The US Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has recently de-valued the worth of Americans by about $900,000 each, de-valuing from $7.8 million per person to $6.9 million per person. FULL STORY...
One of the hallmarks of the Cold War was that whenever the USSR invaded another country, they claimed that they were "invited" by that country's government to enter and keep the peace. When the Warsaw pact nations invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968, the USSR declared that the 500,000 troops were invited into the country in order to "preserve socialism." On December 24, 1979 the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, again claiming that the Prime Minister Amin had invited them in to preserve his legitimate government. On December 27, Amin was shot by Soviet forces.
Unless governments act to end the human rights abuses fuelling the spread of HIV, little progress will be made towards addressing the global epidemic, 400 AIDS and human rights organizations said today. The coalition called on organizers of the biannual International AIDS Conference, which opens in Mexico City on August 3, 2008, to make human rights a central theme of the world’s largest gathering on HIV/AIDS.
Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah have begun a prisoner exchange at the Naqura border crossing, with the bodies of two Israeli soldiers being delivered to the Red Cross.
Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential candidate, has spoken out about the satirical depiction of him and his wife on a magazine cover, calling it an insult to Muslims.
The United States and Russia are holding military exercises on either side of the Caucasus mountains amid increasing tensions over the fate of two separatist regions in ex-Soviet Georgia.
Malaysia's de facto opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim, has been arrested shortly before he was due to give a statement to police over allegations that he sexually assaulted a male aide.
Canada has deported a US army deserter who fled three years ago, marking the first time a resister to the US war in Iraq has been expelled from the country.
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Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah have begun a prisoner exchange at the Naqura border crossing, with the bodies of two Israeli soldiers being delivered to the Red Cross.
George Bush, the US president, has urged congress to act quickly on a plan to shore up housing finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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