Newest White House Residents

Ahh ... sweet spring, the time for new beginnings, renewal and hope. Meet the newest family of the White House - a red-breasted mama robin and her chicks.  She's made her home in the bushes right outside the...

Buner: Major military offensive launched against Taliban

After success in Dir, a major military offensive has been launched against Taliban in Buner. FC (Frontier Constabulary) and Pakistan Army are taking part in this operation with air support being provided by PAF...

Pakistan briefs MPs on foreign involvement in Balochistan unrest

Pakistan has told the member of Senate, the upper house of bicameral Parliament of the country, that the government has solid evidence of Russian, Indian and Afghan involvement in the ongoing insurgency in the country's Balochistan province.During an in-camera seven-hour...

DRP (Maldives current President's Party) Attacks ex Foreign Minister over Jos...

"Presidential spokesperson Mohamed Hussein Shareef (Mundhu) has accused opposition politician Dr Ahmed Shaheed of “knowing the details” surrounding Christian organisation the Joshua Project operating in the...

Troops seize 15 MILF camps

"MANILA -- Thousands of troops backed by air and artillery fire have captured 15 strongholds of the Moro rebels in the southern Philippines after five days of intense fighting, officials said Monday. More than 272,000 villagers have also fled their homes due to the ongoing...

US Killer Machines Visit A Small Town In Ireland!

When I came across the quote below I decided that it might be worth paying a visit to Bray to see what US killer machines look like and maybe I could get some photographs of the protest. When I arrived in Bray on...

More secret files found on a London train

More confidential government files have been found on a train in London earlier this week.What is going on? Who is taking these on a train and then just casually leaving them behind? It's not like an umbrella you...

Army chief: troops paid less than traffic wardens

A traffic warden's basic wage is £17,000. The basic starting salary for some soldiers is £12,572, and under new rates a serviceman or woman of private rank earns at least £16,227 plus a £2,320 tax-free...

Call to raise salary of UK troops

In the UK, a soldier's starting salary is £12,572 a year, comparedwith a traffic warden's basic wage of £17,000. Generals are now calling for this pay to be increased."The head of the British Army has demanded a pay rise for troops following revelations that some soldiers...

Israel's UN Ambassador Calls Jimmy Carter A "Bigot"

Israel's UN ambassador made an absolutely outrageous accusation yesterday against Jimmy Carter for meeting witht he militant group Hama, a meeting which had yielded a concession by Hamas saying it was 'ready' to accept Israel's existance. It is unfortunate that some rightist...

electronet replacing central nuclear power losses

Electronet SMART GRID AWARD Washington DChttp://www.gridweek.com/2007/content/awards.asp"Putting all other arguments aside, critics say that nuclear power is going to provide too little, too late. Jeremy...

Seasonal flu starts in Asia -- study

Next time you go down with that nasty flu--hopefully not the H5N1 strain--think about the thousands of kilometers those viruses (what ever happenedto 'virii'?) have traveled to get to your system. " Viruses that originate in East and Southeast Asia migrate around the...

US State Department's “Question of the Week” Regarding Engaging Hamas

After the Daily Press Briefing by Sean McCormack, State Department Spokesman (March 10, 2008) ,  he published a post on "Dipnote" the US Department of State Department blog.   " Apparently, our...

POLITICS-US: Official Version of Naval Incident Starts to Unravel

"POLITICS-US: Official Version of Naval Incident Starts to Unravel Analysis by Gareth Porter* Credit:Press-TV Image from Iranian video depicting the Jan. 7 encounter with U.S. warships in the Strait of Hormuz. WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (IPS) - Despite the official and media...

Daimler expects huge US demand for tiny Smart car

"German car maker Daimler said Tuesday that next month's launch of its tiny Smart car in the United States will unleash such stiff demand the company will have trouble meeting it. "We will not be able to meet...

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