10 dead after explosions at U.S. Embassy in Yemen

"A car bomb exploded at the front gate of the U.S. Embassy in Yemen on Wednesday, killing six Yemeni guards and four civilians, a security official said. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told the Associated Press that the embassy in the Yemeni capital of...

Golf War: Monty rounds on Poulter in Ryder Cup wild card row

As Ryder Cup fever sweeps the golf world competition for the European Team wildcard places has led to two of the top players having a verbal set-to that would see them being accused of ungentlemanly conduct had it...

U.S. helicopter shot down in Afghanistan

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWhat I would like to know is, where the hell are the Taliban getting their weapons from? It should be pretty easy, considering our troops capture Taliban, with available...

Landmark Trade Deal Struck By China, New Zealand

"HONG KONG - In the free-trade Olympics, China has scored its first major individual gold medal.Seeking to catch up with the U.S. in forming its own club of bilateral trade partners, China on Monday inked a pact with New Zealand that is its first comprehensive free-trade...

Half a Decade of War: Five Years After Iraq Invasion, Soldiers Testify at Win...

" AMY GOODMAN: [Five years ago] on March 19th, 2003, the US began bombing Baghdad. The invasion was on. Six weeks later, President Bush stood under a banner reading “Mission Accomplished” and declared an end to major military combat operations in Iraq. Now, half a...

Flirtbot: I Am Trying to Break Your Heart

Russian chatroom denizens are falling afoul of a social-engineering chatbot that, rather than injecting malware into a target system, gets those flawed, flawed humans to divulge their personal info. "A program that...

Somalis flee Mogadishu violence

"Somali government troops and Ethiopian forces have closed down Mogadishu's main market to search for insurgents. Insurgents fired mortar rounds at the presidential palace in Mogadishu on Sunday, prompting an artillery duel with government forces. Large areas of the capital...

RoboCop: Coming Soon to a City Near You

From the streets of Iraq to a city near you, robots are on the march..."Armed robots -- similar to the ones now on patrol in Iraq -- are being marketed to domestic police forces, according to the machines'...

Bay Area Teen Wins National Spelling Bee: Who Did You Bet On?

Update: Thirteen-Year-old Evan O'Dorney has won the Scripps National Spelling Bee. the word, by the way, was "serrefine", which is a pair fo small foreceps. O'Dorney has made a huge jump from last year, when he...

UK troops uncover Iraq arms cache

"UK troops uncover Iraq arms cache Soldiers The underground haul included 10,000 rounds of ammunition British forces have uncovered a large cache of weapons in Iraq, a move they say will be a huge blow to insurgents. The discovery, following a tip-off, was made near Saswan,...

The Real Survivor Fiji – Tale Of Three Reports :: MAXINE

Observations on the Fijian Coup:  "The internet is a fascinating resource, one can receive news alerts from all over the world … or just one country and learn about how things are getting along. For example,...

Hate from Within: America's Home-Grown Terrorism

"As cities and towns across the country watched the immigrant rights marches last week, some saw a spike in violent attacks targeting immigrants. In separate incidents, authorities arrested groups and individuals caught stockpiling grenades, semi-automatic weapons and...

Three Shot Dead at Kansas City Shopping Center: "I Got to Praying"

Gunfire erupted at the Ward Parkway Center in Kansas City today. Early reports suggest that the shooter killed himself."Four people have been shot and three are confirmed dead in a shooting at Ward Parkway Mall in Kansas City.KCTV5 has received reports that the gunman is...

Sirius Loves Sanjaya

"His singing is often as out of touch as his hairstyle, but America doesn't seem to mind. American Idol contestant Sanjaya Malakar has been spared through several elimination rounds. His eclectic ways have made him a cult favorite, despite his vocal shortcomings. A polling...

Punching Her Way to Freedom

A young woman who discovered boxing whilst in prison has won the world title in her weight class. It doesn't get much more fairy-tale than this: Samson Sor Siriporn was imprisoned as a teenager, and now her victory could fast-track her parole."A female Thai prisoner has...

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