Yes, people are still protesting in Egypt. This time they want the pro-U.S. military leaders out, replaced by civilian leaders. They’ve also been demanding the prosecution of Hosni Mubarak, which the military leaders seem reluctant to do.
After 5 days of protest, the military moved in, rounding up protesters and tearing down barricades.
The Army claims […] Continue Reading…
Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, will not get a warm welcome when he speaks in Vermont on Wednesday.
Vermont Unions plan to protest Priebus, because they see him as the architect of Wisconsin’s anti-collective bargaining rights bill. The protest will be in solidarity with Wisconsin’s Unions.
Priebus is speaking at a $100 per […] Continue Reading…
People are preparing for what could be the biggest protest yet of the Michigan government. On Wednesday thousands of people will demonstrate outside the state capitol building.
The issue is collective bargaining rights. The Michigan government what’s to get rid of it. People are also upset by the planned huge cuts to social programs. Then […] Continue Reading…
The mayor of Washington DC, and six city council members were arrested today, while protesting the Federal Government’s budget plans. They sat in front of a big sign that read “No Taxation Without Representation”, which was one of the rallying cries of the American Revolution against the British.
Mayor Vincent Gray said the Federal budget […] Continue Reading…
Since the March 11 disasters, more than 560,000 hotel reservations have been canceled in Japan. It goes in hand with the recent report that tourism has dropped by 75%.
The Japan Tourism Agency expects hotel cancellations to continue, as Japan keeps getting hit with intense aftershocks. Also, hotel reservations for April and May are down […] Continue Reading…
“If the United States would not allow CNOOC to purchase Unocal, will not itself guarantee China a steady energy supply and opposes Chinese purchases of Iranian oil and gas, how can China survive?”-Zhang Guobao, former vice chairman National Development and Reform Commission
In 2005 China tried to buy California based Unocal. The […] Continue Reading…
Radioactive strontium has been detected in soil and plants, beyond the 30km (18.6 miles) zone around Fukushima Daiichi.
Strontium 90 is produced by nuclear reactors. It’s half life is about 29 years. It is absorbed by your bones, leading to disorders such as bone cancer.
Officially, this is the first time the detection of strontium has […] Continue Reading…
Under Bush Jr, the United States lost two ambassadors in South America. The Obama administration has lost another, bringing the total to three.
Those countries are Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela. So President Obama’s recent trip to Latin America did little to mend relations.
Even U.S. ally Columbia, is leaning towards Hugo Chavez in Venezuela.
Looks like the […] Continue Reading…
The ceasefire ping pong game continues.
The African Union recently got the Libyan government to agree to their ceasefire deal, but the rebels said no.
Rebel leaders refused the plan, because it does not require Gaddafi, and his sons, to step down.
In what seems to be a contradiction of the International Committee of the Red Cross’s […] Continue Reading…
“Our economy is in a severe state.”-Masaaki Shirakawa, Bank of Japan
The Bank of Japan is struggling to figure out how to pull Japan’s economy out of the dumps after the March 11 disasters. Officials now admit the economic situation is worse than first thought.
One analyst pointed out that Japan was already in a recession, […] Continue Reading…