Brazil poll result mixed for Lula

" Brazil's local elections have brought mixed results for President Luiz Ignacio da Silva's Workers' Party. Almost 130 million Brazilian voters went to the polls on Sunday to elect mayors and councillors. The...

Cyberwar fears grow after Georgia websites attacked

"Attacks that hit Georgian government and news websites after Russian tanks rolled across the border into South Ossettia last month have US officials concerned that bands of independent "cyber militias" will increasingly wield power over international relations. ...

Obama Concedes That Surge Didn't Go As He Expected

Sen. Barack Obama said it was "fair" to notice that he did not anticipate that the surge of U.S. troops into Iraq would be coincident with the so-called Sunni Awakening and the decisions of Shia militias to reduce...

Plan to send Mideast refugees to Sudan draws protest

Is Sudan the only place to save those refugee?! Is that the right choice?! Do UNCHR fully aware about the safety for those refugee?!"Palestinian refugees along the Iraq-Syria border are so desperate, they may accept...

Leaders to admit E Timor abuses

Finally truth has prevailed upon the leaders of Indonesia. After many years of Independence of Est Timor Indonesian leaders have have formally accepted to support militias with weapon , funding and operation help to target pro-independence supporters. This startling...

Iraqi Prime Minister: Government has Defeated Terrorism

Tune in to CNN, NBC or your local paper to see if you see this story.  Good news from Iraq not good for the media. The Prime Minister of Iraq says,  The Terrorists have been...

Tsvangirai rejects 'sham' ballot

Morgan Tsvangirai has described Zimbabwe's election run-off as "an excercise in mass intimidation". "Mr Tsvangirai, who boycotted the poll because of violence, said people across Zimbabwe had been forced to take part...

Mugabe rejects poll delay calls

Ahead of  Presidential elections in Zimbabwe on friday President Mugabe has rejected all the calls of  calling off elections. He lambasted British government for its policy on Zimbabwe. "Zimbabwe's...

US to ignore Zimbabwe poll result

Taking strong exception of current political crisis in Zimbabwe United states will not accept final results of Presidential elections to be held this Friday. Washington has clearly made its mind of the eviction of...

Nations rally to blast discredited Zimbabwe election

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYa know, Mugabe said only God could remove him from office, now perhaps there are some in this world, who feel they speak for God and are biding their time to show Mugabe...

Another Female Suicide Bomber Strikes Iraqi Province, Killing 15 Near Courthouse

Another female suicide bomber has struck in Iraq, this time killing 15 people."The latest in a wave of female suicide bombers killed 15 people and wounded more than 40 others on Sunday near a heavily fortified courthouse and government outpost in central Baquba, Iraqi...

US releases border strike footage

The US, saying it was actingin "self defence," has released footage of a controversial air raid that Pakistan sayskilled 11 of its...

Baghdad clashes leave 400 Iraqis, 2 Americans dead

Violence in Baghdad is increasing as US and Iraqi forces fight militants loyal to Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr. Intense fighting began Sunday after militia members attacked coalition positions during a sandstorm."More than 400 people have been killed in fighting over the last...

Iraq Dismisses 1,300 After Basra Offensive

After mass desertions during the Basra operation, conducted by the Iraqi government with little cooordination with the Americans, the Iraqi army has dismissed almost 1500 soldiers."The Iraqi government has dismissed...

Iraqi Prime Minister Says No Retreat

Iraq's prime minister Nouri al-Maliki vowed today to continue fighting against Shiite militias in Basra despite tens of thousands of protestors calling for an end to the violence in many deadly clashes across the...

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