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Mubarak’s assets estimated at $80bn
President Hosni Mubarak's family fortune could be as much as $70bn (£43.5bn) according to analysis by Middle East experts, with much of his wealth in British and Swiss banks or…
Paperwork Glitches Halt Gold Rush for U.S. Banks as Homeowners Fight Back
Three of the United States' largest mortgage servicers have halted foreclosures as scrutiny increases over whether they verify the required paperwork. Several other servicers have also been faulted for foreclosure…
Pirates, Monarchs and Warriors: Society for Creative Anachronism October Crown Event
Although it is said of the medieval ages that gentility and nobility were nearest to criminality, pirates and monarchs hardly mixed, except when monarchs hired pirates as privateers (modern…
“War without Borders”: Obama’s “Long War”
The concept of the "long war" has characterised military doctrine since the end of World War II. The broader objective of global military dominance in support of an imperial project…
HAITI: The Hate And The Quake
The Haitians fought for their freedom and won, as did the Americans fifty years earlier. The Americans declared their independence and crafted an extraordinary constitution that set out a…
Haiti rallies supplies to assist quake victims
The Haitian government has started rallying medical supplies and other forms of aid to assist thousands of people affected by the Tuesday quake.…
IBM, Daimler and GM challenge US jurisdiction in apartheid case
MULTINATIONAL companies sued by victims of South Africa's apartheid government have challenged the jurisdiction of the US courts in adjudicating compensation claims filed by victims, saying brutalities committed by…
Nigerian plane bomber bought tickets in Ghana
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's ticket came from a KLM office in Accra, Ghana. Demuren said Monday that Abdulmutallab bought the $2,831 round-trip ticket from Lagos, Nigeria, to Detroit via Amsterdam on…
UNDERWEAR BOMBER: Yemen: Behind Al-Qaeda Scenarios, A Strategic Oil Transit Chokepoint
For some months the world has seen a steady escalation of US military involvement in Yemen, a dismally poor land adjacent to Saudi Arabia on its north, the Red Sea…
Cleaning Up US Army’s Human Terrain System (HTS)
It is high time that civilian and military personnel in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the US Army fix what in the minds of many has become…
Berlusconi attacked
AN angry Italian man, the dramatic equivalent of the Bush Shoe Thrower from Al Baghdadiya TV, broke Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi's nose at a political rally in Italy…
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September 11 Commemorative Air Show, Kirksville MO.
Aerostars 3 Ship YAK 52TW Formation Aerobatic Team at the Kirksville Air Show, 9-11-2011 – Photos Tawanda Kanhema