An interactive map to show where all the US men and women killed in Iraq and Afghanastan were from. Palm Beach Post – U.S. service men, women who have died in Iraq, Afghanistan
Category: Politics
Kim Jong Ils New Friend
Kim Jong-il changes travel companions July 05, 2005 For the last six months, North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, at least in his public duties, appears to have changed his traveling companions. According to an analysis by the JoongAng Ilbo’s Unification Research Institute on North Korean media reports, Mr. Kim now prefers the company of government…
The Division of America…Let's Do It.
(note, I haven’t cross referenced these figures but if they are right, it explains a lot…thanks for sending this Matthew.) Dear Red States We’re ticked off at the way you’ve treated California, and we’ve decided we’re leaving. We intend to form our own country, and we’re taking the other Blue States with us. In case…
(M- Diddy) Martha Stewart knows the score
Martha Stewart Calls Lockdown ‘Hideous’ – Yahoo! News “I hate lockdown. It’s hideous,” Stewart tells the August issue of the magazine, on newsstands July 12. Asked about the electronic monitoring device she must wear on her ankle — she has complained repeatedly that it irritates her skin — Stewart says she knows how to remove…
Thousands march to push G8 on African poverty – Yahoo! News
Thousands march to push G8 on African poverty – Yahoo! News EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of demonstrators dressed in white marched through Edinburgh on Saturday to demand leaders of rich nations agree measures to tackle global poverty at a summit nearby next week. As part of a day of pressure on the Group…
Live 8 warms up as McCartney rocks London
Live 8 warms up as McCartney rocks London – Yahoo! News LONDON (Reuters) – Paul McCartney and U2’s Bono fired up a huge London crowd with “Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” on Saturday for the anti-poverty crusade, Live 8, the biggest music event ever staged. Starting the show with the familiar lyrics: “It was…
Zapatistas on Red Alert
Since Sunday 19 the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) has been on general red alert with EZLN troops called into the mountains of Chiapas, and Zapatista communities advised to flee by their Juntas de Buen Gobierno (Governing Councils), amid fears that war in Chiapas is likely to resume. The Zapatista “Caracoles” or “centers of zapatista…
Worldwide Week of Action Against Poverty to Launch Friday
The Global Call to Action against Poverty marks its first global White Band Day mobilization on Friday 1st July © www.whiteband.org © www.whiteband.org Some of the world’s most famous landmarks will be adorned with huge white bands on 1st July, as part of a curtain-raiser to a week of global action during which campaigners and…
Bush lying about rise in Aid to Africa
POLITICS-AFRICA: Bush Exaggerates Increase in U.S. Aid Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, Jun 27 (IPS) – U.S. President George W. Bush has been significantly exaggerating the amount of money his administration has provided in aid to sub-Saharan Africa, according to a new study released here Monday. Instead of a tripling of U.S. aid to Africa between 2000…
France to Be Site of World's First Nuclear Fusion Reactor – New York Times
France to Be Site of World’s First Nuclear Fusion Reactor – New York Times PARIS, June 28 – France won an international competition today to be the site of the world’s first nuclear fusion reactor, an estimated $12 billion project that many scientists see as essential to solving the world’s future energy needs.