Doesn't this take away a major plank from Barack Obama's platform?"Iraq and the U.S. are near an agreement on all American combat troops leaving Iraq by October 2010, with the last soldiers out three years after that, two Iraqi officials told The Associated Press on Thursday....
Britain is (according to Sun readers) at the centre of intense UFO activity. Latest Update: UFO spotted over Brecon Beacons "A BAFFLED university don who spotted a UFO over the Brecon Beacons last night said:...
Israel has resumed fuel deliveries to the besieged Gaza Strip, twodays after Gaza's only power plant shut down because of fuel shortages."An Israeli security official said the Nahal Oz terminal reopened for fuel...
This is the kind of story that makes the crazy guy with the bomb shelter in his basement seem like he's not so crazy. Let's hope cooler heads prevail here."BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russia's deployment of extra...
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" U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Kenya's feuding parties on Monday to hurry up with a pact to end a post-election crisis that has killed 1,000 people and dented their nation's global status.
"The time for a political settlement was yesterday," Rice said...
"The information watchdog is to grill the Ministry of Defence over its data protection policies after it lost the personal details of 600,000 people.
Defence Secretary Des Brown will also speak in the Commons next week about the latest loss of personal data, which went...
"Syaiful Anam, also known as Brekele, 26, is on trial for rigging and detonating a bomb that tore through a Christian marketplace in Tentena, a town in the religiously divided district of Poso.
Prosecutor Bayu Adinugroho Arianto said Anam's act had "caused widespread fear in...
"A Thick fog enveloping London added to the air of secrecy as Paul McCartney and Heather Mills arrived separately to hammer out a deal in the most celebrated and potentially most costly divorce battle in British legal history.
The estranged couple arrived at the judge's...
"05/11/07 "Baltimore Chronicle" -- -- What is it about impeachment that has the Democratic Party leadership so frightened?
Talking with members of Congress, one hears the same refrain: “I know Bush and Cheney have committed impeachable crimes, but impeachment is a bad...
"The Night of the Generals
The six retired generals who stepped forward last spring to publicly attack Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's handling of the Iraq war had to overcome a culture of reticence based on civilian control of the military. But while each man acted...
"Each by each, Fiji’s democratic institutions are suffering a gradual assault.
Basic freedoms and human rights are being over-run by the all to powerful and illegal acts of an out-of-control Commodore dictator.
The next freedom to suffer is the freedom of the press to...
"Intel and IBM have separately made claims of breakthroughs in transistor design that should lead to improved design in sub-micron process technology by reducing the amount of electrical leakage, and extend Moore’s Law into the next decade
According to Moore’s Law, the...
Unbelievable!"CHICAGO — Two women used the online classified site Craigslist to offer sex with girls in exchange for "donations" or "roses" — code words for money, police said.
Tamara Cotton, 25, and Christina Holt, 19, were arrested separately and were not working...