RWS at RightWingCafe on Dec 28 2007 | Filed under: World News
Next time this hero should use a club. With a spike in the end…
When she spotted yobs vandalising a war memorial garden, Julie Lake sprang into action.
As the daughter of a Second World War RAF pilot – and granddaughter of one of the fallen in the 1914-18 war – she felt it was her duty [...]
Bookworm at Bookworm Room on Dec 27 2007 | Filed under: World News
In 1914, an obscure Archduke and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo, a place that, to most Western Europeans and Americans, was the back of beyond. It should have been nothing more than a bloody moment in local history that quickly vanished into the backwash of time. It didn’t, of course. Instead, [...]
Terry Trippany on Dec 27 2007 | Filed under: Feature Article, World News
FLASHBACK: Washington Post apologists provide cover for Al Qaeda in earlier attempt to kill Bhutto. Fast Forward - today - al Qaeda takes credit for assassination. Ironically Bhutto had condemned Islamic terrorism after meeting with President Karzai of Pakistan on Thursday afternoon.
Bookworm at Bookworm Room on Nov 25 2007 | Filed under: Feature Article, World News
I was very sad to read that Australian Prime Minister John Howard lost the election, especially because Australians turned Left to defeat him. I wonder just how long they’ll be happy with new PM Rudd’s plans to mess with Australia’s economy (which will inevitably happen with Labor in power), an economy that even CCN [...]
Bookworm at Bookworm Room on Nov 04 2007 | Filed under: Afghanistan, Feature Article, The War on Terror, World News
Before 9/11, when the Taliban were still a concern to people of all good will, I remember seeing news reports and hearing stories about the horrors of life for women under the Taliban. They were, quite literally, trapped in their homes, unable to go out even fully covered. A logical by-product was a [...]
Jodi at Webloggin on Sep 21 2007 | Filed under: World News
Gabriele Pauli, a Bavarian politician, has shocked some with her new idea; marriages should dissolve after seven years, if the couples decide to stay together they “extend” their marriage.
Reuters reports:
Gabriele Pauli, who poses on her web site in motorcycle leathers, is standing for the leadership of Bavaria’s Christian Social Union (CSU) — sister party of [...]
Terry Trippany on Sep 12 2007 | Filed under: Russia, World News
Count this up as another shot across the bow of the Bush administrations attempts to build a missile defense system. Russia has responded to the U.S. MOAB (often called the “Mother of all Bombs”) by creating what they label the FOAB, or “Father of all Bombs”.
Isn’t it great when bomb makers show us their witty [...]
Terry Trippany on Sep 12 2007 | Filed under: Feature Article, Linkfest, World News
Someone needs to call on the real world equivalent of Dustin Hoffman, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Rene Russo because a major Outbreak of ebola has struck the Democratic Republic of Congo. I saw this story yesterday but kind of lost sight of it until I saw it repeated today.
The problem with Ebola is that it [...]
Bernie at The HILL Chronicles on Aug 27 2007 | Filed under: World News
Although I expected the Berlin Wall to fall sooner or later, I was surprised when it did. Although I expect Fidel Castro to die sooner or later, I will be surprised when he does, given all the false rumors of his previous deaths.
When Castro finally does die though, that will not be the end, but [...]
MKFreeberg at House of Eratosthenes on Aug 24 2007 | Filed under: World News
…especially when compared to the European Union…
European and world views of the United States and President George Bush have dramatically worsened since 2000; the trend has intensified since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. There has been a decline in perceptions of the United States throughout the European Union, including in such traditional U.S. allies as [...]
