My Way News - Calif. town outraged to learn of officials' pay
My Way News reports: "Residents in this modest blue-collar Los Angeles suburb where one in six lives in poverty were angry: Their city manager was getting paid more than President Barack Obama and the police chief more than the commander of the nearly 13,000-member LAPD. [...] Their mayor and three of their four council members, people they see every day at the grocery store or church, approved the contracts, and put an obscure measure on the ballot that allowed council members to pay themselves any amount of money. And they did..."
Comment: A shocking display of greed and avarice by elected officials. Their greed was matched only by their stupidity in thinking they would get away with it.
Friday, July 23, 2010
BBC News - North Korea warns of nuclear 'sacred war'
BBC News reports: "North Korea says it will use its 'nuclear deterrent' in response to joint US-South Korean military exercises this weekend. Pyongyang was ready to launch a 'retaliatory sacred war', the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KINA) said, quoting defence officials."
BBC News reports: "North Korea says it will use its 'nuclear deterrent' in response to joint US-South Korean military exercises this weekend. Pyongyang was ready to launch a 'retaliatory sacred war', the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KINA) said, quoting defence officials."
Thursday, July 22, 2010
CNN - Audio purportedly from al Qaeda No. 2 says victory coming
CNN reports: "A man identified as Ayman al-Zawahiri, al Qaeda's No. 2 man, promises his followers victory in Afghanistan and Iraq, vowing that these wars will eventually lead to a battle to liberate Jerusalem, in an audio message posted Monday on jihadist websites."
CNN reports: "A man identified as Ayman al-Zawahiri, al Qaeda's No. 2 man, promises his followers victory in Afghanistan and Iraq, vowing that these wars will eventually lead to a battle to liberate Jerusalem, in an audio message posted Monday on jihadist websites."
My Way News - Gaza tunnel smugglers cutting through Egypt's wall
My Way News reports: "A Palestinian tunnel smuggler with a blowtorch sliced through an underground steel wall early Thursday, the latest of what officials say are hundreds of holes cut into the Egyptian barrier meant to stop smuggling of goods, cash and weapons to the blockaded, Hamas-run Gaza Strip."
My Way News reports: "A Palestinian tunnel smuggler with a blowtorch sliced through an underground steel wall early Thursday, the latest of what officials say are hundreds of holes cut into the Egyptian barrier meant to stop smuggling of goods, cash and weapons to the blockaded, Hamas-run Gaza Strip."
My Way News - NKorea warns US drill, sanctions endanger region
My Way News reports: "North Korea on Thursday warned the United States that imposing fresh sanctions and holding military drills with South Korea this weekend will endanger the entire region and destroy hopes for a nuke-free Korean peninsula."
My Way News reports: "North Korea on Thursday warned the United States that imposing fresh sanctions and holding military drills with South Korea this weekend will endanger the entire region and destroy hopes for a nuke-free Korean peninsula."
My Way News - Venezuela severs ties with Colombia
My Way News reports: "President Hugo Chavez severed Venezuela's diplomatic relations with Colombia on Thursday over claims he harbors guerrillas, and he charged that his neighbor's leader could attempt to provoke a war."
My Way News reports: "President Hugo Chavez severed Venezuela's diplomatic relations with Colombia on Thursday over claims he harbors guerrillas, and he charged that his neighbor's leader could attempt to provoke a war."
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
My Way News - Abbas: Specific US assurances on borders needed
My Way News reports: "Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas wants the U.S. to spell out its views on the borders of a Palestinian state before resuming direct negotiations with Israel, an adviser said Wednesday, raising a condition that Israel is unlikely to accept."
My Way News reports: "Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas wants the U.S. to spell out its views on the borders of a Palestinian state before resuming direct negotiations with Israel, an adviser said Wednesday, raising a condition that Israel is unlikely to accept."
My Way News - US Navy head calls China's intentions 'opaque'
My Way News reports: "A high-ranking U.S. Navy official says that China's intentions in developing its navy remain 'opaque.' Adm. Gary Roughead, chief of naval operations, says that it's crucial for the United States and other countries to strengthen their relations with the expanding Chinese navy in order to better understand the country's objectives at sea."
My Way News reports: "A high-ranking U.S. Navy official says that China's intentions in developing its navy remain 'opaque.' Adm. Gary Roughead, chief of naval operations, says that it's crucial for the United States and other countries to strengthen their relations with the expanding Chinese navy in order to better understand the country's objectives at sea."
My Way News - Devout Muslim Indonesian province expels US family
My Way News reports: "Three Americans were expelled from Indonesia's devoutly Islamic province of Aceh on Wednesday after locals accused them of trying to convert Muslims to Christianity, a local government spokesman said [...] Proselytizing is illegal in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation."
My Way News reports: "Three Americans were expelled from Indonesia's devoutly Islamic province of Aceh on Wednesday after locals accused them of trying to convert Muslims to Christianity, a local government spokesman said [...] Proselytizing is illegal in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation."
My Way News - Mexico worried by rise in hemorrhagic dengue
My Way News reports: "Mexico is facing a sort of perfect storm of floods that breed mosquitoes, prompting a big increase in the number of hemorrhagic dengue cases, the country's top epidemiological official said Wednesday [...] Only 16 people have died this year from the hemorrhagic form, but the seriousness of the disease makes it a concern."
My Way News reports: "Mexico is facing a sort of perfect storm of floods that breed mosquitoes, prompting a big increase in the number of hemorrhagic dengue cases, the country's top epidemiological official said Wednesday [...] Only 16 people have died this year from the hemorrhagic form, but the seriousness of the disease makes it a concern."
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
My Way News - Earthquake shakes southern Iran
My Way News reports: "State TV says a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 has shaken southern Iran, injuring 15 people. Iranian state TV says the quake on Wednesday shook Ashkenan, a region near Lamerd in southern Iran."
My Way News reports: "State TV says a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 has shaken southern Iran, injuring 15 people. Iranian state TV says the quake on Wednesday shook Ashkenan, a region near Lamerd in southern Iran."
My Way News - Syria bans full Islamic face veils at universities
My Way News reports: "Syria has forbidden the country's students and teachers from wearing the niqab - the full Islamic veil that reveals only a woman's eyes - taking aim at a garment many see as political. The ban shows a rare point of agreement between Syria's secular, authoritarian government and the democracies of Europe: Both view the niqab as a potentially destabilizing threat."
My Way News reports: "Syria has forbidden the country's students and teachers from wearing the niqab - the full Islamic veil that reveals only a woman's eyes - taking aim at a garment many see as political. The ban shows a rare point of agreement between Syria's secular, authoritarian government and the democracies of Europe: Both view the niqab as a potentially destabilizing threat."
My Way News - China flooding kills 701 in worst toll in a decade
My Way News reports: "Flooding this year has killed 701 people, left 347 missing and caused tens of billions of dollars in damage, the worst toll across the board that China has seen in a decade, a senior Chinese official said Wednesday."
My Way News reports: "Flooding this year has killed 701 people, left 347 missing and caused tens of billions of dollars in damage, the worst toll across the board that China has seen in a decade, a senior Chinese official said Wednesday."
BBC News - US spy chief nominee warns of N Korea 'direct attacks'
BBC News reports: "North Korea's sinking of a South Korean warship may herald a 'dangerous new period', the nominee to be US director of national intelligence has warned. James Clapper told a Senate hearing that Pyongyang might seek 'to advance its internal and external political goals through direct attacks'."
BBC News reports: "North Korea's sinking of a South Korean warship may herald a 'dangerous new period', the nominee to be US director of national intelligence has warned. James Clapper told a Senate hearing that Pyongyang might seek 'to advance its internal and external political goals through direct attacks'."
My Way News - Hundreds of dead penguins dot Brazil's beaches
My Way News reports: "Hundreds of penguins that apparently starved to death are washing up on the beaches of Brazil, worrying scientists who are still investigating what's causing them to die [...] Autopsies done on several birds revealed their stomachs were entirely empty - indicating they likely starved to death, Nascimento said. Scientists are investigating whether strong currents and colder-than-normal waters have hurt populations of the species that make up the penguins' diet, or whether human activity may be playing a role."
My Way News reports: "Hundreds of penguins that apparently starved to death are washing up on the beaches of Brazil, worrying scientists who are still investigating what's causing them to die [...] Autopsies done on several birds revealed their stomachs were entirely empty - indicating they likely starved to death, Nascimento said. Scientists are investigating whether strong currents and colder-than-normal waters have hurt populations of the species that make up the penguins' diet, or whether human activity may be playing a role."
Monday, July 19, 2010
My Way News - 2 Pakistani Christians killed at courthouse
My Way News reports: "Gunmen killed two Pakistani Christian brothers accused of blasphemy against Islam as they left court on Monday, a government minister and police said. The men were chained together when the attack took place in the eastern city of Faislabad as they were being taken back into custody after their court appearance."
My Way News reports: "Gunmen killed two Pakistani Christian brothers accused of blasphemy against Islam as they left court on Monday, a government minister and police said. The men were chained together when the attack took place in the eastern city of Faislabad as they were being taken back into custody after their court appearance."
My Way News - Israel: Rocket defense system ready to go
My Way News reports: "A system that can shoot down incoming rockets has passed its last tests and will be ready for deployment in a few months, Israel's Defense Ministry said Monday. If effective, it could have far-reaching strategic implications for Israel's battle against militant groups on its borders. The 'Iron Dome' system uses sophisticated radar to track incoming rockets, intercepting and destroying them far from their targets. It is the only anti-rocket system of its kind in the world, according to experts."
My Way News reports: "A system that can shoot down incoming rockets has passed its last tests and will be ready for deployment in a few months, Israel's Defense Ministry said Monday. If effective, it could have far-reaching strategic implications for Israel's battle against militant groups on its borders. The 'Iron Dome' system uses sophisticated radar to track incoming rockets, intercepting and destroying them far from their targets. It is the only anti-rocket system of its kind in the world, according to experts."
My Way News - New powers given to Russia's security agency
My Way News reports: "The upper house of Russia's parliament on Monday passed a bill granting expanded powers to the country's main security agency, a move that critics say echoes the era of the Soviet KGB. The bill, which now goes to President Dmitry Medvedev to be signed into law, would allow the Federal Security Service to issue warnings to people suspected of preparing to commit crimes against Russia's security."
My Way News reports: "The upper house of Russia's parliament on Monday passed a bill granting expanded powers to the country's main security agency, a move that critics say echoes the era of the Soviet KGB. The bill, which now goes to President Dmitry Medvedev to be signed into law, would allow the Federal Security Service to issue warnings to people suspected of preparing to commit crimes against Russia's security."
My Way News - Gates, Clinton to visit DMZ dividing 2 Koreas
My Way News reports: "It would be the first time the United States' top diplomat and defense chief visit the DMZ together. The two Koreas technically remain in a state of war because their three-year conflict ended in a truce, not a peace treaty, in 1953. The U.S., which fought on the South Korean side, keeps 28,500 troops in South Korea to protect its ally against any aggression."
My Way News reports: "It would be the first time the United States' top diplomat and defense chief visit the DMZ together. The two Koreas technically remain in a state of war because their three-year conflict ended in a truce, not a peace treaty, in 1953. The U.S., which fought on the South Korean side, keeps 28,500 troops in South Korea to protect its ally against any aggression."
My Way News - Bill Clinton, Gates: Fight AIDS more efficiently
My Way News reports: "In separate speeches at an international AIDS conference in the Austrian capital, the former American president railed against spending too much money on reports that just sit on shelves and urged that funds directly target AIDS sufferers. Gates, the founder of Microsoft Corp., said health groups must adopt better business practices that deliver more bang for the buck."
My Way News - AIDS breakthrough: Gel helps prevent infection
My Way News reports: "For the first time, a vaginal gel has proved capable of blocking the AIDS virus: It cut in half a woman's chances of getting HIV from an infected partner in a study in South Africa. Scientists called it a breakthrough in the long quest for a tool to help women whose partners won't use condoms."
My Way News - WHO: 5.2 million people on AIDS drugs in 2009
My Way News reports: "The number of people taking crucial AIDS drugs climbed by a record 1.2 million last year to 5.2 million overall, the World Health Organization said Monday - but Bill Clinton says that's still not nearly enough."
My Way News reports: "In separate speeches at an international AIDS conference in the Austrian capital, the former American president railed against spending too much money on reports that just sit on shelves and urged that funds directly target AIDS sufferers. Gates, the founder of Microsoft Corp., said health groups must adopt better business practices that deliver more bang for the buck."
My Way News - AIDS breakthrough: Gel helps prevent infection
My Way News reports: "For the first time, a vaginal gel has proved capable of blocking the AIDS virus: It cut in half a woman's chances of getting HIV from an infected partner in a study in South Africa. Scientists called it a breakthrough in the long quest for a tool to help women whose partners won't use condoms."
My Way News - WHO: 5.2 million people on AIDS drugs in 2009
My Way News reports: "The number of people taking crucial AIDS drugs climbed by a record 1.2 million last year to 5.2 million overall, the World Health Organization said Monday - but Bill Clinton says that's still not nearly enough."
BBC News - Anti-aircraft laser unveiled at Farnborough Airshow
BBC News reports: "US firm Raytheon has unveiled its anti-aircraft laser at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire. The Laser Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) can either be used on its own or alongside a gunnery system. In May, the laser was used to shoot down unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in a series of tests."
BBC News reports: "US firm Raytheon has unveiled its anti-aircraft laser at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire. The Laser Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) can either be used on its own or alongside a gunnery system. In May, the laser was used to shoot down unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in a series of tests."
Saturday, July 17, 2010
My Way News - Abbas says Israel must accept foreign border force
My Way News reports: "Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he'll resume direct peace talks if Israel accepts its 1967 frontier as a baseline for the borders of a Palestinian state and agrees to the deployment of an international force to guard them [...] Netanyahu has [...] said he will not give up control of Jerusalem and has insisted on a continued Israeli troop presence on the eastern border of a future Palestinian state."
Comment: I really don't see anything new here. High level talks always generate media speculation and the appearance of movement, but the two sides area really deadlocked at the present time and neither side is making compromises. It is encouraging that Netanyahu appears to be politically strong enough to hold the line on Jerusalem.
My Way News reports: "Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he'll resume direct peace talks if Israel accepts its 1967 frontier as a baseline for the borders of a Palestinian state and agrees to the deployment of an international force to guard them [...] Netanyahu has [...] said he will not give up control of Jerusalem and has insisted on a continued Israeli troop presence on the eastern border of a future Palestinian state."
Comment: I really don't see anything new here. High level talks always generate media speculation and the appearance of movement, but the two sides area really deadlocked at the present time and neither side is making compromises. It is encouraging that Netanyahu appears to be politically strong enough to hold the line on Jerusalem.
Friday, July 16, 2010
WaPo - Earthquake in Maryland: D.C. area rocked
The Washington Post reports: "The U.S. Geological Survey reported a 3.6 magnitude earthquake centered in Montgomery County at 5:04 a.m. Friday. The epicenter was in Gaithersburg near I-270 and Route 124 (39.145 degrees N, 77.222 degrees W), USGS reported in a preliminary finding. Its depth was 3.1 miles."
The Washington Post reports: "The U.S. Geological Survey reported a 3.6 magnitude earthquake centered in Montgomery County at 5:04 a.m. Friday. The epicenter was in Gaithersburg near I-270 and Route 124 (39.145 degrees N, 77.222 degrees W), USGS reported in a preliminary finding. Its depth was 3.1 miles."
CSMonitor.com - China UFO spotted again. Why skepticism is warranted
The Christian Science Monitor reports: "Yet another China UFO was spotted and it has lit up imaginations across the Internet. Thursday's sighting did not shut down an airport as last week's unidentified flying object did when it zoomed over eastern China. And many news outlets are reporting it as straight news [...] Thursday's sighting occurred one week after an unidentified flying object was spotted about 8 p.m. above Xiaoshan Airport in Hangzhou City, also in eastern China."
ABC News - UFO in China Closes Airport and Prompts Investigation
ABC News reports: "An unidentified flying object (UFO) forced Xiaoshan Airport in Hangzhou, China to cease operations on July 7. A flight crew preparing for descent first detected the object around 8:40 p.m. and notified the air traffic control department. Aviation authorities responded within minutes, grounding outbound flights and diverting inbound ones to airports in Ningbo and Wuxi."
The Christian Science Monitor reports: "Yet another China UFO was spotted and it has lit up imaginations across the Internet. Thursday's sighting did not shut down an airport as last week's unidentified flying object did when it zoomed over eastern China. And many news outlets are reporting it as straight news [...] Thursday's sighting occurred one week after an unidentified flying object was spotted about 8 p.m. above Xiaoshan Airport in Hangzhou City, also in eastern China."
ABC News - UFO in China Closes Airport and Prompts Investigation
ABC News reports: "An unidentified flying object (UFO) forced Xiaoshan Airport in Hangzhou, China to cease operations on July 7. A flight crew preparing for descent first detected the object around 8:40 p.m. and notified the air traffic control department. Aviation authorities responded within minutes, grounding outbound flights and diverting inbound ones to airports in Ningbo and Wuxi."
My Way News - Sunni group claims Iran mosque blast killing 27
My Way News reports: "A Sunni insurgent group said it carried out a double suicide bombing against a Shiite mosque in southeast Iran to avenge the execution of its leader, as Iranian authorities Friday said the death toll rose to 27 people, including members of the elite Revolutionary Guard."
My Way News reports: "A Sunni insurgent group said it carried out a double suicide bombing against a Shiite mosque in southeast Iran to avenge the execution of its leader, as Iranian authorities Friday said the death toll rose to 27 people, including members of the elite Revolutionary Guard."
My Way News - Rights group says 'no freedom, no rights' in Syria
My Way News reports: "An international human rights group said Friday that Syria's president has done 'virtually nothing' to improve human rights and expand freedoms during his decade in power. New York-based Human Rights Watch said President Bashar Assad has failed to deliver on promises of reform when he came to power 10 years ago this month."
My Way News reports: "An international human rights group said Friday that Syria's president has done 'virtually nothing' to improve human rights and expand freedoms during his decade in power. New York-based Human Rights Watch said President Bashar Assad has failed to deliver on promises of reform when he came to power 10 years ago this month."
My Way News - Bishop killed in Russia's Dagestan
My Way News reports: "Officials in Russia's violent, largely Muslim republic of Dagestan say a Christian bishop has been shot to death by unknown attackers."
My Way News reports: "Officials in Russia's violent, largely Muslim republic of Dagestan say a Christian bishop has been shot to death by unknown attackers."
My Way News - Kenyan police arrest suspect in Uganda bombings
My Way News reports: "Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the Uganda bomb attacks that killed 76 people watching the World Cup final on television, an official said Friday [...] Police say the man said he supported Somalia's al-Qaida linked group, al-Shabab, despite his claim to be a member of the Ugandan army."
My Way News reports: "Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the Uganda bomb attacks that killed 76 people watching the World Cup final on television, an official said Friday [...] Police say the man said he supported Somalia's al-Qaida linked group, al-Shabab, despite his claim to be a member of the Ugandan army."
Reuters - Brightest star explosion seen blinds satellite
Reuters reports: "The brightest explosion of a star ever seen temporarily blinded a satellite set up to watch such events, astronomers said on Wednesday [...] 'The intensity of these X-rays was unexpected and unprecedented,' Neil Gehrels, Swift's principal investigator at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, said in a statement."
Reuters reports: "The brightest explosion of a star ever seen temporarily blinded a satellite set up to watch such events, astronomers said on Wednesday [...] 'The intensity of these X-rays was unexpected and unprecedented,' Neil Gehrels, Swift's principal investigator at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, said in a statement."
Reuters - Pakistan, India joust after peace talks deadlock
Reuters reports: "Pakistan said on Friday that India's 'selective' approach to issues has led to what analysts say is a stalemate in talks aimed to build trust shattered by the 2008 Mumbai attacks."
My Way News - India says Pakistan must punish Mumbai attackers
My Way News reports: "Efforts to improve the strained ties between India and Pakistan will fail if Islamabad does not act against terror emanating from its territory, India's external affairs minister warned Friday."
Reuters reports: "Pakistan said on Friday that India's 'selective' approach to issues has led to what analysts say is a stalemate in talks aimed to build trust shattered by the 2008 Mumbai attacks."
My Way News - India says Pakistan must punish Mumbai attackers
My Way News reports: "Efforts to improve the strained ties between India and Pakistan will fail if Islamabad does not act against terror emanating from its territory, India's external affairs minister warned Friday."
Reuters - World simmers in hottest year so far
Reuters reports: "The world is enduring the hottest year on record, according to a U.S. national weather analysis, causing droughts worldwide and a concern for U.S. farmers counting on another bumper year."
Reuters reports: "The world is enduring the hottest year on record, according to a U.S. national weather analysis, causing droughts worldwide and a concern for U.S. farmers counting on another bumper year."
Times Online - What will be left after the oil spill?
The Times Online reports: "A morbid open-water experiment has now effectively been unleashed in the Gulf, tracing the food web via the cocktail of chemicals in the oil and the dispersant. But while 90 per cent of energy is lost when one organism eats another, the toxin accumulates as the bigger fish eat the numerous small ones they need to survive [...] Once inside a living body, some toxins will start to poison while others are stored away in tissues as a toxic time bomb [...] At the end of the food chain, they end up in our own fatty tissues, waiting for the moment when those reserves are broken down before they are released into our systems."
The Times Online reports: "A morbid open-water experiment has now effectively been unleashed in the Gulf, tracing the food web via the cocktail of chemicals in the oil and the dispersant. But while 90 per cent of energy is lost when one organism eats another, the toxin accumulates as the bigger fish eat the numerous small ones they need to survive [...] Once inside a living body, some toxins will start to poison while others are stored away in tissues as a toxic time bomb [...] At the end of the food chain, they end up in our own fatty tissues, waiting for the moment when those reserves are broken down before they are released into our systems."
Thursday, July 15, 2010
My Way News - Libyan ship with Gaza aid docks in Egyptian port
My Way News reports: "A Libyan ship carrying aid for the impoverished Gaza Strip docked at an Egyptian port on Thursday after Israel's navy stopped it from reaching the blockaded Palestinian territory. The director of the port of el-Arish, Gamal Abdel Maqsoud, said the diverted ship will unload its cargo and transfer it to the Red Crescent for delivery to Gaza by land across the Egyptian border."
My Way News reports: "A Libyan ship carrying aid for the impoverished Gaza Strip docked at an Egyptian port on Thursday after Israel's navy stopped it from reaching the blockaded Palestinian territory. The director of the port of el-Arish, Gamal Abdel Maqsoud, said the diverted ship will unload its cargo and transfer it to the Red Crescent for delivery to Gaza by land across the Egyptian border."
My Way News - No breakthroughs: Pakistan, India to keep talking
My Way News reports: "India said it was hopeful Pakistan would pursue new leads in the deadly Mumbai attacks, even as it was clear following high-level talks Thursday that the two countries are nowhere near resolving key issues that have sparked three wars between them over the past six decades."
My Way News reports: "India said it was hopeful Pakistan would pursue new leads in the deadly Mumbai attacks, even as it was clear following high-level talks Thursday that the two countries are nowhere near resolving key issues that have sparked three wars between them over the past six decades."
My Way News - Al-Shabab leader threatens more Uganda attacks
My Way News reports: "The leader of the al-Qaida-linked Somali militant group that claimed responsibility for twin bombings in Uganda during the World Cup final threatened further attacks in a new audio message released Thursday."
My Way News reports: "The leader of the al-Qaida-linked Somali militant group that claimed responsibility for twin bombings in Uganda during the World Cup final threatened further attacks in a new audio message released Thursday."
My Way News - Warmest June on record, climate scientists say
My Way News reports: "Last month was the warmest June on record, extending months of record-setting heat. Worldwide, the average temperature in June was 61.1 degrees Fahrenheit (16.2 Celsius), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday. That was 1.22 degrees F (0.68 C) warmer than average for June."
My Way News reports: "Last month was the warmest June on record, extending months of record-setting heat. Worldwide, the average temperature in June was 61.1 degrees Fahrenheit (16.2 Celsius), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday. That was 1.22 degrees F (0.68 C) warmer than average for June."
WaPo - Despite diplomatic tensions, U.S.-Israeli security ties strengthen
The Washington Post reports: "While public attention has focused on the fierce diplomatic disputes between Israel and the United States over settlement expansion in Palestinian territories, security and military ties between the two nations have grown ever closer during the Obama administration."
The Washington Post reports: "While public attention has focused on the fierce diplomatic disputes between Israel and the United States over settlement expansion in Palestinian territories, security and military ties between the two nations have grown ever closer during the Obama administration."
CNN - Report: 2 blasts kill at least 20 in southeast Iran
CNN reports: "Two alleged suicide bombers were responsible for a pair of explosions in the southeastern Iranian city of Zahedan that left at least 20 dead and scores wounded, Iran's state news agency IRNA reported Thursday."
CNN reports: "Two alleged suicide bombers were responsible for a pair of explosions in the southeastern Iranian city of Zahedan that left at least 20 dead and scores wounded, Iran's state news agency IRNA reported Thursday."
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Reuters -Russia, Iran sign energy cooperation pact
Reuters reports: "Russia's energy minister said on Wednesday that United Nations sanctions will not stop its work with Iran in energy and power, despite others backing away from the Islamic Republic."
Reuters reports: "Russia's energy minister said on Wednesday that United Nations sanctions will not stop its work with Iran in energy and power, despite others backing away from the Islamic Republic."
My Way News - Arab TV airs video of Times Square car bomber
My Way News reports: "The man who pleaded guilty to carrying out the attempted Times Square car bombing appeared in a video recorded before the failed attack that shows him meeting with senior Pakistani Taliban leaders and vowing to strike the U.S."
My Way News reports: "The man who pleaded guilty to carrying out the attempted Times Square car bombing appeared in a video recorded before the failed attack that shows him meeting with senior Pakistani Taliban leaders and vowing to strike the U.S."
My Way News - Turkey to form professional army to fight rebels
My Way News reports: "Turkey is working on plans for a specially trained military unit to man troublesome outposts along the Turkish-Iraqi border and fight autonomy-seeking Kurdish rebels, the defense minister said Wednesday. Turkey has long been considering a professional army to fight the guerrillas of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, which has been fighting since 1984 for autonomy for Turkey's Kurds."
My Way News reports: "Turkey is working on plans for a specially trained military unit to man troublesome outposts along the Turkish-Iraqi border and fight autonomy-seeking Kurdish rebels, the defense minister said Wednesday. Turkey has long been considering a professional army to fight the guerrillas of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, which has been fighting since 1984 for autonomy for Turkey's Kurds."
Reuters - More than 1,000 exposed to dengue in Florida: CDC
Reuters reports: "Five percent of the population of Key West, Florida -- more than 1,000 people -- have been infected at some point with the dengue virus, government researchers reported on Tuesday [..] Dengue is the most common virus transmitted by mosquitoes, infecting 50 million to 100 million people every year and killing 25,000 of them."
Reuters reports: "Five percent of the population of Key West, Florida -- more than 1,000 people -- have been infected at some point with the dengue virus, government researchers reported on Tuesday [..] Dengue is the most common virus transmitted by mosquitoes, infecting 50 million to 100 million people every year and killing 25,000 of them."
My Way News - Afghan attacks kill 8 US troops in 24 hours
My Way News reports: "American forces suffered a deadly 24 hours in Afghanistan, with eight troops killed in attacks including an audacious Taliban raid on a police compound in the key southern city of Kandahar, officials said Wednesday [...] NATO and Afghan patrols are stepping up patrols around Kandahar province to pressure insurgents in rural areas [...] The Taliban have responded by ratcheting up suicide attacks and bombings."
My Way News reports: "American forces suffered a deadly 24 hours in Afghanistan, with eight troops killed in attacks including an audacious Taliban raid on a police compound in the key southern city of Kandahar, officials said Wednesday [...] NATO and Afghan patrols are stepping up patrols around Kandahar province to pressure insurgents in rural areas [...] The Taliban have responded by ratcheting up suicide attacks and bombings."
My Way News - Nigeria: 5 die in new religious violence
My Way News reports: "An attack on a mosque by youths in eastern Nigeria erupted into bloodshed, leaving at least five people dead as religious violence continued between Christians and Muslims in Africa's most populous nation, witnesses and police said Wednesday [...] Street fighting erupted between Christian and Muslim youths, leaving at least five people dead [...] By the end of the violence, several mosques and churches had been burned, witnesses said."
Comment: They are trying to bring all of Nigeria under sharia law. Needless to say, religious totalitarianism is not compatible with religious liberty and it means that all non-Islamic religions will be persecuted in Nigeria.
My Way News reports: "An attack on a mosque by youths in eastern Nigeria erupted into bloodshed, leaving at least five people dead as religious violence continued between Christians and Muslims in Africa's most populous nation, witnesses and police said Wednesday [...] Street fighting erupted between Christian and Muslim youths, leaving at least five people dead [...] By the end of the violence, several mosques and churches had been burned, witnesses said."
Comment: They are trying to bring all of Nigeria under sharia law. Needless to say, religious totalitarianism is not compatible with religious liberty and it means that all non-Islamic religions will be persecuted in Nigeria.
My Way News - Scientists say Gulf spill altering food web
My Way News reports: "Scientists are reporting early signs that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is altering the marine food web by killing or tainting some creatures and spurring the growth of others more suited to a fouled environment [...] If such impacts continue, the scientists warn of a grim reshuffling of sealife that could over time cascade through the ecosystem and imperil the region's multibillion-dollar fishing industry."
My Way News reports: "Scientists are reporting early signs that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is altering the marine food web by killing or tainting some creatures and spurring the growth of others more suited to a fouled environment [...] If such impacts continue, the scientists warn of a grim reshuffling of sealife that could over time cascade through the ecosystem and imperil the region's multibillion-dollar fishing industry."
CNN - Biometric ATM gives cash via 'finger vein' scan
CNN reports: "Poland's cooperative BPS bank says it's the first in Europe to install a biometric ATM -- allowing customers to withdraw cash simply with the touch of a fingertip [...] The company says that an infrared light is passed through the finger to detect a unique pattern of micro-veins beneath the surface - which is then matched with a pre-registered profile to verify an individual's identity."
CNN reports: "Poland's cooperative BPS bank says it's the first in Europe to install a biometric ATM -- allowing customers to withdraw cash simply with the touch of a fingertip [...] The company says that an infrared light is passed through the finger to detect a unique pattern of micro-veins beneath the surface - which is then matched with a pre-registered profile to verify an individual's identity."
CNN - 'Virtual preaching' transforms Sunday sermons
CNN reports: "They are using technology -- high-def videos, and even holograms -- to beam their Sunday morning sermons to remote 'satellite' churches that belong to their congregation [...] the technology allows churches to reach more people without constructing new buildings."
CNN reports: "They are using technology -- high-def videos, and even holograms -- to beam their Sunday morning sermons to remote 'satellite' churches that belong to their congregation [...] the technology allows churches to reach more people without constructing new buildings."
Reuters - Muslims seek to add holidays on NY school calendar
Reuters reports: "Muslim parents, students and civic groups are campaigning to add two of their religious holidays to the New York City public school calendar, pinning their hopes on state lawmakers after failing to win over Mayor Michael Bloomberg to the idea."
Reuters reports: "Muslim parents, students and civic groups are campaigning to add two of their religious holidays to the New York City public school calendar, pinning their hopes on state lawmakers after failing to win over Mayor Michael Bloomberg to the idea."
CNN - Third night of violence in Belfast
CNN reports: "Police were watching for any further violence Wednesday after a third night of rioting in Belfast, Northern Ireland, that left one officer hurt, officials said. About 150 nationalist youths fired shots and threw petrol bombs and a pipe bomb at officers. They also shone high-powered laser pens into officers' eyes."
CNN reports: "Police were watching for any further violence Wednesday after a third night of rioting in Belfast, Northern Ireland, that left one officer hurt, officials said. About 150 nationalist youths fired shots and threw petrol bombs and a pipe bomb at officers. They also shone high-powered laser pens into officers' eyes."
CNN - International group urges action against Iran
CNN reports: "Citing what its author called 'a clear and present danger,' a report compiled by an international group and released Tuesday calls on individual countries to use their own sanctions to pressure Iran on human rights and international terrorism issues."
CNN reports: "Citing what its author called 'a clear and present danger,' a report compiled by an international group and released Tuesday calls on individual countries to use their own sanctions to pressure Iran on human rights and international terrorism issues."
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
My Way News - Israel: Gaza aid ship diverts to Egypt
My Way News reports: "A Libyan aid boat carrying supplies for Gaza was sailing toward Egypt late Tuesday instead of trying to run a naval blockade of the Palestinian territory, Israeli military officials said, apparently defusing a potential confrontation on the high seas."
My Way News reports: "A Libyan aid boat carrying supplies for Gaza was sailing toward Egypt late Tuesday instead of trying to run a naval blockade of the Palestinian territory, Israeli military officials said, apparently defusing a potential confrontation on the high seas."
My Way News - Odierno: Iran threat to US troops in Iraq on rise
My Way News reports: "The U.S. military is beefing up security around its bases in Iraq in anticipation of Iranian-backed militants looking to score propaganda points by attacking American soldiers leaving the country, the U.S. commander said Tuesday."
Our World: A war on whose terms?
The Jerusalem Post reports: "We are entering troubling times. The conviction that war is upon us grows with each passing day. What remains to be determined is who will dictate the terms of that war – Iran or Israel. Iran has good reason to go to war today."
My Way News reports: "The U.S. military is beefing up security around its bases in Iraq in anticipation of Iranian-backed militants looking to score propaganda points by attacking American soldiers leaving the country, the U.S. commander said Tuesday."
Our World: A war on whose terms?
The Jerusalem Post reports: "We are entering troubling times. The conviction that war is upon us grows with each passing day. What remains to be determined is who will dictate the terms of that war – Iran or Israel. Iran has good reason to go to war today."
My Way News - Pakistani official vows to fight India for Kashmir
My Way News reports: "The top official in Pakistan-held Kashmir vowed Tuesday to fight India for control of the disputed territory in a speech to thousands of people assembled by a coalition of banned militant groups [...] India and Pakistan have fought two wars over control of Kashmir since their independence from Britain in 1947. Both countries claim the territory in its entirety."
My Way News reports: "The top official in Pakistan-held Kashmir vowed Tuesday to fight India for control of the disputed territory in a speech to thousands of people assembled by a coalition of banned militant groups [...] India and Pakistan have fought two wars over control of Kashmir since their independence from Britain in 1947. Both countries claim the territory in its entirety."
My Way News - Who is al-Shabab? Somali terror army extends reach
My Way News reports: "This week al-Shabab become the world's newest international terror group, after claiming twin blasts in Uganda's capital Kampala during the World Cup final that killed 76 people [...] Al-Shabab battles African Union and Somali forces in the streets of Mogadishu daily, in an effort to topple Somalia's weak, U.N.-backed administration [...] Al-Shabab members began pledging allegiance to al-Qaida last year."
My Way News reports: "This week al-Shabab become the world's newest international terror group, after claiming twin blasts in Uganda's capital Kampala during the World Cup final that killed 76 people [...] Al-Shabab battles African Union and Somali forces in the streets of Mogadishu daily, in an effort to topple Somalia's weak, U.N.-backed administration [...] Al-Shabab members began pledging allegiance to al-Qaida last year."
My Way News - Nigeria sect leader lauds al-Qaida, threatens US
My Way News reports: "A leader of a radical Nigerian Muslim sect that started a rampage that left 700 people dead last year has issued a statement mourning the deaths of al-Qaida in Iraq commanders and threatening the United States [...] Nigeria, a nation of 150 million people, is divided between the Christian-dominated south and the Muslim-held north."
My Way News reports: "A leader of a radical Nigerian Muslim sect that started a rampage that left 700 people dead last year has issued a statement mourning the deaths of al-Qaida in Iraq commanders and threatening the United States [...] Nigeria, a nation of 150 million people, is divided between the Christian-dominated south and the Muslim-held north."
My Way News - Opponents pack hearing on mosque near ground zero
My Way News reports: "Dozens of opponents and some supporters of a mosque planned at a building near ground zero attended a raucous hearing Tuesday about whether the building should be designated a city landmark and protected from development."
Comment: To our secular and non-spiritual friends, have you never been amazed that evil sometimes seems to have a kind of intelligence behind it, an intentionality of purpose, as if it were a computer program or a meme of rebellion operating behind the scenes, calculating, planning, and executing a specific anti-human and anti-life agenda? Perhaps for you there is no single Enemy at work, either in this world or another realm, but doesn't it sometimes seem as if there is?
First Islamic militants conspire to attack the United States in the name of their bloodthirsty and oppressive god and now their compatriots want to put up a mosque designed to glorify Islam at the site of their attack. There is forethought behind this, there is strategy, as if there were other forces at work, mocking and ridiculing and pushing the limits to see how far a nation that no longer honors the God we claimed will now acquiesce to a foreign religion. If this mosque is built it will signal a defeat far greater than any lost on a physical battlefield.
My Way News reports: "Dozens of opponents and some supporters of a mosque planned at a building near ground zero attended a raucous hearing Tuesday about whether the building should be designated a city landmark and protected from development."
Comment: To our secular and non-spiritual friends, have you never been amazed that evil sometimes seems to have a kind of intelligence behind it, an intentionality of purpose, as if it were a computer program or a meme of rebellion operating behind the scenes, calculating, planning, and executing a specific anti-human and anti-life agenda? Perhaps for you there is no single Enemy at work, either in this world or another realm, but doesn't it sometimes seem as if there is?
First Islamic militants conspire to attack the United States in the name of their bloodthirsty and oppressive god and now their compatriots want to put up a mosque designed to glorify Islam at the site of their attack. There is forethought behind this, there is strategy, as if there were other forces at work, mocking and ridiculing and pushing the limits to see how far a nation that no longer honors the God we claimed will now acquiesce to a foreign religion. If this mosque is built it will signal a defeat far greater than any lost on a physical battlefield.
My Way News - 'Twisted parliament' bodes ill for Japan's economy
My Way News reports: "The world's second-largest economy faces serious challenges, from reducing its bulging budget deficit and reviving growth to fighting deflation and shoring up its social security system as the population ages and shrinks."
My Way News reports: "The world's second-largest economy faces serious challenges, from reducing its bulging budget deficit and reviving growth to fighting deflation and shoring up its social security system as the population ages and shrinks."
My Way News - UN: HIV among young people going down in Africa
My Way News reports: "The number of young people infected with HIV in Africa is falling in 16 of the 25 countries hardest hit by the virus, according to a new report by a U.N. agency."
My Way News reports: "The number of young people infected with HIV in Africa is falling in 16 of the 25 countries hardest hit by the virus, according to a new report by a U.N. agency."
My Way News - French parliament approves ban on face veils
My Way News reports: "France's lower house of parliament overwhelmingly approved a ban on wearing burqa-style Islamic veils Tuesday, part of a determined effort to define and protect French values that has disconcerted many in the country's large Muslim community."
My Way News reports: "France's lower house of parliament overwhelmingly approved a ban on wearing burqa-style Islamic veils Tuesday, part of a determined effort to define and protect French values that has disconcerted many in the country's large Muslim community."
Monday, July 12, 2010
My Way News - Hezbollah says it has list of targets in Israel
My Way News reports: "A senior official with the militant Hezbollah group said Sunday they have a list of military targets inside Israel to strike in any future war."
My Way News reports: "A senior official with the militant Hezbollah group said Sunday they have a list of military targets inside Israel to strike in any future war."
My Way News - Abbas: No point in direct talks with Israel now
My Way News reports: "The Palestinian president, who is under U.S. pressure to resume direct talks with Israel, said that doing so under current circumstances would be pointless."
My Way News reports: "The Palestinian president, who is under U.S. pressure to resume direct talks with Israel, said that doing so under current circumstances would be pointless."
Saturday, July 10, 2010
My Way News - Gaza aid ship leaves Greece for Egypt
My Way News reports: "A ship commissioned by a Libyan charity organization has left Greece headed for the Egyptian port of al-Arish, and not for Gaza, as originally planned, according to Greek authorities [...] The Amalthea's trip comes over a month after Israel boarded Gaza-bound ships, killing eight Turks and a Turkish-American on one of them. The flotilla was trying to break Israel's blockade of Gaza."
My Way News reports: "A ship commissioned by a Libyan charity organization has left Greece headed for the Egyptian port of al-Arish, and not for Gaza, as originally planned, according to Greek authorities [...] The Amalthea's trip comes over a month after Israel boarded Gaza-bound ships, killing eight Turks and a Turkish-American on one of them. The flotilla was trying to break Israel's blockade of Gaza."
My Way News - Surge of attacks kills 6 US troops, 12 Afghans
My Way News reports: "A wave of attacks killed six U.S. troops and at least a dozen civilians in Afghanistan's volatile south and east, as American reinforcements moving into Taliban-dominated areas face up to the fierce resistance they expected [...] The hope is once the tide begins to turn, more control can be handed to Afghan forces without fear the Taliban might again seize power, bring back its harsh interpretation of Islamic law, and resume sheltering al-Qaida terrorist leaders."
My Way News reports: "A wave of attacks killed six U.S. troops and at least a dozen civilians in Afghanistan's volatile south and east, as American reinforcements moving into Taliban-dominated areas face up to the fierce resistance they expected [...] The hope is once the tide begins to turn, more control can be handed to Afghan forces without fear the Taliban might again seize power, bring back its harsh interpretation of Islamic law, and resume sheltering al-Qaida terrorist leaders."
My Way News - Land wars bedevil India's rush to industrialize:
My Way News reports: "Some say India is trying to industrialize too fast, without the education and infrastructure in place to give the rural poor a fighting chance. 'How long did the industrial revolution take to be implemented in the West? Two hundred years. You want to replicate the same model and squeeze it into 20 years. That's not possible. The fallout will be massive,' said Bhaskar Goswami, an economist [...] Even industrialization's staunchest advocates acknowledge that the transition out of agriculture - or for tens of millions of nomadic tribal people, a pre-agricultural lifestyle - typically takes generations."
My Way News reports: "Some say India is trying to industrialize too fast, without the education and infrastructure in place to give the rural poor a fighting chance. 'How long did the industrial revolution take to be implemented in the West? Two hundred years. You want to replicate the same model and squeeze it into 20 years. That's not possible. The fallout will be massive,' said Bhaskar Goswami, an economist [...] Even industrialization's staunchest advocates acknowledge that the transition out of agriculture - or for tens of millions of nomadic tribal people, a pre-agricultural lifestyle - typically takes generations."
My Way News - Estimate: Global cell subscriptions pass 5 billion
My Way News reports: "The number of wireless service subscriptions worldwide passed 5 billion this week, according to an estimate by LM Ericsson AB, the Swedish maker of wireless equipment [...] Most of the recent growth comes from developing countries like India and China."
My Way News reports: "The number of wireless service subscriptions worldwide passed 5 billion this week, according to an estimate by LM Ericsson AB, the Swedish maker of wireless equipment [...] Most of the recent growth comes from developing countries like India and China."
Los Angeles Times - Increased quake activity predicted for California faults
The Los Angeles Times reports: "There is growing concern among seismologists that the 7.2 Mexicali earthquake April 4 placed more pressure on Southern California's faults, resulting in increased quake activity over the last three months. The latest evidence was Wednesday's magnitude 5.4 Collins Valley earthquake that rolled from the mountains south of Palm Springs, leaving no major damage but rattling nerves throughout the region."
The Los Angeles Times reports: "There is growing concern among seismologists that the 7.2 Mexicali earthquake April 4 placed more pressure on Southern California's faults, resulting in increased quake activity over the last three months. The latest evidence was Wednesday's magnitude 5.4 Collins Valley earthquake that rolled from the mountains south of Palm Springs, leaving no major damage but rattling nerves throughout the region."
Friday, July 09, 2010
CNN - Spiritual Safari: The Gospel According to Kenyan Cabbies
CNN reports: "Thanks to the rapid growth of the spirit-filled Christian style known as Pentecostalism, Christianity is running wild in Africa, expanding from 9 million to 355 million souls over the course of the twentieth century, and Kenya is no exception."
CNN reports: "Thanks to the rapid growth of the spirit-filled Christian style known as Pentecostalism, Christianity is running wild in Africa, expanding from 9 million to 355 million souls over the course of the twentieth century, and Kenya is no exception."
My Way News - Pakistan tries new counterinsurgency strategy
My Way News reports: "Baluchistan's geopolitical importance has grown in recent years with China's construction of a huge port on the coast connecting Asia and the Middle East and a planned gas pipeline linking Pakistan and Iran."
My Way News reports: "Baluchistan's geopolitical importance has grown in recent years with China's construction of a huge port on the coast connecting Asia and the Middle East and a planned gas pipeline linking Pakistan and Iran."
NYTimes.com - Facebook Makes Headway Around the World
The New York Times reports: "Facebook, the social network service that started in a Harvard dorm room just six years ago, is growing at a dizzying rate around the globe, surging to nearly 500 million users, from 200 million users just 15 months ago [...] In country after country, Facebook is cementing itself as the leader and often displacing other social networks, much as it outflanked MySpace in the United States."
The New York Times reports: "Facebook, the social network service that started in a Harvard dorm room just six years ago, is growing at a dizzying rate around the globe, surging to nearly 500 million users, from 200 million users just 15 months ago [...] In country after country, Facebook is cementing itself as the leader and often displacing other social networks, much as it outflanked MySpace in the United States."
Thursday, July 08, 2010
Reuters - Netanyahu signals no extension of settlement freeze
Reuters reports: "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signaled on Thursday he would not extend beyond September a 10-month moratorium on new housing starts in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank [...] The future of settlements, he said, would be addressed in the so-called final status talks with the Palestinians."
NYTimes.com - Israel Vows to ‘Take Risks’ in Talks With Palestinians
The New York Times reports: "Declaring that he intended to 'confound the critics and the skeptics,' an upbeat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel told an audience of foreign policy experts in New York on Thursday that he was ready to begin direct peace talks with the Palestinians 'next week' or even sooner. 'Just get on with it,' he said."
Reuters reports: "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signaled on Thursday he would not extend beyond September a 10-month moratorium on new housing starts in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank [...] The future of settlements, he said, would be addressed in the so-called final status talks with the Palestinians."
NYTimes.com - Israel Vows to ‘Take Risks’ in Talks With Palestinians
The New York Times reports: "Declaring that he intended to 'confound the critics and the skeptics,' an upbeat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel told an audience of foreign policy experts in New York on Thursday that he was ready to begin direct peace talks with the Palestinians 'next week' or even sooner. 'Just get on with it,' he said."
NYTimes.com - Blunt General Appointed to Lead Forces in Mideast
The New York Times reports: "A four-star Marine general known equally for blunt speech, combat prowess and understanding counterinsurgency warfare will be nominated to command American forces across the Middle East, officials said Thursday."
The New York Times reports: "A four-star Marine general known equally for blunt speech, combat prowess and understanding counterinsurgency warfare will be nominated to command American forces across the Middle East, officials said Thursday."
My Way News - Thousands march in Jerusalem for captive soldier
My Way News reports: "More than 15,000 Israelis marched into Jerusalem on Thursday and rallied at a park downtown for the government to conclude a deal for the release of a captive soldier held by Palestinian militants [...] Schalit, 23, was nabbed by Hamas-linked militants in June 2006 across the Gaza-Israel border. His captors have barred access to him and released only a brief videotape last year."
My Way News reports: "More than 15,000 Israelis marched into Jerusalem on Thursday and rallied at a park downtown for the government to conclude a deal for the release of a captive soldier held by Palestinian militants [...] Schalit, 23, was nabbed by Hamas-linked militants in June 2006 across the Gaza-Israel border. His captors have barred access to him and released only a brief videotape last year."
My Way News - 3 British men convicted over airliner bomb plot
My Way News reports: "A jury on Thursday convicted three British Muslims of conspiring to murder hundreds of people as part of a plot to blow up passenger planes over the Atlantic. Ibrahim Savant, 29, Arafat Waheed Khan, 29, and Waheed Zaman, 26 were found guilty at London's Woolwich Crown Court after a three-month trial. They will be sentenced Monday and face life imprisonment."
My Way News reports: "A jury on Thursday convicted three British Muslims of conspiring to murder hundreds of people as part of a plot to blow up passenger planes over the Atlantic. Ibrahim Savant, 29, Arafat Waheed Khan, 29, and Waheed Zaman, 26 were found guilty at London's Woolwich Crown Court after a three-month trial. They will be sentenced Monday and face life imprisonment."
WSJ - U.S. Program to Detect Cyber Attacks on Infrastructure
The Wall Street Journal reports: "The federal government is launching an expansive program dubbed 'Perfect Citizen' to detect cyber assaults on private companies and government agencies running such critical infrastructure as the electricity grid and nuclear-power plants, according to people familiar with the program."
The Wall Street Journal reports: "The federal government is launching an expansive program dubbed 'Perfect Citizen' to detect cyber assaults on private companies and government agencies running such critical infrastructure as the electricity grid and nuclear-power plants, according to people familiar with the program."
My Way News - Study: Think you're hot now? Just wait a few years
My Way News reports: "As global warming continues such heat waves will be increasingly common in the future, a Stanford University study concludes [...] within 30 years average temperature could be 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, or 2 Celsius, higher than in the mid-1800s. That level of increase has been reported by others and most atmospheric scientists expect it to lead to warming and a change in a variety of weather and climate conditions."
My Way News reports: "As global warming continues such heat waves will be increasingly common in the future, a Stanford University study concludes [...] within 30 years average temperature could be 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, or 2 Celsius, higher than in the mid-1800s. That level of increase has been reported by others and most atmospheric scientists expect it to lead to warming and a change in a variety of weather and climate conditions."
Wednesday, July 07, 2010
CNN - No damage reported after quake hits southern California
CNN reports: "A 5.4-magnitude earthquake rattled southern California Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The temblor, centered about 60 miles northeast of San Diego, was first reported by USGS to be at 5.7 magnitude but the agency later downgraded it to 5.4. There were no immediate reports of damages or injuries."
CNN reports: "A 5.4-magnitude earthquake rattled southern California Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The temblor, centered about 60 miles northeast of San Diego, was first reported by USGS to be at 5.7 magnitude but the agency later downgraded it to 5.4. There were no immediate reports of damages or injuries."
My Way News - Israel: Hezbollah storing weapons inside villages
My Way News reports: "Israel's military released maps and aerial photographs Wednesday showing what it described as a network of Hezbollah weapons depots and command centers inside villages in south Lebanon, near the Israeli border."
My Way News reports: "Israel's military released maps and aerial photographs Wednesday showing what it described as a network of Hezbollah weapons depots and command centers inside villages in south Lebanon, near the Israeli border."
My Way News - Iran admits sanctions could slow nuclear program
My Way News reports: "Iran's nuclear chief says sanctions could delay Tehran's controversial atomic program but would not stop it. Program head Ali Akbar Salehi says the sanctions could 'slow down the job but they would not stop activities,' according to the semiofficial ISNA news agency."
My Way News reports: "Iran's nuclear chief says sanctions could delay Tehran's controversial atomic program but would not stop it. Program head Ali Akbar Salehi says the sanctions could 'slow down the job but they would not stop activities,' according to the semiofficial ISNA news agency."
My Way News - Vatican mulls how to protect impaired adults
My Way News reports: "As the Vatican grapples with how to sanction priests who rape children, it has also mulled how to punish priests who sexually abuse mentally impaired adults, The Associated Press has learned."
Comment: I'm just noting the headline and first sentence, I didn't read any further than that, and I don't want to, it's just to horrible to contemplate.
My Way News reports: "As the Vatican grapples with how to sanction priests who rape children, it has also mulled how to punish priests who sexually abuse mentally impaired adults, The Associated Press has learned."
Comment: I'm just noting the headline and first sentence, I didn't read any further than that, and I don't want to, it's just to horrible to contemplate.
My Way News - Repeat of SKorea, US cyberattacks does no damage
My Way News reports: "Hundreds of computers that caused a wave of outages on U.S. and South Korean government websites last July launched new attacks on the same sites, but no major damage was reported, police said Thursday."
My Way News reports: "Hundreds of computers that caused a wave of outages on U.S. and South Korean government websites last July launched new attacks on the same sites, but no major damage was reported, police said Thursday."
Space War - Al-Qaida digs in to resist region's armies
UPI reports: "North African Islamist militants linked to al-Qaida are reportedly building heavily fortified bunkers in the Sahara Desert against airstrikes as Algeria and its neighbors mount a combined offensive against them [...] the regional states, led by Algeria, are setting aside traditional rivalries and pooling their resources to go after the Islamists."
UPI reports: "North African Islamist militants linked to al-Qaida are reportedly building heavily fortified bunkers in the Sahara Desert against airstrikes as Algeria and its neighbors mount a combined offensive against them [...] the regional states, led by Algeria, are setting aside traditional rivalries and pooling their resources to go after the Islamists."
Space War - Obama backs Israel on nuclear conference
AFP reports: "US President Barack Obama warned Tuesday that attempts to single out Israel over its undeclared nuclear program could scupper a Middle East regional nuclear conference planned for 2012 [...] The wording on the Middle East called for holding a conference in 2012 'to be attended by all states of the Middle East, leading to the establishment¨ of such a nuclear-weapon-free zone.' The NPT review conference called on Israel to join the treaty, which would oblige the Jewish state to do away with its nuclear weapons [...] Israel, which opposes creating a nuclear free zone until Middle East peace has been achieved, has never acknowledged that it has nuclear weapons."
AFP reports: "US President Barack Obama warned Tuesday that attempts to single out Israel over its undeclared nuclear program could scupper a Middle East regional nuclear conference planned for 2012 [...] The wording on the Middle East called for holding a conference in 2012 'to be attended by all states of the Middle East, leading to the establishment¨ of such a nuclear-weapon-free zone.' The NPT review conference called on Israel to join the treaty, which would oblige the Jewish state to do away with its nuclear weapons [...] Israel, which opposes creating a nuclear free zone until Middle East peace has been achieved, has never acknowledged that it has nuclear weapons."
Space War - Russia sending APCs to West Bank
UPI reports: "Russia announced plans to send 50 armored personnel carriers to the Palestinians [...] Israel balked at such plans in 2005, when Russia moved to supply Palestinians with 50 armored personnel carriers and two M-17 military cargo helicopters. The delivery was blocked for fear of radical elements, mainly the Palestinian group Hamas, using the military hardware against Israeli forces."
UPI reports: "Russia announced plans to send 50 armored personnel carriers to the Palestinians [...] Israel balked at such plans in 2005, when Russia moved to supply Palestinians with 50 armored personnel carriers and two M-17 military cargo helicopters. The delivery was blocked for fear of radical elements, mainly the Palestinian group Hamas, using the military hardware against Israeli forces."
My Way News - Army presence soars amid deadly Kashmir protests
My Way News reports: "India's regular army patrolled the violence-hit streets of Kashmir to enforce a round-the-clock curfew for the first time in two decades Wednesday after weeks of deadly unrest in the Muslim-majority region."
My Way News reports: "India's regular army patrolled the violence-hit streets of Kashmir to enforce a round-the-clock curfew for the first time in two decades Wednesday after weeks of deadly unrest in the Muslim-majority region."
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
My Way News - What rift? Obama, Netanyahu say bond 'unbreakable'
My Way News reports: "Netanyahu emerged with a pile of promises from Obama that the U.S. is both committed to Israel's security and a believer that the prime minister wants peace with Palestinians. For his part, Netanyahu showed the urgency that Obama wants in boosting peace efforts, though he didn't say in public just what he might have planned."
Comment: I'm still reading reports on this White House meeting, but it's looking more and more like a staged photo-op and not a meeting that generated any substantive policy proposals to advance (or stall) the peace process.
My Way News reports: "Netanyahu emerged with a pile of promises from Obama that the U.S. is both committed to Israel's security and a believer that the prime minister wants peace with Palestinians. For his part, Netanyahu showed the urgency that Obama wants in boosting peace efforts, though he didn't say in public just what he might have planned."
Comment: I'm still reading reports on this White House meeting, but it's looking more and more like a staged photo-op and not a meeting that generated any substantive policy proposals to advance (or stall) the peace process.
My Way News - ET, phone Brussels: EU calls for opening UFO data
My Way News reports: "A European Union lawmaker urged member governments Tuesday to open their secret files on UFOs, saying people need to know about close encounters of the third kind."
My Way News reports: "A European Union lawmaker urged member governments Tuesday to open their secret files on UFOs, saying people need to know about close encounters of the third kind."
Reuters - Scrap dollar as sole reserve currency: U.N. report
Reuters reports: "A new United Nations report released on Tuesday calls for abandoning the U.S. dollar as the main global reserve currency, saying it has been unable to safeguard value [...] The report supports replacing the dollar with the International Monetary Fund's special drawing rights (SDRs), an international reserve asset that is used as a unit of payment on IMF loans and is made up of a basket of currencies."
Reuters reports: "A new United Nations report released on Tuesday calls for abandoning the U.S. dollar as the main global reserve currency, saying it has been unable to safeguard value [...] The report supports replacing the dollar with the International Monetary Fund's special drawing rights (SDRs), an international reserve asset that is used as a unit of payment on IMF loans and is made up of a basket of currencies."
CNN - Ahmadinejad: U.S. sanctions attempt to hinder Iran's progress
CNN reports: "New U.S. sanctions on Iran show the West does not understand the Islamic republic and 'are aimed at preventing Iran from becoming an industrial pole and achieving its rightful place,' Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a speech Saturday, according to Iranian media."
CNN reports: "New U.S. sanctions on Iran show the West does not understand the Islamic republic and 'are aimed at preventing Iran from becoming an industrial pole and achieving its rightful place,' Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a speech Saturday, according to Iranian media."
My Way News - US largely ruling out NKorea in 2009 cyberattacks
My Way News reports: "U.S. officials have largely ruled out North Korea as the origin of a computer attack last July that took down U.S. and South Korean government websites, according to cybersecurity experts. But authorities are not much closer than they were a year ago to knowing exactly who did it - and why."
My Way News reports: "U.S. officials have largely ruled out North Korea as the origin of a computer attack last July that took down U.S. and South Korean government websites, according to cybersecurity experts. But authorities are not much closer than they were a year ago to knowing exactly who did it - and why."
Friday, July 02, 2010
My Way News - European unity tested over crucifixes in classroom
My Way News reports: "An emotional debate over crucifixes in classrooms is opening a new crack in European unity. It all started in a small town in northern Italy, where Finnish-born Soile Lautsi was so shocked by the sight of crosses above the blackboard in her children's public school classroom that she called a lawyer to see if she could get them removed. [...] 'This is a great battle for the freedom and identity of our Christian values," said Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini.'"
Comment: Twilight for Christianity in Europe? Not if the Italians have anything to say about it. Why do minorities (of any kind) feel entitled to dictate the culture of the majority? What an extraordinary victory the enemy gained when it became incorrect in the West to say that a country (any country) was a Christian country. There are many other countries in the world (followers of other "great" religions, for example) who have no such qualms about naming, claiming and exporting their religion.
My Way News reports: "An emotional debate over crucifixes in classrooms is opening a new crack in European unity. It all started in a small town in northern Italy, where Finnish-born Soile Lautsi was so shocked by the sight of crosses above the blackboard in her children's public school classroom that she called a lawyer to see if she could get them removed. [...] 'This is a great battle for the freedom and identity of our Christian values," said Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini.'"
Comment: Twilight for Christianity in Europe? Not if the Italians have anything to say about it. Why do minorities (of any kind) feel entitled to dictate the culture of the majority? What an extraordinary victory the enemy gained when it became incorrect in the West to say that a country (any country) was a Christian country. There are many other countries in the world (followers of other "great" religions, for example) who have no such qualms about naming, claiming and exporting their religion.
My Way News - USAID compound attacked in Afghanistan; 4 killed
My Way News reports: "Taliban suicide attackers stormed a four-story house used by an American aid organization in north Afghanistan on Friday, killing four people before dying in a fierce, five-hour gunbattle with Afghan security forces."
Reuters - New U.S. commander pushes faltering Afghan war effort
Reuters reports: "The United States' top field commander arrived in Afghanistan on Friday to take charge of the faltering war, pledging to tackle the nine-year-old Taliban insurgency with a strategy he successfully pioneered in Iraq."
My Way News reports: "Taliban suicide attackers stormed a four-story house used by an American aid organization in north Afghanistan on Friday, killing four people before dying in a fierce, five-hour gunbattle with Afghan security forces."
Reuters - New U.S. commander pushes faltering Afghan war effort
Reuters reports: "The United States' top field commander arrived in Afghanistan on Friday to take charge of the faltering war, pledging to tackle the nine-year-old Taliban insurgency with a strategy he successfully pioneered in Iraq."
AP - Obama goal: prod direct Israeli-Palestinian talks
AP reports: "Hoping for a breakthrough, President Barack Obama will try to accelerate the prospects of face-to-face peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians when he meets Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, White House officials said Friday."
AP reports: "Hoping for a breakthrough, President Barack Obama will try to accelerate the prospects of face-to-face peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians when he meets Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, White House officials said Friday."
My Way News - Police: 8 killed in Thailand's restive south
My Way News reports: "Suspected Muslim insurgents detonated roadside bombs that killed eight people, including one civilian, in two separate attacks in Thailand's restive south, police said Friday [...] More than 4,000 people have been killed in Thailand's three southernmost provinces since an Islamist insurgency erupted in 2004."
My Way News reports: "Suspected Muslim insurgents detonated roadside bombs that killed eight people, including one civilian, in two separate attacks in Thailand's restive south, police said Friday [...] More than 4,000 people have been killed in Thailand's three southernmost provinces since an Islamist insurgency erupted in 2004."
The Jerusalem Post - Firmly behind Israel
The Jerusalem Post reports: "Last month, President Barack Obama allocated an additional $205 million to permit Israel to position additional short-range Iron Dome antimissile batteries throughout the Jewish state. This is on top of the more than $3 billion in US military aid that it will already receive from the US this year, plus more than $200 million in additional money for the US-Israel joint missile defense systems, including the longrange Arrow and the medium-range David Sling."
Comment: Despite what you may have heard about strained diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Israel, their strategic cooperation is as strong as ever.
The Jerusalem Post reports: "Last month, President Barack Obama allocated an additional $205 million to permit Israel to position additional short-range Iron Dome antimissile batteries throughout the Jewish state. This is on top of the more than $3 billion in US military aid that it will already receive from the US this year, plus more than $200 million in additional money for the US-Israel joint missile defense systems, including the longrange Arrow and the medium-range David Sling."
Comment: Despite what you may have heard about strained diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Israel, their strategic cooperation is as strong as ever.
Thursday, July 01, 2010
AFP - Obama signs toughest-ever US sanctions on Iran
AFP reports: "President Barack Obama signed into law the toughest ever US sanctions on Iran, which he said would strike at Tehran's capacity to finance its nuclear program and deepen its isolation. The measures, on top of new UN Security Council and European sanctions, aim to choke off Iran's access to imports of refined petroleum products like gasoline and jet fuel and curb its access to the international banking system."
AFP reports: "President Barack Obama signed into law the toughest ever US sanctions on Iran, which he said would strike at Tehran's capacity to finance its nuclear program and deepen its isolation. The measures, on top of new UN Security Council and European sanctions, aim to choke off Iran's access to imports of refined petroleum products like gasoline and jet fuel and curb its access to the international banking system."
My Way News - Turkey lays out conditions for better ties
My Way News reports: "Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu laid out Turkey's conditions for improved ties with Israel during a secretly held meeting with an Israeli Cabinet minister, his spokesman said Thursday [...] Turkey demands that Israel apologize for the raid, offer compensation to the victims, agree to an international probe into the incident and end its blockade of Gaza."
My Way News reports: "Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu laid out Turkey's conditions for improved ties with Israel during a secretly held meeting with an Israeli Cabinet minister, his spokesman said Thursday [...] Turkey demands that Israel apologize for the raid, offer compensation to the victims, agree to an international probe into the incident and end its blockade of Gaza."
My Way News - Palestinian leader gives interview to Israel media
My Way News reports: "The Palestinian president made a fresh bid to win over public opinion in Israel by giving a rare interview to Israeli journalists in which he cast himself as a serious partner for peace talks."
My Way News reports: "The Palestinian president made a fresh bid to win over public opinion in Israel by giving a rare interview to Israeli journalists in which he cast himself as a serious partner for peace talks."
My Way News - Iran: Sanctions do not ban S-300 Russian missiles
My Way News reports: "A senior Iranian official said Thursday that new U.N. sanctions do not ban Russia from delivering sophisticated air defense missiles to Iran as agreed under a 2007 contract, countering the Russian stance [...] Last month, the Russian government said the new U.N. sanctions prevent Russia from delivering S-300 missiles to Iran."
My Way News reports: "A senior Iranian official said Thursday that new U.N. sanctions do not ban Russia from delivering sophisticated air defense missiles to Iran as agreed under a 2007 contract, countering the Russian stance [...] Last month, the Russian government said the new U.N. sanctions prevent Russia from delivering S-300 missiles to Iran."
My Way News - Sweden charges 2 with attack on cartoonist's home
My Way News reports: "A Swedish prosecutor charged two men with arson Tuesday for an attempted attack on the home of an artist whose cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad infuriated some Muslims [...] The arson attempt was one of several attacks in May on the 64-year-old cartoonist, who was assaulted while giving a university lecture. His Web site was also hit by a hacker."
My Way News reports: "A Swedish prosecutor charged two men with arson Tuesday for an attempted attack on the home of an artist whose cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad infuriated some Muslims [...] The arson attempt was one of several attacks in May on the 64-year-old cartoonist, who was assaulted while giving a university lecture. His Web site was also hit by a hacker."
My Way News - 21 dead in Mexican gang gun battle near US border
My Way News reports: "Twenty-one people are dead in Mexico following a massive gun battle between rival drug and migrant-trafficking gangs near the U.S. border. Prosecutors in northern Sonora state say the gun battle occurred in a sparsely populated area about 12 miles (20 kilometers) from the Arizona border."
My Way News reports: "Twenty-one people are dead in Mexico following a massive gun battle between rival drug and migrant-trafficking gangs near the U.S. border. Prosecutors in northern Sonora state say the gun battle occurred in a sparsely populated area about 12 miles (20 kilometers) from the Arizona border."
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