Iraq/US Nearing Timetable for Withdrawal

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....

NEW UPDATE: UFO over Brecon Beacons - Liverpool faces Alien Invasion - Close...

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:...

Georgia says "very close" to war with Russia

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...

U.S. wants Kenya solution "yesterday"

" 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...

MoD to be quizzed over lost data

"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...

Indonesian prosecutors seek 20-year jail term for Poso bomber

"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...

Paul McCartney And Heather Mills Bring Their Divorce To A Finish

"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...

A Restricted Press - The Real Survivor Fiji :: MAXINE

"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 give Moore's Law a boost

"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...

2 Chicago Women Accused of Pimping Underage Girls on Craigslist

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...

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