UK's Brown warns of Russian "energy stranglehold"

OpinionBarry Artiste Ya know, ya don't threaten your sole energy supplier (Russia) with nuclear weapons in Poland at Russia's backdoor and expect Russia as your sole energy supplier to throw their hands up and...

Update - China to ban German newspapers from Olympic Village

For those in the US thinking that it's only US journalists having issues in China related to Censorship -Think again.  It appears to be affecting everyone."As part of their attempt to keep a stranglehold on...

A Biodiesel Prius? VW To Release 69.9 MPG Diesel Hybrid

Check out this new car from VW - another sign of where the auto industry is going:"Toyota may lose its high-mileage stranglehold on the U.S. auto industry, thanks to Volkswagon’s new Golf hybrid-electric diesel. At...

"Stranglehold" Ad Banned for "Realistic Violence"

We've heard of games getting banned, but the ads for those games?"An advert for a computer game has been banned from television. The advert for Stranglehold had realistic violence, constant gunfire and condoned...

Thousands face down Pakistani police

"ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Police fired tear gas and clubbed thousands of lawyers protesting President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's decision to impose emergency rule, as Western allies threatened to review aid to the troubled Muslim nation. More than 1,500 people have been arrested in...

Second Time's the Charm?

"Rumor of the Day: A little over two years ago, Don Rumsfeld and the White House tried to break the Navy's stranglehold over leadership of U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM), nominating Air Force General Gregory "Speedy" Martin as the next CINCPAC. Unfortunately, General Martin's...

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