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Abbas blames Hamas for destruction in Gaza

Right out of the mouth of the President of the PA. " Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has criticized the Hamas leadership for bringing destruction to Gaza. At a press conference Tuesday, Abbas blamed Hamas for violating a six-month cease-fire with Israel. He...

SC priest: No communion for Obama supporters

"A South Carolina Roman Catholic priest has told his parishioners that they should refrain from receiving Holy Communion if they voted for Barack Obama because the Democratic president-elect supports abortion, and supporting him "constitutes material cooperation with...

Debunking the Google Earth Censorship Myth

I found this interesting enough to share with NP. Nothing more to add yet.""There's a persistent Web meme to the effect that Google obscures sensitive or top-secret locations in Google Maps and Google Earth at the insistence of national governments. A July IT Security article...

Last news BigBang Swiss, What happens, if anything goes wrong? (cnn)

Testing if the Beam goes round (27km)What happens, if anything goes wrong? now or years later ?US contributed $ 531 million to the experimentIf anything goes wrong, means the BigBang beam gets out of control,...

Cheney bashes Russia for 'brutality' in Georgia

OH sure, what does Cheney care? He's leaving office and moving to Europe. What does he care if he starts a US war with Russia? Even McCain in his acceptance speech said things to indicate he will take on Russia AND Iran as well."(CNN) -- Vice President Dick Cheney harshly...

Russia seizes Georgia base, opens second front

"Russia opened a second front of fighting in Georgia on Monday, sending armored vehicles beyond two breakaway provinces and seizing a military base and police stations in the country's west, officials said.The new...

Pelosi: Bush 'a total failure'

Congresswoman, Nancy Pelosi breaking Mr. Bush heart with her comment..."House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called President Bush "a total failure" on Thursday, among the California Democrat's harshest assessments to date...

'Ball of fire' if Iran hit

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorIsrael professing they are a peaceful people, take to the skies with jet fighters along the med as a show of force to show Iran it means business.  Certainly belies...

Amnesty International condemns US, China in report

Amnesty International's has blasted  USA for supporting Pervez Musharraf 's action of dismissing Supreme Court judges. Amenesty also codemened US for failing to provide human rights. " The United States is shirking its duty to provide the world with moral leadership and...

Myanmar accepts ASEAN aid, announces 3 days of mourning

UPDATE:  3:00 PM EDT  Myanmar's goverment announces three days of mourning.Myanmar's junta has followed the example of the Chinese government in announcing a 3-day official period of mourning, beginning...

Death Toll From Myanmar Cyclone Nearly Doubles to 78,000

At least 77,738 people have died since the cyclone hit Myanmar may 3, with 55,917 others still missing, reported Myanmar state television.Pressure continues to mount from the international community towards the...

Tom Cruise admits to Oprah: 'Things have been misunderstood'

Tom Cruise appeared on Oprah today in the first of two segments. He admitted to her that his crazy couch-jumping on her show before seemed to let off a "confluence" of bad press, but asked if he would take it...

Stephen King Steps Up for Video Games

This piece caught my eye since I've been posting quite a bit about the whole Manhunt 2 saga."Horror writer Stephen King has criticized plans by a U.S. state to ban violent video games, saying such a move would...

U.S. Says Hussein Spy Agency and Iraqi-American Arranged ’02 Trip by Lawmakers

Considering what ensued after this visit, it's hard to imagine there will be much political fallout for these representatives."The Justice Department said Wednesday that Saddam Hussein’s principal foreign...

CHINA: Offering Tibetan monks "FREE EDUCATION".

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorAh Bless their cotton socks, the Chinese Government officials kind gesture to Tibet in what can only be described as a  "Olive Whip of Higher Learning" are now...

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