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9 people Feared Dead In plane crashe:Russia

Reports from Russia says that an Army plain TU-142 crashed 15 Km of the coast, near Tartar strait. Military officials are saying that all nine people in board are missing. "A Russian military plane with at least nine people on board has crashed in the country's Far East,...

Iran's Nuclear Reactor Targeted for Attach

DEBKAfile Iranian sources report Iran's leaders are utterly convienced that a US and/or Israeli attack will be launched against its nuclear installations and Revolutionary Gards bases before Barack Obama's January 20th inauguration as U.S. President.  Israli...

Kenny Chesney Leads CMA Award Nominations

Kenny Chesney is leading the pack with 7 Country Music Association CMA award nominations. The CMA awards will be held on November 12th and broadcast on ABC. "Kenny Chesney, the Country Music Association's...

Global Warming - Northeast and Northwest Passages Both Free of Ice

This is a companion piece to the previously posted - 7 Years left to avoid Global Climate Catastrophe"Northeast and Northwest Passages Both Free of Ice By Christoph Seidler For the first time ever, both the...

Man "drives" Land Rover across the Bering Strait

I own a Land Rover.  They are well built vehicles and are capable of going almost anywhere but this takes "off roading" to a whole new level.   " They Made It! Category: Land Rover News ...

U.S. holds navy exercise after Iran comments on Gulf

Things are heating up in The Gulf.  The issue, as I understand it, hinges on the capability's of the Iranian missiles.  With the help of the Chinese, the Iranians reportedly have acquired missile...

Drunken Swede tries to row home from Denmark

This old Swede man must not have any clue about consequences of such a daring act. " A drunken 78-year-old Swede stole a dinghy after a night out in the Danish town of Helsingor and tried to row back to Sweden, but fell asleep halfway, Danish police said on Monday. When...

Iran threatens Israel

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYou know, carrying out threats against your neighbour, is not the way to go when you are looking to world opinion in setting up a nuclear program for your people's...

Chinese mainland, Taiwan sign historic agreement

"BEIJING, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Chinese mainland and Taiwan signed the agreements on cross-Strait weekend charted flights and mainland tourists traveling to Taiwan around 9 a.m. Friday.  The Chinese mainland's...

Eruptions of Anak Krakatau coupled with fireballs

"Serang, Banten (ANTARA News)- Mt Anak Krakatau in the Sunda Strait on Sunday sent up fireballs coupled with earsplitting bursts for about five minutes.Juwono of the Mt Anak Krakatau monitoring post in Pasauran...

Malaysia all set to get a pub for Muslims

Drinking is a taboo in Islam and so muslim can't visit pub but a Malaysian township dominted by muslim residents have decided to open a muslim pub but don't expect much because it will serve only soft drinks." The Municipal Council in Kuantan, Malaysia, has proposed that...

Krakatau child generates flames and fireballs

"Serang (ANTARA News) - After having remained quiet for the past two weeks, Mount Anak Krakatau in the Sunda Strait on Tuesday resumed its volcanic activity spewing glowing material and fire balls into the sky, an officer at an observation post in Serang said.During the early...

RI, Malaysian navies to increase cooperation in Malacca Strait security

"Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian navy and its Malaysian counterpart agreed on Monday to increase cooperation in maintaining security in the Malacca Strait.The agreement was reached during a meeting between Indonesian Navy Chief of Staff Admiral Sumardjono and his...

RI agrees to install seven radars from US in Makassar Strait

""The purpose of installing the seven radars is to support maritme defense and security in the South East Asian region," Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono told ANTARA News on Tuesday.He said the US government was...

RI, S`pore navies agree to intensify cooperation

"The agreement was reached at a meeting between Chief of the Western Indonesian Fleet Command Rear Admiral Agus Suhartono and Chief of the Singapore Fleet Command Rear Admiral Ng Chee Peng here on Tuesday."This is a form of cooperation the two navies will continue to...

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