Texans are suffering the worst fires in Texas history. Did you know that Governor Rick Perry slashed the state firefighting budget by 75%?
Earlier in 2011 Perry said he was planning on slashing funding for the volunteer fire department from $30 million down to $7 million! Back in May, Forest Service Director Tom Boggus […] Continue Reading…
Currently the Japanese constitution does not allow the sale of Japanese made weapons to other countries. It does not allow Japanese troops to be used outside Japan, although the government got around this by ordering their troops not to carry weapons on ‘peacekeeping’ missions.
Japan’s new policy chief Seiji Maehara, is recommending changing the constitution […] Continue Reading…
Corporate bankruptcies in Japan have risen for the second month in a row, they blame the rising value of their yen, which is being pushed up by the falling U.S. dollar.
Credit research firm Teikoku Databank says 969 companies failed in August!
The strong yen is causing a drop in orders and exports, and causing trading […] Continue Reading…
Australia’s economy is doing much better that the U.S. economy, thanks to their deals with China, yet the state government of New South Wales is going to layoff 5,000 government employees, and cap government wages!
Also, Australia’s biggest steel maker, BlueScopeSteel, is laying off 1,000 workers! Back in July solar power companies announced they were […] Continue Reading…
The area of Japan that was hardest hit by Typhoon Talas, could get drenched by tropical storm Kulap.
Kulap is expected to move around Japan and hit Korea, but heavy rain is still likely to hit Shikoku and southwestern Honshu.
So far 54 people have been killed by Talas, and four of 12 dams made by […] Continue Reading…
State-owned China National Petroleum Corporation won the first oil and natural gas exploration contracts in Afghanistan since the U.S. led invasion in 2001.
It’s estimated that there are 1.6 billion barrels of crude oil in Afghanistan. The oil fields of Bazarkhami, Kashkari and Zamarudsay (areas under contract with CNPC) contain an estimated 80 million barrels.
In […] Continue Reading…
The Irvine 11 are accused of repeatedly interrupting Israeli ambassador Michael Oren when he spoke on the UCI campus in February 2010.
They are now facing trial for “disturbing a meeting”.
One student at a recent protest pointed out that there’s something wrong with U.S. citizens not being able to exercise their right to expression, while […] Continue Reading…
“When I was in China in 2004, the British approached me through an intermediary. They said they would allow me to return to Britain but they just wanted to speak to me at the British Consulate in Hong Kong to check my political views. I was expecting to meet the British, […] Continue Reading…
Over the past few days U.S. supported Libyan rebels, and the western media have reported a huge convoy of dozens of vehicles with hundreds of pro-Gaddafi forces entered Niger. Some reports even said they had tons of gold!
The reports say the convoy drove through Niger into Burkina Faso, where Gaddafi might have been offered […] Continue Reading…
“It is very provoking because it only means one thing and that is the [Egyptian] government is still taking orders from Israel because building Apartheid walls like the ones in Palestine is Israel’s strategy to protect itself but the fact is walls never protect anyone as history shows.”-Dina Fergani, protestor
Israel […] Continue Reading…