100- days in office…

Barack Obama on Wednesday marked the 100th day of his presidency after a whirlwind start in which he has signaled a new approach on policies from the economy to climate change to U.S. relations with Iran. Some have used the milestone to assess Obama’s policies, even as analysts cautioned it was too soon to say whether his long list of initiatives will yield success.
Underscoring the challenge Obama still faces in pulling the country out of recession, new government data showed the economy contracted at 6.1 percent in the first quarter, a steeper-than-expected pace, as exports sharply declined. Read more

U.K. to pull out of Iraq one month earlier – Defence Secretary

British Defence Secretary John Hutton announced on a visit to Iraq on Thursday that British troops would leave the country one month earlier than initially planned, U.K. media reported.
Hutton was in Basra for a service to honor the 179 British personnel killed during the six-year conflict in Iraq.
Earlier it was reported that the 3,700 British troops in Iraq would complete their tour of duty Read more

Car rams into crowd in Holland.

A car has driven into a crowd of people in the Dutch city of Apeldoorn during celebrations for Queen’s Day, national media reported on Thursday.
Dutch media reports say at least 14 people were injured. It is not yet clear if the attack was targeted at the royals.
The incident occurred while an open-top bus carrying Queen Beatrix and other members of the royal family was passing the crowd in the city, some 90 km southeast of Amsterdam. Read more

Detains 29 Somali pirates…

Russia’s Admiral Panteleyev missile destroyer has detained a boat carrying 29 suspected pirates off the Somali coast, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
A new task force from Russia’s Pacific Fleet led by the destroyer joined anti-piracy operations on Monday off the Horn of Africa.
“A search of the detained vessel resulted in the discovery of seven Kalashnikov assault rifles, several handguns, portable navigation equipment, fuel canisters, and a large number of spent cartridges,” the ministry said in a statement. Read more

U.S. troops want to stay in Iraq for good.

The US military command in Iraq addressed the Iraqi government yesterday with a request to revise the terms for the US troops to pull out from the war-torn country. The Pentagon said Iraq could plunge into chaos in case the US servicemen leave the country because the Iraqi police supposedly will not be possible to control the situation. In the meantime, the US military has been accused of making a number of actions in violation of previously achieved agreements as US soldiers begin to arrest local officers for their unwillingness to cooperate with the United States. Read more

Europe’s first human swine flu case.

The first human case of swine flu in Europe has been confirmed in Spain, the country’s government said on Monday.
Spanish Health Minister Trinidad Jimenez said a 23-year-old Spanish man who recently returned from Mexico started showing symptoms of the virus on Saturday and was later hospitalized in Almansa in southeast Spain.
The minister said another 20 other people in Spain are suspected of infection with the virus. Read more

Alcohol Makes Russians an Extinct Nation. (video)

Russia for an alcoholic collapse because of the policy of making drunkards of people that is so obvious here now. These pessimistic forecasts are based upon data provided by the World Health Organization. The organization states that a nation absolutely dies away when alcohol production reaches 8 liters per head in a year. The showing made up 18.5 liters per head in Russia. People speaking in support of sober mode of living say that if a program for strict control Read more

Spy Pen is just and beautiful.

James Bond is perhaps one of the greatest heros of all time for many boys and grown men alike. He gets all of the ladies, vacation hot spots, and most importantly, the gadgets. For years boys and men alike have drooled at the TV screen with each new gadget that Bond ads to his arsenal, dreaming of an imaginary life in which they too could hold that gadget in their hand, whatever it may be, and for a moment live the life of bond. If said dream Read more

Condoleezza Rice and her tortures.

Barack Obama’s recent initiative to expose the information about CIA’s secret torture chambers has come into effect already. As it turned out, the information is directly connected with a person from the previous US administration. It goes about Condoleezza Rice. As National Security Advisor in 2002, Rice gave her personal approval to water tortures.
The documents, which the Senate Committee for Intelligence declassified, showed that Rice approved this form Read more

Scared of UFO.

Not so long ago George Bush declared that American astronauts would fly to the Moon in 2018. Russia in its turn is not going to lag behind and promises to start building a base on the Moon by 2020. The Japanese are planning to begin the construction of their own lunar village by 2025 while the Chinese are constructing Kamado robots for lunar exploration. In addition to all this moon rumors, Read more

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