- PAST NEWS | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 - (Dec 31 2014) - Financial Post : Senate set to approve pipelineWASH D.C. -- A U.S. Senate committee soon to be led by Republicans will hold a hearing next week on legislation to approve TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL pipeline, bypassing the current review by the Obama administration. The energy committee hearing on Jan. 7 will help get a Keystone measure “to the floor ASAP”
(Dec 30 2014) - Threat Post : Majority of Modems ... ExploitableWORLD -- Researchers say 4G USB modems contain exploitable vulnerabilities through which attackers could, and researchers have, managed to gain full control of the machines to which the devices are connected. Researchers from Positive Technologies presented a briefing detailing how to compromise USB modems and ...
(Dec 29 2014) - SCM Post : AirAsia jet vanishes with 162 aboardINDONESIA -- A massive sea search will continue today for an AirAsia passenger jet that disappeared with 162 on board while flying from Indonesia to Singapore through airspace thick with storm clouds, strong winds and lightning. Shocked family members huddled at Surabaya airport, in Indonesia's second largest city ...
(Dec 27 2014) - New York Post : Cops turn backs on de BlasioNEW YORK -- Mayor de Blasio tried to make peace with the NYPD Saturday, but again was met by a Blue Wall of Resentment. As he took the podium at the funeral of P.O. Rafael Ramos, thousands of police officers outside the church turned their backs to the video monitors showing the mayor giving his eulogy inside.
(Dec 26 2014) - Internet Post : The Age of Hubble 4k RoughCutU.S.A. -- An army of high tech telescopes is capturing photons racing through space, measuring their energies and pinpointing their sources. Led by Hubble in space, they are reeling in enormous volumes of data that scientists are using within models to explain how galaxies took shape, how stars live and die and ...
(Dec 25 2014) - Christian Post : 'Spiritual' Flash Mob Delivers ...NEW JERSEY -- More than 12,000 bags of cookies along with a note & voucher for free hot meals at a local eatery were given to residents & workers on Christmas Eve near the 4 locations of the NJ-based Liquid Church. The gift bags were distributed by more than 5,000 people who attended 1 of 12 services at the church ...
(Dec 24 2014) - Jerusalem Post : Netanyahu after sniper attackISRAEL -- Israel will respond strongly & with determination against all attacks in the south, PM Netanyahu said Wed., commenting on the IDF's response to the sniper fire from Gaza. “We'll respond with force every time there's an attempt to disturb the quiet that was attained in the south after Operation Protective Edge” ...
(Dec 22 2014) - First Post : Israeli drone downed over SyriaDAMASCUS -- Syrian forces downed an Israeli drone over the province of al-Qunaitera in the southern part of Syria Sunday, media reported. According to a military source, the Skylark 1 drone was downed near the town of Hadar in the al-Qunaitera province, which borders the Israeli-occupied region of Golan Heights ...
(Dec 21 2014) - Lancashire Post : Troll is back before courtLANCHASHIRE -- A man who was jailed for making sickening comments online about a murdered youngster, has appeared back before the courts for assaulting his girlfriend and her mum ... Matthew Woods was arrested for his own safety after about 50 people descended on his then home in Chorley over the online posts.
(Dec 19 2014) - Huffington Post : US: N. Korea hacked SonyWASH D.C. -- A U.S. investigation into the hack of Sony's computer system has determined that North Korea was behind the operation with a possible Chinese link, a U.S. official said on Friday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the conclusion was to be announced later by federal authorities.
(Dec 18 2014) - Post Athenian : Shooting scenario played outTENN. -- Sirens sounded & fake shots were fired Tues. at Christ's Legacy Academy as the McMinn County Sheriff's Dept. held an active shooter training session at the school. Several of these simulations have taken place since McMinn County Sheriff Joe Guy has been in office & they're meant to prepare officers & administrators
(Dec 17 2014) - Watershed Post : New York state bans frackingNEW YORK -- At a cabinet meeting that was open to the public today, Gov. Cuomo, N.Y. State Dept. of Conservation Commissioner Martens & N.Y. Dept. of Health Commissioner Zucker announced that the practice of natural gas drilling called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, will be prohibited in New York State.
(Dec 16 2014) - Plaquemine Post : Terrorists kill 132 children ...PAKISTAN -- Taliban militants stormed through a school in Peshawar earlier today, killing 132 students, 10 staff members & 3 soldiers before being killed by police inside of the school grounds. Shouting “God is good!” as they charged down the halls, the gunmen also left another 100 students & staff members wounded ...
(Dec 15 2014) - Wash Post : Dem's divided re: path to 2016WASH D.C. -- In the six weeks since their repudiation in the midterms, Democrats have seen the opening of fissures within their once-disciplined ranks, marking the start of an internal struggle between now and the 2016 election over the ideological identity and tactical direction of the party.
(Dec 14 2014) - First Post : Pro-ISIS Twitter handler arrestedBANGALORE -- Mehdi Masroor Biswas, the Bengaluru-based ITC executive who allegedly ran the pro-ISIS Twitter handle, has been arrested by the Bangalore police. Details of the case first emerged when Britain's Channel 4 ran an exclusive story on Mehdi & pointed out that he had the most popular ISIS Twitter account ...
(Dec 13 2014) - Seattle Post : Police arrest suspect in shootingOREGON -- Police in Portland have arrested a suspect in the shooting that injured 3 people outside an alternative high school. Authorities said they stopped a vehicle around 1:30 a.m. Saturday at North Interstate Avenue & Going Street & arrested a 22 yr old man. A handgun was found in the vehicle.
(Dec 12 2014) - Jakarta Post : Candidates pledge no violenceSRI LANKA -- The two main candidates in Sri Lanka's presidential election have promised a violence-free vote, with Pope Francis scheduled to visit the country just days later, a church leader said. Francis is to begin a three-day visit on Jan. 13, five days after the poll.
(Dec 11 2014) - Norway Post : Nobel Peace Prize Award CeremonyNORWAY -- On Wednesday, Malala Yousafzai & Kailash Satyarthi received the Nobel Peace Prize 2014 at a ceremony in the Oslo City Hall. The prize was presented by the Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee in the presence of Their Majesties the King & Queen of Norway, the Gov't, Storting representatives & audience.
(Dec 10 2014) - Long Beach Post : Whooping Cough on the Rise ...CALIFORNIA -- According to Long Beach health officials, whooping cough cases in the city have more than doubled this year compared to the previous 10-year record high. In 2010, 69 cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, were reported in Long Beach, but so far in 2014, there have been 180 cases ...
(Dec 09 2014) - Activist Post : Is "EM Radiation" killing you ?WORLD -- A mountain of evidence continues to be compiled showing that WiFi and other EMF's are causing biological harm, most especially to pregnant women and young children. The following credible voices highlight the tip of the iceberg for what is being revealed:
(Dec 08 2014) - National Post : ISIS fighter from Ottawa ...CANADA -- John Maguire's ISIS video urges attacks on Canadian soil. ISIS attempted to incite further attacks against Canadians on Sunday, issuing a propaganda video in which an Ottawa extremist scolded the government for joining the international military coalition fighting the terrorist group.
(Dec 07 2014) - Bangkok Post : Police purge following scandalBANGKOK -- A sweeping transfer of senior police officers is expected at the Crime Suppression Division and Marine Police in the wake of the Pongpat Chayapan corruption scandal. Acting Central Investigation Bureau commissioner Prawut Thawornsiri said a major shake-up in the bureau's top ranks was imminent ...
(Dec 06 2014) - Denver Post : New ban on racial profilingWASH D.C. -- As the Obama administration prepares to announce new curbs on racial profiling by federal law enforcement, gov't officials said Friday that many officers & agents at the DHS still will be allowed to use the controversial practice, including while they screen airline passengers ...
(Dec 05 2014) - Phnompenh Post : Farmers air ag concernsCAMBODIA -- A lack of irrigation, rising costs of production & finding new markets to sell their produce are problems that plague Cambodian farmers, attendees at the annual National Farmers Forum were told yesterday. Organised by the Council for Agricultural & Rural Development at the Council of Ministers in partnership ...
(Dec 04 2014) - New York Post : Protests erupt after decisionNEW YORK -- The cellphone video of the last moments of Eric Garner's life was watched millions of times on the Internet, clearly showing a white police officer holding the unarmed black man in a chokehold, even as he repeatedly gasped, "I can't breathe." But despite that visual evidence & a medical examiner's ruling that the chokehold contributed to the death ...
(Dec 03 2014) - Frontier Post : American stabbed to death ...DUBAI -- An American school teacher was stabbed to death in a public restroom at a mall by a suspect wearing the traditional black robe, full-face veil and gloves commonly worn by local women throughout the Arab Gulf region, local police said Tuesday.
(Dec 02 2014) - Vanuatu Post : Indonesia warns VanuatuVANUATU -- Indonesia has expressed concern over Vanuatu’s support for the holding of a conference on West Papua that is due to take place this week in Port Vila. In a message from its office in Canberra to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ...
(Dec 01 2014) - Yorkshire Post : Gordon Brown so stand downEMGLAND -- Former prime minister Gordon Brown is expected to announce later that he is standing down as an MP, according to sources. It is understood that the 63-year-old will announce in a speech in his Kirkcaldy constituency tonight that he will step down at the general election in May ...
(Nov 30 2014) - Prague Post : Population might vote on SyriansPRAGUE -- Czechs may decide on accepting Syrian refugees through a national referendum, but it is not yet clear how many of them would come, Interior Minister Milan Chovanec said in a television debate today, adding that the issue is yet to be discussed in the European Union. Germany is reportedly considering accepting 140,000 refugees from Syria.
(Nov 29 2014) - Top Info Post : E-Cig's Contain More CarcinogensJAPAN -- Electronic cigarettes contain up to 10 times more cancer-causing substances than regular tobacco, according to the latest study by Japanese scientists. A team of researchers from the Japanese Health Ministry examined the vapor, finding carcinogens like formaldehyde and acetaldehyde. The former was found in quantities exceeding traditional cigarettes by 10 times.
(Nov 28 2014) - Pittsburgh Post : 100 rounds fired in shootoutAUSTIN -- A gunman attempted to set the Mexican Consulate ablaze & fired more than 100 rounds at downtown buildings early Friday before he died, Austin authorities said. Investigators were trying to determine the man’s motives after he began shooting at the consulate, Austin police headquarters, the U.S. courthouse and other locations.
(Nov 27 2014) - Christian Post : An Unthankful Nation Is an ...AMERICA -- In the mid-1970s, Dr. George Sweeting, now former president and chancellor of Moody Bible Institute, said in a sermon something that has stuck with me through the years. Dr. Sweeting contended, "An unthankful nation is an unthinking nation, and its people are in mortal danger."
(Nov 26 2014) - Kenyan Post : AL-SHABAAB did NOT kill ChristiansKENYA -- National Assembly Majority Leader, Aden Duale, has cautioned Kenyans spreading propaganda of inter-religious war between Muslims and Christians following Saturday Mandera massacre that they will be dealt with accordingly.
(Nov 25 2014) - Global Post : How to foil spies ...BERLIN -- When news broke last year that the US National Security Agency had snooped on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s phone calls, Germans were outraged. Then Germany’s BND intelligence service was caught having spied on US Secretary of State John Kerry and his predecessor Hillary Clinton.
(Nov 23 2014) - Zambia Post : Rupiah has no new ideas ...ZAMBIA -- Apostolic Church in Zambia secretary general bishop George Bweupe says Rupiah Banda has no new ideas to offer Zambians who tested his ideas before and rejected them. And Kaniki Bible University vice-chancellor Dr Kaluba Kapapula says the Church is concerned with the political situation in the country.
(Nov 22 2014) - China Post : Obama broadens mission in AfghanistanWASH D.C. -- The president's decisions also allow the military to conduct air support for Afghan operations when needed, officials said late Friday. Obama issued the guidelines in recent weeks, as the American combat mission in Afghanistan draws to a close, thousands of troops return home & the military prepares for narrower counterterrorism & training mission for the next 2 years.
(Nov 20 2014) - Activist Post : U.S. never intended to defeat ISISU.S.A. -- A torrent of “foiled” terror plots have recently dominated headlines across the Western World. In Rochester New York, the FBI netted a man they claimed was plotting a shooting spree targeting U.S. service members. In Australia, over 800 security agents swooped in on 15 ISIS suspects ...
(Nov 19 2014) - Copenhagen Post : Whistle-blower scheme a successCOPENHAGEN -- Two years after being established, the anonymous whistle-blower scheme in Copenhagen – which encourages the public to report suspicious activities to the authorities – has been deemed a success. The scheme has been evaluated & the results showed that the public submitted 84 reports concerning 147 issues ...
(Nov 18 2014) - Jerusalem Post : What led to Jerusalem terror attackJERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday's terror attack at a synagogue in Jerusalem is the result of a "blood libel" against Israeli Jews. Speaking at a press conference in the aftermath of the attack that killed four, Netanyahu said that Palestinian incitement was behind Tuesday's attack and a wave of previous attacks.
(Nov 17 2014) - India Post : China warned re: building roads ...KANHA CHATTI -- Home Minister Rajnath Singh has warned China against constructing roads in Indian territory while maintaining that New Delhi wants cordial ties with its neighbors. Asked what if China continues to carry out construction of roads on Indian side, Singh said our forces will be left with no alternative but to break any such construction.
(Nov 16 2014) - Financial Post : Star Trek meets farmingCANADA -- If there is a revolution to come in agriculture, it might well be from here — a non-descript block of a building in a field off Quebec’s Laurentienne autoroute, just a hike from the near-abandoned Mirabel Airport. Inside, lettuce, basil, kale & a variety of micro greens on rotating rotisserie-like trays are being nurtured under blue LED lights, using only drops of water.
(Nov 15 2014) - BRICS Post : BRICS discuss ratification of new BankAUSTRALIA -- Leaders of the five BRICS nations have met in Brisbane on Saturday ahead of the annual G20 Summit, aimed at boosting trade and economic ties between the group. The leaders, including Chinese President, Russian President, Indian Prime Minister, So. African President & Brazilian President discussed ratifying the newly formed $100 billion BRICS Bank ...
(Nov 14 2014) - Cairo Post : Sisi will not attend summitCAIRO -- President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi will not attend the Turkey-Africa Cooperation Summit in Equatorial Guinea Nov. 19-21, which will be attended by his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, presidential spokesperson Alaa Youssef told Al-Ahram Thursday. However, Egypt might dispatch a Ministry of Foreign Affairs deputy to the summit ...
(Nov 13 2014) - Internet Post : US spends most on this drugU.S. -- Americans spent over $7.5 billion on one drug, over a one year period - more than any other medication. And yet no one knows how the powerful pill works. But that doesn’t keep Big Pharma from marketing it for a multitude of disorders. So ... what’s this top-selling drug in the U.S.?
(Nov 12 2014) - New York Post : Space probe lands on cometEUROPE -- Philae has landed on Comet 67P ! The European Space Agency received a signal from the 220-pound Philae after it touched down on the icy surface — the first spacecraft to have landed on a comet. Flight director Andrea Accomazzo said: “We definitely confirm that the lander is on the surface.”
(Nov 11 2014) - Jerusalem Post : Pastor treated for acid burnsISRAEL -- Ugandan pastor Umar Mulinde, a Christian convert from Islam, said growing up, he constantly heard “Jews are the most hated people by God.” He had no relationship with Jews, and “did not even know where Israel was on a map,” but he was taught to hate it.
(Nov 10 2014) - SCM Post : Sino-US tension amid summit pompCHINA -- President Xi Jinping will welcome US President Barack Obama for his first trip to Beijing since 2009 with all the pomp of a state visit today. Fireworks will later open a summit of Asia-Pacific leaders. In truth, the two presidents have little to celebrate over their two countries' often strained ties.
(Nov 09 2014) - Patriot Post : Reid's Run of DestructionNEVADA -- Outgoing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) broke character after this week’s wave Republican election victory with a conciliatory statement to Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who will be the new sheriff in town come January. In a statement, Reid said ...
(Nov 08 2014) - Borneo Post : State receives most investmentKUCHING -- Sarawak has become the darling of foreign investors in Malaysia, recording RM7.5 billion in foreign investment for the first 7 months of this year – the highest in the country. Johor was second with RM6 billion in foreign investment. Minister of Industrial Development said the majority of the investments went to the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE).
(Nov 07 2014) - Threat Post : Home Depot Breached ...U.S.A. -- Home Depot said Thursday that its network was breached by hackers using stolen credentials from a third-party vendor to not only make off with 56 million payment card numbers, but also 53 million email addresses. The giant retailer warned affected customers to be on the lookout for phishing scams that could put passwords and other personal information at risk.
(Nov 06 2014) - Huffington Post : Boehner, Obama will burn himselfWASH D.C. -- Fresh off an overwhelming victory in the midterm elections & sitting on an even larger majority in the House of Representatives, Speaker John Boehner was anything but conciliatory Thursday, chastising Obama for "playing with matches" & pledging to challenge the administration on multiple fronts.
(Nov 05 2014) - Washington Post : How the GOP did itWASH D.C. -- After years of tension between President Obama and his former Senate colleagues, trust between Democrats at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue had eroded. A fight between the White House and Senate Democrats over a relatively small sum of money had mushroomed into a major confrontation.
(Nov 04 2014) - Global Post : Mexican police arrest former mayorMEXICO -- Mexican police have captured a fugitive former mayor and his wife who the government has blamed for ordering the disappearance of 43 student teachers feared massacred in September, officials said on Tuesday. The students were abducted by police in league with a local drug gang in the southwestern city of Iguala ...
(Nov 03 2014) - Post Bulletin : Complaint filed against newspaperDODGE CENTER -- A newspaper story outlining the concerns of former and current Dodge County Sheriff's Office staff members has resulted in a legal complaint. Sheriff Jim Jensen filed the complaint last week with the Minnesota Office of Administrative Hearings, accusing Community News Corp., which publishes the weekly Star Herald and Byron Review, of illegal corporate campaign contributions.
(Nov 02 2014) - Jakarta Post : Transnational crime expanding ...WORLD -- According to the experts, there will be a likely increase in the drug trade & crimes related to people smuggling, migrant trafficking, counterfeit drugs & smuggling as well as environmental crimes such as illegal logging & wildlife trade, unless countries immediately established coordinated national & regional responses, including effective partnerships to prevent transnational crime.
(Nov 01 2014) - Christian Post : ISIS could use Ebola as Bio WeaponSPAIN -- The Islamic State terror group is considering using the deadly Ebola virus as a biological weapon against Western nations, especially the United States, according to Spain's state secretary for security, who says online terrorist chat logs he has witnessed suggest the threat.
(Oct 31 2014) - African Post : Protests push President from PowerAFRICA -- The president of Burkina Faso - President Blaise Compaore - stepped down Friday after protesters stormed parliament and set the building ablaze, ending the 27-year reign of one of Africa's longest-serving rulers. Confusion reigned late Friday over who was in charge ...
(Oct 30 2014) - Seattle Post : I met aliens at Area 51TEXAS -- A video featuring Texas man Boyd Bushman, a former Lockheed Martin and Texas Instruments engineer who died Aug. 7 at age 78, describing his encounters with "aliens" while working at Area 51 has been making the rounds on social media and news sites.
(Oct 29 2014) - Bangkok Post : Interpol put police wise to terroristTHAILAND -- Police confirmed Tues. that Interpol had issued a warning to Thailand that the Sikh terrorist who broke out of a high-security jail in India a decade ago was en route to Southeast Asia. Citing the Interpol info., police spokesman said Jagtar Singh Tara was believed to have fled to the region.
(Oct 28 2014) - First Post : White House computer net's breachedWASH D.C. -- Unclassified White House computer networks were breached by hackers recently, resulting in temporary disruptions to some services with the Russian government thought to be behind the intrusion, according to a media report.
(Oct 27 2014) - National Post : Message ... before being hangedIRAN -- Jabbari - who was convicted in 2009 of murdering a former Iranian intelligence official she accused of raping her - was hanged on Saturday, despite calls from Amnesty International and United Nations to halt the execution.
(Oct 26 2014) - Post Star : Catholic synod evokes local responseITALY -- The synod on family life called by Pope Francis has wrapped up & the local reaction to the outcome is one of encouragement. Catholic bishops from around the world met for 2 weeks in Vatican City to discuss family life issues, including the emotionally charged topics of homosexuality, divorce & cohabitation.
(Oct 25 2014) - Global Post : Drones making the world better?NAIROBI -- Drones are deadly. They kill people, lots of people, according to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, which tracks drone deaths. They buzz about the skies over Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen, watching and waiting for the moment when a soldier in a simulator somewhere far, far away presses a button to end a life.
(Oct 24 2014) - Frontier Post : NGO’s threatens national security?ISLAMABAD -- Intelligence agencies are pressing gov't for conducting annual audit of local & foreign non-governmental organizations (NGO’s), media reports ... the secret agencies opined that billions of rupees of aid coming from abroad to NGO’s are being used for wrong purposes.
(Oct 23 2014) - Phnom Penh Post : Chhay aims to purge AssemblyCAMBODIA -- Senior opposition lawmaker Son Chhay has formally requested that the entire staff list of the National Assembly’s more than 1,000-strong secretariat be turned over to him for investigation as part of a bid to root out “ghost” workers and nepotistic appointments.
(Oct 22 2014) - Denver Post : Teens girls headed to join ISISCOLORADO -- Three teen girls from Arapahoe County told their parents they were on their way to school Friday morning, but within hours they were flying overseas potentially seeking to join Islamic State militants, officials said Tuesday. The girls, two of them sisters of Somali descent and another of Sudanese descent ...
(Oct 21 2014) - Yorkshire Post : Terror suspects extradited to USU.K. -- A Yorkshire terror suspect who is wanted in the United States for allegedly conspiring with hook-handed extemist Abu Hamza has been extradited from the UK. Haroon Rashid Aswat, from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, is accused by US authorities of working with Hamza in 1999 to set up a Jihadist training camp in Oregon.
(Oct 20 2014) - Top Info Post : Obama facing 10 Yrs to LifeWASH D.C. -- Shepard Smith asked Judge Napolitano whether or not the Taliban prisoner exchange was legal under the NDAA H.R. 1960 Statute. The judge explained that the swap was illegal because taxpayer dollars were spent to remove these prisoners from Guantanamo Bay without giving Congress 30 days notice. However ...
(Oct 19 2014) - Prague Post : Bloody Sexy HalloweekendCZECH REPUBLIC -- In the Czech Republic, Halloween is for adults instead of children. After five years of sold out success, Bloody Sexy Halloweekend 6 takes over Prague again this year. The naughtiest Halloween party in the Czech Republic offers DJs, costume contests and spectacular shows for everyone over the age of 18 with a fantasy to dress up.
(Oct 18 2014) - Jerusalem Post : Death to America, Death to IsraelSANAA -- Dozens of armed Yemeni Shi'ite Houthi demonstrators protested in front of the Saudi embassy in Sanaa on Saturday calling for the release of a prominent Shi'ite cleric who was sentenced to death by a Saudi court this week, a Reuters witness said.
(Oct 17 2014) - Pittsburgh Post : Pointman (Czar) for Ebola namedWASH D.C. -- Obama is naming Ron Klain, a former chief of staff to Biden and a trusted adviser at the White House, as the point man on the U.S. govt’s response to the Ebola crisis. Obama's been under pressure to name an Ebola “czar” to oversee health security in the U.S. and actions to help stem the outbreak in West Africa.
(Oct 16 2014) - Gwinnett Post : Is Georgia doing enough on Ebola?ATLANTA -- The state’s public health agency says it has boosted its outreach efforts to Georgia health workers and hospitals on dealing with the potential of Ebola infection here. The effort comes amid mounting national concern about the virus, which has led to the recent death of a man in Texas and the infection of a nurse who treated him.
(Oct 15 2014) - China Post : HK police in fresh assault ...HONG KONG -- Hong Kong police vowed Tuesday to tear down more street barricades manned by pro-democracy protesters, hours after hundreds of officers armed with chainsaws and boltcutters partially cleared two major roads occupied for a fortnight.
(Oct 14 2014) - Kyiv Post : Ukrainians hate & despise PutinUKRAINE -- As Ukraine becomes a cradle of creativity to ridicule Russian President Vladimir Putin, this poll explains why. Some 41% of Ukrainians say they hate Putin, while 34% say they despise the Russian leader, according to a GfK-Ukraine poll released on Oct. 14. Another 20% of Ukrainians say they are annoyed with the Russian president.
(Oct 13 2014) - Zambia Post : Don’t isolate Africa over EbolaAFRICA -- IMF chief Christine Lagarde on Saturday pleaded with people to remember that all of Africa has not been hit with the deadly Ebola epidemic, which remains relatively isolated in three countries ... Lagarde emphasised: “We should very be very careful not to terrify the planet in respect of the whole of Africa.”
(Oct 12 2014) - Copenhagen Post : Gov't to ban animal sexCOPENHAGEN -- The food and agriculture minister, Dan Jorgensen, has announced that he intends to follow in the footsteps of Denmark’s Nordic neighbours and ban animal sex. The minister said that current animal protection legislation is too difficult to enforce when it comes to documenting animal suffrage.
(Oct 11 2014) - Kenyan Post : OBAMA embarrasses ODINGA againU.S.A. -- Former Prime Minister, Raila Odinga was on Friday embarrassed badly after he tried to book an appointment with Obama, without using the Embassy in Washington. Every time Raila goes to the U.S., he tries in vain to access the White House so that he can have a word with Obama.
(Oct 10 2014) - Mountainfinch Post : Thousands likely to be killedU.N. -- Thousands of people most likely will be massacred if Kobani falls to Islamic State fighters, a U.N. envoy said on Friday, as militants fought deeper into the besieged Syrian Kurdish town in full view of Turkish tanks that have done nothing to intervene. U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura said Kobani could suffer the same fate as the Bosnian town of Srebrenica ...
(Oct 09 2014) - BRIC's Post : US-led TPP incomplete w/o ChinaCHINA -- China’s Vice Finance Minister Zhu Guangyao said Wednesday that a Washington-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement is incomplete without China, although Beijing is aware that the US would like to keep the TPP closed to its current members.
(Oct 08 2014) - Cario Post : Kenyatta to appear before ICCTHE HAGUE -- Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday became the first sitting president to appear before the International Criminal Court where he has been charged with crimes against humanity. Kenyatta, who handed power to his deputy before flying to The Hague, was summoned to answer questions about his floundering trial for allegedly masterminding post-election violence in 2007-2008.
(Oct 07 2014) - Financial Post : TSX, S&P 500, Dow slammedU.S.A. -- North American stocks declined Tuesday, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index slumping to a nine-week low, as the International Monetary Fund cuts it growth forecast and warned of “frothy” equities amid signs of slowing growth in Europe. Here are the closing numbers ...
(Oct 06 2014) - Activist Post : Obama Accuses Himself Of TerrorismWASH D.C. -- Nearly two years ago, in November, 2012, Barack Obama made his now infamous remarks that "there's no country on Earth that would tolerate missiles raining down on its citizens from outside its borders." Obama's statements, of course, were designed to act as cover and protection for the Zionist settler state of Israel ...
(Jul 12 2014) - Washington Post : Israel widens air attackGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Israel widened its air assault against the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers on Saturday, hitting a mosque it said was hiding rockets, as Palestinians said their death toll from the five-day offensive rose to over 125. The military said it has struck more than 1,100 targets ...
(Jul 11 2014) - New York Post : Congressman wants Lerner arrestedTEXAS -- A GOP congressman wants former IRS honcho Lois Lerner arrested and hauled off to jail, where, he says, she can be questioned over the tea party-targeting tax scandal. Rep. Steve Stockman of Texas filed a resolution Thursday calling for the House sergeant-at-arms to haul in Lerner for contempt of Congress.
(Jul 10 2014) - SCM Post : China's President warns of disaster ifCHINA -- President Xi Jinping has warned of disastrous consequences if China and the United States fail to contain their conflicts. He also said the process of forming a new type of relationship between the two nations was unprecedented, and some setbacks may occur.
(Jul 09 2014) - Patriot Post : Leftists question's Immigration PoliciesWASH D.C. -- Barack Obama is in Texas doing four fundraisers instead of visiting the geographical line that passes for a border. Republican Gov. Rick Perry declined Obama's invitation to meet for an Air Force One photo op, suggesting that they have a more substantive meeting. The subject: Immigration.
(Jul 08 2014) - Jakarta Post : Collaborating on E-MoneyINDONESIA -- "The T-money platform collaboration between Telkom & Bank Sumut is in accordance with the encouragement from Bank Indonesia (BI) to develop a cash-less payment system," said Telkom's enterprise & business service director, Muhammad Awaluddin. He added that he hoped the cash-less system would simplify financial transactions in society, especially in the transportation sector.
(Jul 07 2014) - Internet Post : The Militarization of SchoolsNEW YORK -- This past April, the Syracuse Central School District approved the closure of Fowler High School in the city's impoverished Westside section and its transformation into the Public Service Leadership Academy, which will focus on training students for military service, to work in the DHS, or as police officers and firefighters.
(Jul 06 2014) - Huffington Post : Caught up in 'Data Sweep'WASH D.C. -- When the U.S. National Security Agency intercepted the online accounts of legally targeted foreigners over a four-year period it also collected the conversations of nine times as many ordinary Internet users, both Americans and non-Americans, according to a probe by The Washington Post.
(Jul 05 2014) - Christian Post : US must send children backTEXAS -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry told members of the U.S. DHS Committee Thurs afternoon that the illegal immigrants who've flooded the border since Oct must be sent back home. Perry told committee members who toured a facility in McAllen & other centers in the state ... that returning the children & adults who are entering the U.S. illegally will send a message to others ...
(Jul 04 2014) - Borneo Post : Jihadist IS seizes key Syria oil fieldSYRIA -- The jihadist Islamic State seized control Thursday of a major Syrian oil field on the Iraqi border, as rival fighters withdrew, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. By seizing the Al-Omar oil field, IS now controls most oil and gas fields in the oil-rich Syrian province of Deir Ezzor, most of whose countryside is also under its control.
(Jul 03 2014) - Threat Post : Brazilian Payment Fraud Steals BillionsBRAZIL -- Hackers are targeting Brazil's Boleto payment system, the second most popular payment method in the country, and have conducted hundreds of thousands of fraudulent transactions valued at close to $4 billion.
(Jul 02 2014) - Webster Post : NASA launches carbon satellite ...CALIFORNIA -- A rocket carrying a NASA satellite designed to track global warming has launched from California five years after the original crashed. The Delta 2 rocket blasted off into the pre-dawn skies Wednesday over Vandenberg Air Force Base. It is carrying a satellite dedicated to studying carbon dioxide, the chief culprit behind climate change.
(Jul 01 2014) - Arizona Jewish Post : SCOTUS dividing Jews ?WASH D.C. -- Two decades ago the Jewish community united in support of landmark religious freedom legislation. Now the Supreme Court's application of that law has Jewish groups divided. Leading Jewish advocacy groups denounced the court's 5-4 decision Monday in theHobby Lobby case granting religious freedoms protections to companies, while Orthodox groups lauded the ruling.
(Jun 30 2014) - Seattle Post : N.K. trying U.S. touristsNORTH KOREA -- North Korea said Monday it is preparing to try two Americans who entered the country as tourists for carrying out what it says were hostile acts against the country. Though a small number of U.S. citizens visit North Korea each year as tourists, the State Department strongly advises against it.
(Jun 29 2014) - Jerusalem Post : Iron Dome intercepts two rockets ...ISRAEL -- The Iron Dome anti-rocket defense system successfully intercepted two rockets fired from Gaza over the southern city of Netivot on Sunday evening, the IDF confirmed. The IDF reported that at the same time as the rocket attack from Gaza, terrorists opened fire at soldiers near the security fence and forces responded by firing at a suspect in the vicinity.
(Jun 28 2014) - Bangkok Post : Thai justice needs overhaulTHAILAND -- Thailand's slow, outdated and inefficient justice system needs a top-to-bottom overhaul as part of the country's reform process, says former attorney-general Kanit Na Nakhon. Currently there were more than 20,000 cases pending in the country's courts, Dr Kanit said on Saturday at a Thammasat University forum.
(Jun 27 2014) - African Post : African Leaders Summit urges ActionAFRICA -- African leaders called on Thursday for firm action against a rising Islamist militant threat stretching across the continent from Kenya to Mali & pledged to furnish the tools for Africa to police its own conflicts. Violence cast a shadow over the opening of the two-day summit of the 54-nation African Union ...
(Jun 26 2014) - First Post : Missing MH370 was on auto pilot ?AUSTRALIA -- The missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 was "highly, highly likely" on autopilot when it ran out of fuel & crashed, Australian officials said Thurs., as they announced the search will shift further south. "It would be fair to comment that it is highly, highly likely that the aircraft was on autopilot ... "
(Jun 25 2014) - Global Post : They're supposed to be on the same sideKIRKUK -- At a peshmerga outpost on the western outskirts of Kirkuk, talk of battlefield strategy in the fight against Sunni militants quickly devolves into trash talk about their supposed partner in that fight: the Iraqi military. "They're not fighting, they're just falling down," Qurshed Ismahil, the senior commander at this small base, says ...
(Jun 24 2014) - Yorkshire Post : The criminal @ the heart of #1010 DOWNING ST -- In a televised apology, echoed later by Chancellor George Osborne, Mr Cameron said he took "full responsibility" for employing the former News of the World editor and was "profoundly sorry" that assurances he was given about Coulson's past during his job interview had now turned out to be false.
(Jun 23 2014) - Frontier Post : Qadri vows to take revengeLAHORE -- Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) head Dr. Tahir ul Qadri said that he would take avenge of June 17 deadly police raid at his residence and central office in Model Town, Lahore. Speaking to media persons at MS Office at Jinnah Hospital, Dr. Qadri maintained that he would bring about a revolution in Pakistan.
(Jun 22 2014) - Post & E-Mail : Resolution for Obama's ImpeachmentSOUTH DAKOTA -- The South Dakota Argus Leader reported that during a state convention earlier on Saturday, the South Dakota Republican Party voted in favor of a resolution calling upon the U.S. House of Representatives to pass Articles of Impeachment against Barack Hussein Obama.
(Jun 21 2014) - Phnom Penh Post : Spotlight falls on judicial lawsCAMBODIA -- Surya Subedi, the United Nations' Special Rapporteur on human rights to Cambodia, has expressed concerns over the govt's decision to allow the Ministry of Justice to control court finances. This is part of three controversial laws on the structure and function of the judiciary.
(Jun 20 2014) - Yemen Post : Militants inch closer to capitalYEMEN -- Reports from the northern province of Amran, located directly north of the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, have confirmed that regardless of the coalition government's calls for calm and restraints, the Houthis, Zaidi tribal faction organized under the leadership of Abdel-Malek al-Houthi, have opened new fronts as they advance further near the capital.
(Jun 19 2014) - Wales Daily Post : Pipe leak found at nuclear plantWALES -- Wylfa nuclear power station has been shut down for five-and-a-half months, the Daily Post can reveal. Faults with apparatus followed by a leak in a pipe mean two attempts to restart the Anglesey plant since a shutdown in January have been abandoned. The power station has generated no power since January 6 ...
(Jun 18 2014) - Activist Post : Reasons ISIS is taking over IraqIRAQ -- Recent news of the rapid advance of the Islamic Fundamentalist organization ISIS across a wide swath of Iraq may indeed have come as a shock to a large number of Americans. Indeed, to the general public who pay very little attention to the affairs of other countries or even their own, the fact is ISIS now controls Iraq
(Jun 17 2014) - China Post : Russia cuts Ukraine's gas ...UKRAINE -- Ukraine hosted the last-gasp talks hoping to keep an energy shortage from compounding the problems of its new pro-Western leaders as they confront a two-month separatist insurgency threatening the very survival of the ex-Soviet state. Russia's state gas giant Gazprom said it had switched Ukraine to a pre-payment system at 0600 GMT ...
(Jun 16 2014) - Prague Post : Czech foreign policy abandons HavelPRAGUE -- First Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Petr Drulak (unaffiliated) has made the greatest turnaround in foreign policy in modern Czech history with his sharp criticism of the style and politics of the country's first post-communist president, Vaclav Havel, writes Ondrej Kundra in the weekly Respekt out today.
(Jun 15 2014) - Kenyan Post : Raila Odinga is marshalling militias ...KENYA -- Celebrated political analyst, Mutahi Ngunyi, has raised a red flag warning President Kenyatta & his Deputy, William Ruto, to be ready because former PM Raila Odinga may overthrow them any time. Speaking during a media interview, Mutahi Ngunyi, warned that Odinga was reviving & marshalling militias in the country ...
(Jun 14 2014) - Denver Post : Immigration influx ...WASH D.C. -- There is growing evidence that a surge of tens of thousands of Central American minors across the Mexican border into Texas is being driven in large part by the perception they will be allowed to stay under the Obama administration's immigration policies. Administration officials {...} are now attempting to push back on the idea, warning parents not to send their children ...
(Jun 13 2014) - Zambia Post : Kabimba talks direct; to ManganiZAMBIA -- PF Secretary General Wynter Kabimba yesterday told off Eastern Province chairman Lameck Mangani, accusing him of sponsoring drunken thugs to attack innocent citizens and harassing genuine party members. And Kabimba says the interim Eastern Province committee formed by Mangani after the provincial executive was dissolved was illegal ...
(Jun 12 2014) - Pittsburgh Post : Students on buses can be recordedPENNSYLVANIA -- The days of hearsay "he said, she said" reports on school bus incidents might be over, at least in Pennsylvania. Gov. Corbett signed legislation in Feb., allowing the use of audio recording devices on school buses & many dist's are taking advantage of the law. The recordings can be used for "disciplinary & security purposes," the bill states. Video surveillance already was permitted.
(Jun 11 2014) - Kyiv Post : Freezing Ukraine's gas discountNOVO OGARYOVO -- The gas conditions Russia proposed to Ukraine are same as they were under the Viktor Yanukovych government and the Russian government should develop measures, which will freeze the proposed discount for some time, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
(Jun 10 2014) - Jerusalem Post : Land for peace paradigm ...ISRAEL -- Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon on Tuesday said that the "land for peace" paradigm for solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been a mistake which has brought Israel only "terror and rockets" in exchange for territorial concessions.
(Jun 09 2014) - BRICS Post : India, China FM talks ... productiveNEW DELHI -- Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in New Delhi that China is willing to build closer and more comprehensive relations of partnership with India. During his meeting with Indian Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj, Wang said that China and India are two important forces which are on the ascendancy in the process of multi- polarization of the world.
(Jun 08 2014) - Cairo Post : Interim gov't to resign tomorrowCAIRO -- The interim gov't will hold its last meetings Monday morning, before tendering its resignation to newly elected President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, Youm7 reported Sunday. The former army chief took the official oath of office Sunday.
(Jun 07 2014) - Saturday Evening Post : D-Day ... SecretENGLAND -- It was 6:30a.m. on the sixth of June, 70 years ago, and Dwight Eisenhower was nervously pacing the floor at his headquarters in Portsmouth, England. For six months, he had meticulously planned the invasion of Nazi-held Europe. Under his direction, planners had mapped out the assault forces ...
(Jun 06 2014) - Activist Post : Court to Govt, Don't destroy evidenceU.S.A. -- The Electronic Frontier Foundation asked a judge today to schedule an emergency hearing, after learning that the gov't is apparently still destroying evidence of NSA spying despite a temporary restraining order issued by the court in March. In an order issued in response this afternoon, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White instructed the gov't not to destroy any more materials and ...
(Jun 05 2014) - Wash Post : Celebration for Bergdahl canceledIDAHO -- The town of Hailey, Idaho, will not be celebrating the return of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl after all. Hailey community members who worked during March and April of this year to organize their annual Bring Bowe Back event in Hailey have asked to cancel the event.
(Jun 04 2014) - Financial Post : Bank of Canada holds at 1%OTTAWA -- The Bank of Canada kept its key interest rate on hold Wed., warning that the domestic economy is performing at a weaker-than expected pace & growth in the U.S. is also slower than hoped for. But policymakers haven't budged on their neutral stance of the direction of the next rate move ...
(Jun 03 2014) - SCM Post : We were surrounded ... by Chinese shipsSOUTH CHINA SEA -- Chinese ships were locked in two separate confrontations with Vietnamese vessels near a controversial South China Sea oil rig on Sunday. The first incident happened at around 12.30pm, according to a report on China National Radio's military channel, when a Chinese coastguard ship blasted water at a Vietnamese fishing inspection vessel.
(Jun 02 2014) - New York Post : Obama's reckless Taliban swapWASH D.C. -- The friends and family of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl are understandably happy and relieved that he is free from Taliban captivity after five years. But we, as citizens, must nonetheless ask whether President Obama's deal to obtain Bergdahl's release - involving the exchange of five high-ranking, hard-core terrorists imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay - was, in fact, in the US national interest.
(Jun 01 2014) - Patriot Post : World voters say NO to RedistributionWORLD -- Current polling points to Republican victories in the 2014 off-year elections, and Pew Research reports that 65 percent want the next president to follow policies different from Barack Obama's. Our Anglosphere cousins Britain, Canada and Australia all have center-right governments.
(May 31 2014) - Internet Post : The Sun is ... What ?CALIFORNIA -- The Sun is "Not" what we have been told ! Eric Dollard has done over 4 years of research on the Sun at Sonoma State University before his lab was taken from him. Here he reveals astonishing truths about the sun never before heard in such frank and straight speak.
(May 30 2014) - Jakarta Post : Protests after Catholics assaultedJAKARTA -- Dozens of journalists and activists staged a mass rally on Friday, after a Catholic Rosary-recital group was assaulted in Yogyakarta on Thursday. The protest coordinator, Taufik, said that cases of sectarian violence and violence against minorities continued because police looked the other way.
(May 29 2014) - Threat Post : Ominous Warning or Hoax ???WORLD -- Is it a hoax, or the end of the line for TrueCrypt ? At the moment, there is little more than speculation as to the appearance today of an ominous note greeting visitors to the TrueCrypt page at SourceForge. The text warns that the open source encryption software is not secure and informs users that development has been terminated.
(May 28 2014) - Huffington Post : Vets waited 115 days on averageWASH D.C. -- The Dept of VA's internal watchdog says veterans at the Phoenix VA hospital waited on average 115 days for their first medical appointment. That's 91 days, on average, longer than the hospital had reported. An interim report by the inspector general says investigators have "substantiated serious conditions" at the hospital ...
(May 27 2014) - National Post : I was gone - I was brokenCANADA -- The story so far: Matt DeHart, facing child porn charges in the U.S., is seeking asylum as a refugee in Canada. A months-long National Post investigation finds there may be some truth to the DeHart family's claims that the charges are a cover-up; that the U.S. tortured Matt; & they actually wanted him for spying, after he obtained govt doc's as a member of the hacktivist group, Anonymous.
(May 26 2014) - Christian Post : A Memorial Day Wake-up CallAMERICA -- Over the last few decades, Americans have seen the destruction of the institution of marriage between a man and a woman, the removal of God's Word in several areas, and the aborting of millions of babies. Ironically, many of the men and women who died for our freedoms did not die for what we are becoming today. Many gave their lives in order that we would be "one nation under God," not above God.
(May 25 2014) - Borneo Post : Thai coup leader disbands SenateBANGKOK -- Thailand's military junta has disbanded the country's Senate & placed all law-making responsibility in the hands of the army general who led this week's coup, the army said on Saturday. "The Senate is dismissed. Responsibility for any laws needing the approval of the parliament or Senate will instead be assumed by the leader of the (junta)," said an announcement on national television.
(May 24 2014) - Jerusalem Post : A pope, a rabbi and a sheikhVATICAN CITY -- In the nearly 15 months since he was anointed as pontiff, Pope Francis has become one of the most influential & recognizable people on the planet by saying & doing things that would have been unimaginable from his predecessors. Now, on his trip to Israel, he will travel in the footsteps of recent predecessors.
(May 23 2014) - Bangkok Post : Anti-coup rally on streetsBANGKOK -- With most TV & radio stations either shut down or presenting official announcements, opponents of the coup have taken to the streets & internet to express their grievances. About 300 including students, led by the Thammasat for Democracy group marched from the university to Democracy Monument in a symbolic protest against the takeover led by Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha, the national army chief.
(May 22 2014) - Seattle Post : Friendly neighbor was kidnap-rapistCALIFORNIA -- A woman who says she was abducted by a man a decade ago who forced her to marry him and who fathered her child told KABC-TV that she's happy and blessed to be back with her family. Police described a decade during which the woman - abused mentally, physically and sexually by her captor ...
(May 21 2014) - First Post : Modi will play a wait-and-watchINDIA -- The U.S., the world's sole superpower & a country which happens to be India's largest trade partner with annual bilateral trade over $ 100 billion, ought to be the country's highest foreign policy pole. But it isn't. Under the new dispensation of Narendra Modi, this scenario is unlikely to change anytime soon.
(May 20 2014) - Threat Post : More than 90 Arrested ...MANHATTAN -- More than 90 arrests have been made in connection with development and sales of a remote access Trojan used worldwide to steal data and spy on victims, including Syrian dissidents. The FBI and the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's office yesterday announced the takedown of the Blackshades operation responsible for the inexpensive and invasive RAT which Citizen Lab of Canada exposed in 2012.
(May 19 2014) - Wash Post : Charging China with CyberspyingWASH D.C. -- The Justice Department is charging members of the Chinese military with conducting economic cyber-espionage against American companies, U.S. officials familiar with the case said Monday, marking the first time that the United States is leveling such criminal charges against a foreign country.
(May 18 2014) - Global Post : China evacuates 3,000 citizens ...HANOI -- Vietnam flooded major cities with police to avert anti-China protests on Sunday in the wake of rare & deadly rioting in industrial parks that deepened a tense standoff with Beijing over sovereignty in the So. China Sea. China has evacuated more than 3,000 nationals following the attacks on workers & businesses.
(May 17 2014) - Activist Post : FDA should be charged with murder ?U.S.A. -- If you worked for a federal agency that was killing people at the rate of 100,000 a year, every year, like clockwork, and if you knew it, wouldn't you feel compelled to say or do something about it ? At the FDA, which is, in fact, killing Americans at that rate, no one has ever felt the need to step forward and speak up.
(May 16 2014) - Frontier Post : Saudi MERS deaths toll to 160RIYADH -- Health authorities in Saudi Arabia on Thurs. announced the deaths of another 3 people from the MERS respiratory virus, taking the country's toll to 160. The health ministry's daily bulletin on the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome outbreak in the Gulf nation said the latest people to die were 2 women & a man.
(May 15 2014) - Phnom Phen Post : Chevron dials 911 over strikeCAMBODIA -- Caltex's parent company Chevron Cambodia sent a letter to the National Police calling on the authorities to intervene after learning that its petrol station employees would go on strike, it was revealed yesterday. National Police spokesman, said that the police received the letter from Chevron last week.
(May 14 2014) - Yorkshire Post : Jailed: Sheffield drugs kingpinYORKSHIRE -- A Yorkshire drug baron who led a complex heroin and cocaine-smuggling ring from his luxury mansion in Thailand was today jailed for 20 years alongside five other members of his gang. Craig Allen, from the Parson Cross area of Sheffield, was described as "the lynch pin of a global drugs conspiracy and one of the most significant drugs traffickers ever prosecuted" in the region.
(May 13 2014) - Post Chronicle : Columbus's famous flagship foundHAITI -- Santa Maria discovered ? Columbus's famous flagship found, More than five centuries have passed since the Santa Maria was wrecked in the Caribbean. Archaeologist Barry Clifford says he has discovered the remains of Columbus's famous flagship off Haiti's coast.
(May 12 2014) - Prague Post : Safeguarding CyberspaceCAMBRIDGE -- Brazil recently hosted NETmundial, the first global conference on Internet governance, attended by 800 rep's of govts, corporations, civil-society organizations & technologists. Based on the notion of "multi-stakeholderism," the meeting produced a 12-pg "outcomes" document. Nonetheless, at the end of the conference, there was still no consensus on global cyber governance.
(May 11 2014) - Yemen Post : Explosions sound across YemenYEMEN -- Although Yemen armed forces have undoubtedly scored brilliant victories against al-Qaeda in the southern provinces of Shabwa and Abyan, it is not to say that Yemen has won its war against terror, far from it. As per demonstrated by the sudden spike in violence: targeted assassination, explosions, and attempted kidnappings, al-Qaeda Yemen will not go down quietly in the night ...
(May 10 2014) - China Post : Thai protesters launch 'final fight'THAILAND -- Scenting blood after Wednesday's court decision to remove Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban handed a petition to the upper house urging it to decapitate a government they say has lost all legitimacy, and appoint a new premier.
(May 09 2014) - Latinos Post : 6.6 Earthquake shakes Mexico CityMEXICO -- A strong earthquake of a 6.6 magnitude in the Richter scale shook Mexico City on Thursday, without there being reports of victims or considerable damage. According to the National Seismological Service (SSN) of Mexico, the movement happened at around 12:00 hours, local time, and that its epicenter was located close to Tecpan, in the state of Guerrero.
(May 08 2014) - Denver Post : House holds Lerner in contemptWASH D.C. -- House Republicans voted Wednesday to hold a former Internal Revenue Service official in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify at a pair of committee hearings about her role in the agency's Tea Party controversy. The House also passed a nonbinding resolution by a vote of 250 to 168, calling on the Justice Department to appoint a special counsel to investigate the IRS.
(May 07 2014) - Activist Post : Thai Regime Collapses ...THAILAND -- Thailand's prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra was dismissed from her position along with several ministers from her cabinet by a Constitutional Court ruling regarding her transferring of key officials to pave way for her brother-in-law's promotion to National Police Chief ...
(May 06 2014) - Kyiv Post : Pro-Russian rebels take mil' academyUKRAINE -- With guns locked and loaded, about 40 heavily armed pro-Russian rebels in two trucks descended upon a military academy in Donetsk on May 6, temporarily blocking access to the building and threatening to engage with anyone who might pose a threat to them.
(May 05 2014) - Jerusalem Post : Odessa Jews mull emergency evac'ODESSA -- Odessa's Jews are prepared to evacuate should the violence in the western Ukrainian city get significantly worse, several community leaders told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday. Odessa's Jewish community numbers some 30,000, down from nearly 40 percent of the city's population before the Holocaust.
(May 04 2014) - BRICS Post : China-Africa to ink agreementsETHIOPIA -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Sunday morning left Beijing for a four-nation Africa visit accompanied by his wife Cheng Hong, state media reported. Li will visit Ethiopia, Nigeria, Angola and Kenya in his first state visit to the continent since taking office in 2013.
(May 03 2014) - Zambia Post : Mercenaries ... have invaded mediaZAMBIA -- Government says it knows that mercenaries with political and criminal motives, who have chosen to hide in cyberspace, have invaded the journalism profession. Meanwhile, UN resident coordinator, Janet Rogan, has condemned all attacks and threats against journalists.
(May 02 2014) - Cairo Post : Report on religious freedom in EgyptCAIRO -- The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) stated that there continues to be repression in Egypt in its annual report on religious freedom issued Thursday. The report included several countries including Egypt, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Sudan and others. Regarding Egypt, the report stated, "While the new constitution includes improvements regarding freedom of religion or belief, the interpretation and implementation of relevant provisions remain to be seen."
(May 01 2014) - Wash Post : The United States of toll roadsU.S.A. -- Imagine flying down the open road in Texas, where the speed limit is something like 150 miles an hour. You'll experience the fresh air, the thrill of the open road - and, if you're on certain highways, the hassle of slowing down and tossing a handful of quarters at a toll booth. Texas is one of 29 states that charges drivers money to travel on certain roads.
(Apr 30 2014) - Pittsburgh Post : U.S. Steel shares slip ...PITTSBURGH -- U.S. Steel shares slipped in early trading today after the Pittsburgh steel producer warned that winter weather-related outages at its two largest plants will crimp operations in the second quarter ... on Tuesday, U.S. Steel reported first-quarter profits of $52 million, or 34 cents per share versus a loss of $73 million, or 51 cents per share, in last year's first quarter.
(Apr 29 2014) - SCM Post : Obama warns China ...PHILIPPINES -- Obama delivered a fresh warning on Tues. to China against using force to resolve territorial disputes, as he pledged "ironclad" military support for the Philippines. On the final day of a four-nation Asian tour, Obama used an address to US & Filipino troops in Manila to voice concern over the increasingly tense maritime territorial rows between China & US allies in the region.
(Apr 28 2014) - Financial Post : U.S. judge slaps penalty on RBCTORONTO -- A U.S. judge has slapped a penalty on Royal Bank of Canada after it improperly withheld documents requested by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission related to an ongoing lawsuit over an alleged stock manipulation scheme. U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein on Mar. 28 ordered RBC to produce the material wanted by the regulator & to pay the CFTC's legal expenses ...
(Apr 27 2014) - N.Y. Post : The media is turning on ObamaWASH D.C. -- With multiple crises spiraling out of control around the world, stories about the Obama presidency are taking on the air of postmortems. What went wrong, who's to blame, what next - even The New York Times is starting to recognize that Dear Leader is a global flop.
(Apr 26 2014) - Activist Post : Eminent Domain ...U.S.A. -- Imagine this ... You do your research and you choose a retreat property far off the beaten path. You spend time and money developing it, making it your own. Maybe it is a vacation home, or maybe you're a prepper and this is your bug-out location. Regardless of the reason you chose it, it's yours, so maybe you plant some perennial vegetables and some fruit trees.
(Apr 25 2014) - Patriot Post : Constitution Ban at SchoolHAWAII -- Last year a California college student was prohibited from distributing Constitution booklets outside a student center - on Constitution Day, ironically - because the student was outside the school's "free speech zone." Now two University of Hawaii at Hilo students are suing the school for violating their First Amendment rights.
(Apr 24 2014) - Jakarta Post : KPK raids home minister's officeJAKARTA -- The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) raided the office of Home Minister Gamawan Fauzi on Wed., as the antigraft body stepped up its investigation into a case surrounding the Rp 6 trillion ($US 516 million) national electronic identity (e-ID) card program. KPK spokesman Johan Budi said Gamawan's office was one of the four locations targeted by KPK investigators on Tues.
(Apr 23 2014) - Internet Post : IRS workers who didn't pay taxes ...U.S.A. -- The IRS handed out $2.8 million in bonuses to employees with disciplinary issues - including more than $1 million to employees who didn't pay their federal taxes, a watchdog report says. The report by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration said 1,146 IRS employees received bonuses within a year of substantiated federal tax compliance problems.
(Apr 22 2014) - Palm Beach Post : Who pointed laser at jet ?FLORIDA -- A JetBlue flight landed safely Monday night at Palm Beach International Airport after someone pointed a laser into the cockpit as the aircraft was flying over, Teri Barbera, spokeswoman for Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, told WPTV. Deputies searched the area of Riviera Beach where the light seemed to come from, but no arrests were made.
(Apr 21 2014) - National Post : The latest Keystone delay ...CANADA -- Those in favour of building the Keystone XL pipeline include unions, science, the U.S. State department, the states through which it will run, many Democrats, most Republicans and the majority of the American public. Those against are diehard environmentalists, and a motley list of Hollywood celebrities. Science says the pipeline is no threat to the environment; Daryl Hannnah says it is.
(Apr 20 2014) - Christian Post : I was there : My Easter ExperienceJERUSALEM -- I have been fortunate to visit some of the great cities of the world, like New York, London, Sydney & Buenos Aires. But none of them are The City; there can be only one, & that is Jerusalem. On my visit to the Holy Land I saw & experienced many marvelous sites. I walked where Abraham, Moses & David walked. I visited where Jesus grew up & saw the places where he did his miracles.
(Apr 19 2014) - Jerusalem Post : Palestinians aim wrath at ministerISRAEL -- Palestinians in the West Bank are demanding the dismissal of a Palestinian Authority minister who publicly condemned last week's terrorist attack which claimed the life of an Israeli police superintendent near Hebron, Israel Radio reported on Saturday.
(Apr 18 2014) - Saturday Evening Post : The Dog Ate My HomeworkU.S.A. -- The fact of the matter was, I didn't have anyone else to blame. So I blamed Roscoe - perhaps ill-advised, him being my father's K-9 partner-in-waiting, but I had completely forgotten my homework. I wasn't in the habit of lying or putting blame where it didn't belong, but I was caught off guard - daydreaming about Roscoe, in fact.
(Apr 17 2014) - Internet Post : Massive Medicare fraud data releasedU.S.A. -- Do you know what happens to your earnings after they are swept up and tossed into the Medicare black hole ? A massive, new Medicare data release has uncovered a multimillion-dollar scandal that has been growing through the years. Consumer groups have been pressuring the government to release recent Medicare data and were taken aback when the numbers were finally unveiled.
(Apr 16 2014) - Bangkok Post : Hundreds missing after ferry sinksSEOUL -- South Korean rescue teams, including elite navy SEAL divers, raced Wed. to find nearly 300 people missing after a ferry sank with 459 on board, mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. The 6,825-ton ship listed sharply, capsized & finally sank, all within 2 hrs of sending a distress signal at 09:00.
(Apr 15 2014) - Activist Post : Are you Aiding & Abetting the IRSU.S.A. -- "Aiding and abetting is an additional provision in United States criminal law, for situations where it cannot be shown the party personally carried out the criminal offense, but where another person may have carried out the illegal act as an agent of the charged, working together with or under the direction of the charged party, who is an accessory to the crime."
(Apr 14 2014) - India Post : India, China Dialogue to review tiesBEIJING -- Top diplomats of India & China today held the sixth round of Strategic Dialogue here, reviewing the status of bilateral relations & exploring new initiatives to deepen the emerging ties. Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh co-chaired the talks with her Chinese counterpart Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin.
(Apr 13 2014) - Borneo Post : Impact on Malaysia-China tradeKOTA KINABALU - The gov't has agreed to form a special committee to study the economic impact on trade & investment between Malaysia & China following the disappearance of Flight MH370 last month. International Trade & Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed said the committee, approved by the Cabinet yesterday
(Apr 12 2014) - Wash Post : Gov't report poison gas attackBEIRUT - Syrian gov't media & rebel forces said Sat. that poison gas had been used in a central village, injuring scores of people, while blaming each other for the attack. The main Western-backed opposition group, the Syrian National Coalition, said the poison gas attack Fri. hurt dozens of people in the village of Kfar Zeita
(Apr 11 2014) - Global Post : Ukraine's revolution isn't over yetKYIV - Few would envy Yehor Sobolev's job. As head of the govt's newly christened Lustration Committee - the result of a popular mandate during the months-long protests against Viktor Yanukovych - he's meant to be spearheading an effort to cleanse Ukrainian politics of any traces of the ousted president ...
(Apr 10 2014) - Threat Post : Ensnare attack detection toolBOSTON - Two engineers from Netflix this week released to open source a security tool that detects attacks against web applications - and also reacts to those attacks with responses they hope will flummox a hacker to the point that he moves on to his next target. The utility is called Ensnare and is available on Github.
(Apr 09 2014) - Seattle Post : 4 students hurt in stabbingsMURRYSVILLE - An official says four students were believed to be seriously injured at a high school near Pittsburgh, where a student with a knife stabbed or slashed others, injuring as many as 20. The suspect, a male student, was taken into custody and being questioned.
(Apr 08 2014) - Plaquemine Post : Breakthrough re: paralysisCALIFORNIA - A study hailed as "staggering" published today in the journal Brain details how four paralyzed men have been able to regain control of their lower limbs. Doctors sent an electrical current through the spines of the patients, and the men were able to lift their legs, support their own weight and more.
(Apr 07 2014) - Phnom Phenh Post : Date re: wage-reform talksCAMBODIA - The first phase of promised minimum wage reform is set to begin later this month, when representatives of workers, employers and the government will hash out ideas on how to set a base salary for the garment sector, in a move meant to avert labour unrest like the kind that rattled the country in January.
(Apr 06 2014) - Frederick News Post : Some bills still unresolvedANNAPOLIS - The state legislative session is winding down, but in the hours that remain, lawmakers are still weighing major initiatives such as a minimum-wage increase and a strategy for dealing with a court ruling on initial bail hearings. Members of the Maryland General Assembly worked into the afternoon Friday and over the weekend ...
(Apr 05 2014) - N.Y. Post : Too late to sign up for ObamaCareWASH D.C. - Americans thinking about buying health insurance on their own later this year, or maybe switching to a different insurer, are probably out of luck. The policies are going off the market as a little-noticed consequence of President Obama's health-care overhaul.
(Apr 04 2014) - Yorkshire Post : Would've faced child sex probeNORTH YORKSHIRE - Former Scarborough mayor Peter Jaconelli would be interviewed under caution over alleged child sex offences if he were still alive, police revealed tonight. Police said a file would've been handed over to prosecutors about the ice cream entrepreneur & friend of disgraced DJ Jimmy Savile because of evidence detectives have received from several witnesses.
(Apr 03 2014) - China Post : NATO beefing up eastern defensesNATO - The ministers from NATO's 28 member nations also ordered suspension of all "practical civilian & military cooperation" with Vladimir Putin's Russia, though they made sure a line of communication with the Kremlin remains open at the ambassadorial level. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization ... is facing its most acute geopolitical crisis in years ...
(Apr 02 2014) - Prague Post : NATO leader heads to PraguePRAGUE - The outgoing secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Anders Fogh Rasmussen, will discuss Czech participation in the Afghan mission and in September's NATO summit in Newport, Wales, during his visit to Prague April 10, the server Natoaktual.cz said today.
(Apr 01 2014) - Kyiv Post : Crimea under Russian occupation ...CRIMEA - This is a rapid response paper which outlines the major legal risks that businesses operating in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol ("Crimea") may face as a result of the contested annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in March 2014.
(Mar 31 2014) - Activist Post : APD shootings protest turns violentNEW MEXICO - Albuquerque citizens seem to have had enough of their increasingly violent police dept. and are beginning to take to the streets. The Albuquerque Police Dept. has even had its acronym changed by many to mean Another Person Dead.
(Mar 30 2014) - Yemen Post : Al Qaeda ambushes pro-govt tribesmenYEMEN - As reports of an al-Qaeda resurgence in Yemen southern territories have plagued the impoverished nation, painful reminders of a time not too long ago (2012) when the terror group managed to carve out large swathes of lands in the southern province of Abyan and self-proclaimed both the cities of Jaar and Zinjibar, Islamic Caliphates.
(Mar 29 2014) - BRICS Post : Putin to visit China in MayRUSSIA - To provide further impetus to already solid bilateral ties, President Putin will visit China in May this year, officials said on Fri. "Russia is willing to make joint efforts with China to intensify humanistic exchanges thus paving the way for Putin's state visit to China scheduled in May" ...
(Mar 28 2014) - Denver Post : Investigation announced re: GM recallCOLORADO - U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette is expected to announce Fri. that she will lead an investigation into the matter of a General Motors recall of 1.6 million vehicles with faulty ignition switches. Degette ... will hold a press conference at 11 a.m. to detail the congressional investigation, her office said.
(Mar 27 2014) - Latinos Post : State Senator Arrested in FBI SweepCALIFORNIA - A prominent California lawmaker (Senator Leland Yee) was arrested on Wednesday in an FBI sweep that netted 26 people, a high-profile case that could affect statewide elections and brings to three the number of Democratic state senators who face criminal charges this year.
(Mar 26 2014) - Zambia Post : Effects of corruptionZAMBIA - The Foundation for Democratic Process says corruption is one of the greatest challenges to social and economic development in the world. Corruption has never been beneficial, under any circumstances, not even in the Robin Hood sense, to society at large.
(Mar 25 2014) - SCM Post : China demands Malaysia's satellite dataCHINA - China demanded that Malaysia turn over the satellite data used to conclude that a Malaysia Airlines jetliner had crashed in the southern Indian Ocean killing everyone on board, as gale-force winds and heavy rain on Tuesday halted the search for any remains of the plane.
(Mar 24 2014) - Financial Post : Harper to Canadian businessesTHE HAGUE - Canadian business may have to suffer for "the greater national interest" as a consequence of Russia's invasion of Crimea, PM Stephen Harper said Monday. "We don't like seeing any disruption to investment, markets or trade, but looking at it from the point of view of the greater national interest, an occupation of one country of another has serious long-term implications"
(Mar 23 2014) - Cairo Post : Twitter ban to be lifted 'soon'ANKARA - Turkey's president said Sunday the government would soon lift its ban on Twitter, which has sparked criticism at home and abroad. "It is not legally possible to shut down the Internet and such platforms (as Twitter,)" Abdullah Gul told reporters in Ankara before leaving for an official visit to the Netherlands. "I believe this problem will be over soon," he said.
(Mar 22 2014) - Pittsburgh Post : Cameras on fire helmets ?PITTSBURGH - There are reasons it might be helpful to put cameras on firefighters' helmets: It could help with investigations or training and even serve as a third-party observer during a blaze. But North Versailles Commissioner Russell Saula can't get out of his head all the bad things that could happen with the helmet-mounted cameras.
(Mar 21 2014) - Yorkshire Post : Banks must pay (it) backU.K. - Nearly half a million personal loan and credit card customers are in line for a windfall after a raft of lenders agreed to repay over 149m in interest and charges following paperwork errors ... (t)he 17 lenders - who have not been named - will now contact those affected directly.
(Mar 20 2014) - Activist Post : Obama's New E.O. re: Your AssetsWASH D.C. - On Monday the U.S. govt took steps to seize the US-based assets of Russian lawmakers and anyone else that the US govt deemed complicit in supporting the Crimean secession movement. We've seen the U.S. govt do this in countless cases surrounding drug and financial crimes, and sometimes even against foreign leaders like Saddam Hussein and Manuel Noriega.
(Mar 19 2014) - Huffington Post : Russian Forces Storm Naval BaseUKRAINE - The United States warned Moscow it was on a "dark path" to isolation on Wednesday after Russian troops backed by unarmed volunteers stormed Ukraine's naval headquarters in the Crimean port of Sevastopol and raised their flag. The dramatic seizure came as Russia and the West dug in for a long confrontation over Moscow's annexation of Crimea ...
(Mar 18 2014) - Christian Post : Obama Admin. Least TransparentWASH D.C. - Last year was the worst ever for transparency in the Obama admin., an analysis of Freedom of Information Act requests conducted by The (AP) finds. The administration cited national security as a reason for denying FOIA requests 8,496 times, which is a 57% increase from 2012 & over twice as often as the denials in 2009, Obama's 1st year as president.
(Mar 17 2014) - Irish Post : 100,000 London Irish celebrate ...LONDON - It was a day that few could have predicted, with Ireland being the newly-crowned Six Nations champions and the sun beating down from beginning to end. But the London Irish community was doubly blessed this year as around 100,000 flooded the city centre to celebrate St Patrick's Day.
(Mar 16 2014) - Patriot Post : Relinquish Your FirearmCONNECTICUT - Tens of thousands of Connecticut residents have not complied with the "Constitution State's" unconstitutional and draconian gun laws, passed in the emotional aftermath of Sandy Hook. Now, things are possibly coming to a head. "Connecticut officials are urging owners of now-illegal assault weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines to relinquish them to the police or" ...
(Mar 15 2014) - Jakarta Post : Plane's disappearance deliberateMALAYSIA - The Malaysian jetliner missing for more than a week had its communications deliberately disabled and its last signal came about 7 1/2 hours after takeoff, meaning it could have ended up as far as Kazakhstan or deep in the southern Indian Ocean, Malaysia's leader said Saturday.
(Mar 14 2014) - National Post : Prepare for war at any moment ...UKRAINE - Ukraine must be ready for a full-scale Russian invasion "at any moment," the country’s acting president warned Thursday, as officials announced the emergency call-up of a 60,000-strong national guard force. Oleksander Turchynov said Moscow was "ready" to go much further than the annexation of the Black Sea territory of Crimea ...
(Mar 13 2014) - Jerusalem Post : Who killed Arafat ?RAMALLAH - Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has accused one of his main rivals, Mohammed Dahlan, of involvement in six murders, hinting that he might also be behind the death of former leader Yasser Arafat. Dahlan, who lives in exile in the Gulf, denied the allegations of his arch foe Abbas ...
(Mar 12 2014) - Palm Beach Post : $600K taken from megachurchHOUSTON - Authorities are investigating after $600,000 in checks and cash was stolen from a safe at Pastor Joel Osteen's Houston megachurch, which has one of the largest congregations in the country. Police spokesman Kese Smith said Tuesday $200,000 in cash and $400,000 in checks were stolen ...
(Mar 11 2014) - Internet Post : Russia Threatens to Impose SanctionsRUSSIA - Secretary of State John Kerry, during an interview with the wife of a former Federal Reserve boss, expressed incredulity when asked about Russian President Vladimir Putin's claim there are no Russian troops in Ukraine. Putin said the armed men are Ukrainian volunteers and security personnel ...
(Mar 10 2014) - Frontier Post : 'Noah' faces ban in Arab worldWORLD - Three Arab countries have banned the Hollywood film "Noah" on religious grounds even before its worldwide premiere & several others are expected to follow suit, a representative of Paramount Pictures told Reuters on Saturday. "Censors for Qatar, Bahrain & the UAE officially confirmed this week that the film will not release in their countries."
(Mar 09 2014) - Bangkok Post : Search continues for jetlinerASIA - Military radar indicates that the missing Boeing 777 jet may have turned back before vanishing, Malaysia's air force chief said Sunday as authorities were investigating up to four passengers with suspicious identifications. The revelations add to the uncertainties surrounding the final minutes of flight MH370.
(Mar 08 2014) - Activist Post : TSA Orders 1/2 Ton of ExplosivesU.S.A. - Put this in the "What in the hell are they thinking?" category, but the DHS protectors of the friendly skies, the TSA has submitted 'another request' for high explosives via the Federal Business Online website today & has issued a Limited Source Justification for 3 businesses to provide the material ...
(Mar 07 2014) - India Post : Restrictions on opinion polls requestedNEW DELHI - The Election Commission has pressed the Law Ministry to take a call on "restricting" opinion polls by writing to it just days before the Lok Sabha polls were announced, but the government seems to be in no hurry to take a decision on the issue.
(Mar 06 2014) - Borneo Post : Thailand wants Myanmar to use BahtBANGKOK - Thailand is calling on Myanmar to use the Thai baht as a medium of exchange in the country's domestic trade in a bid to boost trade & investment between both countries. The move came after the conclusion of the 7th Meeting of Thailand-Myanmar Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation held in Nay Pyi Taw last Nov., Vietnam News Agency reports the National News Bureau of Thailand.
(Mar 05 2014) - Threat Post : Microsoft EMET Bypasses White HatsU.S.A. - Exploits bypassing Microsoft's Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) are quickly becoming a parlor game for security researchers. With increasing frequency, white hats are poking holes in EMET & to its credit, Microsoft has been quick to not only address those issues but challenge & reward researchers ...
(Mar 04 2014) - Washington Post : Obama: More Spending & TaxesWASH D.C. - President Obama unveiled an ambitious budget blueprint Tuesday that seeks more than $600 billion in fresh spending to boost economic growth but also pledges to tame the national debt by raising taxes on the wealthy, slashing payments to health providers and overhauling the nation's immigration laws.
(Mar 03 2014) - Global Post : Russians issue ultimatum ...MOSCOW - With Russian troops reportedly amassing near Ukraine's border and some possibly already in the country, several cities around the world saw anti-war protests take place over the weekend. Protesters could be seen being dragged off by police in Moscow, while similar protests took place in New York, Washington, the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius, Turkey's Ankara and Georgia's capital Tbilisi.
(Mar 02 2014) - Seattle Post : 'Potheads' ... in dangerous worldCALIFORNIA - He was dubbed "Governor Moonbeam" in the 1970's by Chicago columnist Mike Royko for his way out ideas. But now that California Gov. Brown is in his 70's, he has grown wary of social trends that flowered with his Baby Boom generation.
(Mar 01 2014) - Greanville Post : Obama's Dumbest Plan YetUKRAINE - The United States helped defeat Nazism in World War II. Obama helped bring it back. As you probably know by now, Obama and Co. have ousted Ukraine's democratically-elected president, Viktor Yanukovych, with the help of ultra-right, paramilitary, neo-Nazi gangs who seized and burned government offices ...
(Feb 28 2014) - Plaquemine Post : Clinton doc's to be releasedU.S.A. - The National Archives today will release about 5,000 pages of doc's from President Bill Clinton's time in office, USA Today reported. The doc's likely will have a heavy focus on first lady Hillary Clinton. The move comes after Politico reported that more than 30,000 pages of Clinton records remain unreleased ...
(Feb 27 2014) - N.Y. Post : AG Eric Holder rushed to hospitalWASH D.C. - Attorney General Eric Holder was hospitalized Thursday after he grew short of breath at a meeting at Justice Department headquarters. "During his regular morning meeting with senior staff, the Attorney General began experiencing symptoms including faintness & shortness of breath," according to a statement released by the DOJ.
(Feb 26 2014) - Activist Post : Agenda 21 : For Your Own GoodWORLD - The genocidal maniacs are at it again. The usual suspects (WHO, UN, IMF, World Bank, US, Rockefeller and Gates Foundations, etc.) have concocted a new scheme which is, quite literally, nothing short of Agenda 21 at the end of a gun, for your own good, of course. It has lovely, soothing and safe-sounding name: the Global Health Security Initiative (GHSI).
(Feb 25 2014) - Connecticut Post : Polio-like illnesses in kidsCALIFORNIA - More than a dozen children in California have developed an extremely rare, polio-like syndrome within the past year that within days paralyzed one or more of the children's arms or legs, Stanford University researchers say. The illness is still being investigated and appears to be very unusual ...
(Feb 24 2014) - Kyiv Post : Ukraine averted greater bloodbathUKRAINE - The top law enforcement official for Viktor Yanukovych, the disgraced former Ukrainian president who is now a fugitive fleeing mass murder charges, had planned an even greater bloodbath to suppress anti-government protests, according to a member of parliament who said he has documents to prove his allegations.
(Feb 23 2014) - China Post : Ukraine Pres' flees, Tymoshenko freedUKRAINE - Yanukovych's regime appeared close to collapse as protesters took control of his offices and lawmakers voted to free jailed pro-Western Tymoshenko. But Yanukovych defiantly told a local television station in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv - a pro-Russian bedrock of support - that he'd fight tooth and nail against the "bandits" trying to oust him.
(Feb 22 2014) - Viral Post : HAARP, Chemtrails & Weather Mod.WORLD - To state the obvious, the weather around the globe keeps getting more and more intense everywhere. It is getting much colder in some regions and much hotter in others. It is global warming and it is global cooling. Record highs, record lows, record heat, record cold. Record swing in temperature changes, record droughts and record rains and record snows.
(Feb 21 2014) - BRICS Post : India gets whistleblowers protectionINDIA - The Indian Parliament has passed the Whistleblower Protection Bill on the last day of the last parliamentary session of the incumbent government. This is one of the six anti-graft bills that have been billed by the government as possible effective tools against corruption.
(Feb 20 2014) - Lations Post : Archdiocese of LA will pay victims ...LOS ANGELES - At least 17 cases of child abuse committed by priests will be closed after the Archdiocese of Los Angeles accepted to pay $13 million dollars to the victims, in an agreement signed weeks before a trial on the sexual abuses which took place in various parishes in Los Angeles started in March.
(Feb 19 2014) - Zambia Post : Govt set to reform justice systemZAMBIA - Justice minister Wynter Kabimba says the government is set to reform the country's justice system to ensure efficient and effective delivery of service to the people. Kabimba said a Commission of Inquiry would be established which is expected to conduct wide consultation around the country ...
(Feb 18 2014) - Phnom Pen Post : US turns to Cambodia rice marketCAMBODIA - Cambodia's rice exporters are eager to sell more of their goods in the United States and tap into the world's largest economy. "We are going to [export] to the US, of course, 100%, because the US is a very big market and has potential for Cambodia," he said.
(Feb 17 2014) - Activist Post : Local police train with Special ForcesSOUTH CAROLINA - According to independent sources, Special Forces were indeed involved in the drills in concert with local civilian police forces. Civilian police and military units worked together in practice for setting up and maintaining checkpoints as well as other checkpoint-related drills. Both police and military also worked together to practice chopper insertion ...
(Feb 16 2014) - SCM Post : John Kerry fails to make headwayBEIJING - US Secretary of State John Kerry ended a visit to China without any breakthroughs on two matters at the top of his agenda - sovereignty tensions in the East Sea and the South China Sea. The only solid outcome of the trip came in a joint statement issued by the two governments yesterday that vowed closer co-operation on climate change.
(Feb 15 2014) - Denver Post : Banks given the go-ahead ...COLORADO - Banks were given a green light Friday to offer services to the legal marijuana industry, but must continue to report any suspicious activity specific to that industry to federal authorities. Though the historic step brings marijuana businesses closer to legitimacy in states where pot is already legal, it falls short of the legislative action many banks want to see before doing business with marijuana operators.
(Feb 14 2014) - Financial Post : Gen. Dynamics wins huge arms dealOTTAWA / WASH D.C. - U.S. weapons maker General Dynamics Corp has won a contract worth up to $13 billion for its Canadian division to build light-armoured vehicles for Saudi Arabia, in what Ottawa said was the largest advanced manufacturing export win in Canadian history.
(Feb 13 2014) - Cairo Post : Moscow visit concerns military co-opCAIRO - Defense Minister Abdel Fatah al-Sisi said his visit to Moscow would push for further Egyptian-Russian military cooperation along the lines of joint interests. Russia Today channel reported that Sisi expressed his gratitude to Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu for the warm welcome, congratulating him for launching Sochi Winter Olympics.
(Feb 12 2014) - Huffington Post : Freedom of Press Plummets in U.S.U.S.A. - The United States plunged 14 places in the annual Press Freedom Index released by Reporters Without Borders on Wednesday. The group said it was "one of the most significant declines" in press freedom it had tracked during 2013. The US in now ranked 46th on the RWB list, in between Romania and Haiti.
(Feb 11 2014) - Pittsburgh Post : DoJ appeals contraception mandatePITTSBURGH - Department of Justice attorneys asked the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review U.S. District Chief Judge Joy Flowers Conti's December decision granting a preliminary injunction in favor of Geneva College, and U.S. District Judge Arthur J. Schwab's permanent injunction for various Roman Catholic organizations.
(Feb 10 2014) - Christian Post : FBI raids Machine Gun PreacherPENNSYLVANIA - Sam Childers, better known as the "Machine Gun Preacher," said FBI & IRS agents raided his home, business & donation warehouse in Pennsylvania, obstructing his charity work in Africa. Agents from the FBI & IRS raided his home & offices in Somerset County, Pa., last Wed. while he was in Africa ...
(Feb 09 2014) - Yorkshire Post : Inquiry into theft of bank filesLONDON - An investigation's under way after confidential files relating to customers of Barclays Bank were allegedly stolen & sold to rogue City traders. The Mail said highly sensitive info., including customers' earnings, savings, mortgages, health issues & ins. policies, ended up in the hands of unscrupulous brokers.
(Feb 08 2014) - Patriot Post : America's Power Is Under ThreatAMERICA - Welcome to my obsession ... electricity. It makes everything run - the phone, the web, the TV, the radio, all the ways we talk to each other & receive info. The tools & lights in the operating room - electricity. All our computers in a nation run by them, all our defense structures, installations & communications.
(Feb 07 2014) - Vanuatu Post : 313 Recorded 'DENGUE' CasesPORT VILA - The Ministry of Health has reported that since the outbreak of dengue was announced, dengue is now wide-spread throughout the whole of Port Vila town and spreading to Luganville, Santo, where 10 cases were confirmed as of last week. During the week of January 20 to 26, 157 dengue cases, of which 24 were confirmed by rapid test were recorded in Port Vila.
(Feb 06 2014) - Jakarta Post : Jambi a drug transit cityJAMBI - Jambi city has been categorized as a transit city for various narcotics & other illicit drugs but has yet to become a production center. "The drugs are being shipped between Aceh & Jakarta mostly by land or through various rivers," Jambi Narcotics Agency chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Try Setiadi told Antara news agency on Thursday.
(Feb 05 2014) - Jerusalem Post : Kerry has declared war on God ...ISRAEL - A group of rabbis, including the founder of the far-right Our Land of Israel party, wrote in an open to letter to US Secretary of State John Kerry that he had declared war against God through his current mediation efforts between Israel and Palestinian negotiators, and said he must cease such activities to avoid divine punishment.
(Feb 04 2014) - National Post : Obama punishes Canada by ... ?CANADA - Canada appears to have sunk pretty low on the priority list of Barack Obama's White House. The President stressed in his State of the Union message that he intends to bypass the sclerosis in the U.S. Congress by making executive decisions that don't require congressional approval.
(Feb 03 2014) - Internet Post : The US wartime experiment ...MINNESOTA - Towards the end of World War II, word got through that certain people in occupied territories were eating a near-starvation diet. American researchers wanted to study the effects of starvation, so they recruited volunteers - and starved them some more.
(Feb 02 2014) - Palm Beach Post : Jeb Bush in 2016 ?FLORIDA - Jeb Bush was considered a cutting-edge conservative when he governed Florida from 1999 to 2007, but can he sell his views on immigration, education reform and taxes to 2016 Republican presidential primary voters ? Can he get his own mother to warm up to the idea of a White House bid ?
(Feb 01 2014) - Bangkok Post : Gunfire at Lak Si as rivals clashBANGKOK - Gunshots rang out at Lak Si intersection late Saturday afternoon as anti- and pro-gov't supporters clashed. Six people were reported wounded in the incident in northern Bangkok on the eve of an election that has left the country deeply divided. The clashes began shortly before 4pm when the sound of a bomb was heard.
(Jan 31 2014) - Activist Post : BANNED from selling CupcakesILLINOIS - America is being suffocated to death by red tape. You are about to read about an 11-year-old girl in Illinois that had her cupcake business brutally shut down by government bureaucrats. Her name is Chloe Stirling and her crime was doing something that we used to applaud young people in America for doing.
(Jan 30 2014) - India Post : Ready to respond re: US businessesWASH D.C. - India is prepared to respond to legitimate concerns of the US businesses, new Ambassador to the US, S. Jaishankar has assured Corporate America, which has been one of the strong supporters of India-US ties, but has expressed its disillusionment over certain Indian policies.
(Jan 29 2014) - Frontier Post : Two gas pipelines blown up ...BALOCHISTAN - "Unknown men had placed explosive materials with the two gas pipelines of eight inches in the Pir Koh area of Dera Bugti & then detonated them," a Levies official said, adding that as a result of the blast, gas supply to the plant was suspended. The local administration reached the site & a probe into the incident went underway.
(Jan 28 2014) - Cape Brenton Post : Scientists decode plague genomeCANADA - Using tiny fragments of DNA extracted from the 1,500-year-old teeth of two Justinian plague victims buried in Germany, the scientists were able to reconstruct the genome of the strain of Yersinia pestis that caused the AD 541-543 pandemic - making it the oldest pathogen genome decoded to date.
(Jan 27 2014) - Greanville Post : The American media govt shills ?U.S.A. - Former CIA deputy director Mike Morell was on Face the Nation last Sunday (1/19/14), arguing that the NSA's phone metadata program could have stopped the 9/11 attacks - a claim that many experts reject - and that NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden's revelations are "the worst disclosures in the history of the US intelligence community," in part because ...
(Jan 26 2014) - African Post : Africa Leaders Buckle DownCENTRAL AFRICA - Gunfire rang out in the capital of the Central African Republic, heaping pressure on new interim authorities drawing up a strategy to end months of inter-religious bloodshed. Sporadic shooting, looting & violence continued in the centre of Bangui, where businesses are mostly Muslim-owned & clashes raged between young Muslims & Christian militia known as "anti-balaka" (anti-machete).
(Jan 25 2014) - Global Post : Report shows horrific picturesBEIRUT - New report shows horrific pic's of 11,000 executions in Syria. If authentic, this latest report shows the killing & torture has reached a far greater scale than the international community could've imagined. It has sparked much talk of an ICC investigation & possible charges of war crimes against the Syrian regime.
(Jan 24 2014) - Penfield Post : Russia to let Snowden stayRUSSIA - Russia will extend asylum protection to leaker Edward Snowden, the country said today. Snowden had been granted a temporary asylum, but Russia decided to extend it. Snowden wants to return to the U.S. but wants whistle-blower protection. The govt has said that won't happen, and if he comes back, he'll be arrested.
(Jan 23 2014) - N.Y. Post : USIS 'bilked millions from US'U.S.A. - The Justice Department on Wednesday accused United States Investigations Services (USIS), the private firm that also vetted Edward Snowden before he leaked documents about US spying efforts, of bilking millions of dollars through improper background checks, a court filing showed.
(Jan 22 2014) - Plaquemine Post : ExxonMobil agrees to settlementBATON ROUGE - ExxonMobil will pay $2,329,000 to fund beneficial environmental projects and a spill countermeasures program and to pay civil penalties to DEQ under a settlement agreement finalized Jan. 9. The agreement came after the agency issued a series of compliance orders and penalty notices dating back to 2008.
(Jan 21 2014) - Irish Post : Ireland to reopen Vatican embassyIRELAND - The Vatican embassy is to be reopened by the Irish government as part of its plans to expand the embassy and consulate network. Tanaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore, T.D. today confirmed plans for the expansion of the Foreign Affairs and Trade diplomatic network abroad.
(Jan 20 2014) - Activist Post : The Execution of MLK Jr.U.S.A. - In his book, An Act of State: The Execution of Martin Luther King, William Pepper, attorney & friend of MLK & the King Family, documents the fact that Martin Luther King Jr. was executed for his firm stance against the "abominable, unjust & evil" Vietnam War & for his planned Poor People's campaign which would have shut down Wash D.C. until ...
(Jan 19 2014) - Kyiv Post : EuroMaidan takes its protests to LondonUKRAINE - EuroMaidan is taking its protests to the homes of Ukrainian oligarchs in London - starting with a planned actions against the nation's richest billionaire, Rinat Akhmetov, who is a strong political & financial backer of President Viktor Yanukovych. A protest is set for Jan. 20 at 7 p.m. at 1 Hyde Park.
(Jan 18 2014) - China Post : Dozens hurt by bomb at Thai protestTHAILAND - The kingdom has been periodically rocked by political bloodshed since former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was overthrown by royalist generals in a coup 7 years ago. Authorities & demonstrators both blamed each other for the blast.
(Jan 17 2014) - BRICS Post : China freezing terrorists assetsCHINA - Beijing on Fri. stepped up its anti-terror campaign by announcing a regulation for freezing accounts suspected of links to terror activities. Rules have been released to "standardise the process & action of freezing assets related to suspected terror activities & protect state security & the interests of society".
(Jan 16 2014) - Brighton Pittsford Post : House passes $1.1 trillion billWASH D.C. - A $1.1 trillion spending bill for operating the government until just before next fall's election steamed through the battle-weary House on Wednesday over tepid protests from tea party conservatives, driven by a bipartisan desire to restore painful cuts in domestic and defense programs and show disaffected voters that Congress can do its job.
(Jan 15 2014) - Latinos Post : U.S., India to meet after disputeINDIA - A senior U.S. diplomat met India's ambassador to the U.S. on Tues. with the aim of getting bilateral ties back on track after the arrest & strip search of a female Indian diplomat & tit-for-tat expulsions ... the Indian diplomat, Devyani Khobragade, 39, was arrested in Dec on charges of visa fraud & lying ...
(Jan 14 2014) - Phnom Phen Post : Political deal on horizonCAMBODIA - Secret negotiations between the ruling Cambodian People's Party & the opposition are close to reaching a solution to the political stalemate that has gripped Cambodia since July's general election, according to sources privy to the discussions. Officials from both parties yesterday denied that talks had occurred
(Jan 13 2014) - Zambia Post : BOZ under political pressure by IMFZAMBIA - The Bank of Zambia has been under political pressure to lower lending rates & strengthen the kwacha, says IMF. And the kwacha is expected to maintain its current levels of K5.525 & K5.535 for bid with a slight slant towards strengthening. The IMF said BoZ needed to allow more exchange rate flexibility
(Jan 12 2014) - Jerusalem Post : Muslims joyous re: Sharon's passingISRAEL - Middle East reactions to the death of former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon follow the lead of Palestinian expressions of joy and denunciation that came quickly after his death on Saturday. However, interestingly, official Arab sources remained silent on Sharon's death, Turkey's Anadolu Agency tweeted.
(Jan 11 2014) - Huffington Post : Neiman Marcus Hacked ???U.S.A. - Luxury dept. store chain Neiman Marcus said on Friday that hackers may have stolen customers' credit & debit card info., the second cyber attack on a retailer in recent weeks. The data breach comes after Target Corp on Friday said an investigation found a cyber attack compromised the info of at least 70 million.
(Jan 10 2014) - Connecticut Post : Aerial drone video of Shelton fireCONNECTICUT - As the investigation continues into Monday's four-alarm fire in downtown Shelton, a new image of the fire ruins has emerged. It's a a video posted on Firegroundimages.com of an airborne drone flying above the ruins. The video was taken on Tues., the day after the fire that destroyed a half-block area ...
(Jan 09 2014) - SCM Post : Chinese e-commerce giant bans bitcoinCHINA - Mainland's largest online marketplace cites new government regulations for digital currency ban. Taobao, China's largest e-commerce platform, yesterday banned cryptocurrency bitcoin, the mining software and related materials, citing new government regulations.
(Jan 08 2014) - Financial Post : U.S. oil boom upending markets ?U.S.A. - The U.S. oil boom has put European refineries out of business & undercut West African crude suppliers. Now domestic drillers threaten to roil Asian markets & challenge producers in the Middle East & South America. 15 European refineries have closed in the past five years, with a 16th due to shut this year ...
(Jan 07 2014) - Activist Post : Technology Impact on PrivacyWORLD - Going offline or off the grid is not easy for everyone. Modern society has come to repudiate the very elements that make civilization possible. Living in cyber space is existence on life support at best. Until now, people had idiosyncratic relations, with intimate experiences and personal memories.
(Jan 06 2014) - Denver Post : Feds investigating plane crashCOLORADO - Federal authorities are investigating the crash of a private jet that killed one and injured two others at Aspen/Pitkin County Airport on Sunday. A photo taken at the scene on Sunday shows the plane resting on its side and what appears to be smoke rising from the fuselage.
(Jan 05 2014) - Balfour Post : The New York Times Destroys ObamaNEW YORK - The New York Times just delivered a mortal blow to the Obama administration & its Middle East policy. Call it fratricide. It was clearly unintentional. Indeed, is far from clear that the paper even realizes what it has done. Last Saturday the Times published an 8,000 word account by David Kirkpatrick
(Jan 04 2014) - Yemen Post : Demonstration & calls for resignationYEMEN - Two years after its uprising Yemen does not look any closer to finding a solution to its woes, its leader having been unable or unwilling to compromise their ambitions for the sake of their expecting nation. At a time when Yemenis should be reaping the fruits of their democratic struggle, as the only nation in the region to have chosen peace over violence ...
(Jan 03 2014) - Christian Post : More abortion restrictions passed ...U.S.A. - Recent data released by the Guttmacher Institute finds that U.S. states have passed more abortion restrictions in the past three years than they have in the past decade. The data, released earlier this week, finds that from 2011 to 2013, states enacted a total of 205 new abortion restrictions, compared to 189 restrictions enacted from 2001 to 2010.
(Jan 02 2014) - Pittsburgh Post : Outage forces backup 911 ...PENNSYLVANIA - Allegheny County has set up an alternate 911 number for callers getting a busy signal while officials address technical problems. County spokeswoman Amie Downs said at about 10:15 a.m. that most people dialing 911 should be able to get through ...
(Jan 01 2014) - Yorkshire Post : Financial bombshell threatYORKSHIRE - Families throughout Yorkshire could be left with a financial bombshell if interest rates rise at a time when they're still struggling to make ends meet because of high prices & low wage rises. Years of increased borrowing, raised costs & a lack of savings have left many hard-pressed families trapped in a debt spiral.
(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.
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