- PAST POST NEWS | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 - (Dec 31 2012) - Bangkok Post : King sends New Year greetingsTHAILAND -- His Majesty the King has called on all Thais to extend compassion to others as a way to lead a happy life, in the royal New Year's greeting card released by the palace Monday. The New Year's card features His Majesty the King in casual dress flanked by his favourite royal pet dogs, Khun Thongdaeng and Khun Mali.
(Dec 30 2012) - Borneo Post : Gang-rape victim dies in SingaporeSINGAPORE -- An Indian student whose savage gang-rape on a bus in New Delhi sparked mass protests across the country died yesterday in a Singapore hospital after suffering severe organ failure. As authorities braced for more unrest on the streets, police reinforcements could be seen fanning out across the centre of the Indian capital ...
(Dec 29 2012) - Liberty Post : The more you know, the less you knowCONN -- In the case of Sandy Hook, however, the situation is completely different, where we have one inconsistency after another: the mother was a teacher there and Adam was a student ... was not a student. One shooter was involved, yet police radio reports show a 2nd suspect was apprehended at the scene and a police helicopter video show yet a 3rd suspect being tracked in the woods.
(Dec 28 2012) - Tripoli Post : Gaddafi Supplied Arms To ArgentinaLIBYA -- A secret plot by Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi to supply arms to the Argentinian junta in the midst of the Falklands War was dramatically unmasked by British agents, according to newly published official files.
(Dec 27 2012) - Washington Post : China tying exports to Arab worldYINCHUAN -- The praying and slaughtering begin every morning at sunrise. "Allahu Akbar" intones the imam over each cow before it is strung up by its hooves and quartered. This scene, and other religious and ethnic practices, set China's Muslim minorities apart, and the differences frequently led to clashes with the Chinese government in the past. But ...
(Dec 26 2012) - Connecticut Post : Sandy Hook school should be razedNEWTOWN -- The days when school bells summoned students to Sandy Hook Elementary School may be over. In the wake of the Dec. 14 massacre that left 20 students and six teachers dead, dozens of residents indicated in interviews with the News-Times that the school should remain closed for good. The memories, residents say, are too ghastly for classes ever to be held at Sandy Hook again.
(Dec 25 2012) - Global Post : Garden of Gethsemane ...JERUSALEM -- After the last supper, Jesus walked with his disciples to Gethsemane, at the base of the Mount of Olives, where scholars believe he spent some time in the olive grove and contemplated his impending arrest among the tombs which were vast and old even then. "Maybe Jesus really walked among these trees ... "
(Dec 24 2012) - Huffington Post : 4 Firefighters Shot, 2 KilledWEBSTER -- Authorities say four firefighters were shot, two of them killed while responding to a house fire in western New York. Officials in the town of Webster tell local media outlets that someone shot at firefighters around 6 a.m. Monday when they arrived at the scene of the blaze just east of Rochester.
(Dec 23 2012) - Frontier Post : U.S. delivers naval ships to IraqBAGHDAD -- The United States has delivered two naval support ships to Iraq, which is seeking to boost its fledgling maritime capabilities, the US embassy said on Sunday. The two 60-metre (200-foot) offshore support vessels were delivered by the US navy on December 20, the embassy said in a statement.
(Dec 22 2012) - Birmingham Post : Egypt's central bank chief resignsEGYPT -- Egypt's central bank governor has resigned, state television reported. Farouq el-Oqdah's resignation is the second such high-profile move. Earlier, VP Mahmoud Mekki resigned, saying he realised that politics didn't suit his professional background as a judge. The report didn't say why Mr el-Oqdah quit ...
(Dec 21 2012) - Activist Post : House Passes NDAA 2013 with ...WASH D.C. -- Yesterday, the House passed the National Defense Authorization Act which funds the Pentagon and military operations for 2013 to the tune of $633 billion. The vote was 315-107, but the final draft must still be approved by the Senate. The Senate version included an amendment that was supposed to protect Americans against indefinite military detention. That amendment was reportedly scrubbed from the final House version of the NDAA.
(Dec 20 2012) - New York Post : Cuomo pushes 1st gun control lawALBANY -- New York officials are scrambling to negotiate the first new gun control laws in the nation since the mass shooting at Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School. Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) and the Democrat-led Assembly are pushing again for bans on all assault rifles, high-capacity ammunition magazines and other measures which have been stopped in the Republican-controlled Senate.
(Dec 19 2012) - Internet Post : Israeli death squads involved ...U.S.A. -- Today, Michael Harris, former Republican candidate for governor of Arizona and GOP campaign finance chairman, in an internationally televised news broadcast, cited "Israeli revenge" in, what he called, "the terrorist attack in Connecticut." Harris cited Israeli "rage" against the US and against Obama. By "Israel," we mean "Netanyahu."
(Dec 18 2012) - Jerusalem Post : Condemning Israel over J'lem plansPARIS -- European nations in the 15-member U.N. Security Council are set to jointly condemn Israel over its plans for Jewish settler homes in east Jerusalem, a European diplomatic source said on Tues. Israel approved plans for a further 1,500 homes on Mon. after provoking international protests earlier this month against a project for another 3,000 such homes in a sensitive area known as E1.
(Dec 17 2012) - Patriot Post : Sharia Law, American StyleU.S.A. -- It's liberals who are always accusing conservatives of sticking their noses into places where they don't belong. Being liberals, those places nearly always involve s-e-x. For instance, when left-wingers push for same-sex marriages, abortions on demand for teenagers & tax-funded birth control pills & conservatives push back, the Left condemns the Right for meddling ...
(Dec 16 2012) - Christian Post : Removal of God From Schools ...U.S.A. -- Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said violent incidents like Friday's deadly shooting in Newtown, Conn., have increased not due to gun laws, but because of the "systematic removal of God" from schools - echoing the view of some Christian groups. "We ask why there's violence in our school but we've systematically removed God from our schools" ...
(Dec 15 2012) - Jakarta Post : 18 immigrants found deadGREECE -- Coast guard officials say they have found the bodies of 18 people who were trying to cross illegally into Greece when their boat capsized early Friday. A 20-year-old man found alive Friday told authorities there were 28 people on the crowded boat, including its Turkish owner, when it capsized off the northeastern island of Lesvos, near the Turkish coast.
(Dec 14 2012) - National Post : 27 dead, including 18 children ...NEWTOWN -- At least 27 people are dead, 18 of them children, after a shooting in a western Connecticut elementary school, making it one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history. Multiple news reports have identified the suspect as Ryan Lanza, 24. His mother, apparently one of the victims, was a teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.
(Dec 13 2012) - Kyiv Post : Russian gov't involved in Lit's deathLONDON -- The Russian gov't was most likely involved in the murder by poisoning of Kremlin critic & former spy Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006, a British lawyer told a preliminary hearing into the death on Thursday. The statement by Hugh Davies, an attorney acting on behalf of the inquest, is likely to enrage Russia, which has denied any involvement in the killing, and could put further strain on London's already testy relations with Moscow.
(Dec 12 2012) - Zambia Post : Lawyer reports judge to ACCZAMBIA -- LAWYER John Sangwa has called for the arrest of Ndola High Court judge-in-charge Munalula Lisimba on charges of corruption and abuse of authority of his office as a judicial officer. And the Judicial Complaints Authority has acknowledged receipt of the complaint lodged by Sangwa and that of his three clients against Lisimba.
(Dec 11 2012) - Pittsburgh Post : Protest group targeting PNC BankPENN -- A protest group that claimed responsibility for a wave of digital attacks on big U.S. banks in the fall -- including Pittsburgh-based PNC Bank -- apparently has PNC in its crosshairs again. The al-Qassam Cyber Fighters said in an Internet posting that the group plans a second round of attacks this week on PNC and four other banks -- JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, U.S. Bank and SunTrust.
(Dec 10 2012) - Boiling Frogs Post : Obama Plans African WarsAFRICA -- Obama's war-making appetite exceeds all his predecessors and then some. He's already waging multiple direct and proxy wars. His rhetoric about winding them down rings hollow. He wants to make the most of the next four years. No targeted country left behind reflects his agenda. He's ravaging the world multiple countries at a time. He's out-of-control. He governs like a serial killer.
(Dec 09 2012) - China Post : Egypt military demands dialogue ...CAIRO -- Egypt's powerful military thrust itself into the political crisis dividing the nation on Saturday demanding dialogue and warning it would not permit events to take a "disastrous" turn. "The path of dialogue is the best and only way to reach agreement and ... "
(Dec 08 2012) - Palm Beach Post : Ex-Fla. Gov. Crist joined Dem'sTALLAHASSEE -- Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who was elected the state's chief executive as a Republican and then ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate as an independent, announced on Twitter that he's switching to the Democratic Party.
(Dec 07 2012) - India Post : I will not resign: BJP President GadkariNEW DELHI -- Amid demands from some party leaders that he should step down in the wake of allegations of dubious fundings of his companies, BJP president Nitin Gadkari today said he is an "honest man" and ruled out resigning from his post ... Gadkari's present tenure as party chief ends this month.
(Dec 06 2012) - Threat Post : Trojan Variant Steals MillionsEUROPE -- Online banking customers in Europe are falling victim by the thousands to a new banking Trojan that's infecting Android & BlackBerry devices & is capable of defeating two-factor authentication. The Trojan, dubbed Eurograbber by researchers at Check Point Software Technologies and Verasafe, is a variant of the Zitmo Trojan. Zitmo, or Zeus-In-The-Mobile, hasn't moved outside Europe, but ...
(Dec 05 2012) - USS Post : Armey Leaves Tea PartyU.S.A. -- Former Republican House Majority Leader Dick Armey has left a conservative Tea Party group, FreedomWorks, under a secret deal that will pay him $8 million. A confidential contract obtained by the (AP) shows that Armey agreed in Sept to resign from his role as chairman of Washington-based FreedomWorks in exchange for $8 ml in consulting fees paid in annual $400,000 installments.
(Dec 04 2012) - Denver Post : Quakes linked to fracking ... ?COLORADO -- The increasingly common practice of disposing of oil & gas drilling wastewater by injecting it underground can trigger earthquakes, according to scientists who studied quakes since 1970 in Colorado & neighboring states. Authorities on Monday said they are aware of concerns about the earthquakes but questioned the U.S.G.S. study, saying more research needs to be done.
(Dec 03 2012) - SCM Post : China slams US-Japan treaty ...CHINA -- On Monday branded a US-Japan security treaty "a product of the cold war" after Washington reaffirmed its commitment to Japan in its territorial dispute with China over the Senkaku Islands, known in Chinese as the Diaoyus. The amendment, attached to the National Defence Authorisation Bill, noted that while the U.S. "takes no position" on the ultimate sovereignty of the territory, it "acknowledges the administration of Japan over the Senkaku Islands".
(Dec 02 2012) - Yemen Post : Al-Qaeda denies killing diplomatYEMEN -- Al-Qaeda has denied its responsibility for the killing of a Saudi diplomat, Khalid Al-Enizi in Sana'a on Thursday, a Yemeni newspaper quoted sources of al-Qaeda as saying. Alyaman Alyawam Newspaper owned by the former president Ali Abdullah Saleh added that al-Qaeda paid money to kidnappers of a Saudi diplomat, Abdullah al-Khalidi, who was kidnapped last March.
(Dec 01 2012) - Activist Post : Paper With Ink On ItU.S.A. -- I need some paper with ink on it. I could make my own but the market isn't confident. In fact the market has so little confidence in my paper with ink on it that I am in danger of arrest and / or ridicule if I try to use my brand of paper with ink on it. I need some special paper with ink on it. What makes it special? Someone told me it was special and I believed them.
(Nov 30 2012) - Financial Post : Republicans rebuff obama's planWASH D.C. -- House Speaker John Boehner, an Ohio Republican, also engaged the battle for public support, holding a news conference in Washington shortly after Obama spoke to say negotiations are at a "stalemate" because the administration hasn't made a serious proposal for a compromise. "Right now we're almost nowhere," Boehner said, adding that Republicans "are ready to work with the president."
(Nov 29 2012) - Bangkok Post : Myanmar cracks down on protest(s)MYANMAR -- Security forces used water cannons and other riot gear on Thursday to clear protesters from a copper mine in northwestern Myanmar, wounding villagers and Buddhist monks just hours before opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrived in the area to hear their grievances. The crackdown at the Letpadaung mine near the town of Monywa risks becoming a public relations and political fiasco ...
(Nov 28 2012) - Internet Post : An Empire of ParanoiaU.S.A -- Mythically speaking, America is both the Shire and Mordor. America is the land of both childhood innocence and supernatural evil. America's spiritual predicament is truly special and unique because its superpower status is in conflict with its historic legacy as a free country with a revolutionary political system. But, a nation can't be both a global empire and revolutionary at the same time. So America sacrificed its revolutionary character to become a global empire.
(Nov 27 2012) - Phnom Pen Post : Chinese sign deal on damCAMBODIA -- The massive and highly controversial Lower Sesan 2 Dam project took a major step forward yesterday with the inking of government power purchase agreements and an investment deal between Royal Group and a Chinese company. But details about the contracts, their implementation or the fate of the thousands of villagers who could be displaced by the dam remain shrouded in secrecy.
(Nov 26 2012) - Liberty Post : Interfering with Tea Party candidatesU.S.A. -- The National Republican Senatorial Committee had a rotten track record in 2012. But now they're looking to get more deeply involved in picking candidates at the state level, hoping to foreclose Tea Party primary challengers like Richard Mourdock (R-IN). "There's always going to be fundamental dislike of the national party coming to a local or a state race and saying, 'This is who we want to pick,'" Keli Carender of Tea Party Patriots told The Hill.
(Nov 25 2012) - Christian Post : Lawyer says War on Christmas LostSANTA MONICA -- A lawyer representing a group of churches that appears to have lost their bid to continue a nearly 60-year-old tradition of hosting a Nativity scene at a park in the beach city of Santa Monica, Calif., says the battle to preserve Christmas displays in the national public square has been lost.
(Nov 24 2012) - Borneo Post : Thai woman nabbed with cocaineGEORGE TOWN -- The Penang police have plugged a Brazil-Malaysian cocaine pipeline with the arrest of a Thai woman and seizure of 535g of the drug. The 27-year-old suspect, dubbed the 'Dragon Lady' for suspected involvement in international cocaine trafficking, was nabbed at 11.45am on Wednesday at a leading hotel here.
(Nov 23 2012) - Wash Post : Tea party success in 2014 ?U.S.A. -- As both an ideological movement & a faction of the GOP, the tea party did not fare well in this month's elections. Obama won reelection - thus blocking tea-party Republicans from pursing their agenda from the White House - and Republicans failed to make gains in the Senate, thus blocking their ability to pass right-wing legislation
(Nov 22 2012) - Tripoli Post : Egypt confiscates smuggled warheadsCAIRO -- Egyptian authorities have confiscated trucks carrying explosive warheads & a variety of small arms ammunition smuggled from Libya, the interior minister Ahmed Gamal Eddin said. At a news conference Eddin said that the authorities spent weeks investigating the operation before they finally seized the pickup trucks that were carrying 108 warheads for Soviet-designed Grad rockets.
(Nov 21 2012) - Huffington Post : Jesse Jackson Jr. Resigning ?CHICAGO -- The Chicago Democrat's brother Jonathan Jackson told the Chicago Tribune that the congressman will announce he's leaving Congress in a letter to House Speaker John Boehner early Wed. afternoon. A Boehner aide confirmed to The Hill's Daniel Strauss that they received Jackson's resignation letter ...
(Nov 20 2012) - Global Post : Cyber warfare has arrived ...TEL AVIV -- In the few quiet days separating the Petraeus scandal from the explosion of hostilities between Israel and Hamas, a gaggle of geeks with an interest in both events gathered in Tel Aviv at a conference called HLS2012. The subject: cyber-security. Or, in other words, monsters in the night.
(Nov 19 2012) - Kyiv Post : Anonymous raids OSCE website ...EUROPE -- Supporters of the hacktivist group Anonymous raided the website of Organization for Cooperation and Security in Europe for a second time on Nov. 13, leaking several hundred documents, including many marked as classified. According to a statement by the group, the raid is a response to what it calls the failure of the OSCE to protect Ukrainian democracy.
(Nov 18 2012) - Birmingham Post : Israel & Egypt discuss truceCAIRO -- An Israeli envoy has held talks with Egyptian officials on a ceasefire in his country's offensive on Gaza as Israel widened the range of its targets, striking more than a dozen homes of Hamas militants and two media officials. Seven civilians were killed, including five children, in the conflict's highest one-day civilian toll yet, according to security officials and witnesses.
(Nov 17 2012) - NY Post : Madoff accountant's son commits suicideOHIO -- The 23-year-old son of the accountant who helped Bernie Madoff hide his Ponzi scheme shot himself in his apartment in Ohio, police said yesterday. Jeremy Friehling's shocking suicide comes two years after Madoff's son, Mark, hanged himself with a dog leash in his family's SoHo apartment on the second anniversary of his father's arrest.
(Nov 16 2012) - Internet Post : Oil rig explosion and fireGULF COAST -- An oil and gas rig off the coast of Louisiana was hit by an explosion and fire this morning, leaving crew members missing. The U.S. Coast Guard confirmed that a Black Elk Energy Co. oil and natural gas platform had some sort of explosion occur in the gulf, sending plumes of black smoke into the sky over the water.
(Nov 15 2012) - Frontier Post : Hamas rejects truce with IsraelGAZA -- Hamas rulers Thursday said they would not consider a truce with Israel for now. Israeli planes pounded Gaza and militants fired hundreds of rockets into the Jewish state. "We will not be exposed to further tricks by the occupation. We consider talk of a truce at this time an attempt to provide more cover ...
(Nov 14 2012) - Jerusalem Post : Israeli air strike kills ...ISRAEL -- IAF hits 20 underground sites housing long-range launchers capable of striking Tel Aviv; strikes mark start of targeted anti-terror campaign; Hamas says Israel "opened the gates of hell" with Gaza hit. The IAF struck and killed Hamas's head of military operations Ahmed Jabari in central Gaza on Wednesday. The strike marked the beginning of Operation Pillar of Defense to target Hamas and Islamic Jihad terror organizations in Gaza ...
(Nov 13 2012) - African Post : Rwandan aid continuing from UK ?RWANDA -- The UK will reflect "very carefully" before giving more financial aid to Rwanda, International Development Secretary Justine Greening has said. Her predecessor Andrew Mitchell is under fire for signing off 16m in aid on his last day in the job - despite concerns about Rwanda's alleged backing for violent militias in DR Congo.
(Nov 12 2012) - Patriot Post : Petraeus Resigns, Questions AboundWASH D.C. -- "David Petraeus's resignation [as CIA Director] marks the end of one of the great postwar military and government careers ... But for now, the explanation of Petraeus's resignation unfortunately raises more questions than it answers, in a number of significant ways ...
(Nov 11 2012) - National Post : Congress to press on emailsWASH D.C. -- The FBI investigation that led to the discovery of CIA Director David Petraeus' affair with author Paula Broadwell was sparked by "suspicious emails" from her to another woman and Petraeus was not the target of the probe, U.S. law enforcement and security officials told Reuters. But the CIA director's name unexpectedly turned up in the course of the investigation ...
(Nov 10 2012) - Jakarta Post : BBC apologizes for abuse allegationsBRITAIN -- For the last month, the BBC has been heavily criticized for not airing allegations of child sex abuse committed by one of its star hosts, the late Jimmy Savile. Now it is in crisis because it did broadcast claims against a former senior politician that turned out to be wrong.
(Nov 09 2012) - Post & Email : Renewed Complaint of TreasonWASH D.C. -- A retired Naval commander has filed a treason complaint against Barack Hussein Obama for his part in issuing false information about the terrorist attack on a United States outpost in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012.
(Nov 08 2012) - Boiling Frogs Post : The Reality PrincipleU.S.A. -- The past ten days have seen the utter devastation of Hurricane Sandy & the triumph of Obama. From ignoring heavily affected poor & working class communities to framing Obama's victory as a triumph for democracy, the media has shown, once again, its subservience to power & complicity in the continued crimes of the ruling class.
(Nov 07 2012) - Activist Post : California's Prop 37 FailedCALIFORNIA -- It appears that the big advertising push by big food companies defeated the California's Proposition 37, a ballot initiative to require labeling of genetically modified foods (GMOs). The last few weeks has seen a stunning reversal of poll numbers in favor of Prop 37.
(Nov 06 2012) - Palm Beach Post : GOP officials worried ...FLORIDA -- The chair of the Romney Campaign for Palm Beach County & the chairman of the county's Republican Party are expressing concerns re: potential voter fraud because they say some county precincts didn't receive the names of people who voted Monday with absentee ballots. "That means that anyone who voted yesterday could have voted today," said Sid Dinerstein, chairman of Palm Beach County GOP.
(Nov 05 2012) - China Post : Communist Party expels Bo XilaiBEIJING -- Disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai has been formally expelled from the ruling Communist Party, state media said Sunday, in a decision made at a meeting of top party officials that ended just days ahead of a broader once-a-decade power handover. The ouster, which clears the way for Bo to face criminal trial, came at a gathering of 500 top party officials that wrapped up in Beijing.
(Nov 04 2012) - Post Chronicle : US Navy skipper firedRUSSIA -- The skipper of a U.S. Navy frigate and three officers were fired on Saturday after an investigation found they had engaged in drunken behavior and misconduct during a recent port visit in Russia, the Navy said. Cmdr. Joseph Darlak, captain of the frigate Vandegrift, was relieved Friday along with the ship's executive officer, Cmdr. Ivan Jimenez. Two other officers were also reassigned. In each case, drinking was involved, a Navy spokeswoman said.
(Nov 03 2012) - U.S.S. Post : Candidate Killed In Storm Could WinWEST VIRGINIA -- Hurricane Sandy has taken a toll on human lives during its path from the Caribbean and up the eastern seaboard. One of three deaths reported in West Virginia is a political candidate. John Rose Sr., a legislative candidate from W.Va., was killed this week during Hurricane Sandy.
(Nov 02 2012) - Denver Post : Rebels said to kill captured troopsBEIRUT -- A new video appears to show Syrian rebels killing a group of captured soldiers, spraying them with bullets as they lay on the ground. Human rights groups on Friday warned that the gunmen may have committed a war crime. The video raises concerns over the rebels just ahead of a major conference this weekend in Qatar ...
(Nov 01 2012) - Pittsburgh Post : FBI : Hotlines for voter fraudPENNSYLVANIA -- Federal prosecutors and FBI agents will be on duty on Election Day to field complaints of voter intimidation, bribery, vote buying and related crimes, U.S. Attorney David Hickton announced today. The office has set up a hotline at (412) 894-7516. Mr. Hickton has appointed Assistant U.S. Attorney Shaun Sweeney as Western Pennsylvania's district election officer.
(Oct 31 2012) - Yemen Post : Yemen repairing natural gas pipelineYEMEN -- Deputy Marib governor and other Yemeni officials visited the damage site and confirmed technical teams from the Safer Exploration and Production Operations Company have already started the repair work, it said. Yemen LNG said in a statement late on Tuesday the pipeline had suffered an act of sabotage but did not say whether pumping was halted.
(Oct 30 2012) - SCM Post : UBS slashes 10,000 jobsZURICH -- UBS revealed plans on Tuesday to wind down its fixed income business and fire 10,000 bankers, in one of the biggest bonfires of finance jobs since the implosion of Lehman Brothers in 2008. The move will focus Zurich-based UBS around its private bank and a smaller investment bank ...
(Oct 29 2012) - N.Y. Post : Teaching Terrorism in CollegeNEW YORK -- A N.Y. University class on transnational terrorism is requiring students to "hypothetically plan a terrorist attack" and shocked cops say the outrageous lesson plan is an insult to the officers killed on 9/11. The controversial course is taught by a former NCI investigator Marie-Helen Maras.
(Oct 28 2012) - Financial Post : Pfizer to cut 300 jobsMONTREAL -- Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has announced it's cutting about 300 jobs across Canada, most of them in Montreal. Julie-Catherine Racine, a spokesperson for Pfizer Canada, said Sunday the cuts will be spread across several locations, but the majority will be at the company's headquarters in the Montreal ...
(Oct 27 2012) - Bangkok Post : Drug ring linked to MyanmarTHAILAND -- Police have issued an arrest warrant for a prime suspect in a powerful drug-smuggling ring controlled by a Myanmar druglord wanted by Thai authorities. The ring includes a former police officer and a Bangkok traffic policeman who surrendered on Wednesday.
(Oct 26 2012) - Christian Post : Right Man at the Right Time ???U.S.A. -- Every four years we have pundits and political gurus tell America, "This is the most important presidential election in a generation." They are most often wrong. However, once a generation they are right. The 2012 presidential election on Nov. 6 is at least the most important election in a generation.
(Oct 25 2012) - Liberty Post : Voters over the age of 110 ???NORTH CAROLINA -- Voters roll shows that the Tar Heel State has 2,214 voters that are 110-years-old. Most of these voters are democrats and most seem to live in four democrat-controlled counties. Some of these aged voters have already voted absentee. Many are even older than 110. In fact, it seems that NC has an awful lot of voters that are 112, too.
(Oct 24 2012) - Internet Post : Fake gold bars discovered ...AUSTRALIA -- Less than a month ago news broke that 10 PAMP gold bars filled with tungsten had been discovered in Manhattan. An SD reader then discovered a Chinese firm openly promoting the sale and production of tungsten filled gold bars and coins.
(Oct 23 2012) - Phnom Pen Post : Arrests over fake dollars ...CAMBODIA -- Three men arrested over a plan to smuggle millions of dollars worth of counterfeit US banknotes into Cambodia with the help of Thai criminals used the name of Prime Minister Hun Sen's chief bodyguard to secure the deal, a provincial court heard yesterday.
(Oct 22 2012) - Pakistan Christian Post : Christian Bibles DestroyedKARACHI -- On Thursday, Talaban broke door of Church in Street Number 7 of Essa Nagri, fired dozens of shots to harass Christian residents and then looted Donation Box kept in Church in which were more than 50 Thousand Pakistani rupees. Later, attackers took out Holy Bibles and Hymn books and danced over them with shoes and tore pages. To spread fear, the Islamists fired in Church and broke windows and other Church property.
(Oct 21 2012) - Huffington Post : Brookfield Sq. Mall ShootingWISCONSIN -- A mass shooting occurred on Sunday near a mall in Wisconsin, WISN 12 News reports. The incident took place near Brookfield Square Mall in Brookfield, Wis. The AP confirms that the shooting took place. A hospital spokeswoman told CNN that at least 7 people have been shot.
(Oct 20 2012) - Wash Post : 1,000's protest London's austerity driveLONDON -- Tens of thousands of demonstrators descended on the British capital Saturday in a noisy but peaceful protest at a government austerity drive aimed at slashing the nation's debt. Unions, anti-war campaigners, left-wing leaders, community groups and other activists poured down London's streets ...
(Oct 19 2012) - Tripoli Post : CIA : Attack carried out by militantsLIBYA -- The CIA station chief in Libya reported to Washington within 24 hours of the September 11 deadly attack on the US Consulate that there was evidence it was carried out by militants, not a spontaneous mob upset about an American-made video ridiculing Islam's Prophet Muhammad according to US officials.
(Oct 18 2012) - Global Post : Cambodians gather to mourn KingPHNOM PENH -- Cambodians turned out in droves Thursday to mourn King Father Norodom Sihanouk, who died Monday at the age of 89. Sihanouk died in Beijing from a heart attack, and his body was sent to the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh Wednesday by plane. His body was taken to the Royal Palace ...
(Oct 17 2012) - Jerusalem Post : Largest Joint Defensive DrillISRAEL -- US military forces have begun arriving in Israel to take part in the largest joint missile defense exercise of its kind, which will begin next week. One thousand American soldiers will arrive on Israeli territory and a further 2,000 US troops in Europe and the U.S. will take part via remote defense computing systems.
(Oct 16 2012) - Huffington Post : Debate 'MOU' rules releasedU.S.A. -- Every four years, the two campaigns sign a contract that establish the rules of the debate, from the time allotment for candidates' answers to the type of chairs Joe Biden and Paul Ryan were allowed on October 11. Halperin released the "MOU" on Monday after both campaigns raised concerns about moderator Candy Crowley's comments about her role in the debate.
(Oct 15 2012) - Birmingham Post : EU crime laws opt-outU.K. -- The Government plans to opt out of a series of European criminal justice measures, Home Secretary Theresa May has said. Ministers intend keeping the UK free of more than 130 measures, having been given the option of implementing all or none under the 2007 Treaty of Lisbon.
(Oct 14 2012) - N.Y. Post : Dems finally go bonkersNEW YORK -- After enduring three days of outlandish claims and grievances about American life at the Charlotte convention, I wrote that "something shocking is happening to the Democratic Party." Five weeks later, I must amend the observation. The soul-sapping transformation is no longer "happening." It is complete.
(Oct 13 2012) - Internet Post : Banking, the greatest scam on earthWORLD -- The Money Scam is hidden right out in the open, yet buried in complication & confusion. A retired banker describes simply, the world's Money Scam & the reason every country is now going bankrupt. Private bankers have stolen the money creation process & whereas once our money was created by the gov't's, debt-free, it is now created out of thin air & issued as debt with interest charges.
(Oct 12 2012) - Frontier Post : Petrol price expected to decreaseISLAMABAD -- The price of petrol is expected to be reduced by Rs.3 per litre where as diesel is expected to be increased by Rs.3 from 15th October. The price of CNG is also expected to go down by Rs.2.75 because of the reduction in petrol prices.
(Oct 11 2012) - Patriot Post : Obfuscation and DiversionWASH D.C. -- Other than the dezinformatsia directorates in China, North Korea and the handful of other Communist countries yet to implode under the weight of the totalitarian state, no Western socialist regime has been more effective at manipulating facts and public opinion to comport with its statist agenda than that of Barack Hussein Obama ...
(Oct 10 2012) - Norway Post : Sudanese charged with espionageNORWAY -- The Norwegian Police Security Service has arrested a Sudanese man at his home in Trondheim, charging him with spying on refugees from Sudan. The man will be transported to Oslo after being questioned by police and will be subject to police custody, PST department head Jan Glent informs.
(Oct 09 2012) - African Post : ICC considers Gaddafi hearing venueLIBYA -- The International Criminal Court (ICC) is holding its first public hearing in the case of one of the sons of Libyan leader Col Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam. He is accused of committing war crimes against the rebels who overthrew his father last year. His ICC lawyers are expected to argue he will not receive a fair trial in Libya, where he is currently held.
(Oct 08 2012) - National Post : Mitt Romney to draw contrast ...LEXINGTON -- Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney will vow to pursue a more aggressive policy toward the Middle East on Monday if elected in an attempt to draw a sharp distinction with how President Barack Obama has handled Libya, Iran, Syria and the Arab-Israeli dispute.
(Oct 07 2012) - Activist Post : Infertility Gene in GMO CornCALIFORNIA -- Genetically modified foods are getting a lot of press these days, especially in California where Proposition 37, the labeling of GMO foods, will be on the November 6th Election Day ballot. Why is the GMO industry so upset about having GM foods labeled?
(Oct 06 2012) - Jakarta Post : Cloud-seeding planned in So. SumatraSUMATRA -- The Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) in cooperation with the South Sumatra administration is planning to create cloud-seeding to help reduce the thick haze that is blanketing the province. Head of the South Sumatra Forestry Office's technical unit, Achmad Taufik, said the cloud-seeding would take place for 30 days starting from October 7.
(Oct 05 2012) - Threat Post : New attack on embattled BanksU.S.A. -- As a number of major U.S. financial institutions deal with the aftermath of what was perhaps the largest DDoS campaign ever, researchers at FireEye are reporting on a separate phishing attack that establishes a channel of malicious communications on its victims' computers. The attack is affecting at least two banking institutions, though FireEye does not name them in their report.
(Oct 04 2012) - Yorkshire Post : Two more victims add names ...YORKSHIRE -- Two more alleged victims of Sir Jimmy Savile [ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 ] have come forward, meaning four police forces have now received complaints against the Yorkshire-based TV presenter. Northamptonshire police said it had been contacted by two members of the public with allegations that occurred outside the county that will therefore be referred to other forces.
(Oct 03 2012) - Copenhagen Post : Another year at NATO helmDENMARK -- Anders Fogh Rasmussen's contract as the Sec-Gen of NATO has been extended for another year. The 28 NATO nations voted unanimously today to give him a one-year extension when his first term as NATO chief expires on 1 Aug next year.
(Oct 02 2012) - China Post : WTCC calls on gov't to save economyTAIWAN -- Jonathan Huang, president of the World Taiwanese Chambers of Commerce (WTCC), expressed distress over Taiwan's economic turmoil yesterday at the annual WTCC congress attended by President Ma Ying-jeou. Huang noted the staggering economic conditions, pointing out the challenges that Taiwan faces.
(Oct 01 2012) - Patriot Post : Fiscal Cliff AheadU.S.A. -- "The CBO has forecasted a fresh recession to hit next year if Taxmageddon, a nearly $500 billion tax increase, hits the nation & Congress & the President drive us off the 'fiscal cliff.' In a new report, Heritage's J.D. Foster explains that the fact that we can see a recession coming, is shocking.
(Sep 30 2012) - Internet Post : As a Last ResortHOLLYWOOD -- So just what is the last resort of madmen? The unthinkable, the unimaginable? No, it's all been done before and we've all thought of what could be. It's only the scale of horror that varies. Just how far does Hollywood go in its predictive programming ? The latest is ABC's "Last Resort."
(Sep 29 2012) - Jerusalem Post : $450 ml to Egypt blockedWASH D.C. -- The Obama administration notified Congress on Friday that it planned to transfer $450 million to Egypt to help the country's new gov't, but the move was quickly blocked by a skeptical lawmaker who said she saw no immediate need for the cash infusion. Rep. Kay Granger, the Texas Republican who chairs the House of Representatives appropriations subcommittee for foreign operations, said the administration's $450 million bailout proposal for Egypt was premature.
(Sep 28 2012) - Denver Post : Colorado Dems, GOP trade barbs ...COLORADO -- Republicans are accusing Democratic legislative candidates of hypocrisy for using out-of -state companies to produce campaign mailers touting the importance of hiring Colorado workers.
(Sep 27 2012) - Pittsburgh Post : Voter ID hearing resumes ...HARRISBURG -- Legal arguments over the state's new voter ID law resumed this morning in Commonwealth Court, with voters and activists relaying obstacles encountered in attempts to secure photo identification cards.
(Sep 26 2012) - Yemen Post : Dialogue will shape Yemen's futureU.N. -- President Abdrabu Mansour Hadi said on Wednesday the comprehensive dialogue conference, scheduled for early Nov., will shape Yemen's future and bring solutions to all complex, pending problems & conflicts. In his speech at the 67th session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Hadi said the dialogue will definitely lay the groundwork for a new civil state of Yemen ...
(Sep 25 2012) - Activist Post : Study : Flu shot makes you sickerCANADA -- An interesting article appeared in a Canadian newspaper, The Vancouver Sun, about research that found the flu vaccine actually was linked to H1N1 illnesses, the pandemic flu that never materialized in 2008-09. Vancouver researcher Dr. Danuta Skowronski led a team of researchers questioning certain flu virus events that seemed to impact people who received the 2008-09 flu vaccine.
(Sep 24 2012) - Financial Post : Housing market cooling in CanadaOTTAWA -- Canada's housing market appears to be cooling across the board in the face of tighter mortgage rules that affect many first-time buyers of modest means, a new analysis from the Conference Board shows. The think-tank's snapshot of resales for August shows a widespread decline in sales of existing homes ...
(Sep 23 2012) - Bangkok Post : Nigerian Suicider kills 2NIGERIA -- A suicide bomber who tried to ram an explosives-packed car into a Nigerian church on Sunday killed a woman and an eight-year-old boy, while wounding dozens more, the Red Cross and police said. The attacker targeted the St. John's Catholic Church in the northern city of Bauchi, where tight security was imposed after a wave church bombings claimed by the radical Islamist group Boko Haram.
(Sep 22 2012) - Tripoli Post : Four Protesters Killed, 20 WoundedBENGHAZI -- Four protesters killed in Benghazi Friday night and over 20 wounded when demonstrators moved against armed groups in the city stormed a number of bases occupied by militias in the city. The targeting of these bases by protesters followed a huge demonstration in downtown Benghaz ...
(Sep 21 2012) - Liberty Post : Obama puts Taliban lawyer into DOJWASH D.C. -- A lawyer who came to prominence for his full-throated defense of a subsequently convicted terrorist was quietly promoted to the No. 3 slot at the DOJ last month, a post that puts him in charge of the administration's policy regarding Guantanamo Bay detainees. The move has raised red flags on Capitol Hill ...
(Sep 20 2012) - Internet Post : Ignore Afghan Drug TradeAFGHAN -- It has long been proven that the drug trade is one of the primary motivating factors behind western military intervention in Afghanistan. Last winter an Anonymous hack of the security firm Stratfor revealed more information supporting this fact, but since there were almost 3,000 emails to sift through, this information has not come to light until recently when wikileaks released the emails to a wider audience.
(Sep 19 2012) - Christian Post : Ancient Fragment Stirs DebateU.S.A. -- The small fragment - referred to as the Gospel of Jesus' Wife - suggests that some early Christians might have held the view that Jesus was married, according to Professor Karen King, who unveiled the findings at the Tenth International Congress of Coptic Studies in Rome. What the text does not do, she stressed, is prove that Jesus had a wife.
(Sep 18 2012) - Phnom Pen Post : Hearing delayed re: anti-drug czarPHNOM PEN -- The Phnom Penh Court of Appeal yesterday postponed the final hearing of disgraced anti-drug czar Moek Dara, Chea Leng and Morn Doeun until next month, citing a need for more time in light of last-minute investigations by the Banteay Meanchey Provincial Court, a court official said.
(Sep 17 2012) - Huffington Post : Clashes over anti-Islam filmPAKISTAN -- Hundreds of protesters demonstrating against an anti-Islam film torched a press club & a gov't building in northwest Pakistan on Monday, sparking clashes with police that left at least one person dead. Demonstrations also turned violent outside a U.S. military base in Afghanistan & the U.S. Embassy in Indonesia.
(Sep 16 2012) - Activist Post : Drones on Beach PatrolAUSTRALIA -- The thought of walking along a secluded stretch of beach to gather one's thoughts, enjoy the feel of the sand and sound of the water -- or perhaps to enjoy some special company -- is literally set to fly out the window. Australia is looking to introduce a drone beach patrol on North Stradbroke Island in the name of "public safety."
(Sep 15 2012) - Jerusalem Post : Fury over Mohammad film simmersDUBAI -- A wave of furious anti-Western protests against a film mocking the Prophet Mohammad abated a little on Saturday, but US policy in the Muslim world remained overshadowed by 13 minutes of amateurish video on the Internet. Riot police stormed into Cairo's Tahrir Square and rounded up hundreds of people early on Saturday ...
(Sep 14 2012) - Global Post : Focus of anti-US protests ... evolveAMMAN -- Demonstrators staged anti-American protests in at least 5 Arab capitals and other cities around the region Friday, setting foreign embassies alight & calling for the expulsion of US ambassadors. The protests, sparked by a decidedly anti-Islam video produced in California and posted online, but which now include other issues as well, have continued for 4 straight days.
(Sep 13 2012) - N.Y. Post : Anti-Muslim filmmaker identified ...WASH D.C. -- A US law enforcement official says a man named Nakoula Basseley Nakoula is behind the anti-Muslim film being blamed for mob attacks in Egypt, Libya and Yemen. A man who calls himself Sam Bacile has said he created the film, but The Associated Press on Wednesday connected Nakoula to the Bacile persona.
(Sep 12 2012) - Tripoli Post : US Ambassador ... killed in LibyaTripoli -- The American Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens has been reportedly killed in Benghazi during an attack on the American Consulate there. Two American security guards were also killed. The consulate was also burned and ransacked.
(Sep 11 2012) - Washington Post : China watching Japanese IslandTOKYO -- China on Tuesday sent two patrol ships to waters near a remote and disputed island chain in a show of its "undisputable sovereignty," Chinese state media said, escalating a territorial showdown between Asia's two largest economies.
(Sep 10 2012) - Zambia Post : Police stop UPND rallyLUSAKA -- Polica yesterday sealed off the venue of the UPND rally in Lusaka's Kanyama compound and sent away party officials that were supposed to address it. And police impounded two buses carrying UPND male cadres from Southern Province, who after being interrogated swore they were coming for a kitchen party.
(Sep 09 2012) - Birmingham Post : High speed rail plan - terribleBIRMINGHAM -- Former Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillan has labelled the HS2 high speed rail project from London to Birmingham as a terrible idea. Mrs Gillan, a known opponent of the project as the proposed line goes through her Buckinghamshire constituency, also attacked the coalition for failing to deal promptly with the question of a third runway at Heathrow airport.
(Sep 08 2012) - Nagaland Post : Fight misuse of social mediaNAGALAND -- PM Manmohan Singh Saturday expressed concern over an increase in the communal incidents in the country & the misuse of social media. Addressing the DGPs/IGPs on the last day of a 3-day national conference, Manmohan Singh warned that the nation's vulnerability to cyber crime was escalating.
(Sep 07 2012) - Patriot Post : The picture they painted in CharlotteCHARLOTTE -- An elderly Spanish woman recently set about the work of restoring a 102-yr-old oil painting of Jesus. To put it generously, her work was less than successful. Just as she attempted to refurbish the cracked & peeling fresco, however, Dem's at their No. Carolina convention tried -- and failed just as miserably -- to improve the image of their own tarnished & faded messiah.
(Sep 06 2012) - Frontier Post : Syrian refugee influx too muchJORDAN -- "The numbers (of Syrian refugees) are becoming beyond our capabilities, beyond even our expectations and we expect more as things deteriorate in Syria," he told a joint news conference with visiting Cyprus President Demetris Christofias. "We are shouldering a big burden in so many fields, especially water."
(Sep 05 2012) - Bangkok Post : Red Bull family vows to cooperateTHAILAND -- The Yoovydhya family, heirs to the Red Bull fortune, will not try to influence the police investigation into the alleged fatal hit-and-run accident by the son of its top business executive, a lawyer for the family said on Wednesday. Samak Chaowapanan said the family of Vorayuth Yoovydhya, 27, will assist investigators and ensure they can do their duty freely ...
(Sep 04 2012) - Norway Post : Breivik's private e-mails publishedNORWAY -- Norwegian author and journalist Kjetil Stormark had access to 7,000 of Anders Behring Breivik's private emails shortly after the terror attack. Now he has published a book that is based on the killer's e-mail correspondence.
(Sep 03 2012) - African Post : The US Shadow WarsIRAQ -- After a decade of costly conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, the American way of war is evolving toward less brawn, more guile. Drone aircraft spy on and attack terrorists with no pilot in harm's way. Small teams of special operations troops quietly train and advise foreign forces.
(Sep 02 2012) - National Post : They should be tried for war crimesLONDON -- Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Desmond Tutu called Sunday for Tony Blair & George Bush to face prosecution at the International Criminal Court for their role in the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Tutu, the retired Anglican Church's archbishop of South Africa, wrote in an op-ed piece for 'The Observer' that the ex-leaders of Britain & the U.S. should be made to "answer for their actions."
(Sep 01 2012) - Jakarta Post : Iran, N. Korea sign agreementIRAN -- Iran and North Korea have signed a scientific and technological cooperation agreement, bringing the two nations deeply at odds with the U.S. closer together. Iran's state TV says the agreement was signed Saturday in Tehran in the presence of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and ...
(Aug 31 2012) - Threat Post : Info of 55K Patients StolenINDIANA -- The Cancer Care Group, an oncology practice based in Indianapolis, claims it will improve its storage and data security practices going forward after a laptop containing the sensitive information of about 55,000 of its patients was stolen last month.
(Aug 30 2012) - Activist Post : RFID Chips Tracking Students ...TEXAS -- In the San Antonio school district, the Student Locator Project is being beta-tested at Jay High School & Jones Middle School - two schools in the Northside district. The SLP includes the use of RFID to 'make schools safer, know where our students are while at school, increase revenues, and provide a general purpose 'smart' ID card."
(Aug 29 2012) - China Post : Typhoon pounds South KoreaSEOUL -- A powerful typhoon pounded South Korea with strong winds and heavy rain Tuesday as it churned up rough seas that smashed two fishing ships into rocks, killing at least five fishermen and forcing the coast guard to perform a daring rescue for the survivors.
(Aug 28 2012) - Global Post : Egypt's other power struggleSAYEDA ZEINAB -- Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi may have made his ultimate power play against the country's commanding army earlier this month by stripping its top generals of the political control they wielded since the 2011 Tahrir Square uprising. But he's been less successful in a power struggle of a different kind.
(Aug 27 2012) - Patriot Post : Standing up for ... free speechWASH D.C. -- On Aug 2nd, Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) introduced the Free Press Act of 2012 (FPA), aimed at protecting the First Amendment rights of journalists and internet service providers against "Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation" (SLAPPs). Kyl explained his rationale when he introduced the bill.
(Aug 26 2012) - Denver Post : Something about that psychaitristCOLORADO -- Dr. Lynne Fenton sounded the alarm that alleged theater shooter James Holmes was a threat to others. Friends and acquaintances say they would expect nothing less from the University of Colorado Denver psychiatrist who is a central figure in the murder case being built against {James Holmes} ...
(Aug 25 2012) - Jerusalem Post : Hamas to meet with Egypt ...GAZA -- A spokesman for the Palestinian Ministry of Interior in Gaza announced that a security council from Gaza would leave to Egypt to meet with Egyptian counterparts in the aim of coordinating joint security, Hamas-affiliated news agency Al-Resala reported Saturday.
(Aug 24 2012) - Internet Post : Central banks veil of secrecyAUSTRALIA -- Central banks are designed to be "independent," and they shroud themselves in secrecy. But they have formidable and, when it comes to money, "unlimited" powers that they harness for the benefit of their clientele, banks. And hiding behind their veil of secrecy are shenanigans that rarely seep to the surface
(Aug 23 2012) - Palm Beach Post : RNC convention won't be haltedFLORIDA -- Florida Gov. Rick Scott says national Republican Party officials will decide whether or not to cancel or delay the upcoming national convention due to the threat from Tropical Storm Isaac. But Scott said Thursday that no one knows exactly how the storm will impact Florida.
(Aug 22 2012) - Financial Post : U.S. worse than EuropeU.S.A. -- At a European conference on the sovereign-debt crises that I attended this week, my overwhelming conclusion, after listening to many experts, is the U.S. is in more trouble than Europe. This was brought home by calculations presented by L. Kotlikoff of Boston University at a lecture held at the International Institute of Public Finance, the biggest gathering of public-finance experts in the world.
(Aug 21 2012) - Promethean Post : Facial Recognition is ComingU.S.A. -- Recently - released documents show that the FBI has been working since late 2011 with four states - Michigan, Hawaii, Maryland, and possibly Oregon - to ramp up the Next Generation Identification (NGI) Facial Recognition Program. When the program is fully deployed in 2014, the FBI expects its facial recognition database will contain at least 12 million "searchable frontal photos."
(Aug 20 2012) - Threat Post : Own the Email, Own the PersonU.S.A. -- For attackers looking to take control of a victim's online presence, there is no better place to start than the target's email account. If you own the email, you own the person. That's never been more true than today, with so many social networks, services and shopping sites attached to users' email addresses.
(Aug 19 2012) - Tripoli Post : Car bombs Kill Two ...TRIPOLI -- Two car bombs rocked Tripoli in Libya at approximately 6:00 a.m. Sunday. They occurred near the interior ministry and the women's military academy that have killed two people and wounding three more. A third car bomb was discovered, also near the ministry, but was defused.
(Aug 18 2012) - Yemen Post : 14 Soldiers Die in AttackADEN -- At least 14 central security soldiers died and 7 others were injured in a militant suicide bombing in Yemen's port city of Aden on Saturday, the defense ministry said. Militants rammed an explosives-laden car into the building of the intelligence headquarters this morning in an attack ...
(Aug 17 2012) - Washington Post : Impact of U.S. drought ...WASH D.C. -- The severity of the worst U.S. drought in 56 years may be peaking, while its effects on corn and soybeans, the nation's two biggest crops, may not be known until the harvests, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said. The steadying of weather conditions may limit food inflation next year ...
(Aug 16 2012) - Christian Post : Security Guard Hailed as HeroWASH D.C. -- Just hours into his work day at the Family Research Council's office building on Wednesday morning, Security Guard Leo Johnson was being hailed by law enforcement officers as a "hero" after subduing a shooter whose objective was to gain entry into the group's downtown D.C. offices.
(Aug 15 2012) - Borneo Post : Supermarket raided for pricier eggsSIBU -- Enforcement officers of the Ministry of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism recently raided a supermarket in Mukah for selling eggs above the ceiling price ... the ministry's branch chief, Balraj Singh, said the supermarket sold Grade B eggs at 40 sen each instead of the gazetted price of 35 sen each as stated in the Hari Raya 2012 Price Control Scheme from Aug 12 to 26.
(Aug 14 2012) - Liberty Post : Obama: Let's bail out 'every' industryCOLORADO -- Remember when President Barack Obama said: "I don't want to run auto companies, and I don't want to run banks." He changed his mind. Today, Obama, speaking in the depressed city of Pueblo, Colorado, heaped praise upon himself for his uncanny ability to use other people's money to nationalize unproductive companies ...
(Aug 13 2012) - Huffington Post : DNC pulls funds from BoAU.S.A. -- The Democratic National Committee will announce some time in the next few days that it's pulling some of its business from Bank of America, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing a "Democratic Party official." Instead, the organization will keep its money at union-owned Amalgamated Bank.
(Aug 12 2012) - Activist Post : DHS orders a lot more ammoU.S.A. -- The federal government, specifically the DHS, is buying up huge amounts of ammunition and there seems to be no end in sight. Again, this is nothing new as the DHS has refused to explain their purchase of 450 million hollow points and has ordered "up to" 650-750 million rounds of ammo and also seems to be looking for more weapons as well.
(Aug 11 2012) - Global Post : Romney picks Ryan for VPWISCONSIN -- Romney has officially announced that Representative Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin will be his running mate. In fact, Romney jumped the gun, calling Ryan the "next president of the United States" in his introduction. As Ryan joined GOP candidate Romney on the podium, Romney threw his arm around his new VP candidate and joked off the flub.
(Aug 10 2012) - Phnom Penh Post : PM Hun Sen addresses assemblyPHNOM PENH -- Sometimes austere, other times ebullient, Prime Minister Hun Sen spent his rare, more than five-hour speech to parliament yesterday outlining a border demarcation plan with Vietnam and taunting the opposition before refusing to answer anything other than written questions.
(Aug 09 2012) - N.Y. Post : Tracking 'potential' terrorists ...NEW YORK -- They know where you are and what you're doing. Soon, they'll know where you've been, if you have a criminal record and whether you're emitting even the slightest bit of radiation. Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly unveiled a new system yesterday that integrates video surveillance from 3,000 street cameras with the NYPD's vast database to provide cops with "one-stop shopping" to track potential terrorists and criminals.
(Aug 08 2012) - Zambia Post : Priests petition Sata re: deportationZAMBIA -- FIVE Catholic Priests on the Copperbelt, who were in the seminary with the deported Lundazi-based Rwandese priest, Fr Viateur Banyangadora, have asked President Michael Sata to seriously consider revoking his deportation.
(Aug 07 2012) - Pittsburgh Post : Pesticides to be sprayedPENNSYLVANIA -- The Allegheny County Health Department will release pesticides Tuesday in the South Side and Mount Washington in attempt to kill mosquitoes carrying West Nile Virus. Seventy mosquito samples have tested positive for the virus in the county since the first was diagnosed in mid-May.
(Aug 06 2012) - Birmingham Post : Syrian PM quits & flees countrySYRIA -- Syria's prime minister has fled the country with his family after only two months in the post. The departure of Riad Hijab for neighbouring Jordan is evidence that the widening cracks in president Bashar's Assad's regime have reached the highest echelons of government.
(Aug 05 2012) - Nagaland Post : Fake gifts for a Fake PresidentU.S.A. -- Obama, who celebrated his 51st birthday by playing golf, was gifted fake presents by his party rivals - the Republicans. "Happy Birthday, Mr. President. You Didn't Bake This," read frosted blue & yellow words on a cake bearing the president's face that was delivered to his party's headquarters by his Republican counterpart on Friday ...
(Aug 04 2012) - Post & E-Mail : What Happened at the Party?CHICAGO -- A report from The Huffington Post from mid-July said, or gave the strong impression, that a birthday party would be held in Chicago for Obama today, his publicly-reported birthday. The UK Telegraph reported unequivocally that ...
(Aug 03 2012) - Boiling Frogs Post : The Path to WarSYRIA -- As the destabilization of Syria has evolved over the course of the last year and a half, what has become apparent to political observers is the seeming incongruity of Turkey's role in the region.
(Aug 02 2012) - Frontier Post : Indian rupee weakens on Fed letdownMUMBAI -- The Indian rupee weakened on Thursday in quiet trading after the Federal Reserve refrained from new US monetary stimulus, denting hopes for gains in global risk assets. The focus shifted to the European Central meeting later in the day.
(Aug 01 2012) - Norway Post : U.S. ambassador apologizes ...OSLO -- The U.S. ambassador to Norway made a personal call to the head of the Oslo police force to apologize for a false bomb alarm which caused havoc in downtown Oslo on Tuesday afternoon. According to Fredriksen the police will not seek financial compensation from the embassy.
(Jul 31 2012) - Bangkok Post : Big Thai-Australia drug bustSYDNEY -- Australian police have seized 1/2 a billion dollars' worth of crystal meth & heroin after smashing a Hong Kong-linked international drugs syndicate, they said Tuesday. Police raided addresses in Sydney on Monday, arresting 7 after finding 306 kilogrammes of crystal meth and 252kg of heroin, worth millions.
(Jul 30 2012) - Yorkshire Post : Triple-dip recession fear ...U.K. -- ALL eyes will be on the financial markets today as investors wait for action on the deepening eurozone crisis which economists have warned could see Britain topple into an unprecedented triple-dip recession. Economists are predicting a brief recovery boosted by the Olympics will be cut short ...
(Jul 29 2012) - National Post : Respect an Israeli strike on IranJERUSALEM -- U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney would support an Israeli decision to use military force to stop Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, a senior aide said on Sunday. Romney met with Israeli PM Netanyahu in Jerusalem on the 2nd leg of a trip, displaing his foreign policy credentials ...
(Jul 28 2012) - Jakarta Post : Ebola breaks out in UgandaUGANDA -- The deadly Ebola virus has killed 14 people in western Uganda this month, Ugandan health officials said, ending weeks of speculation about the cause of a strange disease that had many people fleeing their homes. The officials & a WHO told a news conference in Kampala that there's "an outbreak of Ebola" in Uganda.
(Jul 27 2012) - Threat Post : SQL Attacks Jump 69 %U.S.A. -- The number of SQL attacks jumped by nearly 2/3rd's earlier this year according to cloud hosting firm FireHost who recorded over 450,000 blocked SQL injection attacks between the 1st & 2nd quarter this year. According to a report the firm claimed this week it protected its users from 17 million cyber attacks ...
(Jul 26 2012) - Activist Post : Military & Police working togetherU.S.A. -- The US military is being used to protect civilian events, like the 2012 Dem & Rep Party National Conventions in Tampa, Florida & Charlotte, North Carolina. USNORTHCOM & Leon Panetta, US SoD, has readily admitted that US armed forces will collaborate with local law enforcement "if called upon".
(Jul 25 2012) - Wales Daily Post : Legionnaires' cases rise to 9STAFFORDSHIRE -- Two more cases of Legionnaires' Disease have been confirmed in a city outbreak, bringing the total number of people receiving treatment for the illness to nine. The Health Protection Agency (HPA) said all those affected are aged between their late 40s and mid-70s and ...
(Jul 24 2012) - China Post : Manila to boost defense ...PHILIPPINES -- President Benigno Aquino III said Monday that the Philippines won't back down from a South China Sea dispute with China and that his country's military would soon get dozens of new aircraft and ships for maritime defense.
(Jul 23 2012) - Global Post : Bachmann vs The BrotherhoodCAIRO, Egypt -- Michele Bachmann has again ignited a political firestorm in the US, claiming last week that the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has "infiltrated the highest levels of US government," including the White House. The Muslim Brotherhood's response?
(Jul 22 2012) - Patriot Post : Exploiting the Theater MassacreCOLORADO -- It didn't take long. Despite 12 dead and more than 71 injured, reckless media were looking to exploit the rampage perpetrated by alleged killer, James Holmes, as quickly as possible. ABC News reporter Brian Ross led the despicable charge, immediately attempting to politicize the issue.
(Jul 21 2012) - Jerusalem Post : Concerns over chemical weaponsU.S.A. -- The U.S. is closely monitoring Syria's chemical weapons stockpile and is "actively consulting" Damascus's neighbors to stress concerns over the security of those weapons and Syria's responsibility to safeguard them, the White House said on Saturday.
(Jul 20 2012) - Denver Post : Shooters apt. 'booby-trapped'AURORA -- Police say that the apartment of the suspect in an early morning movie theater shooting appears to be booby trapped with trip wires attached to plastic bottles containing an unknown substance. Police Chief Dan Oates said the explosive devices were "pretty sophisticated." "We could be here for days," he said.
(Jul 19 2012) - Financial Post : China's shadow banking systemWASH D.C. -- It's clear that the Chinese economy is slowing & some think the risks of a hard landing are rising substantially. If economic growth in China continues to slow, rising & sudden defaults on loans made in the country's shadow banking system could threaten to bring down China's traditional banking sector ...
(Jul 18 2012) - Palm Beach Post : Advocates push backWASH D.C. -- Advocates for hospitals and the poor are ramping up lobbying in an effort to persuade state legislators to block Gov. Rick Scott's refusal to expand health insurance for the poor, under the Affordable Care Act.
(Jul 17 2012) - Kyiv Post : Webcams won't rule out election fraudUKRAIN -- Officials say they will install webcams at polling stations for the Oct. 28 parliamentary elections to help ensure honesty in the election and prevent allegations of fraud from the political opposition.
(Jul 16 2012) - Kansas City Post : Blackmail tactics over Syria ???MOSCOW -- Russia Monday ruled out exerting pressure on President Bashar Assad to force him to quit in order to end ceaseless violence in Syria as UN and Arab league envoy Kofi Annan was in Moscow in his latest effort to break the diplomatic deadlock on the crisis in the Mideast nation.
(Jul 15 2012) - Saturday Evening Post : Looming Crisis ...U.S.A. -- Over the past 50 yrs America made massive public investments in its highways-hundreds of billions of dollars in the interstate system alone. And largely because of that investment, cities and suburbs have grown into sprawling, disconnected clusters, largely dependent on the automobile.
(Jul 14 2012) - Promethean Post : Syria's Nerve GasSYRIA -- Citing no evidence, and on the heels of yet another baseless "activist" report claiming a massacre has taken place in Homs, nameless US officials claimed to the Wall Street Journal that the Syrian government is taking chemical weapons out of storage for possible use ...
(Jul 13 2012) - Threat Post : Researchers Find Serious Flaws ...U.S.A. -- A security researcher has found several serious vulnerabilities in a widely deployed point-of-sale system that enables an attacker to change transactions, steal card data and take other malicious actions.
(Jul 12 2012) - Pagosa Post : Walmart Battle Cont's #6COLORADO -- During the eight short years I've been writing about the people who direct our Town of Pagosa Springs government, I've learned just enough about our laws and codes to be dangerous. And the people leading the Town government have done the same.
(Jul 11 2012) - Yemen Post : Parliamentarian insults PM ...YEMEN -- Most members of Yemen's parliament withdrew from a Wednesday session after Mohammad Al-Shaif, a representative and tribal leader, insulted Prime Minister Mohammad Salem Basindwa and threatened the Finance Minister Sakhr Al-Wajih with beating.
(Jul 10 2012) - Christian Post : DoD censoring gay oppositionU.S.A. -- The DoD is censoring opposing views to portray a trouble-free time after the repeal of the policy that barred openly gay, lesbian, or bisexual persons from the military for nearly 18 yrs, according to Chaplain (Col.) Ron Crews, executive director for the Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty.
(Jul 09 2012) - Borneo Post : ASEAN pushed on So China Sea codePHNOM PENH -- Southeast Asian nations should give top priority to easing tensions with Beijing in the South China Sea, Cambodia's premier said Monday, as he stressed the importance of regional stability. As foreign ministers met in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, Prime Minister Hun Sen said hammering out a code of conduct with China in the disputed waters was a chief goal ...
(Jul 08 2012) - Huffington Post : Tougher Voter ID LawsU.S.A. -- As more states put in place strict voter ID rules, an AP review of temporary ballots from Indiana and Georgia, which first adopted the most stringent standards, found that more than 1,200 such votes were tossed during the 2008 general election.
(Jul 07 2012) - Global Post : Argentina: Ditching the dollar ?BUENOS AIRES -- It was an awkward moment for Anibal Fernandez, Argentina's former Cabinet chief, when President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner interrupted herself during a recent speech to order him to convert his savings from dollars to pesos.
(Jul 06 2012) - Liberty Post : Black pastors target ObamaU.S.A. -- A large coalition of African-American pastors, snubbed by President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder in their demand for a meeting to discuss same-sex marriage, are calling on blacks to boycott the president and sign a petition demanding that the administration withdraw support for gay marriage.
(Jul 05 2012) - Phnom Pen Post : UK, US pledge ASEAN supportCAMBODIA -- The U.S. has expressed its commitment to the success of next week's 19th ASEAN Regional Forum, which will be held in Phnom Penh, while British Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne said on the same day that the U.K. plans to strengthen its relationship with Cambodia and the ASEAN nations.
(Jul 04 2012) - Activist Post : Do You Know What Freedom Is ?U.S.A. -- So this Independence Day, we feel it's important to define what freedom means to us. But, first, I'll tell you what freedom isn't. It isn't celebrating once-a-year with beer & fireworks about America declaring independence from England 236 years ago. That has very little to do with defining individual freedom.
(Jul 03 2012) - New York Post : Drugmaker eats it big timeNEW YORK -- Drug giant GlaxoSmithKline agreed to a record $3 billion penalty to settle sweeping US criminal & civil probes for illegally peddling many of its popular meds for more than a decade. The 7-yr investigation by the DoJ & other agencies involved some of the worst allegations the industry's seen in years ...
(Jul 02 2012) - Birmingham Post : Court could block Euro pactGERMANY -- An attempt to block to block the eurozone's permanent rescue fund and Europe's new fiscal discipline treaty will be heard by Germany's high court next week. The German parliament has approved both the 500 billion (£402 billion) rescue fund, the European Stability Mechanism, and the budget pact ...
(Jul 01 2012) - Zambia Post : Unemployment a time bombZAMBIA -- President Michael Sata says youths in Zambia will turn against the government if the high unemployment levels are not addressed immediately. And President Sata says the Zimbabwean International Trade Fair he attended in Bulawayo recently was better organised than the one he officially opened in Ndola yesterday.
(Jun 30 2012) - Activist Post : Obama Institutes Slavery ...U.S.A. -- Slavery is once again legal in the U.S. thanks to language buried deep inside Executive Order 13603, which Obama signed into law on Mar 16th 2012. According to this E.O. the President, or those he designates, can conscript "persons of outstanding experience and ability without compensation," in "peacetime and times of national emergency." In a nutshell, that means ...
(Jun 29 2012) - Kyiv Post : West struggles to understand arms dealLONDON -- Western states trying to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assadare increasingly struggling to deal with, or even understand, Russia's dogged support for him. Arms deals, Russia's naval base in Tartus and fear of Islamist militancy in a post-Assad Syriaare all held up as potential explanations.
(Jun 28 2012) - Washington Post : GOP to repeal obamacare - againWASH D.C. -- On Capitol Hill, the immediate reaction to Thursday's ruling was mapped out weeks in advance. Now that the health-care law has been largely upheld by the Supreme Court, the GOP-controlled House plans to vote to repeal it -- again.
(Jun 27 2012) - Boiling Frogs Post : NATO Expands Military ...NATO -- The steady expansion of NATO military partnerships and operations around the world, which now include all populated continents, has no precedent in history. This is the first attempt to establish an international military alliance that is capable of and prepared to intervene in any nation and region it chooses to ...
(Jun 26 2012) - Copenhagen Post : Automatic asylum not givenDENMARK -- Syrian asylum seekers will not be granted automatic residency due to the on-going instability in the country, despite an appeal from the Danish Refugee Council (DRC). Sweden and Norway, on the other hand, have decided that Syrians will be automatically granted asylum ...
(Jun 25 2012) - Bangkok Post : ER-2 worries air forceTHAILAND -- The air force is concerned about the use of the ER-2 aircraft, the civilian version of the U2 spyplane, by Nasa for its atmospheric studies, because it is a single-seater and no-one can be aboard to monitor its missions, an air force source said.
(Jun 24 2012) - Frontier Post : Muslim Brotherhood member winsCAIRO, EGYPT -- Muslim Brotherhood member Mohamed Morsi was on Sunday declared the first president of Egypt since a popular uprising ousted Hosni Mubarak, the head of the electoral commission announced, with 51.73 percent of the vote ...
(Jun 23 2012) - Yorkshire Post : Prescription for chaos ...YORKSHIRE -- Major disparities have emerged over how family doctors plan to operate when they take charge of NHS spending worth more than £6bn in Yorkshire under highly-controversial Government reforms. Analysis by the Yorkshire Post has uncovered huge variations in the numbers of GPs ...
(Jun 22 2012) - Jakarta Post : Candidates snub women's issuesJAKARTA -- What was planned as a discussion on what women voters want from their future governor turned into a monologue, with none of Jakarta’s gubernatorial candidates attending an event held at the National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) on Thursday.
(Jun 21 2012) - Threat Post : Blue Hat Prize FinalistsU.S.A. -- Microsoft has announced the three finalists for its $200,000 Blue Hat Prize contest & all 3 of the researchers in the running for the win submitted technologies designed to defeat ROP (return-oriented programming) exploits. Microsoft will announce at Black Hat which of them will take home the top prize.
(Jun 20 2012) - Denver Post : CONTEMPT - To be ContinuedWASH D.C. -- In a mounting confrontation with congressional Republicans, President Barack Obama invoked executive privilege Wednesday to withhold documents a House committee is seeking. The panel neared a vote on citing Attorney General Eric Holder for contempt.
(Jun 19 2012) - India Post : US rejects Taliban's claim on IndiaWASH D.C. -- The US has rejected Taliban's claim that India resisted Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's call for greater involvement in Afghanistan, saying his recent visit to New Delhi was "very successful". Taliban had claimed that Panetta encouraged India to take a more active role in Afghanistan ...
(Jun 18 2012) - Wales Daily Post : Military promises handoverEGYPT -- Egypt's ruling military council has pledged to hand over power to the newly elected president, hours after the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate claimed victory in the first free election since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak. Maj-Gen. Mohammed al-Assar, a senior member of the ruling council, said the generals would transfer power in a "grand ceremony" by the end of the month ...
(Jun 17 2012) - Global Post : Japan Restarts Nuclear ReactorsTOKYO -- Japan's self-imposed nuclear freeze has ended, less than two months after every one of the country's reactors were shut down in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi disaster. As expected, the prime minister, Yoshihiko Noda, on Saturday approved the immediate restart of two reactors ...
(Jun 16 2012) - Pakistan Christian Post : Muslim Slavery of ChristiansPAKISTAN -- There is Islamic culture in Pakistan to declare non-Muslims to be infidels & scratch their equal rights in society. There's controversial blasphemy law to punish non-Muslims in Pakistan. There are Thousands of Christian Brick Kiln workers in Pakistan who are like slaves in 21st century but not gov't of Pakistan & International community is paying attention to it.
(Jun 15 2012) - Patriot Post : Titanic II -- Obama's Second TermU.S.A. -- "It is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth - and listen to the song of that syren, till she transforms us into beasts ... For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it might cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it." -- Patrick Henry
(Jun 14 2012) - Activist Post : Want More Internet Privacy ?WORLD -- In recent years, online tracking companies have begun to monitor our clicks, searches and reading habits as we move around the Internet. If you are concerned about pervasive online web tracking by behavioral advertisers, then you may want to enable Do Not Track on your web browser.
(Jun 13 2012) - National Post : Italy it could be next ...MILAN -- Germany told Italians on Wednesday they must accept Prime Minister Mario Monti's tough economic measures to avoid becoming the next victim of the eurozone debt crisis after a bailout for Spain's banks failed to calm markets.
(Jun 12 2012) - Borneo Post : Oil platform blast scareBORNEO -- An explosion at an offshore oil drilling platform here injured five workers and started a fire on the structure yesterday morning. Smoke billowing from the platform was visible from Canada Hill in the city centre as supply boats spraying water and workers on the platform fought the fire.
(Jun 11 2012) - Financial Post : Italy's in the crisis crosshairsITALY -- The 100 billion-euro rescue for Spain's banks moved Italy to the frontline of Europe's debt crisis as an initial rally in the country's bonds fizzled on concern it may be the next to succumb. Italy's 10-yr bonds reversed early gains Monday in the first trading after the Spanish bailout & declined for a 4th day ...
(Jun 10 2012) - China Post : Taiwan's banks cheat customersCHINA -- Taiwan's banks probably cheat customers out of over NT$13 ml in interest per year because of delayed accounting of deposits. Such delays occur when money is deposited or transferred through ATMs during non-office hours, said Legislator Chao Tien-lun from the Democratic Progressive Party.
(Jun 09 2012) - Jerusalem Post : Pakistan rejects Panetta's commentsISLAMABAD -- Pakistan on Sat. rejected US Sec. of Defense Panetta's recent comments on militant safe havens in Pakistan, a move that could intensify tensions between troubled allies Islamabad & Washington. "We feel that the SoD is oversimplifying some of the very complex issues we are all dealing with ..."
(Jun 08 2012) - Denver Post : Tuition reduction for illegalsDENVER -- As far as Sarahi Hernandez is concerned, the only difference between her and every other student at Metropolitan State College of Denver is nine digits. "A Social Security number - that's it," Hernandez said, shortly after Metro State's board of trustees voted 7-1 Thursday to pass a new tuition rate for illegal-immigrant students like her.
(Jun 07 2012) - Christian Post : ObamaCare is worse ...U.S.A. -- A Christian-based legal defense alliance is warning Americans who already believe that President Barack Obama's health care plan is a bad idea that the "ObamaCare mandate is worse than you think. Everyone likes a good surprise, but no one likes a bad surprise ..."
(Jun 06 2012) - Palm Beach Post : Bomb set off at U.S. consulateTRIPOLI -- Attackers set off a bomb next to a wall of the U.S. Consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi Wednesday, the State Department said, causing no casualties. The blast underlined the unstable security situation in Libya, more than seven months after the death of deposed dictator Moammar Gadhafi.
(Jun 05 2012) - Tripoli Post : Former Gaddafi chief spy chargedLYBIA -- Dr. Abuzeid Omar Dorda, 68, the former head of external intelligence in the regime of the former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, was Tuesday charged in court for his part in favour of the former regime during the February 17 revolution that ousted Gaddafi.
(Jun 04 2012) - Laural Mountain Post : Eat of the Land ...PENNSYLVANIA -- It's SUMMERTIME! Countless fresh food markets, farmers' markets, road side stands, and grocery store produce sections abound! It's time to practice "eating of the land, and NOT of the factory." In other words, eat fresh, whole foods regularly, and not processed foods.
(Jun 03 2012) - Yemen Post : Orders to dislodge Al-QaedaYEMEN -- President Abdu Rabo Mansour Hadi has ordered the Yemeni army to cleanse Zinjibar of Al-Qaeda militants within days & send military reinforcement to the battle ground, an Emeriti newspaper, Al-Khaleej said. Hadi had vowed several times to defeat Al-Qaeda & send back the internally displaced persons to their homes.
(Jun 02 2012) - Huffington Post : Life sentence for MubarakCAIRO -- Hosni Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison Saturday for failing to stop the killing of protesters during the uprising that forced him from power last year. The ousted president & his sons were acquitted, however, of corruption charges in a mixed verdict that swiftly provoked a new wave of anger on Egypt's streets.
(Jun 01 2012) - Borneo Post : We fully support BN policiesKUCHING -- The Sarawak Workers Party (SWP) has reiterated it's Barisan Nasional-friendly stand. The newly-launched party also stressed it is a serious political platform and not just founded to exact revenge on BN component Parti Rakyat Sarawk (PRS). "We are offering ourselves as an alternative to PRS only ..."
(May 31 2012) - Activist Post : Agenda 21 saves the forests ?WASH D.C. -- The Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) based out of Washington, D.C. The RRI encourage forest protection and policy reforms within the forest economy. They work alongside development agendas under the guise of supporting local livelihoods.
(May 30 2012) - Phnom Pen Post : Cambodians shun banks ...CAMBODIA -- Cambodian people used banks less than any other country in the Asia-Pacific region last year in percentage terms of using financial services, recent data from the World Bank showed. The report, released this month, also pointed to high growth in the percentage of borrowers, which insiders said was concentrated in Cambodia's mircofinance sector.
(May 29 2012) - Global Post : Shafiq victory leads to violenceCAIRO -- Egyptian protesters set fire last night to the campaign headquarters of Ahmed Shafiq, the controversial presidential contender, following the official announcement of Egypt's first round of presidential elections in Cairo.
(May 28 2012) - New York Post : Recession does job on GIsU.S.A. -- Memorial Day will be filled with dishonor & shame for 1,000's of veterans coming home from 2 wars who are unable to find jobs in the land of opportunity. While the unemployment rate for vet's has dropped in the past year, advocates said that nearly 1 in 5 returning service people have been unable to find work.
(May 27 2012) - Post Independent : Memorial Day used to be ...COLORADO -- Memorial Day used to be called Decoration Day and was first observed in 1868 when the graves of Confederate and Union soldiers in Arlington Cemetery were decorated with flowers. For over a century, May 30 was a day to honor soldiers who had died in service to our country.
(May 26 2012) - Zambia Post : Judges judging themselvesZAMBIA -- IF you are honest, truly honest, you won't be corrupted. If you are unassuming and have a clear understanding of the worth of people and of yourself, you won't be corrupted. And it is very important to maintain eternal vigilance about this throughout one's life and be very self-critical.
(May 25 2012) - Birmingham Post : Ex-det' on misconduct chargesENGLAND -- A former detective specialising in rape and sex assault cases is to be prosecuted for faking police records ... The ex-detective constable "wilfully engaged in conduct amounting to an abuse of the public's trust" while working for Scotland Yard's specialist Sapphire unit, charges against him read.
(May 24 2012) - Washington Post : Mexico's gang cartels at warMEXICO CITY -- The 2 most important criminal organizations in Mexico are engaged in all-out war, & the most spectacular battles are being fought for the cameras as the combatants pursue a strategy of intimidation & propaganda by dumping ever greater numbers of headless bodies in public view - the victims most likely innocents.
(May 23 2012) - Minnesota Post : Layoffs at General Mills ...MINNESOTA -- General Mills, one of Minnesota's first Fortune 500 companies, announced Tuesday that it is eliminating 850 jobs, with about half of the losses in the Twin Cities. The cuts are related to struggles in the U.S. food industry, and General Mills says it is restructuring to "accelerate administrative efficiencies across the company."
(May 22 2012) - Connecticut Post : Afraid of being labeled a snitchBRIDGEPORT -- In the mid-'90s, Roland Brantley was a high-rolling drug dealer who'd already survived two gunshot wounds. Working a street one day in this city's Hollow section, he was handed a business card by a passing police officer. He had no plan to contact the patrolman ...
(May 21 2012) - Financial Post : Facebook shares sinkNEW YORK -- Facebook Inc's shares opened below their US$38 issue price on Monday as support from underwriters of the initial public offering dissipated after its Friday debut. The stock fell more than 11% to hit a session low of US$33.91 in early trading.
(May 20 2012) - Christian Post : NAACP Endorses Same-Sex MarriageFLORIDA -- The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the nation's oldest African American civil rights group, voted Saturday to support a resolution endorsing same-sex marriage at its board meeting in Miami, Fla.
(May 19 2012) - Bangkok Post : Manila marchers slam GagaPHILIPPINES -- Hundreds of protesters marched in the Philippine capital on Saturday to demand a ban on the pop phenomenon Lady Gaga's upcoming concerts, claiming her lyrics were anti-Christian ... Baptist preacher Benny Abante, a former member of the Philippine parliament said the song "Judas" mocked Jesus Christ.
(May 18 2012) - Activist Post : Missile falls off helo in TexasTEXAS -- In Killeen, Texas, a training missile - which is actually never meant to leave the helicopter - fell off an Apache helicopter flying out of the Fort Hood military base. I wish I could say that this was the only example of the military doing things which seem nothing short of imbecilic, but that is far from the case.
(May 17 2012) - Kyiv Post : Commissioner pledges to be non-partisanUKRAINE -- Parliament's new commissioner for human rights, Valeriya Lutkovska, says she is committed to doing a better job than her predecessor, Nina Karpachova, who served for 14 yrs and faced criticism that she was partisan for the pro-presidential Party of Regions. But Lutkovska is also viewed with suspicion ...
(May 16 2012) - Jakarta Post : Sukhoi jet went off flight trackJAVA -- An official "suspects" the ill-fated Russian-made aircraft Sukhoi Superjet 100 that crashed last week had departed from its planned flight path before it disappeared from radar screens. PT Angkasa Pura's deputy senior general manager Mulya Abdi was quoted by tempo.co as saying that the Russian airplane circled above the Atang Sanjaya airbase ... before it deviated from its flight path.
(May 15 2012) - Denver Post : Colorado civil unions bill killedCOLORADO -- A legislative special session to give the issue of civil unions for same-sex couples more time for debate didn't produce a different outcome Monday, though it did ratchet up partisan tensions. Legislation to create civil unions died even faster during the special session that began Monday ...
(May 14 2012) - Threat Post : Breach at Bitcoinica Exchange ...U.S.A. -- Unknown hackers penetrated production servers and compromised databases belonging to the Bitcoin exchange, Bitcoinica, making off with some $87,000 worth of the digital currency, according to a statement published on the Bitcoinica Web site. The breach took place Friday, May 11 ...
(May 13 2012) - Global Post : Austerity drives Europeans ...BRUSSELS -- Newly elected to parliament, the leader of Greece's Nazi-inspired Golden Dawn party had a chilling message that resonated way beyond the borders of his troubled country. "For those who betray this homeland, the time has come for fear. We are coming," barked Nikolaos Michaloliakos, in a post-election press conference. "Greece is only the beginning."
(May 12 2012) - Post Chronicle : 2 new blood types discoveredVERMONT -- Two new blood types have been discovered in research conducted by biologists at the University of Vermont, reports Science Daily, and the knowledge of yours could be a matter of life and death. Human blood types are regularly classified as A, B, AB or O, and most people do know or learn their blood type at some point in their lives.
(May 11 2012) - Patriot Post : White House Lied, Jobs DiedWASH D.C. -- While the White House and its media water-carriers try to distract the American public with gay-marriage talk and half-century-old tales of Mitt Romney's prep school pranks, the inconvenient truth remains: President Obama is responsible for perpetrating jaw-dropping, job-killing scientific fraud. And his minions are still trying to cover it up.
(May 10 2012) - National Post : Same-Sex Marriage Yes vs No ???WASH D.C. -- The same day U.S. President Barack Obama officially endorsed same-sex marriage, the House Armed Services Committee voted to outlaw the practice on American military bases. The Republican led measure will forbid "marriage or marriage-like ceremonies" between gay couples on military bases, according to The Hill, a political publication.
(May 09 2012) - Activist Post : More 'Urban' Military Training ?FLORIDA -- Miami residents were startled to hear the sound of low-flying military helicopters and explosions emanating from the abandoned Grand Bay Hotel in the early hours of Tuesday morning. It turns out that the United States military was conducting a "realistic urban training" exercise involving some 100 soldiers organized by the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM).
(May 08 2012) - Borneo Post : Stop bickering and uniteBORNEO -- Leaders of Barisan Nasional (BN) parties in the state and feuding factions within them have been told to bury their hatchets for the sake of unity and strength of the coalition before the next general election. State BN chairman Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud made the call ...
(May 07 2012) - Jerusalem Post : Bill to dissolve Knesset ?ISRAEL -- The Knesset began discussing a bill that would dissolve the 18th Knesset Monday night. Earlier in the day, the Knesset House committee approved the expedition of the bill, paving the way for a plenum vote. PM Netanyahu stated earlier Monday that he wants general elections to be scheduled for early Sept., more than a year ahead of schedule.
(May 05 2012) - China Post : Blond activist free to study abroadBEIJING -- China said on Friday blind dissident Chen Guangcheng could apply to study abroad, a move praised by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and suggesting an end may be near to a diplomatic crisis between Beijing and Washington.
(May 04 2012) - Denver Post : Panel approves civil unions billCOLORADO -- Nearly two decades after Colorado became known as the "hate state" for passing a ballot measure aimed at gays, a legislative committee approved a bill that allows same-sex couples to enter into civil unions. Jubilation and tears followed the historic vote Thursday by a Republican-controlled committee ...
(May 03 2012) - Yorkshire Post : Anti-war protester keeps fightingWINCHESTER -- An anti-war campaigner has vowed to brave the cold to continue her protest outside the Houses of Parliament despite police removing her tent and sleeping bag. Maria Gallastegui, 53, pledged to remain in Parliament Square after the High Court lifted an injunction ...
(May 02 2012) - Palm Beach Post : Slain students found burnedFLORIDA -- Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the deaths of two Winter Park High School teens whose bodies were found burned on the Cady Way Trail last month. The bodies of Nicholas Presha, 16, and Jeremy Stewart, 18, were found burning near the trail on April 15.
(May 01 2012) - Nagaland Post : Prince Andrew arrives todayKOHIMA -- Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, will arrive Dimapur on a day-long visit Tuesday and proceed to Kohima, where a grand reception by the state government would be held at the NBCC convention hall. It would be the first time that a member of British Royal family will visit Kohima after the historic Battle of Kohima ...
(Apr 30 2012) - Rotorua Post : Outrage over sale of assetsNEW ZEALAND -- They say they are doing it for all New Zealanders and their message is very clear - Aotearoa is not for sale. Last night, travelling members of the Aotearoa Is Not For Sale hikoi were welcomed on to Rotorua's Te Papaiouru Marae at Ohinemutu in readiness for today's planned march through the city ...
(Apr 29 2012) - Christian Post : Graham backs Marriage AmendmentNORTH CAROLINA -- The Rev. Franklin Graham is supporting a proposed amendment to North Carolina's constitution that would provide that marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid in the state. Graham's sister Anne Graham Lotz is also backing the measure.
(Apr 28 2012) - Boiling Frogs Post : DON'T READ HER BOOK !!!U.S.A. -- In this startling new memoir, Sibel Edmonds - the most classified woman in U.S. history - takes us on a surreal journey that begins with the secretive FBI and down the dark halls of a feckless Congress to a stonewalling judiciary and finally, to the national security whistleblowers movement she spearheaded.
(Apr 27 2012) - Huffington Post : 10 Controlling CompaniesWORLD -- A ginormous number of brands are controlled by just 10 multinationals, according to this amazing infographic from French blog Convergence Alimentaire. Now we can see just how many products are owned by Kraft, Coca-Cola, General Mills, Kellogg's, Mars, Unilever, Johnson & Johnson, P&G and Nestle.
(Apr 26 2012) - Limerick Post : Landlords fight ratesU.K. -- City centre landlords are on the brink of revolt against demands for thousands of euro in rates for empty premises which they are unable to let. An angry city centre property owner, who is being charged €1,000 a month for his vacant shop, contacted the Limerick Post this week to urge hard-pressed property owners to come together in opposition to the charges.
(Apr 25 2012) - Bristol Evening Post : Church bell silencedBRISTOL -- A church clock that has been chiming for a century has been silenced - after new neighbours complained that the noise was keeping them awake at night. A bell in the clock at All Saints Church, in Wrington, marks the passing of each quarter of an hour. It was installed in the 15th century church 100 years ago.
(Apr 24 2012) - Global Post : Genital mutilation widespread in UKU.K. -- An investigative report by Britain's Sunday Times suggests that UK Dr's routinely perform female circumcision in violation of the law, with as many as 100,000 women in Britain subjected to the barbaric procedure, The Guardian citing the report. The practice is widespread in Africa & parts of the Middle East.
(Apr 23 2012) - Washington Post : Immigration patterns shiftU.S.A. -- A four-decade tidal wave of Mexican immigration to the United States has receded, causing a historic shift in migration patterns as more Mexicans appear to be leaving the United States for Mexico than the other way around, according to a report from the Pew Hispanic Center.
(Apr 22 2012) - New York Post : Feds eye retirement-fund taxWASH D.C. -- Uncle Sam, in a desperate attempt to fix its $16 trillion-plus deficit, is leering over Americans' retirement nest egg as its new bailout fund. Capitol Hill politicians are assessing tax changes that could let the IRA lay claim to a portion of the $18 trillion sitting in 401(k) accounts and other tax breaks used by middle-class workers, including cutting the mortgage tax deduction.
(Apr 21 2012) - Zambia Post : Political violenceZAMBIA -- It seems the culture of political intolerance has taken root in our country. This is a culture that was planted by the MMD for two decades. And 20 years is not a short period of time. This culture has become firmly deep-rooted. This culture has permeated all levels of our key political parties.
(Apr 20 2012) - Phnom Pen Post : Illegal crossings foiled ...LAOS -- Authority in Stung Treng and Banteay Meanchey provinces briefly detained & turned away more than 100 Cambodians attempting to enter Laos and Thailand for work on Wednesday night. On the border of Laos they stopped two buses containing 68 Cambodian men who were attempting to cross the border.
(Apr 19 2012) - Activist Post : Connections, Colusion & CorruptionU.S.A. -- A phenomenal series of Venn diagrams at the end of this article shows in painstaking detail just how corrupted our political system in the United States has become. When I look at the the connections of Goldman Sachs, it makes me wonder ...
(Apr 18 2012) - Minnesota Post : Conflicted CatholicsMINNESOTA -- Lisa Vanderlinden grew up a Roman Catholic. She went to a Catholic college, married in the church and taught at a Catholic high school. Six years ago, Jason, the youngest of Vanderlinden and husband Brent's four sons, came out as gay. He was 13, in the eighth grade and every bit as devout as his mother.
(Apr 17 2012) - Liberty Post : Wisconsin's property taxes dropWISCONSIN -- According to Wisconsin's Department of Revenue, property taxes on homes in the state of Wisconsin have decreased for the first time in more than a decade. Gov Scott Walker's pledge to balance the budget without raising taxes was a key plank of his 2010 campaign ...
(Apr 16 2012) - Financial Post : US banks bigger than ever ...U.S.A. -- Two years after Obama vowed to eliminate the danger of financial institutions becoming "too big to fail," the nation's largest banks are bigger than they were before the nation's credit markets seized up and required unprecedented bailouts by the government.
(Apr 15 2012) - Wayne Post : Tax day is loomingU.S.A. -- Tax Day is just days away. Traditionally it falls on April 15, but this year taxpayers have a two-day reprieve as the that date falls on a Sunday and Monday is a holiday in Washington, D.C. Still, some will procrastinate and file their returns Tuesday with the IRS, while others already will have received their long-anticipated refund check.
(Apr 14 2012) - Jerusalem Post : Monitors to Syria approvedU.N. -- Russia and China joined the rest of the UN Security Council on Saturday to authorize the deployment of up to 30 unarmed observers to Syria to monitor the country's fragile ceasefire as called for by UN-Arab League mediator Kofi Annan.
(Apr 13 2012) - Bangkok Post : China attacks web to halt rumoursBEIJING -- China has closed 42 websites and deleted more than 210,000 posts since mid-March in a crackdown on online "rumours", state media said Thursday, as a major political scandal rocked the country. The three-line announcement on the official Xinhua news agency came as Chinese authorities ramped up efforts to control online speculation about the purge of a top leader ...
(Apr 12 2012) - African Post : Mali New Leader Sworn InAFRICA -- Mali's new interim leader threatened to wage total war on Tuareg rebels and Islamists controlling the north of the country as he was sworn in Thursday, ending a junta's brief stab at military rule. Dioncounda Traore, the former parliament speaker, took the oath of office in the capital ...
(Apr 11 2012) - Jakarta Post : Indonesia hit with 8.9 quakeINDONISIA -- Indonesia has issued a tsunami warning after a quake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.9 hit waters off westernmost Aceh province. The U.S. Geological Survey said Wednesday the quake was centered 20 miles (33 kilometers) beneath the ocean floor ...
(Apr 10 2012) - Kyiv Post : From disappointment to understandingUKRAINE -- More than 20 years after the fall of the Berlin wall Bulgaria has been a member of the EU for 5 years, of NATO for more but not of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. Nevertheless, if looked from above, everyone would think that this is the country that can be a role model for its neighbours
(Apr 09 2012) - Global Post : No. Korea preparing nuclear testNORTH KOREA -- North Korea is preparing to carry out a new nuclear test, according to South Korean intelligence. Seoul claims that recent satellite pictures show activity at the same site where North Korea carried out two previous nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009, the Washington Post reported.
(Apr 08 2012) - Christian Post : Celebrating Easter in JerusalemJERUSALEM -- Defying a decree issued by the late Pope Shenouda III prohibiting members of the Coptic Church from visiting Jerusalem, Egyptian Copts are for the first time flying to the Holy Land in large numbers to celebrate Easter. However, it has now been reported that some of them are being denied entry into churches upon arrival.
(Apr 07 2012) - Activist Post : Population reduction by 2030 ???U.S.A. -- As tyranny continues its march out into the open, it is increasingly becoming cloaked in green. Under the guise of saving humanity, a chorus of recent announcements within elite circles, think-tanks, educational institutions, and the halls of science are calling for drastic measures to stop the planet's inevitable implosion from an overshot carrying capacity.
(Apr 06 2012) - Post Chronicle : D.C's Barry Backs Off ...WASH D.C. -- District of Columbia Councilman Marion Barry backed off disparaging comments he made about owners of Asian businesses, saying it was poor word choice. In comments after his primary victory Tuesday, the former 4-term mayor criticized Asian business owners in his ward, suggesting they close their "dirty shops."
(Apr 05 2012) - Financial Post : Too little too late ...LONDON -- It may be cold comfort for countries on the eurozone's southern periphery mired in recession, but they are making clear strides by some measures towards putting their economies on a sounder long-term footing.
(Apr 04 2012) - Copenhagen Post : Islam debate takes centre stageEUROPE -- Two demonstrations faced off in Aarhus last Saturday. The European Counter-Jihad Meeting - organised by British anti-Islam org., the English Defence League - was hailed as the start of a pan-European anti-Islam movement. In response, anti-fascist / pro-diversity groups staged a counter demonstration ...
(Apr 03 2012) - Birmingham Post : Eurosceptic's warning on treatyU.K. -- The Govt is acting in a "profoundly unwise" way over the European Union's new fiscal pact, the Tory Eurosceptic chairman of a parliamentary committee has said. Bill Cash said the Govt was taking both political & legal risks by suggesting the need for action while failing to explain how it will carry it through ...
(Apr 02 2012) - Patriot Post : Restoring Fiscal SanityWASH D.C. -- "I place economy among the first and most important virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers to be feared," Thomas Jefferson once wrote. "To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt." Fast forward to 2012 and the notion of "perpetual debt" is no longer a condition to be avoided.
(Apr 01 2012) - National Post : Dissident Suu Kyi wins electingYANGONG -- Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi won a seat in parliament on Sunday, her party said, after an historic by-election that is testing the country's nascent reform credentials and could persuade the West to end sanctions.
(Mar 31 2012) - China Post : Speculations re: stock gains taxCHINA -- F.M. Christina Liu yesterday moved to stop losses in the local bourse, dismissing speculation that the govt had already decided to introduce a stock gains tax. She told lawmakers that the govt's ad hoc financial reform committee has only identified certain issues for discussion & the market's overreacting.
(Mar 30 2012) - Denver Post : Autism higher in Arapahoe CountyCOLORADO -- A Colorado test county has seen a 60 percent spike in diagnosed autism over two years, far higher than an already-worrisome surge in national rates for the disorder, the CDC and state health officials said Thursday. Nationally, the rate has increased 68.7 percent over eight years of study.
(Mar 29 2012) - Tripoli Post : Italian Gov't Seizes Gaddafi's AssetsLIBIA -- True its tax police officers on Wednesday the Italian gov't seized more than $1.5 billion worth of assets belonging to the family of former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi's family. They include stakes in top companies, land & a Harley Davidson. The seizure followed a request by the International Criminal Court ...
(Mar 28 2012) - Palm Beach Post : Trayvon Martin: Sanford police threaten to arrest reporters for asking questionsFLORIDA -- Sanford Police on Wednesday threatened to arrest members of the media who approach or ask questions of city employees during non-working hours. Some city employees have been "followed or approached at their home or in settings outside of working hours," according to the statement, released late Wed.
(Mar 27 2012) - Activist Post : Kids evacuated with mock drillsU.S.A. -- All over the United States, school children are being taken out of their classrooms, put on buses and sent to "alternate locations" during terror drills. These exercises are often called "evacuation drills" or "relocation drills" and they are more than a little disturbing.
(Mar 26 2012) - India Post : High tariff walls could harm tradeNEW DELHI -- The US on Monday asked India to lower import duties on various items including capital goods and fruits, saying high tariff walls could "harm" trade relations between the two countries. "It would be a miss, if I would not mention about the barriers which still exist in building our economic relationships.
(Mar 25 2012) - Pakistan Christian Post : Christians demand gas ...MANDI BAHAUDDIN -- Christian community comprising about thirty families residing in a locality in Gurha Mohalla have demanded of government to provide them gas facility. Mr. Michel, a local leader of the Christians said gas facility in their surrounding localities is available but despite their repeated requests ...
(Mar 24 2012) - Pittsburgh Post : Santorum speaks in Camp HillPENNSYLVANIA -- Rick Santorum won a polite reception from Pennsylvania conservatives this morning as he said that losing his Senate seat in 2006 allowed him to understand the frustrations of voters outside Washington. I've got a strong track record to show a stark contrast with President Obama ...
(Mar 23 2012) - Jakarta Post : Police establishing terrorists' rolesSULAWESI -- National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Saud Usman Nasution said the police's counterterrorism squad was still digging for information from a suspected terrorist identified as CF, alias Fadliyansah, and his wife, identified as NAT, over the former's involvement in terrorist activities ...
(Mar 22 2012) - Prague Post : Is Hungary out of the woods ?HUNGARY -- Investors are confident Hungary will reach a deal with the European Commission and the IMF to unlock 495 million euros in funds suspended March 13. The general market calm following the European Central Bank's (ECB) 1 trillion euro cash injection into the European financial system means ...
(Mar 21 2012) - Global Post : China will Own AmericaHONG KONG -- When China announced that it had recorded a $31.5 billion trade deficit in February, many speculated that the world's second-biggest economy was losing steam. Some took the trade deficit - the largest one since 1989 - as a harbinger of faster export slowdown.
(Mar 20 2012) - New York Post : Mafia's 'Judas' hit teamNEW YORK -- He made killing "traitors" his specialty - and his Mafia bosses rewarded him handsomely. As two factions of the Colombo crime family battled for control in the 1990s, street boss Thomas Gioeli "developed a crew of professional killers" to ward off insurgents, "committing murder and getting away with it" ...
(Mar 19 2012) - Washington Post : 4 Shot & Killed at Jewish SchoolPARIS -- A gunman riding a motor scooter opened fire on a knot of children on their way to classes at a Jewish school in the southwest French city of Toulouse on Monday morning, killing at least four people and wounding a half-dozen more, authorities said.
(Mar 18 2012) - Ayrshire Post : Calls for isles debateSCOTLAND -- An MSP has said he wants to ensure a proper debate is conducted about the future of the Northern Isles in light of the upcoming referendum on independence. Tavish Scott, Liberal Democrat MSP for Shetland, said he is "not at all convinced" that his constituents will vote for independence ...
(Mar 17 2012) - Zambia Post : Musengule goes inZAMBIA -- Convicted former Zambia Army commander Lt Gen Geojago Musengule says he is not scared of jail because he has been there before. In an interview ... Lt Gen Musengule said going back to jail would reunite him with his friends who had also been sentenced.
(Mar 16 2012) - Phnom Pen Post : Factory shooter 'confesses'CAMBODIA -- In a shock development, a court official said yesterday deposed Bavet town governor Chhouk Bandith had confessed to shooting three women at a protest last month in a case that has brought international scrutiny to Cambodia's judicial system.
(Mar 15 2012) - Activist Post : Secret Occult Economy coming outWORLD -- During December 2011 and January 2012, I wrote two articles dealing with the announcement of two different lawsuits being filed in U.S. District Courts regarding astronomical amounts of money in the forms of U.S. Bonds, Federal Reserve Notes, foreign government-issued bonds, and other financial instruments.
(Mar 14 2012) - Threat Post : Can Google be forced by the FBI ?U.S.A. -- Those multi-gesture passcode locks on Android phones that give users fits apparently present quite a challenge for the FBI as well. Frustrated by a swipe passcode on the seized phone of an alleged gang leader, FBI officials have requested a search warrant that would force Google to "provide law enforcement with any and all means of gaining access ...
(Mar 13 2012) - Bangkok Post : Trade suit filed against ChinaCHINA -- US President Barack Obama will Tuesday announce a new trade suit against China prompted by Beijing's restrictions on the export of rare earth materials used in manufacturing high-tech products. A senior White House official said on condition of anonymity that the United States would bring the case at the WTO ...
(Mar 12 2012) - Minnesota Post : Poll: Same-sex marriageMAINE -- Mainers may be poised to become the first ever to legalize same-sex marriage by a vote of the people. Five states - including Minnesota, as you know - are likely to have issues of marriage equality on the ballot this year. But in all but Maine, the question has been framed by those opposed to allowing gays and lesbians to marry.
(Mar 11 2012) - Financial Post : Glencore targets ViterraCANADA -- A protectionist backlash could be on the way after Glencore International Plc., the world's largest commodities trader, reportedly made a $5.5-billion bid for Viterra Inc., Canada's dominant grain handler and a key support in the Saskatchewan economy.
(Mar 10 2012) - Christian Post : U.S. called on to InterveneAFRICA -- Islamist government allegedly wants to exterminate native Africans and Christians and Impose Sharia Law. The Islamist government of Sudan has been accused of taking up again the process of systematically killing the people of the Nuba Mountains, a region in the south of the country that is 30 percent Christian ...
(Mar 09 2012) - Palm Beach Post : Facebook {idiot} arrested ...FLORIDA -- It was bad idea to steal a judge's nameplate and then post a picture of yourself holding it on your girlfriend's Facebook page. That's exactly what Steven Mulhall, 21, of Coral Springs, is accused of doing. Mulhall posted the photograph of himself holding the stolen nameplate of Circuit Judge M. Orlando ...
(Mar 08 2012) - Jerusalem Post : Israel will act to defend itselfISRAEL -- PM Netanyahu addressed on Thursday Israel's willingness to act independently regarding a strike on Iranian nuclear facilities, saying Israel's chief responsibility is to defend itself. During an excerpt from an interview with Channel 1 news to be aired on Friday, Netanyahu said ...
(Mar 07 2012) - Activist Post : EU Austerity MadnessWORLD -- European/American austerity assures a 1% wealth grab at the expense of all others. Prioritizing banker payments causes debt bondage, human misery, economic wreckage, and eventual collapse. What can't go on forever, won't. It's not rocket science; it's fact.
(Mar 06 2012) - Kyiv Post : Putin's spokesman defends arrests ...MOSCOW -- Vladimir Putin's spokesman is defending Russian's authorities' arrest of hundreds of demonstrators protesting the election returning Putin to the Kremlin, saying police were professional and effective in their approach. Police on Monday night forcefully arrested protesters who remained on downtown Moscow's Pushkin Square after an officially approved rally finished.
(Mar 05 2012) - African Post : Putin Wins Russia's Presidential VoteRUSSIA -- Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Sunday claimed victory in Russia's presidential election before tens of thousands of cheering supporters, even as the opposition and independent observers insisted the vote had been marred by widespread violations.
(Mar 04 2012) - Liberty Post : There'll be hell to pay ...U.S.A. -- Timothy Cardinal Dolan ramped up the rhetoric in his battle with the White House over contraception policy yesterday & promised some political payback. "Don't impose your teaching upon us & make us do as a church what we find unconscionable to do", the freshly minted prince of the church told a crowd ...
(Mar 03 2012) - Global Post : Suicide attack blamed on Al QaedaYEMEN -- A powerful car bomb ripped into an army base in southern Yemen today, killing the two attackers in the car and one Yemeni soldier, Reuters reported. Following the blast, militants and soldiers engaged in a gun battle, according to AFP. "The explosion was very loud and took place in Dar al-Nasr," ...
(Mar 02 2012) - Frontier Post : 2 US soldiers killed by Afghan(s) ...KABUL -- Two American soldiers were shot dead on Thursday by two Afghans, including a man believed to be a soldier, Western and Afghan officials said, an attack likely to raise further questions about the future of Afghanistan's struggling security forces. At least five NATO soldiers have been killed by Afghan security forces since the burning of copies of the Koran ...
(Mar 01 2012) - Financial Post : Google privacy policy takes effectWORLD -- Famous for its 'Don't be evil' mantra, the company behind the world's largest search engine is facing widespread concerns over what Google Inc. might do with all the data it started collecting on Thursday. Google's new privacy policy is now in effect for all Google services.
(Feb 29 2012) - Copenhagen Post : Obama, shelve the magazine taxWASH D.C. -- President obama asked PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt to ditch the controversial decision to charge VAT on magazines printed outside the EU. "It's an issue that's been discussed not only at home but also to a great extent by the Americans," Thorning-Schmidt said when asked about the tax in parliament today.
(Feb 28 2012) - Post Chronicle : Okinawa at odds over Marine baseJAPAN -- Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda says a U.S. Marine base should be moved to another part of Okinawa, something the top Okinawan official opposes. Noda, on an official visit to the Japanese-ruled island chain prefecture, tried to convince Okinawan Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima the the best way to relocate the base was to move it from Ginowan to the Henoko area of Nogo ...
(Feb 27 2012) - Patriot Post : The FoundationU.S.A. -- With the average price of a gallon of gasoline rising 40 cents just last week, President Obama attacked Republicans, trying to distract voters from his own failed energy policy. 'The American people aren't stupid,' Obama said. 'You know there are no quick fixes to this problem.'
(Feb 26 2012) - Birmingham Post : NHS reform plans ... a messENGLAND -- Health Secretary Andrew Lansley's controversial NHS reforms have suffered another body blow after a former chief executive of the service branded the plans "a mess". With the Health & Social Care Bill set to resume its troubled passage in the Lords on Monday, Lord Crisp said the legislation was "unnecessary, confused & confusing".
(Feb 25 2012) - China Post : G-20 finance ministers to hold talksMEXICO CITY -- G-20 finance ministers and central bankers will meet this weekend in Mexico City to discuss the eurozone debt crisis and more money for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) following the latest rescue deal for Greece.
(Feb 24 2012) - Irish Post : Irish parade attacked LIVERPOOL -- An Irish commemoration parade in Liverpool city centre was targeted by hundreds of far-right protesters who spat at and racially abused participants before police re-routed the event last Saturday afternoon. Merseyside Police had to form a defensive line around more than 150 members of Cairde na hEireann ...
(Feb 23 2012) - Ojai Post : Stop The Trucks: Coalition Victory ...VENTURA COUNTY -- Although there are still some critical outstanding issues which are noted below to be resolved in the coming months, the Coalition registered a major victory today as the County finally forced the Ojai Quarry to ...
(Feb 22 2012) - Denver Post : Legislators balk at spending millionsCOLORADO -- A plea for millions of dollars to fix the long-troubled state computer system for Medicaid and food assistance was met with bi-partisan skepticism Wednesday from legislators hesitant to pour more money into a system that has repeatedly failed to improve.
(Feb 21 2012) - Yemen Post : 3 injured near voting centersYEMEN -- Yahya al-Mahjari, a rights activist in Aden said that three youth from the southern movement were injured when security forces hit them with batons. He said that clashes were lower than expected, but very few were heading to ballot stations to vote for soon to be president Abdurabu Hadi.
(Feb 20 2012) - Tripoli Post : Congratulatory message from CanadaLYBIA -- In a congratulatory statement on behalf of his country on the first anniversary of Libya's Feb 17 pro-democracy uprising, Canada's foreign affairs minister John Baird said Libya has a partner in Canada, as the country continues to make strides to provide greater opportunities for its people.
(Feb 19 2012) - Pittsburgh Post : Ruling roils 2012 politicsPENNSYLVANIA -- There is good reason for state GOP leaders to mull every option - including postponing Pennsylvania's April 24 primary - in the face of decade-old district lines. The old lines are an unexpected boon for Democrats and in a presidential year give the minority party a fighting chance to take back leadership in the General Assembly.
(Feb 18 2012) - Nagaland Post : Hitler's lovechild fought the Nazis'FRANCE -- New evidence has come up to support the claims of a late Frenchman, that he was Hitler's lovechild with a woman from France. Jean-Marie Loret had said that he was Hitler's son from a brief relationship with a woman called Charlotte Lobjoie, during the First World War. Loret, who was born in March 1918, grew up knowing nothing about his father, apart from the fact that he was German.
(Feb 17 2012) - Global Post : Seized $6 trillion fake US bondsSWITZERLAND -- Italian police said on Friday they seized a record $6 trillion of fake US Treasury bonds in Switzerland & arrested 8 people accused of international fraud & other financial crimes. Anti-mafia prosecutors, in cooperation with Swiss police, found the bonds in metal boxes in a warehouse ...
(Feb 16 2012) - Activist Post : Doctors firing parents & patientsU.S.A. -- Pediatricians - angry with their patients who refuse vaccination(s) - are 'firing' patients and their families, refusing to play their role as doctor. That's right, pediatricians are refusing to help parents - and their families if they aren't "responsible" enough to vaccinate their children.
(Feb 15 2012) - Jakarta Post : Honduras prison fire kills 272HONDURAS -- Trapped inmates screamed from their cells s a fire swept through a Honduran prison, killing at least 272 inmates, authorities said Wednesday. The fire broke out Tuesday night at a prison in Comayagua, a town 90 miles (140 kilometers) north of the Central American country's capital, Tegucigalpa.
(Feb 14 2012) - New York Post : Fourth NYPD SuicideNEW YORK -- A cop killed himself yesterday on his way home after finishing his shift in Queens - becoming the 4th NYPD officer to die by his own hand in less than a month. A 14-yr veteran ... pulled his car over, about 4:30p.m. on the eastbound side of the Long Island Expressway near Exit 40 in Jericho & shot himself ...
(Feb 13 2012) - Tripoli Post : Syria rejects new Arab League Res.'sSYRIA -- On Monday, Syria rejected the Arab League's call to bring international peacekeepers into the country, labelling it a hostile act aimed at undermining security & stability in the country. An emergency session of foreign ministers of the 22-member Arab League in Cairo Sunday issued a resolution appealing to the UN to bring peacekeeping force into Syria.
(Feb 12 2012) - Norway Post : New security center to be establishedNORWAY -- Justice Minister Grete Faremo wants to improve national preparedness by establishing a civilian security center within her department. The so-called situational center will be staffed 24 hours a day. Faremo also wants to improve e-security by taking over control of the National Security Authority (NMS) herself.
(Feb 11 2012) - Phnom Pen Post : Protesters face gunsCAMBODIA -- Protesting villagers from 2 districts of Kampong Speu province claimed police, military police & soldiers threatened them with assault rifles as they gathered outside the provincial court yesterday. About 300 villagers involved in 2 separate land disputes assembled to ask for the release of 2 detainees ...
(Feb 10 2012) - Wales Daily Post : Dismay at council prayers rulingWALES -- Some Christians & politicians reacted with dismay as the High Court outlawed the centuries-old tradition of formal prayers being said at the start of local council meetings up & down the country ... Mr Pickles said: "Christianity plays an important part in the culture, heritage & fabric of our nation ..."
(Feb 09 2012) - National Post : Tories target their terroristsCANADA -- Public Safety Minister Vic Toews unveiled Canada's first comprehensive counter-terrorism strategy Thursday, including response plans to major attacks and strategies for de-radicalizing homegrown terrorists and "lone wolf" attackers. Toews said that Canada will be more resilient to terrorist attacks now ...
(Feb 08 2012) - Bangkok Post : More boats for Mekong patrolsLAOS -- The Mekong Riverine Operation Unit (MROU) of the navy will be expanded to better contribute to joint patrols with China, Laos and Myanmar against robbers, drug smugglers and illegal immigrants, navy chief Surasak Roomruangwong said on Wednesday.
(Feb 07 2012) - Threat Post : DDoS attacks, political motivationsWORLD -- DDoS attacks come in all shapes and sizes, and in a lot of cases, the victims of the attacks don't much care who is executing the attack or why. They just know that their network is being overwhelmed with junk traffic. But the last year has seen a major volume of politically motivated attacks ...
(Feb 06 2012) - Financial Post : Banks offer homeowners cash ...U.S.A. -- Banks, accelerating efforts to move troubled mortgages off their books, are offering as much as $35,000 or more in cash to delinquent homeowners to sell their properties for less than they owe. Lenders have routinely delayed or blocked such transactions, known as short sales ...
(Feb 05 2012) - Christian Post : Drug Dealer Turned EvangelistMEXICO -- There are three ways to join the drug cartels - by choice, by force, or in spirit. Thousands freely choose to work for the half dozen or so major drug cartels in Mexico and for the hundreds of smaller, independent drug gangs because it's their only chance to get rich - or simply make a living.
(Feb 04 2012) - Jerusalem Post : Russia & China veto resolutionU.N. -- Russia and China vetoed on Saturday a Western-Arab UN Security Council resolution backing an Arab League call for Syrian President Bashar Assad to step aside. The other 13 council members voted in favor of the resolution, which would have said that the council "fully supports" the Arab League plan.
(Feb 03 2012) - Wash Post : Anonymous hacks FBI-Scotland YardLONDON -- The FBI said Friday that hackers from the well-known collective intercepted & released a confidential conference call between the FBI & Scotland Yard, the AP reports. The start of the 15-minute call makes it clear that investigators don't spend all their time being humorless law-enforcers
(Feb 02 2012) - Ayrshire Post : Court rules against tobacco companySCOTLAND -- One of the world's largest tobacco firms has lost its latest legal challenge to plans for a ban on the open display of cigarettes in shops. Imperial Tobacco's appeal was unanimously dismissed by three senior judges at the Court of Session in Edinburgh.
(Feb 01 2012) - Palm Beach Post : Mitt wins in FloridaFLORIDA -- Four years after Florida crushed Mitt Romney's presidential hopes and a mere 10 days after Newt Gingrich pierced his aura of inevitability, the Sunshine State on Tuesday handed Romney a decisive primary victory that puts him in command of the GOP nomination race.
(Jan 31 2012) - First Post : Karma is cruel ...INDIA -- The art of economic management follows certain karmic rules. If you've been prudent in difficult times, living within your means and perhaps even tightening your belt to put aside some savings, there's a fair chance that you will have some fuel left over in your tank when you need to get your economic engines vrooming again.
(Jan 30 2012) - Huffington Post : Anonymous : The Web WarriorsWORLD -- Late in the afternoon of Jan. 19, the U.S. Department of Justice website vanished from the Internet. Anyone attempting to visit it to report a crime or submit a complaint received a message saying the site was unable to load. More websites disappeared in rapid succession.
(Jan 29 2012) - Global Post : FIERCEST FIGHTING ... yetDAMASCUS -- Syrian forces have reportedly moved to retake areas of Damascus & shelled villages outside the city that have fallen into rebel hands in what activists described as the fiercest fighting of the 10-month uprising. About 2,000 soldiers in buses & armored personnel carriers were involved in the attacks ...
(Jan 28 2012) - Activist Post : Confessions of a Laotian CommunistLAOS -- While on our family adventure around the world, we had an interesting encounter with a taxi driver in the capital of Laos, Vientiane. This jovial local with excellent English aspired to move to America, and was ultra inquisitive of our first-hand experience as Americans. First, our initial observations about Laos ...
(Jan 27 2012) - Liberty Post : ACTA: Polish Parliament Protests ...POLAND -- ACTA blew through the European Union yesterday with Poland perhaps receiving the largest backlash. Poland saw massive protests yesterday due to the government's intention to sign ACTA. The government went ahead and signed it despite the protests from the public.
(Jan 26 2012) - Financial Post : Twitter to censor content ...SAN FRANCISCO -- Twitter announced Thursday that it would begin restricting Tweets in certain countries, marking a policy shift for the social media platform that helped propel the popular uprisings recently sweeping across the Middle East ... and in 2010 Google relocated its Web search engine to Hong Kong.
(Jan 25 2012) - Frontier Post : Panic in the GOPSOUTH CAROLINA -- Reactions to Newt Gingrich's stunning and impressive victory in the South Carolina primary form a symphony. First, of course, we hear the cheers of South Carolina Republicans who have chosen their champion. (however) This is terror. Chest-clutching, breath-sucking, soul-shaking (panic for the GOP).
(Jan 24 2012) - Post Chronicle : Repub's discouraging voter turnoutVIRGINIA -- It's a dream come true for hysterical liberals and their fellow travelers in the 'unbiased' media. Pesky Republicans ARE actively working to discourage voter turnout in the 2012 Presidential election ! Unfortunately, in typical GOP fashion, the party is busy suppressing its own vote.
(Jan 23 2012) - Dover Post : A.G. visit Dover Air Force BaseDELAWARE -- Consumer fraud predators constantly roam about seeking whom they can victimize next, be they senior citizens, naïve consumers and even members of the mighty U.S. Military. Scam artists have actually increased their attempts to rip people off in the wake of the Great Recession, Biden said.
(Jan 22 2012) - Patriot Post : Open Thread : Sanctity of LifeU.S.A. -- Today marks the 39th anniversary of the two most tragic Supreme Court decision in American history, Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton. Those decisions sparked a contentious debate between those who would deny that babies in the womb are worthy of legal protection ...
(Jan 21 2012) - China Post : Taiwan closer to U.S. visa waiverWASH D.C. -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has formally requested that the Secretary of Homeland Security consider Taiwan for the Visa Waiver Program (VWP), according to a White House press release Thursday. Taiwan was nominated for inclusion in the VWP last December.
(Jan 20 2012) - Post & Email : Judge Denies Obama's MotionGEORGIA -- Atty. Orly Taitz informed The Post & Email moments ago that Georgia Administrative Hearings Judge Michael Malihi has denied Obama counsel's request to quash subpoenas requesting original documentation of Obama's birth, aliases and social security number application, school records, and other records.
(Jan 19 2012) - Denver Post : Coloradans protest S.O.P.A.COLORADO -- The dwindling support for congressional efforts to curb online piracy highlights the powerful platform that social networking has given to those who spend little to no money lobbying lawmakers. To be sure, strong opposition from Internet giants such as Google and Wikipedia is playing a large role in the retreat of support for the proposed laws simply referred to as SOPA and PIPA.
(Jan 18 2012) - Washington Post : The Prostitution EconomyWORLD -- The world's oldest profession is also an incredibly large one, stretching from San Francisco to Osaka, according to a new report. There are 40 - 42 million prostitutes in the world, according to the report from Fondation Scelles. Some 80% of them are female, and 75% are between the ages of 13 and 25.
(Jan 17 2012) - Activist Post : Fluoride : #1 Cause of Death ?WORLD -- Groundbreaking new research has linked sodium fluoride to cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death worldwide. Researchers found that fluoride consumption directly stimulates the hardening of your arteries, a condition known as atherosclerosis that is highly correlated with the #1 killer.
(Jan 16 2012) - Irish Post : Ireland most charitable in EuropeIRELAND -- Ireland remains one of the most charitable nations in the world despite being one of the hardest hit by the global economic downturn. Figures released in the World Giving Index reveal that while the country struggled to survive the crash last year, its people remained as generous with their time & money ...
(Jan 15 2012) - Pittsburgh Post : Paterno ... explains scandalSTATE COLLEGE -- Joe Paterno sat in a wheelchair at the family kitchen table where he has eaten, prayed and argued for more than a half-century. All around him family members were shouting at each other, yet he was whispering. Lung cancer has robbed him of the breath to say all that he wants to about the scandal ...
(Jan 14 2012) - Yemen Post : Speaker receives U.N envoyYEMEN -- Yemeni Parliament speaker Yahia al-Rayie received on Sat. the U.N. envoy to the country Jamal Bin Omar in the Yemeni capital of Sana'a. During the meeting, Al-Rayie pointed out the Parliament is doing its best to make sure that the GCC drawn peace plan, ts mechanism & the U.N resolution no.(2004) are implemented.
(Jan 13 2012) - Global Post : Mexico's cartel army, Los Zetas ...MEXICO CITY -- Residents of the town of Fresnillo in northeast Mexico cowered in their homes as gunfire rattled between federal police and cartel gunmen on the streets outside. When the shooting subsided, those brave enough to peer out their doors saw the corpses of nine gunmen sprawled on the concrete.
(Jan 12 2012) - Jakarta Post : Crucial cease-fire signed ...MYANMAR -- Myanmar's government signed a cease-fire agreement Thursday with etnic Karen rebels in a major step toward ending one of the world's longest-running insurgencies and meeting a key condition for better ties with the West.
(Jan 11 2012) - Bangkok Post : MP wanted for questioningTHAILAND -- Provincial Police Region 7 has sent a letter to the Royal Thai Police Office asking it to submit a request that the House of Representatives allow Democrat Party MP Khanchit Thapsuwan meet police investigators, police spokesman Piya Uthayo said on Wednesday.
(Jan 10 2012) - Yorkshire Post : Referendum powers for ScotsSCOTLAND -- Proposals to pave the way for a referendum on independence for Scotland have been published by the UK Government. A draft order drawn up in Westminster would temporarily extend the powers of the Scottish Parliament to allow it to call a referendum on the single question of whether or not Scotland should remain part of the United Kingdom.
(Jan 09 2012) - Parks Champion Post : Last Elvis service for ministerAUSTRAILIA -- The 'Gospel Church Service' at the Country Link Parkes Elvis Festival has evolved over the last 10 yrs and is now one of the highlights of the Festival. It'll be held Sun., Jan 15 at and will be very significant as it will be the last for Uniting Church minister, who's leaving Parkes for a new parish ...
(Jan 08 2012) - N.Y. Post : Evangelicals plot against Romney ?NEW YORK -- Mitt Romney hasn't got a prayer. To go by the polls and opinion columns and general consensus, Romney is considered a 'shape-shifter' whose core beliefs resemble President Obama's.
(Jan 07 2012) - Tripoli Post : Sudanese President Visits LibyaTRIPOLI -- Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has arrived in Tripoli Saturday for bilateral talks with the National Transitional Council on issues of mutual interest to both nations. It is al-Bashir's first visit to the country since the overthrow of the dictatorial regime of Muammar Gaddafi.
(Jan 06 2012) - Kansas City Post : British & Burmese officials meetYANGON -- British Foreign Secretary William Hague met Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi Friday and urged the Burmese authorities to release political prisoners swiftly. Hague said that while there was a clear "momentum for change" in Burma "much more is needed to be done" ... before sanctions are lifted.
(Jan 05 2012) - National Post : The U.S. Decade of WarWASH D.C. -- President Barack Obama, rolling out a new defense strategy to shrink the country's armed forces at a time of tight budgets at home, pledged on Thursday to maintain the United States as the world's dominant military power.
(Jan 04 2012) - Jerusalem Post : Bachmann ends presidential bidDES MOINES -- US Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann is suspending her bid for the White House after coming in a distant 6th in the Iowa caucuses, CNN reported on Wed. The US congresswoman's decision to pull out could favor rival Santorum, who narrowly came in 2nd to Romney in Tuesday's Iowa caucuses.
(Jan 03 2012) - Activist Post : FDA : Walnuts Illegal Drugs ?U.S.A. -- Well the Food and Drug Administration has really made a name for themselves this time. In response to claims by a company named Diamond Foods that walnuts possess health benefits, the FDA sent the company a letter informing them of their wrongdoing. What did Diamond Foods do wrong?
(Jan 02 2012) - Financial Post : Euro Break-Up BeginsLONDON -- At least one country will pull out of the euro area this year as the breakup of the single currency begins, according to the Centre for Economics and Business Research. "It now looks as though 2012 will be the year when the euro starts to break up," the London-based CEBR said in a statement today.
(Jan 01 2012) - Threat Post : Hackers plan satellite networkGERMANY -- A group of hackers are reportedly declaring war on Internet censorship, and they plan to fight back with their own satellite communications network. Sound like science fiction? According to BBC News, the plan was recently outlined at the Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin. Dubbed the "Hackerspace Global Grid" ...
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