A Sri Lanka Rice Cargo Ship Sinks Near Chittagong Harbor – 16 Crew Men Resc...

"A Sri Lankan cargo vessel carrying 3609 tons of rice was sunk off Banglades’s Chiitagong harbor after colliding with a Panamanian empty tanker , the harbor authorities said. Radio Controller of Chittagong Port Authoritiy,Wahidur Rahman said, “After receiving an SOS from...

Drugs Valued at $100m Found By Lifeboat Crew During Emergency Callout

It is a long time since I published the original story but it came to an interesting final conclusion earlier this week:Three men have been sentenced to a total of 85 years in jail after their conviction in...

Philippines inquiry opens as 800 believed dead in ferry disaster

It looks like 800 people were killed by the ferry disaster in the Philppinnes, and now the government is opening an investigation into the incident."Philippine investigators opened an inquiry Wednesday into a ferry disaster believed to have killed 800 as rescuers ended slim...

Over 800 Feared Dead After Boat Capsizes in Philippines Typhoon

The death toll in the Philippines could rise sharply after a typhoon hit over the weekend. At least 100 people were killed when streets flooded after powerful winds and torrents of rain blew through the area.A boat carrying 850 people capsized and while search and rescue...

Bahamas police find 4 bodies at sea

Police in Bahamas have fished out 4 bodies of Haitian migrants in deep waters between Florida and Bahamas. Thousands of Haitians leave their impoverished homeland on rickety, overcrowded boats each year in hopes of reaching the U.S. or other islands. Last month, at least 20...

Korean, Chinese vessels collide, 6 missing

"SEOUL, April 7 (UPI) -- The Korean coast guard Monday reported six Chinese crewmen missing in a collision between a Chinese fishing boat and a South Korean freighter.The fishing boat, Lujiao Yu, capsized about 100 miles south of the South Korean island of Jeju, the South...

G8: German police ram Greenpeace protest boats

A boat filled with Greenpeace protesters trying to deliver a petition to G8 summit leaders was "intercepted" by German police boats yesterday. Police have been trying to enforce an exclusion perimeter in the waters...

Somalia refugee boats fired on; 17 drown

Yemeni authorities opened fire on boats filled with refugees fleeing the fighting in Somalia and at least 17 people drowned when one of the vessels capsized, the U.N. refugee agency said Thursday. About 140 people were missing.The incident took place late Wednesday in the...

Secretary Of State Said The Attack's Time And Place Was Known

October 16, 1941 - After meeting FDR, Secretary of War Henry Stimson wrote: "We face the delicate question of the diplomatic fencing to be done so as to be sure Japan is put into the wrong and makes the first bad move -- overt move." On November 25, 1941 - After meeting...

The Most Enlightened And Best Informed People In All The World

"I want you to know that your government has no information which it has any thought of withholding from you.... You are, I believe, the most enlightened and best informed people in all the world." President Franklin D. Roosevelt. September 1939.  

FDR's Foreknowledge Of The Attack Is Rediscovered Every 5 Years

June 8, 2001 :: It doesn't matter how many times you prove it. Wait five years and you have to prove it all over again. Take Pearl Harbor. The fact that FDR knew the Japanese were going to attack is something that should now be solid American history.

Medical Supplies Shipped To Hawaii Prior To The Attack

June 6, 2001::Robert Ogg had been in Naval Intelligence during the war. Ogg had detected the presence of a Japanese task force working its way toward Pearl Harbor in December, 1941. The Japanese force had been under radio silence. But the silence had been broken on a number...

Roosevelt's Intentions Were Nearly Exposed In 1940

A code clerk at the U.S. embassy in London discovered secret dispatches between Roosevelt and Churchill. These revealed that FDR, despite contrary campaign promises, was determined to engage America in the war. He smuggled some of the documents out of the embassy, hoping...

Churchill/Roosevelt Message November 25, Is Classified To This Day

"When the Japanese attack hit Pearl Harbor, the targets they found were older relics from a bygone age; the 21 modern ships of the Pacific fleet, including the two carriers, were safely out of harm's way."

Day Of Deceit - The Truth About FDR And Pearl Harbor

"Robert Stinnett, who served in the U.S. Navy with distinction during World War II, examines recently declassified American documents and concludes that, far more than merely knowing of the Japanese plan to bomb Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt deliberately steered Japan into war...

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