Russia 'starts Georgia pull-out'

They've said it before, but maybe this time they mean it. Russia has said today that its troops have begun withdrawing from the buffer zone around South Ossetia that is within Georgian territory."Russia says its...

Angry North Korea threatens nuclear U-turn

North Korea is going through a denuclearizition and have halted the proccess becuase they refuse to be treated like they're on probabtion from the states,and have yet to submit to random inspections of their nuclear facilities."The communist nation said it halted the...

Key N Korea nuclear talks begin

Senior diplomats are meeting in Beijing to thrash out the next move in the long-running mission to end North Korea's nuclear ambitions."US envoy Christopher Hill said talks would seek to agree practical steps to...

Drugs Farm Uncovered

In the past the majority of cannabis sold in Britain was imported but now most is 'homegrown' in factory set ups like this. Ordinary houses on respectable estates are increasingly being used this way,"Police have uncovered one of Leicestershire's biggest-ever cannabis growing...

Vancouver: "International Drug Ring Beheaded"

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorGangland slayings in recent months have been tied to this criminal activity over control of Vancouver's lucrative drug tradeKudos to all our men and women in Blue and...

A fair deal for Africa?

"fair deal for Africa? RTÉ Europe Editor Sean Whelan takes a look at Economic Partnership Agreements and wonders if they provide a fair deal. The first summit in seven years between the European Union and the 52 nation African Union takes place in Lisbon, Portugal, on the...

North Korea Dismantling Nuclear Facilities, U.S. Confirms

Well if this is true it's better than nothing. I still don't trust that everything is on the up and up."The disablement of North Korea's nuclear weapons-making facilities has started smoothly and the communist nation should be able to complete the process by the end of the...

Largest Human Trafficking Ring Ever Busted By Greek police

"Greek police said on Monday that it had succeeded in dismantling one of the largest and best organized rings in the people-trafficking and sex trade after a two-month investigation that culminated in a huge police operation on Sunday."

Fall fatalities

"Union News Activities for OHS reps Falls fatalities - are you working at height? Is it safe? There were two falls fatalities in Victoria last weekend. A plasterer aged in his 60s died at the Alfred Hospital on Saturday after a fall at a Northcote house on Friday. The second...

Greek Cypriots demolish city's dividing wall

This is a very interesting step for this community; it is the political equivalent of the tear down of the Berlin Wall in 1989. "NICOSIA, Cyprus - Greek Cypriots demolished a wall Friday along the boundary that...

The bar has been set for multimedia journalism

"There are many news packages out there that serve as a good metric for what multimedia journalism means, but the bar has been set with April Kinser’s comprehensive Dismantling the Bomb at DallasNews.com. We...

Ten Reasons To Impeach The President

""The act of writing up Articles of Impeachment is not difficult. You just write them on a piece of paper," -US Rep. McKinney (D-GA) Remember what Bill Clinton was impeached for when reading the following ten reasons why George W Bush should be impeached: North American...

When Photographers Arrive, The Shooting Starts

"Mark Schneider, Editor of NowPublic.com is reporting a developing story of peaceful protests which are underway in Bagdhad, and have received little if any reporting from the Green Zone Media. In a series of photographs received from Citizen Journalist Woodkern, Schneider...

Iraqi prime minister asserts independence - Christian Science Monitor

" Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ordered the dismantling of US checkpoints in Bagdhad, prompting boasts from Shiite militants. By Scott Peterson | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor BAGHDAD – Shiites from the crowded Baghdad district of Sadr City are reveling...

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