Georgia - Rumours and Lies, Facts and Fiction

For many people, it seems as though the White House is as much in the dark as anyone else. The lack of information and rumours going around make it hard for the average person to follow the story, let alone a major world power who is trying to make decisions based on shifting...

US forces bomb wedding party: 22 Afghan civilians killed

More than two dozen  innocent Afghan civilians have been killed in the bombing by US forces in Afghanistan's eastern province. Afghan government has ordered a probe about this incident."  Nearly two dozen people were killed in an air strike by the US-led coalition...

Parallels announced a Server application which is the first virtualization s...

"SWsoft (soon to be renamed Parallels) today announced the release of the beta version of Parallels Server, the company’s hypervisor-powered server virtualization solution. Parallels Server is the first virtualization solution designed to run on Apple hardware, including...

Corrupt civil servant jailed

"Corrupt civil servant Charles Myton has been jailed for two years having been found guilty of seven counts of forgery, after knowingly countersigning seven fraudulent passport applications. Myton's conviction follows that of another former civil servant, Valentina Costley,...

Iraq al-Qaida group threatens Iran

"The leader of an al-Qaida umbrella group in Iraq threatened to wage war against Iran unless it stops supporting Shiites in Iraq within two months, according to an audiotape released Sunday. Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, who leads the group Islamic State in Iraq, said his Sunni...

Al Qaeda video taunts Bush, Iran, Shiites

"CNN) -- A new video from al Qaeda No. 2 man Ayman al-Zawahiri addresses the issue of setting a timetable for withdrawal of troops from Iraq. The video introduces an interview with al-Zawahiri, and his words are translated into English, with subtitles superimposed throughout....

German Army Racism Scandal: "Pretend You're Shooting at Blacks"

This is precisely the sort of publicity that Germany has been trying to avoid. A socially liberal country, Germany, like much of Europe, has seen racism and xenophobia creeping in from the fringes of society and into the fore."A video showing a German army instructor telling...

Open letter to the anti-war movement

" March 18, 2007 The national popular resistance in Iraq, in defending the whole of humanity against a culture of force, deserves our recognition and support, writes Hana Abdul Ilah Al-Bayaty The illegal invasion and destruction of Iraq is not only the biggest crime of recent...

Toronto Transit Camp - Grassroots Public Transit Improvement

If you're reading this, and you live in Tee Dot, you're late."Toronto Transit Camp is a limited-attendance one-day summit on the best way to reform Toronto's public transit system. It appears to have been organized independently of the Toronto Transit Authority, and will be...

Fiji's tribal chiefs yet to agree on plan to return to civilian rule

"SUVA, Fiji: Fiji's powerful tribal chiefs failed Thursday to approve a draft plan to restore civilian rule to the South Pacific nation and end the crisis sparked by a military coup that ousted the government of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase on Dec. 5. Late Thursday,...

Fiji's tribal chiefs yet to agree on plan to return to civilian rule

"SUVA, Fiji: Fiji's powerful tribal chiefs failed Thursday to approve a draft plan to restore civilian rule to the South Pacific nation and end the crisis sparked by a military coup that ousted the government of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase on Dec. 5. Late Thursday,...