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Iran driving wedge between Western allies
Like the Chinese did earlier, Turkish officials now have confirmed they will not follow unilateral U.S. sanctions imposed on Iran over its continued nuclear enrichment program, creating a potentially serious division among Western alliance allies.
Immigrating out of fear
In last half year, faced with rising anti-Semitism, increasing number of Turkish Jews immigrating to Israel. Recent attempts made by Istanbul mayor to quell fears have not mitigated concerns.
ABC provokes mosque protestors
"They were trying to get some of the protestors to react to their harassment so they could film it and just show some protestor being angry," the TVC executive director contends. "It was a total setup. It was so insensitive, and...frankly, it was evil."
US National Guard troops deployed at Mexico border
US National Guard troops have been deployed along the country's southern border between the state of California and Mexico. They are the first of more than 1,000 troops President Barack Obama has authorised to beef up border security. There are some 12 million people in the US illegally and most have crossed the southern border from Mexico.
Goodbye Iraq: Last US soldiers head home
A line of heavily armored American military vehicles, their headlights twinkling in the predawn desert, lumbered past the barbed wire and metal gates marking the border between Iraq and Kuwait early Thursday and rolled into history. For the troops of the 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, it was a moment of relief fraught with symbolism but lightened by the whoops and cheers of soldiers one step closer to going home. Seven years and five months after the US-led invasion, the last American combat brigade was leaving Iraq, well ahead of President Barack Obama's Aug. 31 deadline for ending US combat operations there.
Drought doubles price of barley in six weeks
The price of barley, an important feed grain for the European livestock industry, has more than doubled in six weeks in response to the drought affecting Russia and Ukraine, prompting fears of increases in the cost of meat and poultry. -Barley production is also down in the European Union and Canada – two other large exporters – due to bad weather.
Grain price rise may fuel Mideast, Europe unrest
Rising grain prices from Russia's drought and fires will pressure populations already hit by the financial crisis and could stoke unrest -- particularly in the Middle East, North Africa and parts of Europe. Wheat prices have risen by nearly 70 percent since June after Russia suffered its worst drought in 130 years and are at their highest since 2008, when the last major food price rally sparked protests and riots in a string of emerging nations. Analysts warn that if prices stay high then the threat of street violence will increase -- at least up to a point
Extreme weather and natural disasters occurring simultaneously around the globe
No matter how one would like to keep optimistic in this day and age, it is very hard to ignore the fact that this earth is experiencing some serious changes. Russia is fighting a killer heatwave, raging wildfires, and threats of nuclear smog, while the Asian floods, landslides, are also taking massive tolls on human life, properties, and affecting the global markets. These are only a few examples of the world-wide extreme weather and natural disasters occurring simultaneously around the globe today.-one has to wonder, what on earth is going on?
Preparing for a One World Religion - Revelation - coming to a world near you - White House Video
The President hosts an Iftar dinner celebrating Ramadan in the State Dining Room. Stressing the tolerance and Respect of religions, he states we are all the 'children of God'- people of all faiths 'we are a nation of Christians and Muslims , Jews and Hindus and Non-believers, and shaped by every language and every culture', as he defends right to build mosque near 9/11 site.
Stealth expert guilty of selling secrets to China
A former B-2 bomber engineer who marketed and sold his stealth expertise to China is facing life in a federal prison following his conviction for bartering U.S. military secrets.
NAACP advised to 'look within' first
The niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., says the NAACP needs to stop spreading claims about racism in the Tea Party, and instead take a good look at its own practices.
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Pentagon to deploy 20,000 troops for domestic emergencies
The US Department of Defense plans to deploy 20,000 troops nationwide by 2011 to help state and local officials respond to terror or nuclear attacks and emergencies, The Washington Post said Monday.
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