UN News: SC President H.E. Mr. Hardeep Singh Puri (India) on thedeath of four Ethiopian peacekeepers in Sudan, Posted by Menelik Zeleke

03 August 2011

Informal comments to the media by H.E. Mr. Hardeep Singh Puri, Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of August on the death of four Ethiopian peacekeepers in Sudan and the situation in Syria.

One Day in Port-au-Prince: The Schoolgirl, Posted by Meosha Eaton

Bahrain commission to investigate army, torture claims, Posted by Meosha Eaton

(Reuters) - A commission tasked by Bahrain to investigate weeks of protests that rocked the Gulf island kingdom said Sunday it would look at the role of the security forces in the unrest and examine charges of torture.

At a news conference marking the launch of the five-member panel's investigation, chairman Cherif Bassiouni said his team would look at 30 police officers being investigated by the Interior Ministry for allegedly not following procedures.

He said the army would also be investigated.

North Korea and Iran increase collaboration on nuclear missile, report claims, Posted by Meosha Eaton

North Korea and Iran are jointly working on weapons programmes designed to build a long-range missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, a leading British security think tank has said.

Pyongyang, North Korea Photo: GETTY

According to a study by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), North Korea's weapons programmes are now benefiting from technology from Iran.

Pyongyang also possesses technology that would enable Iran's uranium enrichment programme to increase its output. However concrete evidence that North Korea has supplied the Iranians with its superior equipment has not been uncovered by IISS.

Deception and Invisible Weapons and Wars, Posted by Meosha Eaton

• Bernard Baruch
• Bill Clinton
• Clement Attlee
• Cosmo Gordon Lang
• George H.W. Bush
• Harry Truman
• Herbert Bayard Swope
• John F. Kennedy
• Joseph Rotblat
• Kofi Annan
• Lyndon Johnson
• Mackenzie King
• Paul Wolfowitz
• Rick Santorum
• Ronald Reagan
• Spanish Civil War
• The Times
• Vannevar Bush
• William Safire
• World War I
• Zacarias Moussaoui

• 2001 anthrax attacks
• air filtration
• armored vehicles
• arms control
• Associated Press
• asymmetrical warfare
• BBC News
• Belarus
• Bernard Baruch
• Bill Clinton
• Biological hazard
• biological warfare
• biological weapons
• biosphere
• blue
• bomb
• Bombing of Guernica
• Butler Review
• CBS
• chemical warfare
• chemical weapons
• CIA
• civil defense
• Clement Attlee
• CNN
• Cold War
• Colombia
• conventional weapon
• Cosmo Gordon Lang
• Criminal law
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• culture of fear
• death penalty
• dirty bomb
• Ethnic bioweapons
• explosive
• Explosive material
• Fallout shelter
• false memories
• Fox News
• George H.W. Bush
• grenade
• Guernica (town)
• Gulf War
• Gustavo Bell Lemus
• Harry Truman
• Herbert Bayard Swope
• Hiroshima
• human
• Incendiary device
• India
• international law
• international treaty
• invasion of Kuwait
• inverted pyramid
• Iraq
• Iraq Survey Group
• Jacob M. Appel
• John F. Kennedy
• Joseph Rotblat
• journalism
• Kazakhstan
• Kofi Annan
• land mine
• Lyndon Johnson
• Mackenzie King
• magenta
• Media bias
• memory
• Millennium Report
• missile
• Monterey Institute
• MSNBC
• multilateral
• Nagasaki
• Nagasaki, Nagasaki
• NBC
• NBC suit
• Nobel Peace Prize
• North Korea
• NSC-68
• nuclear disarmament
• nuclear reaction
• nuclear sharing
• Nuclear terrorism
• Nuclear testing
• nuclear weapon
• nuclear weapons
• Orbital bombardment
• Outer Space Treaty
• Pakistan
• Paul Wolfowitz
• Pershing II
• poison gas
• popular culture
• Print media
• proliferation
• propellant
• Radioactivity
• radiological weapon
• radiological weapons
• Reykjavík Summit
• Rick Santorum
• rocket
• Ronald Reagan
• SCUD
• small arms
• Soviet Union
• Spanish Civil War
• State Department
• strategic bombing
• terrorism
• The Free Press
• The Times
• The Washington Post
• total war
• treaty
• trefoil
• Turkey
• Ukraine
• Unit 731
• United Nations
• US military
• USA Today
• Vannevar Bush
• War on Terrorism
• weapon
• Western world
• William Mallon
• William Safire
• Word of the Year
• World War I
• World War II
• Yellowcake forgery
• Zacarias Moussaoui
• 
  

• Belarus
• Bombing of Guernica
• civil defense
• Colombia
• Guernica (town)
• Hiroshima
• India
• inverted pyramid
• Iraq
• Kazakhstan
• Monterey Institute
• Nagasaki
• Nobel Peace Prize
• North Korea
• Pakistan
• Soviet Union
• State Department
• Turkey
• Ukraine
• 
  

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling.

One of the greatest strategies for an army to employ in order to win a war is deception. From the use of smoke, to hide military maneuvering and movements, to unique modern-day camouflage techniques and special paints on military equipment and weaponry, so as to deflect radar and appear invisible to the enemy, deception has been utilized by many armed forces and militaries throughout the history of warfare.

Report: US promises to provide safe haven for Gaddafi, Posted by Meosha Eaton

Cairo- The United States promised during recent talks with Libyan officials to provide embattled Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi with a safe haven if he agreed to step down, a Libyan official said in remarks published Wednesday.

'The US delegation expressed clear readiness to go ahead and find a place or a country prepared to host Gaddafi, along with offering him guarantees that he will not be tracked down for prosecution,' the official was quoted as saying in the pan-Arab newspaper Asharq Al Awsat.

U.N. Warns of Famine in East Africa , Posted by Meosha Eaton

The threat of famine and starvation is raising it's ugly head for the first time in this part of Africa for half a century. There were some pretty harrowing images on the BBC News last night which put the Murdoch farrago into tawdry perspective.

Quote:

UN declares Somalia famine in Bakool and Lower Shabelle
   
An estimated 10 million people have been affected by the drought in east Africa.  The United Nations has declared a famine in two areas of southern Somalia as it suffers the worst drought in more than half a century.

Serbia Serbia arrests Goran Hadzic, the last Yugoslav war fugitive, Posted by Meosha Eaton

Serbia arrests Goran Hadzic, the last Yugoslav war fugitive

Former leader of Krajina enclave inside Croatia is wanted by war crimes tribunal in The Hague for 'ethnic cleansing'

Goran Hadzic, the last war crimes fugitive from the Yugoslav wars, has been arrested, according to Serb officials.

They gave no details but confirmed a report by B92 television news in Belgrade that Hadzic had been caught after spending eight years on the run. Serbia's president, Boris Tadic, has called a press conference at which he is

MACTV News: HAS BLACK ANGER ENDED?, Posted by Menelik Zeleke

Week of July 18, 2011

BUSINESS EXCHANGE

By William Reed

HAS BLACK ANGER ENDED?

The worst abuses of the Jim Crow era have been eliminated, but the moral outrage inspired by a personal encounter with bigotry remains the most powerful vehicle for conveying the injuries and indignities of racial inequality.

In the days since the great civil rights awakening, a revolution has occurred across America. Uptight suburbanites who couldn’t imagine socializing with, working for or marrying a “Negro,” have given way to a new and different generation.  That process has cleared the way for a generation of “Black Believers” who fully accept that America means what it says when it promises to treat them fairly.  Are these young African Americans naive about racism or basically more confident than their elders? Now, from a venerated and best-selling author on American life comes a tremendously important book about one of the most significant issues in the history of our republic – America’s race relations.

Wade says will learn lesson from Senegal riots, Posted by Meosha Eaton

* Senegal leader says will "learn lesson" from protests

* Statement unclear on election plans

* Message follows earlier French warning to Wade

By Diadie Ba

DAKAR, July 7 - Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade has said he must "learn a lesson" from violent protests against his government, but did not specify whether this would alter his controversial plan to stand for re-election.

The message follows a blunt warning earlier this week from former colonial power and close ally France against Wade seeking to cling on to power.

Metro crash anniversary: Series of events planned to honor victims, Posted by Meosha Eaton

 

Metro crash anniversary: Series of events planned to honor victims 

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U.S. tightens Libya sanctions; key senators back Obama, Posted by Meosha Eaton

* Nine companies owned, controlled by Gaddafi targeted

* U.S. Treasury removes sanctions from a Libyan defector

* Kerry, McCain want Senate to endorse U.S. role in Libya (Adds House Republicans discuss possible votes, paras 14-16)

By Rachelle Younglai and Susan Cornwell

WASHINGTON, June 21 (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday tightened financial sanctions on the Libyan government and two influential senators pushed back against calls to halt funding for American involvement in NATO operations there.

Ethiopian Man detained in Pentagon security case had prior arrest

A U.S. Marine reservist detained in a security scare last week around the Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery had his bond from a prior criminal case revoked, a local sheriff's office spokesman said Monday.

Yonathan Melaku, who was detained Friday after being found acting suspiciously before dawn in the national cemetery, was arrested in May in Leesburg, Virginia, during a vehicle tampering investigation, said Kraig Troxell of the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office.

HIGHLIGHTS-Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's speech on unrest , Posted by Meosha Eaton

 

HIGHLIGHTS-Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's speech on unrest 

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Golf-McIlroy's next target - dueling with Tiger, Posted by Meosha Eaton

By Larry Fine

BETHESDA, Maryland, June 19 (Reuters) - Rory McIlroy has realised one of his dreams with a record-shattering romp to victory at the U.S. Open on Sunday for his first major title but the 22-year-old now yearns to test himself against his golf idol, Tiger Woods.

"When I was growing up, I always had putts to beat Tiger Woods in the Masters or U.S. Open," said McIlroy. "So it would be great to be able to get in contention one day .... and go down the stretch with him because I've never really had that experience before.

MACTV News UPDATE: Pentagon Bomb Scare Suspect a Marine Reservist, Posted by Menelik Zeleke

Senior Administration Officials to Hold Conference Call to Preview the First Lady’s Trip to South Africa and Botswana

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Alleged Weiner nude photo released by radio hosts, Update Posted by Meosha Eaton

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - An alleged photo of Congressman Anthony Weiner's genitals hit the Internet on Wednesday after conservative watchdog Andrew Breitbart shared it with a pair of radio DJs who then tweeted it to the masses.

Breitbart had said repeatedly he had no intention of releasing the photo unless the embattled politician launched a "jihad" against him.

REMARKS BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AND GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL IN OFFICIAL ARRIVAL CEREMONY, Posted by Meosha Eaton

REMARKS BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AND GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL IN OFFICIAL ARRIVAL CEREMONY!

 

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WHAT’S YOUR AGENDA?, Posted by Meosha Eaton

By William Reed

WHAT’S YOUR AGENDA?

When it comes to looking out for the economic interest of Black Americans do you think that the Obama administration is doing too much, too little or the right amount?  

In the upcoming months, someone is going to tap you to 1) make a donation, 2) volunteer, and or 3) vote for people and platforms that best represent you and your views.   Don’t let the past be prologue in this instance, in that history influences and sets the context for the future.  This time around why don’t we demand that all candidates present a “Black Agenda” with specific ways to improve the lives of Blacks in America to get our 2012 vote?