US navy seeks arms bound for Hamas

An American naval ship located in the Gulf of Aden has now been orded to look for suspicious Iranian arms ships that could be heading for the Red Sea, as apparently Tehran is looking to re-equip Hamas fighters. This taskforce is called 'Combined Task Force 151' and it has...

Gazans Face ‘Humanitarian Crisis’

I think the world commit bigger crime by behaving irresponsibly regarding Gaza tragedy. today human being lost their life regardless about their ethnicity or religion. United Nation has to take action against...

Greenpeace Stops Palm Oil Shipments From Leaving Indonesia

Environmental group Greenpeace stopped several palm oil shipments from leaving Indonesia on Monday, calling for an end to forests and peatlands being destroyed to make way for plantations. The ships were about to...

U.S. exports cigarettes, bras, bull semen to Iran

"WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. exports to Iran -- including brassieres, bull semen, cosmetics and possibly even weapons -- grew more than tenfold during President Bush's years in office even as he accused Iran of nuclear ambitions and helping terrorists. ...

Fake erectile dysfunction drugs flooding Vancouver

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCertainly disturbing when once again, looking for a cheap alternative in getting a hard-on instead of going to a doctor first for other medical causes, could and will...

The Antarctic Night Was Made For Lovers

Remember, it's all for the science."WELLINGTON (Reuters) - One of the last shipments to a U.S. research base in Antarctica before the onset of winter darkness was a year's supply of condoms, a New Zealand newspaper reported Monday."How many is considered a year's supply and...

Antarctica base gets 16,500 condoms before darkness

3 Words.........."Run Penguins Run"!!!"Antarctica base gets 16,500 condoms before darknessReutersPublished: Monday, June 09, 2008WELLINGTON (Reuters) - One of the last shipments to a U.S. research base in...

SUPERVISORY CUSTOMS OFFICER AND SIX OTHERS ARRESTED

SUPERVISORY CUSTOMS OFFICER AND SIX OTHERS ARRESTED                            FOR CORRUPTION AND DRUG...

Burmese Name Dropping: "Gee "Who Didn't See That One Coming?

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorAs I mentioned previously in posts, the only reason for Burmas Military Junta to not allow Aid workers to distribute food to the starving masses is one reason and one...

RIAA: Vinyl Is Back!

Frank Smith is always worth reading.  Today he picked up an interesting tidbit on the state of the music business."In the U.S. shipments of CDs were down 17.5 percent in 2007, while digital formats (such as...

Deadline looms in Ukraine gas row

"Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko is in Moscow to try to persuade Russia not to cut gas supplies to his country in a dispute over an unpaid bill. He has just a few hours with President Vladimir Putin to settle the row over a demand by Russian gas monopoly Gazprom for...

Gaza's last gasp

"Gaza's last gasp Sonja Karkar, The Electronic Intifada, 23 January 2008 Palestinians in Gaza gather in front of the Rafah border crossing at the border with Egypt, 22 January 2008. (Wissam Nassar/MaanImages) By now, people watching their news programs around the world...

Tension in Olympia as war protests escalate

"OLYMPIA — This normally laid-back town is on edge after a week of raucous war protests that have resulted in dozens of arrests, broken windows and police firing pepper-spray projectiles to control restive crowds. "

Transition Online: Europe’s Escape Routes

"Russia's threat in early August to nearly halve the amount of gas it exports to Belarus over unpaid bills must have brought back bad memories for many in Europe. Memories, for instance, of earlier this year, when...

The Space Friendship is Over?

Sunday, on April 29, the head of the Russian Space Agency, Anatoly Perminov, said that USA declared itself out of the common moon research program with Russia, as reported by AFP. Perminov said that the Russian side was ready to cooperate in this program, but due to unknown...

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