Gold will shine after dark times « Peter J. Cooper’s Weblog

" We are expecting the price to rally again in the short to medium term, although a new record is not thought likely. Gold’s recent slide is down to such factors as the general drop in commodity prices - in particular oil - and the recovery in the US dollar."

25 worshippers, 30 Taliban militants killed in Pakistan

Immediately after new President took over in Pakistan there is fresh round of violence reported from there. It has killed 25 worshippers and even  30 Taliban militants."In a fresh spate of killings in Pakistan, at least 25 civilians were killed and 50 injured in a...

Police: Mom, Teen Daughter Kill Man For $15

"PASADENA, Texas -- Two teenage girls are accused of stabbing a 75-year-old man to death in a robbery that netted them just $15, and police say the mother of one of the teens helped put them up to it. Dannette R. Gillespie, 38, gave knives to her 15-year-old daughter...

Ministers plotting to oust Met police chief Sir Ian Blair, report says

According to reports, UK ministers are planning to request that the Metropolitan Polive commissioner of London to step down, after he has been embroiled in a series of controversies including accusations of institutionalized racism within the department."Ministers, officials...

India end Idea Cup series with humiliation

"Many would call today’s match a rain affected game that resulted in India losing, others would call it the sheer brilliance of the Lankan bowlers, but the fact of the matter is that the Indian batting order failed miserably once again as they have done several times in the...

Obama's Friend William Ayers and Obama's Retaliation

Who you choose to be friends with says a lot about who you are. While John McCain was fighting for his country in the Vietnam War, William Ayers was trying to blow America up."Have you ever been a friend or business associate of a terrorist? Not someone who, to your shock and...

Study reveals teen self-harm rate

As concern over self-mutilation among Britain's teenagers mounts, a new study shows that across central Scotland, 14 percent of 15 and 16 year olds have engaged in the process."A study has suggested that up to 14% of 15 and 16-year-olds across central Scotland have...

WWJD: Who Would Jesus Deputize?

"The man accused of last month's mass shooting in a Tennessee church was indicted yesterday on two counts of first-degree murder and eight other counts. It seems likely that Jim David Adkisson's public defender will seek an insanity defense. He wants the case in Knox County's...

China's Bao back on top of the world

"DEFINITIVE publication "Guinness World Records" has returned the title of world's tallest man to China's Bao Xishun after Ukrainian Leonid Stadnyk refused to be measured under new guidelines. Bao, 2.36 meters, held the title for a year before losing it in 2006 to Stadnyk,...