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A Large Saudi Oil Tanker Hijacked by Somali Pirates
Pirates who hijacked a crude oil tanker off the coast of Kenya are approaching a Somali port, the U.S. Navy said Monday. The Sirius Star — a crude “super tanker” flagged in Liberia and owned by the Saudi Arabian-based Saudi Aramco company — was attacked on Saturday more than 450 nautical miles southeast of Mombasa, Kenya. “It [...]
Continue reading...Will Bill Clinton VS Hillary Clinton
18. November 2008
If you’re President-elect Barack Obama and you’re looking for a good excuse not to appoint Sen. Hillary Clinton to your cabinet, former President Bill Clinton is a godsend. The Obama campaign has reportedly been spending time vetting the New York senator before any offer of a cabinet post, presumably Secretary of State, is made. As part of [...]
Continue reading...Obama’s First Weekly Address on YouTube
17. November 2008
Obama is now putting his weekly Democratic address on youtube. That is pretty neat, but I want to inject a slight note of skepticism as to how important it really is.What’s innovative and interesting about political technology is not that the President-elect can use it, but that it allows for different social arrangements and ways of [...]
Continue reading...Iraqi Cabinet approves US Security Pact
17. November 2008
The Iraqi cabinet on Sunday approved a security pact with the US that will allow American forces to stay in the country until 2011. All 27 cabinet ministers present at the meeting, in addition to PM Nouri al-Maliki, voted in favour of the pact. The agreement will be submitted to parliament later. The draft agreement consists of [...]
Continue reading...Secret Meeting between Obama and Hillary Clinton
17. November 2008
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has met with his former rival Hillary Clinton, who Democratic officials have confirmed is a possible candidate to become his secretary of state. Clinton met with Obama at his transition office in Chicago Thursday, Democratic officials said Friday, but the meeting was kept secret until after it was finished. Unnamed Democratic sources have [...]
Continue reading...California In Fire
16. November 2008
Luckily for as ash encrusted SANTA BARBARA but not for Los Angeless undowner winds gusted to the south and east whipping a wildfire near UCLA Medical Center but sparing Santa Barbara-Montecito. A 98-year old man evacuated from the Santa Barbara wildfire area has died. But, it is unclear whether his death is fire related. Otherwise injuries have been minor except for two hospitalized burn [...]
Continue reading...The Best Pick for Secretary of State : Hillary Clinton
16. November 2008
Pressure is mounting for an upstater to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton in the U.S. Senate should she be asked by President-elect Barack Obama to join his cabinet as secretary of state. Erie County Democratic Chairman Leonard R. Lenihan is already campaigning for Rep. Brian Higgins of Buffalo and others speculate that Gov. David A. Paterson may [...]
Continue reading...Bomb Blast in Afganistan
5. November 2008
Eight people killed in a remote bomb blast on a road in Afganistan.
Continue reading...Barack Obama Becomes 44th President of The United States
5. November 2008
Update: It’s Official, CNN, MSNBC and FOX News have now declared Barack Obama the next President of the United States. In case you missed it last night, Barack Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States. Words can’t explain how happy and excited I am to see this happen. The youth of America had [...]
Continue reading...Polls: McCain Shows Traction In Some Battleground States But Obama Solid Nationally
4. November 2008
After a big push political weekend by both sides — 1.8 million doors knocked on for Obama, for instance — the final polls are coming fast and furious almost as rapidly as the last minute charges. The bottom line: most national polls show Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama with a comfortable national lead now [...]
Continue reading...- At least 60 killed and 200 injured in Wah Cantt arms factory blasts
- 6 Bomb Blast in Karachi within 1hour
- 3 Serial blast In Attock
- PTI, TI, JI criticise PPP’s apathy towards the poorty
- 10 policemen Killed in Blast near Melody Chowk in Islamabad
- Punjab Assembly session adjourned for indefinite period
- Shuhda-e-Lal Masjid moot decides to set up Markaz-e-Ghazi
- No one interfering in Governament Policies: Musharraf
- Review of war on terror policy urged
- Saima reduced 10kg weight
- Masked Avengers Prank Call Sarah Palin and she Fooled (1)
- UN Secy General seeks total elimination of N-weapons (1)
- Sarah Palin thinks her 1st Amendment Rights are Criticized (1)
- Hour by Hour Guide to US Election 2008 (1)
- Iftikhar Chaudhry: Parliament will not endorse the act ofNov 3 (1)
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- FBR introduces scheme for disclosure of hidden assets (0)
- Indian Spacecraft on Moon
- Barack Obama Becomes 44th President of The United States
- South Waziristan: Suicide bomber kills eight soldiers
- Masked Avengers Prank Call Sarah Palin and she Fooled
- Earth Quake in Balochistan 180 Peoples Killed
- The Body of Jennifer Hudson’s Nephew Found in Chicago
- Now, terror tales by Osama bin Laden
- UN Secy General seeks total elimination of N-weapons
- Chinese eggs found tainted with melamine
- FBI joins search for Jennifer Hudson’s nephew
18. November 2008
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