Iraq: Worlds Largest Embassy leaves Military Caccoon
U.S. soldiers salute during a handover ceremony in Baghdad’s Green Zone on June 1. The last American combat brigade began leaving Iraq on Thursday as part of the plan to reduce U.S. troop presence As the U.S. war footing in Iraq officially ends, officials say the world’s largest embassy — the U.S. mission in Baghdad…
Al-Qaeda prepares for New War with Israel
Saeed al Shehri. (AP photo)
The Prisoner of Putin: Khodorkovsky
Khodorkovsky, The Prisoner who Unsettles Putin French publication Marianne’s special correspondent in Moscow, Anne Dastakian, comments in detail on Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s second trial. For Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the prosecution suffers from “legal schizophrenia”. Many celebrities, including US President, Barack Obama, support the former head of Yukos. Deported to Siberia and deprived of his oil company, Khodorkovsky,…
Niger’s grim predicament 10 Million starving
Despite months of warnings, aid agencies have fallen badly short in raising funds to head off a hunger crisis imperiling more than 10 million people in some of Africa’s poorest countries on the southern edge of the Sahara. This week the World Food Program said that because of a massive funding shortfall, it will not…
Soldiers whooped and cheered crossing out of Iraq
It’s something I’m going to be proud of for the rest of my life – As their convoy reached the barbed wire at the border crossing out of Iraq on Wednesday, the soldiers whooped and cheered. Then they scrambled out of their stifling hot armored vehicles, unfurled an American flag and posed for group photos….
Secrets of the Great Pyramid Giza to be Unveiled
Archaeologists to unlock the secrets and enduring mysteries ancient Egyptians Archaeologists attempting to unlock the secrets of the Great Pyramid of Giza have a new helper: a drill- and camera-toting robot designed to peer into the magnificent structure’s unexplored nooks and crannies. It’s hoped that this high-tech explorer — built by researchers at England’s Leeds…