World News
Biden: Pakistani Support for Taliban 'In the Past'
WASHINGTON, July 29, 2010 - Vice President Joe Biden today acknowledged that some people in Pakistan's intelligence community had supported the Taliban, but he said that situation is changing. "That's been a problem in the past, it's a problem we're dealing with, and [it] is …
U.S., NATO Allies Prepare New Invasion Of Somalia
The 15th biennial African Union summit in Kampala, Uganda ended on July 27 with mixed results regarding support for U.S. and Western European plans to escalate foreign military intervention in nearby Somalia. The 35 heads of state present at the three-day meeting were reporte…
Indonesian National Defence Forces personnel complete SAR course
Eighteen members of the Indonesian National Defence Forces (TNI) have completed a maritime Search and Rescue (SAR) air-drop course held in Adelaide last week. The TNI members - comprising pilots, load masters and life support fitters from one Navy and five Air Force flying sq…
Navy clearance divers mentor Royal Solomon Islands Police
Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Clearance Divers are conducting training exercises with Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) Divers in the critical role of Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) at White Beach in the Solomon Islands. Thousands of unexploded ordnance remain scatt…
NSW company wins $57 million contract to trial robot technology with US Marines
NSW Treasurer and Minister for State and Regional Development Eric Roozendaal today announced a Sydney company has won a $57 million contract with the United States Marine Corps to trial advanced robot technology for training soldiers in live firing exercises. In a major win f…
World Sport
Greg Emslie Claims ASP 4-Star O’Neill Cold Water Classic South Africa
LONG BEACH, Kommetjie/South Africa (Thursday, July 29, 2010) – Greg Emslie has won the O’Neill Cold Water Classic South Africa ahead of Australian, Dion Atkinson, continuing the sporting success of a nation well into 2010. “Jordy (Smith) won the other two local events and now I’ve won …
ASP World Tour What's On Tour - Monday, July 26, 2010
The Burden of Expectation with Jordy Smith by STAB For students of history, you may recall the worldwide hype machine that started grinding in 2008, when rookies Dane Reynolds and Jordy Smith ascended to the elite ASP World Tour. For Jordy, the young South African went…
Brett Simpson Prepares to Defend Title at ASP PRIME US Open of Surfing
HUNTINGTON BEACH, California (Monday, July 26, 2010) – The 2010 U.S. Open of Surfing presented by Hurley, Nike 6.0 and Converse has upgraded to an Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) PRIME status for 2010, drawing 33 of the top 45 ASP Dream Tour surfers to South Huntington Beach …
Medi Vemenardi and Pauline Ado Claim Oakley Pro Junior San Sebastian Titles
SAN SEBASTIAN – Basque Country/Spain (Saturday, July 24, 2010) – An amazing day of surfing unfolded at the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Oakley Pro Junior San Sebastian were Europe’s finest under-21 male and female surfers showed off what talent is on offer at the moment w…
Quarter Finalists Decided at Oakley Pro Junior San Sebastian
SAN SEBASTIAN – Basque Country/Spain (Friday, July 23, 2010) – The last 16 men and women athletes for the Oakley Pro Junior San Sebastian were decided during another exciting day of competition at the main beach break of La Zurriola. The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Grade-…
International
Newspaper Truthiness
The Cleveland Plain Dealer is the latest in a series of major newspapers around the country that have announced a partnership with a group called PolitiFact whi…
House Has Debated, Not Yet Voted, on War Escalation
The House of Representatives has debated today dumping $33 billion into the war in Afghanistan, and will vote later this afternoon. Here's how the debate went …
Russia, Afghanistan and Starwars: Westward Hu
Russia's accommodation of the US and NATO continues apace, with new support of the Afghan war and even missile defence, notes Eric Walberg The Atlantists ar…
Afzal Guru versus M F Hussain versus T J Joseph
There has been a resurrection of a raging controversy in India relating to the blasphemy incited by the chopping off of the “Right Hand” of Prof T J Joseph i…
Muslims in Kerala on Rampage after Joseph
Following the amputation of the right hand of T. J. Joseph, a Malayalam lecturer at Newman College in Thodupuzha, on 4th July 2010, Sunday at about 8.30 am whi…
Is Kayani or Pillai Spoiler of India Pakistan Dialogue on 15th July 20…
Is Kayani or G K Pillai the spoiler and the bad boy in derailing the Krishna-Qureshi bilateral dialogue on 15th July 2010? There are several media reports that …
Yet Another Human Rights Violation against Security Cops in Vale
There have been wide reports that the present unrest in Kashmir Valley is instigated by the Lashkar-e Taiba and Hizb-ul Mujahideen operatives through their hire…
Freedom From Tyranny Is Our Goal
When taxes become destructive they surpass the consent of the governed bending to the will of tyranny. When regulations strangle competition instead of securin…
Jihad is back on agenda - it is official
It might be terrorism elsewhere, but it is still ‘holy jihad’ in Kashmir. Despite being an important partner in so called ‘war on terrorism’, this is the real …
What is Pakistani Leadership Hankering After?
Gory birth of Pakistan - Ever since the birth of Pakistan, the political patriarch had no intention of looking after the people because the so called “Father o…
