Sony Confirms Firmware Withdrawal After PS3 'Bricking'

While the Playstation 3 is a great system, has a blu-ray player and some fun games, some users got a surprise when they updated the most recent firmware: it stopped working.The firmware is basically the software that...

Zimbabwe opposition HQ raided

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public Contributor Morgan Tsvangirai sequestered inside the Dutch Embassy,  as Police storm opposition Headquarters taking dozens of party members. Yep, certainly looks like democracy...

Microsoft Withdraws its Bid for Yahoo

Microsoft Says It Is Withdrawing Bid for YahooSaturday, May 3, 2008 Microsoft Says It Is Withdrawing Bid for YahooAfter a three-month standoff over a deal that could have reshaped competition on the Internet,...

New Australian leader to refocus foreign policy on first major trip

The new Australian prime minister is begining an 18-day foreign policy trip, keen to draw a stark contrast with his predecessor, particularly with Australia's relationship with the US."New Prime Minister Kevin Rudd left Australia Thursday on his first big overseas trip, armed...

Israel Pulls Back from Gaza Offensive

As Israel continues to face mounting criticism over its weekend offensive into the Hamas-controlled Gaza strip, it has begun pulling back from the operation." March 3 (Bloomberg) -- Israel began winding down...

Finally Giuliani is Going to Give Up

What took him so long....time to put a bullet in this dead horse."Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani plans to drop out of the presidential race and endorse McCain at an event in California, two GOP sources with...

Iraq: UK Withdrawing 500 Troops

Could this be a retreat or mission accomplished ?." Britain is withdrawing 500 troops from Iraq as part of its planned reduction in forces as Iraqis assume control of their own security in the south of...

Pro War Ads Falsely Link 9/11 To Iraq

"A newly formed non-profit organisation made up of former Bush administration officials is to spend $15 million to run pro-war television and radio ads in more than 20 states which falsely link the 9/11 attacks to...

Emergency Summit : Maliki Cancels Summer Recess

Iraqi PM calls emergency meeting."Iraq's Prime Minister, Nouri Maliki, has called for a summit of the nation's main political factions in an attempt to break Iraq's political paralysis. In recent weeks almost all...

Senate Passes Iraq War Bill Requiring Pullout

"WASHINGTON, April 26 — The Senate narrowly passed a $124 billion war spending bill early this afternoon after an emotional debate about the best way forward in Iraq. The vote will send the measure to President Bush, who has vowed to veto it because it would require...

Iraq & the Logic of Timetables by Robert Parry

"It has become a standard part of George W. Bush’s litany for why he will veto a congressional plan for setting a timetable for withdrawing U.S. combat forces from Iraq: “Why would you say to the enemy, ‘Here’s a timetable. Just go ahead and wait us out?’”"

Reid co-sponsors bill to redeploy troops from Iraq and cut off funding for war

"Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) announced today that if President Bush vetoes a supplemental appropriations bill which includes a timetable for withdrawing troops then Iraq, then he will co-sponsor a bill which would cut off funding for the war in one year's time."

George Bush’s Land Mine: If the Iraqi People Get Revenue Sharing, They Lose...

"George Bush has a land mine planted in the supplemental appropriation legislation working its way through Congress. The Iraq Accountability Act passed by the House and the companion bill passed in the Senate contain deadlines for withdrawing our troops from Iraq, in open...

Senate Passes Iraq Withdrawal Timeline Bill

... but the Senate still gave the White House over a hundred billion dollars to spend in Iraq and Afghanistan, along with the accompanying American, British and Iraqi lives. "Senate Democrats ignored a veto threat and pushed through a bill Thursday requiring President Bush to...

Bush the Flip-flopper

" March 17, 2007 Bush the Flip-flopper by Alan Bock I'm not sure whether it's an encouraging sign or not, but recent weeks clearly show that a criticism I among many others have made of President Bush – that he is so stubborn he can never change policies no matter what the...

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