General World Affairs
In North Korea, young Kim Jong Eun will test age-old reliance on maturity
Submitted by Newsbyte on Fri, 12/23/2011 - 16:03.At 28 or 29, Kim Jong Eun, the new leader of North Korea, will be the youngest person ever to have authority over a nuclear arsenal. read more »
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 »
Reactor meltdown feared / Quake disabled Fukushima N-plants' cooling systems
Submitted by Newsbyte on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 12:32.The Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said Saturday afternoon that a nuclear meltdown was suspected at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant's No. read more »
Clinton Reaches Out to Several Countries about Wikileaks
Submitted by Newsbyte on Sat, 11/27/2010 - 19:44.U.S. read more »
Ireland bailout protest draws 100,000 to Dublin streets
Submitted by Newsbyte on Sat, 11/27/2010 - 19:15.One of the largest demonstrations in the Irish Republic's history brought more than 100,000 people on to Dublin's streets in protest over the international bailout and four years of austerity ahead. read more »
Nuclear bomb material found for sale on Georgia black market
Submitted by Newsbyte on Sun, 11/07/2010 - 20:01.Exclusive: Georgia trial reveals how sting netted highly enriched uranium that had been smuggled via train inside lead-lined cigarette box. read more »
Awarding Liu Xiaobo Nobel peace prize may harm China-Norway relations, says FM spokesman
Submitted by Newsbyte on Sat, 10/09/2010 - 00:41.Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to China's Liu Xiaobo desecrated the prize and could harm China-Norway ties, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu on Friday. read more »
French Revolution Debate Group 1
Submitted by John McLaughlin on Fri, 09/24/2010 - 09:46.Step 1 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 »
Obama's speech on August 31 declares combat in Iraq over
Submitted by Newsbyte on Wed, 09/01/2010 - 08:38.Saying it is "time to turn the page" on one of the most divisive chapters in American history, President Obama declared the U.S. read more »
NewsHour Extra Video: Ethiopian Farms Going Global
Submitted by Newsbyte on Sun, 05/02/2010 - 22:08.Israel to open peace talks with security, water demands
Submitted by Newsbyte on Sun, 05/02/2010 - 20:08.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to open the indirect talks with the Palestinian Authority this week with a discussion of the security arrangements in the West Bank and of water resources. 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 »
U.S. and Russia Sign Nuclear Arms Pact
Submitted by newscaster on Thu, 04/08/2010 - 08:04.PRAGUE — With flourish and fanfare, President Obama and President Dmitri A. read more »
Nigerian houses swallowed by sand
Submitted by newscaster on Mon, 03/29/2010 - 11:37.Ciroma Mohammed is standing on the spot he says was once occupied by his house in north-east Nigeria. 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 »
Enormous Icebergs Could Affect Ocean Currents
Submitted by Newsbyte on Sat, 02/27/2010 - 12:09.A mammoth iceberg that struck a glacier off Antarctica, dislodged a newer chunk of ice that could affect ocean currents and also lower the levels of oxygen in the world’s oceans, according to Austra read more »
Cars pollute even when engines are switched off
Submitted by Newsbyte on Sat, 02/27/2010 - 11:57.LEAVING the car at home and catching a train to work may not be as good for the environment as you think. read more »
Mussolini iPhone application is withdrawn
Submitted by Newsbyte on Thu, 02/04/2010 - 22:39.An iPhone application that allows users to download speeches by the former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini has been withdrawn.
Its developer says he is removing it after legal threats. read more »
Concerns that Robinson affair may threaten powersharing (N. Ireland)
Submitted by Newsbyte on Sun, 01/10/2010 - 22:58.THE BRITISH and Irish governments are maintaining high-level contacts to ensure the personal and political crisis affecting the Robinson family and the DUP [Democratic Unionist Party] does not collaps read more »
Newshour Extra Video: How Technology Will Shape the Next Decade
Submitted by Newsbyte on Sun, 01/10/2010 - 20:30.Online churches draw believers, critics
Submitted by Newsbyte on Sun, 11/15/2009 - 19:24.(CNN) -- Hjalti á Lava was searching his iPhone for a Bible app when he stumbled across Church Online, a service of Web site LifeChurch.tv. read more »
Crackdown on Iranian Journalists Continues
Submitted by Ms. AuCoin on Tue, 11/10/2009 - 10:05.Read article below:
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/crackdown-on-iranian-journal...
Questions to Consider: read more »
