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A Chinese journalist has been beaten to death while investigating the country's notoriously dangerous coal mining industry, his newspaper has said. Lan Chengzhang was set upon by a "group of mining thugs" near a mine in Huiyuan count
Putting to rest a 200-year-old mystery, scientists say Napoleon Bonaparte died from an advanced case of gastric cancer and not arsenic poisoning as some had speculated.
The execution of Saddam Hussein was rushed to prevent the former Iraqi leader from revealing facts that could compromise the United States, former Russian prime minister Yevgeny Primakov has said.
Seventy people, including students and teachers, were killed in the most devastating Iraq attack this year as a suicide bomber and a car bomb wreaked havoc outside a Baghdad university.
[morbidly fascinating] There is nothing kind or gentle about a hanging. It is a process scientifically designed to break the neck and choke a person to death as efficiently as possible. [a how to from the AP]
It was the ancient version of a last stand: Twelve clay bullets lined up and ready to be shot from slings in a desperate attempt to stop fierce invaders who soon would reduce much of the city to rubble. The discovery was made in the ruins of Hamou
Combat-style rifles are pouring into Mexico, aided by the end of the U.S. Assault Weapons Ban in 2004 and an arms race among several Mexican cartels battling for control of lucrative drug routes. [coming for 'em]
To pay for the ongoing wars, the US has used its credit card, counting on the Chinese and other foreign buyers of its debt to pay the bills. Because the US is borrowing to finance the war, the cost will be borne by future generations.
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has been briefed in Afghanistan on efforts to defeat the Taliban, as Pakistan -- stung by accusations of being a militant base -- destroyed three suspected Al-Qaeda hideouts in a dawn strike.
Israel's state prosecutor ordered a criminal investigation into Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's role in the 2005 privatization of Israel's second largest bank, the Justice Ministry said in a statement.
[boy that Baker sure gets around] BP's safety practices came under fire from a blue-ribbon panel that said the oil company skimped on spending and failed to take other steps that might have prevented a deadly refinery explosion in March 20
The arrest of a political activist in Connecticut two weeks ago is fueling the ongoing debate over how far the federal government can and should go in monitoring groups and individuals it suspects may be planning criminal activities.
Saudi Arabia believes the Iraqi government is not up to the challenge and has told the US that it is prepared to move its own forces into Iraq should the violence there degenerate into chaos, a senior US official told NBC News on Tuesday.
(Oh my Gawd!!! - I laughed my ass off thinking about how irreverent this skit was,... and that was sooooo the point!)
In what’s being hailed as a landmark post-9/11 verdict, a Boston jury has ordered American Airlines to pay a computer consultant $400,000 for suspecting him of being a Middle Eastern terrorist. "They thought they could walk into that courtroom a
During a routine traffic stop on January 6, Georgia State Police troopers discovered a Hidalgo County, Texas sheriff's deputy had been carrying $950,435 in cash -- money the Georgia police promptly seized.
Millions of dollars worth of parking tickets were illegally issued throughout the commonwealth of Virginia for more than four decades, according to a December ruling of the Virginia Court of Appeals.
Two former NETELLER executives were detained while traveling separeately through the US yesterday (Jan. 15) in "connection with the creation and operation of an Internet payment services company that facilitated the transfer
Lured by red-hot gains in foregin markets, (and the dollar losing value), investors poured money into international stock funds at a record-shattering pace in 2006. Investors flooded international stock funds with an estimated $150 billion last year
The euro has displaced the US dollar as the world’s pre-eminent currency in international bond markets, having outstripped the dollar-denominated market for the second year in a row.
Russia has delivered new anti-aircraft missile systems to Iran and will consider further requests by Tehran for defensive weapons, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said.
"The presence of U.S. nuclear submarines in the Persian Gulf region means that the Pentagon has not abandoned plans for surprise strikes against nuclear targets in Iran. With this aim a group of multi-purpose submarines ready to accomplish the t
[for the "Patriot Trading Group" guys & gals;-)] We evaluated the performance of three different helmet designs, commonly referred to as the Classical, the Fez, and the Centurion. The helmets were made of Reynolds aluminium foil.
January is often referred to as "Generals Month" as no less than four famous Confederate Generals claimed January as their birth month.
The US military has sold forbidden equipment at least a half-dozen times to middleman for countries - including Iran and China - who exploited security flaws in the Defense Department's surplus auctions. The sales include fighter jet parts
(Long Article, but worth the read) In November of 2002, Stephen J. Hadley, deputy national security advisor, asked Bruce Jackson to meet with him in the White House. They met in Hadley's office on the ground floor of the West Wing,
Increased US military activity in the Gulf is aimed at Iran's "very negative" behaviour, the Bush administration said. The defence secretary, Robert Gates, said the decision to deploy a Patriot missile battalion and a second aircraft ca
In one of the most severe blows the Bush adminstration has dealt to our constitutional democracy, the Pentagon attacked the lawyers who have volunteered to represent the Guantanamo detainees. Deputy Assistant Sec. of Defense Charles Stimson
The Kurdish makeup of 2 of the 3 Iraqi army brigades due to be sent to Baghdad under President Bush's new strategic plan is drawing concern from Iraqi and US experts. Questions have been raised about whether the Kurds would fight Sunni
In a ruling sure to make philandering spouses squirm, MIchigan's second-highest courts says that anyone involved in an extramarital fling can be prosecuted for first-degree criminal sexual conduct, a felony punishable by up to life in prison
