Obama for President campaign spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters that Senator Obama had every intention to visit wounded troops at the U.S. Military Hospital in Landstuhl, Germany, but then the Pentagon voiced concerns.Asked whether either the senator or aides had...
Obama Troop Visit Update: What seemed like a home run for the conservative pundits has been nothing more than premature speculation. They attacked Obama for not visiting the wounded troops, saying he was too concerned with politics and the gym, but alas they were wrong. As...
Over twenty people were left injured at the Nordbybraaten center for asylum seekers when a group of men with bats and iron bars attacked the facility. This is the second attack this week."The center's director, Ole Morten Lyng, says 40 to 50 men were involved in the "planned"...
Why can't India and Pakistan live in harmony? How many do they have to sacrifice just for a silly action? In my point of view, India and Pakistan have something in common."At least five people have been killed in an...
After months of relative peace, the Kashmir Valley has seen a number of attacks in recent weeks. On Monday, four people, including two civilians, were killed in two separate attacks in the disputed region. The violence comes days after senior officials from India and...
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For the Anglican church things keep getting out of hand with time. First it was in Israel and now the Lambeth comference, Bishops have heard how the row over gay clergy has left the once united Anglican church into a...
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Militants have started brekaing through defences and into the temporary base in an outpost after US troops abandoned it. American foces have said that the outpost had been temporary and that "regular patrols" in the area would be maintained. " American troops...
There has been steep increase in the violence in Afghanistan and in this latest incident suicide bomber killed more than 20 innocent people. "A suicide bomber on a motorcycle blew himself up next to a police patrol in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing 20 people, while a...
Suspected Tamil rebels have killed 4 bus passengers and wounded many others bus passengers. "At least four people have been killed and 25 others wounded when gunmen ambushed a crowded passenger bus in Sri Lanka, the...
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Sudan has now officially blamed rebel groups for at attack on the United Nations-African Uion peace mission in Darfur. Seven peacekeepers were killed in that attack."Sudan's foreign ministry condemned the attack, and...
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More than two dozen innocent Afghan civilians have been killed in the bombing by US forces in Afghanistan's eastern province. Afghan government has ordered a probe about this incident." Nearly two dozen people were killed in an air strike by the US-led coalition...
" ........Comparing Iran with the 1939 Nazi Germany is ridiculous. Germany was a powerful, industrialized nation that had been defeated in World War I. It had grievances against the victors who had humiliated it. Germany's culture was such that many Germans blindly...
Nicolas Sarkozy has described as "unacceptable negligence" the weekend accident in which a soldier fired live ammunition during an army exercise instead of blanks. Seventeen people were injured in the incident."An inquiry has been launched into the incident, which occurred...
" Four of the wounded are in a critical condition, including a young child. A Defence Ministry official said the incident occurred during a demonstration of hostage-freeing techniques at a barracks in Aude. The soldier who fired the shots has been detained. It is not...
A public shooting demonstration in France went horribly wrong today when real bullets were used instead of fakes. No deaths have been reported, but 15 civilians were injured. I'll keep my eye out for updates."PARIS, France (AP) -- A military shooting demonstration in...