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McCain to name VP on Aug. 29, Report Says (Analysis included)
Update: over at the New York Observer, they seem to think that Tom Ridge or Joe Lieberman will be the pick. They also have an amusing look at Bush's mistake in tapping Dan Quayle to appease party... Twenty dead in blast at Pakistani hospital
A day after Mushrraf has demitted his office Militants seems to be gaining the ground. In a daring attack on a Hospital in restive northwestern Pakistan more than 20 people have been killed. More details are awaited. "A bomb went off in the compound of a hospital in...Terror Suspect Had New York Target List
This story is another reminder of the constant threat the we face from extremists everyday, regardless of whether we are American or German. In the following story, Aafia Siddique, a 36 year old graduate of MIT, was...Taliban Declares "Open War" In Pakistan
After a roadside bomb destroyed an air force truck in northwest Pakistan, the Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack claiming that it was an "open war". A Taliban spokesman said that the attack on the air...Bomb hits Pakistan military truck, up to 14 dead
" A roadside bomb hit a Pakistan air force truck in a northwestern city Tuesday, killing as many as 14 people including a 5-year-old girl in the latest violence in the volatile region.Meanwhile, Pakistani officials said they were investigating whether a...Facebook Was in Talks to Buy German Social Site
"When Facebook sued the German leader in social networking, StudiVZ, last month, it contended that the company had illegally copied Facebook’s “look and feel” with similar graphics and features. “A great deal, if not all, of StudiVZ’s success is due to its copying...Guilty as Ordered
This makes a nice contrast to President Bush's criticism of China's human rights record today. Maybe he should also spend a bit of time cleaning up civil rights abuses in his own country. " Now that was a real nail-biter. The court designed by the White House and its... Iraq/US Nearing Timetable for Withdrawal
Doesn't this take away a major plank from Barack Obama's platform?"Iraq and the U.S. are near an agreement on all American combat troops leaving Iraq by October 2010, with the last soldiers out three years after that, two Iraqi officials told The Associated Press on Thursday.... Teenager dies in drive-by shooting
It has now been revealed that two teenagers were murdered last night in South London in seperate incidents. On the same night that a youth was shot after being chased by a gang, another youth was caught in the crossfire of a drive-by on Camberwell Road, Walworth."An innocent...Sexual assault claims House panel blast DOD over reponse
" WASHINGTON - House members infuriated by slow progress on the military's response to sexual assault claims accused defense leaders of a cover-up and tossed a senior department official from a Thursday hearing on... Flag exhumed from neo-Nazi grave
German authorities have dug up a grave in Southern Germany because they heard the man was buried with a Nazi flag. Displaying swastikas is a crime in Germany punishible by up to three years in jail. "German authorities in the southern town of Passau have dug up a neo-Nazi's... Opinion:Democracy is at risk when we ignore the rule of law
Since 9/11 the fight against terrorism has been one of the biggest challenges facing western democracies. Terrorists have the advantage of anonymity, mobility and a loose structure that makes it very difficult to track them down and stop new attacks. When the attacks do... Labour MPs Plot Coup Against Gordon Brown
Sources close to Gordon Brown, Prime Minister are urgently rallying to block a coup attempt by a group of MP' despairing of Brown's leadership. Labour have suffered disastrous results at the polls since Brown's... Top Taliban militant surrenders to Pakistan
"The most senior militant in the war-torn Helmand province of Afghanistan has surrendered to authorities in Pakistan, the Ministry of Defence said last night.Mullah Rahim, a senior Afghan Taliban commander, feared... China on the lookout for earthquakes during Beijing Olympics
The memories of the horrendous earthquake that hit China’s Sichuan province on May 12th of this year, claiming the lives of nearly seventy thousand people and leaving anywhere between five to eleven million people...
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