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February 21, 2011
While all eyes in the West are currently trained on the ongoing revolutions taking place in Middle East, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) is warning that the situation on the sub-continent has turned “grave”
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February 15, 2011
The withdrawal of American troops from Iraq will allow for a reduced US defense budget in 2012 but the war in Afghanistan still costs the United States close to 300 million dollars a day
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February 5, 2011
Throughout the history of Western Civilization, libraries have been the repositories of nations’ accumulated knowledge and the epicenters of their culture. Central libraries, more than being big buildings containing books, are important landmarks designed
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February 4, 2011
February 2, 2011 Wednesday ... the mega-storm pushed eastward, but a pocket hung over St. Louis, Missouri...
This drew my eyes to the radar, to monitor the mid-west storm... when I saw something "strange" over
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Pakalert
February 2, 2011
A deadly winter storm is moving eastward, covering at least one-third of the country, and bringing with it a combination of heavy snow, ice, high winds and freezing temperatures
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February 1, 2011
With yet another major winter storm bearing down on the Midwest, Americans will face yet another "wake-up call" on the need to keep emergency stores of food in their homes. I don't view food
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Pakalert
January 27, 2011
The recent announcement by veteran reporter Seymour Hersh that a “holy crusade” is being carried out by members of secret orders in the military is a bombshell.
Veteran investigative reporter Seymour
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Pakalert
January 19, 2011
The Republicans under George W Bush had taken the credit of stabilizing Iraq and gradually handing over provinces in Iraq to Iraqi forces. Gen David Petraeus and Gen Stanley McChrystal were pronounced as heroes.
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January 18, 2011
Weather modification is a well-known endeavor. For example, governments have been seeding clouds for decades to create more rain. And during warfare to create mud to slow the enemy's ability to use roads
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January 17, 2011
Thousands of traumatised mudslide survivors navigated steep, slippery jungle paths to find food, water and medicine as they slowly gave up hope that government rescuers would reach them quickly enough in remote mountain villages.
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January 14, 2011
After receiving an urgent e-mail from a contact in Australia informing me of bizarre weather on the weather satellite imagery, I checked out the data and just hours later more strangeness. I am waiting
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Pakalert
January 14, 2011
Hundreds died, thousands displaced - Australia's flood-stricken Queensland state should expect to see above-average cyclone activity through to end-March, the national weather bureau said on Friday, a forecast that threatens already flooded areas with
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Pakalert
January 13, 2011
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. With the human face it’s even more revealing, especially the eyes.
Politicians, if you’ve ever seen a professional one up close, have almost a waxen
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Pakalert
January 13, 2011
Is this garbage worthy of respect? Is this Leadership? Really! It’s a fact that for every 100 American citizens there are 90 guns floating around in the USA. Only Yemen is remotely close to
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Pakalert
December 31, 2010
Opposition to the war in Afghanistan is at an all-time high, with 63 percent of the public now opposed to U.S. involvement there, according to a new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey. Just 35 percent
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Pakalert
December 22, 2010
The world will never make sense until you realize the 'powers that be' are all in on it together. If you're stuck in some right/left or us/them or good guy/bad guy paradigm you'll never
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December 22, 2010
"The western world's leading climatologists have confirmed reports of a detrimental global climatic change [cooling]. The stability of most nations is based upon a dependable source of food, but this stability will not be
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December 18, 2010
Before dying, Richard Holbrooke admitted it, saying "You've got to stop this war in Afghanistan." The Washington Post reinterpreted it, saying: "Holbrooke's death is the latest complication in an effort plagued by unreliable partners,
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Pakalert
December 9, 2010
While the details of what areas will get smacked by a major snowstorm this weekend are still being sorted out, one thing is certain, the storm has the potential bring a travel nightmare to
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Pakalert
November 2, 2010
World War II photos taken in the former USSR during World War II on the occupied territories. These are photos from family archives posted online by grandchildren of those who took part in the
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