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Some 200 women gang-raped near Congo UN base
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Rwandan and Congolese rebels gang-raped nearly 200 women and some young boys over four days within miles of a U.N. peacekeepers’ base in an eastern Congo mining district, an American aid worker and a Congolese doctor said Monday.
Will F. Cragin of the International Medical Corps said aid workers knew rebels had occupied […]
18 Signs That America Is Rotting Right In Front Of Our Eyes
Sometimes it isn’t necessary to quote facts and figures about government debt, unemployment and the trade deficit in order to convey how badly America is decaying. The truth is that millions of Americans can watch America rotting right in front of their eyes by stepping out on their front porches. Record numbers of homes have […]
DNA Tests Reveal ‘Adolf Hitler Descended From The Jews and Africans He Hated’ (Shocking News)
DNA tests have revealed Adolf Hitler may have been related to both Jews and black people that he earmarked for extermination.
Brussels news magazine Knack has claimed that DNA obtained from the Nazi leader’s relatives living in America led to the discovery.
Journalist Jean-Paul Mulders garnered the DNA from a serviette dropped by one of three known […]
Obama vacations in the shadow of a nuclear Iran: The massive failure of Obama’s foreign policy
While President Obama enjoys his sixth vacation of the year, at the exclusive playground of America’s liberal elites at Martha’s Vineyard, the United States’ most dangerous state-based adversary on the world stage is celebrating the opening of its first nuclear reactor, the Russian-built power plant at Bushehr. Although purportedly for civilian purposes, there can be […]
Somali insurgents killed by own bombs
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Aug. 21 (UPI) — An explosion at a house used as a bomb-making center by the Somali militant group al-Shabaab killed several people, a member of the group said Saturday.
The unnamed militant described the dead as “top fighters” and said they included both Somalis and foreigners, Garowe Online reported. The man said two […]
China Overtakes Japan as World’s Second-Biggest Economy
China’s economy surpassed Japan’s as the world’s second-largest – a highly anticipated milestone rich in symbolism for a developing country that began market reforms only three decades ago.
Read the whole story from LA Times
India Unveils $35 Computer Tablet
India just debut a $35 tablet prototype. Of course, the tablet will not compete with Apple iPad. But this is a step in the right direction for a developing nation like India. The human resources minister expects the price to fall to $10 per tablet.
Read more at CNN.com
Black Parents, White Baby
A BLACK couple coo over their new baby yesterday - a white, blue-eyed BLONDE. British Nmachi Ihegboro has amazed genetics experts who say the little girl is NOT an albino. Dad Ben, 44, a customer services adviser, admitted: “We both just sat there after the birth staring at her.”
Mum Angela, 35, of […]
Husbands can be jailed for insulting wives under new French law
Couples who insult each other over their physical appearance or make false accusations about infidelity face jail, under a new French law making “psychological violence” a criminal offence.
The law – the first of its kind – means that partners who make such insults or threats of physical violence faces up to three years in prison […]
CIA Chief: Iran has enough uranium for two nuclear bombs
CIA Director Leon Panetta says Iran probably has enough low-enriched uranium for two nuclear weapons, but that it likely would take two years to build the bombs.
Panetta also says he is doubtful that recent U.N. penalties will put an end to Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
He says the penalties could help to weaken Tehran’s government by creating […]
Obama: Countries Must Not Have “Undue Advantage” If World To Recover
President Obama At the G-20 in Toronto: “A strong and durable recovery also requires countries not having an undue advantage. So, we also discussed the need for currencies that are market-driven.”
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com
Greece puts its islands up for sale to save economy
There’s little that shouts “seriously rich” as much as a little island in the sun to call your own. For Sir Richard Branson it is Neckar in the Caribbean, the billionaire Barclay brothers prefer Brecqhou in the Channel Islands, while Aristotle Onassis married Jackie Kennedy on Skorpios, his Greek hideway.
Now Greece is making it easier […]
Obama, a ‘Strategic Catastrophe’ (”I am a muslim” Obama says to Egyptian FM)
Although Israeli officials publicly play down the crisis in relations between Jerusalem and Washington, privately the language is much different. Sources close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu describe Obama as a “strategic catastrophe” for Israel.
Officials in the Prime Minister’s Office, speaking on condition of anonymity to the nation’s top newspapers, see the Obama administration as […]
Saudi Arabia gives Israel clear skies to attack Iranian nuclear sites
According to TimesOnline, the Saudi has given Israel clear skies to attack Iranian nuclear sites.
“…..Saudi Arabia has conducted tests to stand down its air defences to enable Israeli jets to make a bombing raid on Iran’s nuclear facilities, The Times can reveal.
In the week that the UN Security Council imposed a new round […]
Solo Sailor Sunderland Safe at Sea
Abby Sunderland, the 16 year old attempting to sail around the world, was feared missing at sea yesterday, but has now been found alive and well.
Sunderland had sent out numerous distress signals after her yacht, “Wild Eyes”, was pounded by huge waves in the Indian Ocean some 2,000 miles off the south African coast enroute […]
Iran’s Ahmadinejad says Israel is ‘doomed’ (Liberals who voted Obama should be proud /sarc)
SHANGHAI — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday Israel was “doomed” and singled out US President Barack Obama for scorn, blaming Washington for orchestrating new nuclear sanctions against Tehran.
Speaking during a visit to the World Expo in Shanghai, Ahmadinejad denounced the UN Security Council’s sanctions resolution adopted Wednesday with Chinese and Russian backing as […]
New York Woman charged for adultery, could go to jail
A woman arrested for public lewdness for allegedly having sex in a park is facing a surprising additional charge: cheating on her husband.
No, this wasn’t in a Muslim country far away, it is happening in New York.
Suzanne Corona, a 41-year-old woman from Batavia, N.Y., just east of Buffalo, was busted along with 29-year-old Justin Amend […]
Obama, Meeting Abbas, Pledges $400 Million Aid for Palestinians
WASHINGTON — President Obama promised a $400 million aid package for the West Bank and Gaza on Wednesday, as the United States scrambled to come up with a way out of the stalemate in the Middle East exacerbated by the Gaza flotilla incident last week.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com
IRAN OFFERS ESCORT FOR NEXT GAZA CONVOY
Hojjatoleslam Ali Shirazi, an aide to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, pledged Tehran would send Revolutionary Guard units to escort Gaza aid convoys. Photograph: Reuters Iran has warned that it could send Revolutionary Guard naval units to escort humanitarian aid convoys seeking to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza – a move that would certainly […]
What are the Bilderberg Group really doing in Spain? (Must Read)
If the conspiracy theorists are on to something, they could be plotting the invasion of Iran, planning the funeral of the Euro or scheming to wipe out French poodles in pink sweaters at this very minute.
Or perhaps the world’s financial and political leaders are simply schmoozing about their golf game as they enjoy a “chocolate […]