Anna Chapman Russian Spy: Photo Shoot Video
Today, I bring you, yes, Anna Chapman. In the middle of a heat wave, this hottie participated in a photoshoot with Russian tabloid Zhara (or “Heat” [Lord, the puns]), a rag on which she spent a long time deciding, fielding as she was, several offers to sell herself for her country yet again. But, it’s…
Wikileaks published Truth : war logs Afghanistan
The ongoing WikiLeaks saga The truth is out there, but what does it all mean? On this episode of The Listening Post, we turn our attention to figures involved in the WikiLeaks Afghan war logs and the debate over what the US government should do about it.
Vengeful new militant group ” Ghazi Force ” emerges in Pakistan
Pakistan — Pakistani authorities now believe a dangerous new militant group, out to avenge a deadly army assault on a mosque in Islamabad three years ago, has carried out several major bombings in the capital previously blamed on the Taliban. The emergence of the Ghazi Force was part of the outrage among many deeply religious…
400,000 Refugees Uzbek Chaos 2000 Massacred
OSH, Kyrgyzsta “We are definitely hearing more and more horrific stories and are interviewing victims who tell us about young girls being gang-raped during the conflict and even these days.” Anna Neistat, Human Rights Watch About 400,000 minority Uzbeks fleeing mobs of Kyrgyz massed at the border , an Uzbek leader said, as the deadliest…
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Top Venture Capital Debate Rising Startups [Video]
The Feeding Frenzy The venture capital valuations for still-have-that-new-car-smell startups like Quora, FourSquare, Blippy are reaching unprecedented levels, and we wanted to find out why. Top VCs Marc Andreessen, Ron Conway and David Hornik came by the TechCrunch offices to debate the issue. Four month old Blippy is worth around $38 million. Quora, still in…