North Korea Crisis provoked to create fear in Japan and S-Korea.

By, Uwe Paschen.  The North Korean Crisis may be blown out of proportion to get Japan and South Korea to side with the US against China and Russia.  More and more articles from Asia start suggesting that the US...

Crisis in Honduras. The World needs answers

These are articles and editorials, reported from Honduras by  The Utila East Wind, which chronicle the events that preceded the removal of former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya. Hugo Chavez and...

Lt. Dan Choi: Discharge Recommended by Military Board

On Tuesday, June 30, a US military board recommended that Lieutenant Dan Choi have federal recognition of his officer status revoked, which would result in his discharge from service. Choi was called to appear in...

Outed Lt. Dan Choi due in military court tomorrow

Outed Lt. Dan Choi, a lieutenant in the Army National Guard, is due in military court tomorrow morning at 8:00 am to face charges for violating the military's Clinton-era "don't ask, don't tell policy regarding...

What Does Allen Stanford Have in Common with Anti-Chevron Group?

Just when I thought things couldn’t get any shadier, I’ve learned that the lobbyist now representing the Amazon Defense Coalition (via Kohn Swift & Graf, P.C.) in its $27 billion lawsuit against San Ramon,...

Canada and US to update Great Lakes Water Pact - Clinton

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced today that the Canadian and US governments will update the Great Lakes Water Quality agreement. The announcement was made on the Rainbow Bridge on the Canadian side of...

US Journalists Laura Ling & Euna Lee get 12 Years Hard Labor

A twelve year sentence of hard labor was handed down to US journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee in North Korea on Monday.  " North Korea on Monday sentenced two American journalists to 12 years of hard labor in...

Riedel, Sood understand Pak threat better

As Pakistan's defense establishment remains fixated to the idea of a Zionist-Hindu-U.S. plot to harm Pakistan, very few analysts understand the gravity of the threat emanating from a nuclear-armed Islamabad with the real possibility of an Islamic takeover.Bruce Riedel, senior...

Health Care Reform: Scrap GMOs

In his latest weekly address, President Obama says health care reform must no longer mean “reform that throws good money after bad habits”.  An usually wide array of interest groups that have lined up...

Rumors of Coup d'etat in Honduras denied by officials

The streets of the Capital were quiet last night with normally bustling restaurants and bars near empty, for fear of a Military Coup. Across the country rumors spread of an impending Coup d'Etat in...

Obama on Clinton: A 'Loose Cannon' Who Tells 'Bald-Faced Lies'

"It's not exactly a man-bites-dog story when someone accuses Bill Clinton of stretching the truth, but when it's a president of his own party, and when what he calls Clinton is "bald-faced" liar, and when that...

OAS Assembly President Rodas replaced amid confusion.

  Patricia Rodas, the Foreign Affairs Minister of Honduras has been replaced as President of the OAS General Assembly Meeting in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. At the request of delegates and Foreign Ministers...

Pakistan to crush Taliban amid refugee dilemma

"Pakistan says it will definitely defeat the Taliban but expresses concern over the plight of refugees displaced by the Swat war. "Militarily we will win the war but it will be unfortunate if we loose it...

US opposed to $2 bn IMF loan to Sri Lanka: Hillary Clinton

After Britain, the US is the second country which appears to be opposing the massive loan from the IMF to Sri Lanka, which is currently under consideration.Countries like Sri Lank begging for loans must first stop their war. They have enough money for weapons to kill their...

Leibowitz chats up broadband, net neutrality, privacy...

"When it comes to consumer issues like broadband and network neutrality, the FTC in recent years has spent most of its time nodding dumbly at carriers, allowing them to "self-regulate." The idea that corporations can effectively monitor themselves for bad behavior has been...

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