Obama Eyes Retired Army General Shinseki To Lead Department of Veterans Affairs

United States President-Elect Barack Obama has picked Retired Army Four Star General Eric Shinseki to head the Department of Veterans Affairs.  Should Shinseki be confirmed, he will take the post once Obama takes office on January 20, 2009.  " President-elect Barack...

Ongoing Fighting In Iraq and Afghanistan Take Toll On US Military Marriages

The ongoing and continued wars in Afghanistan and Iraq may be taking its toll on United States Troops in many ways.  Apparently, military marriages seem to be tested as a result.  But, the figures are still up for questioning at best.  At the moment, the...

Zimbabwe First Has To Deal With Cholera, And Now Anthrax

The health situation in Zimbabwe continues to get hectic.  As if they had enough on its hands in dealing with the cholera break, now it has to deal with a possible anthrax break.  First cholera, now it is anthrax."HARARE (AFP) – An anthrax outbreak has killed...

Could Britain Make A Radical Change And Switch To The Euro?

The possibility is in the air that Britain could abandon the GBP (Great Britain Pound) and switch to the Euro, the currency adopted by Ireland and most of Western Europe (with the exclusion of Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland and Norway).  However, there is much opposition...

'Hell on Earth' For Mumbai: Where, When, and How It All Started

A timeline of events is now available that details the start and finish of the brutal Mumbai Massacre that left many people killed and many more people injured.  So far, the attack had started at the Chhatrapti Shivaji Terminus.  In the span of the chaos, those at...

Catholics & Muslims Create 'Faith Force' To Combat Religious Violence

For three days, scholars and leaders representing both Catholicism and Islam have made this announcement. This could be deemed as historic and symbolic. It could forge an interesting bond and alliance between those of the Catholic faith and those of the Islamic faith. After...