Assassination Tango
Dubai has said it will issue an arrest warrant for the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if Mossad is proved to be behind the killing of a Hamas leader.
Intelligence Briefing
CREDIT: Mark Alan Stamaty ,,, simon says: Things are not right with the world ADVANCED FINANCIAL ANALYSIS Yes, I’m dismayed by this weekend’s earthquake in Chile (I really adore the country), and am quite disgusted by the US government’s extension of the PATRIOT Act. Fortunately, I know the Chileans will pull through just fine, and…
Dali Lama placeholder for Peace as China warns US over strained ties
He stands for achieving peace by way of peace, and since Gandhi and Martin Luther King aren’t around, he’s a placeholder for that kind of position. China’s military has warned the United States to “speak and act cautiously” to avoid further straining relations between the two countries, Huang Xueping, a defence ministry spokesman, was quoted…
The Story the New York Times Won’t Touch
The Story the New York Times Won’t Touch A little more than a year ago, when the Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim increased his stake in the New York Times Company (NYT), I wrote “I pity the Times Mexico bureau chief who has to tiptoe through who is and isn’t out of favor with the paper’s…
The Ad Agency You’ve Never Heard of: Hulu
Here’s what’s well-known about Hulu and ads. 1) It supports itself with the stuff. 2) Sometimes it stars in its own ads. Less known: Hulu creates advertisements for its own advertisers. ING Direct, the personal investment arm of financial giant ING, began a monthlong ad deal with Hulu this week. There are many moving pieces…
No Lie! Your Facebook Profile Is the Real You
On the Internet,” one dog tells another in a classic New Yorker cartoon, “nobody knows you’re a dog.” The internet is notorious for its digital dens of deception. But on Facebook, what you see tends to be what you get — at least in one study of tailless, two-legged young adults. College-age users of Facebook…
Nato forces set sights on Kandahar
After two weeks battling the Taliban in Afghanistan’s Marjah town in Helmand province, Nato and Afghan forces are setting their sights on their next objective – securing Afghanistan’s second largest city, Kandahar. The city is the place where Mullah Omar founded the Taliban movement and, according to US reports, the impending operation will gain control…
Using Google Earth and GPS to track Afghan cash
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