Seized laptop shows Chavez's rebel ties
• APFiles in a laptop computer seized from the wreckage of a Colombian rebel camp in Ecuador offer new insights into Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's desire to undermine Colombia's U.S.-allied government.
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Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador in tense standoff after raid
• AFPVenezuela and Ecuador moved their troops to their border with Colombia and engaged in a war of words as they found themselves Monday in tense standoff over Colombia's anti-guerrilla raid into Ecuador.
Chavez Mobilizes Military, Closes Columbian Embassy: Tactics to Distract Opposition?
• MondorebWhen there's trouble at home, history teaches to look for opponents abroad.
Lakota Independence Explained
• YouTube / PushthelimitRussell Means explains the reasons behind the Lakota Tribe repudiation of treaties with the US government.
Robbers in Ski Masks, Waving Machetes Bust into Bar and Get Beaten to Pulp by Bikers in Next Room
• GinnTips to all aspiring criminals:Don't rob biker bars.
Company Uses Waterboarding to "Motivate" its Employees
• GinnWelcome to Prosper, Inc. where an ex-employee says the supervisor used waterboarding and drew mustaches on employees' faces to "increase your sales output".
Newborn Survives Fall into Toilet, from a running Train, onto Tracks
• GinnAmazing adventures of a premature baby in India.
US to Give USS Kitty Hawk to India
• MondorebCould India be getting a soon-to-be decommissioned US aircraft carrier? What new rhetoric can we then be expected to hear from Russia?
Musharraf's Exit Urged After Election Rout
• CBS/APA top opposition leader called on President Pervez Musharraf to step aside after his ruling party conceded defeat in parliamentary elections. The vote was also a slap to Islamist parties, which lost control where al Qaeda and Taliban fighters have so
No Oracle to Cuba’s Future
• OpenMarket / Ivan OsorioCuba’s entire future is anybody’s guess. For nearly all of the Castro era, analyzing Cuban politics has involved Kremlinology-style reading of tea leaves. So I wonder what seasoned Cuba watchers will make of this photo?
Fidel Castro: 15 Memorable Quotes
• Mondoreb"Revolution is not a bed of roses" and 14 more quotes by the now-resigned Cuban dictator.
End of Castro's half century in power
• BBCThe news that Fidel Castro is stepping down as president after almost 50 years in power came in the middle of the night, through the online edition of the official Communist party newspaper Granma.
End of Castro's half century in power
• BBCThe news that Fidel Castro is stepping down as president after almost 50 years in power came in the middle of the night, through the online edition of the official Communist party newspaper Granma.
Pakistan's ruling party concedes defeat
• APPakistan's ruling party conceded defeat today after opposition parties routed allies of President Pervez Musharraf in parliamentary elections that could threaten the rule of America's close ally in the war on terror.
Fidel Castro retires
• ReutersAiling Cuban leader Fidel Castro said on Tuesday that he will not return to lead the country as president or commander-in-chief, retiring as head of state 49 years after he seized power in an armed revolution.
India To Test Submarine-Based Ballistic Missile
• AFPIndia will soon conduct its first test of a submarine-based ballistic missile which can be tipped with a nuclear warhead. If successful, India will be capable of launching missiles from air, land, ships and submarines, and it will join an elite group
Canadian Police Baffled: The Case of the Grisly Right Feet
• GinnVancouver police were puzzled when two right feet--both size 12--washed up on separate islands in the Georgia Strait. A little over a week ago, a third, also a size 12, washed ashore.
Kosovo's Parliament Approves Declaration of Independence in Defiance of Serbia, Russia
• RawStory.comA decade after a bloody separatist war with Serbian forces that claimed 10,000 lives, lawmakers pronounced the territory the Republic of Kosovo and pledged to make it a "democratic, multiethnic state." Its leaders looked for swift recogniti
OJ Simpson's Girlfriend in Intensive Care; Cops Investigate
• GinnThe doctor says she appears to have been beaten. She might need surgery. OJ says she's a drunk and fell down and hit her head.
Saudi Arabia Bans Sale of Red Roses
• MondorebThe Saudi religious police have banned red roses and red-colored items until after Valentine's Day in an effort to discourage out-of-wedlock relations.
W.H.O. and Bloomberg Open Global Antismoking Project
• NY Times / Donald McNeil Jr.Nicknamed Mpower and based on a partly successful program for fighting drug-resistant tuberculosis, the report suggests raising taxes, banning smoking, enforcing laws, monitoring use, warning people, and offering free help.
Britain kow tows to China as athletes are forced to sign no criticism contracts
• www.dailymail.co.ukBritish Olympic chiefs are to force athletes to sign a contract promising not to speak out about China's appalling human rights record – or face being banned from travelling to Beijing.
Abandoned anchor cut Gulf Internet cable
• APAn abandoned anchor was responsible for cutting one of the undersea Internet cables severed last week, causing disruptions across the Middle East and parts of Asia, the cable's owner said Friday.
"Anonymous" Hackers Issue 3rd Warning to Scientology
• GinnThe hacker group known only as "Anonymous" issue their 3rd video warning to Scientology. The hackers vowed last week to destroy Scientology and US and UK websites began crashing over the weekend.
U.S. Mom Strip-searched and Jailed by Saudi Religious Police
• MondorebHer crime? Sitting alone with a male colleague at a Starbucks. The US Embassy has done nothing.
The Government We Choose for You
• Bloody Mary BreakfastWith the ouster of South African President Thabo Mbeki, three free-market fellows see hope for Ben Bernanke's model economy, Zimbabwe. [Heritage Foundation, AEI, and CATO see an opportunity for government intervention]
Hackers Vow to Destroy Scientology; Websites Crash
• GinnA group of hackers named "Anonymous" declared war on Scientology last week. Over the weekend, Scientology UK and US websites crashed. See the video "declaration of war"
I'll be president of Europe if you give me the power - Blair
• politics.guardian.co.ukTony Blair has been holding discussions with some of his oldest allies on how he could mount a campaign later this year to become full-time president of the EU council, the prestigious new job characterised as "president of Europe".
Judge Rules Against Hitler and Holocaust Theme Carnival Float
• GinnThe Carnival in Rio will go on this year sans Hitler and the float of "emaciated corpses" from the Holocaust entitled "It Gives You Goose Bumps."
Bill and Hillary Clinton: The View from India
• GinnWe're led to believe that the world will welcome back the Clintons with open arms. Not necessarily.
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