The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control is going to use a loophole in the sanctions against Libya, to oversee oil sales by the rebels.
That means the U.S. will be directly involved in all oil deals will the Libyan rebels.
This is on top of the $25 million in aid Obama is sending, […] Continue Reading…
“Washington is all for invading Libya and is putting more and more pressure to intervene in Syria because we want to… clear China and Russia out of the Mediterranean.”
“Those two countries are just in the way of American hegemony in the Mediterranean and certainly the Americans do not want […] Continue Reading…
The United Nations Security Council failed to come up with a plan against Syria, in part because Russia is taking a strong pro-Syria stand.
In regards to Libya, Russia abstained from voting, but now thinks that was a mistake, and won’t let it happen in regards to Syria.
Lebanon also sided with Syria. China and India […] Continue Reading…
45 people have been killed, and three nuclear reactors shut down in the state of Alabama, because of tornadoes.
Three reactors at a nuclear power plant in Huntsville, after power lines providing electricity to the plant were knocked out.
Last week a nuke plant in Virginia was also shut down by a tornado.
“Suddenly, in the middle of the meeting, shooting started. After the shooting started, we saw a number of Afghan army officers and soldiers running out of the building. Some were even throwing themselves out of the windows to get away.”-Colonel Bahader, Afghan Air Corps spokesman
An Afghan pilot shot and […] Continue Reading…
In a surprise announcement, officials from West Bank’s Fatah, and Gaza’s Hamas, say they will reconcile and form a new Palestinian government.
Recently Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, of Fatah, lost support after Arab media reports showed that his administration actually worked for Israel.
More recent Arab reports showed that, along with Israel and the United States, […] Continue Reading…
Tiny Switzerland is now dealing with a huge forest fire, no thanks to dry weather.
Switzerland has been dealing with a drought, now a fire that started near an auto repair shop has spread into the dry forest. About 300 firefighters are battling the blaze, people are being told to stay indoors.
A Libyan delegation is meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in an effort to find a solution to the civil war, and NATO attacks.
So far Venezuela, Cuba, Bolivia and Nicaragua have expressed political support for the Libyan government.
A natural gas pipeline, from Egypt to Israel, has been blown up. Witnesses say it is on fire. The same pipeline was attacked during the February uprisings.
Israel gets 40% of its natural gas from Egypt.
After a fatal silver mine collapse, in Mullen, Idaho, a Washingtonville, Ohio, man was killed April 25 in a coal mine accident.
Officials with the East Fairfield Coal Company says the cave in was a freak accident. They claim it was the first fatal accident in the mine’s 80 years of operation. State and Federal […] Continue Reading…