British troops kill up to 100 Taleban fighters

"British troops claim to have wiped out up to 100 Taleban fighters and destroyed an enemy "regional headquarters" in Afghanistan in the Army's biggest single raid since it started policing the volatile Helmand province. The Taleban compound, in the area of Kostay south of the...

Studios OK Technology for Movie Downloads

"AP) -- Hollywood studios have approved a new technology and licensing arrangement that should remove a major obstacle consumers now face with burning movies they buy digitally over the Internet onto a DVD that will play everywhere. Sonic Solutions Inc. is introducing on...

West Bank - Four dead, 20 wounded as Israeli army rolls

"AT least four Palestinians were killed in a major Israel army operation in the West Bank city of Ramallah that wounded more than 20 other people, medics said. Yussef Abdel Khader, 23, Khalil al-Badawi, 20, Ala al-Himran in his 20s, and Jamal Jawela, 29, were mortally wounded...

Mass Arrests of Syrian Military Officers

Although the motive is not entirely clear, it appears that Assad has made a preemptive move to avoid a military coup. (h/t N2L)"Washington DC - December 26, 2006/RPS/ -- RPS has learned that last week the Syrian armed forces arrested several mid to high ranking officers of...

Pelosi's Next Big Call

"The incoming House Speaker already made a questionable move backing the losing candidate in the race for Majority Leader. Will she stumble again by choosing a member with a checkered past to lead the House Intelligence Committee? Speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi, who stumbled...

China's Comrade Condoms

"Comrade Lei Feng once sold Mao to the masses. Now he helps them suit up for safe sex. In his unremarkable 22-year life, which ended ingloriously in 1962 when a PLA comrade accidentally backed a truck into a power pole that fell and crushed him, Lei Feng wanted to be nothing...

Nicaragua elects Marxist Ortega - ITV.com

" 3.41, Wed Nov 8 2006 Former Marxist guerilla leader Daniel Ortega has won the Nicaraguan presidential elections. Mr Ortega seized power in a popular 1979 revolution and fought US-backed Contra rebels as president in the 1980s. His victory will add to a growing number of...

U.S.-backed Iraqi troops raid Sadr City cell (Reuters)

" 1 hour, 34 minutes ago BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S.-backed Iraqi special forces raided a target in the Shi'ite slum district of Sadr City in Baghdad on Friday, returning to an area where recent raids have sparked tensions with Washington over cracking down on militias. The U.S....