Cdn Jounalist Amanda Lindhout & Australian Nigel Brennan Released

Canadian Journalist Amanda Lindhout and Australian Photo Journalist Nigel Brennan  have been released by their captors in Somalia.Both journalist have been in custody since August 2008. Reuters and CBC...

Kenya's famous elephants die of drought, poaching

In the last 12 years, this year has been the worst for the famous elephants in the north of Kenya, Nairobi. Over 100 elephants have been killed caused by poaching and drought-related hunger. Iain Douglas-Hamilton a...

Japan's PM, Yukio Hatoyama to keep electoral promises.

By, Uwe Paschen. Yukio Hatoyama, Japan’s newly elected Prime Minister intends to keep his electoral promises in spite of resistance on several fronts. Japan’s Democratic Party just won last August National...

Iraq bolsters Syria border force

Iraq people are facing all this for tbe reason that they are not responsible for these. So this must stop at any cost."Iraq has begun stationing thousands of extra police on its border with Syria to stop militants its says are crossing into Iraq to carry out bomb attacks.Amid...

A year on, Reuters cameraman still held by U.S. army

Baghdad - Ibrahim Jassam, a journalist for Reuters, got taken from his home in his underwear on September 2, 2008 by U.S. and Iraqi troops. A year later, nobody, his friends, family, nor global news agency Reuters...

Niger Crisis escalating after EU suspends all aid to the Country.

By, Uwe Paschen. E.U. Suspends all aid to Niger and freezes all accounts. After Failure of the Niger Government to comply with EU demands as reported in an earlier post. (See links at the end of this post.)...

U.S. leftists blame CIA for Iran uprising

A section of the leftists in the United States is blaming the Central Intelligence Agency of fomenting trouble in Iran, but other progressives are accusing their own kind of becoming apologists of the theocracy."Iran situation has left the political left in the United States...

The Manhunt to save Lebanon from Hezbollah.

By, Uwe Paschen. Lebanon is fighting back to regain control over its armed forces as well as its Government and Country. Wile in the middle of an election campaign for this upcoming June 7th election, wish will...

Sri Lankan rights group says it was accused of treason

Just a day after the general secretary of the Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association, Poddala Jayantha was attacked, a Sri lankan rights group said it had received a threat accusing it of treason. " COLOMBO, June 2 (Reuters) - A Sri Lankan rights group said on Tuesday it...

Taliban kidnaps 400 boarders and staffers of a boarding school

Taliban whose ideology includes 'No education' has kidnapped 400 boarders and staffers of a boarding school. Cadets (boarders), under the protection of a security detail, were headed towards Bannu when they were...

You Can’t Rest on Imaginary Laurels!

“We can’t rest on our laurels, because we’ve got a lot of work to do.” President Barack Obama was only half-right when, according to Reuters, he shared those words with an audience at a Democratic National...

Did Chrysler Dealers Receive ‘Pink Slips’ Due to Their Politics?

Did some of the 1,100 Chrysler dealers who’ve been told they have to close their dealerships receive “pink slips” as a result of their political affiliations or contributions made — or not made — to...

Is this the End of Capitalism in Germany?

By, Uwe Paschen. Could this be the beginning of the end for Capitalism?  On Saturday another demonstration took place with an  estimated 100,000 Workers marching through Berlin in protest and anger. Stating on...

Thousands cross lagoon escaping LTTE grip amidst Fire

Thousands of civilians have crossed over to safety, the Military and UN officials confirm. " COLOMBO (Reuters) – Thousands of civilians under rebel fire waded across a lagoon to escape Sri Lanka's war zone,...

UN Hostage released in West Africa.

By, Uwe Paschen.  The U.N. news centre confirms the release of Robert H. Fowler and Louis Guay abducted and held Hostage in Niger since last December 14th 2008, when they where kidnapped 40 km of this country...

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