A U.S. maker of network management systems said Wednesday it had received an order from Shanghai Telecom Co. for a system that can detect and block telephone calls placed over the Internet. Plans to block "unauthorized" Internet calls that
In Atlanta, an online ad offers a room in exchange for "sex and light office duty." In Los Angeles, a one-bedroom pool house is free "to a girl that is skilled and willing." And in New York City, a $700-a-month room is available a
Lawmakers charged with overseeing telecommunications are poised to vote on the most controversial legislative measure in telecom: network neutrality. Determine whether the Internet remains accessible to content providers on a non-discriminatory basis
Consumer bankruptcy filings plunged in the first quarter to their lowest level in 20 years, as a tough new law enacted in October made it harder to erase debts, fresh data show. However, since shortly after the law went into effect, filing rates have
Lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a bill that would make Massachusetts the first state to require that all its citizens have some form of health insurance. Those who can afford insurance but refuse to get it will face increasing tax penalties until t
Iraqi leaders shelved talks on forming a government despite a warning from the US and Britain against any further delay. Delayed due to bitter wrangling over key ministerial posts and the premiership, with non-Shiite factions opposing the candidacy o
Opponents of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra welcomed the premier's sudden announcement that he would step down in a bid to reunite a nation divided by weeks of protests. Public anger erupted over his family's $1.9-billion tax-free sale of
The deputy press secretary for the US Department of Homeland Security was arrested for using the Internet to seduce what he thought was a teenage girl. On several occasions, he instructed her to perform a sexual act while thinking of him and describe
Now that the daily White House briefings are instantly available online, Press Secretary Scott McClellan's mangled sentences, flat-footed evasions, and genial befuddlement have made him the butt of a thousand blogs, and the increasingly savage pr
Ohio's top elections official, Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell, who is seeking the Republican nomination for governor, said he discovered the shares for Diebold Inc. while preparing a required filing for the Ohio Ethics Commission. Makes vot
Israeli warplanes fired three missiles into the presidential compound of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday, wounding two people and leaving deep craters in the ground. Abbas was not there at the time.
"I have no fear whatsoever about any investigation into me or my personal or professional activities," Tom DeLay said in a statement to constituents. At the same time, he said the voters of his Houston-area district "deserve a campaign
On the Saturday April 1st program at www.radio.goldseek.com, Congressman Ron Paul shared his price forecast for precious metals, his views on the weakening dollar and how geopolitical trends will effect the economy.
President Hugo Chávez is spending billions of dollars of his country's oil windfall on pet projects abroad, aimed at setting up his leftist government as a political counterpoint to the conservative Bush administration in the region
North Korea is believed to possess as many as 6 nuclear weapons, a former chief of the U.S. military in South Korea has said. North Korea had up to 6 nuclear weapons in 1994 when it agreed to freeze all related programs, but the number is likely to h
India's army chief said the country has taken steps against intrusive photographs of strategic installations shown on Google's satellite image service. "We concede that these satellite images do compromise our sensitive and strategic sit
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It will be enough of a challenge given the inability of most members of the Hamas government to transit through Israel, a physical obligation when traveling back and forth between the two territories that comprise the non-contiguous Palestinian Autho
More than 10,000 Navy "individual augmentees" deployed around the world, of which 7,000 are in the US Central Command's combat zones, the Navy is training its sailors like soldiers more than ever before. "You take a sailor and all
A Senate panel is poised to approve President Bush's request for more money for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, but only after adding billions of dollars in additional hurricane aid and relief for drought-stricken farmers.
If movie trailers are supposed to cause a reaction, the preview for "United 93" more than succeeds. Featuring no voice-over and no famous actors, it begins with images of a beautiful morning and passengers boarding an airplane that hits the
Al-Zarqawi, the most feared commander in the Iraqi insurgency, may have been forced to surrender his leadership by rival groups, angered by his bloody tactics and the interference of foreign fighters in the Iraqi conflict.
Donald Rumsfeld calls for "boundaries" between information operations abroad and the news media at home, but no such limits as long as the American public is not "targeted," any leakage of PSYOP to the American public does not mat
Former UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix said that Iran is a least 5 years away from developing a nuclear bomb, leaving time to peacefully negotiate a settlement. "... a chance that the US will use bombs or missiles against Iran. The reactio
Despite President Bush's repeated denials, the figures are clear: 900 sectarian killings in a single month in Iraq means a civil war is well under way. Iraq is a nation of 25 million people. In the US, that level of killing would equal 11,000 peo
"The legal constraints upon us have to be set against an enemy that adheres no constraints whatsoever, but an enemy so swift to insist that we do in every particular, and that makes life very difficult for the forces of democracy," said the
Although still united in pushing for confrontation with Iran, the coalition of hawks that propelled US troops toward Baghdad 3 years ago appears to have finally run out of steam. Demoralized by the quagmire in Iraq, Bush's still falling approval