Afghanistan elections:- live as it happens

"Millions of Afghans are expected to cast their ballots, but the Taliban have vowed to wreck the poll and there have been allegations of rife voter fraud. We'll follow Afghanistan's presidential election with...

Dutch Navy raid pirate 'main' ship & release 20 captive

Reports are breaking within all the media ranks that the Dutch navy have attacked the 'main' ship used by the pirates who have been attacking commercial vessels. They captured 7 pirates but under Dutch law and...

Greece violence continues before boy's funeral

"ATHENS, Greece (CNN) -- More violence was expected in Greece Tuesday ahead of the funeral of a 15-year-old whose fatal shooting by police has sparked days of rioting across major cities. Authorities have vowed to...

Al-Qaeda helps US advance agenda

"Former Cuban president Fidel Castro says al-Qaeda terrorists have been engineered in order to advance the Bush administration's agenda. In an essay published on Sunday, Castro said the terrorist group "was born from the empire's own entrails", using the term "empire" to...

Stevens says, 'I am innocent' after corruption conviction

"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens vowed to fight his Monday conviction on federal corruption charges, a verdict he attributed to "repeated instances of prosecutorial misconduct." ...

Thaksin's Brother-in-Law Elected as New Thai Prime Minister

After weeks of turmoil Thailand lawmakers have finally elected a new Prime Minister and deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra had managed to retain his control. He had managed to get Somchai Wongsawat  his brother-in-law elected as new Prime Minister of Thiland....

Russia Misinterprets Cease-Fire and Advances Further Into Georgia

Maybe there was a language barrier of some kind and in Russia "pullback" means "CHARGE!" Who knows.Late yesterday julianw had this to say."In response to strong pressure from various world leaders, President Dmitry Medvedev has vowed to pull Russian forces out of Georgia...

The McCanaanite Promises to Fill his Harem with Woman in first Term

 The McCanaanite Promises to Fill his Harem with Woman  By Albert N. Milliron OP-ED Politisite.com  "I assure you, with confidence, at the end of my first term you will see a dramatic increase of...

Artist Takes Four Years To Paint Mona Lisas Smile

Well four years is a long time but I saw a TV programme that suggested Da Vinci himself took even longer to get that smile right... perhaps decades!" Madcap artist John Williams has finished his painting of the...

Tracing paper blamed for nuclear submarine crash

Who knew that bad chart work could cause such potential cotastrophe?"A NUCLEAR submarine crashed off the coast of Scotland because senior officers used tracing paper to plot a course, it was revealed yesterday. Three crewmen were injured when the 4750-ton Hunter-killer sub...

Poland Returns Citizenship to Evicted Jews

... though forty years on, I'm not sure how many of those evicted are still alive."Poland's president led muted ceremonies Saturday marking the 40th anniversary of a communist-era anti-Semitic purge, and vowed to grant citizenship to the Jews who were stripped of it upon...

Medvedev leads Russian presidential election

"Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov was left far behind with 18.3 percent. Liberal Democratic Party leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky won 10.05 percent and Democratic Party leader Andrei Bogdanov 1.3 percent, CEC figures showed. Chairman of the CEC Vladimir Churov declared the...

Hells Angels planned to kill Jagger: documentary

Boating and swimming are certainly not the Hells Angels Forte when planning out a hit on a Rolling Stone."Hells Angels planned to kill Jagger: documentary Updated Sun. Mar. 2 2008 9:10 AM ET The Associated...

B.C. introduces carbon tax

British Columbia 's Liberal Government introducing a Carbon Tax has Citizens fuming over what is seen as a Massive Tax Grab, contrary to what Politicans say to the media.  Past and present Polls shows an...

Kenya govt condemns opposition "sabotage" plan

"NAIROBI (Reuters) - The Kenyan government condemned as "illegal sabotage" on Monday a plan by the opposition to widen its protests against President Mwai Kibaki's re-election to a boycott of companies linked...

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