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US military to set up in Colombia

Hylton: Rest of South America has reason to be alarmed by future US military presence on Colombian bases

Barak not heading for Gaza exit yet

No country would sit idly bywhile a neighboring countryfires rockets across the borderand kills civilians. Hamas is toblame for what the Gaza people are now suffering,." Day One of Operation Cast Lead was marked...

Venezuela plans military bases for Colombia border

As the Colombian Plan has been declared fruitless by American Congress and paramilitary activities soar, Venezuela states its plans to set a military base near the Colombian border.Oblivious of is...

British Government releases UFO files

The UK government has unveiled its secret UFO files, and the contents are sometimes surprising, sometimes amusing." The most comprehensive Government files on UFO activity are opened to the public for the first time today and they disclose that even air...

Deal on US troops in Iraq 'close'

What the angle here? Pulling out the troops and declaring US troops' immunity from prosecution. War crimes should be punished. "Iraq's foreign minister has said Iraq and the US are "very close" to a deal on the future of US forces in Iraq. Hoshyar Zebari says both sides were...

Mugabe welcomed home by thousands

Despite the criticsm about his re-election President Mugabe has received a thunderous & rousing welcome after his return from African summit. " Thousands of Zimbabweans have greeted President Robert Mugabe...

Iraqi Oil Workers Speak Out to Mega-Oil Shareholders

This is an important item from the Iraqi people that unfortunately will undoubtedly be ignored by the major media. For this reason, I have included the whole letter ."Statement by Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions to 2008 Chevron and ExxonMobil Shareholder MeetingsMay 30, 2008...

Half a Decade of War: Five Years After Iraq Invasion, Soldiers Testify at Win...

" AMY GOODMAN: [Five years ago] on March 19th, 2003, the US began bombing Baghdad. The invasion was on. Six weeks later, President Bush stood under a banner reading “Mission Accomplished” and declared an end to major military combat operations in Iraq. Now, half a...

King Google Kneels to Emperor Military

OPINION PIECE: Benjamin Franklin once said:""Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.""One would have to wonder whether or not Mr....

Smart ideas on Vancouver's condo future

Trevor Boddy looks at a condo development in Vancouver that takes a different approach to density:  "In the worlds of real estate and architecture, it is nearly always mistaken to extrapolate the future from...

Slow Bleed Harry Reid’s district first…

"The military needs to concentrate any lay-offs and any cutting back or closing of military installations or *redeployment* of personnel on Harry Reid. Start with Harry Reid’s and Nancy Pelosi’s districts and then work their way down the Democrats list of districts. The...

Kettering call centre implicated in alleged £8m MOD scam

"BT call centres to pay back cashA call centre in Kettering has been implicated in an alleged BT scam which might have cost the Ministry of Defence £8million. It was claimed that workers at BT centres, including one at Kettering, which handle MoD telephone calls had been...

Conditions rougher at some UK bases than in Afghanistan

"The state of some UK barracks means that British troops endure worse living conditions at home than on operations in Afghanistan, according to a report today by MPs. The Commons defence committee says repairs take too long, standards of service are "unacceptably poor", and...

Bid to bring jobs from London to Coventry.

"AN ambitious plan to bring 2,000 top jobs to Coventry has been unveiled. Government departments are being moved out of London - and Warwick University has spotted the chance to encourage them to set up bases in this region. The uni wants to build an office complex for civil...

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