World News
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 […]
North Korean envoy warns war could erupt soon
A North Korean envoy said on Thursday that war could erupt at any time on the divided Korean peninsula because of tension with Seoul over the sinking of a South Korean warship in March. “The present situation of the Korean peninsula is so grave that a war may break out any moment,” Ri Jang Gon, […]
Obama brother refused entry to UK …Linked to an alleged sex attack on a British girl
Barack Obama’s half-brother was denied entry to the UK after being accused of a serious crime on an earlier visit, the Home Office has confirmed.
Samson Obama, who lives in Kenya, was on his way to the US presidential inauguration in January when he was stopped at East Midlands Airport.
According to the News of […]
Chinese Real Estate Debt Is Blowing Up (Fasten Your Seat Belt America, It May Get Bumpy)
Gregory White
May 31, 2010, 10:02 AM
Chinese real estate companies are losing their easy access to dollar denominated credit via debt markets as investors are beginning to lose confidence in the market’s long-term stability.
8 Chinese real estate developers have had their debt spreads against U.S. Treasuries widen by 2.26% on average this past week, according to […]
Intelligent design to be taught in Queensland schools under national curriculum
CREATIONISM and intelligent design will be taught in Queensland state schools for the first time as part of the new national curriculum.
Creationists dismiss the science of evolution, instead believing that living things are best explained by an intelligent being or God, rather than an undirected process such as natural selection.
The issue of creationism being taught […]
U.S. military told to get ready in Korea standoff
WASHINGTON - The White House said Monday that President Barack Obama “fully supports” the South Korean president and his response to the torpedo attack by North Korea that sank a South Korean naval ship.
In a statement, the White House said Seoul can continue to count on the full backing of the United States and said […]
Women Give Better Directions Than Men, Study Finds
Women Give Better Directions Than Men, Study Finds Motorists have long liked listening to the soothing tones of a female voice on their satellite navigation systems, despite women’s woeful reputation on the road.
By Heidi Blake 23 May 2010
Female motorists gave better directions than men when approached at a petrol station. But now scientists believe they […]
Woman Died After Doctors Failed To Spot Toilet Brush In Her Buttocks
Woman Died After Doctors Failed To Spot Toilet Brush In Her Buttocks A mother died after doctors repeatedly failed to spot a toilet brush handle embedded in her buttock.
19 May 2010
Cindy Corton, 35, was left with the bizarre injury after a drunken fall in a friend’s bathroom in 2005. She was twice seen by hospital […]
Nicolas Sarkozy ‘threatened to pull France out of Euro’ (Good for him)
President Nicolas Sarkozy slammed his fist on the table and threatened to pull France out of the euro at a meeting of European leaders deciding Greece’s aid package last Friday, according to Spain’s El Pais newspaper
Read more at The Telegraph
Fears over Greek bailout send shares and euro tumbling (House of cards)
Share prices have dropped across Europe and the euro has slid to an 18-month low against the dollar on fears that the eurozone bailout of Greece will fail and reports that French president Nicolas Sarkozy threatened to pull his country out of the single currency altogether to force Germany to agree to the rescue plan.
The […]
Gold hits all-time high as investors seek haven
Gold hits all-time high as investors seek haven
Obama Increased Africa Military Funding 300%(FY2010)
In its budget request for the State Department for the 2010 financial year, the Obama administration proposed significant increases in funding for US arms sales and military training programmes for African countries, as well as for regional programmes on the continent, and is expected to propose further increases in its budget request for the 2011 […]
White supremacist ’stabbed and beaten to death by his black neighbour’ in Mississippi town
A white supremacist lawyer was stabbed and beaten to death by a black neighbour who had done yard work for him at his home in Pearl, Mississippi.
A preliminary post mortem showed Richard Barrett, 67, was stabbed multiple times in the neck and bashed in the head, Sheriff Ronnie Pennington said.
He had burns over 35 per […]
Up to 75% of British births to be outside marriage (The end of Britain: It has come to this)
THREE-QUARTERS of children in some parts of Britain will be born to unmarried mothers within the next parliament, official figures indicate.
The number of births to single mothers and unmarried cohabiting couples is set to exceed 50% across the country in the next five years.
However, data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggest that births […]