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Rescue raises question: Will Uribe run again?
"President Alvaro Uribe was master of ceremonies the night Colombian military intelligence agents disguised as humanitarian workers airlifted Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages to freedom.Elated former captives of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia sat to his...
Brazil calls for end to armed struggle in Latin America
What Lula don't say is that several officials of his government have expressed open support to the FARCS. " 'The waging of armed struggle as a means of achieving power should end in Latin America,' Brazilian... Iran Is No Threat, Unless Bush Makes It One
" ........Comparing Iran with the 1939 Nazi Germany is ridiculous. Germany was a powerful, industrialized nation that had been defeated in World War I. It had grievances against the victors who had humiliated it. Germany's culture was such that many Germans blindly... Gurkhas lose pensions battle
A brigade of Gurkhas has lost a legal challenge to a pension scheme plan being offered to them by the UK government. Gurkhas are Nepalese soldiers serving in a group of units of the British army. They were one of the... Saying "Yes" to Spam: One Woman's Experience
Below is the story of a spam masochist. Tracy Mooney agreed to answer all the spam sent her way for a month, just to see what happened. It was part of a research project by McAfee, to see what sort of spam was out... Teenagers march in London over latest teenage murder
Hundreds of teenagers gathered in London this morning to protest the latest teenage muder of 16-year-old Ben Kinsella in North London over the weekend."Police stopped the traffic as Ben’s friends and family, including his sister, the former EastEnders actress Brooke... French army chief resigns after shooting incident
After a chaotic shooting incident last week, a French general has resigned. French President Nicolas Sarkozy had promised a quick and decisive response to the shooting." French army chief of staff General Bruno Cuche resigned today after a soldier fired live ammunition...Eurofighter Typhoon Begins Air Surveillance in Austria
"As of 01 July, Eurofighter Typhoon will take over the protection of Austrian airspace under the leadership of the Joint Armed Forces Command, Graz, and the Air Surveillance Command, Wals, of the Austrian military. The Republic of Austria became the first export customer for...Uniforms OK'd for soldiers at gay parade
"Sweden’s Armed Forces have done an about face and decided to now allow soldiers to march in Stockholm’s gay parade while in wearing their uniforms.""“Now we will be able to walk at the head of the line... Britain's Armed Forces Crisis - stretched beyond their limits fighting two wars
Britain's head of the armed forces says that fighting two wars at once in Iraq and Afghanistan,has stretched Britain's army beyond its limits. There is still widespread support for British troops from the public... Canadian Family Rejects Terror Label
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYou know if Momin Khawaja were a teen, some could attribute the terrorism link to youthful idiocy, though still a teen knows right from wrong. In this case it is a...Finding the way: it's the caveman in him
I so believe this. I, for one, totally rely on landmarks, even landmarks that are no longer there but used to be. I did pretty well in Calgary but a) had lived there all my long life and b) the mountains are always in the west. Vancouver, however, has been a... More Then 1 Year After 2 Auxiliary Officers Were Killed In The Line Of Duty, ...
On March 14th, 2007, 2 NYPD Auxiliary Police officers were shot and killed by a man they were following after he shot and killed a pizzeria employee and punched one of the Officers in the face when they confronted... Ex-Pentagon Lawyers Face Inquiry on Interrogation Role
"WASHINGTON — Senior Pentagon lawyers played a more active role than previously known in developing the aggressive interrogation techniques approved for use in 2002 at the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba,...In a Rio slum, armed militia replaces drug gang's criminality with its own
"Brazil is undergoing an economic boom that is lifting millions out of poverty. But here in Rio, the incident, which came to light through a series of articles in O Dia, has become a prominent sign of the strains on...
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