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 (Feb 05 2012) - Christian Post : Drug Dealer Turned Evangelist
MEXICO -- 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 resolution
U.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 Yard
LONDON -- 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 company
SCOTLAND -- 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 Florida
FLORIDA -- 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 Warriors
WORLD -- 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 ... yet
DAMASCUS -- 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 Communist
LAOS -- 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 GOP
SOUTH 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 turnout
VIRGINIA -- 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 Base
DELAWARE -- 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 Life
U.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 waiver
WASH 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 Motion
GEORGIA -- 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 Economy
WORLD -- 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 Europe
IRELAND -- 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 scandal
STATE 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 envoy
YEMEN -- 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 questioning
THAILAND -- 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 Scots
SCOTLAND -- 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 minister
AUSTRAILIA -- 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 Libya
TRIPOLI -- 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 meet
YANGON -- 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 War
WASH 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 bid
DES 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?
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