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	Home > British Army Web British Army Web Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Ghana is Going Downhill Under NDC - NPP-USA - GhanaHomePage Currently, the Army is recruiting in all regions, but the new recruits that show up to be enlisted must have pre-approval ... Recently the British High Commissioner to Ghana has come out and cautioned Ghana about the ramifications of this culture of ... Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Hamas slaying in Dubai ripples worldwide (AP via Yahoo! News) If there's a signature moment in the plot to kill Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, it's likely his short elevator ride from the hotel lobby to Room 230. Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Interpol Seeks 16 More in Dubai Slaying (CBS News) Alert Issued for Team Accused of "Closely Watching, Following and Reporting" Movements of Hamas Commander Before His Killing Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Hamas slaying in Dubai ripples worldwide (San Francisco Chronicle) If there's a signature moment in the plot to kill Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, it's likely his short elevator ride from the hotel lobby to Room 230. The Hamas commander and a woman hotel clerk enter the elevator and, just before the doors close, two men slip in. They... Dubai - Hamas - Hotel - Middle East - United Arab Emirates Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Britain applies military thinking to the growing spectre of cyberwar - Technology.timesonline British assessments conclude, for example, that the risk of a serious ... China has its own dedicated cyber operations headquarters within the People's Liberation Army but also holds top rank in the league of cyberhostile countries ? the list ... Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Nazi spy duped by failed Oz actor in 'Monty's Double' hoax - Webindia 123 In the run-up to D-Day, the British hit on the idea of using an actor to impersonate top British ... Clifton was contacted by the actor David Niven, then a colonel in the Army Film Unit, and asked to come to London, where he was assigned to Monty's ... Wednesday, March 10, 2010 U.S. Embassy - Daily Press BAGHDAD (AP) ? Polls have closed in Iraq's parliamentary elections after a spate of attacks that marred the vote left 31 people dead. Despite tight security, insurgents intent on intimidating voters still managed to set off a spate of bombs ... Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Boy Scouts celebrate 100-year anniversary \| By Scott Rochat © 2010 Longmont Times-Call (The Longmont Times-Call) When your organization has been around for 100 years, be prepared to celebrate well. Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Ghana is 53-Years-Old Today - GhanaHomePage There had been many wars fought between the people of the Gold Coast and the British over governance. In 1874, an army under Sir Garnet Wolseley crossed the Pra River into the Asante territory. The Ghanaians referred to this War as the "Sagrenti ... Wednesday, March 10, 2010 New polls increase British opposition's lead - Independent Online ... considered that Labour had been hurt by criticism by General Charles Guthrie, who led the armed forces from 1997 to 2001, that Brown had not given sufficient funding to the army. ICM interviewed ... using the menus within your web browser. Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Yahoo beats NBC in Olympics Web traffic (El Paso Times) ?Obama turns up the heat for health care overhaul WASHINGTON (AP)?President Barack Obama is trying to persuade a weary public and wavering Democrats to get behind his frantic, late-stage push on health care, while Republicans dig in and demand starting from scratch after a Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Brown Denies He Limited Spending on Forces in Iraq (Update2) (Bloomberg) March 5 (Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he never limited resources for British forces in the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, rejecting accusations that inadequate funding and equipment led to deaths. Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Brown Says He Didn't Limit Funds for U.K. Iraq Forces (Update1) (Bloomberg) March 5 (Bloomberg) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he never limited funds for the military in the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, rejecting suggestions that inadequate funding and equipment led to deaths. Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Brown Faces Iraq Inquiry Into British Role in War (Update1) (Bloomberg) March 5 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown is today facing four hours of questioning in London on the conduct of the Iraq war and Britain's part in the conflict. Wednesday, March 10, 2010 How Texas won her independence - Marshall News Messenger This way, his main army was getting smaller. Some said Houston was waiting for the right time; many called Houston a coward. What Santa Anna didn't understand, but the British could have told him, was many of the frontiersmen who had joined the Texas ... Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Ex-army sergeant 'directed' webcam child abuse - BBC UK News An ex-army sergeant has been jailed for five years for directing child sex abuse films thousands of miles away via his webcam. Michael Charnley, 52, of Denbigh, instructed how the children - possibly in the Philippines - should be abused. He admitted ... Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Wahhabism in the Balkans: a threat to regional stability? (1) - Today's Zaman The phenomenon of Wahhabism must have extraordinary stamina because it succeeded -- after circling around the Islamic world since its initial appearance on the Arabian Peninsula in the middle of the 18th century -- in reaching the Balkans and the ... Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Scottish pensioner, aged 90, leaves fortune to Salvation Army - Ecumenical News International But in its own hour of need, a Salvation Army branch in a small Scottish town got a pleasant shock after it received a donation of 850 000 British pounds (US$1.3 ... printed, re-posted, re-produced or placed on Web sites if ENI is noted as the ... Saturday, February 13, 2010 The SAS's secret war: The book the MoD doesn't want you to read - a ... - Daily Mail At an Army cricket match at the end of that summer, the two warring commanders made an uneasy peace. Williams backed down over long-standing SAS objections to special ops in Afghanistan being run solely by the SBS, while Rogers agreed to reinforce ... Saturday, February 13, 2010 Kayani wants US assurance over no Pak spillover of Helmand offensive - Webindia 123 Pakistan Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has asked for assurance from the United States that the planned massive offensive against the Taliban and other extremist groups in Helmand, Afghanistan would not have any effect on the ... Saturday, February 13, 2010 The closest thing we had to the Olympics' (The Photo News) Former area resident recalls when Norsemen Hill attracted world-class ski jumpers Saturday, February 13, 2010 US: Attack on Afghan town Marjah launched (The Conroe Courier) NEAR MARJAH, Afghanistan ? Helicopter-borne U.S. Marines and Afghan troops swooped down on the Taliban-held town of Marjah before dawn Saturday, launching a long-expected attack to re-establish government control and undermine support for the militants in their southern heartland. Saturday, February 13, 2010 The SAS's secret war: The book the MoD doesn't want you to read about a bitter battle among their OWN top brass (Daily Mail) How the SAS launched a private war against Al Qaeda fanatics in Iraq which triggered a furious row between Whitehall and the SAS's commander. Saturday, February 13, 2010 Possum Philosophy: Getting to the heart of it (The Bland County Messenger) As almost everyone is aware, Feb. 14 (Sunday this year) is the annual celebration of Saint Valentine's Day, or as it's commonly called, simply Valentine's Day. It is the holiday of lovers the world over. Saturday, February 13, 2010 Hawaii-based Marines gearing up for major assault in Afghanistan (Honolulu Advertiser) Hawai'i Marines battled with fighters on the edge of Marjah in southern Afghanistan this week as thousands of troops mass to attack the Taliban stronghold in what's being called the biggest offensive since 2001. The upcoming attack is being likened to the Battle of Fallujah in Iraq in 2004 ? a difficult house-to-house offensive the same Hawai'i unit, the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, also ... Saturday, February 13, 2010 US and Afghan troops ring Taliban stronghold (AP via Yahoo! News) U.S. and Afghan forces ringed the Taliban stronghold of Marjah on Thursday, sealing off escape routes and setting the stage for what is being described as the biggest offensive of the nine-year war. Saturday, February 13, 2010 UK Medic's Daring Mercy Dash Wins Bravery Award - EMS A paramedic is in line for a top military award after a courageous effort to help bring wounded British army personnel home during a tour of duty in Afghanistan. Tony Stephens, a paramedic based at Rhyl ambulance station, has been put forward for ... Saturday, February 13, 2010 US troops close Taliban escape route before attack (AP via Yahoo! News) U.S. and Afghan soldiers linked up with Marines on the outskirts of the Taliban stronghold of Marjah on Thursday, sealing off escape routes and setting the stage for what is being described as the biggest offensive of the nine-year war. Saturday, February 13, 2010 U.S. Troops Seal Off Taliban Escape Routes (CBS News) Sporadic Fighting Begins as U.S., Afghan Troops Close in on Militant-Held Afghan Town Saturday, February 13, 2010 17,880 Empty UK Shops (MalaysiaNews.net) The British high street is struggling to adapt to changing shopping habits, research suggests, as new figures show the number of empty town centre shops nearly doubled last year. Saturday, February 13, 2010 In balmy Vancouver, weather a hot topic (Connecticut Post) VANCOUVER, British Columbia ? Olympic organizers vowed to make the Vancouver Winter Games the greenest in history. Apparently, Mother Nature misunderstood their intent. Saturday, February 13, 2010 What about writing an alternative 'what if' history... - Today's Zaman It is a worthwhile exercise within the imaginative abilities of most of us to ponder alternative histories of such pivotal figures such as ?smet ?nönü (L) or Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (R). Most people do not engage in the mental luxury of ... Saturday, February 13, 2010 Northern Irish militant group INLA dumps all its weapons - Today's Zaman Confirming what sources close to the militants told Reuters on Saturday, the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning (IICD) said the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) had got rid of all its weapons and ammunition. "The IICD can ... Saturday, February 13, 2010 The Ultimate Good Turn: Ottawan W.D. Boyce founds Boy Scouts of ... - Ottawa Times Generations of Boy Scouts learned the legend. In 1909, Ottawa businessman William D. Boyce was lost in a London fog when a uniformed young boy offered to guide him to his destination. Boyce was impressed ? and further impressed when the boy ... Saturday, February 13, 2010 Afghans flee ahead of major anti-Taliban offensive - Reliefweb.int Marjah is at the heart of one of the world's biggest poppy growing areas. Illegal drug exports from Afghanistan are believed to be worth close to three billion dollars a year, helping fund the insurgency. French army Major General Jacques Lechevalier ... Saturday, February 13, 2010 British jazz legend star Johnny Dankworth dead - Webindia 123 British jazz legend Sir John Dankworth died from age-related illness at the King Edward VII Hospital here on Saturday. He was 82. Sir John, a saxophonist and prolific composer, worked with world famous jazz exponents Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole and ... Saturday, February 13, 2010 Planet of the Apps: visual product search - Technology.timesonline RedLaser turns the iPhone's camera into a barcode scanner. If the code is recognised (it works for most branded products, but not with shops' own-brand items) the app pulls down a selection of online prices. Tap on a price and a browser opens ... Thursday, January 14, 2010 Senior officers ignored Spanish neutrality to help German war effort (Times Online) Senior members of General Franco's military high command tried to alter the course of the Second World War by passing secret British intelligence documents to Nazi spies. Thursday, January 14, 2010 Senior officers ignored Spanish neutrality to help German war effort - Times Online The book details the web of deceit spun by British intelligence ... the Germans and their militarism and the Nazi ideology, while he hated the British and the French." In 1943 the uniforms of the Spanish Army were changed to resemble those worn by ... Thursday, January 14, 2010 Red Cross estimates 50,000 dead in Haiti quake - Daily Oklahoman GENEVA (AP) ? The Red Cross federation says it estimates there have been 45,000-50,000 deaths in the Haitian earthquake. The Salvation Army is planning to send people, food and other resources to Haiti, where the organization operates schools ... Thursday, January 14, 2010 All of Port-au-Prince is "Homeless" (CBS News) International Aid Begins Arriving, but Quake-Ravaged Haiti Still Blanketed by Despair, Devastation Complete Coverage Thursday, January 14, 2010 Three million Haitians under threat, warns Clinton - Adelaide Now People could donate through the website of his Clinton Foundation at www.clintonfoundation ... The International Committee of the Red Cross has launched a dedicated Web site to help Haitians register and find missing loved ones. Canada sent a ... Thursday, January 14, 2010 October November 2009 (Institute for War and Peace Reporting) A schoolgirl participating in IWPR's Open Minds project in Pakistan's Swat valley has shown the way for young journalists from the region, publishing a series of diary articles on the BBC news website during her family's displacement from the volatile area in summer 2009. Thursday, January 14, 2010 Haiti quake: Survivors struggle while awaiting aid - Daily Oklahoman SALVATION ARMY The Salvation Army is planning to send people, food and other resources to Haiti, where the organization operates schools, clinics and a hospital. "Our prayers and thoughts are with the people of Haiti, and The Salvation Army is ... Thursday, January 14, 2010 Scenes of chaos - Houston Chronicle An advance group of a little over 100 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division will leave Fort Bragg in North Carolina Thursday. The Army says the group will find locations to set up tents and other essentials in preparation for the arrival of ... Thursday, January 14, 2010 Aid workers in Haiti face logistical nightmare (AP via Yahoo! News) The U.N. says rescue workers and relief goods are pouring into Haiti from around the world, but aid workers are running into huge problems reaching people trapped under buildings or feeding hungry survivors. Thursday, January 14, 2010 Three million Haitians under threat (Adelaide Now) FORMER US president Bill Clinton warned of an unprecedented humanitarian disaster in Haiti and implored nations for funds to aid the quake-hit nation. Thursday, January 14, 2010 Frequent victim in the past, Asia to aid Haiti (AP via Yahoo! News) Asian leaders cited their own experiences with natural disasters Thursday in offering help to quake-shattered Haiti as part of a massive international effort to alleviate the effects of the catastrophe. Thursday, January 14, 2010 Ex-Boys' (Junior Leaders) Tribute to Major Quashigah (rtd) - GhanaHomePage We are extremely saddened to hear of Major Courage Quashigah's passing; he was a wonderful instructor, soldier and someone whom we will miss greatly. Our thoughts are with his family, friends and the countless "Junior Leaders" he has inspired ... Thursday, January 14, 2010 Is Oil Really Our Last Hope? - GhanaHomePage The cliché that oil is what turns the wheels of the global economy is not a comic strip. Oil is the lifeblood of, arguably, the single largest industry of the global economy. Chinua Achebe in his popular novel 'Things Fall Apart' said he who ... Thursday, January 14, 2010 Massive aid effort begun for Haiti quake victims (Idaho Press-Tribune) Red Cross establishes family-linking Web site The International Committee of the Red Cross has now established a family-linking Web site, enabling people in Haiti and abroad to search for and register the names of relatives missing since the earthquake. Thursday, January 14, 2010 Thursday: Updates on Haiti's Earthquake (International Herald Tribune) Some Haitians have turned to the Web to share information about the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck about 10 miles southwest of the capital of Port-au-Prince on Tuesday evening. Thursday, January 14, 2010 Digging up Turkey's past C.L. Woolley and the Hittite splendors of ... - Today's Zaman It was 1911 and the Ottoman Empire was in terminal decline, its hold on the least "Turkified" parts of its domain increasingly tenuous -- and Karkam and its surroundings, predominantly Arab and Kurdish, were restive. The Germans, who of ... Thursday, January 14, 2010 Gurkhas to continue campaign after losing London High Court pensions ... - Webindia 123 The action was brought by the British Gurkha Welfare Society, which says that 24,000 veterans who served in the British Army before 1997, and their dependants, receive only a third of the normal payments, which it is set to appeal. "It is very ... Thursday, January 14, 2010 British Journalist, U.S. Marine Die in Afghan Blast (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) KABUL, Afghanistan -- A British journalist embedded with an American unit in Helmand Province was killed along with a Marine when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb, the British Defense Ministry reported Sunday. It was the second time in two weeks that a Western journalist had been killed on an embedded assignment, underscoring the increased risk on the roads as military operations intensify ... Thursday, January 14, 2010 British Journalist and American Marine Die in Afghan Bomb Explosion (New York Times) A reporter and a U.S. Marine were killed when the vehicle they were traveling in struck a roadside bomb. Thursday, January 14, 2010 India extends $20 million credit to Botswana, Africa's model democracy - Webindia 123 India has extended a line of credit of $20 million and a grant of $8 million to the southern African state of Botswana, a country often held up as a model of good governance in Africa and whose diamond resource is eyed by the world. Indian Vice ... Thursday, January 07, 2010 Yemeni official: U.S. terror suspect recruited in Britain (CNN) A terror suspect in the attempted bombing of a U.S. jetliner was radicalized in Britain, but did meet with a radical Muslim Cleric in Yemen, a top government official said Thursday. Thursday, January 07, 2010 Yemeni Official: U.S. Terror Suspect Recruited In Britain - WIBW Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) -- A terror suspect in the attempted bombing of a U.S. jetliner was radicalized in Britain, but did meet with a radical Muslim Cleric in Yemen, a top government official said Thursday. The meeting between Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab ... Thursday, January 07, 2010 CNN - Official: Terror Suspect, Cleric Met (WSB-TV 2 Atlanta) Terror Suspect Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab Met With Radical Muslim Cleric Anwar Al-Awlaki In Yemen, A Top Government Official Said Thursday. Thursday, January 07, 2010 China Curbs Power, Florida Citrus Threatened as Freeze Persists (Bloomberg) Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- China curbed electricity use because of coal shortages, Florida citrus growers braced for more nights of freezing temperatures and snow blanketed southern England as icy weather continued to grip the Northern Hemisphere. Thursday, January 07, 2010 Northern Freeze Hobbles U.K. Transport; China Curbs Electricity (BusinessWeek) European transport was hobbled, China curbed power use because of coal shortages and Florida citrus growers braced for more nights of freezing temperatures as icy weather continued to grip the Northern Hemisphere. Thursday, January 07, 2010 Disband The Ghana Armed Forces - Rejoinder - GhanaHomePage Reading through the numerous rejoinders to my article on the above subject was frustrating and exhilarating in equal measure. One reader probably felt so helpless at evoking counter arguments that all he could do to appease himself was to call me a ... Thursday, January 07, 2010 Israeli army to seek legal advice during future operations - Today's Zaman Visiting British Attorney General Patricia Janet Scotland said in a speech at Jerusalem's Hebrew University on Tuesday that her government was "looking urgently at ways in which the UK system might be changed to avoid this situation arising again ... Thursday, January 07, 2010 Snow slams Britain as European cold snap lingers (AP via Yahoo! News) Blustery winter weather paralyzed Britain and parts of Europe Wednesday, frustrating air travelers, stranding motorists and keeping thousands from their jobs and schools. London area airports ? including Heathrow, Europe's busiest ? suffered widespread delays and cancellations. Thursday, January 07, 2010 Army Saves U.K. Drivers as Snow Shuts Schools, Roads (Update1) - Bloomberg Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- The Army was called to rescue drivers trapped on roads in southern England as snow blanketed much of the nation, hobbling transport and closing schools during Britain's longest cold snap in almost three decades. In Hampshire ... Thursday, January 07, 2010 Google unveils Nexus One 'superphone' (Computer Business Review) Established in 1957, the British Computer Society ... Teneo is an infrastructure optimization company, p ... Wednesday, January 06, 2010 Blocking Freedom Marcher Viva Palestina Aid to Gaza (Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel) Cynthia McKinney described her ordeal as prisoner number 88794 at Ramle prison, known as one of Israel's harshest - a former British police station, overcrowded, "stinking," many inside with no bed, everyone confined to tiny areas, some in isolation with no sunlight, and a series of dungeons six feet long, three feet wide, and six feet high that are dark, filthy, unbearable to be in, and those ... Wednesday, January 06, 2010 Live from Google's Android phone launch (Guardian Unlimited) Speculation's run rife over the past couple of months about a new handset from Google - just the latest in what seems like a never-ending about the company's plans to become a significant force in mobile. Wednesday, January 06, 2010 C&D Technologies to develop lithium-ion batteries for Army - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The venture is projected to generate as many as 150 jobs in the Milwaukee area over the next three years, said Jim Paetsch, director of relocation and business development for the Milwaukee 7 economic development group. "It's fantastic. It's a whole ... Wednesday, January 06, 2010 Year in review 2009 (Niagara This Week) Last week, This Week published a listing of the significant news stories from the first half of 2009. This week, the year in review continues with events from July to December. Wednesday, January 06, 2010 'Coalition of the willing' becomes an army of one - Danbury News-Times BAGHDAD ? The British said cheerio back in July, around the same time the Romanians cleared out "Camp Dracula," their compound on a U.S. base in southern Iraq. Tonga and Kazakhstan left ages ago, and no one seems to remember if any Icelandic forces ... Tuesday, January 05, 2010 What's on: Wed's listings (Straits Times) Events listing for Wed, Jan 6th Tuesday, January 05, 2010 Soldier killed in Helmand named (BBC News) The first British soldier killed in Afghanistan this year is named as Pte Robert Hayes of 1st Battalion the Royal Anglian Regiment. Tuesday, January 05, 2010 Hate preacher compares Brit soldiers in Afghanistan to Nazi war ... - Webindia 123 Choudary made the slur in an interview on a radio station at the same time when it was revealed that the British Army medics had saved the life of a six-year-old Afghan boy. The six-year-old boy, Rahmadullah, was dying when his family rushed him to a ... Tuesday, January 05, 2010 The Strange Case of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab - Dissident Voice Apparently analyzing the Chinese political economy is rather complex and ... As the World Socialist Web Site points out: The general outlines of the Northwest bombing attempt and the 9 11 attacks are startlingly similar. One might even say that what ... Tuesday, January 05, 2010 George F. Will: A blight grows in Brooklyn - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette BROOKLYN -- On Aug. 27, 1776, British forces routed George Washington's novice army in the Battle of Brooklyn, which was fought in fields and woods where today the battle of Prospect Heights is being fought. Americans' liberty is again under assault ... Tuesday, January 05, 2010 Ben Rosen: RORY STEWART: Remember This Name (The Huffington Post) You heard it here first - Rory Stewart will become prime minister of Great Britain. Who, you say? Rory Stewart? Never heard of him. Okay,... Tuesday, January 05, 2010 Dominic Lawson: If we are all under suspicion, then we are all threatened (Independent) Even were I to live within walking distance of the Queen's Sandringham estate, it would never occur to me to spend any part of Christmas Day standing outside its church to take photographs of attendant members of the Royal Family. Yet, odd as such behaviour might seem -- it's not as if the media don't produce film and pictures from the same event, saving everyone else the trouble -- it is about as ... Tuesday, January 05, 2010 187,000 Facebookers oppose Islamist march through British town - Webindia 123 He was the 246th British victim since the war started in 2001 -- as many as 108 of them falling in 2009 alone. A small protest by Islamic extremists at an army home-coming parade in the town of Luton in March 2009 led to violent demonstrations by far ... Tuesday, January 05, 2010 Yemen: 2 al-Qaida militants killed in clashes (AP via Yahoo! News) Security officials say Yemeni forces have killed two suspected al-Qaida militants in a raid outside the capital. Tuesday, January 05, 2010 Possible terror attack cited in embassy closings (AP via Yahoo! News) Citing continued security threats, U.S. and British officials said their embassies in Yemen were closed a second day Monday. Tuesday, January 05, 2010 Possible terror attack cited in embassy closings (GMA News) SAN'A, Yemen -- Citing continued security threats, U.S. and British officials said their embassies in Yemen remained closed for a second day on Monday. Tuesday, January 05, 2010 Yemen downplays al-Qaida threat as U.S., British embassies close (Boston Herald) BEIRUT, Lebanon - Yemeni officials on Sunday dismissed the threat posed by al-Qaida in their country as "exaggerated" and downplayed the possibility of cooperating... Tuesday, January 05, 2010 Iranian journalist gets prison term, desert exile (AP via Yahoo! News) An Iranian journalist lost an appeal Sunday against his conviction on charges of spreading propaganda against the ruling Islamic establishment and was sentenced to six years in prison and five years of internal exile in a remote desert town. Tuesday, January 05, 2010 GOP leader says US leaders can overcome problems - El Paso Times He drew a historical parallel, citing the colonial army of 230 years ago winning a great military victory amid the exhaustion of a war in which the colonists were facing impossible odds against the British. "Powerful forces may be aligned against us ... Tuesday, January 05, 2010 Taliban claims bombing of CIA employees in Afghanistan - The Guardian - Nigeria ... suicide bombing on Wednesday that killed eight Americans believed to be CIA employees, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has reported. In a message posted on its Web site, the Taliban said an Afghan National Army soldier detonated his ... Tuesday, January 05, 2010 Terrorism In Review 2009 - Officer.com Army knew, or should have known, exactly what they were dealing with: a Lone-Wolf Terrorist within their rank-and ... Two British Bobbies were hailed as heroes this past week for simply doing what cops are supposed to do; protect the public. Tuesday, January 05, 2010 The end of Western ascendancy? - Today's Zaman The modern descendants of the British, Spanish, Dutch and Portuguese empires ... legitimacy be measured not by the "hard instruments" of old empires such as the size of the land or the army one has but by a mixture of hard and soft elements of ... Tuesday, January 05, 2010 MacKay has been caught up in his own tangled web - Vancouver Sun ... facing a government that was understaffed on the ground, and an army working in an unfamiliar and hostile environment. In retrospect, we're sorry we didn't sort it out sooner. We should have followed the example of the British and the Dutch (who ... Tuesday, January 05, 2010 Malfunctions-Cal Thomas - World Magazine British press reports say Abdulmutallab has been on MI5's radar but was deemed ... This latest incident and the killings at Fort Hood, Texas, by a Muslim Army officer ought to be a verdict on the Obama administration's strategy of apologizing for ... Friday, December 25, 2009 NORAD tracks Santa's sleigh for a high-tech Ho Ho - The Sun News COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Even Santa Tweets. A military installation in Colorado has been issuing Christmas Eve reports of Santa Claus' progress to eager children for more than five decades. Now the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD ... Friday, December 25, 2009 Indian auto industry in top gear despite global gloom (Flashback 2009) - Webindia 123 Ashok Leyland bags order to supply 875 low-floor CNG buses from Delhi Transport Corp -Ashok Leyland bags $10.5-million order from Honduran Army for supply of vehicles Friday, December 25, 2009 Chechen leader says Russia should launch military attacks against ... - KPNews.com Chechnya President Ramzan Kadyrov told a British newspaper that "Georgia and Ukraine are afflictions of Russia that need to be eradicated." "Georgia, South Ossetia, Ukraine, all this will go on and on. It's Russia's private affliction. Why should we ... Friday, December 25, 2009 Captain of Holocaust Exodus ship dies at 86 (Tulsa World) Yitzhak 'Ike' Ahronovitch Friday, December 25, 2009 Update on the latest in religion news: (FOX 11 Tucson) WASHINGTON (AP) ? As he completes his first year in office, President Barack Obama still hasn't found a church home for himself and his family, aside from occasional visits to the chapel at Camp David. Friday, December 25, 2009 Wednesday, December 30 - Danbury News-Times Today is Wednesday, Dec. 30, the 364th day of 2009. There is one day left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1758 - French forces advance against Madras in India. 1777 - Bavaria, on death of Maximillian III , passes to Charles Theodore ... Friday, December 25, 2009 Vancouver organizers launch ticket resale site - The Sun News VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Vancouver Olympic organizers have launched a Web site that allows Canadians to resell their tickets unhindered by a price cap. Organizers say the Web site will help avoid empty seats at the Olympic events and also give ... Friday, December 25, 2009 Chronology of news events in 2009 (Seattle Times) JULY Friday, December 25, 2009 Chronology of news events in 2009 (AP via Yahoo! News) July 1 Friday, December 25, 2009 Myanmar Bomb Blamed On Karen Separatists (OfficialWire) A bomb blast in a market near a high school in the town of Pha Pun killed seven people and injured 11, government media said. The early morning explosion happened when the market stalls were packed with people, according to a report in the government mouthpiece New Light of Myanmar. Friday, December 25, 2009 Stryker soldiers say commanders failed them - Army News, news from Iraq, - Army Times (Army Times) ARGHANDAB RIVER VALLEY, Afghanistan ? The view west from the roof of the Arghandab district center at sunset in mid-autumn is breathtaking, the remaining leaves turning the valley into a sea of green and gold. Friday, December 25, 2009 Myanmar bomb blamed on Karen separatists (UPI) YANGON, Myanmar, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- A bomb blast in a market near a high school in the town of Pha Pun killed seven people and injured 11, government media said. Friday, December 25, 2009 ? Groups restore Trading Ford monument (The Salisbury Post) The Trading Ford monument, nestled unobtrusively off Old Salisbury Road in Davidson County, was showing its 80 years of age. It faced an uncertain future as the N.C. Department of Transportation planned to alter roads close to Interstate 85. After ... Friday, December 25, 2009 Phantom Hope: The Afghan Army - DAILY KOS Sometimes you have to wonder if irony, like satire, can actually survive another decade like the one now coming to an end. Last week, the commander of NATO asked the Russians to contribute helicopters as its part of the escalation to fight the ... Friday, December 25, 2009 Do we need a benevolent dictator? - Today's Zaman The other day I got on a crowded bus, the private kind with a ticket clerk sitting by the front door. A young woman stood in the step well, in the closed half of the doorway, then an old man climbed on and stood above her and next to the attendant. I ... Friday, December 25, 2009 World leaders in Copenhagen tell citizens, "Go home and get a nice ... - Georgia Straight On September 30, 1938, after returning from a conference in Munich, then-British prime minister Neville Chamberlain declared that his deal with the German government brought "peace for our time". In return for agreeing to peace, Nazi Germany was ... Friday, December 25, 2009 Lebanon rescuers seek survivors - Today's Zaman An army statement said three UN peacekeeping vessels, Lebanese army boats and Greek Cyprus-based British military helicopters were involved in overnight rescue efforts which it said were continuing after daybreak. Security sources said survival ... Friday, December 25, 2009 Daily Digest 18 December (ElectricNews.Net) Irish scientists honoured in the UK \| Revenue plummets at Palm \| Facebook faces privacy charges \| Google slapped with copyright fine \| 'Iranian Cyber Army' attacks Twitter Friday, December 25, 2009 Web row (BBC News) BBC Scotland's Brian Taylor writes a blog about blogs Friday, December 25, 2009 Afghan War Strategy Dependent On U.S. Troop Surge - CBS 2 President Barack Obama has his troop surge. Afghanistan's beleaguered security forces have theirs. While the new U.S. war strategy was unveiled with worldwide fanfare, Afghan's defense force has been quietly planning its own troop buildup to break ... Friday, December 18, 2009 Orion Launch Abort System Attitude Control Motor Lights Up Sky (PhysOrg) (PhysOrg.com) -- It looked like a light show in Elkton, Md., on Tuesday, Dec. 15, as NASA ground tested a full-scale attitude control motor, or ACM. The motor operated with precision as its elaborate eight-valve control system opened and closed each valve at exactly the right moment with alternating bursts of light. Friday, December 18, 2009 On active service in eastern Turkey: 1918-1921 - Today's Zaman It was mission impossible. Britain, exhausted by the four-year conflict, lacked both the resources and the will to enforce a largely unwilling population, inhabiting what was then a remote, underdeveloped part of the globe, to submit to its demands ... Friday, December 18, 2009 PM asks Prentice to address climate conference (CTV Toronto) The United States and China have offered new hope that a deal can be struck at the UN climate conference in Copenhagen, ahead of a looming Friday deadline. Friday, December 18, 2009 Pakistan's Supreme Court throws wrench into terror fight (McClatchy Washington Bureau) ISLAMABAD ? Pakistan's Supreme Court struck down a political amnesty law Wednesday and ordered corruption cases against the country's pro-Western President, Asif Ali Zardari, and thousands of other politicians reopened. Friday, December 18, 2009 What our enemies are saying now (Plumas Lake Life) We've heard a lot in recent days about how conservatives and liberals are responding to President Barack Obama's plans for Afghanistan. But what does the enemy think? Mullah Mohammed Omar, the Afghan Taliban leader, clearly would have been... Friday, December 18, 2009 Iraq inquiry -- live - The Guardian To receive updated content, refresh the page (F5 for a web browser). 3.26pm: Chilcot calls a break ... Sawers says the British knew that there were "difficulties" at the prison. The US army reviewed the detainee arrangements in January 2004. Friday, December 18, 2009 Americans sidelined British effort in Iraq: British diplomat - Webindia 123 ... diplomat in Iraq in the first six months after the invasion, when he served as the deputy head of the Coalition Provisional Authority, said that despite committing an entire British Army division to the Iraq war, Britain had negligible influence ... Friday, December 18, 2009 Sacrificial sheep given to Afghans (Lancashire Evening Post) Soldiers based at a Lancashire barracks who are currently serving in Afghanistan have presented their Afghan comrades with a herd of sacrificial sheep and goats to mark the Ei Friday, December 18, 2009 Agency orders re-evaluation of $3 billion Army contract - Victoria Advocate (EDITORS: This story is EMBARGOED for Web use until 1 a.m. EST Tuesday and for Tuesday publications. With breakout box at bottom of story.) MILWAUKEE ? A federal watchdog agency says a $3 billion U.S. Army contract awarded to Oshkosh Corp. should ... Friday, December 18, 2009 Economics in MIT's fourth school - MIT News Ralph Freeman, Rhodes Scholar and Canadian World War I artillery officer in the British Army, had absolute powers then as Head. By courtesy he deferred to our professional votes on new appointments and one by one we added stars to our team: Robert ... Friday, December 18, 2009 PETER HITCHENS: A dedicated foe of tyranny... until there's a £90k speaking fee up for grabs (Daily Mail) Is there any way this country can officially disown Anthony Blair? Those of us who were never fooled by him now have to watch as he cashes in on his time as M. Friday, December 18, 2009 Patrol Investigates Shooting Involving Deputy - KOMU ARCOLA (AP) - The Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating a shooting that involved a southwest Missouri deputy. Deputy County Sheriff Steven Stapp said it all started when the shooting victim's mother called because her son recently had been ... Friday, December 18, 2009 WIBC RADIOTHON TO BENEFIT THE SALVATION ARMY - WIBC.com Tiger Woods is shifting his focus from winning majors to saving his marriage. Two weeks after Woods crashed his SUV into a tree outside his Florida home, setting in motion a swift fall that featured reports of rampant extramarital affairs, golf's ... Friday, December 18, 2009 Tiger Woods to take 'indefinite' leave from golf (Sydney Morning Herald) Tiger Woods is taking an indefinite leave from professional golf to work on saving his family, using the word "infidelity" for the first time in a statement posted on his Web site. Friday, December 18, 2009 MacKay's tangled web - Vancouver Sun Defence Minister Peter MacKay is a personable, good-looking, hard-working minister with a besetting flaw. When caught in a tight spot, he has a tendency to change ground without apology, or even a blush. As a result, he suffers what might be ... Friday, December 18, 2009 British television in the noughties (Guardian Unlimited) David Brent danced, Big Brother was born, Doctor Who was reborn -- and reality TV became an unstoppable force. It was the era of viewer-power, scandal and wannabes British television has always favoured the Orwellian term "controller" -- rather than director or editor -- when it comes to the job description for those who commission and filter content. But in the first 10 years of the 21st century ... Tuesday, November 24, 2009 Extreme weather takes its toll in U.K. - Marketplace.publicradio.org Kai Ryssdal: Northern England had some serious flooding at the end of last week. The deluge was said to have been the worst to hit the area in a 1,000 years. Hundreds of homes and businesses were destroyed. Police and the British Army are out in ... Tuesday, November 24, 2009 The Holy Trinity of Our Forefathers - Toffeeweb Over the last year there has been a concerted effort by the Everton Shareholders Association and particularly by one fellow Evertonian Paul Wharton to endorse our song "And if you know your history". Paul has been dubbed the Everton Sherlock ... Sunday, November 22, 2009 Russian justice in the dock over anti-corruption lawyer's agonising ... - Daily Telegraph Beneath a wintry grey sky, the mourners filed slowly past hundreds of Soviet-era graves where Red Army soldiers who died defending Moscow from the Nazis had been buried. The squat Communist-era tower blocks surrounding the sprawling cemetery were a ... Sunday, November 22, 2009 Turkey starts to question early period of republic - Today's Zaman Republican People's Party (CHP) Deputy Chairman Onur Öymen's comments on the Dersim Rebellion have led Turkey to examine the rebellions that were sparked during the early years of the republic from a different perspective. Diyarbak?r residents ... Friday, November 20, 2009 Kate Moss criticized after skinny-is-good remark - Grand Island Independent Eating disorder experts criticized Kate Moss on Thursday after the supermodel cited as her motto a phrase used on Web sites that encourage girls to avoid eating. In an interview with the fashion Web site WWD, Moss said one of her mottos was "nothing ... Friday, November 20, 2009 Father of Dead British Soldier Slams New Army Report - FOX News The father of the first British soldier killed in action in Helmand province has slammed a new Army report that ruled out equipment shortages as a factor in his death, Sky News reported. Captain James Philippson was shot dead while taking part in a ... Friday, November 20, 2009 PASSINGS: Marvin Minoff, Jack Kissell - Los Angeles Times Marvin Minoff, 78, a film and TV producer whose credits include the movies "Patch Adams" and "Dominick and Eugene" and David Frost's broadcast interviews with former President Nixon , died Nov. 11 at his Los Angeles home, his family announced. The ... Friday, November 20, 2009 Ft. Hood suspect's friend 'ji-hobbyist' - Times of the Internet A teen-age friend of the accused Fort Hood, Texas, gunman shown the signs of being a so-called jihadist hobbyist, a terrorism expert says. Duane Reasoner Jr., 18, a Muslim convert, was a frequent dinner companion of Army Maj. Nidal M. Hasan, accused ... Friday, November 20, 2009 British Army Tells Soldiers to Bribe Taliban With 'Bags of Gold' - Myfoxla.com Many pages in this Fox Television Stations, Inc. Web site feature links to other sites, some of which are operated by companies unrelated to Fox Television Stations, Inc. Fox Television Stations, Inc. has no control over the content or availability ... Friday, November 20, 2009 Travels behind the Iron Curtain: before the fall of the Berlin Wall - Today's Zaman Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall much has been written about the significance of this event and how it changed the political and ultimately economic world order. Locals walk along the former border in Berlin during the commemorations of ... Friday, November 20, 2009 Caucasus and Balkans, Karabakh and Bosnia - Today's Zaman Much that has transpired these days has led me to recall once more my meeting in Baku with former Azerbaijani President Haydar Aliyev. Military forces perform their final day of maneuvers in Nagorno-Karabakh, where a war flared up in the spring of ... Saturday, November 14, 2009 Britons among 'ugliest people,' dating site says - Army.com Britons are among the ugliest people in the world, according to a dating Web site that says it only allows "beautiful people" to join. Fewer than one in eight British men and just three in 20 women who have applied to BeautifulPeople.com have been ... Saturday, November 14, 2009 Ridiculed by Hollywood - Hawaii Tribune-Herald The film "The Men who Stare at Goats" doesn't treat Hawi resident Jim Channon very nicely. "The movie makes a lot of fun of me," said the 70-year-old retired Army officer who inspired Jeff Bridges' film character, Bill Django. There's no anger or ... Saturday, November 14, 2009 NOW SHOWING - Register-Guard More Than a Game ss Reviewed today on Page D5. 102 minutes. Cinemark 17. Pirate Radio sss Reviewed today on Page D10. 116 minutes. Regal 15. 2012 sss½ Reviewed today on Page D5. 158 minutes. Regal 15, Cinemark 17. Continuing Amelia sss Hilary Swank ... Saturday, November 14, 2009 Cypriots guarded over British land offer - Today's Zaman Cypriots gave a guarded response on Wednesday to Britain's offer to hand back half its remaining 3 percent of Cyprus's landmass if rival sides on the ethnically split island reach a peace deal. Former colonial power Britain on Tuesday offered land ... Saturday, November 14, 2009 Men Who Stare At Goats' spoofs army's wacky past - Marquette Tribune The First Earth Battalion may sound like a role-playing card game popular with teenage boys. However, it's actually a real-life U.S. Military division and the basis for the film "The Men Who Stare at Goats." Released last Friday, the flick is ... Saturday, November 14, 2009 Ivan M. Nelson 1922-2009 - Ottawa Times NEWARK ? Ivan Morton Nelson, 87, of Newark, died Saturday, Nov. 7, in Sandwich. He was born Feb. 14, 1922, in Sandwich, to the late Frederick Lawrence and Melda J. (Burgess) Nelson. Ivan was raised in rural Newark, attended the Newark school system ... Saturday, November 14, 2009 Burberry Taps Social Media With Trench Coat Site - Post Chronicle The Web site, artofthetrench.com, will allow members connected via Facebook to submit images and stories about Burberry trench coats and share them with one other. First designed by Burberry founder Thomas Burberry for British army offices in 1914 ... Saturday, November 14, 2009 'Combat Barbie' steps in as new Miss England - Webindia 123 L Cpl Hodge, nicknamed "Combat Barbie" over her bravery in Iraq, has been granted leave from her duties as a soldier in the British Army to participate in the competition. (ANI) Saturday, November 14, 2009 So proud of you' .. son's tribute to great dad - The Sun THE eldest son of murdered hero Darren Chant last night led tributes to "the greatest dad, soldier and person anyone could ask for". Connor, 16, posted a poignant message on a web page dedicated to his father, saying: "I'm so, so proud of you. "You ... Thursday, November 05, 2009 It's a Mystery: It takes great characters to make a decent plot shine - Contra Costa Times If you've got great characters, you can be forgiven a lot. Interesting people make up for some plot weaknesses, but the best writers don't stint on either character or plot. "Winter of Secrets" by Vicki Delany (Poisoned Pen Press, $24.95, 274 pages ... Wednesday, November 04, 2009 Col. says peacekeeping means controlling violence - Oklahoma Daily David Last gives a lecture titled, "The Future of Peacemaking" in the Scholars room of the Oklahoma Memorial Union Monday night. The event was sponsored by the International ... Wednesday, November 04, 2009 Zim 'conflict diamonds' a contentious topic - Independent Online Rights abuses in Zimbabwe diamond fields are set to dominate talks opening Monday by the global system charged with preventing trade in the gems from fuelling armed conflicts ... Wednesday, November 04, 2009 China sentences gang 'godmother' to 18 years in prison amid ... - The Gaea Times BEIJING ? A woman called the "godmother" of a mafia-style gang in China's southern city of Chongqing was sentenced to 18 years in prison Tuesday for running underground ... Wednesday, November 04, 2009 Charging elephant kills BBC guide in Tanzania - Reuters India DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - An elephant killed a British man working as an expedition guide for a British Broadcasting Corporation children's channel filming in Tanzania, the BBC and ... Tuesday, November 03, 2009 HCG diet was largely discredited long ago - Chicago Tribune A long-ago discredited fad diet has been getting increased attention lately, thanks to Web chatter and the claims of a bestselling author. The so-called HCG diet's recent popularity is a bit surprising -- and not just because research suggests it ... Tuesday, November 03, 2009 Tourist guide attempts to rape British teenager, arrested - The Gaea Times NEW DELHI - Police Saturday arrested a tourist guide for allegedly attempting to rape a 14-year-old British girl at a resort in Delhi, an official said. Muralidarhan, 27, was arrested from Kapeshera area, near the Indira Gandhi International Airport ... Tuesday, November 03, 2009 Families of French soldiers killed in Afghanistan to sue officers - Webindia 123 The families of two of nine French soldiers killed last year in an ambush in Afghanistan are suing their commanding officers for reckless endangerment, the daily Le Parisien reported Thursday. The lawyer for the two families, Gilbert Collard, told ... Tuesday, November 03, 2009 Turkish foreign policy -- between East and West? - Today's Zaman This new reality is based on Ankara's innovative 'strategic depth' and 'zero problems with neighbours' policy. This approach aims to "end disputes and increase stability in its neighbourhood, replacing disagreement with cooperation; seek ... Sunday, November 01, 2009 Olympics Notebook: Bobsledder could serve abroad twice - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette John Napier will be representing his country abroad soon enough. One of the locations could be Vancouver. The other might be Afghanistan. He hopes both. Last week Napier, 22 ... Sunday, November 01, 2009 Charging elephant kills BBC guide in Tanzania - Reuters UK DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - An elephant killed a British man working as an expedition guide for a British Broadcasting Corporation children's channel filming in Tanzania, the BBC and ... Sunday, November 01, 2009 Coffee Break: Microsoft kills Accounting, Halloween tales, and more - USA Today Blogs Internet messages started with a crash 40 years ago today , and life hasn't been the same since. "We transmitted the 'L' ... and the 'O' ? and then the other computer ... Sunday, November 01, 2009 The beer can that terrifies bad guys - Technology.timesonline In a hostile situation, nobody wants to poke their head above a wall or round a doorway to see the enemy. A far more appealing option would be to take a miniature reconnaissance ... Saturday, October 31, 2009 HCG diet was largely discredited long ago - Los Angeles Times A long-ago discredited fad diet has been getting increased attention lately, thanks to Web chatter and the claims of a bestselling author. The so-called HCG diet's recent ... Saturday, October 31, 2009 Bongs and hairballs: Museums you haven't heard about - Federal Times For some federal bureaus, the mission is a museum. The most famous, of course, is the Smithsonian Institution, financed by British scientist James Smithson to create an ... Friday, October 30, 2009 Ad Salesman-Turned-Hedge Manager at Center of Loss (Update3) - Bloomberg Police and prosecutors yesterday raided Kiener's ivy- covered villa near Frankfurt, part of a joint German-U.S. investigation into what may be losses amounting to $400 million ... Friday, October 30, 2009 Carve out some fun time: 13 ways to enjoy Halloween weekend - MLive.com The weekend's almost here, and with it comes the chance to celebrate Halloween with no worries of waking up at sunrise the next morning. So give the alarm clock the deep-six and ... Friday, October 30, 2009 People,Places and Things - Worcester Telegram & Gazette WASHINGTON ? With Democrats and Republicans engaged in a heated debate over health care, former Sen. Edward Brooke , the first black man elected by popular vote to the U.S ... Thursday, October 29, 2009 Ad Salesman-Turned-Hedge Manager at Center of $400 Million Loss - Bloomberg Police and prosecutors yesterday raided Kiener's ivy- covered villa near Frankfurt, part of a joint German-U.S. investigation into what may be losses amounting to $400 million ... Thursday, October 29, 2009 Facebook users under cyberattack - USA Today Blogs Two top botnet gangs are bombarding Facebook members with targeted phishing emails. They're hoping to get control of members' Facebook and other accounts -- a rising type of ... Thursday, October 29, 2009 COLUMN Close to Home: Documentarian showcases Acadians - Maine Sunday Telegram Brenda Jepson is the creator of an impressive collection of heritage media productions from northern Maine's St. John Valley. Her Crown of Maine Productions Web site showcases ... Thursday, October 29, 2009 Utah man sentenced to up to 5 years in prison in pregnant teen beating ... - The Gaea Times VERNAL, Utah ? A Utah man was sentenced Tuesday to up to five years in prison for beating a pregnant girl to try to cause a miscarriage, after police say she paid him to. Aaron ... Wednesday, October 28, 2009 This Week In History: Oct. 25-31 - The Bulletin On Oct. 25, 1859, radical abolitionist John Brown went on trial in Charles Town, Va., for his failed raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry. (Brown was convicted of treason ... Wednesday, October 28, 2009 NEWT GINGRICH: George Washington's Lessons for Today - FOX News "Cold. It is so damnably cold." It is Christmas Day in Northern Pennsylvania. A freezing, exhausted group of men, led by General George Washington, march through an icy, driving ... Wednesday, October 28, 2009 Late Cambria man's WWII dog tags found in England - Portage Daily Register Historian Jay Williams holds dog tags belonging to Wayne C. Williams, who served in the 8th Army Air Corps during World War II. His dog tags were found in a field near an airbase ... Wednesday, October 28, 2009 Great interview with Ian McKellan; speaks out on DADT - Democratic Underground.com But he also credits the uptick in his show business profile with the growth of his comfort level with himself, a peace of mind that developed after revealing that he was gay in ... Tuesday, October 27, 2009 A war of terror in Pakistan - Socialist Worker Online The Pakistani military has launched an offensive in Waziristan against forces of the Pakistani Taliban, causing another refugee crisis in one of the world's poorest areas. One ... Tuesday, October 27, 2009 In Defense of Carol Swain - Wall Street Journal [Scherr] relied upon an anonymous cyber-stalker to gather "quotes" attributed to me from the comments section of unrelated political videos from Youtube. She called this piece of ... Tuesday, October 27, 2009 Will the Junta and Wa Compromise? - The Irrawaddy News Magazine The Burmese military government has reportedly reached a provisional agreement with the United Wa State Army (UWSA) over the ethnic cease-fire militia's role as a border guard ... Tuesday, October 27, 2009 Dog tags inspire search that ends in Cambria - WISC News Historian Jay Williams holds dog tags belonging to Wayne C. Williams, who served in the 8th Army Air Corps during World War II. His dog tags were found in a field near an airbase ... Tuesday, October 27, 2009 Paris catacombs: Empire of the Dead - Minneapolis Star Tribune Editor's note: Vandals broke into the catacombs in early September, scattering bones in an "incomprehensible and revolting" attack, according to the director of the site, Jean-Marc ... Sunday, October 25, 2009 UPI NewsTrack TopNews - Times of the Internet WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Prospects for a U.S. government-run "public option" health insurance plan have brightened considerably in recent weeks, The Washington Post reported ... Sunday, October 25, 2009 Insurgents Share a Name, but Pursue Different Goals - New York Times But at the core of the tangle are the two Taliban movements, Afghan and Pakistani. They share an ideology and a dominant Pashtun ethnicity, but they have such different histories ... Sunday, October 25, 2009 Who's in Big Brother's Database? - Lewrockwell.com Bloomsbury, 423 pp. On a remote edge of Utah's dry and arid high desert, where temperatures often zoom past 100 degrees, hard-hatted construction workers with top-secret clearances ... Thursday, October 22, 2009 Analysis: Gates should not expect troop increases from allies - Stars and Stripes Defense Secretary Robert Gates sounds out NATO defense ministers this week in search of more support for the war in Afghanistan at a time when many Europeans seem unsure why they ... Thursday, October 22, 2009 Media Litmus Test - HoweStreet.com In a small bit of Washington irony, a government panel convened this week under the guise of ensuring 'expressive freedom' on the Internet, while at the same time the Obama ... Thursday, October 22, 2009 Prime minister's questions - live - The Guardian To receive updated content, refresh the page (F5 for a web browser). Gordon Brown during today's PMQs. Photograph: PA 12.26pm: Brown starts by praising Robinson and the deputy ... Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Bibi Seen Trying UN Report To Withdrawals (The Jewish Week) The United Nations Human Rights Council's endorsement of the Goldstone report claiming Israel committed war crimes in Gaza last winter may limit future Israeli territorial withdrawal from the West Bank. Wednesday, October 21, 2009 World ? White-supremacist fringe party invited to take part in BBC program (Japan Today) To the outrage of many Britons, a white-supremacist fringe party riding a wave of electoral success has been invited to participate in a BBC prime-time... Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Supremacist's TV invite ignites uproar in U.K. - MSNBC LONDON - To the outrage of many Britons, a white-supremacist fringe party riding a wave of electoral success has been invited to participate in a BBC prime-time TV show on politics ... Wednesday, October 21, 2009 UK govt in uproar over exposure given far right (AP via Yahoo! News) To the outrage of many Britons, a white-supremacist fringe party riding a wave of electoral success has been invited to participate in a BBC prime-time TV show on politics. Wednesday, October 21, 2009 New 'BNP list' is revealed on web - The Sun A NEW list apparently naming British National Party members is posted on the internet Wednesday, October 21, 2009 UK govt in uproar over exposure given far right (Boston Globe) To the outrage of many Britons, a white-supremacist fringe party that recently upped its vote share in elections is about to have a platform on prime-time TV. Wednesday, October 21, 2009 UK govt in uproar as white supremacist British National Party gets ... - Daily Press LONDON (AP) ? To the outrage of many Britons, a white-supremacist fringe party that recently upped its vote share in elections is about to have a platform on prime-time TV. The ... Wednesday, October 21, 2009 IRAQ WRAPUP 3-Insurgents say killed Japanese hostage in Iraq (Tiscali) BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Insurgents said on Saturday they had killed a Japanese hostage seized in Iraq and posted footage on the Internet showing his bloodied corpse. Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Revealed: New list of 'BNP members' includes military top brass, professors and doctors (Daily Mail) Several majors, scores of doctors and some professors are allegedly affiliated to the party. The list emerged as the BBC Trust was reviewing leader Nick Griffin's appearance on Question Time. Wednesday, October 21, 2009 New Books On Hamas: Government Or Terrorist Organization? (The Huffington Post) What's Your Reaction? Which Way for Hamas? Wednesday, October 21, 2009 UK govt in uproar as white supremacist British National Party gets ... - Minneapolis Star Tribune LONDON - To the outrage of many Britons, a white-supremacist fringe party that recently upped its vote share in elections is about to have a platform on prime-time TV. The Labour ... Sunday, October 18, 2009 Ian Khama ahead in Botwana poll results - Independent Online Gaborone - Results from Botswana's general election trickled in on Saturday with Ian Khama expected to remain head of the world's largest diamond producer for another five years ... Saturday, October 17, 2009 Afghanistan Wars and Women's Rights - Democratic Underground.com As an historian and teacher of women's rights, a former feminist organizer, and one who considers herself leftist progressive, I can only be horrified at an American foreign ... Saturday, October 17, 2009 Stumble through British history with Black Adder' - Victoria Advocate Long before he became the infantile Mr. Bean, Brit funnyman Rowan Atkinson made TV history as Edmund Blackadder, a singularly self-serving and century-jumping member of the English ... Saturday, October 17, 2009 Lest We Forget - Vision Insights and New Horizons "Hitler's name justifiably stands for all time as that of the chief instigator of the most profound collapse of civilization in modern times." ?Ian Kershaw, Hitler 1936 ... Friday, October 16, 2009 Beulah Presbyterian's 225 years: the old and new - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette From its founding in a log meeting house in 1784, to the cross-topped modern building that today overlooks the Parkway East, Beulah Presbyterian Church has reflected the history of ... Friday, October 16, 2009 The 'other' Kurdistan seethes with rage - Asia Times IRBIL - The Qandil Mountains in Iraqi Kurdistan have maintained a reputation for relative tranquility and stability in a diagonal belt across northern Iraq while much of the rest ... Friday, October 16, 2009 Who's in Big Brother's Database? - nybooks.com On a remote edge of Utah's dry and arid high desert, where temperatures often zoom past 100 degrees, hard-hatted construction workers with top-secret clearances are preparing to ... Friday, October 16, 2009 Prime minister's questions - LIVE - The Guardian To receive updated content, refresh the page (F5 for a web browser). 12.14pm: Cameron asks about the Territorial Army. He says that a TA volunteer who is going to Afghanistan has ... Thursday, October 15, 2009 Former right-wing leader warns of religious right violence: 'Anyone ... - Raw Story Frank Schaeffer is an outspoken critic of the politicized Christian evangelical right. He sees the "End Times" movement as anti-Semitic. He fears that a right-wing terrorist ... Thursday, October 15, 2009 Why gold is more than dollar and euro - Commodity Online Currency reports & news dated on 14 October 2009, But gold is more than a Dollar phenomenon -- Gold priced in terms of British Pounds and in Euros is relentlessly moving higher as ... Thursday, October 15, 2009 Mussolini 'was a secret agent' - Independent Online London - Italian dictator Benito Mussolini had a brief career as a British secret agent, the Guardian newspaper reported on Wednesday, quoting research by a Cambridge University ... Wednesday, October 14, 2009 Soul-searching in China as art prices plummet - Taipei Times The fallow plots of farmland on the edge of the artists' village of Songzhuang ( ) are a symbol of Chinese contemporary art's recent boom and bust cycle. When prices for ... Wednesday, October 14, 2009 Clinton pledges support for Northern Ireland - Independent Online Belfast - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledged US investment and political support for Northern Ireland on Monday, as its leaders battle to resolve a political standoff ... Tuesday, October 13, 2009 Iraq War Veteran Dies of Cancer After Double Lung Transplant From ... - Chattahbox.com (ChattahBox) ? A British Iraq War veteran who should be still in his prime, has died after he was given a pair of cancerous lungs donated by a smoker as part of a lung transplant ... Tuesday, October 13, 2009 City Brights: Yobie Benjamin : 150,000 troops to defeat 300 Al Qaeda ... - San Francisco Chronicle In 2002 and 2003, there was no Al Qaeda presence in Iraq. George W. Bush's collaborators in the biggest lie in world history that included all the neo-conservatives and their ... Monday, October 12, 2009 REGION: Garry and Thelma Grant take citizenship very seriously (The Californian) Immigrants sometimes become the most active citizens. Monday, October 12, 2009 Check out these famous cemeteries - Toledo Blade NEW YORK - Even if you don't believe in ghosts, walking through a graveyard can be a little spooky - especially in autumn as the trees lose their leaves, flowers wither away, and ... Monday, October 12, 2009 THE TOMBSTONE TOUR - Buffalo News NEW YORK -- Even if you don't believe in ghosts, walking through a graveyard can be a little spooky -- especially in autumn as the trees lose their leaves, flowers wither and ... Monday, October 12, 2009 THE TOMBSTONE TOUR (The Buffalo News) NEW YORK -- Even if you don't believe in ghosts, walking through a graveyard can be a little spooky -- especially in autumn as the trees lose their leaves, flowers wither and light fades in the late afternoon. Monday, October 12, 2009 Check out these famous cemeteries (The Toledo Blade) ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK - Even if you don't believe in ghosts, walking through a graveyard can be a little spooky - especially in autumn as the trees lose their leaves, flowers wither away, and light fades in the late afternoon. But cemeteries can make fascinating destinations. Sometimes a few words on a tombstone can suggest a whole life story; sometimes you can find a famous name, a ... Monday, October 12, 2009 Cemetery visits popular with autumn travelers (The Springfield News-Leader) New York -- Even if you don't believe in ghosts, walking through a graveyard can be a little spooky -- especially in autumn as the trees lose their leaves, flowers wither away and light fades in the late afternoon. Monday, October 12, 2009 Tombstone tours popular in autumn - Mydesert.com Even if you don't believe in ghosts, walking through a graveyard can be a little spooky ? especially in autumn as the trees lose their leaves, flowers wither away and light fades ... Monday, October 12, 2009 For living, cemeteries hold appeal (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette) Even if you don't believe in ghosts, walking through a graveyard can be a little spooky - especially in autumn as the trees lose their leaves, flowers wither away and light fades in the late afternoon. Photo caption: Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn will host two Halloween-themed tours on Oct. 28 and Oct. 29. Photo by Associated Press photos Monday, October 12, 2009 Tombstone tours - Star-Tribune NEW YORK (AP) -- Even if you don't believe in ghosts, walking through a graveyard can be a little spooky -- especially in autumn as the trees lose their leaves, flowers wither away ... Monday, October 12, 2009 Cemeteries lively sites for lovers of beauty, peace - Memphis Commercial Appeal NEW YORK -- Even if you don't believe in ghosts, walking through a graveyard can be a little spooky -- especially in autumn as the trees lose their leaves, flowers wither away and ... Monday, October 12, 2009 Adventurers drift to New Orleans with message of peace (The Hawk Eye) When La Crosse, Wis., native Mike Walgrave returned home after spending three years in Italy and Afghanistan with the U.S. Army, he wanted to go on a grand adventure. Sunday, October 11, 2009 Graveyard tours: Check out these famous boneyards - Sierra Vista Herald NEW YORK ( AP ) ? Even if you don't believe in ghosts, walking through a graveyard can be a little spooky ? especially in autumn as the trees lose their leaves, flowers ... Sunday, October 11, 2009 New York Cheer for a Friend in Harms Way - New York Times Deconstructing a care package headed to a friend serving with the British Army in Afghanistan. Saturday, October 10, 2009 Town Commons: What's happening on the South Shore Oct. 8-16, 2009 - Abington Mariner The Habitat for Humanity of Greater Plymouth wine tasting, art and music event scheduled for today at the Loring Center in Plymouth has been canceled. Any tickets purchased will be ... Saturday, October 10, 2009 Travel: Check out these famous boneyards - Reporter NEW YORK ? Even if you don't believe in ghosts, walking through a graveyard can be a little spooky ? especially in autumn as the trees lose their leaves, flowers wither away ... Saturday, October 10, 2009 Temp: 36.0°F - Hays Daily News Eds: UPDATES with quotes, background, web link. LONDON (AP) -- A British man accused of hacking into U.S. military computers has failed in his latest bid to avoid extradition to ... Saturday, October 10, 2009 Cocaine binge takes its toll on UK bankers - Age Neill Junor remembers the exact moment he decided to quit snorting cocaine. On a chilly December afternoon in 2005, the former equities analyst took a stroll in London's deer ... Saturday, October 10, 2009 Tombstone tours: Check out these famous boneyards - Atlanta Journal Constitution NEW YORK ? Even if you don't believe in ghosts, walking through a graveyard can be a little spooky ? especially in autumn as the trees lose their leaves, flowers wither away ... Saturday, October 10, 2009 Oshkosh CEO Bohn honored by Army group - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Bohn received the award for the military-truck manufacturer's continuous contributions to the defense industry and the U.S. Armed Forces. Oshkosh Corp. also assists military ... Saturday, October 10, 2009 IRA dissidents shoot man in legs - Independent Online Police and politicians say Irish Republican Army dissidents have shot a Northern Ireland man in both legs in a so-called "punishment" attack, and police who responded were attacked ... Saturday, October 10, 2009 I'm ready for power, says British opposition leader - Independent Online British Conservative leader David Cameron will declare he is "ready" to take power Thursday, closing his party's annual conference for perhaps the last time in opposition. With ... Thursday, October 08, 2009 Tombstone tours: Check out these famous boneyards - New Orleans Times-Picayune (AP) ? NEW YORK - Even if you don't believe in ghosts, walking through a graveyard can be a little spooky-especially in autumn as the trees lose their leaves, flowers wither away ... Thursday, October 08, 2009 U.S. Effort in Afghanistan Needs More Time to Succeed - Daily Nexus Ms. Aljawad and Mr. Morosin's article, "Only Responsible Action in Afghanistan Is to Leave" (Oct. 2, 2009) is an unsubstantiated piece of work. They claim America invaded ... Wednesday, October 07, 2009 Tombstone tours: Check out these famous boneyards - Pantagraph NEW YORK -- Even if you don't believe in ghosts, walking through a graveyard can be a little spooky -- especially in autumn as the trees lose their leaves, flowers wither away and ... Wednesday, October 07, 2009 A Scottish Tartan Links More Than a Clan - The Epoch Times I was married in a tartan kilt and sensed the tradition and stature it symbolized. It's a McDonald tartan as my mum's families were Donaldson and Hay. "Mac" is the Gaelic "Mhic ... Wednesday, October 07, 2009 Britain 'declined' call to send more troops - Independent Online British forces fought with ... Britain's government turned down a request for more troops in Afghanistan this year, the ex head of the army said in comments reported on Tuesday ... Tuesday, October 06, 2009 NYR: Who's In Big Brother's Database? - Huffingtonpost.com On a remote edge of Utah's dry and arid high desert, where temperatures often zoom past 100 degrees, hard-hatted construction workers with top-secret clearances are preparing to ... Tuesday, October 06, 2009 Tombstone tours: Check out these famous boneyards - 22 WSBT NEW YORK (AP) ? Even if you don't believe in ghosts, walking through a graveyard can be a little spooky ? especially in autumn as the trees lose their leaves, flowers wither ... Tuesday, October 06, 2009 British ministers in Pakistan for talks - Independent Online Britain's home and defence secretaries arrived in Islamabad on Monday for talks with Pakistani leaders on counter-terrorism and defence in the insurgent-plagued nation, officials ... Tuesday, October 06, 2009 Al Qaeda Recruits a Growing Number of Americans - MSN UK News In the eight years after since September 11, and especially during the Bush administration's first term, Americans became all to accustomed to a diet of orange alerts, sensational ... Sunday, October 04, 2009 Tourists warned of 2010 hotels 'rip-off' - Independent Online Concerns that English soccer fans will be fleeced by Cape Town hotels during the World Cup emerged in British newspapers this week. The Daily Mirror reported that fans could be ... Sunday, October 04, 2009 Soldier for peace: Logan man wins Gandhi Peace Award - Herald Journal A Logan man who garnered widespread notoriety for protesting the Iraq War will receive the Gandhi Peace Award. Upon returning from a year in the war zone in 2006, Marshall Thompson ... Friday, October 02, 2009 ONLINE FOREX BROKERS (theClix.com) Shore losers a treated online forex brokers engine and owners birthday to observed serve feed to honey engineering as navigation, boating or in thinks of refill. Friday, October 02, 2009 Sutron's September Orders Totaled $7,059,468 (Marketwire) STERLING, VA--(Marketwire - October 1, 2009) - Sutron Corporation ( NASDAQ : STRN ), a leading provider of hydrological, meteorological and oceanic monitoring and warning products, systems, software and services, today announced that during September the company received orders totaling $7,059,46. September is the record orders month thus far for 2009, a year in which the company has accumulated ... Friday, October 02, 2009 Sutron's September Orders Totaled $7,059,468 - MSN Money Sutron Corporation (NASDAQ: STRN), a leading provider of hydrological, meteorological and oceanic monitoring and warning products, systems, software and services, today announced ... Friday, October 02, 2009 Seattle nightlife - Seattle Post Intelligencer The office is so little known that Seattle City Attorney Tom Carr ran unopposed for reelection four years ago, and George Bush, Sr., was in the White House the last time an ... Friday, October 02, 2009 Swine flu blog: Regional variations (Whitehaven News) Puzzling over regional variations in swine flu and swine flu reports... Deputy editor Alan Cleaver reports daily on the impact of swine flu in West Cumbria, with a particular slant on how the media and the public are reacting to the worsening crisis. Friday, October 02, 2009 Maximus delivers Queen's horses to UAE - AME Info Maximus Air Cargo has successfully delivered British Household Cavalry horses, which will perform in the International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition (ADIHEX), to Abu Dhabi. Friday, October 02, 2009 Court rejects plea to arrest Ehud Barak (UPI) JERUSALEM, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- A British court rejected a request by Palestinian families to serve visiting Israeli defense minister with an arrest warrant, Israel television said. Friday, October 02, 2009 Ein, Zwei, Molson Dry? Researcher says hand gesturing to count in foreign countries can be tricky (PhysOrg) If you are planning to do some Oktoberfesting in Germany, you may want to pay attention to how you order your beverages. The server is not giving you a three-for-the-price-of-two beer special; you're holding up the wrong fingers when you order. Friday, October 02, 2009 Column: A war president's delicate footing (USA Today) A war president's delicate footing Some have tried to be tacticians rather than strategists. This is a mistake President Obama cannot afford to make in Afghanistan.By Ross K. Baker In February 1863, discouraged by the failure of his army to... Wednesday, September 30, 2009 Film Screening and Discussion at Central Library: BRATS - Our Journey ... - Providence Business News Web site: http: www.provlib.org calendarcentral.asp?id=97854 Providence Public Library welcomes Brats Without Borders to the Central Library for a free screening of the film BRATS ... Wednesday, September 30, 2009 Court rejects plea to arrest Ehud Barak - United Press International JERUSALEM, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- A British court rejected a request by Palestinian families to serve visiting Israeli defense minister with an arrest warrant, Israel television said ... Wednesday, September 30, 2009 Crucial nuclear talks give Iran 'last chance' to dodge harsh sanctions - Haaretz.com Two days before the opening of talks between Iranian and U.S. officials, the Islamic Republic went ahead with a test launch of long-range missiles capable of reaching Israel. The ... Wednesday, September 30, 2009 US Embassy in Warsaw cites Polish criticism of Obama's missile ... - Bloggernews.net Read 22 times. President Kaczynski, who was elected in 2005 for a five year term, had a close relationship with former President Bush and supported his missile defense plans. The ... Tuesday, September 29, 2009 Can One Woman Save Africa? - Common Dreams When does planting a tree become a revolutionary act - and unleash an army of gunmen who want to shoot you dead? The answer to this question lies in the unlikely story of Wangari ... Tuesday, September 29, 2009 Gadget of the week: HM Armed Forces Night Vision Goggles - Technology.timesonline Remember sending off for a pair of x-ray specs you'd seen in a small ad at the back of a comic? Remember the bitter disappointment when they finally dropped through the letterbox ... Monday, September 28, 2009 Can one woman save Africa? (Independent) When does planting a tree become a revolutionary act -- and unleash an army of gunmen who want to shoot you dead? The answer to this question lies in the unlikely story of Wangari Maathai. Monday, September 28, 2009 Where do all those birds get their unusual names? (Daily Local News) Nature Anyone who has ever perused a field guide to birds has no doubt wondered how some of the names originated. Monday, September 28, 2009 The British bereaved by the Afghanistan war - Times Online It was coming up to lunchtime when the two men in dark suits turned up on Brenda Hale's doorstep. She glanced curiously from one sombre face to the other, then one of them ... Monday, September 28, 2009 Monkey Armpits, Bones, and Murder ? a Paperback Mix - Tucson Citizen Archaeologist Nina Wilde is certain she has solved the riddle of the location of the forgotten city of Atlantis. Despite the fact that her parents died in the same pursuit ten ... Monday, September 28, 2009 New on DVD: 'Shrink,' 'Management,' 'The Patty Duke Show' and more (The Cleveland Plain Dealer) Kevin Spacey gets heavily medicated as a grief-stricken Hollywood psychiatrist in "Shrink"; Jennifer Aniston gets an adoring puppy of a boyfriend in "Management"; and Patty Duke gets her own sitcom at the age of 16 with "The Patty Duke Show." All are new on DVD on Tuesday, Sept. 29. Monday, September 28, 2009 Theater listings - Sun-Times news group ANIMAL CRACKERS. The Goodman Theatre presents George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind, Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby's musical based on the classic Marx Brothers movie. Directed by Henry ... Friday, September 25, 2009 Obituary: John J. Wild Pioneer in ultrasound detection - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Dr. John J. Wild, 95, a research physician who invented a way to find tumors using ultrasound, a noninvasive technique that allowed doctors to spot breast cancer and to provide ... Friday, September 25, 2009 Was anger over army kit behind expenses row? - Independent Online London - Excessive expenses claims by members of parliament were leaked earlier this year by workers angry that not enough was being spent on equipment for British troops, The ... Friday, September 25, 2009 'Pakistan Heading for Chaos, Anarchy', Says a New Study - Newsblaze.com Pakistan runs the risk of plunging into chaos and anarchy bordering on a civil war, says Policy Research Group (POREG), an independent, non-profit non-governmental research think ... Thursday, September 24, 2009 Afghanistan Troop Increase Gets Support From U.K. Army Chief (Bloomberg via Yahoo! News) Sept. 23 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. Army chief General David Richards spelled out the merits of sending more troops to Afghanistan as pressure built on President Barack Obama to deploy additional U.S. forces for the effort to defeat the Taliban. Thursday, September 24, 2009 U.K. Planning for More Forces in Afghanistan, Army Chief Says (Bloomberg) Sept. 22 (Bloomberg) -- The U.K. is drawing up plans to send additional forces to Afghanistan in the event the U.S., which leads the military effort, decides to proceed with a stepped-up campaign, the nation's army chief said. Thursday, September 24, 2009 Paul Westerberg Releases Surprise EP (Pitchfork) It's been a relatively slow year for former Replacements frontman Paul Westerberg , but things are picking up. Today, he released a brand new six-track EP called PW & The Ghost Gloves Cat Wing Joy Boys, currently available for purchase in MP3 or CD form at Amazon . ( Via Man Without Ties .) Thursday, September 24, 2009 'Now, we don't cry anymore' (Asia Times) Lieutenant General Abdul Hadi Khalid was the Afghan first deputy minister of the interior for security from May 2006 to late June 2008. Specializing in counter-narcotics, border policing and internal security, he announced the largest drug seizure in history. Thursday, September 24, 2009 James Blunt claims ISPs are "handling stolen goods" (Macworld UK) Singer-songwriter James Blunt has attacked ISPs for allowing web users to patrticipate in file-sharing, claiming they are "handling stolen goods". Blunt, a former Army officer, also revealed he is backing plans by Business Secretary Lord Mandelson to enforce tougher penalties for illegal downloaders including disconnection from the web. Thursday, September 24, 2009 The Lede: How Many Troops to Secure Afghanistan? (International Herald Tribune) How many foreign troops does it take to secure Afghanistan? The fast answer is that no one really knows. Thursday, September 24, 2009 James Blunt backs Mandelson's net piracy plans (PC Advisor) Singer says ISPs are "handling stolen goods" James Blunt has slammed ISPs for allowing web users to patrticipate in file-sharing, claiming they are "handling stolen goods". Thursday, September 24, 2009 James Blunt joins Lily Allen to protest against illegal filesharing (Daily Telegraph) Army officerturned singer James Blunt has backed Lily Allen in calling for Internet users who illegally share music files to be disconnected from the web. Wednesday, September 23, 2009 Afghanistan Troop Increase Gets Support From U.K. Army Chief - Bloomberg Sept. 23 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. Army chief General David Richards spelled out the merits of sending more troops to Afghanistan as pressure built on President Barack Obama to deploy ... Wednesday, September 23, 2009 U.K. Planning for More Forces in Afghanistan, Army Chief Says - Bloomberg Sept. 22 (Bloomberg) -- The U.K. is drawing up plans to send additional forces to Afghanistan in the event the U.S., which leads the military effort, decides to proceed with a ... Tuesday, September 22, 2009 U.S. heading for failure in Afghanistan? - Salon If you want Washington to sit up and take notice, there's not many better ways to accomplish that goal than by leaking to the Washington Post's Bob Woodward. Someone who evidently ... Monday, September 21, 2009 Taliban: Remember history - Detroit Free Press KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Taliban's reclusive leader said in a Muslim holiday message Saturday that the United States and NATO should study Afghanistan's war history, a pointed ... Monday, September 21, 2009 Taliban chief tells 'invaders' to study Afghan war history - Columbus Dispatch Italian soldiers carry the coffins of six comrades killed Thursday in Kabul in a suicide car bombing on their convoy. The attack also killed 10 Afghans. KABUL -- The Taliban's ... Monday, September 21, 2009 Taliban leader tells 'invaders' to study history - The Guardian Associated Press Writer= KABUL (AP) â The Taliban's reclusive leader said in a Muslim holiday message Saturday that the U.S. and NATO should study Afghanistan's long history ... Monday, September 21, 2009 Study history, Taliban leader warns - Everett Herald KABUL ? The Taliban's reclusive leader said in a Muslim holiday message Saturday that the U.S. and NATO should study Afghanistan's long history of war, in a pointed reminder ... Monday, September 21, 2009 Taliban leader tells U.S., NATO to study history - Akron Beacon Journal KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: The Taliban's reclusive leader said in a Muslim holiday message Saturday that the United States and NATO should study Afghanistan's long history of war, in a ... Monday, September 21, 2009 Police Raid Security Firm Hired by US - AOL ISLAMABAD (Sept. 19) - Police raided a Pakistani security firm that helps protect the U.S. Embassy on Saturday, seizing 70 allegedly unlicensed weapons and arresting two people ... Monday, September 21, 2009 Taliban Leader Said to Warn U.S. on War - New York Times KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ? A message on Saturday attributed to the Taliban 's reclusive leader, Mullah Omar, said that the United States and NATO should study Afghanistan's ... Saturday, September 19, 2009 International music star Mika sets sights on U.S. - Yahoo News LONDON (Billboard) -- At first impression, the man no one knows as Michael Penniman seems uncharacteristically quiet. As he takes a well-earned break from rehearsing for a tour to ... Saturday, September 19, 2009 International music star Mika sets sights on U.S. (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) At first impression, the man no one knows as Michael Penniman seems uncharacteristically quiet. Saturday, September 19, 2009 International music star Mika sets sights on U.S. (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News) By Richard Smirke Saturday, September 19, 2009 International music star Mika sets sights on U.S. (Reuters via Yahoo! News) At first impression, the man no one knows as Michael Penniman seems uncharacteristically quiet. As he takes a well-earned break from rehearsing for a tour to promote one of the year's most eagerly anticipated music releases, he seems tired and anxious, a far cry from his usual ebullience. Saturday, September 19, 2009 Suspicious device found on Disney bus looks like 'electronic transponder' (Orlando Sentinel) Inspectors are still trying to determine who put the non-explosive device under a Walt Disney World bus. Sheriff's investigators know a suspcious device found on a Walt Disney World bus was not an explosive and was not dangerous. Saturday, September 19, 2009 Row over Northern Irish anti-terrorism training for Libya (Roundup) - Monsters and Critics London - The revelation that police officers from Northern Ireland are involved in the anti-terrorism training of Libyan police forces provoked a storm of protest Friday. The ... Saturday, September 19, 2009 Northern Ireland police supplied 'anti-terrorism' training to Libya (EARTHtimes.org) London - Police officers from Northern Ireland have been involved in the anti-terrorism training of police forces of Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi, the authorities in Belfast said Friday. Confirmation that serving police officers from the troubled Bri... Saturday, September 19, 2009 Northern Ireland police supplied 'anti-terrorism' training to Libya - Earthtimes London - Police officers from Northern Ireland have been involved in the anti-terrorism training of police forces of Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi, the authorities in Belfast said ... Saturday, September 19, 2009 Muslim groups try to ease fears with accreditation - The Sun News DETROIT -- As the Islamic holy month of Ramadan winds down, Rami Nashashibi sees a promising fundraising trend for the Chicago charity he runs. Online donations ranging from $50 to ... Saturday, September 19, 2009 Richard Maize Creates Websites To Refute UN Israel Gaza Goldstone ... - Israel News Agency Tel Aviv, Israel ---- September 18, 2009 ..... The Richard Maize Foundation has taken to the defense of Israel and human rights by creating numerous information Websites to address ... Saturday, September 19, 2009 A Bad Vietnam Lesson for Afghanistan (consortiumnews.com) It just had to happen. And I just had to laugh. On Sept. 3, The New York Times gave Mark Moyar, a professor of national security affairs at the United States Marine Corps University, space on its Op-Ed page to distort and revise history. Saturday, September 19, 2009 Talk of Deceit Where Honor Is Taught (New York Times) Jon Krakauer ventured onto the campus of the United States Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., on Monday to sign copies of "Where Men Win Glory," his book about Pat Tillman. Friday, September 18, 2009 Group planning 'mass march' to disrupt summit - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A group organized to resist the forthcoming G-20 summit in Pittsburgh announced plans for an unsanctioned mass march from Lawrenceville to the David L. Lawrence Convention Center ... Thursday, September 17, 2009 Carlisle Soldier Dies in Afghanistan - ABC 27 Washington - The Department of Defense ( web ) on Wednesday confirmed the death of a 24-year-old Carlisle soldier in southern Afghanistan. Sgt. Andrew H. McConnell died of wounds ... Thursday, September 17, 2009 Slain al-Qaida suspect's mother asks to see body - The Miami Herald The mother of a top al-Qaida fugitive who was killed in a U.S. raid in Somalia is demanding to see her son's body. Aisha Abdallah spoke to The Associated Press from her apartment ... Thursday, September 17, 2009 Buchanan defends Hitler - San Francisco Examiner A few days ago, Pat Buchanan published the essay "Did Hitler Want War?" on his Web site. It's, quite simply, a defense of Adolf Hitler's foreign policy from 1933 to 1940. It's ... Wednesday, September 16, 2009 Violence Escalates In Afghanistan, As Us, Nato Forces Push Further ... - Turkish Weekly U.S. soldier in AfghanistanBritain's Ministry of Defense says insurgents in Afghanistan have killed a British soldier during an attack on a foot patrol in the country's restive ... Wednesday, September 16, 2009 Michael Jeneid, outdoorsman and author, dies - San Francisco Chronicle Such was the case with Michael Jeneid, a former officer with the Royal Marines who could talk in iambic pentameter about the birds in Chaucer's writing while outperforming ... Tuesday, September 15, 2009 A Typographic Primer - Scoop There's a very good reason why you didn't get that last job, why they're still not replying to your emails, and why you failed that last paper?yet again. There's a reason ... Tuesday, September 15, 2009 Violence Escalates In Afghanistan, as US, NATO Forces Push Further ... - Voice of America Britain's Ministry of Defense says insurgents in Afghanistan have killed a British soldier during an attack on a foot patrol in the country's restive south. Officials said Monday ... Tuesday, September 15, 2009 Monday News Briefs & Editorial - Ya Libnan Beirut - If MP Saad Hariri wants his former job of Prime Minister-designate , he can have it. According to morning reports 86 MPs are predicted to rename Hariri as their choice for ... Monday, September 14, 2009 UK: Anti-Islam rallies, Muslim protests - Arizona Daily Star LONDON ? Violent clashes between anti-Islam demonstrators and Muslim counter-protesters in English cities are worrying the government, with one British minister comparing the ... Monday, September 14, 2009 Today in history - Everett Herald On Sept. 13, 1959, the Soviet space probe Luna 2 became the first manmade object to reach the moon as it crashed onto the lunar surface. (Because of the time difference, it was ... Sunday, September 13, 2009 As G-20 looms, experts expect a slew of creative protests - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army protests in Edinburgh, Scotland, just ahead of the 2005 Group of 8 summit. Scaling 30 stories of the Sears Tower in Chicago in early ... Sunday, September 13, 2009 Britain troubled by anti-Islam rallies - Jerusalem Post Violent clashes between anti-Islam demonstrators and Muslim counter-protesters in English cities are worrying the government, with one British minister comparing the disturbances ... Sunday, September 13, 2009 Violent anti-Islam protests and counterprotests in Britain troubles UK ... - Minneapolis Star Tribune LONDON - Violent clashes between anti-Islam demonstrators and Muslim counter-protesters in English cities are worrying the government, with one British minister comparing the ... Sunday, September 13, 2009 Pakistan Nabs (Boston) Voice of Taliban - Wall Street Journal A handout from Pakistan's Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Web site showed who it said was Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan in custody Friday. ISLAMABAD -- The Pakistani army ... Sunday, September 13, 2009 Britain troubled by anti-Islam protests - Kansas City Star L ONDON \| Violent clashes between anti-Islam demonstrators and Muslim counter-protesters in English cities are worrying the government, with one British minister comparing the ... Saturday, September 12, 2009 Britain apologizes to gay codebreaker Alan Turing - Miami Herald British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has apologized for the "inhumane" treatment of World War II code-breaker Alan Turing. Saturday, September 12, 2009 Exclusive: Warning to England fans about ticket touts, air fares and ... - Daily Mirror A jubilant army of 20,000 England fans rushed to book for the World Cup finals yesterday amid warnings of touts, soaring fares and rip-off hotels. After the stunning 5-1 victory ... Saturday, September 12, 2009 As Alaska turns 50, world's biggest library offers history lesson - McClatchy WASHINGTON ? Peering intently at a richly detailed 1914 fire insurance map of her hometown, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski on Friday delighted in the precision, pointing out familiar ... Saturday, September 12, 2009 Buchanan refights World War II - The Washington Times Sept. 1 was the 70th anniversary of Adolf Hitler's blitzkrieg into Poland and the beginning of World War II. Fifty million people died. Western Europe was devastated. Eastern ... Friday, September 11, 2009 Britain Names Soldier Killed in Afghan Raid - New York Times Mr. Farrell emerged from the raid unharmed, but Mr. Munadi, 34, was killed by gunfire as the two men fled the house where they were held. They had been seized by the Taliban on ... Friday, September 11, 2009 Britain Names Soldier Killed in Afghan Rescue Mission - New York Times Mr. Farrell emerged from the raid unharmed, but Mr. Munadi, 34, was killed in a hail of gunfire as the two men fled the house where they were held. They had been seized by the ... Friday, September 11, 2009 Pakistan envoy in Denver to discuss terrorism - Miami Herald L ast week, while President Barack Obama and world leaders prepared to meet in London, an event halfway around the world sent an ominous reminder that terrorism remains as much a ... Friday, September 11, 2009 ViewCast Selects Twofour Digital as Consulting Systems Integrator in ... - DVD Creation PLANO, Texas, Sept. 10 PRNewswire-FirstCall -- ViewCast Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: VCST), a developer of industry-leading solutions for the transformation, management and ... Friday, September 11, 2009 New Generation of Churchill Critics - Town Hall Sept. 1 was the 70th anniversary of Hitler's blitzkrieg into Poland and the beginning of World War II. Fifty million people died. Western Europe was devastated. Eastern Europe was ... Thursday, September 10, 2009 British commandos free Taliban-held NYT reporter - The Chronicle Herald KABUL, Afghanistan ? British commandos freed a New York Times reporter in an early Wednesday raid on a Taliban hide-out in northern Afghanistan. The journalist's Afghan ... Thursday, September 10, 2009 New York Times reporter rescued, aide killed in Afghanistan raid - Honolulu Advertiser KABUL ? British commandos freed a New York Times reporter in an early Wednesday raid on a Taliban hide-out in northern Afghanistan. The journalist's Afghan translator and one of ... Thursday, September 10, 2009 NY Times: Reporter freed as situation worsened - Miami Herald British commandos freed a New York Times reporter in an early Wednesday raid on a Taliban hide-out in northern Afghanistan. The journalist's Afghan translator and one of the troops ... Thursday, September 10, 2009 British commandos free kidnapped NYT reporter; Afghan translator ... - CJAD KABUL, Afghanistan - British commandos freed a New York Times reporter in an early Wednesday raid on a Taliban hide-out in northern Afghanistan. The journalist's Afghan translator ... Thursday, September 10, 2009 NATO troops free kidnapped NY Times reporter - CNEWS KABUL, Afghanistan ? British commandos freed a New York Times reporter in an early Wednesday raid on a Taliban hide-out in northern Afghanistan. The journalist's Afghan ... Thursday, September 10, 2009 Interpreter dies in Afghan raid that frees reporter - Miami Herald British commandos freed a New York Times reporter in an early Wednesday raid on a Taliban hide-out in northern Afghanistan. The journalist's Afghan translator and one of the troops ... Wednesday, September 09, 2009 UN Seeks Talks With Sri Lanka Over Unicef Spokesman's Expulsion - Bloomberg The government in Colombo ordered Unicef spokesman James Elder to leave the country earlier this month over comments he made on the conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil ... Wednesday, September 09, 2009 Bomb scare at UK air base proves false alarm - CNBC LONDON - A bomb scare at a British Royal Air Force base on Tuesday turned out to be a false alarm, the Ministry of Defense said. Bomb experts were called in after sniffer dogs ... Wednesday, September 09, 2009 Massive bomb defused in N Ireland - Independent Online Belfast - Army experts in Northern Ireland defused a massive roadside bomb on Tuesday, averting what could have been a "devastating" explosion in the long-troubled British province ... Wednesday, September 09, 2009 Libya rules out payments for UK families - Independent Online London - Libya will fight any claims for compensation by the families of people killed by Irish republican bombs they say were made using Libyan-supplied explosives, the son of ... Wednesday, September 09, 2009 Today in History - Sept. 13 - The Guardian The Associated Press= Today is Sunday, Sept. 13, the 256th day of 2009. There are 109 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Sept. 13, 1959, the Soviet space probe ... Friday, September 04, 2009 UK lawmaker resigns from defense post, criticizes British and US ... - Daily Press LONDON (AP) ? An aide to Britain's defense minister quit Thursday, criticizing the government's handling of the conflict in Afghanistan and saying Britain should demand more from ... Friday, September 04, 2009 British Troops' Post-Traumatic Stress: 'I Put The Gun To My Head. I'd ... - Free Internet Press As British soldiers return from Afghanistan and Iraq suffering from post-traumatic stress, The (London) Times talked to them about the toll it is taking on their relationships ... Friday, September 04, 2009 Fall's fortunes: Mark your calendar with these autumn events - Milford Daily News New England is at it's best in autumn. The slugginess of summer is gone, the leaves turn bright and the air is crisp. And the arts community goes into full bloom in the fall. There ... Friday, September 04, 2009 Atlantic City casinos pack stages for Labor Day weekend - Atlantic City Press WHO IS SHE: During the late 1980s, Anita Baker became one of the most popular female R&B singers thanks to her strong alto voice and smooth, mellow pop sensibilities. Baker sang ... Friday, September 04, 2009 Lyons: Are sin taxes mortal or venial? - Northwest Herald As I loaded my trunk with a case of wine on the Monday deadline before Illinois sin taxes took effect, it was apparent that I saved about the price of a six-pack of Pabst Blue ... Friday, September 04, 2009 Did Adolf Hitler want war? - Richmond Register CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. On Sept. 1, 1939, 70 years ago, the German Army crossed the Polish frontier. On Sept. 3, Britain declared war. Six years later, 50 million Christians and ... Wednesday, September 02, 2009 Nina and Pinta unable to dock at Alton Marina - News-Democrat Flood-prevention measures taken by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have lowered Mississippi River levels to the point that replicas of two 15th-century Columbus ships will be ... Wednesday, September 02, 2009 Spain: The Hole In Europe's Balance Sheet - FXStreet.com Today's offering for this week's Outside the Box starts off with a quote from Titus Maccius Plautus: "I am a rich man as long as I don't pay my creditors." Even 2200 years ago, it ... Tuesday, September 01, 2009 Spain: The Hole In Europe's Balance Sheet - Safe Haven Today's offering for this week's Outside the Box starts off with a quote from Titus Maccius Plautus: "I am a rich man as long as I don't pay my creditors." Even 2200 years ago, it ... Sunday, August 30, 2009 Richards had warned of shortages in Afghanistan - Presstv Britain's new head of Army says he had warned about troop shortages in Afghanistan three years ago when he commanded the NATO mission in the war-weary country. Gen. Sir David ... Saturday, August 29, 2009 New UK Army chief in for the kill - Presstv Amid the British government's widely-reported poor funding of its war in Afghanistan, the new head of the Army says that the service realizes its benchmarks in the country. "As ... Friday, August 28, 2009 Refugees 'Flood' China - Radio Free Asia Refugees cross the Chinese border in droves following armed clashes in northern Burma. HONG KONG?Thousands of refugees were flooding from Burma into China on Thursday after ... Friday, August 28, 2009 Raw Indian nerves exposed - Asia Times NEW DELHI - It's not often that history can compete with Harry Potter. But former Indian foreign minister Jaswant Singh, whose slow baritone and prolix way with words so impressed ... Thursday, August 27, 2009 Time to get Bowled Over - Brazoria Facts If you haven't tied on a pair of funky-colored, rented shoes in a while, this coming week will be the time to do it. National Bowling Week starts Saturday and runs through Sept ... Thursday, August 27, 2009 Big Brother: a history in clips - The Guardian Series one - the original, and arguably the best, possibly only just edged out by series three. Anyway, the classic moment came when nasty Nick Bateman was confronted by the other ... Thursday, August 27, 2009 Scotland's Cameronian Web Site Launches Digital Archive - WebWire This week the official web site of The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) has been enhanced with a series of digital editions of the regiment's annual magazine - The Covenanter ... Wednesday, August 26, 2009 AFRICOM: Pentagon's First Direct Military Intervention In Africa - Uruk Net The 2009 World Population Data Sheet published by the Washington, DC-based Population Reference Bureau states that the population of the African continent has surpassed one billion ... Wednesday, August 26, 2009 COLOMBIA: From Espionage to Sabotage -- and the Dirty War (Part 3) - Inter Press Service BOGOTÁ, Aug 25 (IPS) - For decades now, privacy in personal electronic communications has existed only on paper. But the most serious aspect of the espionage scandal that broke ... Tuesday, August 25, 2009 Visiting the Maginot Line: Relic of World War II - Newsday FORT DU HACKENBERG, France (AP) ? In the 1930s the Maginot Line was viewed as a military marvel, an impregnable network of underground fortifications stretching along France's ... Tuesday, August 25, 2009 Social networks--the new front in war on terror - CNET News Management consultant Valdis Krebs used newspaper clippings to build a visual and mathematical picture of the September 11 terrorists' social network. (Credit: Orgnet.com) Unnamed ... Tuesday, August 25, 2009 A $45.13 Amazon Kindle story with a happy ending - CNET News The Amazon Kindle world just snuck up on me and removed $45.13 from my wallet. And the experience turned out to be a pleasant surprise. I'm not technophobic, but I honestly was ... Tuesday, August 25, 2009 Britain, From Parliament to Police State - Global Politician I am aware of the fact that some British people speak of Europe as "somewhere else," to which they do not belong. In my opinion, Britain is very much a part of European ... Tuesday, August 25, 2009 Salvation Army's good deeds across city - Korea Herald It is a tricky thing to claim, and an even harder thing to do, but the Salvation Army really does God's work. "The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part ... Tuesday, August 25, 2009 Your Views - Meridian Star There's been a lot of free use of the word "Nazi" lately. Do people even know what the word means and the philosophy behind it? According to something called Godwin's Law ... Monday, August 24, 2009 John Kelly's Washington - Washington Post The flags illustrate the evolution of the U.S. flag, from before there was a United States up to the present day. Not all of the flags were ever "official." Most of them weren't ... Saturday, August 22, 2009 Maine woman wins $21M in lawsuit against Cuba - The Sun News BELFAST, Maine -- A woman who alleged that Cuban officials caused the wrongful death of her father while on a covert mission in 1963 has won a $21 million default judgment against ... Friday, August 21, 2009 Bird names aren't always what they seem to be - Farm and Dairy Anyone who has ever perused a field guide to birds has no doubt wondered how some of the names originated. By convention, the person who first describes a species gets to name it ... Friday, August 21, 2009 Fight far from over - Calgary Sun "She asks about him all the time. She wants to know where he is," says Chantel Barden, Shyanne's mom, from her home in Cluny, 100 km east of Calgary. Daddy is 28-year-old Darren ... Thursday, August 20, 2009 Kiwi Monkey Tricks Letters Editors - OhmyNews An anagram reveals that MONKEYS WRITE the NEW YORK TIMES. A mischievous monkey from New Zealand named Andrew Prieditis has fooled that newspaper's letters editor into publishing a ... Thursday, August 20, 2009 Soldier fights bureaucrats - Edmonton Sun The grown-ups know all about the red tape and rigid bureaucracy that measures people in terms of numbers. Two-year-old Shyanne only knows one thing -- she can't see her daddy. "She ... Thursday, August 20, 2009 Action against Musharraf- An Invitation to Political Instability - Global Politician The former President of Pakistan General, (Retd.) Parvez Musharraf is once again in the limelight of international media. For Musharraf, it is said that he is one of the most ... Wednesday, August 19, 2009 Redford hunts `Conspirator' in Lincoln film - The Sun News LOS ANGELES -- Robert Redford is getting back into the Washington scene with a film about a woman executed as an accessory in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Redford plans to ... Wednesday, August 19, 2009 U.N. Staff Among Seven Dead in Kabul Blast - Myfoxla.com A homicide car bomb attacked a NATO convoy Tuesday on the outskirts of Kabul, killing at least seven civilians and wounding more than 50 people, officials said. Afghans working for ... Wednesday, August 19, 2009 Flying vintage plane gives lawyer a high - Philiy.com The 1,500-horsepower Rolls-Royce engine roared to life and the prop wash blew through the cockpit of the World War II fighter plane as Jim Beasley Jr. taxied to the end of the ... Wednesday, August 19, 2009 New Radiohead song online - Chicago Tribune Radiohead released a new track Monday on its Web site (radiohead.com deadairspace), "These Are My Twisted Words," and offered hints that there's more to come. "We've been recording ... Tuesday, August 18, 2009 Not Lost In Translation - Outlook India The second reason is that this article tries to cast doubts on the credibility of an article titled 'China Should Break Up The Indian Union' , written by Shri D.S.Rajan, of the ... Tuesday, August 18, 2009 Around Broadneck: BHS graduate spends summer as a Ljubljana Dragon - HometownAnnapolis.com HometownAnnapolis.com - A Web site for Annapolis and Anne Arundel County. Powered by Capital Gazette Communications and The Capital Newspaper. Monday, August 17, 2009 Marine works to get Afghan polo team an Olympic splash - HamptonRoads.com Marine reservist Jeremy Piasecki went to Afghanistan to teach Afghan officers how to handle personnel tasks. He came back with a very different mission: coach of the newly created ... Monday, August 17, 2009 Warming may have given Incas helping hand - Independent Online Marcacocha, Peru - A period of global warming contributed to the rise of the Inca empire, allowing it to increase food production by planting at higher altitudes on farmland ... Monday, August 17, 2009 Fourth attempt to deport Blackburn family (From Blackburn Citizen) - Blackburn Citizen A BLACKBURN family is set to be deported to Algeria tomorrow as the authorities launch a fourth attempt to remove them from the country. Ismail Cherbal, 33, said he fears for the ... Monday, August 17, 2009 Fourth attempt to deport Blackburn family - Blackburn Citizen A BLACKBURN family is set to be deported to Algeria tomorrow as the authorities launch a fourth attempt to remove them from the country. Ismail Cherbal, 33, said he fears for the ... Monday, August 17, 2009 'PA Only' visa enrages visitors [Media Line] - Jerusalem Post The new "Palestinian Authority Only" visa is the latest in a growing raft of measures imposed by Israel to restrict the movement of visitors to Palestinian-controlled areas. The ... Sunday, August 16, 2009 Uranium Weapons - Does anyone care about our planet? (Part 4) - Uruk Net We have seen governments and military refuse to accept that uranium based weapons have been used in all the theatres of war. Only when independent tests and conclusive evidence is ... Sunday, August 16, 2009 Reading Festival set for Sept. 19 in Bridgewater - MyCentralJersey.com Now that the Super Summer Reader Night at TD Bank Ballpark is behind us, we're gearing up for our Reading Festival on Sept. 19 at the Barnes & Noble in Bridgewater. The festival ... Sunday, August 16, 2009 Commentary: Mercenaries And Murder In Iraq - Free Internet Press Intellpuke: This commentary was written by Eric Stoner, a freelance journalist based in New York City, N.Y., whose articles have appeared in Mother Jones, The Nation and the ... Saturday, August 15, 2009 British Army chief says military may have 40-year Afghan role - Uruk Net The new head of the British Army, General Sir David Richards, has said that Britain could still be in Afghanistan in 40 year's time. Richards, who takes over Afghan command as ... Saturday, August 15, 2009 U.K. Deaths in Afghanistan Approach 200 After Blast Kills 3 - Bloomberg Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) -- British military deaths in Afghanistan neared the 200 mark one month after casualty figures for U.K. forces in the central Asian country rose to a record ... Saturday, August 15, 2009 Health Net Federal Services Proudly Sponsors Operation Peer Support at ... - Businesswire.com RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif.--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Health Net Federal Services, LLC, the government operations division of Health Net, Inc. (NYSE:HNT), today announced its sponsorship of ... Saturday, August 15, 2009 New Anti-Terror Weapons: You, Me, iPhone & Twitter - Huffingtonpost.com Crafting an effective strategy to productively involve the general public in homeland security should center on two technologies: mobile communication devices and Web 2.0 ... ... Thursday, August 13, 2009 The Real Grand Chessboard and the Profiteers of War - Uruk Net In the Road to 9 11 I summarized the dialectic of open societies: how from their energy they expand, leading to a higher level of more secretive corporations and agencies, which ... Thursday, August 13, 2009 The Real Grand Chessboard and the Profiteers of War - Uruk Net In the Road to 9 11 I summarized the dialectic of open societies: how from their energy they expand, leading to a higher level of more secretive corporations and agencies, which ... Thursday, August 13, 2009 Health Care Here And Over There (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! Finance) Reform: If the world's most famous physicist, Stephen Hawking, is a shining example of British health care, how is it that others in the U.K. are... Thursday, August 13, 2009 Health Care Here And Over There (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! Finance) Reform: If the world's most famous physicist, Stephen Hawking, is a shining example of British health care, how is it that others in the U.K. are... Thursday, August 13, 2009 Health Care Here And Over There (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News) Reform: If the world's most famous physicist, Stephen Hawking, is a shining example of British health care, how is it that others in the U.K. are repeatedly denied critical care and medicine? Thursday, August 13, 2009 Health Care Here And Over There (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News) Reform: If the world's most famous physicist, Stephen Hawking, is a shining example of British health care, how is it that others in the U.K. are repeatedly denied critical care and medicine? Thursday, August 13, 2009 Top Ten List: Aug. 13-20 - Abington Mariner What would a summer in Marblehead be like without a garden party at the Lee Mansion? No need to worry. The annual Garden Party at the 1768 Jeremiah Lee Mansion will take place on ... Thursday, August 13, 2009 Top Ten List: Aug. 13-20 - Abington Mariner What would a summer in Marblehead be like without a garden party at the Lee Mansion? No need to worry. The annual Garden Party at the 1768 Jeremiah Lee Mansion will take place on ... Thursday, August 13, 2009 SHOW & TELL (The Columbus Dispatch) Bread and Circus plans season The British are coming next season to Bread and Circus Theatre Company. Thursday, August 13, 2009 SHOW & TELL (The Columbus Dispatch) Bread and Circus plans season The British are coming next season to Bread and Circus Theatre Company. Thursday, August 13, 2009 Blackwater should be blacklisted (Online Journal) The notorious private security company Blackwater, which now calls itself Xe Services, has become the center of a growing storm. Thursday, August 13, 2009 Blackwater should be blacklisted (Online Journal) The notorious private security company Blackwater, which now calls itself Xe Services, has become the center of a growing storm. Thursday, August 13, 2009 Blackwater should be blacklisted - Online Journal The notorious private security company Blackwater, which now calls itself Xe Services, has become the center of a growing storm. In sworn statements filed in a US federal court on ... Thursday, August 13, 2009 Blackwater should be blacklisted - Online Journal The notorious private security company Blackwater, which now calls itself Xe Services, has become the center of a growing storm. In sworn statements filed in a US federal court on ... Thursday, August 13, 2009 Afghan War: NATO Makes History's First Global Army - Scoop Two months before the eighth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and the beginning of NATO's first-ever ground war the world is witness to a 21st Century armed conflict ... Thursday, August 13, 2009 Afghan War: NATO Makes History's First Global Army - Scoop Two months before the eighth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and the beginning of NATO's first-ever ground war the world is witness to a 21st Century armed conflict ... Thursday, August 13, 2009 AP News in Brief - Newsday TV says Taiwan helicopter with 6 aboard crashes during typhoon rescue mission TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) ? Taiwanese TV stations say a helicopter carrying five crew members and a nurse ... Thursday, August 13, 2009 AP News in Brief - Newsday TV says Taiwan helicopter with 6 aboard crashes during typhoon rescue mission TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) ? Taiwanese TV stations say a helicopter carrying five crew members and a nurse ... Thursday, August 13, 2009 Afghan War: NATO Makes History's First Global Army (Scoop.co.nz) Two months before the eighth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and the beginning of NATO's first-ever ground war the world is witness to a 21st Century armed conflict without end waged by the largest military coalition in history. Thursday, August 13, 2009 Afghan War: NATO Makes History's First Global Army (Scoop.co.nz) Two months before the eighth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and the beginning of NATO's first-ever ground war the world is witness to a 21st Century armed conflict without end waged by the largest military coalition in history. Thursday, August 13, 2009 Canadian health care system may be getting 'bum rap' - News-Medical.Net One such ad from Americans for Prosperity features a woman talking of her experience with getting treatment for cancer. "I survived a brain tumor, but if I'd relied on my ... Thursday, August 13, 2009 Canadian health care system may be getting 'bum rap' - News-Medical.Net One such ad from Americans for Prosperity features a woman talking of her experience with getting treatment for cancer. "I survived a brain tumor, but if I'd relied on my ... Thursday, August 13, 2009 Does Canada's Health Care System Need Fixing? (NPR) The U.S. airwaves are full of political ads these days slamming the Canadian health care system. The ads say that in Canada, care is delayed or denied and some patients can wait a year for vital surgeries. Is the Canadian system really that bad? Thursday, August 13, 2009 Does Canada's Health Care System Need Fixing? (NPR) The U.S. airwaves are full of political ads these days slamming the Canadian health care system. The ads say that in Canada, care is delayed or denied and some patients can wait a year for vital surgeries. Is the Canadian system really that bad? Thursday, August 13, 2009 BAE Systems awarded torpedo contract (Channel 8 San Diego) LONDON (AP) -BAE Systems PLC said Monday that it has been awarded a 369.5 million pound ($613 million) contract to maintain and develop torpedoes for the British military and was partnering with Swiss company Vectronix to... Thursday, August 13, 2009 BAE Systems awarded torpedo contract (Channel 8 San Diego) LONDON (AP) -BAE Systems PLC said Monday that it has been awarded a 369.5 million pound ($613 million) contract to maintain and develop torpedoes for the British military and was partnering with Swiss company Vectronix to... Thursday, August 13, 2009 Goodbye Guardian. Hello the Guardian Experience - The Guardian I am delighted that you are reading this column. I am more delighted if, to do so, you bought a real newspaper, imagining it crafted by nocturnal trolls smearing ink on dead trees ... Thursday, August 13, 2009 CIS Allies Wary of Moscow After War (The Moscow Times) By Nabi Abdullaev The Moscow Times A year after Russian troops crushed the Georgian army in South Ossetia, Moscow has cobbled back together its ties with the West, but in a largely unforeseen consequence of the war relations with other former Soviet states have become increasingly strained. Thursday, August 13, 2009 CIS Allies Wary of Moscow After War (The Moscow Times) By Nabi Abdullaev The Moscow Times A year after Russian troops crushed the Georgian army in South Ossetia, Moscow has cobbled back together its ties with the West, but in a largely unforeseen consequence of the war relations with other former Soviet states have become increasingly strained. Thursday, August 13, 2009 Blackwater should be blacklisted - Uruk Net The notorious private security company Blackwater, which now calls itself Xe Services, has become the center of a growing storm. In sworn statements filed in a US federal court on ... Monday, August 10, 2009 Afghan War: NATO Builds History's First Global Army - Uruk Net Two months before the eighth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and the beginning of NATO's first-ever ground war the world is witness to a 21st Century armed conflict ... Monday, August 10, 2009 Fans claim responsibility for hotel hoax - Independent Online Sydney - Australian cricket fans have claimed responsibility for setting off a fire alarm that forced England's players to evacuate their Leeds hotel in the early morning hours ... Monday, August 10, 2009 The many faces of effective leaders - Daily Herald A lot of people think leaders are born and not made. I disagree. I think you can become a better leader. I'm not a cook, but I've held many leadership positions. I thought this ... Sunday, August 09, 2009 People: Ashton Kutcher tweets he's safe after plane emergency - Denver Post Ashton Kutcher is safe after an emergency plane landing, reports People.com . And fans didn't have to wait long to hear the news, because as long as there's a signal, Kutcher will ... Saturday, August 08, 2009 When All You Have is a Hammer, Every Iran Problem Looks Like a Nail - Huffingtonpost.com For most of the month of August, Congress will be on recess. Consider this the calm before the storm. Most in Washington are aware that September will bring with it the biggest ... Saturday, August 08, 2009 2 plead guilty to offering bribe in Afghanistan - The Sun News ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Two men have pleaded guilty to offering a $1 million bribe to a U.S. army officer in Afghanistan for a contract there. Rohullah Farooqi Lodin, 48, of Irvine ... Saturday, August 08, 2009 What's on: Michigan - Toledo Blade Gateway Anabaptist Church will hold a bake sale and car wash in the parking lot of the church, 6146 East Dunbar Rd., from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 8 to raise money for rebuilding ... Saturday, August 08, 2009 Families rely on Facebook, Twitter to keep in touch with soldiers - Tampa Bay Online TAMPA - Sometimes a little green dot on her computer screen is all Liisa Hyverinen Temple needs to know that her husband Rex is alive and OK. He may be serving with the Air Force ... Friday, August 07, 2009 Local families rely on facebook and twitter to keep in touch with ... - Tampa Bay Online TAMPA - Sometimes a little green dot on her computer screen is all Liisa Hyverinen Temple needs to know that her husband Rex is alive and OK. He may be serving with the Air Force ... Friday, August 07, 2009 Britain's final WWI veteran honored at funeral - MSNBC WELLS, England - Veterans, townsfolk and soldiers from former enemies paid tribute to Britain's last World War I infantry veteran Thursday in a service that celebrated his wish to ... Friday, August 07, 2009 For the Sixty-Fourth Time: No More Nuclear War - Huffingtonpost.com I can't help myself. I still think it's worth bringing up, even for the 64th time. I'm talking, of course, about the atomic obliteration, at the end of a terrible, world-rending ... Thursday, August 06, 2009 Dickson fifth-grade teacher visits Colonial Williamsburg - Daily Ardmoreite Alice Dwyer spent her summer vacation in 18th-century Colonial Williamsburg. "The most exciting part for me was watching Patrick Henry bellow out a convincing speech on the steps ... Thursday, August 06, 2009 Altegrity Names Chief of LAPD William Bratton as Leader of New ... - PR Inside Altegrity, Inc.?the global screening and security solutions provider?has named Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) William J. Bratton as Chief Executive Officer ... Thursday, August 06, 2009 For the Sixty-Fourth Time: No More Nuclear War - Lewrockwell.com I can't help myself. I still think it's worth bringing up, even for the 64th time. I'm talking, of course, about the atomic obliteration, at the end of a terrible, world-rending ... Wednesday, August 05, 2009 Background Note: Somalia - Scoop Area: 637,657 sq. km.; slightly smaller than Texas. Cities: Capital --Mogadishu. Other cities --Beledweyne, Kismayo, Baidoa, Jowhar, Merca, Gaalkayo, Bosasso, Hargeisa, Berbera ... Wednesday, August 05, 2009 Defence powerless to stop terrorists viewing military bases - Adelaide Now DEFENCE chiefs have admitted there is little they can do to stop terrorists viewing military bases such as the one allegedly targeted by four men arrested in Melbourne today ... Wednesday, August 05, 2009 For the Sixty-Fourth Time: No More Nuclear War - Common Dreams I can't help myself. I still think it's worth bringing up, even for the 64th time. I'm talking, of course, about the atomic obliteration, at the end of a terrible, world-rending ... Tuesday, August 04, 2009 Last of US allies pull out of Iraq - Independent Online Baghdad - The war in Iraq has become truly an American-only effort, after Britain and Australia, the last of its international partners, pulled out. Little attention was paid in ... Tuesday, August 04, 2009 Afghan war troop deaths surged in July - Uruk Net Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan -- The month began with a fatal roadside bombing and ended with word that an American had died of wounds suffered in a firefight. After nearly ... Monday, August 03, 2009 We're celebrating what today? - Longview News-Journal I f you have an e-mail account, you've more than likely received a notice saying "Today is National Hug Your Neighbor Day!" Who decides these "holidays," and where do they come ... Sunday, August 02, 2009 The IT Act will turn India into a mass surveillance society, says ... - Tribune T he Information Technology (Amendment) Act 2008 that received the President's assent recently poses grave dangers to the personal liberty of the citizens guaranteed under the ... Sunday, August 02, 2009 Afghan war troop deaths surged in July - Los Angeles Times U.S. Marines return enemy fire last month during operations in Afghanistan's Helmand province. A major U.S. offensive against the Taliban in the southern province of Helmand is ... Saturday, August 01, 2009 Former San Jose soccer coach arrested on charges of molesting a child - San Jose Mercury News Thomas Anderson, 75, is charged with molesting a child while volunteering as a security guard at a professional women's soccer game in Santa Clara. A former South Bay youth soccer ... Saturday, August 01, 2009 McClatchy investigation: Birthers are just plain nuts - Primebuzz.kcstar.com WASHINGTON ? The false allegation that President Barack Obama was born in another country is more than a fact-free hit job. Marked by accusations and backstabbing, it's the story ... Saturday, August 01, 2009 July is deadliest month in Afghanistan for U.S. forces, foreign allies - Chicago Tribune Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan - The month began with a fatal roadside bombing and ended with word that an American had died of wounds suffered in a firefight. After nearly ... Saturday, August 01, 2009 Turks censor YouTube censorship - San Francisco Gate Turkey's lingering reputation for authoritarianism hardly does justice to the increasingly free and democratic country it has become. Still, some troubling examples of a repressive ... Saturday, August 01, 2009 Rasmussen to Take Charge of NATO, Confront Afghanistan Impasse - Bloomberg July 31 (Bloomberg) -- Anders Fogh Rasmussen becomes NATO's 12th secretary general tomorrow, inheriting a stalemated war in Afghanistan, troubled ties with Russia and doubts over ... Thursday, July 30, 2009 July 2009 - Weekly Standard Truck maker Oshkosh Corp. last month won a $1.05 billion contract to produce military vehicles built to withstand the rugged terrain of Afghanistan. The hitch: The Pentagon wants 2 ... Thursday, July 30, 2009 Links to other sources of news and commentary - Online Journal 1,000 rightists protesting demand to halt settlement construction march towards US Consulate, call for Special Mideast envoy Mitchell to 'go home'; yeshiva head: Era when Jews were ... Thursday, July 30, 2009 Dispatches From Afghanistan: Night Into Day (Fox News) Michael Yon, an independent journalist and former Green Beret, is in Afghanistan reporting on the war against Al Qaeda terrorists and the Taliban. Here is a portion of his latest dispatch exclusively for FOXNews.com. Thursday, July 30, 2009 Iraq hostages 'likely dead' - report - Independent Online London - Two more Britons from a group of five hostages kidnapped in Baghdad two years ago are "very likely" dead, according to media reports on Wednesday. The Foreign Office told ... Thursday, July 30, 2009 Sierra Leone sends peacekeepers to Darfur (Independent Online) The government of Sierra Leone has agreed to send a contingent of soldiers to Darfur on a peacekeeping mission. Thursday, July 30, 2009 'Regret' over checkpoint shooting (u.tv) The British government is expected to express its "deep regret" at the death of Aiden McAnespie, who was shot at an army checkpoint in Co Tyrone, in 1988. Thursday, July 30, 2009 Sporadic clashes between army and Houthis (Yemen Times Online) Sana'a, July 27 ? Armed combat between the government and Houthi supporters in several areas ended on Saturday evening, according to tribal sources in Sa'ada. Thursday, July 30, 2009 SDCC: Sanctuary guest stars, old friends, new stories (Sci Fi Wire) I can't get enough of Syfy's new series Sanctuary , and I know I'm not alone. The show started out on the Web, grabbed a ton of fans and proved so popular that it ended up as a full-fledged Syfy series. We caught up with star and executive producer Amanda Tapping at Comic-Con in San Diego on Saturday, where she gave us a glimpse into the show's popularity, how she feels about sci-fi fans and ... Thursday, July 30, 2009 Government of Canada Helps Groups in British Columbia Honour Veterans (Marketwire) OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - July 24, 2009) - The Honourable Greg Thompson, Minister of Veterans Affairs, and the Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade, Asia Pacific Gateway and Regional Minister for British Columbia, today announced federal government support for six projects in British Columbia honouring Veterans and those who made the ultimate sacrifice: - The 879 (Earl ... Wednesday, July 29, 2009 Nepalese flock to meet Gurkha campaign actress - Daily Times Hundreds of Gurkha veterans and their families gathered in eastern Nepal to welcome Joanna Lumley, the actress who led a campaign for them to be allowed to settle in Britain ... Tuesday, July 28, 2009 Reviewing F. William Engdahl's "Full Spectrum Dominance:" Part II - Boston IMC Reviewing F. William Engdahl's "Full Spectrum Dominance: Totalitarian Democracy in the New World Order:" Part II - by Stephen Lendman For over 30 years, F. William Engdahl has been ... Tuesday, July 28, 2009 Tough Fight Will Continue in Afghanistan, Mullen Says - Elites TV WASHINGTON, July 27, 2009 -- Though troop morale is high in Afghanistan, the Taliban is a tough organization and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said he doesn't expect ... Tuesday, July 28, 2009 Reviewing F. William Engdahl's "Full Spectrum Dominance: Totalitarian ... - Uruk Net For over 30 years, F. William Engdahl has been a leading researcher, economist, and analyst of the New World Order with extensive writing to his credit on energy, politics, and ... Tuesday, July 28, 2009 On the Right of Resistance - Uruk Net We live in an era defined by its brutality. Our challenge is whether to accept this - or to take the risks necessary to transform our world commons in beloved community. A year ago ... Tuesday, July 28, 2009 Sporadic clashes between army and Houthis - Yemen Times Sana'a, July 27 ? Armed combat between the government and Houthi supporters in several areas ended on Saturday evening, according to tribal sources in Sa'ada. The army forces ... Monday, July 27, 2009 Morning fire in Philly row house kills 2, hurts 5 - The Sun News PHILADELPHIA -- A fire that ripped through a northeastern Philadelphia row house has killed a woman and a young boy and injured five other people, three of them critically. Fire ... Sunday, July 26, 2009 World War I veteran dies - Independent Online London - Harry Patch, the last soldier to fight in the trenches of Europe during World War I, died Saturday at the age of 111, his care home in Britain said. Patch, who fought at ... Saturday, July 25, 2009 Rebels want government to reciprocate - Independent Online Lagos - Nigerian militants have freed six foreign crew members of a chemical tanker seized more than two weeks ago in the Niger Delta, the rebels and the ship's owners said on ... Saturday, July 25, 2009 Government of Canada Helps Groups in British Columbia Honour Veterans - Market Wire OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - July 24, 2009) - The Honourable Greg Thompson, Minister of Veterans Affairs, and the Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade, Asia ... Saturday, July 25, 2009 2nd suspected IRA dissident charged with killing 2 soldiers in ... - Minneapolis Star Tribune DUBLIN - The Northern Ireland police say they have charged a second suspected IRA dissident with the killing of two off-duty British soldiers in March.The ... Saturday, July 25, 2009 TV-RADIO NOTEBOOK - Houston Chronicle With his voice mail and e-mail accounts up and running, new KILT (610 AM) program director Gavin Spittle is moving full speed ahead in calculating the station's course of action ... Friday, July 24, 2009 International News brief - Times-Leader Gordon Waller of the pop duo Peter and Gordon, who were part of the 1960s British Invasion and had a string of hits including several written by their friend Paul McCartney, has ... Thursday, July 23, 2009 Dear EarthTalk : I've heard that cars can be modified to run on ... - MSNBC There are a number of online marketing offers of kits that will convert your car to "run on water," but these should be viewed skeptically. These kits, which attach to the car ... Thursday, July 23, 2009 Lessons from Hard Times Past - Common Dreams We're all struggling with how to think -- and what to do -- in the face of the "great recession." An initial progressive response was to advocate better regulation; then ... Wednesday, July 22, 2009 The Buzz: Web gets behind hacker - BBC News Newsnight spoke to Janis Sharp, the mother of Gary McKinnon, a British man accused of committing the biggest US military computer hack of all time. Gary McKinnon admits hacking ... Wednesday, July 22, 2009 Why US Military Families in Germany Are Turning to 92655 Concierge - PR.com 100% owned and operated by military spouses, 92655 Concierge offers home and lifestyle solutions to American soldiers and spouses in the fast-growing community of Grafenwoehr ... Wednesday, July 22, 2009 Parajet Skycar: Preorder now - CNET Asia To the doubting Thomases who said flying cars are a pipe dream, the yoke's on you. The British-developed Parajet Skycar has undergone a funky redesign and is now available for ... Wednesday, July 22, 2009 In brief - Times-Leader Gordon Waller of the pop duo Peter and Gordon, who were part of the 1960s British Invasion and had a string of hits including several written by their friend Paul McCartney, has ... Tuesday, July 21, 2009 CNN's Pilgrim refutes Dobbs on Dobbs over birth certificate - Media Matters On CNN, Pilgrim definitively rebutted conspiracy theories about Obama's birth, stating that Obama released his birth certificate and that a CNN investigation "found no basis for ... Tuesday, July 21, 2009 Iran Uprising Blogging (Monday July 20) - Huffingtonpost.com I'm liveblogging the latest Iran election fallout. Email me with any news or thoughts, or follow me on Twitter . Send me instant messages at nico.pitney@gmail.com or njpitney on ... Monday, July 20, 2009 The great gall of China has us fooled - The Australian IN the tragi-comic progress of history, each new era chooses to forget every discomfiting aspect of the last, and to reinvent its vices and virtues according to its own convenience ... Monday, July 20, 2009 WEEK IN REVIEW: Female veterans want female-friendly VA - Detroit Free Press Female veterans told a Senate panel last week that the Veterans Affairs Department often fails to provide adequate medical care to female military veterans. A Veterans Affairs ... Sunday, July 19, 2009 News Minute: Newsman dies...Shuttle work...Clinton trip - WAOW NEW YORK (AP) - The death of Walter Cronkite is bringing tributes from former colleagues and presidents past and president. In the 1970s, public opinion polls labeled the longtime ... Sunday, July 19, 2009 Taliban threaten to kill captured US soldier - 630 WMAL KABUL (AP) -- Local Taliban commanders threatened Thursday to kill a captured American soldier unless the U.S. military stops operations in two districts of southeastern ... Sunday, July 19, 2009 July deadliest month for NATO in Afghanistan - ksl.com KABUL (AP) - Canadian officials say a Canadian soldier has been killed in Afghanistan making July the deadliest month for international troops since the Afghan war began nearly ... Saturday, July 18, 2009 Obama's war - Uruk Net With Obama approaching the end of his sixth month in the White House, there is growing evidence that his administration is in only the first stages of what is shaping up to be a ... Saturday, July 18, 2009 News Minute: McConnell no, Lugar yes...Murdered couple remembered ... - WAOW WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate's top Republican will vote against Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. According to a senior aide. Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell will join three ... Friday, July 17, 2009 Obama's war - World Socialist Web Site With Obama approaching the end of his sixth month in the White House, there is growing evidence that his administration is in only the first stages of what is shaping up to be a ... Friday, July 17, 2009 U.K. Helicopter Shortage Weakens Afghan Operations (Update3) - Bloomberg July 16 (Bloomberg) -- A shortage of helicopters in Afghanistan is undermining U.K. operations, a panel of lawmakers said, challenging Prime Minister Gordon Brown 's assertion ... Friday, July 17, 2009 Native Patriots in IAIS Program - Litchfield County Times WASHINGTON-The American Revolution, in popular imagination, is a white man's effort-particularly a white American man's effort, with only passing assistance from the French. It is ... Friday, July 17, 2009 Search for Rwandan rebels intensifies - Independent Online Kinshasa - Military operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo to track down Hutu Rwandan rebels in the eastern Sud-Kivu region have entered a "decisive" phase, the United ... Friday, July 17, 2009 Ashkelon Speaks: Story of Middle East Conflict - Middle East Online The inescapable reality is that the Israelis figuratively threw the Palestinians 'into the sea' or at least into refugee camps, notes Dan Lieberman . The modern Israeli city of ... Thursday, July 16, 2009 May 2003 Archive - National Geographic Environmental groups and relief organizations are focusing on the destruction Saddam Hussein wreaked on the wetlands of Iraq. The region, site of the ancient Sumerian and ... Thursday, July 16, 2009 China takes action on al-Qaeda - Taipei Times ¡¥NECESSARY¡¦: Beijing warned citizens about possible attacks in Algeria and asked police to probe threats in the Philippines after a crackdown in Muslim regions China has ... Thursday, July 16, 2009 World Briefing 7 15 - Daily Herald THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- His combat fatigues were replaced by a dark suit and tie, and the tinted aviator glasses gave the former Liberian leader a haughty air as he took the ... Thursday, July 16, 2009 British Army Chief Says More Troops Are Needed in Afghanistan - Bloomberg July 15 (Bloomberg) -- Britain's Army Chief General Richard Dannatt said more troops are needed in the southern Afghanistan province of Helmand to provide the security after a ... Thursday, July 16, 2009 Chopper shot down in Afghanistan - report - Independent Online Kabul - A civilian helicopter ferrying humanitarian aid was shot down in a southern Afghan province where fighting with the Taliban is raging, killing all six Ukrainian crew ... Wednesday, July 15, 2009 Dan Lieberman: Ashkelon Speaks - Scoop The modern Israeli city of Ashkelon, 20 kilometers north of the Gaza border, presents a picturesque setting along the Mediterranean coast. Sparkling white beaches matched by white ... Wednesday, July 15, 2009 Profile Bio: - Kingsport Times-News Good news out of Bluff City as there WILL be a Zollicoffer this year. It will be held November 7-8. There had been a rumor that Zollicoffer had been cancelled this year. It had ... Wednesday, July 15, 2009 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' review: The magic is back - New Orleans Times-Picayune Daniel Radcliffe returns for the title role in 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,' which opens in theaters Wednesday. Back in 2007, when he took the reins of the Harry Potter ... Wednesday, July 15, 2009 Far From United - Town Hall When soldiers from Britain's Royal Anglians recently returned from a tour of duty in Iraq, they were given a homecoming parade by the southern English town of Luton. The vast ... Tuesday, July 14, 2009 NATO Casualties Stoke Concern - Wall Street Journal A series of attacks in Afghanistan that left four U.S. Marines and eight British soldiers dead in recent days has stoked growing concern among U.S. and allied forces over a spike ... Monday, July 13, 2009 KRALEV: NATO hotels greet America's military - The Washington Times Access to a wide network of special military hotels around the country is a well-known benefit for members of the U.S. armed forces and their families, but apparently few of them ... Monday, July 13, 2009 Mounting Casualties in Afghanistan Spur Concern - Wall Street Journal A series of attacks in Afghanistan has left four U.S. Marines and eight British soldiers dead in recent days, stoking concern among U.S. and allied forces over a surge in ... Monday, July 13, 2009 Afghan Bomb Blasts Kill - Myfoxla.com A bomb blast killed two U.S. Marines in Afghanistan's dangerous south, where thousands of American troops have deployed in a massive operation to oust Taliban fighters from the ... Monday, July 13, 2009 US President Obama: Taliban Pushed Back In Afghanistan - Beurs.nl LONDON (AFP)--U.S. President Barack Obama said U.S. and North Atlantic Treaty Organization-led troops had pushed back the Taliban in Afghanistan but he warned that there was still ... Sunday, July 12, 2009 TRIBUNE CLASSIFIEDS - Tribune Professionally qualified well settled in USA match for Punjabi Arora Manglik Convent educated girl, Gold Medallist M.S. (Bio-Tech) USA, 5'-6", 17.11.1983 (5.35 a.m. Jalandhar ... Sunday, July 12, 2009 News Minute: Obama to Africa: Seize opportunities...New cyber ... - WAOW ACCRA, Ghana (AP) - President Barack Obama is urging African societies to seize opportunities for peace, democracy and prosperity. He's been addressing Ghana's parliament and using ... Sunday, July 12, 2009 Dozens Killed In Afghan Violence: Officials - Beurs.nl GHAZNI (AFP)--Four security guards were killed in an insurgent attack in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, Afghan authorities said, also claiming to have killed up to 30 rebels ... Sunday, July 12, 2009 World: Asia - Yahoo News Thousands camp in tents after 6.0 quake in China AP - 6 minutes ago GUANTUNXIANG, China - Thousands camped in tents in southwestern China on Saturday after a magnitude-6.0 ... Saturday, July 11, 2009 Robert Plant honored with CBE - Fresno Bee NRG Energy, Inc. to Hold Conference Call at 8:00A.M. eastern on July 8 to Discuss Exelon's Revised Unsolicited Proposal and NRG's Upcoming Annual Meeting of Stockholders NRG ... Friday, July 10, 2009 Life remembered: Man found on marsh trail was a UW-L student - La Crosse Tribune Barry Skidmore made a pact with his son three years ago to see the ocean. Christopher Skidmore wanted it to be something they experienced together. The father-son duo returned June ... Friday, July 10, 2009 Vinlanders Social Club on the Decline - Southern Poverty Law Center Indianapolis, Ind. ? It was judgment day for the Butcher. Wearing a blood-red prisoner's jumpsuit, the co-founder of the Vinlanders Social Club, a once-mighty racist skinhead ... Friday, July 10, 2009 Al-Qaedaâ€?s North Africa branch claims killing of 28 Malian ... - Lebanon Daily Star BAMAKO: Al-Qaedaâ€?s North African branch claims to have killed 28 Malian soldiers in northern Mali, according to a US group that monitors militant Web sites. Washington-based ... Friday, July 10, 2009 Wry Heat - Tucson Citizen Have you ever noticed that some prickly pear pads around town have white fuzzy stuff on them? Under the fuzzy stuff, which is a waxy web, is a little red bug called a Cochineal ... Friday, July 10, 2009 Al-Qaeda group claims 28 dead in Mali attack - Hindustan Times Al-Qaeda's North African branch claims to have killed 28 Malian soldiers in northern Mali, according to a US group that monitors militant Web sites. Washington-based SITE ... Friday, July 10, 2009 A living 'Legacy' performs July 12 in Cohasset - Daily News Tribune Engelbert Humperdinck wanted to get more than just his voice in shape for his "Legacy of Love" summer tour that will bring him to the South Shore Music Circus on Sunday. "I ... Wednesday, July 08, 2009 Bill Marina, R.I.P. - Lewrockwell.com Bill Marina (1937--2009) died of a heart attack on the morning of July 7. The libertarian movement has lost one of its most gifted historians. He was retired from teaching, but he ... Wednesday, July 08, 2009 Michael Jackson's Memorial ? Video - Showbizspy.com More than 1.5 million people entered a free draw for tickets and ticket holders began arriving in the early hours of Monday to collect their wrist bands for the six-hour show at ... Wednesday, July 08, 2009 Helicopter Crash Adds to Deadly Day in Afghanistan - New York Times KABUL, Afghanistan ? NATO forces said Tuesday that three foreign troops died in a helicopter crash on Monday, already the deadliest day for American forces in Afghanistan in ... Wednesday, July 08, 2009 Iran Opposition Calls for End to Crackdown - New York Times CAIRO ? Iran 's leading opposition figures issued a joint statement demanding the release of all those detained after the disputed June 12 election and deploring the "savage ... Wednesday, July 08, 2009 27 Rebels Killed In Major Offensive In Southern Afghanistan-Army - Beurs.nl KABUL (AFP)--Troops killed 27 suspected insurgents in southern Afghanistan, where thousands of U.S. Marines and U.K. soldiers are conducting a major offensive against the Taliban ... Wednesday, July 08, 2009 Three NATO Soldiers Killed In Afghan Chopper Crash - RTT News (RTTNews) - Three soldiers from the NATO-led force were killed Monday in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan, a spokesman for the alliance in Afghanistan said Tuesday. The ... Tuesday, July 07, 2009 7 US troops killed throughout Afghanistan - The State KABUL -- Bombs and bullets killed seven American troops on Monday, the deadliest day for U.S. forces in Afghanistan in nearly a year - and a sign that the war being fought in the ... Tuesday, July 07, 2009 6 Soldiers Killed in 2 Afghan Attacks - New York Times KANDAHAR, Afghanistan ? Four foreign soldiers and two Afghan bystanders were killed Monday when a roadside bomb exploded in northern Afghanistan, and two other foreign soldiers ... Tuesday, July 07, 2009 7 U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan - San Jose Mercury News KABUL, Afghanistan ? Three separate episodes in different parts of the country made Monday the deadliest day for U.S. forces in Afghanistan in nearly a year. In all, seven U.S ... Monday, July 06, 2009 The "left" and the US military offensive in Afghanistan - World Socialist Web Site The American military is in the midst of a major offensive in Afghanistan, aimed at wiping out opposition to the US occupation in the country's southern Helmand province. Some 4 ... Monday, July 06, 2009 Death and fame in a star-spangled season - Fond du Lac Reporter WASHINGTON ? Two men died nearly simultaneously recently, and their deaths remind us of the differences between heroes and stars. As you celebrate this Fourth of July holiday ... Sunday, July 05, 2009 Celeb deaths dominate coverage - Hattiesburg American T WO MEN DIED nearly simultaneously last week, and their deaths remind us of the differences between heroes and stars. As you celebrate July 4 on the beach or backyard or beneath a ... Sunday, July 05, 2009 Independence born of words, will and risk - Visalia Times-Delta Editor's note: We herewith reprint a commentary on the Declaration of Independence that has previously been published in the Times-Delta on the Fourth of July. Much of what people ... Sunday, July 05, 2009 Sugden starred in popular BBC show - The Chronicle Herald Mollie Sugden, who achieved wide popularity in Britain and the United States as Betty Slocombe, the snooty, officious head of the ladies' department at Grace Brothers department ... Sunday, July 05, 2009 Mollie Sugden, Sitcom Star, Dies at 86 (New York Times) Ms. Sugden achieved wide popularity in Britain and the United States as Betty Slocombe in the long-running BBC comedy series "Are You Being Served?" Sunday, July 05, 2009 Bristol's historic July 4th celebration (WPRI Providence) In July 1785, the citizens of this waterfront town assembled to heap praise on their newly minted nation and to thank God for helping them survive a fierce assault by the British during the Revolutionary War. Sunday, July 05, 2009 Hackers To Join Britain's Cyberspace Army (SKY News) Fomer computer hackers are being recruited for a British cyberspace army, as the UK seeks to defend itself from the growing risk of web terrorism and espionage. Sunday, July 05, 2009 British royal bailout looms as queen's bills grow (Boston Herald) LONDON - The latest financial statements from Britain's royal family suggest that the next British institution needing a taxpayer bailout could well be the monarch herself. Annual... Sunday, July 05, 2009 British royal bailout looms as queen's bills grow (AP via Yahoo! News) The latest financial statements from Britain's royal family suggest that the next British institution needing a taxpayer bailout could well be the monarch herself. Sunday, July 05, 2009 British army goes online for recruitment (UPI) LONDON, June 26 (UPI) -- The British army has launched a Web-based offensive to attract more soldiers. Saturday, July 04, 2009 US Marines push deeper into southern Afghan towns - NWITimes.com NAWA, Afghanistan - U.S. Marines moved into villages in Taliban strongholds in southern Afghanistan on Friday, meeting little resistance as they tried to win over local chiefs on ... Saturday, July 04, 2009 Gaza aid boat passengers still in Israeli custody - ksl.com JERUSALEM (AP) - Most members of a group of foreign peace activists seized at sea by the Israeli navy remained in custody Friday, three days after their failed attempt to run ... Friday, July 03, 2009 Iraq, Michael Jackson, and the Meaning of Death - KXTV News10Net WASHINGTON - Two men died nearly simultaneously last week, and their deaths remind us of the differences between heroes and stars. As you celebrate July 4 on the beach or backyard ... Friday, July 03, 2009 One Marine Killed as U.S. Military Launches Major Afghan Offensive - Myfoxla.com About four thousand U.S. Marines including one thousand Marine shooters and more than six hundred Afghan forces launched a major offensive into Taliban-controlled villages in ... Friday, July 03, 2009 Marines exchange fire with Taliban in searing heat - NWITimes.com NAWA, Afghanistan - U.S. Marines hiked through searing heat and took fire from small pockets of militants Thursday after landing in this Taliban-controlled southern region of tree ... Friday, July 03, 2009 Marines launch Afghan push - Argus Observer Online U.S. Marines from the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade at Camp Leatherneck to board helicopters for a night air assault in Afghanistan's ... Thursday, July 02, 2009 America's Matrix - Consortiumnews.com Editor's Note: As part of our mid-year fund drive , we are re-publishing some notable articles from our Archives. This one appeared early in the Iraq War and was the first news ... Wednesday, July 01, 2009 British Royal Bailout Looms As Queen's Bills Grow - Indy Channel LONDON -- The latest financial statements from Britain's royal family suggest that the next British institution needing a taxpayer bailout could well be the monarch herself. Annual ... Wednesday, July 01, 2009 Yemenia Airbus carrying 153 people crashes into Indian Ocean - Daily Mail An Airbus A310 carrying 153 people has crashed into the Indian Ocean as the pilot tried to land in bad weather on the island nation of Comoros. An official from the state carrier ... Wednesday, July 01, 2009 FORT NIAGARA: French & Indian War celebrates proper 250th anniversary - Niagara Gazette The drama that unfolded at Fort Niagara that sultry summer night in 1759 would end with the French officers running up the flag of surrender to the British at the garrison known as ... Tuesday, June 30, 2009 Queen's costs rising - Straits Times LONDON - PUBLIC funding for Queen Elizabeth II and the royal family cost British taxpayers the equivalent of 69 pence (S$1.65) each last year, according to accounts published on ... Tuesday, June 30, 2009 Cheers! World's 10 most legendary bars - MSNBC SYDNEY - Bars, pubs, and taverns of the world can hold as much history as any museum and present as much drama as any theater. Members and editors of travel Web site VirtualTourist ... Tuesday, June 30, 2009 Obama and Cyber Defense - Wall Street Journal In a Monty Python skit from 1970, the Vercotti brothers, wearing Mafia suits and dark glasses, approach a colonel in a British military barracks. "You've got a nice army base here ... Tuesday, June 30, 2009 How To Misunderstand Satire - Scoop Y ou might remember David Low as the guy whose work illustrated your social studies text book on World War II. In the 1920s, early in his British career, the New Zealand-born ... Tuesday, June 30, 2009 MAGIC BRITAIN - Daily Express I STARTED my quest for magical England at a pagan convention in Cornwall. I have to confess that I was not impressed. The assembled audience looked more like a casting session for ... Saturday, June 27, 2009 Murray marches on, Hewitt back to best - Independent Online London - Andy Murray made light work of a tricky tea-time assignment at Wimbledon on Thursday while Lleyton Hewitt, the man who has already lifted the trophy the Scot so cherishes ... Saturday, June 27, 2009 Terry Rowe - JTA Dennis Ross is officially moving to the National Security Council. An Israeli defense contractor will supply Israel's Transportation Ministry with an anti-missile system to protect ... Friday, June 26, 2009 Mass Protests Rock Iran: No to All Wings of the Mullah Regime! - Centre des Médias Alternatifs du Québec For more than a week, Iran has been convulsed by mass demonstrations denouncing election fraud. Hundreds of thousands have repeatedly taken to the streets to denounce the ... Friday, June 26, 2009 Jackie Cappiello - JTA Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit will soon be transferred to Egypt as part of a larger prisoner swap, according to European diplomatic sources. Dennis Ross is officially moving to the ... Friday, June 26, 2009 The Shadow over Erris: Shell, IRMS and Bolivia - Indymedia Ireland In any country with a half way critical media the last few months would have been disastrous for Shell. In a crucial period in Shell's imposition of an experimental gas pipeline ... Friday, June 26, 2009 Smartphone users at risk of hackers, says Security Minister (who won't ... - Daily Mail Britain's security minister Lord West has warned that owners of smart phones are at risk of losing vital information to hackers. He has revealed he is personally refusing to use ... Friday, June 26, 2009 They need more than sympathy for Neda - Spiked The bloodied image of philosophy student Neda Salehi Agha Soltan has become the international icon of the protest movement in Iran. The mobile phone footage of her dying in a ... Friday, June 26, 2009 Hackers To Join Britain's Cyberspace Army - Sky.com Fomer computer hackers are being recruited for a British cyberspace army, as the UK seeks to defend itself from the growing risk of web terrorism and espionage. The Chinese ... Thursday, June 25, 2009 Prince Charles's Spat With Architect Stokes Debate Over Monarchy - Washington Post LONDON -- In modern Britain , where the monarchy's role has been trimmed and hacked back to largely ceremonial duties, the job of prince is not supposed to come with power. But in ... Thursday, June 25, 2009 Lou Wolf Testimony - Scoop Your Honor, I do not stand here today just in moral opposition to curricula that SOA created across the map of torture. It is because torture is a logical and necessary component ... Wednesday, June 24, 2009 Khamenei: 'We will not bow to street protests' - Monday Morning Demonstrators gathering in Teheran's Azad Square on June 15 to protest against the alleged rigging of the election in Ahmadinejad's favor The supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali ... Wednesday, June 24, 2009 Building European Brands Through Social Media - Top Tech News Wireless giant Vodafone is experimenting with several social media initiatives. Last November, the company launched Vodafone Live Guy, an online treasure hunt where participants ... Wednesday, June 24, 2009 Iran clashes resume as army threatens to quash protests - Jerusalem Post Helicopters hovered overhead as about 200 protesters gathered at Haft-e-Tir Square. Hundreds of anti-riot police quickly put an end to the demonstration. Witnesses said police at ... Tuesday, June 23, 2009 Moallem: Gambling on fall of Iranian regime a losing bet - Jerusalem Post After yet another day of bloody protests in Teheran in which police reportedly attacking hundreds of demonstrators with tear gas and fired in the air to disperse the rallies, the ... Tuesday, June 23, 2009 Iran Revolutionary Guards Say They'll Crush Protests (Update3) - Bloomberg June 22 (Bloomberg) -- Iran's Revolutionary Guards said the security forces will crush further protests over the disputed presidential vote, as the country's elections ... Tuesday, June 23, 2009 Iran's Revolutionary Guards Say They'll Help Crush Protests - Bloomberg June 22 (Bloomberg) -- Iran's Revolutionary Guards said the security forces will crush further protests over the disputed presidential vote, as the country's elections ... Tuesday, June 23, 2009 New York's Old Fort Niagara marks 1759 battle anniversary - Pittsburgh Tribune Review ? Old Fort Niagara: Youngstown, N.Y., oldfortniagara.org or 716-745-7611. Open daily. Located about 30 miles from Buffalo and about 13 miles from Niagara Falls, N.Y. Fort ... Saturday, June 20, 2009 Killings highlight risk of fringe activists - East Valley Tribune The tagline on Shawna Forde's anti-illegal immigration Web site says her group was "doing the job our government won't do." They wanted to patrol the border, but her small band of ... Saturday, June 20, 2009 US killings highlight risk of fringe activists - PR Inside PHOENIX (AP) - The tagline on Shawna Forde's anti-illegal immigration Web site says her group was «doing the job our government won't do.» They wanted to patrol the border, but ... Saturday, June 20, 2009 Israeli troops humiliate Palestinians - and put it on YouTube - Haaretz.com Forty-three seconds: that's the duration of a video clip uploaded to YouTube less than a year ago under the category of "Comedy." For the "hero" of the clip, an unidentified young ... Saturday, June 20, 2009 18 cops killed in Algerian ambush - report - Independent Online Algiers - Islamist rebels ambushed and killed 18 Algerian police and a civilian, sources said, as neighbouring Mali said it had killed about 20 suspected al-Qaeda fighters from a ... Friday, June 19, 2009 Parliament Finally Sees Some Beauty in Britain's Beast of Bolsover - Wall Street Journal LONDON -- Over four decades, the man known as "The Beast of Bolsover" has richly earned his reputation as Parliament's No. 1 killjoy. Impolitic and often ill-mannered, Dennis ... Friday, June 19, 2009 Iran's Opposition Stages Rally in Central Tehran (Update1) - Bloomberg June 18 (Bloomberg) -- Supporters of Iranian presidential challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi packed a central Tehran square, many clad in black and holding candles to mark a day of ... Friday, June 19, 2009 New website helps women make things happen - Oxfordshire News ACCORDING to mother-of-one Cally Robson, there's an army of women sat round kitchen tables dreaming up top-notch ideas ripe for successful development. But because women have a ... Friday, June 19, 2009 Iran's Opposition Stages Day of Mourning for Protest Victims - Bloomberg June 18 (Bloomberg) -- Supporters of the leading challenger to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad embarked on a day of mourning for those killed in protests over the nation's ... Friday, June 19, 2009 Al-Qaeda fighters targeted in Mali raid - Independent Online Bamako - Malian security forces have killed about 20 suspected al-Qaeda fighters in a raid near the Algeria border, targeting a cell thought to have executed a British hostage ... Friday, June 19, 2009 Boyle gently chides China for movie restrictions - NWITimes.com SHANGHAI - Oscar-winning "Slumdog Millionaire" director Danny Boyle on Thursday gently chided China for curbing free speech in cinema, but the British filmmaker said he would love ... Thursday, June 18, 2009 New York historic site marks battle anniversary - MSNBC YOUNGSTOWN, New York - Fort Niagara still looks like a tough nut to crack. The outer walls trace the same outline of the high earthworks that greeted a British-led army sent to ... Thursday, June 18, 2009 Mali army attacks al-Qaeda - Independent Online Bamako - Malian security forces have killed about 20 suspected al-Qaeda fighters in a raid near the Algeria border targeting a cell thought to have executed a British hostage ... Thursday, June 18, 2009 Kate Winslet and Kate Middleton's ancestries revealed in online 1911 ... - Daily Telegraph When the Southern English portion of the census was published in January of this year, it proved hugely popular as programmes such as the BBC's Who Do You Think You Are fuelled an ... Thursday, June 18, 2009 Protests rage on - Post-Star TEHRAN, Iran -- Supporters of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his main rival in the disputed presidential election, Mir Hossein Mousavi, massed in competing rallies ... Thursday, June 18, 2009 Public interest RIP - Asia Times With the discovery that hard American power could be stopped dead in its tracks with just a handful of desert sand in its Humvee's gearbox, the emphasis has switched to soft power ... Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Military sites - Navy Times Krystina Perry wasn't looking for love. The self-proclaimed Army brat signed up for an account with MilitaryLoveLinks.com in 2007, she said, so she could find a pen pal. When she ... Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Iran's senior ayatollah slams election, confirming split - The State TEHRAN, Iran ? Supporters of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his main rival in the disputed presidential election, Mir Hossein Mousavi, massed in competing rallies ... Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Iran's top cleric denounces election, rivals take to streets - Bellingham Herald TEHRAN, Iran Supporters of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his main rival in the disputed presidential election, Mir Hossein Mousavi, massed in competing rallies Tuesday ... Tuesday, June 16, 2009 Found in translation: China's volunteer online army - CNN SHANGHAI, China (CNN) -- On Saturday at 10 a.m. it's show time for Brenda Zhang and her subtitle team. They roll out of bed, meet each other online and chat while their modems ... Tuesday, June 16, 2009 Netanyahu sets conditions for establishment of Palestinian state - New Nation In a speech seen as a test of Obama administration influence, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday offered conditional support for the establishment of a Palestinian ... Monday, June 15, 2009 Netanyahu sets conditions for new peace talks - Kansas City Star In a speech seen as a test of Obama administration influence, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday offered conditional support for the establishment of a Palestinian ... Monday, June 15, 2009 Sikhs Challenge U.S. Army's Ban on Turbans, Beards - Myfoxla.com Military service is in Capt. Kamaljit Singh Kalsi's blood. His father and grandfather were part of India's Air Force. His great-grandfather served in the army in India under the ... Saturday, June 13, 2009 World: Europe - Yahoo News Ex-British PM Margaret Thatcher breaks arm in fall AP - 6 minutes ago LONDON - Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is recovering after breaking her arm in a fall. West ... Saturday, June 13, 2009 White supremacist who opened fire at U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum 'is a supporter of the BNP' (Daily Mail) Before launching the attack, 88-year-old James von Brunn sent out an email claiming: 'It's time to kill all the Jews.' Saturday, June 13, 2009 Obama: the anti-Reagan (Hutchinson News) Despite his boldness, Barack Obama seems as fated to fail as were Woodrow Wilson and Jimmy Carter. A ... Saturday, June 13, 2009 BATTLE STATIONS (Asbury Park Press) Fort Niagara still looks like a tough nut to crack. Saturday, June 13, 2009 Malian al-Qaeda hunter shot dead (BBC News) A Malian military intelligence officer who was investigating al-Qaeda in North Africa is gunned down in Timbuktu. Saturday, June 13, 2009 Sean O'Grady: Labour has a good-news story. And it might just be true (Independent) There's a video circulating on the web, readily available for viewing on YouTube and the usual Brown-hating, Brown-baiting blogs. It's another spoof of that brilliant film about Hitler's last days, Downfall, this time renamed "Brownfall" and placing our Prime Minister in the bunker, throwing stuff around, ranting about the treachery and idiocy of his comrades and growing violently paranoid about ... Saturday, June 13, 2009 Pakistan says it's close to driving Taliban from Swat Valley, as 27 militants killed (New York Daily News) Twenty-seven Taliban militants were killed in northwestern Pakistan as tribesmen secured four villages in the Upper Dir district and the military carried out an operation in the Peochar Valley, the army said. Friday, June 12, 2009 BATTLE STATIONS - Asbury Park Press The outer walls trace the same outline of the high earthworks that greeted a British-led army sent to conquer the fort 250 years ago this summer. The three-story "French Castle ... Friday, June 12, 2009 Sean O'Grady: Labour has a good-news story. And it might just be true - The Independent There's a video circulating on the web, readily available for viewing on YouTube and the usual Brown-hating, Brown-baiting blogs. It's another spoof of that brilliant film about ... Friday, June 12, 2009 What is the point of UKIP? - Daily Telegraph Blogs A part of me was a bit disappointed by UKIP's stunning result last week, as I had been promised a free party mug by Garrincha if they got fewer than four seats. As it is I have to ... Wednesday, June 10, 2009 Pakistan says it's close to driving Taliban from Swat Valley, as 27 ... - New York Daily News Pakistani men react as a car burns in Qissa Khawani bazaar after a bomb blast in Peshawar Pakistan, May 28, 2009. Some 13 Taliban insurgents died in fighting with the tribesmen ... Wednesday, June 10, 2009 Pakistan Tribesmen Secure 4 Villages; 27 Taliban Die (Update1) - Bloomberg June 9 (Bloomberg) -- Twenty-seven Taliban militants were killed in northwestern Pakistan as tribesmen secured four villages in the Upper Dir district and the military carried out ... Wednesday, June 10, 2009 Profile: Gary McKinnon - BBC UK News Gary McKinnon, the British hacker facing extradition for breaking into US military computer systems, is awaiting the outcome of a High Court examination of his case. He admits ... Wednesday, June 10, 2009 Release of Iraqi militant sparks hope for five Britons kidnapped by ... - Daily Mail The release of a leading Iraqi militant by U.S. forces has sparked fresh hopes that five Britons kidnapped in Baghdad more than two years ago could be freed. The American military ... Wednesday, June 10, 2009 Kathy Walsh Nufer column: Volunteer to Bike & Build this summer - Post-Crescent New college grad Kathie "Kat" Stratton is a powerful example of how seeds of service can take root early and grow for a lifetime. From feeding the hungry as a student at Einstein ... Wednesday, June 10, 2009 Old Fort Niagara marks 250th anniversary of 1759 siege with re ... - Canada East The outer walls trace the same outline of the high earthworks that greeted a British-led army sent to conquer the fort 250 years ago this summer. The three-storey "French Castle ... Tuesday, June 09, 2009 N.Y.'s Old Fort Niagara marks 250th anniversary of 1759 siege with re ... - Canada East In this photo taken on June 4, 2009, Tasiwoopa api, left, dressed as a Seneca Indian Chief, talks with Gary Cottle, right, playing a free trapper at Old Fort Niagara in Youngstown ... Tuesday, June 09, 2009 NY historic site marks anniversary of 1759 battle - Newsday YOUNGSTOWN, N.Y. - Fort Niagara still looks like a tough nut to crack. The outer walls trace the same outline of the high earthworks that greeted a British-led army sent to conquer ... Tuesday, June 09, 2009 Citizen of the world: a brief survey of the life and times of Thomas ... - World Socialist Web Site June 8 marks the 200th anniversary of the death of the 18th century revolutionary Thomas Paine. We are reposting the following lecture by World Socialist Web Site correspondent Ann ... Tuesday, June 09, 2009 Pakistan Security Chiefs Meet on Karachi Deaths, Swat (Update1) - Bloomberg June 9 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani convenes a security meeting today to discuss targeted killings in the financial hub of Karachi and the army's ... Tuesday, June 09, 2009 Park Band opens concert season Wednesday - Kokomo Tribune All concerts are 8 p.m. on Wednesdays at Highland Park. If it rains, the concerts move to the auditorium at Kokomo High School's South Campus. July 29: "See the U.S.A." It ... Sunday, June 07, 2009 Forget the stock exchange; friends are finding a smarter way to trade (The Daily News) KANSAS CITY, Mo. ? Buying your clothes is so 2005. Sunday, June 07, 2009 Swap parties focus on clothes, toys, home items (Cape Cod Times) In the waste-not, want-not culture of 2009, Americans are itching to swap everything from clothes to toys to bike accessories to kitchenware. Theyre swapping in bars, church and on Web sites. Sunday, June 07, 2009 Nations honor D-Day veterans - NWITimes.com President Barack Obama honored the valiant dead and the "sheer improbability" of their D-Day victory, commemorating Saturday's 65th anniversary of the decisive invasion even as he ... Sunday, June 07, 2009 View on Cuba spies: Not as bad as Ames but still grave (Houston Chronicle) Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro said in an article published Saturday on the CubaDebate Web site that "I can't help but admire their disinterested and courageous conduct on behalf of Cuba." Sunday, June 07, 2009 Bitterness on U.S. drove Cuba spy suspect - Houston Chronicle WASHINGTON ? He was a courtly State Department intelligence analyst from a prominent family who loved to sail and peruse the London Review of Books. Occasionally, he would voice ... Sunday, June 07, 2009 Yemen: Accused shooter not tortured in prison (The Morning News) LITTLE ROCK ? The man accused of killing an Army private outside an Arkansas recruiting center never suffered torture or beatings while jailed on an immigration violation in Yemen, an official with the country's embassy said Friday. Sunday, June 07, 2009 The Divisions Among Israelis and Palestinians (International Herald Tribune) The greater obstacle to peace may be the fierce and explosive divisions within each society between those who favor a deal and those who oppose one. Sunday, June 07, 2009 AP IMPACT: In Algeria, al-Qaida extends franchise - NWI.com DRAA BEN KHEDDA, Algeria - Deep in the Sahara Desert, along the remote southern borders of Algeria, lies an immense no man's land where militants roam. It is here that terrorists ... Sunday, June 07, 2009 The Divisions Within Israel and the Palestinians - New York Times PALESTINIAN FIGHTING PALESTINIAN Aftermath of a shootout with Hamas. No matter how seriously and intelligently Mr. Obama presses Israel and the Palestinians to make peace with each ... Sunday, June 07, 2009 D-Day: 'Longest Day' lives on in memories - Great Falls Tribune As President Obama joins other world leaders along the cliffs of Normandy today to mark the 65th anniversary of the D-Day invasion, a dwindling number of Great Falls-area ... Sunday, June 07, 2009 Obama hails `sheer improbability' of D-Day victory - NWI.com OMAHA BEACH, France - Recalling the "unimaginable hell" of D-Day suffering, President Barack Obama paid tribute Saturday to the against-all-odds Allied landings that broke Nazi ... Sunday, June 07, 2009 A Veteran's Voice - The Ledger A sandbar one-quarter of a mile from shore, a slippery path cleared of mines, then the seawall, a dune line and a narrow causeway over fields flooded by the Germans. Then the ... Sunday, June 07, 2009 Turning to BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto Scraps China Deal (New York Times) The Chinese government's largest investment ever in a Western company, a proposed $19.5 billion stake in the Australian-British mining giant Rio Tinto Group , collapsed early Friday, dealing a blow both to China's global corporate ambitions and to its efforts to gain clout in the natural resources market, The New York Times's David Barboza and Michael Wines reported. Sunday, June 07, 2009 The US Army: It's Better with Vista? (TechNewsWorld.com) Sometimes it's hard to distinguish fact and fiction on the Linux blogs. Take last week, for example, when Asus's apparent decision to join hands with Microsoft and proclaim that its netbooks were "better with Windows" shook things up. Few saw that one coming, we'd bet; once it did, the shock and disbelief were enough to make many look around for the hidden camera. Sunday, June 07, 2009 Arkansas army center gunman trawled web for target (AFP via Yahoo! News) A man accused of shooting two soldiers at a US Army recruiting center, killing one, had trawled the Internet looking at various sites across the country, the FBI has said. Sunday, June 07, 2009 Al Qaeda Beheads British Hostage in Mali (Fox News) A British man being held hostage in Mali has been executed, his captors said Wednesday, prompting strong condemnation from Britain of a 'barbaric' act. Saturday, June 06, 2009 'Greatest Generation' dwindles at D-Day memorial - Journal Gazette and Times Courier NEW ORLEANS - It's "A Gathering of the Greatest Generation" _ though this year only a small group of that era's aging heroes will commemorate the invasion of France at Normandy 65 ... Saturday, June 06, 2009 Forget the stock exchange: Friends are finding a smarter way to trade - Bellingham Herald KANSAS CITY, Mo. ? Buying your clothes is so 2005. With the economy ailing and the environment hurting, Emily Easton wanted to swap. Easton, 29, set up a Facebook page and ... Saturday, June 06, 2009 Mining Giant Scraps China Deal - Herald Tribune SHANGHAI ? The Chinese government's largest investment ever in a Western company, a proposed $19.5 billion stake in the Australian-British mining giant Rio Tinto Group ... Saturday, June 06, 2009 Obama attends 65th Anniversary of D-Day in Normandy - San Francisco Examiner Supreme Allied Commander U.S. Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower speaks with 101st Airborne Division paratroopers before they board planes and gliders to take part in a parachute ... Saturday, June 06, 2009 Obama calls for new effort for 2-state solution - NWITimes.com WEIMAR, Germany - President Barack Obama toured a World War II concentration camp Friday after prodding the international community to redouble efforts toward separate Israeli and ... Friday, June 05, 2009 The US Army: It's Better with Vista? - TechNewsWorld Vista is in the Army now, and the open source world is round-eyed with amazement. What possessed the military minds who made the decision? Though reluctantly, some true FOSS ... Friday, June 05, 2009 Tiananmen Wounds 'Need To Heal' - Radio Free Asia The 20th anniversary of China's deadly 1989 crackdown brings tight security and quiet calls for an official reckoning with the past. HONG KONG?The 20th anniversary of the bloody ... Friday, June 05, 2009 Ephraim Katzir, Former Israeli President, Dies at 93 - New York Times Ephraim Katzir, Israel 's fourth president and one of his nation's pre-eminent scientists, died Saturday at his home on the campus of the Weizmann Institute of Science in ... Thursday, June 04, 2009 Army center gunman trawled web for target - ninemsn A man accused of shooting two soldiers at a US Army recruiting center, killing one, had trawled the Internet looking at various sites across the country, the FBI says. "There is an ... Thursday, June 04, 2009 Al-Qaeda Says It Has Killed British Hostage - Free Internet Press An affiliate of al-Qaeda in North Africa said Wednesday that it had killed a Briton it abducted in January because its demand of freedom for a jailed cleric had not been met ... Thursday, June 04, 2009 Al Qaeda Says It Has Killed Briton - New York Times LONDON ? An affiliate of Al Qaeda in North Africa said Wednesday that it had killed a Briton it abducted in January because its demand of freedom for a jailed cleric had not been ... Thursday, June 04, 2009 Al Qaeda Says It Executed Briton - New York Times LONDON ? An Al Qaeda affiliate in North Africa said on Wednesday that it had killed a Briton it abducted in Mali last January. British hostage Edwin Dyer. Prime Minister Gordon ... Thursday, June 04, 2009 Al Qaeda Beheads British Hostage in Mali - FOX News British hostage Edwin Dyer is seen held by Al Qaeda fighters in north Africa in this image released in February 2009. A British man being held hostage in Mali has been executed ... Wednesday, June 03, 2009 China Girds for Anniversary of Beijing Killings - CNS News A student wearing a headband reading "Hunger Strike" stands next to a statue of the Goddess of Democracy as he takes part in a 64-hour hunger strike in Hong Kong Wednesday, June 3 ... Wednesday, June 03, 2009 China battens down hatches as Tiananmen anniversary nears - Los Angeles Times An anti-government protester stands in front of tanks in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in the wake of the crackdown. Chinese supreme leader Deng Xiaoping is believed to have given the ... Wednesday, June 03, 2009 'Great Firewall' is raised in China as anniversary of 1989 protest ... - Seattle Times A protester in Hong Kong wears a mask reading "6.4," marking the anniversary of the pro-democracy protest in China in 1989. BEIJING ? There is no tweeting about Tiananmen Square ... Wednesday, June 03, 2009 Chinese Censors Atwitter Over Twitter - Post Chronicle China's censors Tuesday began working to limit access of its tech-savvy population to vast areas of the Internet, Web posters said. Devotees of Twitter -- a micro-blogging service ... Tuesday, June 02, 2009 Better days ahead - Tribune M any in the Pakistan establishment occupying key positions are doing all they can to save the Taliban from getting decimated. Their efforts may not be as visible as the military ... Tuesday, June 02, 2009 Jacksonville PR man joins banger car rally for good cause - Florida Times-Union This is the before shot of the car Keymer's team will drive in the Big Apple 2 Big Easy Banger Rally. The competition requires that cars be purchased for $500. This is the player ... Tuesday, June 02, 2009 Last Titanic survivor dies at 97 - Bend Bulletin Millvina Dean, the last survivor of the legendary ocean liner Titanic, which sank on its maiden voyage in April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic, died ... Monday, June 01, 2009 Last Survivor Of Titanic Dies - New London Day Millvina Dean, the last survivor of the legendary ocean liner Titanic, which sank on its maiden voyage in April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic, died ... Monday, June 01, 2009 Obituary: Millvina Dean Last survivor of "unsinkable" Titanic - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Millvina Dean, the last survivor of the legendary ocean liner Titanic, which sank on its maiden voyage in April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic, died ... Sunday, May 31, 2009 State Masonic lodge wants to make New Kensington its home - Pittsburgh Valley News Dispatch Prince Hall is recognized as the Father of Black Masonry in the United States, according to the Web site of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Ancient York Masons ... Sunday, May 31, 2009 Ex-trade minister arrested at Baghdad airport - KAAL-TV (AP) BAGHDAD - Iraq's former trade minister wanted on a corruption charge was detained Saturday at the Baghdad airport after attempting to leave the country, a senior lawmaker ... Saturday, May 30, 2009 What Sotomayor actually sounds like on the bench - Salon As noted on Salon's Broadsheet today, there have been a spate of stories recently, the latest in Friday's New York Times, examining Judge Sonia Sotomayor's "temperament" and ... Saturday, May 30, 2009 Abu Hamza and The Italian Job - Guardian Unlimited I first came across them 10 years ago when their dad was a firebrand preacher at Finsbury Park mosque in London but had not yet attracted the attention of the world's media (or ... Friday, May 29, 2009 Sri Lanka's displaced families torn apart by war - Seattle Times Sri Lanka's military said Thursday it has proved conclusively through DNA testing that Tamil Tiger chief Velupillai Prabhakaran was killed last week, after supporters refused to ... Friday, May 29, 2009 Taliban Wages War on Police In Its New Front in Pakistan - Wall Street Journal Officials and witnesses said that shortly before 10 a.m., a car packed with about 220 pounds of explosives rammed into a metal gate outside a compound housing police and emergency ... Friday, May 29, 2009 Imagini Launches Widget That Turns Pictures Into Profit - Earthtimes VisualDNA Shops allows bloggers and publishers of any size to connect and understand more about their visitors' preferences as well as providing a new way to monetize their traffic ... Friday, May 29, 2009 Dorries in new web row - Bedford Today Nadine Dorries is involved in a new political row, after disputing whether the time one of her rivals spent serving in Iraq counts as having "fought" for democracy. David Reeves ... Friday, May 29, 2009 Sri Lanka Says DNA Tests Show Rebel Chief Prabhakaran Is Dead - Bloomberg May 29 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka says DNA tests confirm that Villupillai Prabhakaran, leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, is dead, after rebel claims he survived the ... Thursday, May 28, 2009 What does a Jewish-Kashmiri dialogue group have to talk about? - Haaretz.com When we tell people about the Jewish-Kashmiri Dialogue-Group (JKDG), their reaction is usually one of bewilderment. "There are Jews in Kashmir?!?" they say. Or, "Where's Kashmir ... Thursday, May 28, 2009 TV recharges for summer with 33 new and returning shows - Detroit News Slip and slide into a refreshing pool of TV reality shows, dramas and sitcoms this summer. Get started tonight with the premiere of ABC's animated comedy "The Goode Family" at 9 p ... Thursday, May 28, 2009 Caribbean news briefs - Mississippi Press (AP) ? PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - The lawyer for a 26-year-old man accused of fatally shooting two young men in Georgia said Wednesday he will fight extradition because he ... Wednesday, May 27, 2009 North Korea reportedly test-fires 2 more missiles - Guardian Unlimited Associated Press Writer= SEOUL, South Korea (AP) â North Korea reportedly tested two more short-range missiles Tuesday, a day after detonating a nuclear bomb underground ... Wednesday, May 27, 2009 Report: North Korea tests two more missiles - USA Today Visitors at the border village of Paju, South Korea, study a sign offering details about North Korea's missiles on Tuesday. North Korea has allegedly test-fired two more missiles ... Wednesday, May 27, 2009 Official: Sri Lanka to hold elections for 2 key local councils in war ... - WHNT-TV A child shades from the sun at Manik Farm displaced persons camp in Vavuniya in Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 23, 2009. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the displacement camp ... Wednesday, May 27, 2009 Tamil Tiger rebels confirm death of their supreme leader Velupillai ... - Newsday COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ? Tamil Tiger rebels have confirmed for the first time that their supreme leader was killed in the final battle with Sri Lankan troops. A statement ... Wednesday, May 27, 2009 Tamil Tiger rebels confirm leader's death - San Francisco Gate Tamil Tiger rebels have confirmed for the first time that their supreme leader was killed in the final battle with Sri Lankan troops. A statement quoting the Tiger's international ... Tuesday, May 26, 2009 Pakistan's Army Secures Swat Ski Resort; Four Militants Killed - Bloomberg May 25 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan's military said it secured the Maalam Jabba ski resort in the northwestern Swat Valley which militants were using as a training centre and logistic ... Tuesday, May 26, 2009 Somali pirates hone their tactics - Independent Online Istanbul - The Somali pirates who hijacked the Danish tug Svitzer Korsakov telephoned Yemen, Djibouti and Dubai in a futile search for someone to collect a ransom and forward it to ... Tuesday, May 26, 2009 Sri Lanka Wants Partners Not Monitors of Post-War Aid (Update1) - Bloomberg May 25 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka said it needs partners, not monitors, in the international community to help the South Asian island nation rebuild after the end of a 26-year ... Tuesday, May 26, 2009 Tamil Tiger rebels confirm death of their supreme leader Velupillai ... - WHNT-TV COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ? Tamil Tiger rebels have confirmed for the first time that their supreme leader was killed in the final battle with Sri Lankan troops. A statement ... Tuesday, May 26, 2009 Tamil rebel leader lives? Rumors persist - Guardian Unlimited Associated Press Writer= COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) â For die-hard followers, the almost mythic commander who led a terror-driven Tamil insurrection in Sri Lanka still lives â ... Sunday, May 24, 2009 Sri Lanka tells UN chief it will rebuild democracy for Tamils, help ... - WHNT-TV COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ? Sri Lanka's government has pledged to U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon that it will rebuild democracy in territory recaptured from Tamil Tiger rebels and ... Sunday, May 24, 2009 Largest Afghan drugs bust - Independent Online Kabul - Troops killed 60 militants and seized their largest-ever drugs haul in a just-ended operation that smashed an insurgent hub in southern Afghanistan, the military said ... Sunday, May 24, 2009 UN chief presses for Sri Lanka reconciliation - 630 WMAL COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon appealed Saturday to a triumphant Sri Lankan government to "heal the wounds" from three decades of civil war by turning its ... Saturday, May 23, 2009 Freedom denied: The crushing of Sri Lanka's Tamils (The Georgia Straight) So, with the war in Sri Lanka now over and the Tamils having been crushed and brought to their knees, I'd like to ask just one question: Are we happy now? Saturday, May 23, 2009 UN chief Ban Ki-moon visits Sri Lanka displacement camps, urges ... - WHNT-TV MANIK FARM, Sri Lanka (AP) ? U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited a displacement camp packed with tens of thousands of Tamil civilians in northern Sri Lanka as he appealed ... Saturday, May 23, 2009 Pacific briefs: Okinawa police arrest military spouse on pot charge (Stars and Stripes) GINOWAN, Okinawa ? A 39-year-old husband of a U.S. sailor assigned to a Marine unit was in Okinawa police custody Friday on suspicion of possessing and smuggling marijuana, according to a spokesman for Okinawa prefectural police in Ginowan. Saturday, May 23, 2009 UK Expense scandal whistleblower defends actions (AP via Yahoo! News) A former SAS officer said Friday he acted as a middleman to help leak details of British lawmakers' expenses bills to a newspaper, sparking a scandal that has ousted the speaker of the House of Commons speaker and ruined the reputations of scores of legislators. Saturday, May 23, 2009 MLAX: Dalgarno Earns Second All-America Honor (Ohio State Buckeyes) COLUMBUS, Ohio -- For the second-consecutive season, Ohio State attackman Joel Dalgarno has been named an honorable mention USILA All-American, the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association announced. Saturday, May 23, 2009 Funeral for NI soldier (u.tv) The funeral of a Belfast-based soldier who was killed in Afghanistan will take place in south Belfast on Friday. Saturday, May 23, 2009 Funeral for Afghan soldier (u.tv) The funeral of a British soldier who was killed in Afghanistan will take place in Belfast on Friday. Saturday, May 23, 2009 Architect who designed Tacoma's iconic Museum of Glass dies (Tacoma News Tribune) Arthur Erickson, the Canadian architect whose vision for the Museum of Glass transformed the image o Friday, May 22, 2009 Fort Mifflin's victory over money troubles - Philiy.com In the damp cold, without adequate clothing or blankets, the soldiers took cover wherever they could in tiny Fort Mifflin as British artillery pounded them with up to 1,000 cannon ... Friday, May 22, 2009 Friday, May 29 - Mississippi Press (AP) ? Today is Friday, May 29, the 149th day of 2009. There are 216 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1453 - Turks capture Constantinople, capital of ... Wednesday, May 20, 2009 Aid groups push for access to Sri Lanka war zone fearing casualties - WHNT-TV COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ? Aid groups pushed for access to Sri Lanka's former battlefield to check on the fate of any wounded civilians stranded there, as the country celebrated a ... Wednesday, May 20, 2009 Sri Lankan army chief says body of Tamil Tiger rebel leader has been ... - WHO-TV COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ? Sri Lankan troops recovered the body of slain rebel leader Velupillai Prabhakaran on Tuesday, a day after he was killed in the Tamil Tigers' last stand ... Tuesday, May 19, 2009 Sri Lanka says civil war over, rebel leader killed - Seattle Times Sri Lankans hold their national flags and carry a symbolic coffin of a Tamil Tiger fighter as they celebrate the victory over the Tamil rebels in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, May 18 ... Tuesday, May 19, 2009 Iraq slides election until January - KAAL-TV (AP) BAGHDAD - National parliamentary elections will be held Jan. 30, Iraqi officials announced Monday, sliding the date into next year in a move that could complicate the U.S ... Tuesday, May 19, 2009 Prabhakaran's `Unforgiving Ruthlessness' Undercut Tamil Cause - Bloomberg May 18 (Bloomberg) -- Velupillai Prabhakaran , the founder of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam , whose 26-year struggle for a separate Tamil homeland in Sri Lanka cost the ... Monday, May 18, 2009 Sri Lanka says Tamil Tiger leader killed - Seattle Times Sri Lanka declared Monday it had crushed the final resistance of the Tamil Tigers, killing rebel chief Velupillai Prabhakaran and ending his three-decade quest for an independent ... Monday, May 18, 2009 Sri Lanka's long war reaches climax, Tigers concede - Stabroek News COLOMBO, (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's relentless military offensive drove the Tamil Tiger separatists yesterday to admit defeat in a quarter-century conflict seen as one of the ... Monday, May 18, 2009 Sri Lankan government says Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran ... - WHNT-TV COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ? Sri Lanka declared Monday it had crushed the final resistance of the Tamil Tigers, killing rebel chief Velupillai Prabhakaran and ending his three ... Monday, May 18, 2009 Velupillai Prabhakaran, Leader of Tamil Tigers, Killed at 54 - Bloomberg May 18 (Bloomberg) -- Velupillai Prabhakaran , the founder of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam , whose 26-year struggle for a separate Tamil homeland in Sri Lanka cost the ... Monday, May 18, 2009 Seemingly Invincible Tamil Tigers Declare Defeat Amid Report Leader ... - The Moderate Voice After waging a 26 year battle to carve out their own homeland, the once seemingly invicible Tamil Tigers have admitted defeat in their bloody fight against the Sri Lanka government ... Monday, May 18, 2009 Norwalk honors 'people of courage' - Norwalk Hour The stars and stripes of Old Glory blew seamlessly in the afternoon breeze Sunday, as the Norwalk Veterans Memorial Committee paid tribute to the local men and women who died to ... Sunday, May 17, 2009 Sri Lanka says all the civilians in war zone have escaped; Tamil ... - WHNT-TV COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ? The last remaining civilians trapped by fighting in northern Sri Lanka poured across the front lines Sunday as Tamil Tiger suicide bombers targeted ... Sunday, May 17, 2009 Outsiders often misunderstand Yezidi customs - Egypt Today A WEB OF TRUTHS, half-truths, myths and outright lies surrounds the Yezidi of northern Iraq. It hardly seems necessary though, for the truth about this tiny ethnic and religious ... Sunday, May 17, 2009 Sri Lanka Says Rebel Sea Unit Cornered as People Flee (Update2) - Bloomberg May 16 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka said it has wrested control of the entire coast of the island-nation from the Tamil Tigers, preventing rebel leaders from fleeing and cornering the ... Sunday, May 17, 2009 Ex-Army Officer Helped Paper Get Sensitive Information - Wall Street Journal How did the Daily Telegraph newspaper obtain sensitive information on politicians' expenses that have been secret for years? The answer: an ex-British army officer who runs a ... Sunday, May 17, 2009 Web hits for young readers - Minneapolis Star Tribune 'Younger Land' has '30s views of foods Annotated 'Willows' is scholarly labor of love Local bestsellers Brevity of witty tales is narrative challenge 5 writers lined up for Pen Pal ... Friday, May 15, 2009 UN envoy heads to Sri Lanka; civilians flee war - Seattle Times Sri Lankan forces battled Friday to take complete control of the country's coastline and surround the reeling Tamil Tigers in a final push to destroy the rebel group and end the ... Thursday, May 14, 2009 Undertaker hot-wires hearse - Independent Online London - A British funeral director said on Tuesday that one of her colleagues was forced to hot-wire a hearse in 2008 after a rival undertaker stole the keys during a funeral ... Thursday, May 14, 2009 Struggle Against Talibs To Likely Lead To Civil War In Pakistan ... - Turkish Weekly The Pakistani Army's struggle against the Taliban can be launched for the sake of Washington, and, ultimately, it can lead to escalation of the conflict and civil war in the ... Thursday, May 14, 2009 New threat for Iraqi military: Drop in oil prices - NWITimes.com BAGHDAD - Lower oil prices are threatening Iraq's efforts to build a military capable of defending the country, raising the possibility that the Iraqis will need substantial U.S ... Thursday, May 14, 2009 'This Is Mental Health, Military-Style' - Yahoo News SAN FRANCISCO, May 13 (OneWorld.net) - The U.S. military said yesterday that it's charged an American Army sergeant on his third tour in Iraq with murder in connection with ... Thursday, May 14, 2009 Iraq says insurgent leader still in custody - KAAL-TV (AP) BAGHDAD - Iraq's defense minister on Wednesday insisted that the head of an al-Qaida front group was indeed in custody, refuting a potentially embarrassing online denial ... Thursday, May 14, 2009 Doctor: Sri Lankan hospital shelled, 15 killed - 630 WMAL COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- Shells hit the only hospital in Sri Lanka's northern war zone Wednesday, killing 15 people in the second such attack in two days, a doctor said, as a ... Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Prince Charles Faces Opponents, Slams Modern Architecture (Bloomberg) May 13 (Bloomberg) -- The Prince of Wales last night came face-to-face with his opponents as he launched a new assault on modern architecture in a speech that some in the profession boycotted. Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Loyalty points (Guardian Unlimited) A TV show is not enough in the multimedia age - as a new Skins film proves, you have to build on the brand In the Loop may provide a rare example of a British TV show (The Thick of It) that spawned a successful spin-off movie - but keen students of the small screen will also have grim memories of On the Buses, Porridge and Dad's Army in celluloid. So what to make of E4's new big-screen plans for ... Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Sri Lanka's Bitter Endgame (Strategy Page) Every day, rebel-controlled territory shrinks. The space for diplomacy is even smaller. Wednesday, May 13, 2009 The seed of war (The West Australian) After 30 years, three warriors gather in a room for the first time: the elderly IRA supporter still raging against the British; his Vietnam veteran son fighting the ghosts of that blighted conflict; a Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Prince Charles Faces Opponents, Slams Modern Architecture - Bloomberg May 13 (Bloomberg) -- The Prince of Wales last night came face-to-face with his opponents as he launched a new assault on modern architecture in a speech that some in the ... Wednesday, May 13, 2009 UK architects' boycott of Prince Charles fizzles - Columbian Prince Charles, the scourge of modernist British architecture, made no apologies for his traditional views in a speech Tuesday before the Royal Institute of British Architects. The ... Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Iraq Afghan War News: Praise for McKiernan (Middle East Times) Departing U.S. Gen. David McKiernan leaves the military environment in Afghanistan in a better position for success, a Brookings scholar noted. Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Iraq Afghan War News: Praise for McKiernan - Middle East Times Departing U.S. Gen. David McKiernan leaves the military environment in Afghanistan in a better position for success, a Brookings scholar noted. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates ... Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Prince Charles Says New Buildings Must Respect History, Scale (Bloomberg) May 12 (Bloomberg) -- The Prince of Wales , who recently angered architects by intervening to stop the building of a London apartment complex, tonight urged them to respect history and scale when putting up buildings, and criticized Modernist designs. Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Prince Charles Says New Buildings Must Respect History, Scale - Bloomberg May 12 (Bloomberg) -- The Prince of Wales , who recently angered architects by intervening to stop the building of a London apartment complex, tonight urged them to respect history ... Wednesday, May 13, 2009 UK architects' boycott of Prince Charles fizzles (AP via Yahoo! Asia News) Prince Charles, the scourge of modernist British architecture, made no apologies for his traditional views in a speech Tuesday before the Royal Institute of British Architects. Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Lecture, book signing at Minute Man National Historical Park - Abington Mariner On May 14, at 7 p.m., join best-selling author Ray Raphael for a lecture and book launch at the Minute Man Visitor Center. Admission is free. Not until all the stories have been ... Wednesday, May 13, 2009 UK architects may skip gala with Prince Charles - Mississippi Press (AP) ? LONDON - It will be a gala event at the Royal Institute of British Architects-if anyone shows up. Some of Britain's top architects plan to boycott a dinner marking the ... Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Sri Lankan Tamil rebels claim slaughter (UPI) COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, May 11 (UPI) -- Sri Lankan Tamil rebels claimed Sunday the island nation's army engaged in "large scale slaughter" in a safety zone, with some 1,200 bodies counted. Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Man who wouldn't walk again finishes marathon (CNN) British soldier Phil Packer was told a year ago that he would never walk again, but on Saturday he finished the London Marathon. Wednesday, May 13, 2009 You can create regiment of British palace guards (Akron Beacon Journal) You can create regiment of British palace guards Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Lesotho political tensions flare - Independent Online Maseru - An assassination attempt on Lesotho's prime minister has exposed long-simmering political tensions that have yet to ease after the tiny country's controversial 2007 ... Wednesday, May 13, 2009 UK architects' boycott of Prince Charles fizzles - CNBC LONDON - Prince Charles, the scourge of modernist British architecture, made no apologies for his traditional views in a speech Tuesday before the Royal Institute of British ... Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Norwalk Memorial Day Parade expected to draw thousands - Norwalk Hour Look for dozens of floats and upward of 2,000 marchers in Norwalk's 2009 Memorial Day Parade, which is scheduled to step off from Veterans Memorial Park at 9 a.m. sharp on the ... Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Fresh Sri Lanka shelling claims dozens - Independent Online Colombo - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels accused government forces of killing at least 45 people on Tuesday in a fresh artillery and mortar attack. The allegation came amid ... Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Oops, Pirates Rush French Military Ship - AOL (May 4) - The French Navy said they seized 11 pirates Sunday after they apparently mistook a French military vessel for a commercial ship and made a run at it off the coast of ... Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Sri Lankan Tamil rebels claim slaughter - United Press International COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, May 11 (UPI) -- Sri Lankan Tamil rebels claimed Sunday the island nation's army engaged in "large scale slaughter" in a safety zone, with some 1,200 bodies ... Tuesday, May 12, 2009 UN condemns 'bloodbath' in northern Sri Lanka; doctor estimates up to ... - WHNT-TV COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ? Volunteers dug mass graves in the marshes of Sri Lanka's northern war zone Monday as they buried hundreds of civilians killed in artillery attacks that ... Monday, May 11, 2009 War crime in Sri Lanka: Civilians slaughtered by army shelling - World Socialist Web Site In what constitutes a blatant war crime by the Sri Lankan government, the army's merciless bombardment of a so-called no-fire zone, a small strip of land on the country's ... Monday, May 11, 2009 Sri Lankan health official says at least 257 civilians killed by ... - WHNT-TV COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ? A massive barrage of artillery in Sri Lanka's northern war zone killed at least 257 civilians and wounded 814 overnight, a government doctor said Sunday ... Thursday, May 07, 2009 Sri Lanka says captured video shows rebels disguising themselves as ... - WHNT-TV COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ? Video footage captured from Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels showed their fighters forcing civilians to assist their war effort and depicted one insurgent ... Wednesday, May 06, 2009 UN calls for cease-fire in Sri Lanka civil war - Seattle Times The Tamil Tiger rebels said Wednesday that intense fighting in the northern war zone was killing and wounding hundreds of civilians a day and appealed to the U.N. to push for ... Wednesday, May 06, 2009 I'll sue for defamation, says US shock-jock Michael Savage, on UK ... - Times Online An American "shock jock" said last night that he was planning legal action against the Government after discovering that he had been on a list of 16 people banned from entering ... Wednesday, May 06, 2009 US shock-jock, Jewish extremist and Hamas MP on list of 16 banned from UK (Times Online) An American "shock jock" said last night that he was planning legal action against the Government after discovering that he had been on a list of 16 people banned from entering Britain since October. Wednesday, May 06, 2009 Violence brings reward in the DRC - Guardian Unlimited In January the International Criminal Court (ICC) started its first ever trial against Thomas Lubanga , a warlord suspected of using child soldiers in the Ituri province of the ... Wednesday, May 06, 2009 Lockheed Martin Successfully Tests Signals Intelligence Capability and Improved Wing Design on Desert Hawk III ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Lockheed Martin has successfully completed flight testing of a new signals intelligence payload and a next generation wing design that will provide enhanced capabilities for the company's small Desert Hawk III Unmanned Aircraft System . Wednesday, May 06, 2009 178 fun facts for the Freep's 178th birthday (Detroit Free Press) Long before comics, cameras and computers, when our competition was the town crier and back fence gossip, we began our scrapbook. Wednesday, May 06, 2009 Will Brandywine Battlefield lose funding? (Delaware County Times) CHADDS FORD ? Friends of the Brandywine Battlefield have long considered their 52-acre treasure underfunded, understaffed and underappreciated. Wednesday, May 06, 2009 News of the Weird: Artist adds Bluetooth-capable ear to forearm (York Daily Record) LEAD STORY In April at a New York City gallery, the Australian performance artist Stelarc starred in a video of his surgery in which an ear is implanted into his left forearm (right now, just a prosthesis, but to which stem cells will be added), which will house an Internet-accessed, Wednesday, May 06, 2009 The 23-year-old activist who became a lightning rod (The Globe and Mail) On March 16, 2003, while protesting the destruction of homes and property in the Gaza Strip, the 23-year-old U.S. activist Rachel Corrie died after falling under an Israeli military bulldozer. Though the Israeli Army had killed many innocent civilians over the years, within days it became clear that Corrie's death was being treated differently. That week, The Guardian newspaper ran a series of ... Wednesday, May 06, 2009 Plain jane has right to answer beauty's call (Miami Herald) I am not the sort of person who fills the e-mail inboxes of my friends with jokes. Nor do I harass my family with hyperlinks to the latest YouTube video of lobsters with Hula-Hoops. Wednesday, May 06, 2009 Plea for Cease-Fire Help in Sri Lanka (New York Times) The separatist Tamil Tigers, besieged and surrounded on a boggy strip of beachfront, asked Britain and France to continue pressing the government for a cease-fire. Wednesday, May 06, 2009 Sri Lanka may pardon surrendering rebel fighters (AP via Yahoo! News) Sri Lanka's government said Sunday it is considering an amnesty for Tamil Tiger rebels who surrender ? although not for leaders of the insurgency, which is facing defeat after 25 years of civil war. Wednesday, May 06, 2009 Sri Lankan rebels urge renewed push for truce (AP via Yahoo! News) Sri Lanka's separatist rebels asked Britain and France to keep pushing for a cease-fire in the island's civil war after the European nations' recent failure to secure a halt in the fighting to allow civilians to evacuate. Wednesday, May 06, 2009 Robert Fisk: Obama falls short on Armenian pledge - The Independent It was clever, crafty -- artful, even -- but it was not the truth. For in the end, Barack Obama dishonoured his promise to his American-Armenian voters to call the deliberate ... Saturday, May 02, 2009 Sri Lanka urges civilians to flee war zone - Guardian Unlimited Associated Press Writer= COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) â Sri Lanka's government urged civilians in the northern war zone to flee the fighting Friday, promising to ensure their ... Friday, May 01, 2009 Sri Lankan official: Shelling kills 10 civilians despite govt promise ... - Los Angeles Times COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ? The Sri Lankan military fired scores of artillery shells into the northern war zone overnight, killing at least 10 civilians despite a pledge to stop ... Friday, May 01, 2009 British forces end combat operations in Iraq - KAAL-TV (AP) BAGHDAD - The Iraq war formally ended for British forces on Thursday as America's main battlefield ally handed control of the oil-rich Basra area to U.S. commanders and ... Thursday, April 30, 2009 Sri Lankan rebels say they will not surrender - Seattle Times Sri Lanka's president rejected Thursday a cease-fire appeal from France and Britain, saying his government was working to protect civilians but that his forces would not end their ... Thursday, April 30, 2009 A long, slow descent into hell - Guardian Unlimited A government soldier looks over civilians who arrived east of the village of Putumatalan in Puthukkudiyirippu, northern Sri Lanka. Photograph: Reuters Twenty six years ago, I was ... Thursday, April 30, 2009 Stephen Glover's recent articles - Daily Mail Now let them stay! Humiliating defeat for Brown forces rethink over Gurkhas... but news comes too late for one hero Meet Elise, the girl of two with an IQ higher than Carol ... Thursday, April 30, 2009 Neil Doyle: Key battlegrounds in the conflicts that lie ahead - yorkshirepost THE announcement by Defence Secretary John Hutton of a fundamental restructuring of our Armed Forces would seem to be paving the way for British military action inside countries ... Thursday, April 30, 2009 Felipe Fernandez-Armesto: It's been a long, cold, lonely winter but ... - The Independent No wonder people treat the Sun as a god, distributing life and death with a capricious hand. When he flares, as if with anger, he burns forests and shrivels crops. When he hides ... Wednesday, April 29, 2009 Frost & Sullivan Recognises Miro Technologies for its Outstanding ... - Earthtimes LONDON , April 29 PRNewswire -- The 2009 Frost & Sullivan European Defence Logistics Product Line Strategy Award in the area of information systems is presented to Miro ... Wednesday, April 29, 2009 French, British foreign ministers arrive in Sri Lanka for talks on ... - WHNT-TV COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ? The visiting French and British foreign ministers urged Sri Lanka's government to enter an immediate cease-fire Wednesday in its war with Tamil rebels ... Wednesday, April 29, 2009 Iraqis display photo of alleged al-Qaida leader - KAAL-TV (AP) BAGHDAD - The Iraqi government presented the first image of the alleged leader of an al-Qaida front group Tuesday in a bid to prove the right suspect was in custody despite ... Tuesday, April 28, 2009 Pro-Tamil supporters label Sonia Gandhi a terrorist - Express India Actor Feroz Khan dies Flu kills 149 in Mexico, world closer to pan... Cops bust book piracy racket, six arrested I'm not ready to be PM: Rahul Gandhi 3,000 jobs for ITI certificate ... Tuesday, April 28, 2009 Islamabad, Pakistan: Pakistan defends offensive - Tulsa World A Pakistani military offensive against insurgent hide-outs prompted suspension of controversial peace talks with the Taliban Monday, and the country's president sought additional ... Tuesday, April 28, 2009 Sri Lanka to stop airstrikes - ninemsn Under intense international pressure to prevent further civilian deaths, the Sri Lankan government said Monday it would immediately stop airstrikes and artillery attacks in its war ... Monday, April 27, 2009 20 Taliban killed in Pakistan; peace pact in doubt - NWI.com ISLAMABAD - Taliban militants said Monday their peace deal with the Pakistani government was "worthless" after authorities sent helicopters and artillery against hide-outs of ... Monday, April 27, 2009 Sri Lanka's to stop airstrikes - West Online Under intense international pressure to prevent further civilian deaths, the Sri Lankan government said Monday it would immediately stop airstrikes and artillery attacks in its war ... Monday, April 27, 2009 Lanka Army launches fresh assault on Tamil Tigers as international ... - New Kerala The rebel TamilNet web site said the military attacked an area in the northeast with heavy gunfire early on Monday even as international protests against the offensive mount ... Monday, April 27, 2009 Rebel-linked Web site reports new Sri Lankan assault despite Tamil ... - WHO-TV COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ? Sri Lankan forces attacked a rebel-held village in the north with heavy machine gun fire early Monday, just hours after rejecting the Tamil Tigers' call ... Monday, April 27, 2009 Tiger rebels declare unilateral cease-fire - Independent Online Colombo, Sri Lanka - Facing imminent battlefield defeat, Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels have declared a unilateral cease-fire and called on the government to halt its offensive to ... Monday, April 27, 2009 British Airways Employee Doesn't Have Swine Flu - Hospital - Beurs.nl LONDON (AFP) -- A British Airways (BAIRY) cabin crew steward admitted to hospital with 'flu-like symptoms' after arriving on a flight from Mexico City doesn't have swine flu, the ... Saturday, April 25, 2009 Life in the other Czech capital - Prague Post When Mark Tredway met his future wife, Andrea, in his native Johannesburg, he had no idea their courtship would lead him not only to the Czech Republic, but also to one of its ... Friday, April 24, 2009 Clinton Township historian writes book on historic Vought House - Recorder Community Newspapers CLINTON TWP. ? Township resident Don Sherbloom has written a booklet chronicling the history of the 1759 Vought House and the family that built it. Sherbloom, a local historian ... Friday, April 24, 2009 Iraq says top insurgent captured, bombs kill 69 - KAAL-TV (AP) BAGHDAD - Iraqi security officials said they captured one of the most wanted leaders of the al-Qaida-linked Sunni insurgency Thursday, an arrest that could deliver a ... Friday, April 24, 2009 Community notes for April 24 - Inside Nova Azalea Charities is recruiting athletes for Team Azalea Charities in 2009 to benefit the Aid for Wounded Soldiers project and British Army Benevolent Fund America. The deadline has ... Friday, April 24, 2009 Will Wi-Fi prices fall now that BT has the Starbucks franchise? - Guardian Unlimited Coffee and a connection ... the Wi-Fi in UK branches of Starbucks is switching from T-Mobile to BT. Photograph: David Sillitoe Probably not. BT is tightening its grip on the public ... Thursday, April 23, 2009 Background Note: The Gambia - Scoop Area: 11,300 sq. km. (4,361 sq. mi.); less than half the size of Maryland. Cities: Capital --Banjul (pop. 34,828 excluding suburbs; 2003 census provisional). Terrain: Flood plain ... Thursday, April 23, 2009 Background Note: Eritrea - Scoop Area: 125,000 sq. km. (48,000 sq. mi.); about the size of Pennsylvania. Cities: Capital --Asmara (est. pop. 435,000). Other cities --Keren (57,000); Assab (28,000); Massawa (25,000 ... Thursday, April 23, 2009 Obituaries in the news - Worcester Telegram & Gazette PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) - Bea Charles, who worked to preserve the Klallam language and culture of the Lower Elwha tribe, died Monday. She was 89. Charles died in her sleep at home ... Thursday, April 23, 2009 Sri Lanka: More civilians flee as army advances - Seattle Times Two Tamil Tiger officials surrendered to the Sri Lankan army on Wednesday as government troops continued their monthslong drive into rebel-held territory and end the 25-year-old ... Thursday, April 23, 2009 S Lanka leader visits north-east - BBC South-Asia The President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa has made a symbolic visit to a key town captured from the Tamil Tiger rebels. Kilinochchi was considered to be the rebels' headquarters ... Wednesday, April 22, 2009 Holocaust survivors to speak at Fort Monroe - Daily Press HAMPTON ? A Richmond tailor and his wife who witnessed and survived untold horrors as Jews in Nazi Germany will be guest speakers today at Fort Monroe . Alan and Halina Zimm have ... Wednesday, April 22, 2009 Feds Reportedly Hunting Monster-Botnet Builders - CBS News The FBI and British law enforcement authorities are trying to hunt down hackers responsible for the largest botnet (robot network) ever known to the IT world, according to claims ... Wednesday, April 22, 2009 Cops Hunt Hackers Behind Biggest-Ever Botnet - CBS News The FBI and British law enforcement authorities are trying to hunt down hackers responsible for the largest botnet (robot network) ever known to the IT world. Six people, believed ... Wednesday, April 22, 2009 Sri Lankan troops close in on Tigers - EurActiv.com COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan soldiers battled into the last redoubt of the Tamil Tigers on Tuesday, and an exodus of people trapped by the rebels in the coastal strip reached ... Wednesday, April 22, 2009 58,000 civilians flee - Hindu The exodus: This picture released by the Sri Lankan Army on Tuesday shows civilians leaving an area controlled by Tamil Tigers in north-eastern Sri Lanka. COLOMBO: Amid ... Tuesday, April 21, 2009 Kate Elizabeth Queram - Daily News-Record If you've been in Rockingham Memorial Hospital or one of Harrisonburg's nursing homes in the past week, you may have seen Roy Dietrich. Laura Taalman and Phil Riley own a bright ... Tuesday, April 21, 2009 Hole in his helmet, but he is alive... - Independent Online London - A British soldier in Afghanistan was dubbed the luckiest man in the military on Monday after a Taliban bullet pierced his helmet - and he lived to tell the tale. Private ... Tuesday, April 21, 2009 Sri Lanka Sets 24-Hour Period for Rebels to Surrender (Update1) - Bloomberg April 20 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka set a 24-hour deadline for the Tamil Tigers to surrender as the army said it rescued 35,000 civilians held by the rebels in a government ... Monday, April 20, 2009 Kidnapped kids focus of march - Charleston Post & Courier Kidnapped kids focus of march Rebel cult leader takes children for his army Monday, April 20, 2009 Movie Makers Appeal to the Crowd, for Money - New York Times Three British teenagers are only the latest of a number of would-be filmmakers to tap the power of so-called crowdfunding. Monday, April 20, 2009 Fiji military extends its grip on power - AP - Guardian Unlimited SUVA, Fiji (AP) â Fiji's military government extended its grip on power Friday as a former army commander was sworn in as vice president of the volatile South Pacific nation ... Monday, April 20, 2009 S Lanka leader visits north-east - BBC News The President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa has made a symbolic visit to a key town captured from the Tamil Tiger rebels. Kilinochchi was considered to be the rebels' headquarters ... Saturday, April 18, 2009 Hollywood scores win over Pirate Bay - ninemsn The entertainment industry has won round one in a legal battle against file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay, with guilty verdicts and one-year prison sentences handed down to four men ... Saturday, April 18, 2009 Jean Jacques Dessalines: Slaughter of whites & Toussaint Louverture - Domican Today Jean Jacques Dessalines Founder of Haiti 1804-1806 DESSALINES SLAUGHTER OF WHITES On March 16, 1803. Captain Perkins of the Tartar went ashore in Jeremie to investigate these ... Saturday, April 18, 2009 Hugh Jackman reveals family ties with British forces in Iraq - The Australian AUSTRALIAN actor Hugh Jackman has revealed his sister served with the British Army in Iraq. ... AUSTRALIAN actor Hugh Jackman has revealed his sister served with the British Army ... Saturday, April 18, 2009 State of Play': A strong thriller about weak morals \| 3 stars - Kansas City Star Nobody gets to wear a white hat in "State of Play." Oh, the hats might have started out white. But they've been dirtied by life and experience. The best you can hope for now ... Saturday, April 18, 2009 Fiji military extends its grip on power - Miami Herald SUVA, Fiji -- Fiji's military government extended its grip on power Friday as a former army commander was sworn in as vice president of the volatile South Pacific nation. Armed ... Saturday, April 18, 2009 Community briefs for April 18 - Inside Nova Local residents can learn about one of the more visible and historic cemeteries in the area during "Stories in Stone," a walking tour sponsored by the Manassas Museum on April 26 ... Wednesday, April 15, 2009 Get Your Musket and Fall In, Reenacting Season Steps Off. - Kingsport Times-News From the days of the Civil War and before it was common practice to stop campaigning during winter, rest and refit your army (or try to survive the cold weather) and then pick ... Wednesday, April 15, 2009 eBay to spin off Skype next year - ninemsn Online auction giant eBay has announced plans to spin off Web communications service Skype with an initial public offering next year, ending the troubled relationship between the ... Sunday, April 12, 2009 Theater critic Misha Berson reports on the London theater scene - Seattle Times Kit Harington, left, in the World War I epic "War Horse," about a young man and his horse, Joey. The horse, constructed of cane, leather and nylon cord, is animated by members of ... Sunday, April 12, 2009 US President Obama's Half Brother Refused British Visa - Report - Beurs.nl LONDON (AFP)--U.S. President Barack Obama's half brother was refused a visa to enter Britain because he had been accused of a serious crime on a previous visit, it was reported ... Sunday, April 12, 2009 World News Quick Take - Taipei Times More than 125 heavily armed Maoists ambushed a team of central reserve police force patrolling the forested Chintagufa area, about 445km south of Raipur, capital of Chhattisgarh ... Saturday, April 11, 2009 Jean Jacques Dessalines: Slaughter of whites - Domican Today Jean Jacques Dessalines Founder of Haiti 1804-1806 DESSALINES SLAUGHTER OF WHITES On March 16, 1803. Captain Perkins of the Tartar went ashore in Jeremie to investigate these ... Saturday, April 11, 2009 The Paradise of Investment - bbc Basra - Last night I attended a highly unusual event. Lord Mandelson and 25 suited and booted captains of British industry flew in for an investment conference at the airport here ... Saturday, April 11, 2009 Mark Urban's blog - bbc Basra - Last night I attended a highly unusual event. Lord Mandelson and 25 suited and booted captains of British industry flew in for an investment conference at the airport here ... Saturday, April 11, 2009 So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen... - Daily Telegraph Blogs I'm afraid this is a "so long and thanks for all the fish" speech.... am so sorry it's been so long since I last posted, which is why I'm saying farewell, for the moment.... I've ... Friday, April 10, 2009 Long, successful jazz career never wound down for Shank - Arizona Daily Star Jazz musician Bud Shank traveled the world performing at international festivals and intimate clubs. He produced 50 diverse albums, and as a studio musician, he can be heard on the ... Friday, April 10, 2009 Did Dev state " Ireland, a Catholic nation state " - Politics.ie This is a discussion on Did Dev state " Ireland, a Catholic nation state " within the History forums, part of the Topical Discussion category on Politics.ie . Originally Posted by ... Thursday, April 09, 2009 Future of Brandywine Battlefield in doubt - Delaware Online CHADDS FORD, Pa. -- The cherry blossoms have opened with a delicate magnificence over the rolling green hills of Brandywine Battlefield Park. It's easy to understand why passers-by ... Thursday, April 09, 2009 Proposed defense budget sets off war with Congress - Capitol Hill Blue It is perhaps no accident that Defense secretary Robert Gates announced plans to drastically reshape the defense budget while President Obama was out of the country. His plans to ... Thursday, April 09, 2009 Thousands rally against Vejjajiva - Independent Online Bangkok - Tens of thousands of protesters rallied in Bangkok on Wednesday in their biggest bid yet to topple premier Abhisit Vejjajiva, sparking fears of a violent new twist to ... Wednesday, April 08, 2009 So much for Egypt's 'day of rage' - Guardian Unlimited It was billed as a " day of rage ", 24 hours of co-ordinated protests across the country in which Egypt's 80 million citizens would send a powerful message of defiance to their ... Tuesday, April 07, 2009 Ayer Head' Professor Defends Bill Ayers - Family Security Matters Dan Kennedy, an assistant professor at the Northeastern University School of Journalism in Boston who writes for the British Guardian, has been caught spreading falsehoods about ... Tuesday, April 07, 2009 Black Monday in Baghdad - Independent Online Baghdad - A spate of bloody car bombings in mainly Shi'a districts of Baghdad on Monday recalled the blackest days of violence in the capital as at least 34 people were killed and ... Monday, April 06, 2009 How Neil Strauss became Mr Doom - Times Online I am not expecting to like Neil Strauss, but I calculate that meeting him might be useful. He says so himself: "When the shit hits the fan, you're going to want to find me. And ... Monday, April 06, 2009 US to Britain: Say hello to Hezb'allah for us - American Thinker This is naive on so many levels that one has to wonder about the mental health of officials in the British Foreign Office. They believe that talking with Hezb'allah, the Lebanese ... Monday, April 06, 2009 'US OK with UK's overture to Hizbullah' - Jerusalem Post The Obama administration is "comfortable" with the British government's attempts to engage Hizbullah, a senior British diplomat asserts. Bill Rammell, Britain's minister of state ... Monday, April 06, 2009 What's On Guide April 3-9 - Northampton Chronicle Bozeat: Maxwell, Hammer and Smith, Red Lion. Hackleton: Charity annual cabaret show by Lesley's Dancers, village hall, Fri & Sat, 7.30pm. Tickets on Northampton 870383 or on door ... Friday, April 03, 2009 Iris #188 - Politics.ie 1. Attacks on British forces are: "Acts of war" At a press conference in Belfast on March 26 Republican Sinn Féin described the recent attacks on British forces as "acts of ... Friday, April 03, 2009 Can Uncle Sam ever let go? - Richmond Register "In 1877, Lord Salisbury, commenting on Great Britain's policy on the Eastern Question, noted that 'the commonest error in politics is sticking to the carcass of dead ... Thursday, April 02, 2009 Tuned In: A medieval comedy best left in the past - Daily Anaeum Every generation has a defining television moment. In the '80s, millions of Americans watched as their favorite mobile army doctors in North Korea set their goodbyes, in the ... Monday, March 30, 2009 Gunfight erupts as Iraqi Sunni leader arrested - Yahoo News BAGHDAD -- Authorities arrested the local leader of a Sunni group that had broken with al-Qaida, sparking a gunfight Saturday in central Baghdad that killed four people and ... Sunday, March 29, 2009 Western spies vs. Chinese spies - Presstv Western spymasters believe China's first-strike cyber-warfare capabilities may give it the upper hand in the event of a conflict. China's alleged involvement in web-based espionage ... Sunday, March 29, 2009 Report: Deal close to free Britons seized in Iraq - KAAL-TV (AP) BAGHDAD - One of five Britons seized by a Shiite extremist group in Iraq nearly two years ago could be freed "very soon" under a deal to win release of militant leaders held ... Sunday, March 29, 2009 QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Guardian Unlimited Associated Press Writer= BAGHDAD (AP) â One of five Britons seized by a Shiite extremist group nearly two years ago could be freed "very soon" under a deal to win release of ... Friday, March 27, 2009 Obama's Afghan Spaghetti Western - Asia Times As the Barack Obama administration releases the details of its strategic review of Afghanistan's "good war", an acronym-plagued global public opinion is confronted with a semantic ... Friday, March 27, 2009 More bloodshed forecast for N Ireland - Independent Online Dublin - A fringe political party linked to Irish Republican Army dissidents predicted more bloodshed on Thursday in Northern Ireland, describing it as a territory under British ... Thursday, March 26, 2009 Thaksin loyalists in protest against Thai PM - Independent Online Thai opposition aims to undermine PM Thai government given '15 days' to go Thailand on edge for protests against new PM Former Thai PM 'down to last R5bn' Thai premier will visit ... Thursday, March 26, 2009 PC worm may create havoc on Fool's Day' - Zee News London, March 26: A security expert has cautioned that an internet worm, called Conficker C, can strike at infected computers around the world on April 1. Conficker C is a ... Wednesday, March 25, 2009 Fashion takes flight - Charleston Post & Courier In her tiny dressing room built from thin red curtains, designer Caroline Baker threads a needle in dim light and makes a last-minute alteration to Chickadee, a scarlet dress with ... Tuesday, March 24, 2009 Teen charged with murder of N Ireland cop - Independent Online Belfast - A 17-year-old boy was due to appear in court in Northern Ireland on Tuesday charged with the murder of a policeman, an attack which triggered fears of a return to the ... Tuesday, March 24, 2009 Overseas Army Garrison Applies GIS Technology to Manage Environmental ... - PR Newswire BAMBERG, Germany, March 23 PRNewswire -- The U.S. Army Garrison (USAG) at Bamberg, Germany, doesn't have to wonder what it has in its ecological and other environmental ... Tuesday, March 24, 2009 Events lining up for 2009 season - Waterbury Republican-American The riding season started earlier this year for many motorcyclists if two-wheeled traffic on the state's roadways recently is any gauge. The warmer temperatures over the past ... Tuesday, March 24, 2009 David Ottewell - Manchester Evening News APRIL may be the cruellest month, as TS Eliot said, but March is shaping up to be the stupidest. First we had climate-change protestor Leila Deen throwing green custard over ... Monday, March 23, 2009 Obama defends emptying Guantanamo - Post-Bulletin MIAMI -- President Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast Sunday the Bush administration did not properly vet Guantanamo detainees before freeing them. Still, he defended his ... Monday, March 23, 2009 New video shows Briton kidnapped in Iraq in 2007 - WJLA Sign up for ABC 7 News e-mail alerts. British Embassy spokesman Sean McColm refused to identify the hostage or say how and when the video was received. He said the video was ... Monday, March 23, 2009 The tragic story of Monte Cassino - Toledo Blade SO MUCH to remember, so easy to forget. So it is not surprising that, amid our winter woes and worries, virtually no one has paused to reflect on what happened in Italy 65 winters ... Monday, March 23, 2009 parental guidance - Tulsa World Friends at college don't always know what to think when they ask Chris Byrd where he went to high school. "Really? You were home-schooled? Why aren't you a freak?" they ask. By ... Monday, March 23, 2009 Even as the Afghan war rages, the talking starts - Guardian Unlimited Jason Burke travels across Afghanistan to trace the complex web of negotiations that some say could end the war Monday, March 23, 2009 Google hit by privacy protests in UK - Taipei Times For 24 hours, Google¡¦s new Street View brought a vision of British cities to the Web that included such memorable sights as a man throwing up between his knees outside a London ... Friday, March 20, 2009 Exclusive: Feeding Frenzy of the Islamist Crocodiles (Part Two of Two) - Family Security Matters Al-Muhajiroun officially lasted from February 1996 until October 2004, continuing as an entity under various other names. The most recent incarnation of the group is " Ahlus Sunnah ... Friday, March 20, 2009 Kate Elizabeth Queram - Daily News- Record When Margaret Shifflett opened Mrs. Hardesty's Tea Room three years ago, one of her main goals was to blend American and British tradition. That meant the menu had to span both ... Friday, March 20, 2009 Further protest letters against LTTE threats - World Socialist Web Site The World Socialist Web Site has received more letters in response to the March 9 statement " Oppose LTTE campaign of threats and violence against SEP supporters in Europe ! " We ... Friday, March 20, 2009 U.S. Military Contractor Allegedly Hacked Teens to Extort Nude Photos ... - Wired An army contractor who worked on a U.S. military base in Iraq hacked into the computers of teenage girls to harass and extort sexually explicit images from them, authorities say ... Friday, March 20, 2009 As Iraq war enters 7th year, focus on politics - WJLA Sign up for ABC 7 News e-mail alerts. The Iraqi government held no official ceremony to mark the start of the war, which kicked off before dawn on March 20, 2003 - March 19 in ... Friday, March 20, 2009 Jail guard becomes citizen of the U.S. - Herald-Bulletin CHESTERFIELD ? It's a long way from the Scottish village of Thornton to the Hoosier village of Chesterfield, but Robert Perkins ? complete with rolling brogue, but sans ... Thursday, March 19, 2009 Website blacklist a fake: Conroy - ninemsn An alleged government blacklist containing more than 2000 websites to be banned by the communications watchdog has been disowned by the federal government as a dentist included on ... Thursday, March 19, 2009 Obama leverages his political risk in first 50 days - Asheville Citizen-Times Many of the media are following the convention of assessing President Barack Obama's first 100 days in office. The term first was applied to new American presidents during Franklin ... Thursday, March 19, 2009 'Blood diamonds' team starts Zim probe - Independent Online Harare - An international group is in Zimbabwe to investigate allegations of mass murder by government soldiers in a diamond field in the east of the country, state media reported ... Thursday, March 19, 2009 Osama bin Laden: Use Jordan as Springboard for Israel Attack - Arutz Sheva (IsraelNN.com) International terrorist chief Osama bin Laden has added Jordan to his hit list. A new audio tape attributed to the head of the al Qaeda terrorist organization ... Wednesday, March 18, 2009 Obituaries in the news - Globe Gazette WASHINGTON (AP) ? Reese Cleghorn, a former newspaper opinion editor credited with transforming the University of Maryland's journalism school, has died. He was 78. Cleghorn died ... Wednesday, March 18, 2009 Osama bin Laden Adds Jordan to Al Qaeda Hit List - Arutz Sheva (IsraelNN.com) International terrorist chief Osama bin Laden has added Jordan to his hit list. A new audio tape attributed to the head of the al Qaeda terrorist organization ... Wednesday, March 18, 2009 White House Irish for a day - Seattle Times The water in the fountain on the north side of the White House is dyed green for St. Patrick's Day on Tuesday. Pittsburgh Steelers owner Dan Rooney, named ambassador to Ireland ... Wednesday, March 18, 2009 Protest letters against LTTE threats - World Socialist Web Site The World Socialist Web Site has received further letters in response to the March 9 statement "Oppose LTTE campaign of threats and violence against SEP supporters in Europe!" We ... Wednesday, March 18, 2009 March 18, 1931: The Schick Hits the Fans - Wired News 1931: The first practical, electric shavers go on sale. They're definitely a cut above their clumsy predecessors. The gizmos were the brainchild of Jacob Schick . He served in the ... Wednesday, March 18, 2009 Comment: David Ottewell - Manchester Evening News APRIL may be the cruellest month, as TS Eliot said, but March is shaping up to be the stupidest. First we had climate-change protestor Leila Deen throwing green custard over ... Tuesday, March 17, 2009 Police say man hacked into teens' computers, demanded sexual images ... - Orlando Sentinel For years, Patrick Connolly terrorized girls across the globe, federal investigators say. He scoured the Web for unsuspecting teens, chatted them up, then hacked into their ... Tuesday, March 17, 2009 VIOLENT SPECTER - Der Spiegel For years, Northern Ireland had been at peace. Now, two brutal attacks threaten to turn back the clock. How Belfast reacts will demonstrate just how stable the country's coalition ... Tuesday, March 17, 2009 Hearst Finds No Buyers, Moves Seattle Paper Online - Wired News LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Hearst Corp plans to transform its ailing Seattle Post-Intelligencer into an online business, ending speculation about the fate of the 146-year-old ... Tuesday, March 17, 2009 Get your Irish up for the St. Patrick's Day Parade - Staten Island Advance Staten Island Advance Jin Lee A young spectator along the route looks out from the barriers during last year's St. Patrick's Day Parade in Manhattan. The New York City St. Patrick ... Tuesday, March 17, 2009 9 suspects held for Northern Ireland killings - ABC 33 40 News BELFAST, Northern Ireland - Anti-terrorist detectives were questioning nine suspected Irish Republican Army dissidents Monday over this month's deadly gun attacks on British ... Monday, March 16, 2009 Madagascar: A Changing of the Guard? - Global Voices Online.org Regions and Countries » Americas » Central Asia & Caucasus » East Asia » Eastern & Central Europe » Middle East & North Africa » Oceania » South Asia » Sub-Saharan Africa ... Monday, March 16, 2009 NBC's "Kings" Has Dangerously Grand Expectations - eNews 2.0 The new NBC drama "Kings" debuts Sunday night in a mixed-review background. The subject of the show is quite controversial and can result in hundreds of different consequences. It ... Monday, March 16, 2009 World Briefing - Los Angeles Times Irish nationalist gangs hurled gasoline bombs at police after three alleged IRA dissidents were arrested on suspicion of killing two British soldiers in an attack apparently aimed ... Friday, March 13, 2009 Israel-Palestine Conflict 101: Taking Off The Blinders In The U.S. - Uruk Net La XX Assemblea Generale dell'ONU (1965) dichiara "la legittimità della lotta da parte dei popoli sotto oppressione coloniale, per esercitare il loro diritto all' autodeter ... Thursday, March 12, 2009 Ireland killings spark peace protests - Independent Online Belfast - Thousands of people joined peace vigils in Northern Ireland Wednesday to protest the killings of a policeman and two soldiers which threaten to re-ignite sectarian ... Wednesday, March 11, 2009 Two interrogated for N Ireland cop shooting - Independent Online Belfast - Two men were being questioned Wednesday over a second deadly attack on Northern Ireland's security forces in 48 hours, prompting warnings the province faces a return to ... Wednesday, March 11, 2009 Police officer shot dead by Continuity IRA - Peoples Weekly World Dissident republicans the Continuity IRA fatally shot a policeman in Craigavon on Monday night as he responded to an emergency call, just 48 hours after the killing of two soldiers ... Wednesday, March 11, 2009 IRA dissident killings unites Northern Ireland - ABC 33 40 News BELFAST, Northern Ireland - The Protestant and Catholic leaders of Northern Ireland mounted an exceptional display of unity against rising violence from Irish Republican Army ... Wednesday, March 11, 2009 Northern Ireland killings bring revulsion across political divide - Guardian Unlimited The return to killing in Northern Ireland has brought widespread revulsion across the political divide. An editorial in the Belfast Telegraph said the Massereene army barracks ... Wednesday, March 11, 2009 BlackBerry link to the UK - The Sun Blast ... army grenade at the Taj Mahal hotel The gang looked for web updates and live footage on the net to help them prolong their three-day rampage which left at least 174 dead ... Monday, March 09, 2009 Two U.K. Soldiers Killed in Northern Ireland Attack (Update4) - Bloomberg March 8 (Bloomberg) -- Two British soldiers were killed and four people injured in Northern Ireland when gunmen opened fire on an army base, the first U.K. military fatalities in ... Saturday, March 07, 2009 Exclusive: Oval Office Watch -- Saturday, March 7 - Family Security Matters The First Lady helped create a notorious program that dumped poor patients on community hospitals, yet the national media ignore the story. Imagine if her husband were a Republican ... Saturday, March 07, 2009 Waldorf College professor prepares for trips to England - Globe Gazette FOREST CITY ? Matt Plowman these days is a little bit like an athlete getting ready for the big game. There's a little nervousness, but there is a whole lot of excitement ... Saturday, March 07, 2009 Today in History - Globe Gazette 1834 - The city of York in Upper Canada is incorporated as Toronto. 1836 - Alamo mission in San Antonio, Texas, falls to Mexican army after 13-day siege in which Davy Crockett and ... Friday, March 06, 2009 IRAQ: No Unemployment Among Gravediggers - Inter Press Service Cemetery manager Abu Ayad Nasir Walid with his logbook of the dead. Credit:Dahr Jamail. BAGHDAD, Feb 5 (IPS) - Amidst the soaring unemployment in Iraq, the gravediggers have been ... Friday, March 06, 2009 History competition today in Las Cruces - Deming Headlight Deming High's Isaac Holguin (left) and Jose Flores (as Pvt. Marcelino Serna) are in a group with Tracy Barajas and Didi Barrios which today presents a performance at a Regional ... Thursday, March 05, 2009 Wentz Farmstead gets grant - Reporter WORCESTER ? A farm that served as Gen. George Washington's headquarters while he prepared the Continental Army to battle the British in Germantown has received a $6,000 federal ... Thursday, March 05, 2009 New Trojan targets day traders - ninemsn As if the world economic crisis wasn't enough, day traders are facing a new and insidious threat ? a Trojan horse-type virus that targets share trading programs. The relatively ... Wednesday, March 04, 2009 Israelis strike Gaza tunnels - ninemsn Israeli warplanes have launched two new raids on smuggling tunnels linking the Gaza Strip to Egypt without causing casualties, witnesses say. An Israeli army spokesman confirmed ... Wednesday, March 04, 2009 World news - March 3 - Akron Beacon Journal President Raul Castro abruptly ousted some of Cuba's most powerful officials Monday, remaking the government in the biggest shakeup since he took over from his ailing brother Fidel ... Wednesday, March 04, 2009 Mark Seddon: The BNP is mining a rich seam in our former coalfields - The Independent Newark in Nottinghamshire likes to claim that it is the birthplace of British democracy. It was here that the English Civil War climaxed, and that King Charles was handed over to ... Tuesday, March 03, 2009 Taliban Propagating Religion or Irreligion - Global Politician The Taliban & the people of the Talibani thought in the Swat Valley in Pakistan have given a strong blow to Pakistan and have succeeded in implementing the Sharia Law there. There ... Tuesday, March 03, 2009 Chinese man bids but won't pay for looted bronzes (12:54 p.m.) - Sun Star BEIJING -- A Chinese art collector revealed himself as the man behind the winning bids for two imperial bronzes auctioned at Christie's over Beijing's objections, then announced he ... Tuesday, March 03, 2009 1CUBA Officials ousted - Akron Beacon Journal President Raul Castro abruptly ousted some of Cuba's most powerful officials Monday, remaking the government in the biggest shakeup since he took over from his ailing brother Fidel ... Friday, February 27, 2009 How to sell your property without an estate agent - Daily Telegraph There's a scene in the Oscar-laden film American Beauty in which Annette Bening, playing a success-hungry, suburban realtor, visits one of the houses on her books, strips to her ... Friday, February 27, 2009 Crackdown on Ashes scalpers - West Online English cricket authorities are promising a major crackdown on scalpers for this year's Ashes series against Australia. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) are introducing ... Friday, February 27, 2009 Britain admits terror suspects given to US - Peoples Weekly World Defence Secretary John Hutton admitted on Thursday that British forces in Iraq handed over two terror suspects to the US who were then rendered to Afghanistan for interrogation and ... Thursday, February 26, 2009 Soldier searches for those left behind - Florida Keys News Two years after a massive Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbor, U.S. Marines went after their enemies in a very personal way on the tiny Tarawa Atoll. About 5,000 Japanese defenders ... Thursday, February 26, 2009 POLITICS: 'New US President Must Review Pakistan Policy' - Inter Press Service KARACHI, Nov 4 (IPS) - Tensions between the United States and Pakistan - on the eve of the keenly-watched U.S. Presidential elections - accompanying a visit by U.S. commander Gen ... Thursday, February 26, 2009 UK government opens up to open source - Technology.timesonline The UK Government has announced that it will consider open-source software on an equal footing with proprietary commercial software when awarding multi-million-pound IT contracts ... Thursday, February 26, 2009 'British Medical Journal' complains of 'obscene' attacks by pro-Israel ... - Jerusalem Post The editors of the 'BMJ' (British Medical Journal)'s widely read print and Internet editions have declared that they will "ignore" all "orchestrated e-mail campaigns" related to ... Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Background Notes : Kuwait (Scoop.co.nz) Geography Area: 17,820 sq. km. (6,880 sq. mi.); approximately the size of the State of New Jersey. Cities: Capital --Kuwait City. Terrain: Almost entirely flat desert plain (highest elevation point--306 m). Climate: Summers are intensely hot and dry ... Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Background Notes : Kuwait - Scoop Area: 17,820 sq. km. (6,880 sq. mi.); approximately the size of the State of New Jersey. Cities: Capital --Kuwait City. Terrain: Almost entirely flat desert plain (highest ... Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Number of canoes and kayaks up 34 percent since 2003 in Ohio - Herald-Dispatch COLUMBUS, Ohio ? Keeping fun on the water an affordable and family-friendly activity may be one reason the number of registered canoes and kayaks in Ohio has increased 34 ... Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Telford soldier killed in Iraq - Reporter No comments posted. The Department of Defense announced on Monday the death of a local soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Staff Sgt. Mark C. Baum, 32, of Telford ... Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Redux: How To Defuse Explosives In Iraq (NPR) Chris Hunter was a bomb disposal expert for the British Army. His job was to dismantle roadside bombs in Basra before they exploded all the while avoiding sniper fire. In this archived interview, host Madeleine Brand talks to Hunter about his book called "Eight Lives Down." It originally aired May 15, 2008. Wednesday, February 25, 2009 James Blunt Celebrates Birthday with Concert in Sofia (Novinite.com) 4 000 Bulgarian fans watched Sunday night's concert of the UK pop star James Blunt in Hall 1 of the National Palace of Culture in Sofia. James Blunt celebrated his birthday, February 22, in the Bulgarian capital, and his audience sang "Happy Birthday" every time he made a pause during his concert. Wednesday, February 25, 2009 India Jubilant as Rahman Wins Nation's First Music Oscar (Bloomberg) Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) -- India rejoiced as music composer A.R. Rahman and lyricist Gulzar won the best song Oscar for "Slumdog Millionaire," the first for music by an Indian. Wednesday, February 25, 2009 British Soldiers Banned From Facebook, MySpace (Fox News) Soldiers outraged by army decision based on security concerns. Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Dead UK soldier is named by MoD (BBC News) A British army soldier killed in Helmand province in Afghanistan is named by the Ministry of Defence. Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Quebec separatist army claims victory (Global TV National) A ragtag army of Quebec separatists, armed only with Internet petitions and menacing e-mails, have triumphed where the French army failed 250 years ago, preventing another British victory on the Plains of Abraham. Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Quebec separatist army claims victory (National Post) A ragtag army of Quebec separatists, armed only with Internet petitions and menacing e-mails, appears to have triumphed where the French army failed 250 years ago, preventing another British victory on the Plains of Abraham. Wednesday, February 25, 2009 'There will be blood' - Globe and Mail J. Michael from Canada writes: We humans have not changed over thousands of years. It seems to me the only thing holding the US as the safe haven is its military might. It is as ... Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Editor's Inbox - Globe Gazette Realizing that ending a war is much more difficult than starting one, I recognize the economic crises we face are the focus of Barack Obama's attention. But doesn't ending the ... Tuesday, February 24, 2009 Great necessities call out great virtues: Bad times can bring out our ... - Culpeper Star Exponent Without it being "seasonally adjusted," the overall unemployment rate for January 2009 is 8.5 percent. There are, though, a few bright spots within that grim statistic, and ... Tuesday, February 24, 2009 Sudan president to know fate soon - Independent Online Al-Bashir in Cairo for Darfur talks Sudan releases Darfur detainees SA wants to delay arrest of Sudanese leader Army denies attacks after Darfur deal The Hague - The International ... Tuesday, February 24, 2009 Give George Washington his due anew - Sauk Valley Daily Gazette What We Think Americans donâ€?t think about George Washington as much as they once did. His actual birthday â€" Feb. 22 â€" has been somewhat diluted by the ... Tuesday, February 24, 2009 Sri Lanka rebels call airstrike a success - Newsweek Recommended (6) How to Stop The Killing in Congo CFR: Beginning of Iraq Endgame CFR: Hillary Clinton, U.S. Secretary Of State Nominee Congo: The Bloodiest War Congo Won't Get Help ... Monday, February 23, 2009 Send To: - Inter Press Service POLITICS-US: Christian Zionist's Crusade Bears Fruit Bill Berkowitz* OAKLAND, California, Feb 22 (IPS) - During a recent appearance on the Fox News Channel's "Fox and Friends ... Monday, February 23, 2009 Sri Lanka rebels say they launched kamikaze attack - Newsweek Recommended (6) UN: Arrest of Sudan's Bashir Could Mar Aid Effort Periscope Mail Call: Moving the Settlers Where Bush Was Right The White House Replaces Churchill Bust Karzai and ... Friday, February 20, 2009 Obama's tech wizard says Labour need his magic - Technology.timesonline David Cameron and the Tories are winning the "web war" against Gordon Brown and Labour, according to the man who masterminded Barack Obama's successful online strategy during ... Wednesday, February 18, 2009 Anger as soldiers banned from MySpace and Facebook - Technology.timesonline British soldiers have been told to stop using social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace because of security concerns, it has emerged. Using the sites, blogging and ... Tuesday, February 17, 2009 Introducing Battle Group Commander: Episode One! - MCV In a gaming world obsessed with the big Dubya Dubya Two one developer, ProSIM Company, has represented the spearhead in providing gamers with exciting alternatives in the form of ... Monday, February 16, 2009 Police test hi-tech spiked nets to stop cars in their tracks - Daily Mail A high-tech net which is thrown into the path of cars to bring them to a halt is being tested by British police forces. The X-Net is a spiked web which wraps itself around a car's ... Friday, February 13, 2009 Sri Lanka snubs Britain - Independent Online Sri Lankans flee harrowing days in war zone Dozens wounded in suicide bombing Sri Lanka troops seize more Tiger bases Tamil Tigers offered amnesty Swinging Briton nabbed for sex ... Friday, February 13, 2009 The Queen re-launches British Monarchy website with help from Sir Tim Berners-Lee (PublicTechnology.net) Sir Tim Berners-Lee OM, KBE, inventor of the World Wide Web, will travel from the US for the launch. Guests for the Reception will include the Minister for Digital Engagement, Mr Tom Watson MP, and a cross-section of people from the web-based community. Friday, February 13, 2009 Royal watchers can track British Queen on website (Reuters via Yahoo! News) More than 30 years after she sent her first email, Britain's Queen Elizabeth will unveil a new version of her website on Thursday that allows her subjects to keep track of the royal family using an online map. Friday, February 13, 2009 Royal watchers can track British Queen on website (Reuters via Yahoo!7 News) LONDON (Reuters) - More than 30 years after she sent her first email, Britain's Queen Elizabeth will unveil a new version of her website on Thursday that allows her subjects to keep track of the royal family using an online map. Friday, February 13, 2009 The Queen revamps royal website (The West Australian) The Queen relaunched the British monarchy's website on Thursday with the help of world wide web inventor Tim Berners-Lee. The royal.gov.uk site has been revamped to make it easier to use and now feat Friday, February 13, 2009 The Queen revamps royal website - West Online The Queen relaunched the British monarchy's website on Thursday with the help of world wide web inventor Tim Berners-Lee. The royal.gov.uk site has been revamped to make it ... Friday, February 13, 2009 Queen Elizabeth revamps royal website - Daily Times Queen Elizabeth II relaunched the British monarchy's website on Thursday with the help of World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee. The royal.gov.uk site has been revamped to make ... Friday, February 13, 2009 The Royal family and technology - Daily Telegraph 1878 -- Queen Victoria meets Alexander Graham Bell and tries out his new invention, the telephone. 1918 -- The first ever mass communication from a reigning British Monarch is ... Friday, February 13, 2009 Queen Elizabeth revamps royal website (AFP via Yahoo!Xtra News) LONDON (AFP) - Queen Elizabeth II relaunched the British monarchy's website on Thursday with the help of World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee. Friday, February 13, 2009 Queen Elizabeth revamps royal website (AFP via Yahoo!7 News) LONDON (AFP) - Queen Elizabeth II relaunched the British monarchy's website on Thursday with the help of World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee. Friday, February 13, 2009 Queen Elizabeth revamps royal website (Indiana's NewsCenter) Queen Elizabeth II relaunched the British monarchy's website on Thursday with the help of World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee. The royal.gov.uk site has been revamped to make it easier to use and now features new technology, including audio and video footage and interactive maps. Friday, February 13, 2009 As it happened: Bankers grilled - BBC News 1320 So that's it - the session has come to an end. Thanks for your hundreds of emails. The bankers survived what was a more gentle grilling than they might have feared. Committee ... Friday, February 13, 2009 LIVE: Bankers grilled by MPs - BBC UK News 1244 Sir Tom McKillop is asked whether he has taken legal advice on criminal negligence. He has not. 1243 The collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 was the trigger. They ... Thursday, February 12, 2009 Why Hawks Win - Foreign Policy Why are hawks so influential? The answer may lie deep in the human mind. People have dozens of decision-making biases, and almost all favor conflict rather than concession. A look ... Thursday, February 12, 2009 Prince Harry - Newsday LONDON (AP) ? A black British comedian alleged that Prince Harry made racist comments to him after a performance last year. The accusation was made about a month after the 24 ... Thursday, February 12, 2009 'Al Qaeda Threat' Raises More Questions - Outlook India The authenticity of the message purporting to be from Mustafa Abu-al Yazid , who has been projected since 2007 as in charge of Al Qaeda operations in Afghanistan in liaison with ... Wednesday, February 11, 2009 Scottish firm hired by UPMC investigated on fraud charges - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A Scottish consulting group on retainer to UPMC is under investigation by British authorities, reportedly for helping steer a government contract to a former UPMC joint venture in ... Wednesday, February 11, 2009 Letters to the editor, February 10 - Ashland Daily Tidings Ashland has had a long-standing tradition of providing a space for local musicians and businesses to advertise their events and products by posting a flyer on the kiosk downtown. I ... Wednesday, February 11, 2009 As it happened: Bankers grilled - BBC UK News 1320 So that's it - the session has come to an end. Thanks for your hundreds of emails. The bankers survived what was a more gentle grilling than they might have feared. Committee ... Tuesday, February 10, 2009 Sri Lanka Attack Prompts Appeals to Protect Civilians (Update2) - Bloomberg Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- The United Nations and Amnesty International led appeals for civilians to be protected in Sri Lanka's conflict after a Tamil Tiger suicide bomber blew ... Tuesday, February 10, 2009 Don't Give an Oscar to The Reader We don't need another "redemptive ... - Slate If I hadn't used the locution so recently , I would be certain to call The Reader "The Worst Holocaust Film Ever Made." Somebody has to say it. I haven't seen others do so in print ... Tuesday, February 10, 2009 26 11 report today - Tribune At least 96 persons were killed in one of the worst bush fires in Australia that ripped across the south-eastern state of Victoria, as fire fighters struggled to tame the "hell ... Tuesday, February 10, 2009 What should we think of Henry VIII? - Times Online What should we think of Henry VIII? This year we will all have to decide. For the 500th anniversary of his accession, the British Library and the Tower of London will host ... Monday, February 09, 2009 2nd UPDATE: Afghan Blast Kills Two US-Led Soldiers - Beurs.nl KANDAHAR (AFP)--A bomb killed four people including two U.S.-led soldiers in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand on Sunday, in an attack claimed by Taliban rebels. The ... Monday, February 09, 2009 The next president of America? - Guardian Unlimited Martin Luther King weekend, 2009. In a beautiful 19th-century church in Newark, New Jersey a young jazz musician has just performed a dizzying solo. Two days from now, the first ... Monday, February 09, 2009 Searching for Baseball Abroad - St. Louis Post-Dispatch CAIRO ? During the tour-bus caravan to Giza and the Pyramids, two British friends of mine sat near an American who recited that widespread legend of how the Sphinx lost its nose ... Monday, February 09, 2009 COLOMBIA: FARC Hostages Died in Military-Rebel Shootout - Inter Press Service BOGOTA, Aug 21 (IPS) - The deaths of 11 of the 12 regional lawmakers being held hostage by Colombia's FARC rebels may have occurred in the midst of fighting between the ... Saturday, February 07, 2009 Feb 01 - Feb 07 (234) - Andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com Take Father Franz Schmidberger, a member of SSPX headquarters in Germany. He went on German radio on Thursday to censure German Chancellor Angela Merkel for her critical comments ... Saturday, February 07, 2009 UN chief in Pakistan - DAWN Group UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's visit shed light on two important issues. First, the announcement by Mr Ban that the UN will set up an "independent commission of inquiry ... Friday, February 06, 2009 Human Rights - Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel Information about Human Rights ... RSS feeds allow Web site content to be gathered via feed reader software. Friday, February 06, 2009 U.K. Snow Blizzards Strand Drivers as More Storms Are Forecast - Bloomberg Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Hundreds of motorists in Devon were rescued as a blizzard swept England's southwest and snow fell on London, causing school closures, flight and rail ... Friday, February 06, 2009 Protest outside Australian parliament against Sri Lankan war - World Socialist Web Site More than 1,500 people gathered outside federal parliament in Canberra yesterday, demanding an end to the Sri Lankan government's brutal military offensive in the north of the ... Friday, February 06, 2009 Hardliners block path to the world - Times Online To any closed society, there are two things that represent a more deadly threat than a foreign army on its borders: liberal Western values and a global language that gives access ... Thursday, February 05, 2009 Cyclones 'unlikely' in flooded north Qld - ninemsn Relief is in sight for flooded north Queensland with some rivers falling and forecasters saying the formation of new cyclones is unlikely. The weather bureau says a low pressure ... Thursday, February 05, 2009 DE BORCHGRAVE: Discordant wavelengths - The Washington Times As key policymakers abroad survey the attempts to stop and reverse the self-inflicted crumbling of the world's largest economy, they have reached startling conclusions that are out ... Thursday, February 05, 2009 Fewest killed since invasion - The Washington Times AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GETTY IMAGES Iraqi riot police practice at a training center in Basra under supervision of British forces. Security improvements are cited in Iraq's reduced ... Wednesday, February 04, 2009 Tamil Tigers will be 'wiped out' - Independent Online Colombo - Sri Lanka's president on Wednesday predicted the total defeat of Tamil Tiger rebels within a few days, as the United Nations reported 52 civilians had been killed in a ... Wednesday, February 04, 2009 Ask Stacy: Army Wives Hunk's Work with Lindsay Lohan and Jennifer Love ... - National Ledger Ask Stacy looks at television this week with Army Wives Hunk Drew Fuller and his earlier work with Lindsay Lohan and "BareNaked" with Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ed. DEAR STACY: I'd like ... Tuesday, February 03, 2009 Sri Lanka Needs Truce to Save Civilians, Caritas Says (Update1) - Bloomberg Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka's army and Tamil Tiger rebels must declare a cease-fire to allow aid agencies to help more than 250,000 civilians trapped by fighting in the north ... Tuesday, February 03, 2009 Snow brings deaths, travel chaos to Europe - Independent Online London - Snow storms brought travel chaos to western Europe on Monday, grounding most flights at London Heathrow airport after one jet slid off a taxiway and killing at least five ... Tuesday, February 03, 2009 Sri Lankan Troops Seize Tamil Tiger Leader's Bunker, Army Says - Bloomberg Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lankan soldiers captured a bunker they believe was the hideout of Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran in the nation's northeast, the Defense ... Tuesday, February 03, 2009 US Coast Guard Selects Becker Avionics' SAR MAN-PACK for Ground SAR ... - PR Newswire MIRAMAR, Fla., Feb. 1 PRNewswire -- COSPAS-SARSAT turns off satellite detection of the 121.5 MHz and 243 MHz emergency radio beacons today. In order to track the new 406 MHz ... Friday, January 30, 2009 Google Earth: Don't blame us for terrorist attacks - Technology.timesonline Google has dismissed concerns that terrorists are using its free mapping technology to help them carry out attacks. The head of Google Earth said the program, which allows users to ... Friday, January 30, 2009 THE LOST FAITH - Egypt Today December 2005 THE LOST FAITH Feared, hated and torn asunder, the Yezidi peoples of ... A WEB OF TRUTHS, half-truths, myths and outright lies surrounds the Yezidi of northern Iraq Friday, January 30, 2009 True Lies - Jewish Exponent Why shouldn't he? As the star of "Lie to Me," the foxy new Fox Network Wednesday night series in which he plays deception expert Dr. Cal Lightman -- based on the life of scientist ... Thursday, January 29, 2009 New Underbelly gets rave reviews - ninemsn Early reviews of the second series of Underbelly are in, with critics giving the gritty crime prequel a thumbs-up. The Nine Network's latest instalment of the underworld drama does ... Thursday, January 29, 2009 Tamil Tigers block wounded from leaving war zone - Swiss Info COLOMBO (Reuters) -- The Tamil Tigers blocked a convoy carrying hundreds of wounded people from leaving the site of heavy fighting in Sri Lanka's north, the United Nations said on ... Wednesday, January 28, 2009 EU tightens screws on Zim sanctions-buster - Independent Online Arms trader John Bredenkamp's business interests are spread over Zimbabwe, South Africa, Mozambique, the United Kingdom and the US, and he has tried to break into the cigarette ... Wednesday, January 28, 2009 ARMY WON'T CONFIRM OR DENY SALE OF ARSENAL'S PHOSPHOROUS TO ISRAEL - Pine Bluff Commercial Various reports in the national and international media have brought attention to the Pine Bluff Arsenal's production of white phosphorous, which, according to various sources ... Wednesday, January 28, 2009 Rajapaksa Invites Indian Tamil Leader to Broker Sri Lanka Truce - Bloomberg Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa invited leaders of India's Tamil Nadu state to visit the country to persuade Tamil Tiger rebels to surrender and ... Wednesday, January 28, 2009 New Zealand man buys MP3 player with U.S. troop data - CNET News A New Zealand man who bought a used MP3 player from an Oklahoma thrift store found names, cell phone numbers, and Social Security numbers of American soldiers on the device ... Tuesday, January 27, 2009 India's Mukherjee to Discuss Tamils' Fate on Sri Lanka Mission (Bloomberg) Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- India's Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee will hold talks with Sri Lankan leaders on the fate of 250,000 civilians trapped by fighting between government forces and Tamil rebels in the north of the Indian Ocean island nation. Tuesday, January 27, 2009 Rajapaksa Invites Indian Tamil Leader to Broker Truce (Update1) (Bloomberg) Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa invited leaders of India's Tamil Nadu state to visit the country to persuade Tamil Tiger rebels to surrender and allow civilians to escape the conflict in the north. Tuesday, January 27, 2009 New Zealand man buys MP3 player with U.S. troop data (CNET via Yahoo! News) A New Zealand man who bought a used MP3 player from an Oklahoma thrift store found names, cell phone numbers, and Social Security numbers of American soldiers on the device, according to news site TVNZ. Tuesday, January 27, 2009 Report: Prince Harry, girlfriend split (WABC-TV New York) A British newspaper is reporting that Prince Harry and his girlfriend have broken up. Tuesday, January 27, 2009 Report: Prince Harry Splits From Girlfriend (CBS 2 Los Angeles) A British tabloid newspaper is reporting that Prince Harry and his longtime girlfriend have broken up. The News of the World reported on its Web site Saturday that the prince, 24, and Chelsy Davy decided to split up after a series of talks last week. Tuesday, January 27, 2009 Report: Prince Harry and girlfriend split (Cape Cod Times) The News of the World reported on its Web site Saturday that the Prince Harry, 24, and Chelsy Davy decided to split up after a series of talks last week as other tabloids have filed similar stories. Tuesday, January 27, 2009 British Tabloid: Prince Harry And Girlfriend Split (CBS 5 Bay Area) A British tabloid newspaper is reporting that Prince Harry and his longtime girlfriend have broken up. Tuesday, January 27, 2009 Report: Prince Harry splits from girlfriend (The State) A British tabloid newspaper is reporting that Prince Harry and his longtime girlfriend have broken up. The News of the World reported on its Web site Saturday that the prince, 24, and Chelsy Davy decided to split up after a series of talks last week. Harry, third in line to the throne, began training to become an Army helicopter pilot earlier this month. He and Davy, a 23-year-old law student, ... Tuesday, January 27, 2009 Report: Prince Harry splits from girlfriend (The Charlotte Observer) (The Associated Press) A British tabloid newspaper is reporting that Prince Harry and his longtime girlfriend have broken up. The News of the World reported on its Web site Saturday that the prince, 24, and Chelsy Davy decided to split up after a series of talks last week. Harry, third in line to the throne, began training to become an Army helicopter pilot earlier this month. He and Davy, a ... Monday, January 26, 2009 Hey, How'd You Go From Foreign Correspondent To Starting An ... - Mediabistro.com This longtime journo discusses jumping from print to Web, and why we need international news 'unencumbered by legacy media.' Charles Sennott has had a long career in journalism ... Monday, January 26, 2009 Report: Prince Harry splits from girlfriend - Guardian Unlimited LONDON (AP) â A British tabloid newspaper is reporting that Prince Harry and his longtime girlfriend have broken up. The News of the World reported on its Web site Saturday ... Sunday, January 25, 2009 Prince Harry, Girlfriend Reportedly Split Over British Prince's ... - FOX News Britain's Prince Harry sits with Chelsy Davy as they attend the Cricket World Cup Super 8s match between England and Australia. Britain's Prince Harry has split with his girlfriend ... Sunday, January 25, 2009 Prince Harry, Girlfriend Reported Split - CBS News (AP) A British tabloid newspaper is reporting that Prince Harry and his longtime girlfriend have broken up. The News of the World reported on its Web site Saturday that the prince ... Sunday, January 25, 2009 Report: UK's Prince Harry and longtime girlfriend Chelsy Davy break up - MSN UK News A British tabloid newspaper is reporting that Prince Harry and his longtime girlfriend have broken up. The News of the World reported on its Web site Saturday that the 24-year-old ... Sunday, January 25, 2009 Web film shows soldiers 'biting heads off chickens' - Northampton Chronicle A film has been shown of soldiers from the Royal Anglian Regiment allegedly biting the heads off chickens during an Army training exercise in Iraq. Footage of the army survival ... Friday, January 23, 2009 'Friendly fire' probe into deaths - BBC News An investigation has been launched into whether two British servicemen killed in Afghanistan died as a result of "friendly fire". The Ministry of Defence confirmed the probe after ... Thursday, January 22, 2009 Al Nakba Redux (Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel) For Palestinians, the Nakba "Catastrophe" is their "Holocaust" six-month slaughter and displacement before and after the May 1948 establishment of Israel. In December 1947, Jews in Palestine numbered 600,000 compared to 1.3 million Palestinians. Thursday, January 22, 2009 Kosovo Security Force 'unacceptable' - Serbian Foreign Minster (Russian Information Agency Novosti) MOSCOW, January 21 (RIA Novosti) - Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic has called the creation of the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) "completely unacceptable," a Belgrade radio station reported on Wednesday. Thursday, January 22, 2009 Conflict continues in Cyberspace (The Malay Mail) With Israeli forces almost completing their withdrawal from Gaza, the fighting continues in cyberspace, the new terrain for a propaganda war between supporters of the Israeli and Palestinian sides. Thursday, January 22, 2009 Saint Laurent Qing Art Sale Spurs China Legal Threat (Update1) (Bloomberg) Jan. 21 (Bloomberg) -- A planned Paris sale of two Qing Dynasty bronzes from the late French designer Yves Saint Laurent's art collection is raising the ire of patriots in China who say they may sue auction house Christie's International. Thursday, January 22, 2009 TV Review: George W. Bush's pop culture legacy (Entertainment Weekly) Thursday, January 22, 2009 George W. Bush's pop culture legacy (Entertainment Weekly) Our best reckoning of movies, TV shows, music, books, and various cultural flotsam touched by Dubya Thursday, January 22, 2009 Profile: Gary McKinnon (BBC News) Profile of Gary McKinnon, a British hacker that faces extradition to the US. Thursday, January 22, 2009 New Jersey preserving Revolutionary War-era documents (The Philadelphia Inquirer) After more than 232 years, the paper was discolored, brittle and frayed. But the words that covered it remained charged with emotion. Thursday, January 22, 2009 Building 'Labour's HuffingtonPost' - the next phase is you (Guardian Unlimited) If the brains behind LabourList.org get it right, the site could become the HuffingtonPost for the British left. That's a very tall order, so is there enough appetite for the site? With a masterplan that includes empowering leftwingers through the campaigning and organising tools of the web, they might just pull it off. There was certainly plenty of colour for the papers to get ... Thursday, January 22, 2009 MoD investigates race hate on web (Guardian Unlimited) The Ministry of Defence launched a fresh inquiry into racism in the army last night after the Guardian uncovered a series of extreme and offensive comments on the social networking site Facebook. The racist remarks were posted by people claiming to be serving soldiers. One writer's espoused political idea was to "kill the paks", while another listed having an interest in "ethnic cleansing" ... Tuesday, January 20, 2009 Military Police probe Afghan deaths - Ananova Military Police have launched an investigation into whether two British servicemen killed in southern Afghanistan died as a result of "friendly fire". The Ministry of Defence said ... Monday, January 19, 2009 Mother of marine killed in friendly fire attack demands investigation ... - Daily Telegraph The dead soldiers were probably killed by a heat-seeking Javelin missile fired by friendly forces Carolyn Hughes, 45, said she wanted to know the full circumstances surrounding the ... Monday, January 19, 2009 Military Police probe Afghan deaths - Lewes Today Military Police have launched an investigation into whether two British servicemen killed in southern Afghanistan died as a result of "friendly fire". The Ministry of Defence said ... Monday, January 19, 2009 'Friendly fire' probe continues - ITV The Ministry of Defence is investigating whether two British servicemen killed in Afghanistan died as a result of "friendly fire". The MoD said the inquiry is looking into the ... Monday, January 19, 2009 Did friendly fire kill soldier? - Stockport Express A ROYAL Marine commando from Stockport killed in Afghanistan may have died as a result of 'friendly fire'. Marple-born Corporal Danny Winter, 28, was serving with the elite 45 ... Monday, January 19, 2009 MoD launches 'friendly fire' probe into Brit deaths - Herald Military Police were today investigating whether two British servicemen killed in southern Afghanistan died as a result of "friendly fire". The Ministry of Defence said the inquiry ... Monday, January 19, 2009 Inquiry into claim soldiers were killed by friendly fire - Herald An investigation was under way last night into whether two British servicemen killed in southern Afghanistan died as a result of "friendly fire". The Ministry of Defence said an ... Monday, January 19, 2009 MoD launches friendly fire inquiry into two British deaths in ... - Guardian Unlimited An investigation is under way tonight into whether two British servicemen killed in southern Afghanistan died as a result of friendly fire. The Ministry of Defence said an inquiry ... Monday, January 19, 2009 'Friendly fire' probe into deaths - BBC UK News An investigation has been launched into whether two British servicemen killed in Afghanistan died as a result of "friendly fire". The Ministry of Defence confirmed the probe after ... Friday, January 16, 2009 Pakistan cracking down on militants - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan insisted it would help India bring those behind the Mumbai terrorist attacks to justice, saying Thursday it had shut down extremist Web sites and ... Friday, January 16, 2009 Alison Pitman Proves Voice Over Recordings Are Worth Every Penny - PR.com British voice actor Alison Pitman lectures to her peers about how to value their services and set rates for voice over recordings in her latest podcast. London, Canada, January 16 ... Friday, January 16, 2009 Top Afghan army general killed in chopper crash - WJLA KABUL, Afghanistan - A top Afghan army general was killed Thursday in a helicopter crash in western Afghanistan, and two British troops died in a blast in the country's south ... Thursday, January 15, 2009 Technology: Video Games - Yahoo News NEW YORK - "Crayon Physics," a video game something like a childhood daydream come to life, has gotten its eagerly awaited sequel. Ready to be eaten by a Grue? Jolt Online Gaming ... Thursday, January 15, 2009 BLAIR AND THE BASRA MESS - Der Spiegel Vice President Cheney says the British are leaving southern Iraq because things are going so well. In the real world, Basra is a mess. Tony Blair's announcement that Britain would ... Thursday, January 15, 2009 Israel suggests possible US role in Gaza truce - Associated Press CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Egypt and Hamas are close to a deal for a 10-day cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group in Gaza, where the death toll from the Israeli ... Thursday, January 15, 2009 Building 'Labour's HuffingtonPost' - the next phase is you - Guardian Unlimited If the brains behind LabourList.org get it right, the site could become the HuffingtonPost for the British left wing. That's a very tall order, so is there enough appetite for the ... Wednesday, January 14, 2009 MDC councillor alleges torture in Zimbabwe - Independent Online An opposition Movement for Democratic Change councillor has claimed that he was abducted and tortured before managing to escape. Bothwell Pasipamire, 30, a councillor from Kadoma ... Wednesday, January 14, 2009 British Tabloids Are Feasting On Another Harry Situation - Washington Post January in London. Cold, wet, dark. Recession is setting in like mildew in the basement. The tabloids are cranky and restless. Thank goodness for Prince Harry . Even on a day when ... Wednesday, January 14, 2009 Authors see pattern in Prince Harry's behavior - Focus Infomation London. Prince Harry, the red-headed younger son of Britain's Prince Charles and the late Diana, Princess of Wales, is back in the headlines after a British tabloid posted a home ... Wednesday, January 14, 2009 Dominic Lawson: Prince Harry and the cowardice of those on the ... - Belfast Telegraph Will no one stand up for the little people? Prince Harry has been captured on video -- by himself, actually -- referring to a colleague at Sandhurst Military College as "our ... Tuesday, January 13, 2009 Ice skater dies then gives birth - ninemsn A champion ice skater in the UK has given birth two days after suffering a fatal brain haemorrhage. Jayne Soliman, 41, was declared brain-dead but kept alive long enough for ... Tuesday, January 13, 2009 Prince Harry's in trouble for using racial slang. Eve Dugdale asks ... - 7 Days UAE We've all got nicknames for our friends and loved ones. Names we may not use in public or to address anyone who isn't close to us. Sometimes these names, which often focus on ... Tuesday, January 13, 2009 UK PM meets industry, unions about jobs - ninemsn Anticipating hundreds of thousands of job losses as the recession bites in Britain, Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday offered employers new incentives to hire and pledged new ... Tuesday, January 13, 2009 Prince Harry And His "Nasty" Video - Post Chronicle British royalty is--well, a pain in the royal arse! Always has been, always will be. However, there is a notable exception. That would be Prince Harry, who continually defies the ... Tuesday, January 13, 2009 Prince Harry riles Muslims with videotaped racial slur - Religionblog.dallasnews.com Britain's Price Harry is in the stew over derogatory comments he made in a home video recorded during a 2006 visit to Cyprus with fellow military cadets. In the video, the prince ... Monday, January 12, 2009 Israel pounds new Hamas targets, enlists reserves - Napa Valley Register An explosion is seen during an Israeli army operation in Gaza City, Sunday, Jan.11, 2009. Israeli troops battled Palestinian gunmen in a suburb of Gaza City Sunday in one of the ... Monday, January 12, 2009 Harry should be given 'benefit of the doubt' - Independent Online London - Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday added his voice to those condemning Prince Harry for calling an Asian army colleague a "Paki" but said the royal's apology was ... Monday, January 12, 2009 Israeli forces advance deep into Gaza urban areas - Napa Valley Register GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israeli ground forces made their deepest foray yet Sunday into Gaza's most populated area, with tanks rolling into residential neighborhoods and infantry ... Monday, January 12, 2009 Prince Harry in hot water - Independent Online Britain's Prince Harry has apologised for using racist language after a newspaper reported that he had filmed himself calling an army colleague a "Paki" and telling another he ... Monday, January 12, 2009 Prince Harry apologizes over racist remarks - Reno Gazette LONDON - Britain's Prince Harry issued a public apology Saturday after a British newspaper published video on its Web site of him using offensive and racist language. The News of ... Sunday, January 11, 2009 In Mexico, curbing violence before it is learned - International Herald Tribune MEXICO CITY : Over the Christmas holidays, Othón Cuevas Córdova, a Mexican congressman, had his life threatened, albeit in jest. His young nephew pointed a toy pistol that he had ... Sunday, January 11, 2009 Online presentations highlight Vermilion history - Baton Rouge Advocate Researchers with family ties to Vermilion Parish really have a treat in store for them now. Gary Theall has made slide presentations over the years at each of their quarterly ... Sunday, January 11, 2009 Aussie couple wed in fast-food style - ninemsn Australian Caragh Brooks married her man Paul Brooks in an American fast food outlet, in a ceremony conducted by celebrant in a T-shirt and ordained online, and nobody thought it ... Sunday, January 11, 2009 Prince Harry apologizes over racist remarks - MSNBC Britain's Prince Harry listens as his brother Prince William delivers a speech in London on Thursday. A British newspaper said it has video footage of Harry allegedly using ... Sunday, January 11, 2009 The New Abolitionists: An Interview With Filmmaker Justin Dillon - Tyler Morning Telegraph California filmmaker and musician Justin Dillon explains to Religion Editor Patrick Butler the difference between redemption and the "hard work" of restoration and the historical ... Sunday, January 11, 2009 The Bloody Missteps of Prince Harry! - Newsblaze.com British royalty is--well, a pain in the royal arse! Always has been, always will be. However, there is a notable exception. That would be Prince Harry, who continually defies the ... Friday, January 09, 2009 Jan 04 - Jan 10 (194) - Andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com Obama's first year in Iraq is going to be tougher than Bush's last year. Three reasons for that: First, three rounds of elections are scheduled in 2009, and those tend to be ... Friday, January 09, 2009 Major networks keep anchors home for Gaza story - MediaChannel.org NEW YORK (AP) ? ABC, CBS and NBC haven't sent their top news anchors to the Middle East to cover Israel's conflict with Hamas, even though each network did so in 2006 when ... Friday, January 09, 2009 'UFO strike' has UK in a lather over E.T. - CNN LONDON, England (CNN) -- Strange lights in the sky, mysterious flashes, dozens of witnesses, a missing wind turbine blade and a tabloid splash featuring the pun: E.T. farm harm ... Friday, January 09, 2009 Report: US had unrealistic goals in Afghanistan - Napa Valley Register WASHINGTON - The United States and its partners have shortchanged Afghanistan by focusing on short-term goals pursued without a cohesive strategy or a clear understanding of the ... Thursday, January 08, 2009 Major networks keep anchors home for Gaza story - MSN Entertainment NEW YORK (AP) -- ABC, CBS and NBC haven't sent their top news anchors to the Middle East to cover Israel's conflict with Hamas, even though each network did so in 2006 when Israel ... Thursday, January 08, 2009 Citgo to continue to provide free oil to poor - Boston Globe It looks like you'll be able to call Joe for free oil after all. Venezuelan oil company Citgo Petroleum Corp. said it planned to continue supporting a program run by Joseph P ... Thursday, January 08, 2009 Censored 2009: Top 25 most censored stories - Peoples Weekly World According to a study undertaken by the British polling group Opinion Research Business, American military actions since 2003 have led to the death of one million Iraqi people ... Tuesday, January 06, 2009 Wit, wisdom in the highs and lows - Las Vegas Sun A big year for blackjack started when Roger Baldwin, Wilbert Cantey, Herbert Maisel and James McDermott ? known by blackjack insiders as the "Four Horsemen" ? were inducted ... Tuesday, January 06, 2009 Why Indians are influential - New Kerala By Dr. Shabir Choudhry,London, Jan 5 : In response to my article 'Why Jews are powerful and Muslims are powerless' I got a lot of response. Many appreciated it but some, once again ... Monday, January 05, 2009 Our banks 'have to lend more' - bbc Those of you of a puritan nature may have come close to fainting this morning when the Prime Minister told Andrew Marr that our biggest banks may have to lend more than they did in ... Monday, January 05, 2009 Israeli troops take grip on Gaza - Portland Tribune GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli troops and tanks split the Gaza Strip and ringed its main city on Sunday in an offensive against Hamas that has killed more than 500 Palestinians, many of ... Monday, January 05, 2009 British housewives lead the way on the internet as they spend half ... - Daily Mail The High Street may be taking a battering, but the recession is not stopping the army of British housewives from spending money as they splash the cash on the internet. ... Monday, January 05, 2009 2008 - review of the year.. Part 1: Flood chaos, an earthquake and ... - Halifax Today MASS murderer Harold Shipman found himself sharing a place with Jack The Ripper. The former Todmorden GP was included in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography alongside other ... Wednesday, December 24, 2008 Tuesday, December 30 - PR Inside Today is Tuesday, Dec. 30, the 365th day of 2008. There is one day left in the year. Highlights in history on this date 1758 - French forces advance against Madras in India. 1777 ... Wednesday, December 24, 2008 What's so funny about Dave Coyne? Everything - Sentinel The many faces of Dave Coyne. The world is filled with guilty pleasures, and none more so, perhaps than the video sensation YouTube. The website has become a veritable dumping ... Wednesday, December 24, 2008 Websites connect donors to specific needs - Christian Science Monitor Reporter Jane Lampman discusses one man's online endeavor that helps others in need. In difficult times, people are eager to help strangers in need, when they're given a wise way ... Wednesday, December 24, 2008 OPINION: Guns, butter, and Obama - Peoples Weekly World Over the next several months there will be a battle for hearts and minds, but not in Iraq or Afghanistan. The war will be here at home, waged mostly in the halls of Congress, where ... Wednesday, December 24, 2008 Durban's unsung heroes - Independent Online Percey Mayer was born in Mauritius and studied engineering in London but moved to Tananarive, Madagascar, in 1934 to represent his family firm there. The business prospered and ... Tuesday, December 23, 2008 Iraqi PM: Shoe-thrower blames throat-slitter - Buffalo News Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki moved Monday to undermine the popularity of the Iraqi who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush, saying the journalist confessed that the ... Tuesday, December 23, 2008 Can you say "ouch" in German? - Emporia gazette.com Much ado has been made about "Valkyrie," starring Tom Cruise as would-be Hitler assassin Col. Claus von Stauffenberg. There is the release date, which has been moved around several ... Tuesday, December 23, 2008 Feedback Blog - Reading Eagle Introspection has never been President Bush's strong suit. "I really do not feel comfortable in the role of analyzing myself," he told Robert Draper in 2007. "I'll try. But I don't ... Tuesday, December 23, 2008 US troops surge hoped to make lasting gains - ONE News The British army once tried to drive the Taliban from Garmsir in southern Afghanistan with just 17 British, 10 Estonian and 200 Afghan troops. Now the US army wants to pour troops ... Tuesday, December 23, 2008 World Briefing - Daily Herald VLADIVOSTOK, Russia -- Riot police clubbed, kicked and detained dozens in the Pacific port of Vladivostok on Sunday in a harsh crackdown on a protest that was one of dozens across ... Tuesday, December 23, 2008 Britain mulls US call to send more troops to Afghanistan - Scotsman BRITAIN will consider "very, very carefully" any request from the United States for more UK troops to be sent to Afghanistan, John Hutton, the Defence Secretary, said yesterday ... Tuesday, December 23, 2008 Extra U.S. troops aim for Afghan "tipping point" - Reuters AlertNet KABUL, Dec 21 (Reuters) - The British army once tried to drive the Taliban from Garmsir in southern Afghanistan with just 17 British, 10 Estonian and 200 Afghan troops. Now the U.S ... Tuesday, December 23, 2008 US to replace British forces in southern Iraq - Napa Valley Register BASRA, Iraq - American troops will move into southern Iraq early next year to replace departing British forces, the top U.S. general in Iraq said. His comments came as Iraq's major ... Sunday, December 21, 2008 SHSU Updates: Dec. 21 - Huntsville Item Senior ROTC cadet James Harrison joined the ranks of second lieutenants in the U.S. Army on Dec. 20 during the Bearkat Battalion's winter commissioning ceremony. Harrison ... Sunday, December 21, 2008 Up to 30,000 new U.S. troops in Afghanistan by summer - Portland Tribune KABUL (Reuters) - The United States is aiming to send 20,000 to 30,000 extra troops to Afghanistan by the beginning of next summer, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff ... Sunday, December 21, 2008 Man found guilty of directing Al Qaeda in Britain - Australian Broadcasting Corp. A man convicted of being a member of Al Qaeda - the first person to be found guilty of directing a terrorist organisation in Britain - has been jailed for life. Rangzieb Ahmed, 33 ... Sunday, December 21, 2008 World famous. Within your own borders - BBC UK News Forget proud traditions and cultural exports - a nation's identity is bolstered if Americans know about it. Just ask the Canadians, says Clive James. In my homeland, Australia, the ... Saturday, December 20, 2008 'Zimbabwe is mine' - Independent Online President Robert Mugabe declared on Friday "Zimbabwe is mine" and vowed never to surrender to calls to step down, as his political rival threatened to quit stalled unity government ... Saturday, December 20, 2008 World Briefing 12 20 - Daily Herald BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme offered the resignation of his entire government Friday over allegations it sought to interfere with a court case on the ... Saturday, December 20, 2008 T-U 2 - FOXSports.com From the more-money-than-sense department: Adam Goldstein was supposed to attend the Jaguars-Colts game Thursday night. Who is Adam Goldstein and why is that a big deal? Goldstein ... Saturday, December 20, 2008 Pakistan On Operation Image Make Over in US - Newsblaze.com Faced with the sigma of aiding and abetting Islamist terrorist groups like Lashkar-e-Toiba, and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Pakistan army and its intelligence wing, ISI, have turned to ... Saturday, December 20, 2008 Britain jails Iraqi doctor for terror plots, as Brown orders troops ... - Christian Science Monitor An Iraqi doctor was sentenced to life imprisonment on Wednesday for his part in two terror plots in Britain. The twin attacks in June 2007 -- an improvised car bomb at Glasgow ...
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