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Rebels Resisting Gadhafi’s Forces In Libya

The past several days has seen the Libyan government make major steps at retaking their country from rebels and insurgents. The rebels who are outgunned and out manned have been putting up a valiant battle in order to keep their ground but the overpowering military presence of Gadhafi’s forces has backed them up against a [...]

Financial Martial Law In New Michigan Bill

In a move that sounds like something from the author George Orwell’s classic book about totalitarianism “1984”, Michigan lawmakers are ready to approve a bill that would allow the governor to appoint what’s called “emergency managers” who would have unilateral power to do practically whatever they saw fit in cities facing drastic financial problems. In [...]

Tokyo Shares Down 11%

The tsunami that hit Japan last week devastated the country but the landslide of it’s stocks is rolling like a snowball down hill. The main index fell at 14.4% as fears rose regarding more problems with Japan’s nuclear power plants failing one after another and hopes for a rescue before a greater disaster are dwindling [...]

Gold Bullion On The Rise

In the wake of the disasters in Japan, gold bullion rose 1 percent on Monday pushing premiums for gold bars to their highest levels since February in Tokyo. So far spot gold added $2.49 to $1,420.19 announce by 0258 GMT and that’s after rising to a high of $1,431.89 an ounce while the markets began [...]

Israel Settlements Expansion

In the wake of the killing of a family of five, reportedly by a Palestinian assassin, the Israeli government has vowed to build hundreds of homes in the West Bank settlements in response to the murders. This response just about shuts down any hope of further peace talks regarding the ongoing battle between Israel and [...]

Fukushima Reactor Intact

Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano alerted the public that the vessel containing the radioactive core of the Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Fukushima Dai-Ichi No. 3 reactor is still holding despite an explosion at the plant. This is the second such type of explosion with in the past couple of days in Japan. He went [...]

Nuclear Reactor Meltdown

Japanese officials say that a partial meltdown is probably happening at the second reactor that was damaged by the massive earthquake and tsunami on Friday. Yukio Edano, the Chief Cabinet secretary stated that the radiation from the nuclear plant in Fukushima had briefly rose past the legal limits of radiation but did decline significantly. Six [...]

John Paul II Facebook Page Debuts

The late Pope John Paul II, the most popular Pope in modern history is still quite as popular and is now on Facebook as he has a page dedicated to the beatification process that can now appoint Sainthood to the Pontif. Officials at the Vatican told the AP that the page will link to video [...]

Tsunami Surprises Experts

Scientists examining the data from the record breaking historic earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan are awed at the sheer magnitude of effects of the disaster. Records of quakes and tsunamis go back as far as 1,200 years for Japan. In retrospect the region’s unique configuration of plates that are the source of the earthquakes [...]

Evacuations In The East: Rivers Flood

More weather related disaster is hitting the US as the record snows of this Winter are starting to melt and that is causing record flooding. All along the eastern seaboard pouring rain and melting snow are causing flooding that is forcing so far hundreds of residents from their homes. New Jersey, Maryland, Maine, outer lying [...]