The operator of a fishing ship is "shell-shocked" after three crew died and another three disappeared and are presumed dead in waters off New Zealand
Christchurch-based Southern Storm Fishing says the 38-year-old Korean vessel Oyang 70, which sank in calm conditions 400 nautical miles east of Dunedin about 440am yesterday, was safe and fit to be at sea
The fishing industry says it is struggling to understand how a big factory ship sank in relatively calm conditions in the Southern O
Female babies in China have grown breasts after they were given milk laced with hormones The horrifying scenes have caused uproar among parents in central China, who fear that the milk powder they used had led to the premature developments
The official China Daily newspaper reported today that medical tests indicated that the level of hormones in three 'test case' girls, ranging in age from four months to 15 months, exceeded those found in the average adult woman All the babies who show
Apparently this video shows a hostage situation with a man holding a girl hostage in a doorway The negotiator, a woman eventually takes her chance and shoots him at close range The hostage escaped unharmed
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Here is the same scene from another angle
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Byzantium, a nation with Constantinople , modern Istanbul, as its capital city, was so well known for its complicated politics and schemes that it became a byword of political machinations it was a weak nation that survived by expertly avoiding war and pitting its enemies against each other Such techniques are needed in our world, where force itself only creates more problems, and eventually is futile
This fascinating article gives some pointers as to why Byzantium was so successful for
Jon Stewart teaches a history lesson on oil dependence
The US drive for fuel independence has not just appeared during this administration The last 8 presidents all espoused the same views and the same agenda Watch this excellent video from Jon Stewart as he highlights the disjoint between words and action for the last 40 years
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Top military secrets, including a US-South Korea war plan to counter a North Korean invasion, may have been given to Pyongyang by a South Korean Army major general spy Talk about bad timing in the light of the recent hostilities
The major general, only identified as Kim, was being questioned by military authorities on charges of providing top confidential information to North Korea The Defense Security Command asked the military’s General Court Martial to issue a detention warrant agai
Unencumbered by the PC hangups of the West, 10 captured pirates who tried to take a Russian oil tanker, have all mysteriously died, officially perished at sea On there way back home, their boat may have experienced a large, explosive leak and quickly sank Odd that
Ten suspected Somali pirates captured by the Russian navy last week may have perished after their release, a defence source in Moscow has told reporters
Marines seized them during a dramatic operation to free a hijacked Ru
The demand that no images of Mohammed are allowed is mostly a recent invention Medieval Muslim artists often created paintings and illuminated manuscripts depicting Mohammed in full
Several examples are presented on the site below Other artists of the era drew Mohammed, but left his face blank so as to technically comply with a sporadically enforced Islamic ban on depicting the Prophet; these faceless images are shown in the second section of the Archive
In 1999, Islamic art expert
President Barack Obama signed a memorandum Thursday requiring hospitals to allow non-family visitors and allowing their partners medical power of attorney Its shocking that in one of the most advanced societies in the world, in the 21st century, that such barbaric laws have continued until hospitals were forced to stop the practice That Obama had to legislate for such a basic human right for a sick or dying person is not something for the country to be proud of
The memorandum orders the D
The fear and anxiety that the Republicans have been whipping up since the election are nothing new Its a political tactic that they developed and used every time they are in opposition
They are following a playbook that has evolved over more than four decades, to regain power by sabotaging Democratic presidents These tactics were also used in shaping Southern American countries by the CIA and military Its nothing new, its just that we don't expect to see the participants in it happenin
North Korea has executed a ruling party official blamed for a botched currency reform, in a desperate attempt to quell public unrest and stem negative impact on Pyongyang's power succession, a news report said on Thursday
I think a few executions would have gone a long way to fixing the world financial crisis
The execution by firing squad in Pyongyang last week of Pak Nam-ki, Labour Party chief for planned economy, was for the crime of "[b]a son of a bourgeois conspiring to infiltrat
Bluefin tuna is a highly valued fish worth up to $200-$300 per kg but stocks have depleted rapidly It is particularly sought-after in Japan, where a single fish can fetch as much a $100,000 So the Japanese desire to continue eating it is just as much financial as it is dietary
"If worse comes to worst, Japan will have no choice but to lodge its reservations," Senior Vice Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Masahiko Yamada, was quoted as saying by Kyodo news agency
Some
The Dubai assassination looks, from media releases, like Mossad were unaware of the video and other evidence they left behind According to this Debka article however they not only were aware of the video, they controlled it
Dubai's police chief Dhahi Khalfan said Friday, Feb 26, that DNA and fingerprint evidence of at least one of the 26 team of assassins had been found in the hotel room where Hamas commander Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh was found dead on Jan 19 The first arrest warrants have n
Tilikum, a killer whale kept in isolation because of previous attacks on people, drowned its trainer after a show at SeaWorld The question is what will become of the Orca now Instead of killing it, or isolating it further, why not just let the poor animal go free Its been imprisoned for 27 years for the sole purpose of entertaining humans It a life sentence for an animal that did no wrong
Its inhumane that such a big creature is trapped in a small pool for 27 years Really you can't bl
The financial problems happening in Greece and Europe are not just their issues Because AIG was bought by America, the USA picks up its debts and obligations and it appears America might have to bail out Greece, and probably other countries as well As the quotes below show AIG may have written credit protection on Greece before they were bailed out, making America liable for the debt crisis in Europe [quote]It appears that AIG - the company we have bailed out thus far to the tune of some
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