Has Muqtada al-Sadr assumed RT?

(*room temperature)"Muqtada Al-Sadr Announces He’s Retiring From Leadership Of Sadrist Movement, Sequestering Himself The leader of the Shi'ite Sadrists in Iraq, Muqtada Al-Sadr, has announced in a letter to...

Coalition rolls up 100-woman suicide cell in raid of Iraq safe house

" BAGHDAD — Iraq has captured an Al Qaida-aligned cell that recruited and deployed women for suicide operations. On March 1, Iraqi and U.S. troops raided a suspected Al Qaida safe house in Al Makhesa, in northeastern Diyala. Officials said scores of suspected women...

RIP, Jeff Healy

The music world is waking up this morning, to the tragic loss of one it's greats Sunday night. "Guitar wizard Norman Jeff Healey of Toronto died Sunday of cancer. He was 41. Healey was considered a prodigy and...

Stealth bomber crashes at Andersen AFB (Guam)

Update:  USAF grounds B-2 fleet pending crash investigastion "a B-2 stealth bomber crashed at Andersen Air Force Base this morning. The incident happened at around 10:45am Saturday, as information we've...

Girl marries dog in India to break 'evil spell'

Here is a new twist on the "Man Bites Dog" story ..." ...

Bill Clinton Campaign Chief Backs Obama

" COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The man who served as national manager of former President Clinton's 1992 campaign plans to endorse Sen. Barack Obama, an aide to Obama said Wednesday. Obama's campaign planned a 1 p.m. conference call Wednesday to announce the endorsement by David...

McCain: No Controlling Legal Authority

"The author and chief proponent of much of the tangled web of campaign finance rules and regulations, has decided that he can continue write the rules as they apply to his campaign while on the fly."Last...

Mullah accidently blows up self, sons

"A LANDMINE blew up in the home of a religious cleric in southern Afghanistan, killing the mullah, two of his sons and two other men who had been preparing an attack, police said today. The cleric's wife...

Leprosy outbreak causes concerns in Northwest Arkansas

"SPRINGDALE - The medical community is warning the public: a leprosy outbreak in Springdale could blossom into an epidemic, if something isn't done soon. Doctors say at least nine cases of leprosy have been confirmed in Springdale. Local doctors say they would be shocked by...

Tax Cuts for the Rich, part 2

Decision Week for the Republican Primary has brought some interesting, although not completely unexpected developments with the withdrawal of Romney, the rise of McCain, and the near unanimous chorus in the punditeria that "it's over." Also heard from the the pundit class is...

Time travellers from the future 'could be here in weeks'

"The first time travellers from the future could materialise on Earth within a few weeks.Physicists around the world are excitedly awaiting the start up of the £4.65 billion Large Hadron Collider, LHC - the most powerful atom-smasher ever built - which is supposed to shed...

Romney “bundler” could face insider trading charges

" A billionaire fundraising "bundler" of presidential candidate Mitt Romney could face a criminal investigation into insider share dealing after selling over $200 million of shares just days before Societe Generale's rogue-trader losses were reported. Robert Day, a member of...

Tax cuts for the rich

" You've heard it for years. Depending upon your point of view, it's either one of the more disingenuous claims of the populist Left, or it explains the unholy alliance of power and money of corporate America with the wealthy oligarchy. You've examined the veracity of the...

'Kidney racket' exposed in India

"Last week, police in Gurgaon, a suburb of the capital Delhi, raided a house which was used to carry out illegal kidney transplants. Hundreds of poor labourers were tricked into selling kidneys, officials...

Attack of the killer dolphins

"New evidence has been compiled by marine scientists that prove the normally placid dolphin is capable of brutal attacks both on innocent fellow marine mammals and, more disturbingly, on its own kind. Film taken...

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