Egypt rethinks Philadelphi Corridor moat

.This may be a good idea.If weapons smuggling couldbe mostly stopped Israel wouldbe more inclined to agree to acease fire. "The idea of a moat along the corridor as a way to stop the tunnel industry is not new. In...

Protest Rally of United Trade Union Is Being Held outside of Checkpoint of Ru...

"A protest rally of about 100 representatives of Georgian United Trade Union is being held at Igoeti village, where the first checkpoint of Russian occupation armies is located. ‘You cannot make Georgia to bring to its knees with bombing’; ‘There is no place for...

Amtrak trains back on track between New York and Philadelphia

The trains are now running according to schedule."Amtrak suspended train service between New York City and Philadelphia for about 90 minutes “as a precautionary measure” after what the train company called a...

Jimmy Savile robbed of glasses in mugging

Jim'll Fix It, made the wishes of members of the public (mainly children) come true, never perturbed and always smiling even after this."Sir Jimmy Savile has been mugged after attending an awards ceremony in...

Malaysia launches 33.2 billion dollar development plan

"The East Coast Economic Corridor (ECER) project, drawn up by national oil company Petronas, is the third and final of a series of big-spending development master plans which have been rolled out ahead of expected...

Trans-Texas Corridor: Can this possibly be stopped?

"There is a legal showdown brewing in Texas with Gov.Rick Perry, TxDoT and the EPA over the Trans-Texas Corridor (TTC). If the plan was to go forward, it would swallow  584,000  acres of private property...

Asian seafarers may have been North America's first inhabitants

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public Contributor I seem to remember something like this in a National Geographic Magazine decades ago in that North American Aboriginals and Asians share a trait that most of us do not....

North American Union Quebec Summit

"WASHINGTON – Rep. Ron Paul, a maverick Republican from Texas, today denounced plans for the proposed "NAFTA superhighway" in his state as part of a larger plot for merger of the U.S., Canada and Mexico into a North American Union. "By now many Texans have heard about the...

North American Union. Conspiracy hysteria or?

"There may be more to this than we’d like to think. Twenty-two members of Congress are now getting involved as they have sent a letter to President Bush as a warning to “back off” the agreement of 2005...

Manitoba to Mexico via a new Interstate 69 superhighway

Wow!  Who knew?! (Susan Jones photo)"Highway 69 Revisited  By Alex Nikolic Columnist Some claim it is an urban myth, others a conspiracy theory, but there is a little truth in everything, and the truth...

London's Historic Views 'Under Threat'

One of the best views in London is to be minimized in a bid to build more skyscrapers, create more traffic, more pollution, and collect more council tax. "Through the carefully trimmed foliage, St Paul's majestic dome appears no larger than a thumbnail. Seen from 10 miles...

The corridor of killing

"What if they gave a war and the MSM ignored it? Well, it’s here. Michael Marizco in Tuscon Weekly has provided one of the most compelling stories of the Arizona border war that I’ve seen. Although I...

World's Longest Tunnel Being Built Between Russia & Alaska

"Russia plans to build the world's longest tunnel, a transport and pipeline link under the Bering Strait to Alaska, as part of a $65 billion project to supply the U.S. with oil, natural gas and electricity from Siberia. The project, which Russia is coordinating with the U.S....

Glimpse into Klimt's hidden dream world

Architect who helped create a Viennese whirl Louise Baring goes behind the closed doors of a building in Brussels with an extraordinary artistic pedigree Enter the privately-owned Palais Stoclet in Brussels, and you will be hit by a gust of warm air wafting down a beautiful...

Guardsmen overrun at the Border

"A U.S. Border Patrol entry Identification Team site was overrun Wednesday night along Arizona's border with Mexico. According to the Border Patrol, an unknown number of gunmen attacked the site in the state's...

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