NATO promised yesterday to protect the population of Misrata, a city located at the east of Libya, bombarded by forces loyal to Muamar Gadafi. NATO will do anything to protect the civilians of Misrata, besieged for more than 40 days by Gadafi’s military, stated the spokeswoman of the organization, Carmen Romero. Nevertheless, in Italy, a [...]
Japan analyzed all the options to reduce the radioactive emissions and to evacuate tons of contaminated water of the nuclear plant of Fukushima. Some of the ideas included covering the reactors with a special canvas or to utilize a cistern ship. The Japanese Nuclear Security Agency affirmed Wednesday that the time has come to find [...]
A nationwide retailer of gift items has pledged to match, dollar for dollar, donations made to the Save the Children fund for relief efforts in Japan in the wake of the devastation wrought by the recent double tragedy of an earthquake and tsunami. Brookstone, Inc. will collect funds at any of their retail stores across [...]
A retired FBI agent, who disappeared four years ago in Iran, is alive, the U.S. Department of State reports. Robert Levinson, who retired from the FBI in 1998, went missing on the island of Kish while investigating a cigarette smuggling operation as a private investigator in March of 2007. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said [...]
New information on underage Canadian girls – two who were 12-years-old were sent to the U.S. to marry American polygamists has been revealed, prompting the R.C.M.P. to renew a criminal investigation into the matter. Cpl. Annie Linteau of the RCMP confirmed Friday that the province’s attorney general alerted the Mounties about the new evidence last [...]
A baby-sale ring in Thailand has been shut down, Taiwanese police said. Baby 101 advertises surrogate motherhood services in Thailand, but was actually discovered to be a ring in which Vietnamese women were forced to have babies which the company then sold for profit. Several Taiwanese, Chinese, and Burmese individuals have been arrested for running [...]
A recently released report indicates major changes are required to U.S. Policy regarding the embargo on Cuba, as that country prepares to drill for oil in the Gulf of Mexico, possibly putting the U.S.’s coastal assets at risk. The Center for Democracy in the Americas (CDA) found the U.S. embargo prohibits American companies from joining [...]
Due to the obstructive behavior of an environmental group, Japan has cut short it’s winter whaling season, officials of that country said. The Japanese Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Michihiko Kano said Friday the country’s government halted whaling due to actions taken by the animal rights group, Sea Shepherd. “From the viewpoint of our [...]
A U.S. diplomat currently being held in Pakistan has been ordered to remain in custody at least another 14 days. The decision was handed down, Friday, by a Pakistani court, despite the man’s lawyer filing a petition calling for his immediate release because he is covered by diplomatic immunity. Raymond Davis is accused of shooting [...]
The ban on trading seal products, which the EU’s 27 member states approved in 2009 has triggered a formal challenge by the Canadian government against the EU. The ban went into effect last year, and Canada has asked the World Trade Organization (WTO) to mediate the issue by establishing a formal dispute resolution panel to [...]