29 March 2013/17 Jumada l-Ula 1434/09 Farvardin 1391/18 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
“These are large scale unannounced test exercises. The main goal is to check the readiness and cohesion of the various units…”-Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for President Vladimir Putin
Putin issued the surprise war game order while flying back from the BRICS meeting in South Africa. […] Continue Reading…
29 March 2013/17 Jumada l-Ula 1434/09 Farvardin 1391/18 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
“Louis Vuitton has now broken the myth that it is one of the brands that is never influenced by an economic slump. But the sales drop occurred largely because the number of Japanese tourists, big fans of the brand, has decreased over the […] Continue Reading…
29 March 2013/17 Jumada l-Ula 1434/09 Farvardin 1391/18 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
Since last year the United Nations has been debating a U.S. sponsored international conventional Arms Trade Treaty (literally an international gun control law). Yesterday the ban failed to be approved because Iran, Syria and North Korea voted against it, but only because they […] Continue Reading…
29 March 2013/17 Jumada l-Ula 1434/09 Farvardin 1391/18 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
The UN Security Council unanimously approved the creation of the Intervention Brigade, a 2500 troop unit planned for use against the Democratic Republic of Congo (not to be confused with the smaller Republic of Congo), and possibly other countries.
The UN action is unprecedented, […] Continue Reading…
28 March 2013/16 Jumada l-Ula 1434/08 Farvardin 1391/17 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
In Nangarhar Province, Ghani Khel District, reports that a U.S. Army foot patrol stopped in a village to play football (soccer) with kids. A 14 years old boy then stabbed a soldier in the neck as he sat watching the game. The soldier […] Continue Reading…
29 March 2013/17 Jumada l-Ula 1434/09 Farvardin 1391/18 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
“He [Kim Jong-un] finally signed the plan on technical preparations of strategic rockets, ordering them to be on standby to fire so that they may strike any time the U.S. mainland, its military bases in the operational theaters in the Pacific, including Hawaii […] Continue Reading…
“The way it works is these holding companies come in, strip the company bare and leave us out in the cold. We went through bankruptcies in 2005 and again last May. Each time our pay gets cut……More and more they swoop into companies like this, take everything that’s valuable and shut it down.”-former Awrey […] Continue Reading…
27 March 2013/15 Jumada l-Ula 1434/07 Farvardin 1391/16 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
“This will be the first occasion there has been a formal joint deployment under the UN mandate of mission involving our defence forces and the U.K.”-Alan Shatter, Republic of Ireland’s Minister of Defence
Reports that troops from the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland […] Continue Reading…
27 March 2013/15 Jumada l-Ula 1434/07 Farvardin 1391/16 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea cutoff the last phone line to the Republic of Korea. It was a line used to coordinate the movement of workers from South Korea to an industrial complex in North Korea.
DPRK officials said they will have no more […] Continue Reading…
26 March 2013/14 Jumada l-Ula 1434/06 Farvardin 1391/15 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) reports a soldier died from wounds he received earlier this month.
In Kandahar Province, reports of a major battle in Najibyano area of Zangawat region, Panjwai (aka Panjwaye, Panjwaii, Panjway or Panjwaee) district. Reports that two medivac helicopters were […] Continue Reading…