After the Thai government found that the country's prime minister violated the constitution by appearing on a cookng show, his party has renominated him." Thailand's ruling party has re-nominated ousted leader Samak...
"Neocons Admit that "War On Terror" Is a Hoax Published on Thursday, May 08, 2008. Source: George Washington's Blog Key war on terror architect Douglas Feith has now confirmed Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz and Wesley Clark in admitting that the...
Opinion: You know those overused phrases right? Those quips like 'What goes around comes around'; 'Karma is a bitch'; 'You reap what you sow'; the trite off the cuff sayings about shared human morality that used to...
Today Serbian foreign minister Jeremić will bring Serbia's case for a halt to Kosovo's rush to independence before the UN Security Council. " The foreign minister will ask the Security Council to...
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A dusk to dawn curfew is in effect in N'Djamena and six other provinces after reports of rebels regrouping. The Chad government has been fighting back rebels who got as close as the city gates last week after a failed coup. Ironically, this is the same manner that current...
This really isn't good, as this guy was head of military operations in the army command. Can't do much for peace of mind when even a high ranking military officer can be killed."A bomb attack killed a senior general in Lebanon's military and at least three others Wednesday in...
"Irish forces will be in Chad in a few weeks, as part of a larger EU force to help secure refugee camps.
The troops will be in the area of Koukou on the tense eastern border with Sudan's war-torn Darfur region, where the situation is increasingly unstable.
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"Washington's new tensions with its northern neighbor and largest trading partner appear to be over perceived Canadian reticence to support US imperial adventures in the Middle East. But the vast resources of Canada...
"BEIJING (Reuters) - In a bold jab before a key meeting of China's Communists, a 90-year-old former secretary to Mao Zedong has urged the Party to embrace democracy, saying that only political freedom can end instability and corruption.
Li Rui issued his demand for...
NowPublic contributor phrolen is a veteran of Operation IraqiFreedom and Joint Taskforce Katrina. His commentary is based on actualexperience. In a speech to the...
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"In looking at the various instances of bad economic news over the last few days, I've been struck once again by how the supposedly rational, logical, God-forbid-we-regulate-it-because-it-works-fine-on-its-own free market is driven by the very human fears, frailties, and...
According to Haaetz, "The U.S. government has received inormation indicating that American interests could be the focus of terrorist attacks."This hasn't been picked up in the US media yet."The United States issued a fresh travel warning for Israel and the Palestinian...
"Anti-capitalist demonstrators around the world should be celebrating. Robert Mugabe's government has taken those against free markets at their word. Over 1,300 business owners have been arrested across Zimbabwe. Their crime? Raising prices..."
"Early on the morning of Nov. 13, 2006, members of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group gathered around a dark wooden conference table in the windowless Roosevelt Room of the White House.
For more than an hour, they listened to President Bush give what one panel member called a...
"The growing crisis over Islamic extremism in Pakistan is drawing attention to the complicity of that country's military government in the rise of the biggest haven for Islamic terrorism in the world.
The issue, which is also linked to the threat to U.S. troops in Afghanistan...