Brazil’s Lula visits Haiti troops Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s president, has arrived in Haiti to see for himself the damage last month’s earthquake caused. He will meet Rene Preval, his Haitian counterpart, and visit Brazilian troops at the UN’s new logistical base there. Even before the earthquake, Brazil had a “special relationship” with…
The Heron TP drone has a wingspan the same size as a Boeing 737 passenger jet
With a loud “whoosh” and a blast of hot air, the pile of tires, wood and 2.5 tons of raw opium burst into flames. It’s a government-sponsored “drug burn” in the western Afghan city of Herat, an event intended to reinforce the government’s claim that it is moving aggressively against the opium trade. We flew early Sunday morning from…
The son of one of Hamas’s founding members was a spy in the service of Israel for more than a decade, helping prevent dozens of Islamist suicide bombers from finding their targets, it emerged today. Codenamed the Green Prince by Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security service, Mosab Hassan Yousef, the son of Hamas co-founder Sheikh…
How Freelance Writers Can Use Digg The worst thing a new writer can do is set up a Digg account and immediately begin “digging” his own articles. Remember, Digg is to share truly interesting content, and Digg members do not look kindly on self-promotion. Profiting from Digg requires patience, but a few minutes each day…
The Facebook games that millions love (and hate) By Doug Gross, // –> — Early each morning, millions of farmers around the world rise to toil in their fields. By night, gangs of mobsters scheme and legions of poker players shuffle up and deal. Sure, none of it’s real. But the overwhelming popularity of so-called…
Battle for Marja not only militarily significant Story Highlights MARJA, AFGHANISTAN — The Afghan official responsible for governing Marja paid his first visit to this strife-torn community Monday, imploring residents to forsake the Taliban and promising employment programs as an inducement for local men to put down their weapons. Greg Jaffe and Craig Whitlock, both…
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named assassins of Dubai hit