Coup Attempt in Guinea After Strongman Dies+

2nd UpdateGuinea coup leader, troops parade through capital"The leader of a coup in Guinea and several thousand soldiers paraded through the capital Wednesday as cheering crowds screamed "long live the...

Russian Troops Seize Georgian Port

The Georgian port of Poti, an extreemly strategic and economically important city on the Black Sea, has been seized by Russian forces, according to reports. Although Moscow had said it was pulling its forces out...

US plans aid to Georgia as Russia rolls into city

"Georgia - Russian troops and paramilitaries rolled into the strategic Georgian city of Gori on Wednesday, apparently violating a truce designed to end the conflict that has uprooted tens of thousands and scarred the Georgian landscape.In Washington, President Bush said the...

Russia seizes Georgia base, opens second front

"Russia opened a second front of fighting in Georgia on Monday, sending armored vehicles beyond two breakaway provinces and seizing a military base and police stations in the country's west, officials said.The new...

FOX News Cameraman Helps Rescue Injured Marine From Insurgent Blast in Afghan...

A pretty amazing story that shows how journalists can be in life-threatening danger."A FOX News cameraman helped save the life of an injured Marine in Afghanistan — and was injured himself — when the armored Humvee convoy he was traveling in was struck by a roadside bomb...

Sudan says rebel attack on Khartoum defeated

Darfur's government is saying that the attack earlier today in a suburb of Khartoum by Sudanese troops was defeated."It was the first time fighting had reached the city in decades of conflict between the...

Los Angeles Man finds $140K and gives it back

Los Angeles Man finds $140K and gives it backWant an Honest Business man?  Then you should call Eli Estrada of Tuff Turf artifical turf near Los Angeles, California. Eli found 140 thousand dollars that fell...

Arrest in third largest Armored Car Heist

" COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - The Richland County Sheriff's Department announced Thursday that an arrest has been made in the nation's third largest armored car heist in history. It took place in May of 2007, right here in Columbia, South Carolina.  Authorities...

Bhutto under house arrest in Pakistan

"Pakistani police placed opposition leader Benazir Bhutto under house arrest Friday, uncoiling barbed wire in front of her Islamabad villa, and reportedly rounded up thousands of her supporters to block a mass protest against emergency...

In Brazil, Rich or Poor, We’re All Prisoners

 "An old adage stated, “Brazilian, profession hope.” Today, it would be more correct to say, “Brazilian, profession prisoner.” Prisoner of transit, in cars that are ambulatory cells in slow march,...

Blackwater in Hot Water?

"A joint U.S.-Iraqi government investigation is expected to examine the incident, along with at least a half-dozen other shooting incidents involving Blackwater. According to the report, the sequence of events...

Troops Will Have To Do With 1,000 Less Armored Vehicles

In more news on a fading Pax Americana occupation, now it seems American troops will have to make do with much less.  Does Bush really want to continue with his suggestion that those of us who are...

Maliki orders security forces to crush foes

News from Iraq:"BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al- Maliki told his security forces on Tuesday to show no mercy toward insurgents in a security crackdown in Baghdad. Iraqiya state television showed Maliki, a Shi'ite Islamist leader, talking to an Iraqi soldier...

Invasion Update: Ethiopia Advances on Somali Islamists’ Last City

Does this sound familiar? I'm sure we all believe that the invading army du jour will pack up and leave once Mission is Accomplished..."A phalanx of Ethiopian tanks and armored personnel carriers chugged toward the last city occupied by Somalia’s diminished Islamist...

Teen arrested after incident at security checkpoint

"An Indianapolis teenager spent the night in jail after causing an airport security breach. The breach happened Sunday evening at Indianapolis International Airport. Airport Screeners spotted a fake gun on the teenager as he tried to get through security, but that's not all...

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