver Post : Obamacare fallout ...WASH D.C. - A month after emerging from a government shutdown at the top of their game, many Democrats in Congress newly worried about the party's re-election prospects are for the first time distancing themselves from President Barack Obama after the disastrous rollout of his health care overhaul.
(Nov 28 2013) - Christian Post : Dealing with Holiday family tensionsU.S.A. - We tend to idealize holidays, but human depravity doesn't go into hibernation between Thanksgiving & New Year's. One thing that will hit most Christians, sooner or later, are tensions within extended families at holiday time. Some of you will be visiting family members who are contemptuous of the Christian faith & downright hostile to the whole thing.
(Nov 27 2013) - Yemen Post : Civil Aviation speaks general strikeYEMEN - Following a general meeting on Sunday the executive board of trade for Yemen Civil Aviation and Meteorology warned that it would consider implementing a general strike in order to force the central government to address issues of chronic corruption, systematic thievery and abuses of power.
(Nov 26 2013) - Balfour Post : Desperately Seeking ObamaWASH D.C. - For months the problems of ObamaCare have dominated politics in Washington. The botched rollout of the individual mandate part of the law, the loss by millions who have had their policies cancelled, the inability of the main web site to function properly, have led to a political disaster for Obama ...
(Nov 25 2013) - SCM Post : Chinese in Japan told to register ...JAPAN - The Chinese embassy in Tokyo has called on all Chinese citizens in Japan to voluntarily register with its consular section as tensions between the two countries reach new heights over a territorial dispute in the East China Sea. The embassy called on all the Chinese living in Japan to register "to facilitate consular assistance" in case of "a major unexpected emergency" ...
(Nov 24 2013) - Plaquemine Post : Relief sailed to PhilippinesWASHINGTON - The U.S. Navy is supporting Operation DAMAYAN, the humanitarian efforts in response to Typhoon Haiyan in the Republic of the Philippines, with the departure of the USS George Washington. The George Washington Carrier Strike Group departed Hong Kong Nov. 12 by order of the U.S. Secretary of Defense.
(Nov 23 2013) - Yorkshire Evening Post : Pilot jailed for being drunkLEEDS - A pilot who admitted being over the legal alcohol limit to fly after being arrested in the cockpit of a plane at Leeds Bradford Airport has been jailed for nine months. A court heard a member of security staff at the airport described how Irfan Faiz, 54, appeared to be staggering and unsteady on his feet ...
(Nov 22 2013) - Patriot Post : Military Oath Alteration UpdateWASH D.C. - Obama's administrators are constantly endeavoring to drive wedges between Liberty & its inherent foundational endowment. Most notably, he has done this in those spheres where he can exercise autocratic regulatory power without legislative & judicial interference - such as in the DoD.
(Nov 21 2013) - Internet Post : Opium keeping Troops in Afghan ?AFGHANISTAN - Abby Martin takes a look at a shocking statistic that puts opium production in Afghanistan at a record high, and puts into perspective the different corporate interests that could be keeping US forces in Afghanistan well beyond 2014.
(Nov 20 2013) - National Post : Wright & Duffy accused of briberyOTTAWA - The RCMP have laid out explosive new allegations in a probe of Sen. Mike Duffy and Nigel Wright, Stephen Harper's former right-hand man, in documents that make accusations of bribery and frauds on the government and breach of trust against the two. The documents released today say media reports ...
(Nov 19 2013) - Jakarta Post : Australia should be embarrassedJAKARTA - Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said on Tuesday that Australia not Indonesia should be embarrassed following the disclosure of a document suggesting that Australian spies had wiretapped the personal phones of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono.
(Nov 18 2013) - Pittsburgh Post : Pittsburgh Filipinos rally for aidPITTSBURGH - The official nationwide death toll had risen to nearly 4,000 by Sunday evening, according to the Philippines' National Disaster Risk Reduction & Management Council. The council's website says 18,175 people were reported injured & 1,590 are still missing, with nearly 4 million displaced and ...
(Nov 17 2013) - Sunday Post : Elite don't have a clue about lifeBRITAIN - It seems we're only too happy to leave the running of country to people who have no practical experience of the real world. Sir John Major - remember him ? Of course you do. He was our 50 shades of grey ex Prime Minister, a congenial stand-in after Thatcher was unceremoniously bumped by her ain.
(Nov 16 2013) - Bangkok Post : Impeachment campaign beginsTHAILAND - Anti-amnesty protesters are throwing their support behind a Democrat Party campaign to oust all 310 MPs who backed the now-moribund bill. Several thousand people stopped at a tent near the Panfah Bridge on Ratchadamnoen Ave on Saturday to sign the impeachment petition before heading to the rally.
(Nov 15 2013) - Global Post : These attempts are really offensiveNAIROBI, Kenya - Africa needs your help. So do anything - and we mean anything at all - because anything, from selling whistles to singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, helps. As one carefully written Hollywood character puts it, "They can do with all the help they can get." This is bollocks, of course ...
(Nov 14 2013) - Washington Post : Two Secret Service agents cut ...WASH D.C. -- A call from the Hay-Adams hotel this past spring reporting that a Secret Service agent was trying to force his way into a woman's room set in motion an internal investigation that has sent tremors through an agency still trying to restore its elite reputation.
(Nov 13 2013) - Nagaland Post : MPP V.P. shot dead in ImphalIMPHAL -- Vice president of the Manipur People's Party (MPP) Haobijam Manisana was shot dead Wed. by unidentified gunmen at Changangei Uchekon along the Tidim road in Imphal West district, on his way to party office. Eyewitness accounts said that 2 motorcycle borne unidentified persons chased after the V.P. who was traveling alone in his car rained several rounds of bullets toward him this morning ...
(Nov 12 2013) - Activist Post : What are those Off-White boxes ?SEATTLE -- The Big Brother control grid is constantly growing and expanding all over America. Right now, a "wireless mesh network" is in the process of being installed in Seattle that some believe will ultimately have the capability of tracking the location of every wireless device in the city. We are being told that such measures will help police "solve more crime".
(Nov 11 2013) - Copenhagen Post : IT's see big profits in ObamacareDENMARK -- The phasing in of Obama's healthcare reform could be a boon to Denmark & Danish companies. As the home of several companies at the forefront of the online healthcare business, Danish IT health exports could be a big winner.
(Nov 10 2013) - Norway Post : US & Norway enhance cooperation ...NORWAY -- US Secretary of Energy, Ernest Moniz, and Norwegian Minister for Petroleum and Energy, Tor Lien, today agreed to enhance the cooperation between the United States and Norway within the field of carbon capture. The purpose of the accord is to speed up the development of capture technologies.
(Nov 09 2013) - Frontier Post : Cell phone service to be suspended ?ISLAMABAD -- Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has agreed to jam cellular services on the eve of Muharram-ul-Haram. According to sources of interior ministry, it has been directed to provincial governments that dist. governments would inform the center in writing to jam mobile service anywhere they want.
(Nov 08 2013) - Threat Post : Stealing PIN Codes ...MASSACHUSETTS -- Security researchers have developed a number of different methods to steal or bypass the passcodes on most of the common mobile phone platforms, some of which rely on software bugs and others that are simple social engineering techniques.
(Nov 07 2013) - Top Info Post : Israeli settlements are illegitimatePALESTINE -- John Kerry, the US secretary of state, has said that Israeli settlements in the occupied territories are "illegitimate" and not helpful to ongoing efforts for peace between Palestine and Israel. Kerry's comments on Wednesday came after he met Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, in Bethlehem.
(Nov 06 2013) - Internet Post : The Super-Rich are the EnemyU.S.A. -- The super-rich are often people who grab control of national resources, use high levels of gov't influence, pay extremely low wages & squash competition. In America, the super rich don't necessarily need ordinary American workers. The factories of the super rich can be moved to Asia or use robots ...
(Nov 05 2013) - Palm Beach Post : Post-Fukushima costs ...FLORIDA -- The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan could cost Florida Power & Light Co. customers as much as $189 million in required changes to the company's 4 nuclear units, an expert witness testified. The Mar. 11, 2011, accident sparked by a tsunami that caused flooding, power loss, explosions & radiation leaks at a nuclear plant had a profound effect on the U.S. nuclear industry.
(Nov 04 2013) - N.Y. Post : SAC pleads guilty to insider tradingNEW YORK -- Hedge fund giant SAC Capital Advisors has agreed to plead guilty to fraud charges & to pay a $1.8 billion financial penalty, prosecutors said Mon. The gov't said in a letter to judges presiding over the case that it believed the financial penalty is the largest in history for insider trading offenses.
(Nov 03 2013) - Activist Post : IRS to Jail Woman who owes $0U.S.A. -- Doreen Hendrickson is spending what might be the last weekend she has with her family for a few years. On Monday, her jury is expected to return with a verdict on her contempt charge. If she's found guilty, she will go to jail. Doreen's charge? Not signing a Form 1040. That's it.Talk about a non-crime.
(Nov 02 2013) - Seattle Post : Gunman kills TSA officer at LAXL.A. -- A man carrying a note that said he wanted to "kill TSA" pulled a semi-automatic rifle from a bag and shot his way past a security checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, killing one Transportation Security Administration officer and wounding two others, authorities said.
(Nov 01 2013) - China Post : Indonesia summons Aussie ambassadorSYDNEY -- Australia's ambassador met with Indonesian government officials who summoned him Friday following reports the Australian Embassy in Jakarta is a hub for Washington's secret electronic data collection program. A document from NSA leaker Edward Snowden, published this week by German magazine Der Spiegel, describes a signals intelligence program called "Stateroom" ...
(Oct 31 2013) - Boiling Frogs Post : Processing Distortion ...BOSTON -- Investigative journalist Russ Baker details a published update on the investigation into the official investigation of the Boston Marathon Bombing & the May 22 FBI killing of a friend of one of the Boston suspects. Baker reviews the anomalies of the Boston storyline & compares it with the JFK assassination ...
(Oct 30 2013) - Huffington Post : NSA Spied On VaticanROME -- An Italian magazine is reporting that the National Security Agency (NSA) spied on internal communications at the Vatican and phone calls at the Domus Sanctae Marthae, the church residence where cardinals lived during the papal conclave and the pope's current home. The weekly magazine, Panorama, reports ...
(Oct 29 2013) - Jerusalem Post : Britain to issue Islamic bond ?LONDON -- British Prime Minister David Cameron made a bid to position London as a leading hub for Islamic finance on Tuesday, announcing plans for Britain to become the first Western country to issue a sovereign sukuk, or Islamic bond. The planned issue, worth around 200 million pounds ($323 million) and expected next year ...
(Oct 28 2013) - SCM Post : ABC apologises for Kimmel's commentCHINA -- US television network ABC has issued a formal apology for allowing the comment "Kill everyone in China" to air on its late-night show Jimmy Kimmel Live, which has provoked outrage from Chinese communities around the world. "We're writing to offer our sincere apology," read a copy of a letter obtained by the South China Morning Post ...
(Oct 27 2013) - Christian Post : Remembering Martin LutherAMERICA -- Nearly five centuries ago in Central Europe, an unknown Augustinian monk decided to nail 95 theses to a church door, sparking a religious revolution felt to the present day. Reformation Day, the anniversary of when Martin Luther began the Protestant Reformation, is an observance remembered by hundreds of American churches in the modern day.
(Oct 26 2013) - Liberty Post : Sebelius blames GOP for website woesWASH D.C. -- Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius took a swipe Friday at those calling for her to resign over the botched ObamaCare website rollout, suggesting that Republican efforts to delay and defund the law contributed to HealthCare.gov's glitch-ridden debut.
(Oct 25 2013) - BRICS Post : Rousseff slams US spying on MerkelBRAZIL -- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has strongly condemned the recent reports of the NSA spying on German Chancellor Angela Merkel, saying it was "a grave violation of sovereignty." President Rousseff also warned the US that there will be a "growing reaction" from countries targeted by the spying scandal.
(Oct 24 2013) - African Post : Suspension of Trial SoughtKENYA -- The African Union has asked the UN Security Council to approve a one-year suspension of proceedings against Kenya's leaders at the International Criminal Court, diplomats said Wednesday. A UN diplomat confirmed the Security Council had received a letter from the African Union seeking the delay.
(Oct 23 2013) - Phnom Pen Post : CPP invites opposition to talkCAMBODIA -- Reforming the democratic system, including possible reforms to the National Election Committee, will take centre stage at a forum to be held by the end of the year, the gov't announced yesterday. The meeting will include national & international political parties & civil society representatives ...
(Oct 22 2013) - Denver Post : Health-care exchange glitches persistCOLORADO -- Consumers, ins. brokers & navigators trained to ease health reforms are venting deep frustration with glitches in Colorado's exchange & Medicaid signups, reflecting national doubts over the new system. Others said they're stuck with long response times, indecipherable error screens & intrusive forms.
(Oct 21 2013) - Connecticut Post : Mosque shows Rihanna the doorABU DHABI -- Overseers of Abu Dhabi's Grand Mosque say they asked pop star Rihanna to leave the compound after she posed for photos considered to be at odds with the 'sanctity' of the site. Rihanna hasn't publicly responded to the actions by staff at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque. Her show took place on Sat. in Abu Dhabi.
(Oct 20 2013) - Yemen Post : Officer is assassinated in HadhramawtYEMEN -- Local officials in the south-eastern province of Hadhramawt confirmed on Saturday that a security officer and his bodyguard were killed late on Friday by men suspected to be linked to al-Qaeda. Colonel Mohammed Abdullah al-Habashy, (Hadhramawt security adviser) and his bodyguard were gunned by a group of men driving motorcycles as they were stepping out of a restaurant in Sayoun.
(Oct 19 2013) - Activist Post : The Financial Pyramid of PowerWORLD -- Sometimes it is beneficial to pause and try to intellectually understand what the American people are fighting against. We see the daily struggles (e.g. threats to our pensions, bank accounts and civil liberties), however, what seems to be missing is a narrative which provides a macro view which reveals that there is a centralized plot designed to bring the nations of the world and its people to their knees and then impose one centralized political and economic authority.
(Oct 18 2013) - Financial Post : EU, Canada trade deal reachedBRUSSELS, Belgium -- Canada and the European Union have reached an agreement in principle on a free-trade deal that will give Canadian businesses preferential access to an EU market of 500 million consumers and lead to what the federal government says are cost savings for consumers. It will be the largest trade agreement in Canadian history and swing open trade doors in an EU region with $17 trillion in annual economic activity.
(Oct 17 2013) - Patriot Post : Obama Rejected Own ExampleWASH D.C. -- Had President Obama himself just listened to earlier guidance from Barack Obama, his opponents might have had no cause for either a gov't shutdown or another debt-ceiling crisis. [However in '06] Sen. Obama voted to shut down the gov't rather than automatically to extend the debt ceiling ...
(Oct 16 2013) - Internet Post : A call for transitional govt in USASYRIA -- Speaking to reporters on the Muslim holiday of Eid, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said: "The govt shutdown in Washington is a good step in the right direction. The international community should support the creation of a new, transitional gove't in America in this tough crisis."
(Oct 15 2013) - Jakarta Post : Dubai censors Hollywood thrillerDUBAI -- Moviegoers in the United Arab Emirates saw the screen turn black as frazzled officials broke up the screening of Stallone & Schwarzenegger's latest action flick after a character was heard cursing in Arabic in the movie. The National, a state-backed newspaper, reported on Monday that the Dubai Media Council asked cinemas in the Emirates to halt the screening of the "Escape Plan."
(Oct 14 2013) - Wash Post : Chinese calls for de-Americanized worldBEIJING -- The political standoff in Washington has spawned frustration and growing worries in China, which remains the largest holder of U.S. government debt, as the clock ticks down to a possible U.S. debt default this week. The crisis shows that China and the rest of the world should start to "de-Americanize" ...
(Oct 13 2013) - National Post : Rex Murphy: Duplicitous Dalton, Inc.ONTARIO -- The Auditor-General of Ontario has released her report on the provincial Liberal government's brazenly political decision to cancel two gas-fired power plants. Her estimate of the ultimate cost: about $1.1-billion, potentially reaching $1.5-billion. This obscenity of mismanagement & prevarication came out of Duplicitous Dalton, Inc., a.k.a. the McGuinty gov't ...
(Oct 12 2013) - Bangkok Post : Impact of Typhoon Nari ...THAILAND -- As flooding subsides in several provinces, officials hope a new typhoon will stay on course by moving through northeastern Thailand and weakening over land instead of passing over inundated eastern and central provinces. The current projection by the weather forecast agency is that it will enter Thailand over the northeastern region.
(Oct 11 2013) - India Post : I want to become PM of PakistanNEW YORK -- Pakistani teenage rights activist Malala Yousafzai says she wants to become the Prime Minister, following in the footsteps of her role model late Benazir Bhutto, and aspires to use that position to serve her nation.
(Oct 10 2013) - Global Post : Libyan PM Ali Zeidan freed ...MISRATA, Libya -- Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan is free, hours after he was snatched at gunpoint from a hotel in Tripoli early Thursday in what reports said was a response to a US raid in the Libyan capital last weekend.
(Oct 09 2013) - Vanuatu Post : Alcohol ban breached ...PORT VILA -- PM Moana Carcasses & another person, reportedly his security personnel, were witnessed last Sunday at around 11:30 am at a shop in Port Vila allegedly buying alcohol. Normally a nationwide ban on alcohol is imposed from Saturday mid-day until Monday for retail shops, except for bars as well as restaurants & hotels.
(Oct 08 2013) - Birmingham Post : Put rail plan on holdBIRMINGHAM -- The HS2 rail line linking London to Birmingham, Manchester & Leeds should be put on hold, a powerful Commons committee has recommended as it warned of serious shortcomings in the project's research. MPs said a more convincing economic case was needed for the scheme, which now estimates will cost 42.6 billion.
(Oct 07 2013) - Activist Post : Money Talks, Obamacare WalksU.S.A. -- If you can't afford "Affordable Care" and do not have employer-provided health insurance, what are your options when you need to see a doctor? The answer may be to find a physician who offers "concierge" or direct care (also referred to as membership medicine, cash-only practice, direct practice, or boutique medicine).
(Oct 06 2013) - Norway Post : Asked to destroy chemical weaponsNORWAY -- Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has confirmed reports that Norway has been asked to participate in the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons, and says Norway is in a dialogue with the UN on the request. Earlier reports said Russia and the US had especially requested that Norway be involved in the project.
(Oct 05 2013) - Tripoli Post : Gunmen Kill 15 Soldiers in LibyaTRIPOLI -- Unknown gunmen attacked a military checkpoint southeast of Tripoli Saturday morning killing at least 15 soldiers and wounding five more, the Libyan news agency reported. The checkpoint belonged to the Infantry Second Brigade in the Wishtatah area between Bani Walid and Tarhouna.
(Oct 04 2013) - Copenhagen Post : Concern over Islamist letters ...DENMARK -- PET is watching an Islamist group involved in the Syrian Civil War that wants to write letters to Muslims in Danish prisons. The radical salafist group Kaldet til Islam (Called to Islam) wants to write letters to imprisoned Muslims, calling for them to "return to their god".
(Oct 03 2013) - Frontier Post : 3 month ban proposed for Skype ...SINDH -- Provincial Information Minister Sharjeel Memon announced that a ban would be imposed on the use of Skype, Whatspp, Tango & Viber. "Terrorists & criminal elements are using these networks to communicate after the targeted operation was launched." Memon added that the Home Secretary would contact PTA to have these networks banned in the province.
(Oct 02 2013) - Threat Post : Effect of NSA surveillance leaksWORLD -- Beyond the effect the NSA leaks have had on the way that the general public perceives the gov't, there also has been a shift in the security community regarding the way that members share info & interact with one another. The levels of trust among some researchers & companies, built up over the years, have been reduced in some case, Lee said, because researchers aren't sure who they can trust now and who might be disclosing info to intelligence or law enforcement agencies.
(Oct 01 2013) - Top Info Post : Dollar collapse & gov't shutdownWASH D.C. -- There is a considerable amount of debate in alternative economic circles as to whether a federal gov't shutdown would be a "good thing" or a "bad thing". Frankly, even I am partially conflicted. I love to read mainstream news stories about how a shutdown in the capital would be "horrible" because Obama might have to reduce the White House cleaning staff and wash his own laundry.
(Sep 30 2013) - Palm Beach Post : Blame game rife re: shutdownWASH D.C. -- Compromise elusive, Republicans & Democrats engaged in finger-pointing Monday just hours before the first gov't shutdown in 17 years, driven by an intractable budget dispute over obama's signature health care law. House Rep's blamed Senate Dem's for taking the weekend off & resisting a House measure that would avert a shutdown ...
(Sep 29 2013) - Internet Post : Merck brings HIV/AIDS to U.S. ?HOLLYWOOD -- This segment (VIDEO) of In Lies We Trust: The CIA, Hollywood & Bioterrorism, produced and freely contributed by consumer protector and public health expert, Dr. Leonard Horowitz, features the world's leading vaccine expert, Dr. Maurice Hilleman, who explains why Merck's vaccines have spread AIDS, leukemia, and other horrific plagues worldwide.
(Sep 28 2013) - N.Y. Post : New quake hits ravaged PakistanISLAMABAD -- Officials say a major earthquake of 6.8 magnitude or larger has hit southwest Pakistan, less than a week after a massive temblor in the same region killed at least 359 people. The U.S.G.S. said on its website that a 6.8 magnitude quake was felt on Saturday in Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province.
(Sep 27 2013) - China Post : US, Russia break deadlock on SyriaUNITED NATIONS -- The U.S. and Russia agreed a draft UN Security Council resolution on destroying Syria's chemical weapons, breaking a prolonged deadlock over the country's conflict. The 15-member council held its first talks on the text late Thursday & a vote could be held on Friday, diplomats said.
(Sep 26 2013) - Boiling Frogs Post : Snowden's Summer of LeaksSAN FRAN -- Mark Klein was among the first to expose NSA's domestic wiretapping efforts. The former A T & T tech. watched the construction of the secret switching room at the telecom's facility on Folsom St. in San Fran., & described it in detail in his book, Wiring Up the Big Brother Machine & Fighting It.
(Sep 25 2013) - Huffington Post : Reaching debt limit Oct. 17 ?WASH D.C. -- The debt ceiling will be reached Oct. 17 and the Department of the Treasury will have less cash on hand than it previously estimated, said Secretary Jack Lew in a letter released Wednesday. "Treasury now estimates that extraordinary measures will be exhausted no later than October 17.
(Sep 24 2013) - Kenyan Post : Westgate Mall mastermind revealedKENYAN -- The former care taker of Westgate Shopping Mall is the chief mastermind of Westgate terror attack, military sources have said. The sources who are currently sweeping the building after a 96 hour ordeal with the Al Shabaab terrorist said, the caretaker, who was sacked three months ago, together with other three Kenyans, are the brains behind the Westgate Mall attack.
(Sep 23 2013) - Jerusalem Post : Egypt court bans all Muslim Bro.CAIRO -- An Egyptian court on Monday banned the Muslim Bro. from carrying out any activities in the country & ordered the seizure of the group's funds, widening a campaign to debilitate the Islamist movement of deposed President Mohamed Morsi. "The court bans the activities of the Muslim Bro. organization and its non-governmental organization & all the activities that it participates in & any organization derived from it," said the presiding judge Mohammed al-Sayed.
(Sep 22 2013) - Christian Post : 59 killed in Kenya mall attackKENYA -- Kenyan security forces and al-Qaeda-linked Islamists were in a standoff Sunday morning after gunmen killed 59 people - including a Canadian diplomat and the Kenyan president's nephew - and injured at least 175 others in an attack at an upscale shopping mall in Nairobi. About 30 hostages were still being held.
(Sep 21 2013) - SCM Post : China's role vital in Syrian disputeWASH D.C. -- China could play a "positive, constructive" role at the United Nations on a resolution to rein in Syria's chemical weapons, according to the top US diplomat. US Secretary of State John Kerry acknowledged at the start of talks with Foreign Minister Wang Yi that the two sides had "disagreed sharply" over the global response to Syria's use of chemical arms.
(Sep 20 2013) - African Post : Swaziland votes for new ParliamentSWAZILAND -- Swaziland held elections to choose a new parliament on Fri., but some opposition figures in the southern African monarchy said the process was not democratic & should be boycotted. Voters were selecting 55 parliamentarians from among candidates who had been chosen by tribal leaders loyal to King Mswati III.
(Sep 19 2013) - BRICS Post : Russia could lag behind BRICSRUSSIA -- With a slowdown in GDP growth, Russia will lag behind its BRICS peers, warned Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev on Wednesday. Russia's economic growth has fallen below the world's average for the first time in five years, Ulyukayev noted.
(Sep 18 2013) - Liberty Post : Tea Party challenges BoehnerOHIO -- Tea Party leaders who have been pushing for a primary opponent against House Speaker John Boehner in '12 for not keeping a campaign promise to cut more federal spending are getting their wish. Tea Party activist David Lewis, a 26-yr-old married father, announced Fri. that he'll challenge the Ohio Republican.
(Sep 17 2013) - Denver Post : Working to assess flood damageCOLORADO -- Colorado's richest oil field - the Denver-Julesburg Basin - is buried in floodwaters, raising operational & environmental concerns, as state & industry officials work to get a handle on the problem. Thousands of wells & operating sites have been affected - some remain in rushing waters, officials said.
(Sep 16 2013) - Activist Post : FDA hearing on GM babiesU.S.A. -- Next month, the US FDA will hold a two-day public meeting to discuss genetic modification within the human egg, which changes will be passed on generationally. Human gene therapy has been ongoing since '90, but most of that involved non-heritable genes, called somatic (non-sex cell) gene therapy.
(Sep 15 2013) - Phnom Penh Post : Smoke grenades fired ...PHNOM PENH -- Police fired smoke grenades at protesters gathered at riverside in Phnom Penh late this afternoon as a small group of demonstrators hurled rocks, shoes & pieces of metal back at them. The violence erupted after protesters ripped apart police barricades & threw razor wire fences into the Tonle Sap ...
(Sep 14 2013) - Connecticut Post : Bridgeport bank fails ...BRIDGEPORT -- For nearly a decade, The Community's Bank sat at 2574 East Main St., the only minority-owned bank in Connecticut. On Friday, it became the first community bank in the state in almost a decade to fail. Notices plastered on its windows wrote the bank's obituary as State Police cruisers blocked access to the drive-up window.
(Sep 13 2013) - Financial Post : Ontario's fiscal time bombCANADA -- The Chestnut Conference Centre, once a hotel but now part of a non-descript student residence in downtown Toronto, is only a short walk from Queen's Park but worlds apart from the stately brass and wood fittings of the seat of the provincial government. As such, it was a suitable neutral ground for the first skirmishes of The Great Ontario Labour War of 2012.
(Sep 12 2013) - Yemen Post : Yemen's political breakthroughYEMEN -- Now that Haraki NDC representatives (Southern Secessionist Movement) have returned to the negotiating table it seems as if nothing can stop the impoverished nation from making great strides toward not only national reconciliation but a revamp of its institutions and political structure.
(Sep 11 2013) - Patriot Post : Memo to Gun Control DemosCOLORADO -- Two Colorado Democrats from heavily Democrat districts were recalled by Colorado voters in those regions as punishment for supporting gun state gun control laws - playing on the emotions of voters in the wake of mass murders in Connecticut and a Colorado theater.
(Sep 10 2013) - Internet Post : Bowing to Nuclear Blackmail ?EAST COAST -- Many of my readers have seen my article Nuclear Blackmail, which outlines the mysterious disappearance of helium 3 & the resulting inability of America to detect nuclear weapons moving into the nation through the ports & also to track them around the country. Because helium 3 is a byproduct of the nuclear weapons industry, there's no reason at all for the lack of it in America ...
(Sep 09 2013) - Jakarta Post : Talks urged to counter US attackINDONESIA -- An expert says Indonesia's rejection of planned US military action against the Syrian government must be strengthened with intensive diplomatic acts both bilaterally and multilaterally, while at the same time utilizing President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's growing international leverage.
(Sep 08 2013) - Pittsburgh Post : IRS ruling re: tipsU.S.A. -- Some diners view automatic gratuities as a convenience. For others, it's like being force fed. Either way, the practice of automatically adding tips to bills for big groups -- often tables of six to eight people or more -- could quietly disappear following an IRS ruling that forces restaurants to classify such charges as wages, not tips.
(Sep 07 2013) - Bangkok Post : Australians vote for changeSYDNEY -- Conservative challenger Tony Abbott declared Australia "under new management" on Saturday after Prime Minister Kevin Rudd conceded election defeat and said he would step down as Labor leader. With 88% of the vote counted, the Australian Electoral Commission said the Liberal / National coalition was heading for a landslide win ...
(Sep 06 2013) - Latino Post : Brazil cancels Rousseff's visit to USBRAZIL -- The President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, cancelled her planned trip to the United States in late October because Brazilian authorities are still waiting for an explanation on the alleged American espionage activities, CNN reported.
(Sep 05 2013) - Washington Post : Turnover at Federal ReserveWASH D.C. -- The Federal Reserve is facing significant turnover among top officials at a time when it's trying to craft a long-term strategy for winding down its support for the nation's economy. The departure of Bernanke when his term ends in January has garnered the most attention on Wall St & in Washington.
(Sep 04 2013) - National Post : Putin warns West re: SyriaNOVO-OGARYOVO, Russia -- President Vladimir Putin has warned the West against taking one-sided action in Syria just as Sen. John McCain, one of the U.S. politicians most adamant on striking against Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime, pulled his support of the U.S. Senate's plan to do so.
(Sep 03 2013) - Global Post : Israel test-fires missileISRAEL -- Israel claimed to have test-fired a missile in the Mediterranean Sea Tues., as the U.S. prepared to debate a proposal to use its naval forces there to launch air strikes on Syria. The Israeli Defense Ministry said that the test, which it described as "successful," was carried out jointly with a section of the US DoD.
(Sep 02 2013) - India Post : Case filed against MusharrafISLAMABAD -- In fresh trouble for Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, a case was today filed against him for the murder of cleric Abdul Rasheed and his mother during the infamous Lal Masjid operation. The case was filed on the directions of the Islamabad High Court Justice Noorul Huque Qureshi ...
(Sep 01 2013) - Norway Post : Secret military archive investigatedNORWAY -- The Norwegian Intelligence Service has allegedly established & stored folders with sensitive information about 400 Norwegian citizens in a secret storage area in Oslo. Information from sources suggests that sensitive info about politicians, business leaders, diplomats & bureaucrats is stored in these archives.
(Aug 31 2013) - Birmingham Post : Big Brother 'Boss' always thereU.K. -- A 'Big Brother' app that allows bosses to follow their roving employees' every move has been launched by a Solihull firm. The app can be used to snoop on workers via their mobiles, checking if they're spending too much time talking on the phone or texting while driving. It can also reveal exact routes taken by staff.
(Aug 30 2013) - Tripoli Post : Obama fights on Al Qaeda side in SyriaWASH D.C. -- "If Barack Obama decides to attack the Syrian regime, he has ensured - for the very first time in history - that the United States will be on the same side as al-Qaeda," award-winning journalist Robert Fisk wrote in The Independent on 27 August.
(Aug 29 2013) - Copenhagen Post : Prince Joachim in massive debtJUTLAND -- While one might think that finances are rarely a concern to members of the Royal Family, a report in Ekstra Bladet tabloid reveals otherwise. According to the tabloid, 44-year-old Prince Joachim, the youngest son of Queen Margrethe, owes millions in loans on his home estate, Schackenborg in southern Jutland.
(Aug 28 2013) - Threat Post : Registrar Hack at root of NY TimesNEW YORK -- The attack that took down the New York Times Web site Tuesday afternoon, along with domains belonging to Twitter and the Huffington Post, was accomplished through the use of compromised credentials belonging to a reseller for the registrar that those companies use to buy their domains.
(Aug 27 2013) - Frontier Post : Put Karachi under army controlLONDON -- Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Quaid Altaf Hussain Tuesday urged upon the prime minister to hand over the control of Karachi to army, as Sindh government has totally failed to maintain law and order in the city.
(Aug 26 2013) - Activist Post : Chemtrails are happening all over ...CANADA -- The former premiere of British Columbia Bill Vander Zalm is putting politicians on notice. He sent a letter across Canada to multiple politicians voicing his concerns over the chemtrail phenomenon. We are told that they are simply airplane engine condensation trails, but now it is clear these trails are different from what they used to be.
(Aug 25 2013) - Top Info Post : Australia's Big 4 banks owned byAUSTRALIA -- What do Australia's "Big 4" banks have in common? NAB, ANZ, Westpac & Commonwealth Bank are publicly listed companies. So that means they have shareholders right? Well did you know that the top 4 shareholders in each of the Big 4 are in fact the same? Specifically HSBC Custody Nominees, J P Morgan Nominees Aus Ltd, National Nominees Ltd and Citicorp Nominees Pty Ltd.
(Aug 24 2013) - N.Y. Post : State of emergency declared for SFFRESNO -- A giant wildfire raging out of control grew to nearly 200 square miles and spread into Yosemite National Park on Friday, as California Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency for the city of San Francisco 150 miles away because of the threat to the city's utilities.
(Aug 23 2013) - Internet Post : DOJ asks court to grant immunityWASH D.C. -- In court papers filed today (PDF), the United States Department of Justice requested that George W. Bush, Richard Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice and Paul Wolfowitz be granted procedural immunity in a case alleging that they planned and waged the Iraq War in violation of international law.
(Aug 22 2013) - Palm Beach Post : Hovercraft startles beachgoersRUSSIA -- A bizarre scene at a beach in Russia startled visitors to say the least. A huge hovercraft joined them on the beach when it made a surprise landing on the shore - unexpectedly. The 550-ton vessel, known as a Zubr, reportedly belongs to the military - it is not Vladimir Putin's jet ski as some first thought ..
(Aug 21 2013) - Boiling Frogs Post : Gangster State USA-UKUSA / UK -- On July 23 I wrote about how the US reversed roles with the USSR & became the tyrant that terrifies the world. We have now had further confirmation of that fact. It comes from 2 extraordinary actions by Washington's British puppet state.
(Aug 20 2013) - Huffington Post : Groklaw Site Shutting DownU.S.A. -- A prominent legal news site, well known for explaining the ins & outs of technology-related law, is shutting down over its founder's fear that gov't agents can read her email. In an emotional blog post published after midnight, Pamela Jones, the creator of Groklaw, wrote that she's unable to run her website and ...
(Aug 19 2013) - Prague Post : Vote due on dissolution of parliamentPRAGUE -- The Chamber of Deputies appears likely to vote this week to dissolve Parliament and hold new elections, as discussions continue on the way forward after the caretaker government of Jiri Rusnok resigned following a vote of no confidence by deputies.
(Aug 18 2013) - China Post : Japan nationalists return ...EAST CHINA SEA -- Boats carrying about 20 members of a Japanese nationalist group headed back to port Sunday after sailing near tiny islands in the East China Sea that are at the center of a dispute between Japan & China. Members of the ("Stand Firm, Japan") group did not attempt to land on the uninhabited islands ...
(Aug 17 2013) - Jerusalem Post : Syrian rebels kill ChristiansHOMS -- Syrian rebels killed at least 11 people, including civilians, in an attack on a checkpoint west of the city of Homs on Saturday that official state media described as a massacre. Most of those killed were Christians, activists and residents said.
(Aug 16 2013) - Christian Post : Christian School Choice (pt II)U.S.A. -- If it were only once that my parents accused me of impertinence I could have avoided the struggle of finding my place in life. Impertinence is defined as "exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners, improperly forward." But as with every good thing and considering St. Paul's words from I Corinthians 6:12, "All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient...,"
(Aug 15 2013) - African Post : Cairo official death toll passes 500CAIRO -- Egypt says 525 people were killed on Wednesday when security forces stormed Islamist protest camps in Cairo after a stand-off lasting weeks. Most of the victims died in the capital but there was violence around the country on the bloodiest day since the pro-democracy uprising two years ago.
(Aug 14 2013) - SCM Post : Chinese hackers mount fresh attacksNEW YORK -- The hackers who penetrated the computer network of The New York Times last year have resurfaced with an attack on "an organisation involved in shaping economic policy", experts have warned. The security firm FireEye said the original perpetrators "appear to be mounting fresh assaults that leverage new and improved versions of malware".
(Aug 13 2013) - BRICS Post : Russia building anti-missile radarRUSSIA -- Russia has started construction on an advanced early missile warning radar in its Orenburg region to strengthen the country's missile defences. The new Voronezh-class radar will be part of the high-tech early warning network the country hopes to build by 2020.
(Aug 12 2013) - Denver Post : Anti-Obama clown went rogueJEFFERSON CITY -- A rodeo announcer at the Missouri State Fair had no advance knowledge of a widely criticized act in which a "rogue rodeo clown" wearing a President Barack Obama mask asked the crowd if they would like to see him knocked down, an attorney said Monday.
(Aug 11 2013) - Activist Post : TV: Your Mind. Controlled.WORLD -- Back in 1969, a man named Herbert Krugman conducted a series of experiments regarding the effect of television on a person's brainwaves. What he found was pretty startling: Krugman monitored a person through many trials and found that in less than one minute of television viewing, the person's brainwaves switched from Beta waves - brainwaves associated with active, logical thought - to primarily Alpha waves. When the subject stopped watching television and began reading a magazine, the brainwaves reverted to Beta waves.
(Aug 10 2013) - Connecticut Post : Former exec dies in plane crashEAST HAVEN -- A former Microsoft executive from Seattle & his son are believed to be among the victims of a plane crash that destroyed 2 homes Friday morning & likely killed 2 children in one of the houses. A fed official said, as many as 6 people may have died in the crash & the resulting fires ...
(Aug 09 2013) - Financial Post : Canada's job market slammedOTTAWA -- Canada's employment landscape went into a steep decline in July, losing more than 39,000 workers - most of them youths, along with a record drop in the public sector - and nudging the jobless rate up to its highest level since April. Last month's surprising big drop added to June's downward trend ...
(Aug 08 2013) - Phnom Penh Post : Armed units deployedPHNOM PENH -- Approximately one hundred members from each unit of the armed forces, military police, and national police have been deployed to Phnom Penh to "ensure political stability and security" until the new government is formed, a military police official said Thursday.
(Aug 07 2013) - Liberty Post : Obama cancels meeting in MoscowWASH D.C. -- In a rare diplomatic snub, Obama is canceling plans to meet with Russian President in Moscow next month. Obama will still attend the Group of 20 economic summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, but a top White House official said Obama had no plans to hold one-on-one talks with Putin while there.
(Aug 06 2013) - Activist Post : Look who funded 'Common Core'U.S.A. -- No teacher and no school board member was asked to contribute to the Common Core standards. Nor was any State Legislature involved in the creation of this monstrosity. Under this plan, every teacher will teach the same material with much of the same teaching strategies as every other teacher.
(Aug 05 2013) - Zambia Post : BoZ forecasts increase in food pricesZAMBIA -- Bank of Zambia Governor Dr Michael Gondwe has warned of rising food prices towards the end of the year due to expected higher regional and domestic demand. Dr Gondwe said Zambia was expected to face inflationary pressures from expected high food prices as the country was expected to feed the region where grain shortage was projected.
(Aug 04 2013) - Murfreeboro Post : Tea Party candidate ...TENNESSEE -- Even with the primary months away, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Brenda Lenard has already endured a rough journey. Lenard will run against incumbent Sen. Lamar Alexander, who has held the seat since 2003.
(Aug 03 2013) - Jakarta Post : Forgiveness as a business tool ?JAKARTA -- The knee-jerk reaction of too many people in leadership positions when they feel wronged is righteous indignation and the urge for revenge. But one factor that sets truly transformational leaders apart from the run-of-the-mill is the ability to forgive - to let feelings of anger, resentment and blame fall away ...
(Aug 02 2013) - Patriot Post : Obama's Bargain: Cont' StagnationWASH D.C. -- While on his "Look What I Did to the Economy" tour in our hometown of Chattanooga Tuesday, Barack Obama offered up a new "grand bargain." In exchange for raising corporate taxes, he promises to spend more money on Big Government priorities. As The Wall Street Journal quipped, "President Obama made himself an offer he couldn't refuse."
(Aug 01 2013) - Bangkok Post : Royals leave for Hua Hin palaceTHAILAND -- A sea of people, mostly in pink and yellow, outside Siriraj Hospital cheered the King and Queen with chants of "Long Live Their Majesties" as they left for their first visit to Klai Kangwon Palace in five years on Thursday. Their Majesties departed the hospital about 4pm in a royal motorcade ...
(Jul 31 2013) - Washington Post : Gov't unveils secret order ...WASH D.C. -- The Obama administration made public a previously classified order that directed Verizon Communications to turn over a vast number of Americans' phone records, senior U.S. officials said. The formerly secret order was unveiled along with other documents by Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr.
(Jul 30 2013) - Latinos Post : Mex' Vice Admiral Ambushed & KilledMEXICO -- Mexican Vice Admiral Carlos Miguel Salazar Ramonet was ambushed & killed Sunday afternoon in Michoacan by masked gunmen, according to news reports. Salazar was the Commander of the Eighth Naval District based in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, and at the time was traveling with his wife & two bodyguards ...
(Jul 29 2013) - National Post : Pope won't judge gay priestsABOARD THE PAPAL AIRCRAFT -- Pope Francis reached out to gays on Monday, saying he wouldn't judge priests for their sexual orientation in a remarkably open & wide-ranging news conference as he returned from his first foreign trip. "If someone is gay & he searches for the Lord & has good will, who am I to judge?".
(Jul 28 2013) - Pittsburgh Post : Pennsylvania's voter ID debate ...HARRISBURG -- This summer, like last, teams of lawyers have spent days in a courtroom near the state Capitol arguing whether the state's voter ID law creates too great a barrier to the polls. Again, voters without identification testify about their difficulties getting it.
(Jul 27 2013) - Global Post : Syria & Egypt Christians seek refugeTBILISI, Georgia -- Ever since ouster of Egyptian strongman President Hosni Mubarak two years ago, Adel has faced a difficult dilemma: Leave behind a relatively cushy life in Egypt or stay and risk discrimination and violence as religious and sectarian tensions rise.
(Jul 26 2013) - Birmingham Post : Train crash driver arrestedSPAIN -- The train driver involved in Spain's deadliest train disaster for 70 yrs has been placed under formal arrest. Francisco Jose Garzon Amo, 52, was arrested in hospital yesterday evening on suspicion of causing the accident that saw the Madrid to Ferrol service derailed Wed. night near the city of Santiago de Compostela.
(Jul 25 2013) - Tripoli Post : UAE Embassy in Tripoli AttackedTRIPOLI -- The embassy of the United Arab Emirates in the Libyan capital Tripoli is reported to have been attacked Thursday morning. An interior ministry spokesman has been quoted saying that no injuries have been reported
(Jul 24 2013) - Balfour Post : Peace talks might not happenPALESTINE -- While American and Israeli leaders are already patting themselves on their respective backs over the reported resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, the other party to the talks, the Palestinian Authority, is saying everyone should instead hold their respective horses.
(Jul 23 2013) - Threat Post : Amendment to cut NSA fundingWASH D.C. -- Appropriations Amendment Threatens to Cut Funding for NSA Collection Program. A small group of Congressmen is trying to cut off the funding for the NSA's widespread collection of phone and Internet records under the "business records" collection provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
(Jul 22 2013) - Copenhagen Post : Secret Cold War ... revealedDENMARK -- Weapons handed in anonymously to the Resistance Museum by previously-unknown Danish guerilla armed forces have opened a debate on the extent to which Danish intelligence employed illegal activities in the fight against communism during the Cold War.
(Jul 21 2013) - Frontier Post : PM Abe wins big in JapanJAPAN -- Voters handed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a thumping victory in upper house elections on Sunday, exit polls showed, likely ushering in a new period of stability for politically volatile Japan. The projected victory means both chambers will be under gov't control, unblocking the bottleneck ...
(Jul 20 2013) - Top Info Post : Trayvon Martin could've been meWASH D.C. -- Obama has said that "Trayvon Martin could have been me, 35 years ago", in his first comments on the case since last week's verdict. The unarmed black 17-yr-old was shot & killed in Florida in Feb 2012. George Zimmerman, 29, said he opened fire on the teenager in self-defence & was acquitted of murder.
(Jul 19 2013) - Activist Post : America's Surveillance SocietyU.S.A. -- It's not new. It's longstanding. State-of-the-art technology makes it easy. It's more intrusive than ever. It's lawlessly out-of-control. On July 6, The New York Times Times headlined "In Secret, Court Vastly Broadens Powers of NSA," saying: More than a dozen Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) 'classified rulings created a secret body of law ...
(Jul 18 2013) - New York Post : 'Whitey' Bulger witness found deadMASS -- A key witness in the trial of notorious Boston gangster 'Whitey' Bulger has been found dead by the side of a road in Lincoln, Mass., according to a report. ABC News says police believe the corpse on Mill Road is likely that of Stephen "Stippo" Rakes.
(Jul 17 2013) - Internet Post : Read the Talmud Lately ?ISRAEL -- In my last e-alert, I was the bearer of bad news: Deep within Judaism's most sacred rabbinic writings, the Talmud & Zohar, there exists the obligation to overthrow existing Gentile & Christian society & establish a "new Jewish order." Such Judaic teaching powerfully diminishes the value of Gentile lives ...
(Jul 16 2013) - Huffington Post : Snowden applies for temp' asylumMOSCOW -- National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden on Tuesday submitted a request for temporary asylum in Russia, his lawyer said. Anatoly Kucherena, a lawyer who is a member of the Public Chamber, a Kremlin advisory body, said that Snowden submitted the asylum request to Russia's Federal Migration Service.
(Jul 15 2013) - Boiling Frogs Post : Coup d'etat in AmericaU.S.A. -- The American people have suffered a coup d'etat, but they are hesitant to acknowledge it. The regime ruling in Washington today lacks constitutional and legal legitimacy. Americans are ruled by usurpers who claim that the executive branch is above the law and that the US Constitution is a mere "scrap of paper."
(Jul 14 2013) - Palm Beach Post : Zimmerman cleared ...SANFORD, Fla. -- After a year and 1/2 of living as a hermit, George Zimmerman emerged from a Florida courthouse a free man, cleared of all charges of shooting of 17-yr-old Trayvon Martin. His brother said the former neighborhood watch volunteer was still processing the reality that he wouldn't serve prison time ...
(Jul 13 2013) - China Post : Defense white paper 'ignores facts'BEIJING -- China has lashed out at Japan over an official defense report by Tokyo, calling it untruthful & wrongly labeling Beijing a threat, state media reported Friday. The new Japanese defense white paper is the first since a long-simmering dispute with China & Taiwan over uninhabited islands in the E. China Sea heated up.
(Jul 12 2013) - Jerusalem Post : Egyptian army plans operationEGYPT -- Egyptian media reports Egyptian military plans to launch operation to cleanse Mount Halal in Sinai using artillery and air power; another report says Cairo decides to close Rafah border crossing "indefinitely."
(Jul 11 2013) - Norway Post : Closer cooperation; police & defenceNORWAY -- The Government is proposing a change in the law which will make it simpler and quicker for the police to cooperate with the Norwegian Defence. The proposal comess as a reaction to last year's report by the July 22nd Commission.
(Jul 10 2013) - African Post : Muslim Bro.' Leader Arrest OrderedEGYPT -- Egypt's prosecutor's office has ordered the arrest of the leader of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood movement, Mohammed Badie, state media report. Mr. Badie is accused of inciting the violence in Cairo in which at least 51 people were killed. Several leading Brotherhood figures are already in detention and ...
(Jul 09 2013) - Christian Post : Bible App Hits 100 MillionWORLD -- As Christians & tech fans alike watched the YouVersion Bible App hit the 100 million downloads milestone Sunday evening, the pastor who came up with the idea of using technology to make the Bible more accessible on smart phones & tablets said he hopes it'll surpass the popularity of other top rated apps ...
(Jul 08 2013) - Yemen Post : New illegal weapon(s) apprehendedYEMEN -- The authorities confirmed on Sunday that the armed forces managed to successfully apprehend a ship traveling off the coast of Yemen with on board an illegal cargo of weapons. The Supreme Security Committee told the press on Sunday that the ship had been intercepted as it was entering Yemen territorial waters near the island of Zoqar in the Red Sea.
(Jul 07 2013) - SCM Post : BRICS to co-operation on internetCHINA -- Edward's Snowden's revelations about US cybersnooping appear to be pushing its rivals closer together as China & other major emerging economies agree to expand co-operation on internet security. The consensus to emerge from a meeting of senior security officials from the BRICS countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China & So. Africa - shows a broad desire to carve out their own turf in cyberspace ...
(Jul 06 2013) - BRICS Post : Russia-China military drills displayedSEA OF JAPAN -- Moscow and Beijing have kicked off the first joint military drills scheduled for this summer. The "Joint Sea - 2013" drills are being held under the aegis of the Shanghai Cooperation organization in the Peter the Great Gulf in the Sea of Japan from July 5-12.
(Jul 05 2013) - Denver Post : Young people will opt outMIAMI -- Dan Lopez rarely gets sick and hasn't been to a doctor in 10 years, so buying health insurance feels like a waste of money. Even after the federal health overhaul takes full effect next year, the 24-year-old said he will probably decide to pay the $100 penalty for those who skirt the law's requirement that all Americans purchase coverage.
(Jul 04 2013) - Patriot Post : Independence Day Plus 237AMERICA -- "Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it." -- John Quincy Adams. Freedom is not the default position of humankind; otherwise more would be free. In much of the world, dictatorship, religious persecution and the suppression of women are the norm.
(Jul 03 2013) - Financial Post : Challenging new wireless codeCANANDA -- Canada's largest cellphone carriers are planning an appeal of certain terms of the code of conduct for wireless players introduced last month. BCE Inc., Rogers Communications Inc. and Telus Corp. along with regional players including Manitoba Telecom Service Inc. and SaskTel are set to file a court challenge ...
(Jul 02 2013) - Phnom Penh Post : China dealt lightly with KRCAMBODIA -- Despite being Cambodia's principal ally & benefactor at the time, China's influence over Democratic Kampuchea between '75 & '79 was surprisingly weak, a new study has found - drawing on interviews with former Khmer Rouge cadres, previously uncited primary sources & testimony from the ongoing trial ....
(Jul 01 2013) - Activist Post : 7 Future Methods of Mind ControlWORLD -- The mission of a small "elite" group to control the masses is nothing new. It has always been a tool implemented in the form of propaganda used to alter perception and thus steer the direction of large populations. The modern methods of mind control are in many ways merely higher-tech extensions of ...
(Jun 30 2013) - Tripoli Post : Malta: A Special Case for LibyaMALTA -- Despite its smallness, Malta has always been a special case in regard to Libya. Libya and Malta have always had friendly, if not brotherly relations, not just as neighbours. The fact of it is, that no matter who has been in power, in Libya or Malta, our relations have always been fine and beneficial to both sides.
(Jun 29 2013) - Liberty Post : Floridians Move To Recall RubioFLORIDA -- Earlier in the week, we told you how Arizona has had it with Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake over their persistent push of the Senate's amnesty bill and began petitions to recall them. Well it looks like the people of Florida have had their fill of Senator Marco Rubio. A petition has been set up to recall the Florida Senator following his vote on Monday concerning the Senate's amnesty bill.
(Jun 28 2013) - Zambia Post : Obama protesters rally near hospitalPRETORIA -- South Africans protesting a visit to their country by U.S. President Barack Obama rallied on Friday a few blocks from well-wishers at a hospital in Pretoria where anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela is critically ill.
(Jun 27 2013) - Borneo Post : Rudd sworn in as Australia's new PMSYDNEY -- Kevin Rudd was sworn in as Australia's new prime minister Thurs., as Labor fights for electoral survival - AFP report said. The 55-yr-old sealed his dramatic return after a leadership ballot on Wed. in which Gillard, the country's first female premier, was deposed in a party-room vote ...
(Jun 26 2013) - Patriot Post : Sheriff strips Forest Service of PowersCALIFORNIA -- The El Dorado County Sheriff says he's not happy with the U.S. Forest Service, so he's stripping them of their authority by keeping them from enforcing state law within the county. Sheriff John D'Agostini is taking the unusual step of pulling the police powers from the federal agency because he says he has received "numerous, numerous complaints."
(Jun 25 2013) - Connecticut Post : Part of Voting Rights Act voidedWASH D.C. -- The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a key provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act cannot be enforced unless Congress comes up with a new way of determining which states and localities require federal monitoring of elections.
(Jun 24 2013) - Irish Post : Mob torch Irish TricolourLIVERPOOL -- Sectarian tensions have erupted in Merseyside as video footage showing a mob torching an Irish flag outside an Orange Lodge emerged online last week. Complaints have been made to Merseyside Police by furious Irish community members who were shocked by the public outburst of anti-Irish racism in Liverpool.
(Jun 23 2013) - Bangkok Post : Snowden 'booked to Venezuela'MOSCOW -- Former US intelligence operative Edward Snowden will head to Caracas via Havana after he arrives in Moscow on Sunday, Russian media reported, quoting sources at Aeroflot airline. "A passenger under that name will arrive in Moscow from Hong Kong on flight SU213 & tomorrow, June 24, he'll fly to Havana ...
(Jun 22 2013) - Latinos Post : Brazil's President pledges dialogueBRAZIL -- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff promised on Friday to hold a dialogue with members of a protest movement sweeping the country, but also said she'd do whatever is necessary to maintain order in the wake of widespread vandalism & looting. "We cannot live with this violence that shames Brazil," she said ...
(Jun 21 2013) - Gwinnett Post : Suspect booked 3 months laterLAWRENCEVILLE -- Nearly 3 months after he allegedly assaulted & tried to kidnap a cleaning woman as she performed her overnight duties at a Lawrenceville dentist's office, Reginald McArthur Johnson is in the Gwinnett County jail. Johnson, 37, was booked into the local jail - his 9th time in the last 8 years ...
(Jun 20 2013) - National Post : 2 killed in explosion near MontrealCOTEAU-DU-LAC -- Two people were killed in a massive explosion at a fireworks warehouse that rattled homes & sent up a cloud of smoke that could be seen for kilometres outside Montreal. The subsequent inferno prompted a shutdown of the adjacent highway, causing a huge traffic jam & an evacuation of surrounding homes & campground. Provincial police said 2 bodies were found in the wreckage.
(Jun 19 2013) - Global Post : Brazil's winter of discontentBRASILIA -- "We have woken up," reads a banner youths are carrying in their march on congress. They're also holding bandanas soaked in vinegar - for protection from tear gas. Hundreds of protesters bypass shield-wielding police to scramble up a ramp and storm the roof of Brasilia's congress.
(Jun 18 2013) - Birmingham Post : G8 leaders rewrite tax rulesIRELAND -- The Lough Erne Declaration vows to "fight the scourge of tax evasion" by changing the rules to stop multinational companies shifting profits across borders. David Cameron said an agreement sealed by leaders of the G8 nations meeting in Northern Ireland can "rewrite the rules" on tax and transparency to benefit countries across the world.
(Jun 17 2013) - Threat Post : Apple shared data-request numbersCALIFORNIA -- Since Dec., U.S. law enforcement agencies have made between 4,000 & 5,000 requests for customer data from Apple on as many 10,000 user accounts, the company said in a statement released last night. Apple said in the wake of allegations that it participates in feeding the U.S. gov't customer data as part of the so-called PRISM program ...
(Jun 16 2013) - Copenhagen Post : Exit threatens Danish policinDENMARK -- Denmark's opt-outs on EU co-operation could force Denmark to leave the EU's law enforcement agency that its police force replies upon to fight serious and organised crime. Money laundering, drug trafficking and cyber crime do not respect national borders, a fact that presents challenges to European police forces that have to try and solve crimes that can span the continent.
(Jun 15 2013) - Frontier Post : NATO rejects UN report ...KABUL -- NATO has denied a U.N. report that a coalition airstrike killed 3 children in eastern Kunar province this month. The United Nations Children's Fund in a statement this week said an aerial attack by international forces killed 3 children in Kunar, condemning a steep rise in child casualties.
(Jun 14 2013) - Top Info Post : Smartphone 'kill switch' demandedU.S.A. -- Police & prosecutors from across the country told smartphone manufacturers Thursday that they must take steps to solve the "epidemic" of thefts involving mobile devices. A coalition of law enforcement officials, political leaders & consumer groups want a "kill switch" installed on smartphones ...
(Jun 13 2013) - N.Y. Post : State Dept hired criminals ?WASH D.C. -- The State Dept has hired an alarming number of law-enforcement agents with criminal or checkered backgrounds because of a flawed hiring process, a stunning memo reveals ... a whistleblower charges that State tried to cover up multiple scandals by removing them from an inspector general's report.
(Jun 12 2013) - Tripoli Post : Militias in Libya Given Ultimatum ...LIBYA -- Libya's militias have been told by the new army chief of staff, Colonel Qineydi, to lay down their arms or join the army by the end of this year. Qineydi's ultimatum was issued the after last weekend's deadly clashes in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi between protesters & the Libya Shield militia ...
(Jun 11 2013) - Activist Post : Writing Contest: EXPOSE Agenda 21WORLD -- Agenda 21 wears a green cloak of caring & happiness to hide its much darker trappings. By utilizing universal concerns such as the environment & the economy, this U.N. program has co-opted legitimate activism to create a many tentacled beast that aims to get it hooks into local communities across the globe.
(Jun 10 2013) - Huffington Post : Threat forces LA-to-TX flightPHOENIX -- The FBI says a "telephonic bomb threat" against a Southwest Airlines flight from L.A. to Texas led to the plane being diverted to Phoenix on Monday afternoon. Special Agent Johnson, a spokesman for the FBI's Phoenix division, says Flight 2675 left LAX Airport at 2:12 p.m. & was heading to Austin before the threat was received by telephone.
(Jun 09 2013) - Wash Post : No proof phone taps stops terrorismCOLORADO -- Sen. Mark Udall , who has emerged in recent days as one of the chief critics of Obama's surveillance programs, said there's no proof that the NSA's collection of Americans' phone records has helped thwart any terror plots. Udall, a member of the Senate Intel Committee, conceded that a separate program that monitors the Internet activity of foreigners - PRISM - has paid dividends.
(Jun 08 2013) - BRICS Post : Russia launching 4 satellites in '13RUSSIA -- Russia plans to launch 4 more satellites for the GLONASS navigation system by the end of this year, the Aerospace Defence Forces head said Saturday. "3 GLONASS satellites are scheduled to be launched on board of a Proton carrier rocket in July from the Baikonur space center ... " Maj. Gen. Golovko said.
(Jun 07 2013) - Jerusalem Post : US drone strike kills 7DERA ISMAIL KHAN -- A US drone strike killed 7 people & wounded 3 in northwest Pakistan late on Friday, security officials said, in the first such attack since the swearing-in of Nawaz Sharif as prime minister this week. In his inaugural address to parliament, Sharif called for an immediate end to US drone strikes on militants, which many view as a breach of Pakistan's sovereignty.
(Jun 06 2013) - Patriot Post : The 'Gay Pride' Merit BadgeAMERICA -- Six months ago, in a letter to an Eagle Scout, my son, I responded to his dismay over a proposal by the Boy Scouts of America National Board to remove the membership restriction regarding sexual orientation. Two weeks ago, the Left's relentless campaign of cultural degradation and devolution succeeded in a decade-long strategy to do to the uniformed ranks of the BSA ...
(Jun 05 2013) - China Post : China's data re: U.S. cyber attacksBEIJING -- China's top Internet security official says he has "mountains of data" pointing to extensive U.S. hacking aimed at China, but it'd be irresponsible to blame Washington for such attacks & called for greater cooperation to fight hacking.
(Jun 04 2013) - Norway Post : Norway signs UN arms trade treatyNORWAY -- Norway is one of the first countries to sign the UN Arms Trade Treaty. "Norway has worked systematically to bring about such a treaty," says Foreign Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide. State Secretary Larsen signs the treaty on behalf of Norway, along with representatives from other countries ...
(Jun 03 2013) - Boiling Frogs Post : The Presstitute MediaU.S.A. -- When Gerald Celente branded the American media "presstitutes," he got it right. The US print and TV media (and NPR) whore for Washington and the corporations. Reporting the real news is their last concern. The presstitutes are a Ministry of Propaganda and Cover-up. This is true of the entire Western media, a collection of bought-and-paid-for whores.
(Jun 02 2013) - African Post : Beware of the DragonU.K. -- An interesting debate on China and Africa organized by Intelligence Squared, based in the U.K. Many Scholars are at persistent odds whether the relationship with Africa and China will lead to a sustainable economic development.
(Jun 01 2013) - Christian Post : Pastor's wife to Speak to UNU.N. -- The wife of American Pastor Saeed Abedini, who is in an Iranian prison because of his Christian faith, will speak at the U.N. Human Rights Council on Monday to seek member states' action on behalf of her husband, who has been tortured and is suffering from internal bleeding.
(May 31 2013) - Saturday Evening Post : Painting Inspires MovieU.S.A. -- The painting is one of the most intricately detailed works from an illustrator with a mania for minutiae: faithfully reproduced ironwork scrolling on the barber chair and cozy stove, comic books on the rack, and chipped paint on a windowpane molding. The painting "stands as one of the finest displays of Norman Rockwell's talent as an artist," says Jeremy Clowe of the Norman Rockwell Museum.
(May 30 2013) - Activist Post : Israel Threatens RussiaISRAEL -- Israel gives chutzpah new meaning. War on humanity defines its agenda. It's partnered with Washington's war on Syria. It's heading perhaps toward greater intervention. It warned Russia about supplying Syria with sophisticated defensive anti-aircraft missiles. It said Israel will react in response.
(May 29 2013) - SCM Post : Mother of sewer pipe baby confessesCHINA -- A 22-year-old woman who raised the initial alarm about a newborn trapped in a sewer pipe in China kept quiet about being his mother even as she watched the sensational two-hour rescue unfold, reports said on Wednesday.
(May 28 2013) - Yemen Post : Iran rejects Yemen claims againYEMEN -- Iran Foreign Minister' spokesperson, Abbas Araqchi rejected on Tuesday allegations made by Yemen Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi that Iran is meddling within Yemen internal affairs by supporting factions and militias which share its political agenda in the region.
(May 27 2013) - Patriot Post : Memorial Day: Honor and ReverenceAMERICA -- "I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death." -- Thomas Paine
(May 26 2013) - Denver Post : How Repub's could win in '14WASH D.C. -- In a party where good news has been hard to find over the past 2 years, the current state of play in 2014 Senate races gives Republicans some reason to smile. A combination of raw numbers, a shift in the political environment & some notable recruiting failures have handed Senate Republicans a realistic - but by no means certain - chance of picking up the 6 seats they need to win ...
(May 25 2013) - Internet Post : World Bank Insider Blows WhistleWORLD -- A former insider at the World Bank, ex-Senior Counsel Karen Hudes, says the global financial system is dominated by a small group of corrupt, power-hungry figures centered around the privately owned U.S. Federal Reserve. The network has seized control of the media to cover up its crimes, too, she explained.
(May 24 2013) - Zambia Post : Targeted & selective prosecutionsZAMBIA -- Even if they are caught red handed, corrupt elements will still not plead guilty to corruption, or bring back what they have stolen & seek forgiveness. They will always find arguments to defend themselves & what they have done. If they cannot reasonably deny that they have stolen, they will resort to ...
(May 23 2013) - Phnom Penh Post : UN envoy's fairness questionedPHONM PEHN -- A tough week got a little tougher for UN human rights envoy Surya Subedi yesterday. A day after pro-gov't youths bombarded him with abuse during the 'Q & A' portion of a lecture at a local university, Cambodian Human Rights Committee president Om Yentieng offered a similarly frosty assessment of his visit.
(May 22 2013) - Palm Beach Post : Florida man killed by FBIORLANDO -- The FBI says a man was fatally shot when he initiated a violent confrontation while being questioned by authorities during a probe into one of the Boston bombing suspects. The shooting incident happened early Wed. in Orlando ...
(May 21 2013) - Liberty Post : Restrict free speech or lose fundsU.S.A. -- Our nation's universities are (or were) usually considered to be places that fostered open discourse and encouraged the discussion of controversial topics in order to promote the growth of both the students and their critical thinking skills. This is no longer the case ...
(May 20 2013) - Financial Post : Gold bear bets reach record ...NEW YORK -- Hedge-fund managers are making the biggest ever bet against gold as billionaire George Soros sold holdings last quarter and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. predicted more declines after the longest slump in four years.
(May 19 2013) - Borneo Post : France legalises same-sex marriagesPARIS -- France became the 14th country to legalise same-sex marriage yesterday after President Francois Hollande signed the measure into law following months of bitter political debate. Hollande acted a day after the Constitutional Council threw out a legal challenge by the right-wing opposition, which had been the last obstacle to passing the bill into law. The legislation also legalises gay adoption.
(May 18 2013) - Connecticut Post : Rail service crippled in NortheastBRIDGEPORT -- Friday's collision of two Metro-North trains had caused a major headache for Northeast rail commuters. The Bridgeport train accident has affected not only Metro-North service, but Amtrak service as well. Metro-North train service for today remains suspended between So. Norwalk & New Haven until further notice.
(May 17 2013) - Bangkok Post : Israeli murderer returns homeTHAILAND -- An Israeli who was sentenced to life in prison for dismembering his ex-wife and dumping her body in the Chao Phraya River has returned to his home country after receiving a royal pardon from His Majesty the King. Eli Cohen flew into Israel on Thursday after serving eight years of a 150-year sentence for the murder of his ex-wife, 26-year-old Carol Cohen.
(May 16 2013) - Latinos Post : 4.0 Jolts Los Angeles AreaLOS ANGELES -- The Southern California coastline felt a "real good jolt" yesterday at about 1 p.m. A 4.0 magnitude earthquake rumbled just off the coast of the Palos Verdes Peninsula. No serious problems were reported in relation to the earthquake, though the shake-up certainly was frightening. The earthquake could be felt from Huntington Beach all the way to Playa del Ray.
(May 15 2013) - Global Post : IRS scandals building ...BUZZARDS BAY -- When TV news rivals Greta Van Susteren and Rachel Maddow are beating the same political drum, something is very wrong in Washington. The Barack Obama administration finds itself under attack from both the left and the right this week as it struggles to deal with three major scandals ...
(May 14 2013) - Birmingham Post : Russia expels CIA spyRUSSAI -- Russia is to expel a US diplomat it claims was caught disguised in a blond wig while trying to recruit a Russian agent in Moscow. Russia's security services claimed that Ryan Fogle, a third secretary at the US Embassy in Moscow, was a CIA officer. It said Fogle was carrying special technical equipment, disguises, written instructions & a large sum of money when he was detained.
(May 13 2013) - Parks Champion Post : Apollo 13 mission saved ...AUSTRAILIA -- The role that Parkes played in saving the Apollo 13 mission has pretty well been a secret for more than 40 years. But the details have now come out and a man who was there at the time has told how it all evolved.
(May 12 2013) - Umpqua Post : Nearly 500 guns, rifles turned inPORTLAND (AP) -- Nearly 500 firearms, including assault weapons, were turned in Saturday at Ceasefire Oregon's 19th annual gun turn-in event. The Oregonian reports hundreds of people waited in line for nearly two hours to turn in handguns, rifles, ammunition and high-capacity magazines.
(May 11 2013) - Gwinnett Post : Chrysler recalls 469,000 SUVsU.S.A. -- Chrysler Group LLC is recalling about 469,000 SUVs worldwide to update software after some vehicles' circuit boards were found to be transmitting signals that trigger inadvertent gear shifts to neutral, the No. 3 U.S. automaker said Saturday. Included are 2006 - to 2010-model-year Jeep Commanders and 2005 to 2010 Jeep Grand Cherokees ...
(May 10 2013) - NY Post : Spire tops One World Trade CenterNEW YORK -- The silver spire topping One World Trade Center on Friday was fully installed on the building's roof, bringing the structure to its full, symbolic height of 1,776 feet. Loud applause and cries of joy erupted from assembled construction workers as the spire was gently lowered and secured into place.
(May 09 2013) - Frontier Post : American stabbed by EmbassyCAIRO -- The American was rushed to a nearby hospital and the motives for the assault were not immediately clear. According to the Egyptian official, an assailant wielding a knife attacked the American as he stood outside the embassy building in the central Cairo neighborhood of Garden City.
(May 08 2013) - African Post : China Greets Israeli PMBEIJING -- Chinese leaders welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Beijing on Wednesday as China tries to bring its growing international influence to an area where it has had little impact - the Middle East peace process.
(May 07 2013) - Tripoli Post : The Pain of BangladeshBANGLADESH -- As they spoke to a BBC correspondent in their old dirty room which they call home in Dhaka, Bangladesh, a man sobbed as his 12-year-old daughter sat close to him. His face, wrinkled before its time, was a map of utter anguish. It could only be understood by a parent whose child was dying under giant slabs of concrete where nothing could be done.
(May 06 2013) - Kentucky Post : Solar plane lands in Ariz.PHOENIX (AP) -- Alone in the single-seat cockpit and high above the American Southwest, pilot Bertrand Piccard could hear only his plane's gear box and the quiet whine of four electric motors. No noisy jet engines. He's flying Solar Impulse, considered the world's most advanced sun-powered plane.
(May 05 2013) - Palookaville Post : Obama taunts OSU GraduatesOHIO -- Saturday President Barack Hussein Obama returned to The Ohio State University to give a commencement speech & congratulate graduates, & ended up taunting students who believed they could save the world by repairing the President's ill-functioning government. "I dare you, Class of 2013, to do better. I dare you to do better," Obama said
(May 04 2013) - Huffington Post : Israel confirms airstrike on SyriaWASH D.C. -- An Israeli airstrike against Syria was targeting a shipment of advanced missiles believed to be bound for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, Israeli officials confirmed Saturday. It was the second Israeli strike this year against Syria and the latest salvo in its long-running effort to disrupt Hezbollah's quest to build an arsenal ...
(May 03 2013) - Jerusalem Post : US military plane crashes ...BISHKEK -- A US military transport plane carrying fuel crashed on Friday near the border between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, an official from Kyrgyzstan's Emergencies Minister said. "(The plane) caught fire in the air and crashed," the official said. The plane disappeared from radar near the Kyrgyz village of Chaldovar ...
(May 02 2013) - Washington Post : Time for a revivalAMERICA -- Everywhere we look in America, we see signs of decline. That's because we have largely forgotten God, but the good news is God has not forgotten us. In 2 Chronicles 7:14, God says, "If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land." In other words, America has two options: judgment or revival.
(May 01 2013) - Patriot Post : Terrorists on the DoleBOSTON -- The Boston Marathon bombers hated America, but they loved the American dole. The suspects in the scheme to murder & maim innocent men, women & children were living off the generosity of the American taxpayers they hated. The Boston Herald reports that the 'brains' of the operation, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was on the Massachusetts dole with his wife, Katherine & their 3-yr-old daughter, Zahara.
(Apr 30 2013) - National Post : Gov't can't account for $3.1BCANADA -- Federal departments & agencies spent about $3.1-billion less on public safety & anti-terrorism activities than they were allocated & no there was no explanation for the gap. In a report released Tues., Michael Ferguson revealed that the Harper gov't has been unable to explain why so much money was set aside ...
(Apr 29 2013) - Kyiv Post : Polish gas group sacks CEOWARSAW -- Polish gas monopoly PGNiG fired its chief executive on Monday after she failed to stop a joint venture with Russia's Gazprom from opening the way for a new Russian pipeline cutting out Poland's ally Ukraine.
(Apr 28 2013) - Norway Post : Requests funds to buy fighter jetsNORWAY -- The Norwegian government has submitted a formal request to the Norwegian parliament for authorization to procure six F-35 Lightning II aircraft for delivery in 2017. With this move, the Norwegian government follows up on its renewed plans from 2012 ...
(Apr 27 2013) - China Post : Obama to sale F-16C/Ds to Taiwan ?TAIPEI -- The Obama Administration is considering whether to approve the sale of advancen interesting debate on China and Africa organized by Intelligence Squared, based in the U.K. Many Scholars are at persistent odds whether the relationship with Africa and China will lead to a sustainable economic development. d F-16C/D fighter jets to Taiwan in a move to beef up its self-defense capability, a U.S. congressman said Thursday in Washington ... and that Congress will very likely approve the sale, local media said yesterday.
(Apr 26 2013) - Activist Post : Tracking your Vaccination Status ?U.S.A. -- The Centers for Disease Control has been quietly rolling out a nationwide program called the Immunization Information Systems (IIS), registering your vaccine information into a database. This effort has been run in parallel with state vaccine registry implementations. What is the intention of such programs?
(Apr 25 2013) - African Post : Israeli military shoots down droneISRAEL -- Israel shot down a drone Thursday as it approached the country's northern coast, the military said. Suspicion immediately fell on the Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon. The incident was likely to raise already heightened tensions between Israel and Hezbollah ...
(Apr 24 2013) - Christian Post : Scientism Strikes BackU.S.A. -- In a recent essay in The Christian Post, I warned of the danger of taking the wonderful scientific method of focus on nature alone in the work of science, and foolishly making it an entire way of life-twisting science into a degrading religion, ignoring God and diminishing people.
(Apr 23 2013) - SCM Post : Aid dropped in Sichuan quake zoneCHINA -- The People's Liberation Army has started airdrops of relief supplies to the 2 counties in Sichuan worst affected by Saturday's earthquake, which killed at least 192 people & injured nearly 12,000. Planes from the Chengdu military command were deployed as rescuers reached the isolated county of Baoxing ...
(Apr 22 2013) - Saturday Evening Post : Playing God with Human DNAWASH D.C. -- On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear opening arguments in a case that may decide whether a company can own a patent on human genes. Such a case would have been unthinkable 60 years ago, when medical researchers were just starting to make progress in molecular biology: the study of how genes control the actions of living cells.
(Apr 21 2013) - Denver Post : Investigating pot-party shootingsDENVER -- Police spent the night scanning videos taken at Saturday's 4/20 rally and are asking anyone who witnessed the shootings that injured three at Civic Center to come forward. The investigation has been turned over to the police gang unit though it is not yet clear if gangs were involved, Jackson said.
(Apr 20 2013) - Yemen Post : End of the Yemeni revolutionYEMEN -- Following 2 years of political activism, Yemen die-hard revolutionaries decided to say their final goodbyes to Change Square, confident they had achieved what they came out to do, confident the transition gov't., under the leadership of President Hadi would translate their democratic aspirations into actions.
(Apr 19 2013) - Internet Post : Before the Blast ...TEXAS -- As details emerge about the Texas fertilizer plant that was the site of Wednesday's fatal explosion and fire, a few tidbits can be gleaned from a 2007 lawsuit that the plant's owners filed against agribusiness giant Monsanto Co. The suit, filed as a potential class action in U.S. District Court ...
(Apr 18 2013) - Phnom Pen Post : Tensions grow along the borderTHAILAND -- Above the din of military trucks & SUVs rolling past on their way to Preah Vihear temple, off-duty police merrily clanking beer cans shout: "Kampuchea! Preah Vihear!" Outside the restaurants, however, a quiet tension is brewing as the Int. Court of Justice this week hears rival claims from Cambodia & Thailand.
(Apr 17 2013) - Boiling Frogs Post : Drug-War Homicides SpikingMEXICO -- The administration of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has made it a priority to divert the media's focus from the drug war and toward his economic efforts to bring the Latin American nation in closer alignment with the international corporate agenda of assuring a cheap supply labor and nearly risk-free return on investment.
(Apr 16 2013) - Financial Post : Where did we go wrong ???CANADA -- Canada's economic growth will be the slowest among Group of 20 countries outside Europe as it grapples with a cooling housing market and as policy makers rein in deficits, according to the IMF. As well, the IMF no longer views Canada as the growth engine of the G7 economies.
(Apr 15 2013) - Palm Beach Post : BP testifies re: Gulf oil spillNEW ORLEANS -- A BP team leader who supervised managers on the rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 says he was frustrated by last-minute changes to the drilling project but didn't have any safety concerns before the deadly blast.
(Apr 14 2013) - Liberty Post : Remington Sells Out To NYN.Y. -- We now know where Remington stands. They stand on the side of gov't as they have let it be known that they will be staying in New York and they have now acquired a government contract worth $80 million. Remington informed New York state lawmakers that they were planning to spend $20 million to upgrade their manufacturing facility in Mohawk Valley.
(Apr 13 2013) - Borneo Post : Lion Air plane crashes in BaliBALI -- A passenger plane carrying more than 100 people has crashed into the ocean off the coast of Bali. The Lion Air craft is believed to have slid off the runway at Ngurah Rai Airport, near Denpasar, where it was scheduled to land late this afternoon before landing in water.
(Apr 12 2013) - Connecticut Post : Disabled gun owners to sue stateHARTFORD -- A statewide group of about 2,700 disabled gun enthusiasts on Thursday filed an intention to sue Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, charging that last week's legislative response to the Sandy Hook School tragedy violates their rights.
(Apr 11 2013) - Bangkok Post : Asean concerned over Korean tensionTHAILAND -- Asean foreign ministers have expressed grave concerns over the growing tension on the Korean peninsula and pledged to issue a second statement if the conflict worsens. Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Surapong Tovichakchaikul said the 10 Asean foreign ministers had openly discussed their concerns about the situation between South Korea and North Korea.
(Apr 10 2013) - Activist Post : NY confiscating firearm permits ...NEW YORK -- A report from a N.Y. attorney has revealed that the N.Y. State Police are instigating proceedings that are leading to the confiscation of pistol permits from citizens who have been legally prescribed anti-anxiety medicine. Jim Tresmond, an attorney, is currently representing two different clients who had their pistol permits revoked because of a prescription to an anti-anxiety medicine.
(Apr 09 2013) - Wash Post : Duplicative wasting programsWASH D.C. -- The federal gov't could save tens of billions of dollars each year by trimming duplicative programs including catfish inspections by 3 separate agencies & 159 contracting organizations that provide foreign-language support for the Defense Department, according to a report from Congress's auditing agency.
(Apr 08 2013) - Yorkshire Post : Thatcher's death divides IrelandIRELAND -- In death as she did in life, Lady Thatcher has fiercely divided political opinion in Northern Ireland. While Sinn Fein accused the former prime minister of causing great suffering, the Democratic Unionists have described her as one of the greatest political figures of post-war Britain.
(Apr 07 2013) - Global Post : Commonalities with Kim Jong UnNORTH KOREA -- Kim Jong Il, however fanatical he may have seemed, was a known quantity, experts said. He was rational by comparison to his son, described by Oh as "like a young puppy jumping around conducting major decisions ... and unfortunately no one says 'no' to him." "For the first time we're actually a little bit scared," said Oh. "We knew Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung very well - but this guy, we don't."
(Apr 06 2013) - Birmingham Post : Iran nuclear talks failedIRAN -- Iran and six world powers have failed to reach agreement on a common approach to reducing fears that Tehran might misuse its nuclear technology to make weapons. The EU's foreign policy chief declared that the two sides "remain far apart on substance".
(Apr 05 2013) - Frontier Post : Afghanistan again at crossroadsAFGHAN -- Afghanistan, a place where all the concepts of modern war, is lost in the haze and fog of perpetual uncertainty. Military strategists and historians are confused, should they call it a phony war, just war or a mere long war. No explanation can satiate the mongrel to devour upon more human, a cadaverous melodrama.
(Apr 04 2013) - Wayne Post : Forum on NY SAFE Act draws 100'sCANANDIAGUA -- Jim Jarvie said he never thought he'd witness the gov't trample on citizens' rights the way he said it did when the state's new gun control legislation was passed by the NY State Legislature and subsequently signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in January.
(Apr 03 2013) - N.Y. Post : Feds nab pay-to-play schemeNEW YORK -- Dem. state Sen. Malcolm Smith and GOP City Councilman Dan Halloran were caught on damning FBI wiretaps bribing GOP bosses in order to "grease the wheels" for Smith's mayoral run on the Republican ticket, authorities revealed ...
(Apr 02 2013) - African Post : S.A. troops withdrawn from CARSOUTH AFRICA -- South Africa's military trade union says most of the 200 South African troops in the Central African Republic have been withdrawn from the country where 13 died as rebels ousted the president. Military officials could not be reached for confirmation.
(Apr 01 2013) - Kentuckey Post : Cartels agents deep inside USCHICAGO -- Mexican drug cartels whose operatives once rarely ventured beyond the U.S. border are dispatching some of their most trusted agents to live & work deep inside the U.S. - an emboldened presence that experts believe is meant to tighten their grip on the world's most lucrative narcotics market & maximize profits.
(Mar 31 2013) - Yemen Post : Malaria's spreading in HodeidaYEMEN -- Local government Health Director, Mohammed al-Qaboss has warned Hodeida, western province of Yemen, has seen a sharp rise in malaria cases, which he attributes to deteriorating health and sanitary conditions. One of the poorest provinces of Yemen, Hodeida has a long history with malaria; a serious tropical disease spread by mosquitoes.
(Mar 30 2013) - Palookaville Post : Obama plans for 3rd TermWASH D.C. -- According to an off duty security guard who "mistakenly" opened a large envelope in the mailbox and "accidentally" read all 61 pages of the FEC application for CREEP, President Obama plans to run for a third term as President which has been frowned upon by the U.S. Constitution ever since FDR convinced Americans that he should grew old in the White House.
(Mar 29 2013) - Jerusalem Post : Brit's favor banning shechitahBRITAIN -- About 45 percent of 1,900 Britons polled favored banning shechitah (Jewish ritual slaughter) and 38 percent said they favored banning nonmedical circumcision. In the poll, which was conducted last week by the YouGov polling agency for The Jewish Chronicle of London, 45 percent of respondents backed banning ritual slaughter, known as shechitah.
(Mar 28 2013) - Huffington Post : Vigilantes seize town ...ACAPULCO -- Hundreds of armed vigilantes have taken control of a town on a major highway in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero, arresting local police officers and searching homes after a vigilante leader was killed. Several opened fire on a car of Mexican tourists headed to the beach for Easter week.
(Mar 27 2013) - Tripoli Post : Arab Summit supports Libya's QuestQATAR -- The Arab Summit has confirmed in its final communique that it supports the Libyan gov't quest to retrieve stolen assets - estimated at 100's of billions of Dollars. The communique called on Arab countries "to establish effective cooperation with the Libyan gov't in order to recover the looted money ..."
(Mar 26 2013) - Patriot Post : Obamacare: An Alarming CheckupWASH D.C. -- OK, Obamacare. Up on the table. It's time for your annual physical. Three years old, eh? Well, with any luck, you'll leave here with a clean bill of uh-oh. I can see one problem already. Have you seen these tax hikes? Let's see -- five, 10, 15, 18 tax hikes in all. That hardly seems wise, considering the fragile health of the economy, but there they are.
(Mar 25 2013) - National Post : Contingency plans signedSOUTH KOREA -- The U.S. and South Korea signed a contingency plan of action against attacks from North Korea, which this month threatened preemptive nuclear strikes against the two allies. General James Thurman, commander of U.S. Forces Korea, signed the agreement on Mar 22 with So. Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman ...
(Mar 24 2013) - Kyiv Post : ... death of Kremlin's GodfatherLONDON -- Boris Berezovsky, the Russian oligarch who helped broker Vladimir Putin's rise to the Kremlin's top job only to become his sworn enemy, has been found dead at his home in Britain in unclear circumstances. He was 67. Police in Britain, where the tycoon fled in 2000 after falling foul of the Kremlin under Putin, said on Saturday the death was unexplained and they had started an investigation.
(Mar 23 2013) - China Post : Russia rebuffs Cyprus ...MOSCOW -- Russia rebuffed Cypriot entreaties for aid on Friday, leaving the island's increasingly isolated leaders scrambling to strike a bailout deal with the European Union by next week or face the collapse of its financial system.
(Mar 22 2013) - Wash Post : FCC chair announces resignationWASH D.C. -- Julius Genachowski, chairman of the FCC and friend of the president, on Friday announced his resignation after a mixed tenure that has disappointed some of the consumer groups that were his earliest supporters but also sketched a plan to bring Americans more access to broadband Internet for years ahead.
(Mar 21 2013) - Activist Post : Who Can Get Your Data ???U.S.A. -- Under CISPA, companies can collect your information in order to "protect the rights and property" of the company, and then share that information with third parties, including the gov't, so long as it is for "cybersecurity purposes." Companies aren't required to strip out personally identifiable info from the data they give to the gov't, and ...
(Mar 20 2013) - Zambia Post : Rupiah complains of persecutionZAMBIA -- Former president Rupiah Banda says he is being persecuted. And UPND cadres that joined their MMD counterparts to demonstrate against Banda's questioning by the Government Joint Investigations Team (GJIT) over corruption-related allegations on Monday, yesterday shunned the solidarity stunt.
(Mar 19 2013) - SCM Post : Old Sino-Russian suspicions lingerCHINA -- The atmosphere surrounding Xi Jinping’s coming trip to Russia - his first overseas visit as China's new president - reminds me of a slogan from my early childhood in the late 1950s: "Russia-China, Friendship Forever". The irony is that, even at that time, Sino-Russian relations were deteriorating fast ...
(Mar 18 2013) - Denver Post : Sheriff's refusal to enforce gun rulesCOLORADO -- Weld County Sheriff John Cooke says he won't enforce new gun-control measures, and legal experts say he won't be breaking the law. Colorado police chiefs and sheriffs have local control and prioritizing how laws are enforced is their prerogative. While a lawsuit could be filed ... it is the voters who will ultimately decide their fates.
(Mar 17 2013) - Christian Post : Warnings of Religious FreedomMARYLAND -- Ben Carson and Eric Metaxas, who both gained notoriety for their speeches at a National Prayer Breakfast, appeared together Saturday and warned about a loss of religious freedom, at the CPAC in National Harbor, Md. The controversy over the Obama administration's birth control mandate is about religious freedom, not contraception, Metaxas argued.
(Mar 16 2013) - Internet Post : An Orwellian AmericaAMERICA -- As a young man, I voraciously read George Orwell's "1984", Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" and Alvin Toffler's trilogy which included "Future Shock", "The Third Wave" and "Power Shift". During the era of the Vietnam War, I wondered seriously about the future and how it was destined to unfold.
(Mar 15 2013) - Phnom Penh Post : Ieng Sary diesPHNOM PENH -- At the age of 87, lying in a Phnom Penh hospital bed surrounded by his children and with a phalanx of security guards posted outside, former Khmer Rouge foreign minister Ieng Sary died yesterday morning. Sary passed away at about 8:45am from heart failure.
(Mar 14 2013) - Bangkok Post : Insurgents must stop violence firstTHAILAND -- Authorities will lift the emergency decree in the far South only if insurgents operating in the region show some sincerity by stopping the violence, army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Thursday. "The insurgents demand that the emergency decree in the three southern border provinces be lifted & replaced ...
(Mar 13 2013) - Financial Post : 1,000's of companies going bankruptITALY -- Italy's industry chiefs have warned that the country faces a "full credit emergency" as thousands of companies run out of critical funding, threatening a slide into deeper depression. Confindustria, the business federation, said that 29% of Italian firms cannot meet "operational expenses" and are starved of liquidity.
(Mar 12 2013) - Boiling Frogs Post : CIA's latest ... scandalARGENTINA -- Bring up the issue of US interference in Latin America, and among that section of the public that does not greet the topic with blank stares, you will usually hear about the same few pieces of well-documented history. US involvement in the overthrow of Allende in Chile in '73, for instance, or Iran-Contra ...
(Mar 11 2013) - Palm Beach Post : Fungus killing Fla. redbay treesDAYTONA BEACH -- Officials say a tree fungus known as laurel wilt is spreading across parts of central Florida, killing 100's of redbay trees. The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports the fungus attacks quickly & kills the trees almost overnight.
(Mar 10 2013) - Liberty Post : Congress blocked more aid to EgyptWASH D.C. -- Sec. of State Kerry had hoped to offer considerably more aid to Egypt than the $250 million he announced during his trip to Cairo but was blocked by Congress, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA.) said. "This is not the aid package that the admin. wanted to announce," Royce told The Hill.
(Mar 09 2013) - Activist Post : Serial Killer Heads CIAWASH D.C. -- Chalmers Johnson called the CIA the president's private army. Imperial Rome had its praetorian guard. It served & protected emperors. CIA rogues work the same way - lots more than that. Extrajudicial killing is prioritized. Much that goes on is secret. Unaccountability keeps Congress & ordinary people uninformed.
(Mar 08 2013) - Borneo Post : Malaysia rejects ceasefire callKUALA LUMPUR -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said yesterday Kuala Lumpur will not consider any request for a ceasefire so long as the armed intruders in Sabah do not lay down arms unconditionally. Najib, who visited Sabah three days after security forces launched an offensive against the armed intruders in Lahad Datu, said Philippine President Benigno Aquino III had contacted him for Malaysia's reaction to the call for a ceasefire by Jamalul Kiram III.
(Mar 07 2013) - Washington Post : Osama's son-in-law capturedWASH D.C. -- A former spokesman for al-Qaeda and son-in-law of its founder, Osama bin Laden, has been captured overseas and is being brought to the U.S., where he's expected to face trial in New York, U.S. officials said. Sulaiman Abu Ghaith was initially detained in Turkey but was taken into U.S. custody in Jordan ...
(Mar 06 2013) - Connecticut Post : Lawmakers split on gun-controlHARTFORD -- Republicans on Tuesday rejected two of the major gun-control responses to the Sandy Hook School shootings, possibly demolishing the bipartisan framework legislative leaders erected earlier this year. At its final meeting, the Gun Violence Prevention Working Group split into Democratic and Republican factions ...
(Mar 05 2013) - Global Post : The most powerful woman in RomeROME -- If the leadership of American nuns is the vanguard of a progressive spirit up against the Vatican, Mother Tekla Famiglietti is a throwback to the past: an orthodox leader who learned the rules of the game and wields power in the all-male world of the Roman Curia.
(Mar 04 2013) - Internet Post : Character traits of truly evil peopleWORLD -- The first dangerous mistake the average person makes is the assumption that "evil" is a kind of subjective or "gray" concept. We would love to believe that all destructive and malicious behavior is merely a product of bad environment, bad upbringing, or mental psychosis.
(Mar 03 2013) - Huffington Post : Queen Elizabeth Hospitalized ...LONDON -- Britain's Queen Elizabeth II was hospitalized Sunday over an apparent stomach infection that has ailed her for days, a rare instance of ill health sidelining the long-reigning monarch. Elizabeth will have to cancel a visit to Rome and other engagements as she recovers, and outside experts said she may have to be rehydrated intravenously.
(Mar 02 2013) - Frontier Post : Taliban describe Malik as comedianISLAMABAD -- The Pakistani Taliban have mocked Interior Minister Rehman Malik by describing him as a "comedian", with a militant spokesman saying a "serious person" should replace him for any dialogue between the two sides, reports an Indo-Canadian newspaper website.
(Mar 01 2013) - Birmingham Post : 4 plead guilty to terror chargeU.K. -- Four men have admitted discussing carrying out a terror attack in the UK using homemade bombs and firearms. Zahid Iqbal, 31, Mohammed Sharfaraz Ahmed, 25, Umar Arshad, 24, and Syed Farhan Hussain, 21, considered methods, materials and targets for an attack.
(Feb 28 2013) - New York Post : Bradley Manning pleads guilty ...FORT MEADE, Md. -- The U.S. Army private accused of providing diplomatic cables and other secret documents to the WikiLeaks website pleaded guilty on Thursday to misusing classified material, but denied the most serious charge in the case, aiding the enemy. Private First Class Bradley Manning, 25, entered the pleas prior to his court martial ...
(Feb 27 2013) - Pittsburgh Post : Pope Benedict says farewellVATICAN CITY -- As hundreds of thousands of Catholics filled St. Peter's Square and the streets around it to bid farewell to the first pope in 600 years to resign, Pope Benedict XVI assured them he was doing it for their good and the church.
(Feb 26 2013) - P.C. Post : Chechen & Caucasus Islamists in SyriaPAKISTAN -- If America & the U.K. were against international terrorism & Islamist factions which have no qualms in planting car bombs & killing religious minorities; then surely the political elites in Washington & London would have put pressure on Ankara, Doha, & Riyadh, to stop their policies.
(Feb 25 2013) - Lancashire Evening Post : School meals suspended ...LANCASHIRE -- Lancashire County Council has suspended the supply of all frozen processed beef products to schools after tests found further traces of horse DNA. The county council is one of the few councils in the country able to conduct its own laboratory tests on the DNA composition of meat products.
(Feb 24 2013) - Wales Daily Post : Cardinal has right to choose PopeBRITAIN -- Britain's most senior Roman Catholic cleric should be allowed to help choose the next Pope despite facing allegations of inappropriate behaviour, the former archbishop of Westminster says. Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor expressed sadness at the claims - which are denied - made against Cardinal Keith O'Brien, leader of the church in Scotland.
(Feb 23 2013) - Jerusalem Post : Iran announces uranium discovery ...IRAN -- Iran announced Saturday that it had designated 16 new sites for nuclear power plants and made a significant discovery of new uranium deposits, days before the Islamic Republic was scheduled to partake in talks with Western powers in Kazakhstan over its controversial nuclear program.
(Feb 22 2013) - Yemen Post : Militants take part in deadly clashesADEN -- Al-Qaeda-linked militants took part in violent events in Yemen's southern port city of Aden that have triggered wide local and international criticism, the state-run September 26 website reported on Friday quoting an official at the southern military zone. Several people were killed and ...
(Feb 21 2013) - Internet Post : FBI terrorism & the false flag warU.S.A. -- A recent book has exposed the FBI as the world's largest terrorist recruiting organization. However, evidence indicates that, not only is the majority of terrorism, "false flag," but that creating and curing the "disease of terrorism," has become one of the biggest rackets in the world.
(Feb 20 2013) - Kyiv Post : Ukraine sets deadline for EU dealUKRAINE -- Ukraine insisted Tues. that a formal agreement covering energy, trade, judicial & human rights norms tying the ex-Communist country to the EU will be signed by Nov. "at the latest." Six days from a summit of leaders from Kiev & the E.U., Ukraine ambassador insisted that Kiev only wants to "go West."
(Feb 19 2013) - National Post : A GIGANTIC SUM ... BRUSSELS -- Eight masked gunmen made a hole in a security fence at Brussels' international airport, drove onto the tarmac & snatched some $50-ml worth of diamonds from the hold of a Swiss-bound plane without firing a shot. The gang used 2 black cars in their raid late Monday, grabbed the cache of stones & sped off ...
(Feb 18 2013) - Patriot Post : Washington's BirthdayAMERICA -- In some circles, today is observed as "Presidents' Day," jointly recognizing Presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, but it is still officially recognized as the anniversary of "Washington's Birthday" -- and that is how we mark the date in our shop. (Washington's actual birthday is Feb. 22.)
(Feb 17 2013) - Limerick Post : Limerick suspect questioned ...LIMERICK -- As part of the continued crackdown on organised crime, Gardai, arrested, detained & questioned a senior figure in one of Limerick's criminal gangs last week as part of their continued investigations into the murder of Brian Fitzgerald. He was arrested on Valentines Day - Southside of the city.
(Feb 16 2013) - Activist Post : Enemies, Foreign and DomesticAMERICA -- At this very moment Americans are secretly being herded, manipulated, divided & gulled into a civil war -a weakening, disarming, demoralizing, devastating, but still dispensable civil war. Then, without relief, the 2nd, & most brutal war will begin - a war to determine the future of the world ...
(Feb 15 2013) - Yorkshire Post : Torturer held hostage & murderedHUDDERSFIELD -- Two prisoners are being held in police custody after a Huddersfield man who was jailed for torturing and murdering his partner's two-year-old daughter, was found dead in his cell, the Ministry of Justice said. Subhan Anwar, who was jailed for a minimum of 23 years in 2009 for the murder of Sanam Navsarka, is understood to have been held hostage in a cell at HMP Long Lartin in Worcestershire before he was killed.
(Feb 14 2013) - China Post : Military preparation after nuclear testSEOUL -- North Korea's neighbors bolstered their military preparations and mobilized scientists Wednesday to determine whether Pyongyang's third nuclear test, conducted in defiance of U.N. warnings, was as successful as the North claimed.
(Feb 13 2013) - Boiling Frogs Post : Tunisia's Unfinished RevolutionTUNISIA -- On 02/14/11, Tunisia's 23-yr long dictator Ben Ali fled the country he ruled over in the face of a popular uprising which began the previous month. Tunisia represented the spark of what became known as the Arab Spring. Over 2 yrs later, Tunisians are back in the streets protesting against the new gov't.
(Feb 12 2013) - Copenhagen Post : Int' surveillance laws pressuredDENMARK -- A law forcing telecommunications companies to store data on its customers' internet and phone communications has had only limited success in combating terrorism and organised crime despite costing several hundred million kroner thus far, the Justice Ministry has admitted.
(Feb 11 2013) - Palookaville Post : Using 'Drones' to locate DornerCALIFORNIA -- Late Sunday frustrated police are saying they still believe the evasive and heavily-armed Christopher Dorner continues to hunker down in California's snow-capped San Bernardino mountains approximately 80 miles east of Los Angeles.
(Feb 10 2013) - Denver Post : Class on how to grow pot ?DENVER -- The sold-out class offered students the basics of growing marijuana at home, including info about watering, proper lighting, different containers & optional accessories. At the end of the five-hour class, students had the option of touring the growing operation at the Denver dispensary Karmaceuticals.
(Feb 09 2013) - SCM Post : Japan suggests hotline to BeijingJAPAN -- Japan has suggested setting up a military hotline with China to avoid clashes between the two countries, which are at loggerheads over a group of disputed islands, Tokyo's defence minister said on Saturday. The proposal came after Tokyo accused a Chinese frigate of locking its weapons-tracking radar on a Japanese destroyer - a claim Beijing has denied.
(Feb 08 2013) - Activist Post : CSU - Fresno On FAA Drone ListFRESNO -- The FAA has finally released a new drone authorization list. This list, released in response to EFF's Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, includes law enforcement agencies and universities across the country, and - for the first time - an Indian tribal agency. In all, the list includes more than 20 new entities over the FAA's original list, totaling 81 - (11 in California) ...
(Feb 07 2013) - Phnom Pen Post : Cambodia's gov't takes back landCAMBODIA -- The government has slashed about 250,000 hectares of land from 79 economic land concessions (ELCs), forest concessions and wildlife protection concessions and will return it, replete with land titles, to "poor people", January's Royal Book says.
(Feb 06 2013) - Christian Post : Pastor Saeed Abedini TorturedIRAN -- American pastor Saeed Abedini is reportedly being tortured in an Iranian prison as an appeal against his 8-yr sentence is being filed. "When I heard this from my husband, I cried. It broke my heart. Behind those walls he feels helpless & relies on us to be his voice. It's so easy to feel forgotten in the walls of the prison. Please help me make sure he is never forgotten ..."
(Feb 05 2013) - Financial Post : Ontario worse than CaliforniaCANADA -- "I do not want Ontario to become like California," Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan once proclaimed. And it's not hard to understand why - California is a fiscal nightmare. It has the lowest bond rating in the United States and its own treasurer, Bill Lockyer, referred to the state budget as "a fiscal train wreck."
(Feb 04 2013) - Bangkok Post : Laos signs off on hydropower damVIENTIANE -- Laos has signed a 32-year land lease with investors to develop the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy hydroelectric project in the south of the country to supply electricity to Thailand. Lao Deputy Natural Resources and the Environment Minister Akhom Tounalom signed the agreement with the chief executive officer of the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy Power Co, Young-Ju Choi, in Vientiane on Friday.
(Feb 03 2013) - Palm Beach Post : Murder of ex-SEAL/authorSTEPHENVILLE -- A 25-year-old Iraq war veteran charged with murdering former Navy SEAL & "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle & his friend turned his semi-automatic handgun onto the pair while they were at a Texas shooting range, authorities said Sunday. Eddie Ray Routh of Lancaster was arraigned early Sunday on 2 counts of capital murder in the deaths of Kyle, 38, & Chad Littlefield ...
(Feb 02 2013) - Borneo Post : Unwilling partners in crimeKUCHING -- Petrol kiosk owners here are being forced by smuggling syndicates to sell diesel to them, resulting in an artificial shortage of the fuel. The state director of the Ministry of Domestic Trade, Cooperative and Consumerism, said this criminal offence had caused 'misleading' diesel shortages in parts of the city.
(Feb 01 2013) - Liberty Post : Fines for Uninsured KidsU.S.A. -- In new, final regulations issued Wednesday, the IRS said that parents must pay a federal fine under Obamacare if their children or dependent spouses are uninsured for any part of the year. The regulations clarify provisions of Obamacare that seem to say that a parent will be held liable for Obamacare's individual mandate penalty if they don't have insurance coverage for their children.
(Jan 31 2013) - Tripoli Post : British PM makes unexpected visitLIBYA -- In an unexpected visit to Libya Thursday, British Prime Minister, David Cameron pledged to help Libya's police and army. It is his first visit to the country this year, and came shortly after a stop in Algeria, where he struck a security partnership. He last visited Libya was in September 2011.
(Jan 30 2013) - Washington Post : Economy shrank in 4th quarterU.S.A. -- The U.S. economy contracted slightly in the final months of 2012, as defense spending plummeted and businesses depleted their inventories, in a surprising development that could give hints of the economic challenges to come.
(Jan 29 2013) - Connecticut Post : Calls to arrest cops in beatingBRIDGEPORT -- Just days after a video of a vicious beating by Bridgeport police drew 80,000 viewers on YouTube, NAACP leaders are calling for the arrest & firing of the 3 cops involved, while lawyers for the apparent victim filed a $1 million lawsuit.
(Jan 28 2013) - Global Post : China's answer to the internetHONG KONG -- China, "If you don't like what people are saying online, shout louder." Faced with the unprecedented explosion of info available to citizens over social media - some exposing corruption - officials have realized that simply deleting posts isn't enough. They need to push positive propaganda as well.
(Jan 27 2013) - Frontier Post : Parties products of martial lawsPESHAWAR -- Federal Minister for Railways Ghulam Ahmad Bilour has said that all the political parties are the products of martial laws. Addressing Bashir Bilour chehlum ceremony here on Saturday, the ANP leader said that some parties are the products of Gen Ayub Khan, some are of Gen Zia regime and some are the products of Gen Musharraf martial law.
(Jan 26 2013) - Huffington Post : Resignations DemandedWASH D.C. -- A Republican senator is demanding that officials appointed by President Obama last year step down from their posts on the National Labor Relations Board after a federal district court on Friday ruled their appointments unconstitutional. Senator Mike Johanns (R-Neb.) posted a press release to his website Friday night saying he had sent letters to three appointees ...
(Jan 25 2013) - Activist Post : Vaccination Program is "God's Work" ?LONDON -- In a recent interview with the London Telegraph, Gates has now claimed that his Foundation's massive push for vaccination is not just an exercise in philanthropy but that it is, in fact, "God's work." Gates ... is now dedicating his life to the "eradication of poliomyelitis," or to the vac., program.
(Jan 24 2013) - Birmingham Post : Pig head at Muslim centreLEICESTER -- A 24-year-old man has admitted committing a religiously-motivated attack by leaving a frozen pig's head outside a community centre used by a Muslim group. Liam Ferrar, from Leicester, admitted a charge of intent to cause members of the Muslim community harassment, alarm or distress at Leicester Magistrates' Court.
(Jan 23 2013) - N.Y. Post : House votes to suspend debt ceilingWASH D.C. -- The House overwhelmingly passed a bill Wednesday to permit the government to borrow enough money to avoid a first avoid default for at least four months, defusing a crisis looming next month and setting the stage for a springtime debate over taxes, spending and the deficit.
(Jan 22 2013) - Internet Post : Psychotronic & ElectromagneticWORLD -- The world media reacted to this hint on the open use of psychotronic weapons by the publication of scientific experiments from the 1960's where electromagnetic waves were used to transmit simple sounds into the human brain. However, most of them avoided saying that since then extensive scientific research has been carried out in this area throughout the world.
(Jan 21 2013) - Patriot Post : It's Coronation, er, Inauguration DayWASH D.C. -- "For foreigners, the only thing nuttier than watching the way we elect our Presidents is watching the way we inaugurate them. For a nation that wears its egalitarianism not just as a badge of honor, but (as we saw this past November) almost as a requirement for office, the pomp and circumstance involved in a modern U.S. Presidential inauguration would have moved Louis XIV to modesty.
(Jan 20 2013) - Jerusalem Post : Temple Mount quote a parody ?ISRAEL -- Bayit Yehudi candidate Jeremy Gimpel defended himself against accusations that he is an extremist on Sunday, after a 2011 video clip in which he spoke about the Temple Mount being "blown up" and the Third Temple being built in its place was released in the media over the weekend.
(Jan 19 2013) - Pittsburgh Post : Mental health data for gun checksPENNSYLVANIA -- After facing legal & technical challenges for more than 2 years, the Pennsylvania State Police this week began transmitting hundreds of thousands of mental health records to a federal database used to conduct background checks for potential gun buyers. On Tues., 643,167 mental health records were sent to the FBI-run National Instant Check System (NICS) ...
(Jan 18 2013) - Zambia Post : Let youth play a role ...ZAMBIA -- Young African Leaders Initiative president Andrew Ntewewe says Zambia will only stand on the path of economic development by letting young people play an effective role in national development. Commenting on defence minister Geoffrey Mwamba's statement that any country that does not attend to the needs of the youths is on a self-destruction path ...
(Jan 17 2013) - Parks-Champion Post : Food health claims ...AUSTRAILIA -- NEARLY 1/3 of all health claims on food sold in NSW supermarkets will have to be removed under laws to be introduced from Friday, research has found. The laws mandate basic standards products must meet to promote the benefits of ingredients, preventing products making claims such as 'high in calcium for healthy bones' when they are also high in things such as saturated fat, sugar & salt.
(Jan 16 2013) - National Post : Obama calls for assault rifle banWASH D.C. -- Braced for a fight, President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled the most sweeping proposals for curbing gun violence in two decades, pressing a reluctant Congress to pass universal background checks and bans on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines like the ones used in the Newtown, Conn., school shooting.
(Jan 15 2013) - Kyiv Post : Pakistan Court orders arrest of PMISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered the arrest of the prime minister in connection with a corruption case linked to power projects, TV channels reported on Tues., plunging the country into fresh political turmoil. The move came as a populist cleric, who's believed to be backed by the military, demanded the resignation of the gov't in protests attended by thousands ...
(Jan 14 2013) - Threat Post : Rocra Espionage Malware Uncovered ...WORLD -- For five years, it hid in the weeds of networks used by Eastern European diplomats, government employees and scientific research organizations, stealing data and infecting more machines in an espionage campaign rivaling Flame and others of its ilk. The campaign, called Rocra or Red October by researchers at Kaspersky Lab, focused not only on workstations, but mobile devices & networking gear ...
(Jan 13 2013) - Irish Post : IRA units 'biggest threat'IRELAND -- A dissident alliance between Real IRA factions in Dublin and Derry is believed to possess the greatest capacity to launch an attack on Britain. However MI5 believes that threat is still some way off and has advised the British Government to downgrade their threat level from substantial to moderate.
(Jan 12 2013) - China Post : MOFA calls for E. China Sea restraintTAIPEI -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (01/11/13) called for restraint & rationality in handling the dispute over the Diaoyutai Islands & urged the parties involved not to adopt unilateral action that could heighten tensions in the region. Tensions between China & Japan rose after Japan nationalized the island group.
(Jan 11 2013) - Courier Post : 36 RICO & drug indictmentsCAMDEN -- State authorities on Friday announced the indictment on racketeering charges of more than 30 alleged members of a major heroin distribution ring in Camden. In all, 36 people, including top leaders of the ring, were charged for their alleged roles in the highly organized drug network that was taken down ...
(Jan 10 2013) - Boiling Frogs Post : Fast & Furious Blurred LinesMEXICO -- Two guns of interest were found in late Nov of last year near the scene of a gun battle in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. The battle, waged between the Mexican military & alleged drug traffickers, left 5 people dead, including a Mexican solider & a beauty queen. One of those guns can be traced back to ...
(Jan 09 2013) - Promethean Post : Japan & China step up drone raceJAPAN -- Both countries claim drones will be used for surveillance, but experts warn of future skirmishes in region's airspace. Drones have taken centre stage in an escalating arms race between China and Japan as they struggle to assert their dominance over disputed islands in the East China Sea.
(Jan 08 2013) - Yorkshire Post : How terror suspect ... 'fled'LONDON -- Missing terror suspect Ibrahim Magag escaped surveillance by simply ringing for a black cab, the shadow home secretary claimed today. Yvette Cooper, the Labour MP for Pontefract and Castleford, told MPs that a tweet from London taxi news service Cabwise suggested Somali-born Magag had evaded detection by picking up a ride less than half-a-mile from Euston station on Boxing Day.
(Jan 07 2013) - Denver Post : Holmes 'seemed out of it' ...CENTENNIAL -- Police reports from the day of the Aurora theater shooting noted suspect James Holmes "stared off into space" & "seemed out of it" as Aurora police officers took him into custody ... he was "just standing there ... Not doing anything. Not in any hurry. Not excited. Not urgent about anything."
(Jan 06 2013) - Activist Post : Removing Presidential Term Limits ?WASH D.C. -- H.J.Res.15 titled "Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second article of amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an individual may serve as President" was referred to the House Judiciary Committee on January 4th.
(Jan 05 2013) - SCM Post : China fines six firms ...CHINA -- China has imposed penalties totalling 353 million yuan (HK$434 million) on six manufacturers of flat panel screens, including Samsung and LG Display, for fixing prices. It is the first time China has issued a penalty against a foreign firm for fixing prices.
(Jan 04 2013) - Liverpool Post : Mixed response to gay bishop moveENGLAND -- The Church of England met a mixed response after dropping its ban on clergy in civil partnerships becoming bishops. Human rights campaigners welcomed the move, which would allow gay clergy to become bishops if they promise to be celibate. However critics said it was "unenforceable" and could prove divisive, not only in England, but within the Anglican Communion.
(Jan 03 2013) - Christian Post : Mandates & the need to Push-BackAMERICA -- A free republic is never in more danger than when its chief executive believes he rules by mandate. It should encourage no one - not even President Obama's supporters - that many of his partisans are encouraging him to see his re-election as a mandate. America's political landscape is littered with the wreckage wrought from Chief Executives, Democrat and Republican, who believed voters were giving them a license to govern like an autocrat.
(Jan 02 2013) - Financial Post : U.S. narrowly avoids fiscal cliffWASH D.C. -- Past its own New Year's deadline, a weary Congress sent President Barack Obama legislation to avoid a national "fiscal cliff" of middle class tax increases and spending cuts late Tuesday night in the culmination of a struggle that strained America's divided government to the limit.
(Jan 01 2013) - Phnom Penh Post : FTU Pres' accused of attempted ...PHNOM PENH -- The Voice Khmer Union Federation (VKUF) yesterday accused Chea Mony, president of the Free Trade Union (FTU), of attempting to murder two of its leaders, an allegation he denied. VKUF president Long Sophat said his officials would file documents ...
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