The sun sets behind a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III as U.S. Army Soldiers wait in line to board the aircraft taking them back to the United States from Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Nov. 17, 2008. Photo by Air Force...
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Amidst the threat of protestors to intensify their stir in the capital Bangkok today , there is no improvement in the situation in Thailand a day after two people died and over 400 were injured in the worst...
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SOCHI black sea russia Sept-11 Following the Russian invasion, NATO decided on 19 August to establish a new NATO-Georgia Commission, which will inaugurate its work in Tbilisi on Monday with NATO Secretary General...
New Pictures from the protest (Update) Local Brazilian newspapers are reporting that the situation in Bolivia has deteriorated and protesters have closed the Brazilian border and intend to interrupt the natural gas...
"President Bush's top defense advisers have recommended he maintain 15 combat brigades in Iraq until the end of the year contrary to expectations that the improved security in Iraq would allow for quicker cuts, The Associated Press has learned. Military leaders told the AP...
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A while back I highlighted a story about how a marine zoo in Weymouth UK was trying to find out if Octopuses were left or right handed by getting them to play with Rubik's Cubes and other toys now that research has...
On the anniversary of Lal Masjid siege in Pakistan two suicide bomb killed more than 15 policemen. It was also celebrated with several fiery speeches against the officials responsible for the act. "At least 15 policemen and two other people were killed and more than 40...
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"If America Is an Empire, then Why Is Gas So Expensive? Imperial considerations. By Thomas F. Madden America has become an empire. Everyone says so. This is a surprise to most Americans, since few imagined that they were building such a thing. But, as historians such as...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorA report released recently about the R.C.M.P. recommended officers with less than 5 years experience should not be given a taser. One assumes the Ontario Provincial...
United Nations peacekeepers say the biggest issue in Darfur right now is the region's systematic rape of women and children." Thousands of women -- as young as four -- caught in the middle of the struggle between...
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Inez Elementary School in Lockdown, Indian School Road and Pennsylvania Street, near Winrock Center. Traffic is closed in the area. SWAT team deployed Video from KRQE on conclusion of incident Update 1:00 pm...
Well certainly this is a great way to keep Canada's Military at home. Of course as they say, "No one Sails for Free", perhaps things to come may see the Captain and the Crew pooling their spare change for a "Ship of...
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Five-year-old William Fisher thinks about his dad every day and William misses him a lot.
"He just started screaming, crying tears pouring down his face, and I said, 'What is it?' And he said, 'I just miss my...
"More U.S. soldiers committed suicide in 2007 than at any time since thefirst Gulf War, according to an Army study to be released laterThursday. There were 108 suicides last year, up from 102 the year before. The 2006 figure also was itself the highest since 1990. More than...