The United States of America was created with three check and balance components meant to allow governing of the country through the representative process. The United States is not a true democracy; it is a...
opinion by Karen Hatter | 43 wks ago | updated 42 wks ago 816 views | 15 recommendations | 24 comments
Cue the music, fade in:'Do, do, do ,do, do … wa, wa, wa … do, do, do, do, do … wa, wa, wa … 'Like the showdown in Clint Eastwood's classic film, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, the TEA Party, wearing...
opinion by Karen Hatter | 43 wks ago | updated 43 wks ago 390 views | 8 recommendations | 13 comments
Ex-Canadian observer tells court how he feared for his life after being seized by Bosnian Serb soldiers. By Rachel Irwin - International Justice - ICTY ...
NBC Has Now Revealed That An NBC News Producer Spoke to James Jay Lee During the Hostage Taking on Wednesday (This story contains some offensive language). The news channel said they did not want to release the conversation until the hostage taking was over. James Jay...
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James Jay Lee, the Man Who Held Hostages Inside the Discovery Channel Building on September 1, Was Inspired By the Work of Daniel Quinn James Lee entered the Discovery Channel building on Wednesday morning and took three people hostage. He had previously written a manifesto...
created by Amy Judd | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 2692 views | 1 recommendation | 2 comments
Life is not easy in Pakistan Flood,International aid ,militant activity,insurgency ,firing in front of Peshawar Caucilet and now the hostage drama ."PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Security forces stormed an army...
Yesterday I came across South China Morning Post's editorial/opinion article "Wrong targets for our understandable anger" and I felt very relieved and comforted reading it. As a Filipino citizen working here in Hong Kong the said article has hit my sentiments and feelings...
opinion by Cheryl-Fuerte | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 633 views | 18 recommendations | 2 comments
MANILA PHILIPPINES: Early around 10:00am in the morning Aug 23, 2010 at Manila Grandstand near the US EMBASSY, there was a hostage drama. The "Hostage Taker" is a dismissed policeman Sr Insp. Mendoza of Southern Police District of Manila whose negotiating to lift...
opinion by pinkberry143 | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 8220 views | 0 recommendations | 51 comments
During the 1980’s, Lebanon is torn by a civil war, opposing the country’s many religious communities. In 1985 and 1986, nine French civilians are captured by Hezbollah militias in Beirut.
It will take more than two years to identify the terrorists who kidnapped the...
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Its very hard to understand Filipino politics because there are so many political parties. The other big problem is crooks and religious cults and at election time we always see blood and carnage and some of the...
In Brighton Beach, Brooklyn yesterday, Samuel White was shot dead by the police in an apartment above a Starbucks, due to an all day seige and a kidnapping.
Pictures of the Brighton Beach Starbucks hostage situation
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The police said officers shot Samuel White,...
created by Amy Judd | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 4757 views | 3 recommendations | 24 comments
The disappearance of 23 year old medical student Bryce Faulkner has renewed the debate on 'Ex-Gay' Therapy. "The last person to have heard from Faulkner was Travis Swanson, a man who claims to be his boyfriend....
A gem heist in London's West End is the biggest in the history of Britain. Two robbers got away with jewellery worth £40 million ($67 million) from Graff Jewellers on August 6th. Scotland Yard has now released video footage of the robbers, who had handguns hidden in their...
created by Annina Bergman | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 458 views | 12 recommendations | 3 comments
Debra Faulkner, mother to Bryce Faulkner, a 23 year old pre-med student who is said to have been forced into anti-gay counseling, told FOXNews.com "All the stories you've been told are not true." " The parents of...
" THE 51-year-old Norwegian slain in Consolacion after allegedly holding four persons hostage had been convicted of rape and drugs charges and served time in jail in Norway. Nils Frode Steen Aksnes had been jailed for a string of cases in his hometown, according to the...