On the night of April 2, 2012, a NATO fuel supply convoy was ambushed and destroyed in Farah Province, Afghanistan.
Six fuel tankers and two escort vehicles were burned to the ground. No info concerning casualties.
Another evening attack left at least four Afghan police and two civilians dead.
The attack took place in Helmand Province. Officials […] Continue Reading…
French oil company Total, could lose $2.5 million USD per day due to its North Sea oil rig leak.
The Elgin ocean rig, near Scotland, began leaking natural gas eight days ago. It’s coming from a well that workers were trying to cap. The situation in the North Sea now, is similar to the 2010 […] Continue Reading…
Russia has sent a destroyer to Syria. The ship left its Black Sea home of Sevastopol and is expected to be at the Syrian port of Tartus in a few days.
Russian officials say it is a routine visit.
April 2, 2012, in the city of Homs, the Syrian army claims to have rescued 66 hostages […] Continue Reading…
April 1, 2012, Zabihullah Mujahid (supposed Taliban rep) claims they shot down a U.S./NATO/ISAF helicopter, killing 14 people.
Mujahid says they used an old Cold War era Soviet 82mm RPG (Rocket Propelled Grenade). It happened in Ghazni Province.
Also in Ghazni Province, on April 2, at least three Afghan national police were wounded after their vehicle […] Continue Reading…
On April 2, 2012, the new president of the new Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Hiroshi Okuda, revealed just how bad the current economic situation is.
Okuda, a former president of Toyota, said Japan faces a critical historic situation, on the level of two previous historic moments; the 19th century Meiji Restoration and the end of […] Continue Reading…
April 2, 2012, the European Union reported that unemployment is still high. It’s the 8th straight month of increasing unemployment for the EU.
Portugal’s unemployment is now at 15%, with Italy at 9.3%.
Spain is hardest hit, with 23.6% officially unemployed. Young workers under 25 years of age are suffering the most. Spain’s youth unemployment rate […] Continue Reading…
The United States continues to increase drone attacks in the Arabian Peninsula country of Yemen.
On March 30, 2012, at least five people were killed, and a natural gas pipeline was blown up after a U.S. drone strike near Shabwa.
Official U.S. statements say they targeted “suspected” al Qaeda militants, one missile hit a car, the […] Continue Reading…
The Japanese government has set new cesium contamination limits for food, but even with the new limits hundreds of inspections have revealed highly contaminated food products.
The new limits on non-dairy food products will be allowed to contain up to 100 becquerels of cesium per kilogram, baby food and milk will be permitted to contain […] Continue Reading…
After several suicides in 2010, at Foxconn factories that made iPads and iPhones, Apple hired the Fair Labor Association (FLA) to investigate.
FLA discovered at least 50 cases where workers were not paid! They also discovered many cases of employees being forced to work excessive overtime hours, in violation of Chinese labor laws!
Foxconn is an […] Continue Reading…
March 30, 2012, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) officials reported two more U.S./NATO/ISAF troops killed in southern Afghanistan. Once again they refused to give details. This follows two days of similar ISAF reports.
ISAF officials explained that they defer the explanation of troop details to the “…relevant national authorities.”
From official U.S./NATO sources at least 95 […] Continue Reading…