13 Dec 09 Italian Prime Minister doodled women’s underwear at EU climate summit
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi made doodles of women’s underwear at a recent European Union summit and then passed them around to shocked leaders. (more…)
11 Dec 09 Woods taking ‘indefinite break’ from golf
Golf superstar Tiger Woods announced on Friday he was taking an “indefinite break”from the sport as he admitted for the first time being unfaithful to his wife and asked for forgiveness. (more…)
09 Sep 09 Bone found near Garridos’ home is ‘probably human,’
Contra Costa County sheriff’s official says the fragment will now go to the state DNA lab for more testing. Phillip and Nancy Garrido are charged with the kidnapping and rape of Jaycee Lee Dugard.
The bone fragment was recovered after several law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, Sheriff’s Department and local police, combed the backyard next door to the Garridos’ home last week with dogs trained to detect human remains. Garrido took care of the property when it was vacant in 2006, authorities said, and sometimes lived in a red plank shed in the backyard. During the search, investigators dug a trench at the back of the shed about 3 feet wide and 6 feet long, but it was not clear whether the bone was recovered from that area.
07 Sep 09 U.S. Strike an “Enormous Coup” for Taliban
n Friday, a German ground commander called in a U.S. airstrike on two stolen fuel tankers in northern Afghanistan. Dozens of civilians had gathered around the tankers and Afghan officials say 70 or more were killed by the American bombs.
Official investigations have ramped-up to determine which of the two NATO allies — German or the U.S. — made the tragic error that led to the misguided strike. But, regardless of the inter-NATO finger-pointing, the real consequences won’t wait for the investigation findings. Nor can the real work to try and make amends to the Afghan people.
CBS News consultant Jere Van Dyk is an expert on the Islamic fundamentalist movements in Afghanistan and Pakistan who has travelled extensively along the volatile border region.
Van Dyk said it really doesn’t make any difference whom, exactly, is to blame for the airstrike. In the minds of most Afghans, “they are all infidels, they’re all outsiders and they’re all suspect, and so it really doesn’t make any difference.”
Above: Rahmatullah, 19, a victim of Friday’s NATO airstrike, tries to sit up on his bed in a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 5, 2009.
“We have a terrible tragedy on two levels,” Van Dyk told CBS Radio News. “One, so many people were killed. Secondly, it’s a coup for the Taliban. It’s a black mark for NATO and its allies.”
Van Dyk said the deadly airstrike couldn’t have come at worse time for American military strategists.
02 May 09 Vote India re-launched as Indian Political Portal
Chandigarh: Megri a 10 year old web solutions company has relaunched
its 9 year old site www.voteindia.com as Indian Political and Voting
Portal. Earlier the vote India is used just as to do voting various
topics and remain as success. Keeping in view the need of time, on the
starting of India Lok Sabha Election 2009 it is re –launched as
Political and Voting Magazine.Read more (more…)
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07 Dec 08 Obama to nominate critic of Rumsfeld as head of Veterans Affairs
US president-elect Barack Obama will announce Sunday the nomination of retired army general Eric Shinseki — who warned Donald Rumsfeld that a large force was needed to invade Iraq — as head of the Department of Veteran Affairs. (more…)
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