China ramps up efforts to stop deadly ethnic violence

This is unusual in China.3o years ago there would have been tanks in the streets, mass arrests.  It seems China is slowly moving away from the past, while still using force at times.Uighurs are a Turkic ethnic group who follow Sunni Islamic religion.  They are the...

Failed strategy in Afghanistan

Obama said a surgewould not be successfulin Iraq so now he istrying a surge inAfghanistan"When will the Obama administration stop transplanting the Bush administration's failed methods from Iraq to Afghanistan...

Sri lanka orders military transport helicopters from Russia

Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka's Defence Secretary said he managed to reach an agreement with Russia on a loan to purchase military equipment, primarily helicopters for the air force, and other weaponry. " COLOMBO, May 15 (RIA Novosti) - Sri Lanka has ordered a number of...

Santa Barbara Jesusita fire under control, but 1200 evacuated

Firefighters worked through the night, dropping water from helicopters and battling the blaze on the ground, to hold back the California wildfires that forced the evacuation of 1,200 homes. About 2,000 homes were...

Black Saturday: Follow-up to the 2009 Raging Inferno in Australia

An inquiry begins today on the causes of the fires and performance of the fire fighters who fought the inferno that was Melbourne in Australia. I sincerely hope that the fire fighters will be glowing with all the...

Bus Crash in Arizona, near Hoover Dam; seven dead

Update:Seven people have now been confirmed dead in the bus crash on US-93 near Hoover Dam in Arizona. Fifteen people are reported as injured, with five in life threatening condition. The seven people that died...

Hamas Heroes::We Will Kill Jewish Children Anywhere In The World

. This is despicable.  Zahar is Gaza foreign minister and states publicly that Hamas will kill Jewish children anywhere. Hail the Heroes of Hamas. " Fighting intensified on the northern outskirts of Gaza...

Israeli ground force enters Gaza

Via Reuters alert service:  A small Israeli Ground force has entered into Gaza protected by Helicopters over head.Watch Live Feed from Gaza "GAZA, Jan 3 (Reuters) - A small column of Israeli military vehicles,...

Brazil Flood Death toll rises to 65, 17 missing

Due to heavy rainfall that started on Friday in Brazil have under watered 80% of the towns. Roads blocked into four towns where people had no electricity. Federal officials offered cargo planes to help fly...

Reports now conflict over Syria's claim of US helicopter attack on Syrian vil...

At one least report now has the U.S denying its helicopters were involved in a raid on Syria Sunday. So far, the Pentagon and White House are silent. The Associated Press reports a U.S. military official in...

Turkish military: 35 Kurd rebels killed in clashes

The Turkish military is claiming it has killed 35 Kuridish rebels in an attack on Friday. The rebels were allegedly trying to infiltrate Turkey from a base in Northern Iraq."Turkey's military intercepted...

Two Black Hawks down in Baghdad

This is another incident of chopper crash......oho.......might be shoot down by the forces ,offcourse by Iraqi militia.Even if Black Hawk had not been gunned down as officials claim, then the collision raises the...

US jets intrude into Pakistani airspace; 15 militants killed and would-be bom...

Two US jetfighters again intruded into Pakistani airspace over South Waziristan tribal district causing panic among dwellers of the region, whereas Pakistani security forces killed another 15 militants in the...

US okays $1b arms sales; Pakistan to get Cobra helicopters

"WASHINGTON: The U.S. Defense Department said on Friday it approved sales of radar and aircraft upgrades, missiles and other equipment valued at $1.01 billion to four U.S. allies including Pakistan. The Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency said these U.S. allies...

U.S., Pakistani troops exchange fire

" U.S. and Pakistani ground forces exchanged fire across the Afghanistan-Pakistan border on Thursday, the latest in a string of incidents that has ratcheted up diplomatic tension between the two allies. No...

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