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12:33 | The United Nations, India and the Gulf War (1990-2001)
Note: This article was written in 2001 Historical Background Throughout history, the Gulf region has been rife with all kinds of coups, disputes, crises and wars. The overthrow of Mossadeq (1951), the Suez Crisis (1956), the Six Days War (1967), the Iran-Iraq War (1980-88) were some of the crises that marred the region since the Second World War....
futureshopcanada.info 28 minutes ago |
 | 11 mar
12:28 | Iraq still counting votes, no result yet
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqis were still awaiting preliminary results Thursday four days after a national election they hoped would bring stable government and help end years of sectarian conflict as U.S. troops ready to leave.
reuters.com 34 minutes ago |
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12:23 | Recent Headlines
Biden: US has 'no better friend' than Israel (AP) 3/11/2010 3:13:11 AM AP - Vice President Joe Biden is wrapping up a trip to Israel with warm words of praise for the Jewish state, saying the U.S. has "no better friend." Critics of Justice Dept. lawyers under fire (AP) 3/11/2010 3:10:40 AM AP - A conservative group's bashing of several Obama...
headlines.bz 39 minutes ago |
| 11 mar
12:14 | Al Jazeera "outshines CNN International," riles southern Yemen governors.
Qatar's Crown Prince Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani "funded with $137 million the creation of Al Jazeera (the Peninsula), a no-holds-barred radical Arab voice that sent shock waves through conservative ruling families that kept their media on the straight and narrow. Today, Al Jazeera's English service, available in Washington on Channel 275, with its...
nfshost.com 48 minutes ago |
| 11 mar
12:12 | "there is tyranny afoot and it must be confronted"
Steve Schippert of ThreatsWatch averts his gaze from the external to the internal: Lose sight of what you are defending and defense isn't all that important, is it? This simple reminder compels us to shift focus for the moment from our combative enemies and onto that which we defend. We do not engage in such rigorous defense - in its many forms -...
brutallyhonest.org 49 minutes ago |
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11:32 | How Obama will run against Washington again in 2010 -- or try anyway
One of the most interesting facets of this 2010 midterm election year involves somebody who's not on any ballot anywhere. Barack Obama. The White House says as of now he'll be out aggressively all season campaigning. He's already been out for Colorado's Michael Bennet and twice for Nevada's Harry Reid. But they're both in such deep electoral sand,...
latimes.com 90 minutes ago |
| 11 mar
11:23 | Breast cancer incidence among Iraqi women profiled
Breast cancer continues to rise in Iraq, and scientists have established the Iraqi National Cancer Research Program to better understand the underlying molecular and environmental causes in an effort to curb the incidence of cancer.
physorg.com 99 minutes ago |
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11:15 | Muslim And Christian Massacres In Nigeria Prove A Point In Belfast
SO far not mentioned here is the weekend slaughter of hundreds in religious and tribal clashes in Central Nigeria, writes AGW. The final death toll in the Muslim on Christian attacks with machetes, knives and spears could be well over 500. Already 332 have been buried after what was probably a revenge attack for an incident in January. Some of the...
anorak.co.uk 106 minutes ago |
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11:12 | Success of lone gunmen may shift al-Qaida strategy
WASHINGTON (AP) — On Christmas Day, a passenger on a Northwest Airlines flight bound for Detroit tried to blow up the plane with plastic explosives in his underwear. He failed, yet the very attempt shook the U.S. government, set federal agencies against each other and triggered months of political second-guessing. In fact, short of mass...
newswatch50.com 110 minutes ago |
| 11 mar
11:10 | Iraq – American and Iranian: 2 homelands at an impasse (Crosscut)
American and Iranian: 2 homelands at an impasse (Crosscut) Let’s acknowledge a few things here. The Iranian government is tyrannical. It’s corrupt and it has a heavy record of human rights violations. All this explains the sea of people protesting in the country in city streets since the disputed June presidential election. The tides of [...]
globalnewsblog.com 112 minutes ago |
| 11 mar
11:03 | Former military chief Lord Guthrie renews attack on Gordon Brown's spending...
Ex-chief of the defence staff says Labour MPs' claims he is a Tory were 'desperate' and a 'cheap shot' The former defence chief Lord Guthrie today renewed his attack on Gordon Brown's military spending record, saying he had been "unsympathetic" during his tenure as chancellor. Guthrie, the first chief of the defence staff under New Labour, said...
guardian.co.uk 119 minutes ago |
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11:00 | See You in Court, Donald Rumsfeld
Two American civilians say the U.S. tortured them in Iraq. A Chicago judge won't let the former secretary of defense duck out of their lawsuit. by Michael Miner The Justice Department represents federal officials when they're sued over how they've performed their duties, and when former secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld was sued by two American...
chicagoreader.com 2 hours ago |
| 11 mar
10:58 | Release Dates: Buried, Smurfs, 21 Jump Street and Paul Haggis’ The Next...
A bunch of new release dates were announced overnight, including the Ryan Reynolds one-man thriller Buried, the computer animated/live-action hybrid 3D film Smurfs, Jonah Hill’s big screen adaptation of the television series 21 Jump Street, and Crash writer/director Paul Haggis‘ new film The Next Three Days. Details after the jump. Buried...
slashfilm.com 2 hours ago |
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10:55 | US, UK, NATO and Israeli Weapons Cause Genocide
US, UK, NATO and Israeli Weapons Cause Genocide http://dprogram.net/2010/03/10/us-uk-nato-and-israeli-weapons-cause-genocide/ (PoliticalTheatrics) – I feel intensely sick deep inside to receive regular stories or reports on the terrible aftermath of deaths and gross deformities as a result of weapons containing not only uranium components but...
uprootedpalestinians.blogspot.com 2 hours ago |
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10:48 | Fine Tuning column for Thursday, March 11.
Canwest News Service Survivor is a reality-TV show that, perhaps surprising to some, many people actually watch. So many people, in fact, that last week, Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains carried the night among younger viewers, on what is one of the most competitive nights of the TV week. Nearly three million Canadians watched as a dastardly blindside...
kelowna.com 2 hours ago |
| 11 mar
10:45 | Letters: Council budgets
As a local councillor, I could recount a dozen such instances in local government, but I would lose the will to live long before the end. My experiences in fields as far apart as energy conservation and sport also prove his other assertion that there are "so many hundreds of government initiatives that it is depressingly easy to see how one could...
opinion.independentminds.livejournal.com 2 hours ago |
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10:31 | SC, GA soldiers killed in Iraq vehicle rollover
Two soldiers from South Carolina and Georgia have been killed in a vehicle rollover in Iraq. The Department of Defense announced Wednesday that 25-year-old Sgt. Aaron Arthur, of Lake City and 23-year-old Spc. Lakeshia Bailey of Columbus, Ga., died Monday north of Al Kut in Iraq of injuries from the incident.
legitgov.org 3 hours ago |
| 11 mar
10:30 | Did Na'vi actors forget to vote?
The Iraq War drama "The hurt Locker" surprised more than a few Academy Award watchers by winning Oscars for best picture and best director for Kathryn Bigelow. Bigelow, prior to her film's showing Sunday night, was usually introduced as the ex-wife of "Avatar" director James Cameron. Cameron, when he removes his 3-D glasses, can now expect to be...
techhotspot.co.cc 3 hours ago |
| 11 mar
10:22 | Recent Headlines
Democrats, White House close in on health bill (AP) 3/11/2010 12:10:35 AM AP - A final agreement nearly in hand, President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders are about to embark on one last sales job that will determine the outcome of the president's signature health care overhaul. Success of lone gunmen may shift al-Qaida strategy (AP) 3/11/2010...
headlines.bz 3 hours ago |
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10:19 | St. Paddy's Day Party ideas
OK so I want some help from the PBB. I am part of a group of Section NCOs planning a surprise "party" over here in Iraq for the guys that have really been working hard on this whole Iraq election stuff and running missions. Mainly an MWR type thing for people to relax and shoot the shit, drink some near beer and listen to Irish drinking music. Can...
pirate4x4.com 3 hours ago |
| 11 mar
10:09 | UNHCR News Story: UNHCR chief visits Central African Republic, pledges...
UNHCR a posté une photo : High Commissioner Guterres addresses refugees in Sam Ouandja camp. UNHCR / D. Mbaiorem / March 2010 UNHCR chief visits Central African Republic, pledges support for the forcibly displaced BANGUI, Central African Republic, March 10 (UNHCR) – UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres has visited refugees and...
flickr.com 3 hours ago |
| 11 mar
10:09 | New Matt Damon movie may bring Iraq war into mainstream
They conjured box office magic with their Bourne spy movies, but Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass risk their reputation as sure-fire hit makers when the Iraq war thriller Green Zone debuts on Friday. The action movie, which reunites A-list actor Damon and Greengrass, an accomplished director, aims to be the first big movie about the ongoing Iraq war...
eyewitnessnews.co.za 3 hours ago |
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