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Leaving Afghanistan: end of the surge
AFP Photo / Saul Loeb From the White House last night, US President Barack Obama announced plans for 30,000 troops to leave Afghanistan over the next year, signaling a beginning to the end of a decade-long war. While 30,000 is the number that Obama is going with, is it the right one? The Heritage Foundation’s... [Read More]
Popular Front as a means “to reach every single citizen”
“There were calls for the creation of the Popular Front based on United Russia’s need to expand its structure to a non-party mechanism.” United Russia, Russia’s main political party, has its own electorate but needs to reach more of the population, facilitating the creation of the Popular... [Read More]
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Cosy huts in the Swiss alps
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Stocks set to slide for second day.
Wall Street Sign U.S. stocks were poised to open lower Thursday as commodity prices sold off for a second day and investors awaited a slew of economic data. Dow Jones industrial average (INDU), S&P 500 (SPX) and Nasdaq (COMP) futures were down between 0.6% and 0.8% ahead of the opening bell.... [Read More]
The Port Authority has struggled to create an elegant and secure skyscraper while also containing costs.
building It was supposed to be an elegant solution to a very large problem: how to disguise the 185-foot-tall fortified concrete base of 1 World Trade Center so it does not look like a gigantic bunker. The plan was to drape the base with 2,000 clear prismatic glass panels and welded aluminum screens... [Read More]
Arizona liberals seek secession, new US state
Arizona-liberals-seek-secession-new-US-state US, Tucson : A boy walks past the flag (AFP Photo / Mamta Popat-Pool) Liberals living in southern Arizona fed up with the overly conservative remainder of the state are seeking to secede and form their own state – America’s 51st state. A group... [Read More]
China to pillage downed US stealth helicopter.
China-to-pillage-downed-US-stealth-helicopter- US stealth helicopter Pakistani officials may allow China to plunder the treasure trove that is the Osama Bin Laden compound where the remains of a downed top-secret US stealth helicopter remains. The helicopter, previously only having existed... [Read More]
Democracy For America launches Afghan withdraw campaign.
Democracy-For-America-launches-Afghan-withdraw-campaign- AFP Photo / Tauseef Mustafa Howard Dean’s US progressive organization Democracy For America has launched an Afghanistan withdrawal campaign following a change in political view by Dean himself. Dean, an active critic of the Iraq war... [Read More]
Obama’s broken immigration promises.
Obama---s-broken-immigration-promises Official White House Photo by Pete Souza US President Barack Obama took his renewed push for immigration reform to the border. But it sounds like the same old promises to people who have been working and waiting patiently for a change in America’s broken... [Read More]
Bin Laden sons demand UN probe into “summary execution” of father.
Bin-Laden-sons-demand-UN-probe-into----summary-execution----of-father Omar bin Laden, a son of Osama bin Laden, in his apartment in Al-Rahad city, near Cairo (AFP Photo / Amro Maragji) Four adult sons of Osama Bin Laden accuse the US of unlawfully executing their father and call for a UN investigation... [Read More]
56% of US internet connections capped by providers.
56--of-US-internet-connections-capped-by-providers 56% of US internet connections capped by providers Advocates, noticing that at least 56 percent of US Internet connections are now capped by providers, are asking the Federal Communications Commission to probe the industry. Caps are put in... [Read More]
US waiting for Pak confirmation on access to bin Laden’s wives.
Osama Bin Laden Wife WASHINGTON: The US has not received any firm commitment from Pakistan on it being given access to the wives of Osama bin Laden, who were detained by authorities after the killing of al-Qaida chief in Abbottabad last week. WASHINGTON: The US has not received any firm commitment... [Read More]
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Japan to shut nuclear plant over quake fears.
Chubu Electric Power NAGOYA/TOKYO: Japan’s third-biggest power operator on Monday agreed to shut a nuclear plant until it can be better defended against the type of massive tsunami which in March triggered the worst atomic crisis in 25 years. Compounding public concern over an industry... [Read More]
American Justice: Eye for an eye for Osama bin Laden.
American Justice Eye for an eye for Osama bin Laden American justice has been served by way of an “eye for an eye” approach with the assassination of Osama bin Laden by US forces. The celebrations were impromptu and palpable. A jubilation stretching from New York, to the US Naval... [Read More]
In the Mississippi Delta, a new flood brings back old fears.
mississippi-river MEMPHIS, Tenn. Forecasters say the Mississippi River could crest late Monday at Memphis – hours sooner than previously predicted – but the mayor says the city’s ready for it. Mayor AC Wharton said that despite the tightened timeframe, he’s confident that... [Read More]
Samoa looks set to try to change its time zone and move the country’s clocks forward by a day to be in line with Australia and New Zealand.
LonelyPlanetSamoa wideweb Samoa looks set to try to change its time zone and move the country’s clocks forward by a day to be in line with Australia and New Zealand. Two years ago, the government switched the side of the road on which Samoans drive and this year it reportedly plans to change... [Read More]
The United States, which had supported the Afghan resistance with billions of dollars in arms and ammunition, that defeat marked the beginning of the end of the cold war and the birth of a new world order.
The United States Bin Laden, who had supported the resistance with money, construction equipment and housing, saw the retreat of the Soviets as an affirmation of Muslim power and an opportunity to recreate Islamic political power and topple infidel governments through jihad, or holy war. He declared... [Read More]