IMF: World on Brink of Recession

" The head of the International Monetary Fund says the world is on the brink of a global recession but predicts the economy will begin to recover by late 2009. Dominique Strauss-Khan says nations must work together...

UN dependents to leave Islamabad

Worried with sagging safety level in Pakistan capital Islamabad, the United Nations has ordered its staff to take their children out of the country. Canada, Australia, the US, the Netherlands and Denmark all have a no-dependents policy.  The US has alredy closed...

INDIA SEEKS GLOBAL COPERATION TO TACKLE TERRORISM...

"United Nations, Oct 02: Seeking united, determined and decisive action against international terrorism, India on Thursday asserted that no cause or religion justifies the menace whatever be the objective. Addressing the 192-member United Nations General Assembly on the...

US to sell 75 fighter jets to Israel

US and Israel enjoy very close diplomatic and milrtary ties. Israel buys lot of their military hardware from American companies. For the first time the US Defense department has approved the sale of 25 F-35 stealth-enabled Joint Strike Fighters (JSF) to the Isreal....

Hurricane Kyle heads toward Canada

Update: Hurricane Kyle will not hit Boston directly, but is instead heading up the Altantic seaboard toward the Canadian Maritimes."The 11th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, Kyle was upgraded from a...

New hurricane menaces Caribbean

The Carribbean is preparing for yet another storm, Hurricane Ike, to pass through their region soon."Ike has regained strength after weakening, with winds in excess of 115mph (185km/h) as it nears the Turks and...

A More Perfect Union: The Creation of the U.S. Constitution

Today, Wednesday, the 17th day of September 2008, marks the 221st anniversary of the signing of the Constitution for the United States of America by the nation's founders, and with the hope of forming a more perfect...

India beats China as top investment destination for first time: UN

"New Delhi: Eighteen years after it started opening up its economy, India, for the first time, has replaced China as the most promising destination for foreign direct investment in the medium-to-long term, says a UN...

"Terror 32 climate 0 " Bush speach in UN

   George Bush seems to have forgot that where he is speaking, UN is not the platform where you are supposed to speak only about terror. Same age old fundamentals of politicians, fuel the sense of fear among the...

Sea levels rise and fall; our earth as we know it is changing

Areas of the world that include Kiribati, the Maldives and most of the Netherlands truly highlight how rising sea levels can affect whole communities and groups of people.These cities and areas could be underwater as...

Apocalypse Now?: New world order could have devastating implications for West...

London finance district down, disease spreading over London In due course, it will topple governments and lead to a permanent transfer of economic and political power from Europe and America to the emergent and, in...

Myth of Iran wiping Israel off the map dispelled

" Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:04:01 GMT Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is due to address the UN General Assembly in New York on September 23. The following is an exclusive Press TV interview with the president on his...

Celtic Nations To Hold New Football Tournament

The football associations for Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales have agreed to participate in a new Four Nations Tournament starting in 2011. The opening tournament will feature six matches. Whichever team is at top of the standing will be declared the winner....

Hillary Clinton Pulls Out of Rally as Sarah Palin Scheduled to Speak

They did well on Saturday Night Live, so why not the Pro-Israel Anti-Iran Rally?  Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines called the move for Governor Palin to be at the event as Partisan.  But according to...

United Nations Says Iran Blocking Access On Nukes

Kirit Radia of ABC News is reporting that the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency accused Iran of blocking its attempts to investigate the country's nuclear program. Iran has steadfastly blocked a U.N....

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