Venezuelan-Russian naval exercises rise concerns in the region

"November 10 Ex Colombian President worried by Venezuelan-Russian naval exercises Former Colombian President Andrés Pastrana (1998-2002) is concerned by the unprecedented joint naval exercises between ...

Sarah Palin blamed by US Secret Service over death threats against Obama

I can't believe how far the Republicans went during this election. Palin is a menace."Sarah Palin's attacks on Barack Obama's patriotism provoked a spike in death threats against the future president, Secret Service agents revealed during the final weeks of the campaign."

BBC producers defiant over racist slur

From the United States' "Desperate Housewives" to UK's "Harry and Paul", TV productions can't seem to have enough of the global Filipino worker. Early this week, officials and civic groups have issued statements condemning the show and its producers and demanding...

'My book honours the prophet Mohammed,' says author whose novel provoked fire...

The author should of realised the response its best not to write about fictional things about Mohammed let alone the truth that gives the prophet bad character. The fact that he did not go by his own law and advice on how many wifes a man could have can be a touchy thing...

Russia tests out new lethal nuke, accuses U.S. of manufacturing Georgia crisis

The Russian bear is definitely saber-rattling. As Russia tested a new nuclear missile, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attacked the U.S. for "manufacturing" the conflict in Georgia.  Memo to Putin: whose tanks rolled into Georgia?"Russia provoked fresh fears of a...

Fight erupts over sale of Scottish fishing quotas

The UK's fisheries minister, Jonathan Shaw, has formally warned theScottish executive that in his opinion the moratorium on fishing quotes is illegal and not allowed under devolution rules. The Scottish Parliament is...

Ban Ki-Moon to Chair UN Task Force on Food Crisis

The head of the UN has held a joint press conference with the head of teh World Bank to discuss how the two organisations are going to deal with the food crisis. So far Moon has been criticized for not doing enough to draw attention to the problem."United Nations...

Arrests over alleged plot to murder cartoonist

"Police in Denmark have arrested a number of people suspected of plotting to kill one of the cartoonists whose depiction of the Prophet Mohammed sparked anger across the Muslim world. The arrests were made in the town of Aarhus on the Jutland peninsula. Jyllands-Posten, the...

Online tax system 'too risky' for the famous

"The security of the online computer system used by more than three million people to file tax returns is in doubt after HM Revenue and Customs admitted it was not secure enough to be used by MPs, celebrities and the Royal Family. Thousands of "high profile" people have been...

The Gulf of Tonkin and the Strait of Hormuz

"An Ominous Non-Event The Gulf of Tonkin and the Strait of Hormuz By ROBERT FANTINA As the U.S. government continues to demonstrate its inability to learn from history, an alarming report from the Strait of Hormuz was broadcast to the world on January 7. The Associated Press...

Ex-pastor: 4-year-old girl provoked me to sexually assault her!

"Man: Girl, 4, provoked me By BRANDON COUTRE - bcoutre@nwherald.com Comments (7 comment(s)) WOODSTOCK – A retired Canadian pastor likely on track to leave a McHenry County courtroom Friday with probation for sexually abusing a 4-year-old girl instead found himself behind...

Scientist James Watson flies home after employers suspend him

Good riddance, I say. It is a right and bold step. Kudos to the institute."The Nobel Laureate who provoked an international row by apparently claiming that black people are less intelligent than whites left Britain...

One in seven jobs at risk as squeeze begins

"ONE in seven core civil-service jobs in the Scottish Government is to be cut under plans to deal with the spending squeeze being imposed on Scotland by the UK Treasury. Scotland's mandarins are planning to reduce...

Japanese Nucleur Plant Sits On Fault Line

" * sWorldAsia * My Profile * Offers * Sitemap From The Times July 19, 2007 Nuclear crisis in Japan as scientists reveal quake threat to power plants Black smoke rises from a burning electrical transformer near a nuclear reactor at the Kashiwazaki Kariwa...

Robert Fisk: Olmert undone by the militia he said he could destroy

"So it has come to this. All those bodies, all those photographs of dead children - more than 1,400 cadavers (we are not including the 230 or so Hizbollah fighters and the Israeli soldiers who died) - are to be commemorated with the possible resignation of an Israeli prime...

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