Al Qaeda in Iraq has confirmed that it is playing a leading role in the western-backed uprising to overthrow the government of Syria. In a statement posted online on Tuesday, the head of the Islamic State of Iraq, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, confirmed that: “The Al-Nusra Front is simply a branch of the Islamic State of Iraq.” The […]
Reblogged from Market Curator: The White House released detail on Wednesday of President Obama’s 2014 budget blueprint, in which he outlines his plans to make high earners pay more to reduce the deficit, as well as new spending cuts to replace the temporary ‘sequester’ reductions which were brought in last month. If the President were […]
Nigerian soldiers killed 14 suspected members of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram during a raid in the city of Kano on Sunday, said a military spokesperson. A would-be suicide bomber was also arrested in possession of a car packed with explosives, say authorities. One Nigerian soldier was also killed in the raid. Police moved […]
The United States of America, South Korea, and North Korea have all made fresh moves to escalate the already tense situation in the Korean peninsula. The USA has sent F-22 stealth jets to join military drills being conducted in cooperation with South Korea. Meanwhile the government of South Korea has warned of a swift and […]
Reblogged from Blogging With A Purpose: A Japanese man who allegedly tried to kill a woman he was stalking by putting poison in her shoes was arrested Thursday, police and reports said.The woman, a colleague, did not die, but developed gangrene in part of her left foot, they said. It was not known to what […]
Reblogged from The 411 WebZine: Today is April Fool’s Day, so when it comes to pictures of toddlers crushing cigarrettes, we tread carefully. Still, here are several pictures of a chill ass toddler smoking a cigarette lit for him by his mom in Shanghai’s Fuxing park. (according to the original timestamp on the image, the photo […]
Reblogged from This and That: Wide-ranging investigation, which will look into six different federal departments, is to review incidents in which the media was thwarted when trying to speak to Canadian government scientists about their work. Canada’s information commissioner is launching an investigation into the “muzzling” of government scientists, a wide-reaching probe that will cover […]
North Korea responded to a US military drill in which B-52 stealth bombers flew over South Korea on Friday, by ordering its missile units to prepare for strikes against the US mainland and American military bases in the region. “The time has come to settle accounts with the US imperialists,” said North Korean leader Kim […]
Members of the United Nations Security Council have given their unanimous support to allow UN peacekeepers to launch offensive operations for the first time ever on Friday. The Security Council passed a resolution which will create a force of 3,000 troops to be sent to the Democratic Republic of Congo to fight rebel groups in […]
Reblogged from Market Curator: From Market Curator Bankster: A portmanteau or blend word derived from combining “banker” and “gangster.” Usually referred to in the plural form “banksters” to refer to a predatory element within the financial services industry – Urban Dictionary The Global Financial Crisis of 2007-2008, the ensuing global recession and subsequent sovereign debt […]
