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An esteemed group of eminent persons, including former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan and current President of the European Central Bank Claude Trichet, has recommended that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) sell up to 400 tonnes of gold as means to
Bullet holes still pepper a small house on the outskirts of town where two law officers died in a gun battle over a patch of land the state wanted to take for a highway project. Property rights advocates will be watching closely Monday as jury select
Denied a chance to debate the legality of the Iraq war in court, an Army officer who refused to go to Iraq now goes to trial hoping to at least minimize the amount of time he could serve if convicted. Anti-war activists consider 1st Lt. Ehren Wata
A U.S.-Iraqi campaign to stabilize Baghdad will begin soon and the offensive against militants will be on a scale never seen during four years of war, American officers said. It's a multiple order magnitude of difference, not just a 30 percent, I
A revolt against a national driver's license, begun in Maine last month, is quickly spreading to other states. Within a week of Maine's action, lawmakers in Georgia, Wyoming, Montana, New Mexico, Vermont and Washington state also balked at Re
Its reputation tarnished by a series of technical mishaps, the Tokyo Stock Exchange is now pursuing a host of global alliances as part of stepped up efforts to safeguard its dominance as Asia's top bourse.
"Most of the meth on the street right now is crystal meth from Mexico, I have no doubt about that," Goddard said. "It has created a national phenomenon, where a few years ago it was a regional phenomenon."
The NY Police Dept. said police officers forcibly stopped 508,540 individuals on NYC streets last year — an average of 1,393 stops per day — and in many cases searched them for illegal weapons. The number was up from 97,296 in 2002, the last time the
In stormy Parliament session, many politicians call on government to 'change diplomatic language', work to obtain nuclear weapons, particularly after Olmert implied that Israel possesses such a bomb.
Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, prompted fears of a renewed arms race after he described American plans to move missiles into eastern Europe as an act of aggression against Moscow. Russia would develop inter-continental missiles capable of br
The three musicians have paid just $7.2 million in taxes on earnings of $450 million that they have channeled through Amsterdam — a tax rate of about 1.5 percent, well below the British rate of 40 percent.
The many setbacks and outright failures of Tehran’s experimental [nuclear] program suggest that its bluster may outstrip its technical expertise. And the problems help explain American intelligence estimates that Iran is at least four years away from
Vandals have shattered windows at three mosques and a dozen businesses popular among Shiite Muslims along Warren Avenue, the spine of the Arab community here. Most in Dearborn’s Iraqi Shiite community blame the Sunni Muslims.
The U.S. military is adjusting its tactics in Iraq after four helicopters were shot down over the past two weeks. The helicopters had been shot down in four separate incidents in which 21 U.S. servicemen and private security contractors were killed,
If the U.S. government gets its way on Super Bowl Sunday, all bets will be off -- all online bets, that is. Federal prosecutors and agents in the FBI's organized crime unit have been mounting a large-scale crackdown on Internet gambling, with
The federal crackdown on online gambling has tied up the funds of thousands of U.S. patrons of two of the largest services. The crackdown on BetOnSports, which no longer takes sports wagers from the USA, and Neteller — an Internet payment service
Iran on Saturday opened the gates to a key uranium conversion facility to visiting diplomats and journalists in an effort to show that its disputed nuclear program is peaceful and not a cover for nuclear bomb making.
A suicide bomber killed 135 people on Saturday in the deadliest single bombing in Iraq since the 2003 war, driving a truck laden with one ton of explosives into a market in a mainly Shi'ite area of Baghdad.
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"They never touch another living thing," Willett said. "They never see, smell, or touch plants, soil, the sea or any creature, except insects." Willett said he does not know why Mamut, who is about 30, or the other Uighurs were
Pastor Butch Accepts Nomination For Constitution Party Candidate For Governor Of West Virginia 2008. (Christians will find his teachings worth sharing and a fresh departure from the Corporate Chain Churches advocating Caesar’s rule)
As announced by Barry Hess who spoke to Ron Paul Friday, the Ron Paul Exploratory Committee will be making a formal announcement on Monday Feb 19. The following Sunday Dr. Paul will be closing the show at the New Hampshire Liberty Forum.
In June, short of people to process cases of imcompetence and fraud by federal contractors, officials at the GSA responded with what has become the government reflexive answer to almost every problem. They hired another contractor.
In January more than 1,900 people - soldiers, security officers and civilian - were killed in the insurgency in Iraq, up from 800 in January 2006. Many corpses showed signs of torture, meaning the victims were probably killed by religious and tribal
Between 30,000 and 50,000 mercanaries are working in Iraq, making them the second largest military force after the occupying US. The case of Iraq "is a new manifestation of the use of mercenries that has caught the US by surprise",
The US military drive to train and equip Iraq's security forces has unwittingly strengthened anti-American Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia, which has been battling to take over much of the capital city
Merck is bankrolling efforts to pass state laws across the country mandating Gardasil for girls as young as 11 or 12. It doubled its lobbying budget in Texas and has funneled money through Women in Government
Weekend Fun! Amazing search results you will want to share. OK, some folks didn't ge first time around.
Josephine Baker is still causing a stir more than 80 years after she took Paris by storm with her nearly naked dance review. (I'm putting the link of the card here)
