Chinese Government Curbs Online Gaming Addiction

"Beijing Government is reported to be introducing the controls to deter people from playing for longer than three consecutive hours. The measures are designed to combat addiction to online role-playing games such as World of Warcraft and Lineage II. Consequently Internet game...

Secret US military data was disclosed thanks to porn images

Secret information on US combat system was accidentally exposed by Japanese officer after he exchanged porn files with another officer at work. The naval officer intended to copy adult images that came along with the data on Aegis military system taken by accident from...

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...

House Approves Bill with Iraq Withdrawal Deadline

Bush will definitely veto any bill that challenges his course of action in Iraq, even though he has no clear condition for victory. Still, it's a step in the right direction, though it seems to take for granted that troops will remain in Iraq as long as Bush remains in...

Michelle MC, bravest girl in the Army

A teenage army medic has become the first woman to be awarded the Military Cross, one of the highest honours for gallantry in combat.

US Hires Mercenaries for African Operations

The US has a long history of outsourcing for military operations. All those "contractors" we read aobut in Iraq? Mercenaries. The issue here is of accountability. Mercenaries are not subject to the same legal scrutiny as official soldiers, though that has been meaning less...

Sweden Plans to Wiretap Its Citizens

Ooh. Not good. When a government says it wants such sweeping powers and then says it will use those powers judiciously, I always think back to the bit about "sweeping powers". Putting computer-enabled omniscience  in the hands of fallible, fallible people is a recipe for...

Decorated N.J. soldier indicted in Iraq theft

 "Army Reserve Lt. Col. Debra Harrison returned to New Jersey after 17 months in Iraq with a Purple Heart and vivid descriptions of at least two brushes with death in the combat zone. A federal indictment unsealed yesterday alleged she also returned with $330,000 in...

U.S. intensifies fight against human trafficking

"The United States has launched hundreds of new investigations to combat human trafficking for prostitution and labor exploitation inside its borders, U.S. authorities have announced. Calling human trafficking "the equivalent of modern day slavery," U.S. Attorney General...