United Nations Aid Agency Suspends Gaza Operations

The United Nations is halting all aid deliveries to Gaza, after two of their drivers were shot dead by Israeli fire."GAZA, Jan 8 (Reuters) - A United Nations aid agency said on Thursday it suspended its operations...

Angola Closes Border to Avoid Ebola Spread

It was just last month that the Philippines meat markets suffered a blow from the "Ebola" scare. Later knowing that the strain believed to have infected swine has a non-lethal effect to humans, the Reston...

Depleted uranium found in Gaza victims

"Medics tell Press TV they have found traces of depleted uranium in some Gaza residents wounded in Israel's ground offensive on the strip. Norwegian medics told Press TV correspondent Akram al-Sattari that some...

China, Vietnam settle long-disputed land border

This is historic when one views how long the dispute has gone on over the land border area in question.. A breaking story for the beginning of a New Year and a hope for more change. " Communist China and Vietnam...

Six months of secret planning - then Israel moves against Hamas

Hamas provoked this by a year of missile attacks against Israeli cities.  Leaving aside who the land belongs to Israel is responding to attacks on its civilians. If Hamas did not attack, Israel would not...

Turkish jets hit PKK targets in N.Iraq-army sources

This is becoming routine.  Itwill be interesting to see ifthere is as much of an uproarin the Arab world about this as there was about Israeli strikesin Gaza, for the same reasons. " Turkish warplanes bombed...

Tensions mount as Pakistan shifts troops to Indian border

This is becoming a serioussituation.  A wrong move could start a war betweenIndia and Pakistan withdisasterous consequences. "Pakistan has redeployed thousands of troops to the border with India, officials...

Pakistan moves troops toward Indian border

" Pakistan began moving thousands of troops to the Indian border Friday, intelligence officials said, sharply raising tensions triggered by the Mumbai terror attacks. India is blaming Pakistani-based militants for last month's siege on its financial capital, which killed 164...

Cole Calls on Bush to Pardon Border Partrol Agents

Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) sent a letter to President George W. Bush late yesterday asking him to commute the sentences and issue pardons for Border Patrol agents Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos.In October 2006, Ramos and Compean were each sentenced to more than a decade in...

U.S. Troops Step Up Hunt for Insurgents in Afghanistan

As hundreds of U.S. and Afghan soldiers hunted insurgents along the rugged border with Pakistan, the U.S. ambassador here predicted Tuesday that Taliban and other guerrillas would intensify their...

Half-brother boosts Obama's standing in China

Obama is way cool. Even his half-brother is cool, living in China, teaching piano to orphans, running an internet company & studying calligraphy."A half-brother, Mark Ndesandjo, has, it seems, been based in the...

Police chief of Tijuana replaced by an Army Officer

Army in government positions? Extreme decisions for extreme situations.UPDATE" The Pacific border town of Tijuana counted its bloodiest 48 hours to date this week, with 36 bodies found over two days. Twelve had...

Canadian Fireball Remains Found

"University of Calgary researchers reported last Friday that they have found the remains of the meteor that streaked through Canadian skies in November The remains of the 10-ton meteor were densely strewn over a...

Gunmen kill 8 in Mexican border restaurant

This shooting follows the discovery earlier of 7 bodies in a soccer field.  More violence in a city well known for violence..  As a person living in a state.. Texas, bordering Mexico, this cause concern,...

"US to Intervene" as Big Chill Develops Between India and Pakistan

RELATIONSHIPS bewtween India and Pakistan have deteriorated since the Mumbai terror attacks over the last four days.  Many people interviewed in the streets of Mumbai by BBC reporters seemed convinced that Pakistan had something to do with the raids, a charge that drew...

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