China sends jitters to India through Nepal

"Political and economic dynamics might have changed beyond recognition in the past half-century, but geographical reality appears to be something even Nepal's nuclear-powered neighbors are unable to gloss over. One remains...

2 Months Left, Bush Says Goodbye, Quietly

"Two months from today, the White House packs up the Bush Family belongings and moves in those of the Obama’s. And it seems President Bush is accepting the ever-nearing end of his term in good spirits. “He’s usually in a good mood,” said Press Secretary Dana Perino on...

Concerns over Olympic drug test

"A BBC investigation has found that there are serious question marks over a key drug test just two weeks before the start of the Beijing Olympics. The BBC has seen indications that labs are classing positive...

U.S. helicopter shot down in Afghanistan

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWhat I would like to know is, where the hell are the Taliban getting their weapons from? It should be pretty easy, considering our troops capture Taliban, with available...

Assault on Gay Man 'Not Hate Crime,' VPD Say

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorMedia reported that the man was "Openly Gay" as he was assaulted by 3 Indo-Canadian men.  Indo meaning a race from India or East Asia, certainly if anything knows...

Man jumps to death from Disneyland hotel

A man just commited suicide by jumping from the 14th floor of his Disneyland hotel room."A man apparently jumped to his death on Friday from the 14th floor of the Disneyland Hotel at the world-famous amusement...

Merck tells AIDS vaccine volunteers who got jab

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thousands of people who volunteered to test an experimental AIDS vaccine that may have actually raised the risk of infection will be told if they got the actual shot, researchers said on Tuesday. Merck & Co. Inc. and academic researchers said they...

Britney Spears' One-Night-A-Week Custody Rights Suspended

"Following an emergency hearing called by Kevin Federline’s attorney, Mark Vincent Kaplan, yesterday in the ongoing custody battle between Kevin Federline and Britney Spears, there are indications that Britney has lost the one-night-a-week custody of her two children. The...

Rumors In Miami?

UPDATE: South Florida Law Enforcement is on alert. An EOC (Emergency Operations Center) has been set-up and manned somewhere in Homestead. U.S. Local News stations are abuzz, mostly on reports very much like the...

Sens. Warner and Levin Travel to Iraq, Praise Surge Results

"WASHINGTON — After a brief trip to Iraq, Sen. Carl Levin said Monday that the Iraqi Parliament should vote no confidence in the government of Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki because of its sectarian nature and...

BBC Claims That Ireland Is A Gateway For Child Smuggling And Bulgarian Police...

"The Republic of Ireland is being used as a gateway to smuggle children from Bulgaria to Britain, according to claims made in an expose on child trafficking. A member of an organised criminal gang in Bulgaria...

Hostile Intent Technology

The Department of Homeland Security is developing new biophysical sensors and detectors designed to detect "hostile intent" on the part of people crossing borders."The novel program, named “Hostile Intent,” is geared towards detecting and gauging physiological and...

Team America/Europe: World Police

"Europe and the US have begun to lay the foundations for a data sharing link between their police and immigration forces. It's a long way off, but indications after talks in Berlin today between European and US negotiators are that both sides are in agreement that's where...

Bread and Circuses May Bring Mugabe Down

The most recent storm of political repression has passed through Zimbabwe, leaving in its wake a literally beaten but politically stronger opposition and seemingly impotent diplomatic outrage over the brutal...

Al-Qaeda plots French attack

"Dubai - French intelligence has produced a dossier saying that Al-Qaeda plans an attack on France during the forthcoming presidential elections, the Arabic-language al-Hayat daily reported on Friday. There were...

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