Feature List - Announcements
Joseph Raglione
November 21, 2009
It is strange how far we have not come.
Fred Win
November 20, 2009
800LoanMart entered the Chicago title loan market. 800LoanMart, a California based title loan lender announced today that they have entered the Illinois market to fund residents who have bad credit. This exceptional company is taking the title loan industry by storm.
Alma C Bocanegra
November 20, 2009
Would you like to be the one firing your boss? Telling him to go find somebody because you found something better.Well you can and it is a lot easier than you think.
Alma C Bocanegra
November 20, 2009
I am going to go out on a limb here and assume that you are reading this article, because you are either:
New General Services Administration Schedule Recovery Purchasing Allowances for State and Local Gove
Juniper Ladden
November 20, 2009
Recently, under congressional authority, GSA amended its regulations to allow individual state and local governments to use GSA schedules to assist in recovery from a major disaster, terrorism or nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attack.
Joseph Raglione
November 20, 2009
What kind of soap do you use to wash Hogs? Is Hogwashing a sport?
Joseph Raglione
November 20, 2009
Gentle readers within this American Chronicle, the enemy is at the gates. They have more arrows (dollars) than we do but have faith, we can organize faster and better than they can...>
Joseph --
Hundreds of insurance company lobbyists. Millions in TV ads from anti-reform organizations. Countl...
Joseph Raglione
November 20, 2009
Gentle readers within this American Chronicle, the way the Republicans are carrying on in Washington, you'd think each one was being forced to swallow a Pint of Castor Oil! The Health Bill is not a bad thing, it is a good thing, and it will protect U.S. citizens. If Republicans don't like it, they c...
Jenine Baines
November 19, 2009
PASADENA, Calif. The Pasadena Master Chorale (PMC) gave its debut performance only last May but, from the beginning, reaching out to introduce students to the incomparable joy of choral music has been a key part of the choir´s mission. During that first concert, the Washington Middle School G...
Frank A. Hilario
November 19, 2009
Pest management should not be at the expense of the environment, or people.
Frank A. Hilario
November 19, 2009
Everyone is talking about the weather, but not the farmer.
Ajibowo Oluwastosin
November 19, 2009
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Ajibowo Oluwastosin
November 18, 2009
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Tina Vervoorn
November 18, 2009
PODS (Portable On Demand Storage) welcomes Brian Farris as its Corporate Director of Logistics.
Founded in 1998, PODS currently provides service to a population of more than 238 million consumers, and moving and storage services in 48 U.S. states, Canada and Australia. To date, the company has completed more than 200,000 long-distance relocations, exceeded one million deliveries and has nearly 138,000 PODS containers in service.
California Political Desk
November 18, 2009
California Democratic Party Executive Board passes a resolution calling for end to war in Afghanistan, sends ´clear´ message to President Obama to not escalate conflict.
SAN DIEGO – The California Democratic Party Executive Board has approved an extraordinary resolution – to be forwarded to Pre...
Jack Drain
November 16, 2009
If the author is on the right track, this may be a part of the revelation to save America
or at least understand it's financial collapse. You will either be a part of the problem or a partner in the solution! The author is pleading for knowlegable imput to connect all the missing dots to this "Mother of all Fears" catastrophe. We have been betrayed by those we trusted the most...or not?
Lakeland - Polk County Florida Site Development Company Takes CPR AED and First Aid Safety Seriously
Keith W Murray
November 16, 2009
Polk County - Lakeland Florida - The CPR School was hired to conduct CPR AED and First Aid Safety Training for a construction company specializing in site development. The company, located in Lakeland Florida has an impressive safety record and plans to keep it that way with CPR AED and First Aid Safety training by The CPR School. There are many work hazards in the construction industry and the students were trained how to treat many medical fist aid emergencies such as bleeding, heart attack, stroke, asphyxiation, allergic reactions, falls, heat exhaustion and many other CPR First Aid emergencies.
Joseph Raglione
November 18, 2009
GreenPeace Activists Are Going to Court in Alberta Canada. They need your help!
David John Chura
November 18, 2009
Would you like to help stop the extinction of life? Buy Kindle as a gift and have the commission go to energy research, before it's to late! This is a non profit research.
California Political Desk
November 18, 2009
Peace Officer Research Association of California backs council candidate.
NORTH HOLLWOOD – California´s largest law enforcement organization, the Peace Officer Research Association of California (PORAC), announced Friday that it has endorsed Los Angeles City Council Candidate Paul Krekor...
Entertainment Desk
November 18, 2009
PASADENA, CA – The Pasadena POPS are proud to debut a spectacular Holiday POPS concert that is sure to become a new family tradition. The celebration will feature music from A Charlie Brown Christmas, The Polar Express, Home Alone and cherished Christmas melodies Jingle Bells, Silent Night and Nutcr...
California Desk
November 18, 2009
Businesses in Specific Zip Code Areas Notified of Upcoming Visits.
The California State Board of Equalization (BOE) has sent letters to 14,924 retail businesses in 14 different zip codes notifying them of upcoming visits by BOE specialists. The affected zip codes receiving letters this month a...
California Desk
November 18, 2009
Judges recognize Messina Hof as best winery in Texas; wines win People's Choice awards at San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo Wine Competition.
BRYAN, TX - Messina Hof Winery & Resort, the fastest-growing award winning winery in Texas, left the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo Wine Competition with o...
Entertainment Desk
November 18, 2009
L.A. Theatre Works records coming-of-age tale by Lynn Nottage December 9-13.
LOS ANGELES, CA - OBIE Award winner Russell Hornsby (Jitney, Eddie Sutton on ABC's Lincoln Heights) and LADCC and NAACP Award recipient Charlayne Woodard (Pretty Fire, Neat, In Real Life) star when L.A. Theatre Works r...
Labor Desk
November 18, 2009
LA Labor 411: Union Directory to help public make ethical consumer choices when purchasing goods and services.
Los Angeles – Today the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO released the second edition of its popular, LA Labor 411, a directory of union goods and services, that this ye...
Los Angeles Area Environmental Enforcement Collaborative receives $100,000 for environmental justice
Labor Desk
November 18, 2009
WASHINGTON – U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson announced a national initiative to address environmental justice challenges in 10 communities. EPA has committed $1 million to this effort over the next two years.
"These 10 communities will serve as models f...
Weather Desk
November 18, 2009
State College, Pa. - AccuWeather.com's reports an intense heat wave will hit southeastern Australia until the end of the week, which could mean danger to an area already affected by wildfires and severe drought.
Firefighters were able to subdue several fires in Sydney's southwestern outskirts, bu...
International Desk
November 18, 2009
Johannesburg, South Africa - On becoming Greenpeace International Executive Director, prominent human rights activist Dr. Kumi Naidoo today warned world leaders that there can be no excuse for not attending the upcoming UN Copenhagen Climate Summit and agreeing a fair, ambitious and binding treaty t...
California Political Desk
November 18, 2009
DeVore for California released a new web video exposing the Carly Fiorina campaign's liaison with Democrats and the left -- and its desperate reliance on a campaign of whispers, rumors, and smears against Chuck DeVore. The video (viewable at http://bit.ly/3RgLZc) walks the viewer through the Fio...
California Desk
November 18, 2009
Los Angeles - After a controversial year in part over Carrie Prejean´s (former Miss California USA) opinion at the 2009 Miss USA® pageant earlier this year, INTA Gems & Diamonds, the Official Jeweler of Miss California USA®, is proud to have designed and crafted the new 2010 Miss California US...
Entertainment Desk
November 18, 2009
It was announced today that William Morris Endeavor Entertainment has inked an international representation agreement with ex-KoRn guitarist BRIAN "HEAD" WELCH. The initial term of the agreement is for three years. Ember Rigsby Tanksley of WMEE will be principally responsible for spearheading rep...
California Political Desk
November 18, 2009
NORTH HOLLWOOD – Pete Sanchez, former City Council candidate and leader of the Valley Village community, endorsed Paul Krekorian this week, another neighborhood advocate to endorse Krekorian. With Sanchez, and former candidates Tamar Galatzan and Mary Benson. Krekorian now has the support of the top...
California Political Desk
November 18, 2009
Jerome E. Horton, Vice Chairman of the California State Board of Equalization (BOE), today announced the expansion of its available online educational products to include the virtual replication of Small Business Fairs and Seminars for Nonprofit Organizations.
These online products are a co...
Capitol Beat
November 17, 2009
Doten Becomes the Only Young Democrat Elected to California's Delegation to the DNC.
San Diego - In a three-day election that ended on Sunday, November 15, 2009, the Executive Board of the California Democratic Party elected two Democrats to California's Democratic National Committee (DNC) dele...
Joseph Raglione
November 17, 2009
Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, every time I believe your government is doing something good, something bad happens! During the last election, Homo Sexuals lost their right to marry in California, due mainly to the direct economic interference of biased religious organizations. And now, a...
Joseph Raglione
November 17, 2009
Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, life is hard enough without military dictators creating fear and terror in countries like North Korea. The following is a message from Rohit Mahajan, Media Relations Manager for the Radio Free Asia network...>
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Tina Vervoorn
November 13, 2009
The Crowne Plaza Ventura Beach Hotel has established a unique sustainable agreement with its "Just One" campaign, which will donate $1 from each guest night to help serve those in need through FOOD Share. The sustainable partnership will help to serve more than 54,700 each month.
Sadaket Ali Malik
November 15, 2009
The mob by definition is meant when there is a rising of tension and it comes together to commit an act of violent protest is not a new concept in democratic republic like ours. The concept by and large generated by political gooms, religious and fundamentalist forces for their petty interests and v...
Joseph Raglione
November 15, 2009
Gentle readers within this American Chronicle, nice gifts for Christmas include good books. Here is one you may like...>
Dear Joseph,
If you watched the Ken Burns documentary series The National Parks: America´s Best Idea, on PBS last month, you´ll surely remember Shelton John...
Joseph Raglione
November 15, 2009
Slow change is better than no change but how much slower will they go?
California Political Desk
November 18, 2009
BURLINGTON, VT – Democracy for America, our nation's largest progressive political action community, endorsed Henry Vandermeir for DNC Delegate.
As president of the California Democratic Council, Vandermeir has focused on bringing training and organizing resources to more than 400 clubs and count...
Joseph Raglione
November 14, 2009
What if the United Nations issued United Nations Passports to Stateless people in desperate need?
International Desk
November 13, 2009
Marine piracy continues to be a serious risk for shipping companies, sailors, cargo owners, and insurers.
According to the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) in London, pirate attacks are an almost daily feature. Modern day pirates are armed with state-of the-art weapons and experts suspect that ...
International Desk
November 13, 2009
Djibouti has forcibly sent 40 asylum seekers from Somalia back to the Somali capital Mogadishu, says the United Nations refugee agency.
A Dutch naval ship, the Evertsen, [N.B.: operating under EU NAVFOR, who were proud on their "ACTION"] on anti-piracy patrols in the Red Sea, rescued the migrants c...
International Desk
November 13, 2009
Kenya will continue to work with the international community in the fight against piracy to protect its tourism sector.
There should be no cause for alarm about trying suspected pirates on Kenyan soil, said Internal Security assistant minister Orwa Ojodeh.
He said Kenya had signed a memorandum of ...
International Desk
November 13, 2009
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has denied media reports saying Somali pirates have hijacked a UAE- flagged ship, the state-run news agency WAM reported.
The reports by some media about the abduction "are deviating from the truth," Mohammed Sultan Al Suwaidi, director of the Foreign Ministry's Arab ...
International Desk
November 13, 2009
The families of the fishermen held in the Indian Ocean met Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero to ask him to extradite the two Somali pirates jailed in Spain to Somalia.
A meeting of the relatives of the crew members of the hijacked trawler Alakrana with the Spanish Prime Minister J...
International Desk
November 13, 2009
The captain of a Hong Kong-flagged oil tanker has been hailed for successfully eluding Somali pirates who attacked his ship with automatic weapons and grenades from two skiffs in the Indian Ocean.
Captain Sunil Fredrick Mani was in command of the VLCC BW LION when it was attacked by two pirate boat...
International Desk
November 13, 2009
Spain is anxiously following a high-tension piracy drama off the coast of a faraway African country where Somali pirates are gradually stepping up pressure on the government in Madrid. Will a group of young pirates - nervous, drug-using, and armed to the teeth - kill the terrified fishermen who for ...
International Desk
November 13, 2009
An anti-piracy official in Somalia's transitional government said that a cargo ship seized by pirates had been carrying weapons, a charge denied by the owners of the ship's cargo.
"On November 7 a cargo ship carrying a wide range of weapons was seized by Somali buccaneers," said the official, Ismai...
International Desk
November 13, 2009
Somali pirates said Wednesday that they had seized at dawn a Greek-owned container ship after a five-hour chase in fast skiffs across the Indian Ocean, reflecting both an increase in pirate activity after a period of rough weather and signs of increasing boldness among the hijackers.
The East Afric...
Tina Vervoorn
November 13, 2009
Founded more than 30 years ago as a six-bed group home for young boys in Moss Beach, CA, Aspiranet is one of the most diverse private social service agencies in California. With a statewide network of innovative services, Aspiranet has touched the lives of over 10,000 families and children since its founding.
Festus Kofi
November 13, 2009
As part of measures aimed at tackling the effect of the global economic crisis in the U.S. and other countries, experts have called for increased effort by all and sundry to develop their money making skills and get involve in starting a business. One self development and economic empowerment program currently helping ordinary people to earn over $$34,612 easily on autopilot monthly is the Dirty CPA program.
Dhruva Thapa
November 13, 2009
"You see things; and say, why? But I dream things that never were; and I say, why not?" George Bernard Shaw.
We all are dreamer but how many of we can dare to make it happen? We need firm and rigid perseverance to make our dream come true if it is something exceptional. But there is someone who lik...
Michelle Malsbury, BSBM, MM
November 13, 2009
For anyone who does not believe racism is alive and well this book is a must read. Talking About Race by Kaolin is one of the first books of this type. It is educational and enlightening as each of us walk through our own race stories and begin to move toward a mindset of racial equality. For more insight into this great new book please read my review in its entirety.
Festus Kofi
November 06, 2009
What if you were told that making a significant change in your lifestyle starting from today would help you have miracle pregnancy almost instantly? Do you know that this simple change can make you to get pregnant naturally without costly fertility drugs and procedures? You see we do so many wrong things ignorantly which may be sabotaging our efforts to conceive and have healthy babies and this is something most people don't realize but do on a regular basis. And, if you are trying to conceive after a long time of trying, you are probably doing this too. Read on to discover what this one thing is and how changing it would help you have miracle pregnancy instantly...
Festus Kofi
November 07, 2009
If you really want to get pregnant quickly and safely, you must quit doing these devastating things. There usually comes a time in the life of every serious person when one really need to shut out the things that keep us too busy to make an assessment of what one is getting out of this life. Today is the day you need to ask yourself why you are still struggling to get pregnant and what you need to do to achieve pregnancy quickly. I am sure you have asked yourself many times, why you are unable to conceive and why you can't just get pregnant easily like every other woman.
Festus Kofi
November 09, 2009
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Festus Kofi
November 10, 2009
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Festus Kofi
November 10, 2009
Scientific research has provided many insights into the workings of automated forex trading software designed to automatically enter and exit profitable trades with ease while you sleep or go about your every daily chores. One of the most advanced forex trading robots or softwares on the market today is the No Loss Robot.
Festus Kofi
November 10, 2009
Humans possess a strong financial need that is as fundamental as the need for food and clothing. When it comes to buying a forex robot, however, we have many good choices because of the great variety of automated forex trading software available today. If you are looking to purchase a forex trading robot and you need to make the right choice then read on to avoid scams. What I am about to show you will help you to become your own boss, determine your own work schedule, and live life to the fullest! The This is no joke, be prepared to make more money with minimal effort with the best forex robot. best forex robot should be able to turn $1,000 into $10,283 and $10,000 into $103,085 with zero losses.
Sandra Essex
November 12, 2009
Mike Dillard´s PPC Domination course was created to teach people how to use Google Adwords to generate leads for their MLM business. There are no two ways about it: traffic volume is the single most important determinant of success or failure in online business.
Joseph Raglione
November 12, 2009
Gentle readers within this American Chronicle, the following is a good lesson on how Canadian and possibly American politicians are corrupted by special interest groups. Pay especially close attention to the concept of legal loopholes...>
http://www.straightgoods.ca/2009/ViewFeature.cfm?Ref=556&C...
Joseph Raglione
November 12, 2009
Gentle readers within this American Chronicle, I am a world humanitarian for peace and the ecology and in my current capacity as a political activist and writer, I have one basic goal in life; and that goal is to change the destructive concept of being a universal soldier into the concept of being a...
Joseph Raglione
November 12, 2009
Joseph --
Today, on Veterans Day, my message to you is simple: Thank you. Thank you for your selfless service, for your valor, and for your strength of purpose that make all of us proud to be Americans.
Today, Americans will pause amidst a great conversation about the future of our nation to t...
Daniel Taverne
November 11, 2009
Looking for something to do this Spring? How about attending a Hamfest?
Frank A. Hilario
November 10, 2009
Climate change is expected to expand drylands by 11% - do you expect it to expand your drylands of concern?
Daniel Taverne
November 10, 2009
Put on your 'go see' list. This Redneck Christmas Parade is a fun time for all.
Jesse D Evans
November 10, 2009
With the development of the iHouse Clayton has integrated Frank Lloyd Wright´s efficient and minimalistic spirit into the mobile and modular housing market. This article dives into the past, and current state of the modern mobile home.
Jesse D Evans
November 10, 2009
Very few people actually know the calculation that results in a person´s lend score, but the information about how to grow it are very accepted, and if you want to be approved for a mobile or mobile home loan then you must follow these rules.
Jenine Baines
November 10, 2009
Bridge players play to raise funding to help support local Pasadena shelter for homeless pregnant women and their children....
Joseph Raglione
November 10, 2009
Gentle readers within this American Chronicle, when you are finished fixing the United States, can you lend a hand fixing Canada? We need an international protest aimed directly at Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Apparently he and his Conservative government in Ottawa, are deaf to the voices...
Joseph Raglione
November 10, 2009
Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, it is a great week to be an American! Magnificent changes have being created in Washington and within a few years, when you guys have a parade, any parade, the whole world will march in step with you. Meanwhile, here is the EFFECTOR list...>
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Joseph Raglione
November 10, 2009
Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, the following has some inside the Senate information you might be interested in reading...>
Joseph -
The last couple of weeks have been intense.
On Saturday, we earned five reasons to be proud: All five Democratic members of Indiana's Congressional...
Joseph Raglione
November 10, 2009
Gentle readers within this American Chronicle, welcome to a better society where people breath clean air and drink clean water and if by accident or fate, they find themselves in a hospital, they won't be impoverished by medical bills. Welcome to a society where Doctors will be rewarded for keeping ...
Newswire Services
November 08, 2009
SHANKSVILLE, Pa. -- At a solemn ceremony in a remote Pennsylvania field, U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar marked the groundbreaking and start of construction for the permanent Flight 93 National Memorial. The national memorial pays tribute to the passengers and crew of United Flight 93 which plun...
Monica King
November 09, 2009
Bone of my bones, flesh of my flesh, there is nothing quite like the experience of giving birth to a daughter...
Jade Verde
November 09, 2009
IT IS SO righteous for bonafide Filipino citizens to go out of their way to join in Anti-terrorism campaigns of various ways---from print to broadcast, to the 'Parliament of the Streets.' Effective aftermath will not be an overnight process, but, as the saying goes, 'the journey of a thousand miles ...
Joseph Raglione
November 09, 2009
we won round one but..."the next phase of this fight has already begun."
Bill Haymin
November 09, 2009
By: Dr. Mercola
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/11/03/Senate-Bill-Would-Give-President-Obama-Authority-to-Pull-the-Plug-on-Your-Internet.aspx
CNET News has obtained a summary of a proposal from Senators Jay Rockefeller (D-W.V.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) that would ...
Mike Banos
November 09, 2009
The Ateneo de Zamboanga University Concert Band is touring Mindanao for the first time in many years to mark the AdZU Centennial and the Sesquicentennial of the return of the Jesuits to the Philippines.
International Desk
November 08, 2009
Somalia's al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militants are tightening their grip on areas of the country they already control, imposing new rules and punishing people they say are violating their radical brand of Islamic law. Some observers believe until a more powerful group emerges to bring law and order t...
International Desk
November 08, 2009
Dealing with the risks from sea piracy, cyber crime and climate change, will require vision, pragmatism and the collaboration of the public and private sectors, Lloyd´s chief executive said.
That advice came from Richard Ward, chief executive officer of Lloyd´s, who said, he believed t...
International Desk
November 08, 2009
Thousands of people demonstrated on November 7 calling for the release of the 36 crewmen of a Spanish tuna trawler being held by Somali pirates under the threat of death.
They gathered at Bermeo in the northern Spanish Basque country, home port of the trawler Alakrana, which was seized off Somalia ...
Newswire Services
November 08, 2009
BERLIN, Germany -- Beyonce was the major winner of the evening a the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs) in Berlin. The versatile singer, writer and producer took home a total of three EMA trophies - Best Female, Best Song and Best Video - from the glittering music celebration, held at the O2 World ...
Newswire Services
November 08, 2009
The Center for American Progress applauds the Senate for effectively ending debate on a proposal by Senators David Vitter (R-LA) and Robert Bennett (R-UT) that would have undermined a fundamental principle of our Constitution.
In a procedural vote on the Commerce-Justice-Science funding bill, the...
Newswire Services
November 08, 2009
Weak Verification and Loosening of Welfare Reform Rules Alter Longstanding System of Enforcement and Incentives
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Current versions of both the House and Senate health care reform bills contain inadequate verification measures that will fail to prevent millions of illegal aliens ...
Newswire Services
November 08, 2009
Washington D.C. - The Immigration Policy Center (IPC) released three publications today discussing proposals for and gains made from a broad legalization program for those in the country without legal status.
This first report titled Economic Progress via Legalization provides insight into the s...
Newswire Services
November 08, 2009
WASHINGTON,D.C. -- Representatives of three federal law enforcement agencies told a House Judiciary Subcommittee today that more needs to be done to combat organized retail crime (ORC) in the U.S.
In testimony before the House Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, off...
Newswire Services
November 08, 2009
BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- Laura Wang-Woodford, a U.S. citizen who served as a director of Monarch Aviation Pte Ltd., a Singapore company that imported and exported military and commercial aircraft components for more than 20 years, was sentenced in federal court in Brooklyn to 46 months in prison for conspi...
Newswire Services
November 08, 2009
NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA -- November 6 marks the start of the Apple Vacations WinterSun SuperSale, the company's biggest sale of the year. Vacationers can save up to $1000 or more per couple with drastically discounted prices on Jan. and additional Winter 2010 departures to Mexico, the Caribbean and Hawai...
International Desk
November 08, 2009
While 30,000 IDPs remain inaccessible to relief, US Powered scores nuclear reactor
Yemen has been rocked by a series of violent clashes between government and rebel forces from the northern tribes since August, and plans to build a new nuclear reactor has sparked fears of increased tensions.
Whe...
International Desk
November 08, 2009
Five important challenges threaten the future of Sudan. For the country to retain its cultural, political and strategic unity, it is now more important than ever that Sudan's different forces unite behind a national strategy.
Such is the interest of the Arab media in the Arab- Israeli conflict as i...
International Desk
November 08, 2009
Somalis living in northern Kenya have accused the government in Nairobi of secretly recruiting and training youth from the region as soldiers to go to fight for the transitional Somali government against al- Shabaab fighters.
Local leaders have said that in the last three weeks alone, at least 200 ...
International Desk
November 08, 2009
The Somali people are once again learning the crucial lessons of nationhood the hardest way. One such cardinal lesson is never to leave matters of your society to others alone or lightly but to engage. The only way people can protect what belongs to them, enhance collective wellbeing and further the...
International Desk
November 08, 2009
Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and author of the book "The End of Poverty," made a recent visit to Japan and discussed the issue of world poverty with prominent Japanese economic analyst Kazuyo Katsuma. Sachs, a co-founder of the group Millennium Promise, whose...
International Desk
November 08, 2009
Starvation looms with supply line "effectively broken." U.S. fears that its shipments may be diverted to terrorists.
U.N. officials said Friday that the supply of critical food aid to Somalia had been interrupted and that rations to starving people needed to be cut, partly because the U.S. governme...
International Desk
November 08, 2009
Sociologist Peter Berger has instructed that "The first wisdom of Sociology is that things are not what they seem." So it is with the Western media rendition of their piracy stories from Somalia. An article in the London-based Independent newspaper has confirmed the suspicions of many that behind th...
International Desk
November 08, 2009
The Nato revelations come amid growing concern for the plight of Paul and Rachel Chandler, the middle-aged British couple held by bandits after being captured on their boat 15 days ago. Reports this week claimed that they had been moved inland and were being fought over by armed rival gangs.
The ne...
International Desk
November 08, 2009
Mainstream UK media are reporting that Somali pirates are stepping up their pressure by threatening to torture Paul and Rachel Chandler, who were kidnapped from their yacht Lynn Rival on October 23 when they disregarded advice by Seychelles authorities and fellow cruisers not to travel from Seychell...