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A British bumblebee has set a record for long-distance flight, finding its way home after being dropped off 8 miles away. Nobody knows if other bees have flown farther—few tests have been done—but this flight is about 5 miles more than scientists
Examples of how the US and Israel obstruct the passage and implementation of UN resolutions condemning Israeli actions
The US said it intended to disburse $10 million to Lebanon's army to give it the means to deploy to the southern border, which is controlled by the Hezbollah militia fighting Israel. The State Dept. also revved up efforts to cobble together an i
When YouTube was sued on July 14 for copyright infringement, the shock wasn't that the video-sharing service was being yanked into court. Questions had been swirling for months about whether the upstart, which now dishes up 100 million daily vide
The customs officer had asked how long he planned to stay, and the reverend told him the God's honest truth. "A group that is causing trouble in Haiti wants to kill me," he said. "They burned down my church … "I fear
Bomb blasts echoed around Baghdad as sectarian death squads pursued their bloody work and the US military warned it was facing stiffer opposition in previously cooperative Shiite areas.
President Bush said he had decided to send more troops to Baghdad after the surge in reprisal killings began to threaten the unity government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. [You thought the war was being directed by those in Iraq?!]
Thomas Paine; (1737-1809) “The right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which all other rights are protected. To take away this right is to reduce a man to slavery..”
Reflexiones Libertarias
Una de las fábulas tradicionales que me parece plagada de sabiduría, pero también de tristeza ante la naturaleza de ciertos seres, es la vieja historia de la rana y el alacrán.
John R. Brakey, co-founder of Americans United for Democracy, Integrity & Transparency in Elections, wrote running commentary for FreedomsPhoenix readers on the accuracy of the story.
For years, I have argued that because of huge, unfunded liabilities, the US government is already technically bankrupt. Now no less an official authority than a Federal Reserve researcher publicly agrees! Prof. Laurence Kotikoff of Boston Universit
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was forced to cancel a trip to Beirut Sunday after an Israeli airstrike killed more than 50 people, mostly women and children, in the southern Lebanese town of Qana in the bloodiest attack since the hostilities beg
Tony Blair was facing a full-scale cabinet rebellion last night over the Middle East crisis after his former Foreign Secretary warned that Israel's actions risked destabilising all of Lebanon. Jack Straw, now Leader of the Commons, said in a sta
The controversy over the US-run detention centre at Guantanamo Bay is to erupt anew with confirmation by the Pentagon that a new, permanent prison will open in the Cuban enclave in the next few weeks. Camp 6, a state-of-the-art maximum-security jail
Tony Blair is to use this trip to America to back stem cell research despite sharp opposition from President George Bush. The Prime Minister will give his support to scientific research into the treatment of incurable diseases, which has been blocke
Still Voting? There is a Revolution coming. It may be a peaceful one between the ears that alters our culture. Or, if that is not 'allowed',... a violent one. But it is coming.
The Pentagon is keeping a close eye on what its troops post online, with special attention being paid to videos that show the aftermath of combat.
The State Department agency in charge of $1.4 billion in reconstruction money in Iraq used an accounting shell game to hide ballooning cost overruns on its projects there and knowingly withheld information on schedule delays from Congress.
There's a war raging, and it's not only in the Middle East - it's in cyberspace, too. Hundreds of would-be journalists are using blogs, videos and online rants to plead for peace or the destruction of their enemy. Search for "Hezbo
By a 410-15 vote on Thursday, politicans approved a bill that would effectively require that "chat rooms" and "social networking sites" be rendered inaccessible to minors, an age group that includes some of the Internet's most
Conservative national security allies of President Bush are in revolt against Secreatary of State Condoleezza Rice, saying that she is incompetent and has reversed the administratioin's national security and foreign policy agenda.
There was a major embarrssment at the CIA when it was discoverd that Italian detectives had been able to indentify and track some CIA agents because the agents had used a frequent flyer card to travel around Europe. That card provided enough info
One and a half years after the November 2004 US military assault on Fallujah, residents tell of ongoing suffering, lack of jobs, little reconstruction and continuing violence. The US military launched Operation Phantom Fury
It welcomed the future with a secular spirit that may be the closest thing America has to a national religion: confidence in what lies ahead.
Matt Damon as Cadet James Tiberius Kirk.
A 3-judge panel ordered a trial judge to ensure that Democratic Rep. William Jefferson be given copies of seized evidence. Jefferson must be given the opportunity to invoke legislative privilege claims in private with the trial judge before investiga
Russell Tice, former National Security Agency intelligence analyst was served with a subpoena to testify in front of a federal grand jury. Mr. Tice “will be asked to testify and answer questions concerning possible violations of federal criminal law
The Bush administration spelled out plans to sell $4.6 billion of arms to moderate Arab states, including battle tanks worth as much as $2.9 billion to protect critical Saudi infrastructure.
On Sunday afternoon an executive jet will interrupt Tony Blair's 5-day US visit to fly him from San Francisco on a short hop to the Monterey peninsula. Waiting for the prime minister will be 500 of Rupert Murdoch's News International executiv
The media magnate Rupert Murdoch is expected to offer Tony Blair a senior role in his News Corporation empire when he stands down as Prime Minister. Allies of Mr Blair insist he has made no decisions about his plans when he leaves Downing Street
