This past weekend at least 27 bodies were found in a mass grave along Guatemala’s border with Mexico. Since then Guatemalan forces have battled with suspects, resulting in the capture of one, and killing two.
Now the President of Guatemala, Alvaro Colom, has declared a State of Siege. He says they’ve identified the bodies in […] Continue Reading…
U.S. Senator John Kerry says that he’s worked out differences between Pakistan and the United States. As a sign he says Pakistan will return the tail rotor of the downed stealth helicopter used in the Osama bin Laden raid.
Kerry also says Pakistan no longer wants an official apology from the U.S. Kerry’s announcements might […] Continue Reading…
The U.S. Commerce Department says overall new home construction dropped 10.6% in April. Also, building permits fell 4% since March.
Construction of multi-family homes, with five or more units, dropped 28%. Economic “experts” expected an increase in housing construction for April.
Pakistan is reporting that two NATO helicopters attacked a Pakistani security checkpoint in North Waziristan. Also, a U.S. drone attack killed 12 people in the same region.
No response so far from NATO forces on why they attacked a security checkpoint. This is not the first time; last year U.S. helicopters did the same thing, […] Continue Reading…
“…timely action to increase the debt limit in order to protect the full faith and credit of the United States and avoid catastrophic economic consequences for citizens.”-Timothy Geithner, Treasury Secretary
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, will now use government employee retirement money to pay U.S. government debts. He pointed out that he’s not […] Continue Reading…
“The wildfire situation in Alberta remains extreme.”-Ed Stelmach, Premier of Alberta
The wildfires in Alberta, Canada, are not only destroying homes, and even towns, but oil fields as well. The fires are adding to already damaged oil production in Canada.
This year, most oil producers in Canada are dealing with clean ups of major oil […] Continue Reading…
Tokyo Electric Power Company says they have reason to believe the cooling systems for Fukushima Daiichi were manually turned off.
They claim that the automatic systems kicked on after the 9.0 quake, but were then manually shut off right before the tsunami hit. It was three hours later before the system was turned back on. […] Continue Reading…
For the first time since the creation of the Republic of Ireland, royalty from the British empire has set foot on the island nation. Queen Elizabeth II is in Ireland.
The government of Ireland has gone to great lengths to provide security for the queen’s visit. The security is not to protect against outside attacks, […] Continue Reading…
A member of the Special Air Service (SAS) has been charged with 31 counts of sex crimes, including raping girls as young as six. The soldier served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
It took legal action by British media to make the case public. The court case revealed that the soldier had been committing sex crimes […] Continue Reading…
Could this be the real reason the U.S. doesn’t want to leave Iraq? Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki made it clear that Iraq and Iran are coming together to act as a regional power.
On May 16, Maliki told Iranian media that Iraq and Iran will expand military, as well as economic, cooperation. He said […] Continue Reading…