Spring Break in Mexico:Alcohol, Drugs, Beaches -- and Bloodshed

The United States issued a warning to thousands of  students who will come to Mexico for a spring break. The danger in the country is real, and coming here to drink and get high definitely increases the...

Bloodshed, Torture, Killing in Gaza

The violence continues in GazaThe cease fire did not  resolvethe problems facing the peopleof Gaza."bloodshed in Gaza as Hamas began carrying out vicious reprisals against suspected collaborators. Members of...

UNRWA in Gaza: "Nowhere is Safe"

"GENEVA, Jan 13 (Reuters) - A senior U.N. aid official appealed on Tuesday for the international community to provide protection for civilians in Gaza, calling it a "test of our humanity".  John Ging, director...

Our winter of discontent

BORN amidst bloodshed and raised in turmoil, it appears that this country’s has been marked out for unceasing pain and suffering. In fact, the year just ended has had more than its usual share of disappointments — though also the occasional triumph. "Our winter of...

Pakistan: We’re ready for war with India

"Pakistan warned it is ready for war with India if it is attacked following the strike by the Mumbai terrorists. www.telegraph.co.uk Last Updated: 12:13PM GMT 09 Dec 2008 A peace vigil in honour of those who died in the Mumbai attacks is held in the Indian city of Bhopal...

Pakistan kills 20 militants near Afghan border

Pakistan has killed 20 militants in fighting in the lawless tribal area near the border with Afghanistan. The fighting is part of a larger military operation in the whole region. Next door in Bajaur, military...

Female suicide bombers show Iraq's shifting insurgent tactics

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorLife has to be pretty dismal for someone to take their own life and that of the lives around them.  Female Suicide Bombers are the ultimate weapon besides children...

South Africa mob burns Mozambican man

In yet another horrific act of violence in South Africa, a Mozambican man was burned alive by a mob of people today, near the South African capital Pretoria."The 30-year-old was stoned then set alight in...

How a Film Triggered a Global Panic

"How a Film Triggered a Global Panic By Henryk M. Broder It is the kind of stunt that has many fearing the worst: Dutch right-wing populist Geert Wilders plans to release a film about Islam. Politicians worldwide...

Poll: Pakistanis turn against bin Laden

"By STEPHEN GRAHAM, Associated Press Writer Sun Feb 10, 5:33 AM ET ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Sympathy for al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden and the Taliban has dropped sharply in Pakistan amid a wave of deadly violence, according to the results of a recent opinion poll. The survey,...

Trepidation over Wilders' anti-Islam film

"Trepidation over Wilders' anti-Islam film by Michel Hoebink* 18-01-2008 Islam specialist Maurits Berger talks to RNW's Edwin Mooibroek (mp3) Tensions are growing over the expected release of a film by Geert...

Violence Erupts in Kenya After MP Murdered, Power Outages Across Countinent

Adding to tensions already stretched to the breaking point and beyond, a second Opposition member of Parliament was killed today by a police officer. Despite police insistence that the murder was not...

'Cloverfield' Sickens Moviegoers

Despite its devastatingly good weekend at the box office, it was the monster movie's cinematography that really got moviegoers churning."Cloverfield, the blockbuster horror film selling out cinemas across America,...

Kibaki and Odinga meet for first time in Kenya crisis

"Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki met opposition leader Raila Odinga on Thursday for the first time since a disputed election triggered weeks of bloodshed, a major breakthrough brokered by former U.N. boss Kofi Annan. The two leaders had not talked since the December 27 polls...

Suicide note by Finland gunman found

An update to yesterday's story. The fact he shot each victim several times is particularly chilling."Police in Finland have found a suicide note written by an 18-year-old student shortly before he went on a gun rampage at his school and killed eight people.""Pekka-Eric...

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