SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea said Tuesday it considered U.N. sanctions aimed at punishing the country for its nuclear test “a declaration of war,” as Japan and South Korea reported the communist nation might be preparing a second explosion. The North broke two days of silence about the U.N. resolution adopted after its Oct….
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Reuters AlertNet – Iraq and Afghanistan: Optimism gone too far
Many would agree that a healthy dose of optimism is desirable even in the most dire situations. But U.S. Republicans may have gone a step further: They have set aside $20 million for a “commemoration of success” in Iraq and Afghanistan, of all places, Britain’s Independent reports.They are so confident of success in the two…
MysticalBall.com – The Amazing Mind Reader
Just in time for Halloween….. MysticalBall.com – The Amazing Mind Reader
Birds do it…bees do it….
OSLO (Reuters) – The birds and the bees may be gay, according to the world’s first museum exhibition about homosexuality among animals. With documentation of gay or lesbian behaviour among giraffes, penguins, parrots, beetles, whales and dozens of other creatures, the Oslo Natural History Museum concludes human homosexuality cannot be viewed as “unnatural”. “We may…
Earthquake 6.5 Shakes Islands; Knocks Out Power
It was a strange way to wake up on a Sunday morning, but at least it wasn’t the Japanese attacking. We woke to a minor shake that turned into a violent rattle in our clap board bungalow. We spent an absolutely lovely day without power and without having to hear all the noise pollution that…
When something gets you down….
This just might be the cure for your day! LINK (Thanks Marsha!!)
First U.S. lawmaker convicted in lobbying scandal
First U.S. lawmaker convicted in lobbying scandal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Republican congressman pleaded guilty on Friday to accepting meals, drinks, gambling chips and other items worth tens of thousands of dollars, becoming the first lawmaker convicted in the Jack Abramoff political corruption scandal. Rep. Bob Ney (news, bio, voting record) of Ohio, who abandoned…
U.S. troops unlawfully killed UK journalist: coroner
U.S. troops unlawfully killed UK journalist: coroner OXFORD (Reuters) – One of Britain’s most experienced journalists was unlawfully killed by U.S. soldiers in Iraq, a British inquest into his death ruled on Friday, prompting calls for the perpetrators to be tried for war crimes. Veteran war correspondent Terry Lloyd, 50, who worked for British television…
U.S. wasted chance to improve the world: Gorbachev
BERLIN (Reuters) – Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, who played a key role in ending the Cold War, said the United States had squandered an opportunity to improve global politics after the Cold War, a paper said on Friday. In comments that were among the harshest he has made about the United States, Gorbachev compared…
Bangladesh bankers to the poor win Nobel Peace Prize – Yahoo! News
OSLO (Reuters) – Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank he founded won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for grassroots work to lift millions out of poverty that earned him the nickname “banker to the poor.” Yunus, 66, set up a new kind of bank in 1976 to lend to the neediest,…