WASHINGTON (AP) — A prestigious science group is casting more doubt on whether the Obama administration’s Europe-based missile defense shield can protect the United States and recommends scrapping key parts of the system. The conclusions from the National Academy of Sciences in a letter to lawmakers obtained by The Associated Press could complicate the administration’s […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A prestigious science group is casting more doubt on whether the Obama administration’s Europe-based missile defense shield can protect the United States and recommends scrapping key parts of the system. The conclusions from the National Academy of Sciences in a letter to lawmakers obtained by The Associated Press could complicate the administration’s […]
(MintPress)—The United Nations Security Council is threatening sanctions on Sudan and South Sudan if their border battle doesn’t cease — a warning that didn’t stop Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir from declaring war Thursday on South Sudan, saying the new state must be destroyed. Despite claims by the U.N., the likelihood of Security Council superpowers agreeing […]
(MintPress)—The United Nations Security Council is threatening sanctions on Sudan and South Sudan if their border battle doesn’t cease — a warning that didn’t stop Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir from declaring war Thursday on South Sudan, saying the new state must be destroyed. Despite claims by the U.N., the likelihood of Security Council superpowers agreeing […]
HEGLIG, Sudan (AP) — The road to Heglig, an oil town that South Sudan and Sudan are fighting over, is lined with discarded furniture, destroyed buses and tanks, and clusters of dead Sudanese soldiers. South Sudan’s army, known as the SPLA, moved north into Heglig earlier this month, sparking the bloodiest fighting since South Sudan […]
HEGLIG, Sudan (AP) — The road to Heglig, an oil town that South Sudan and Sudan are fighting over, is lined with discarded furniture, destroyed buses and tanks, and clusters of dead Sudanese soldiers. South Sudan’s army, known as the SPLA, moved north into Heglig earlier this month, sparking the bloodiest fighting since South Sudan […]
(MintPress)—Every 80 minutes, a U.S. veteran dies. Not in combat, but because of suicide. And there are more grim statistics on the topic. From 2005 to 2010, service members took their own lives at a rate of about one every 36 hours, according to a report issued by the Center for a New American Security […]
(MintPress)—Every 80 minutes, a U.S. veteran dies. Not in combat, but because of suicide. And there are more grim statistics on the topic. From 2005 to 2010, service members took their own lives at a rate of about one every 36 hours, according to a report issued by the Center for a New American Security […]
DIMONA, Israel (AP) — For years, Israel’s array of African communities had little interaction, divided by religious, linguistic and cultural differences. That is changing. They are facing a common situation in Israel — relegated to bottom rungs, partly because of discrimination over their skin color. That has brought some members of a wide range of […]
DIMONA, Israel (AP) — For years, Israel’s array of African communities had little interaction, divided by religious, linguistic and cultural differences. That is changing. They are facing a common situation in Israel — relegated to bottom rungs, partly because of discrimination over their skin color. That has brought some members of a wide range of […]
(NEW YORK) MintPress — President Obama on Thursday may have scored a victory in the debate over a proposed amendment to his health care plan — the Senate voted Thursday to scrap an amendment allowing employers and insurers to opt out of provisions in the plan on moral or religious grounds — but he faces a fresh […]
(NEW YORK) MintPress — President Obama on Thursday may have scored a victory in the debate over a proposed amendment to his health care plan — the Senate voted Thursday to scrap an amendment allowing employers and insurers to opt out of provisions in the plan on moral or religious grounds — but he faces a fresh […]
(MintPress)—US President Barack Obama issued an apology to the Islamic world, after the U.S. military burned copies of the Quran, a holy book for Muslims, in Afghanistan recently, but violence persists in the country as outrage over the action grows. In a letter to Afghan President Hamid Karzi the President expressed regret that the “religious […]
(MintPress)—US President Barack Obama issued an apology to the Islamic world, after the U.S. military burned copies of the Quran, a holy book for Muslims, in Afghanistan recently, but violence persists in the country as outrage over the action grows. In a letter to Afghan President Hamid Karzi the President expressed regret that the “religious […]
