Terrorism
Pro-Government Source Says Brega “Cleared of “Armed Gangs
Submitted by Newsbyte on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 12:56.Libyan state television Sunday reported a regime army source claiming that the Libyan armed forces have cleared “armed gangs” from the key oil town of Brega in the east of the capital, Tripoli. read more »
The Iraq Archive: The Strands of a War
Submitted by Newsbyte on Fri, 10/22/2010 - 17:38.A huge trove of secret field reports from the battlegrounds of Iraq sheds new light on the war, including such fraught subjects as civilian deaths, detainee abuse and the involvement of Iran. read more »
Afghanistan's Election: A Look at the Diversity of Headlines
Submitted by Newsbyte on Mon, 09/20/2010 - 12:32.Afghans have voted in a key parliamentary election. There are a number of articles from various sources around the globe. Here is a list of some of the headlines and what agency they come from: read more »
Netherlands releases Yemen flight suspects
Submitted by Newsbyte on Wed, 09/01/2010 - 13:59.Neither of the two men, reportedly US residents, was on any watch lists. read more »
Vendors Who Alerted Police Called Heroes
Submitted by Newsbyte on Sun, 05/02/2010 - 19:54.Even in Times Square, where little seems unusual, the Nissan Pathfinder parked just off Broadway on the south side of 45th Street — engine running, hazard lights flashing, driver nowhere to be found read more »
The model and the blood diamond
Submitted by newscaster on Mon, 04/26/2010 - 11:26.THE curious tale of the diamond that arrived in the night has returned to haunt supermodel Naomi Campbell, who is entangled in a web of allegations against Charles Taylor, the former Liberian presiden read more »
Obama tells Karzai to clean up corruption
Submitted by Newsbyte on Mon, 03/29/2010 - 11:11.United States president Barack Obama has urged Afghan president Hamid Karzai to clean up corruption and rallied troops to defeat the Taliban during a surprise visit to Afghanistan. read more »
Jihad Jane
Submitted by mr. d on Sat, 03/13/2010 - 11:08.After viewing the video clip below:
1) What is your response?
2) Search Fox News, CNN and Msnbc to see what their reactions are. read more »
International Travel
Submitted by scottatwall on Mon, 01/04/2010 - 10:06.Read this article and respond:
1) Will/Have your travel plans been affected by the recent airport events? read more »
Rwanda: Govt Blames Sudan for Darfur Attacks
Submitted by Newsbyte on Sun, 12/06/2009 - 23:27.Kigali — Rwanda has accused the Khartoum government of being behind the ambush in which three RDF peacekeepers were killed and two injured at Saraf Umra in Darfur on Friday. read more »
Alert level raised on North Korea
Submitted by Newsbyte on Thu, 05/28/2009 - 00:33.South Korean and US troops have gone on higher alert after North Korea announced it is scrapping the armistice in force on the peninsula. read more »
Pentagon exploring robot killers that can fire on their own
Submitted by Newsbyte on Wed, 03/25/2009 - 18:56.WASHINGTON — The unmanned bombers that frequently cause unintended civilian casualties in Pakistan are a step toward an even more lethal generation of robotic hunters-killers that operate with limit read more »
NewsHour Extra Video: Possible U.S.-Taliban Talks Stir Controversy
Submitted by Newsbyte on Thu, 03/12/2009 - 09:57.Obama speaks of 'reaching out' to Taliban
Submitted by dontlook on Sun, 03/08/2009 - 09:45.The US president admits that the 'anti-terror' operations in Afghanistan will not lead to victory, urging dialogue with insurgents as a cure. read more »
Anthropologist's war death reverberates
Submitted by Newsbyte on Fri, 02/13/2009 - 20:40.In a hostile corner of southern Afghanistan, an American platoon fanned out around a market, forming a protective circle around a petite woman with a notebook. read more »
Bush's Farewell Address
Submitted by newscaster on Sat, 01/17/2009 - 07:39.Fellow citizens: For eight years, it has been my honor to serve as your president. The first decade of this new century has been a period of consequence – a time set apart. read more »
Mashaal calls IDF operation in Gaza 'another holocaust'
Submitted by Newsbyte on Sat, 01/10/2009 - 19:11.The IDF operation in Gaza has killed the last chance for settlement and negotiations with Israel, Damascus-based Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal told Al-Jazeera on Saturday. read more »
Iraqi journalist insults, attacks Bush
Submitted by Newsbyte on Sun, 12/14/2008 - 22:12.A surprise visit by US President George Bush to Iraq has been overshadowed by an incident in which an Iraqi journalist insulted and hurled shoes at him during a news conference. read more »
Nearly 80 killed, foreigners taken hostage in Mumbai attacks
Submitted by newscaster on Wed, 11/26/2008 - 22:01.Nearly 80 people have been killed in a series of coordinated attacks across India's commercial capital Mumbai, as gunmen armed with assault rifles and grenades hit two luxury hotels and took foreign g read more »
