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WikiLeaks - Julian Assange

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could be charged under the Espionage Act for making public classified U.S. government documents which he obtained illegally, a media report said here on Tuesday. The U.S. authorities are investigating whether Mr. Assange, also Editor-in-Chief of the whistle-blower website, violated criminal laws by disclosing the classified information, ‘The Washington Post’ reported. [...]

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North & South Korea Sabre Rattling Continues While China Intervenes

November 27, 2010
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China sent senior diplomatic officials to Seoul in a flurry of  activity yesterday aiming to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula. They met South Korea’s foreign minister, exploring ways to ease tensions over North Korea’s artillery shelling on its southern neighbor’s island. In a statement, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said that Chinese State Councillor Dai [...]

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Somali Pirates Free British Couple After 388 Days

November 14, 2010
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Rachel and Paul Chandler, an English retired couple captured on their sailing yacht by Somali pirates on 23 October 2009, were released earlier today and are now on their way home to UK. The Chandler’s release brings to an end a 388-day ordeal which began in late October last year when their 38ft yacht was [...]

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Mystery Missile Launch Video By News Photographer – Pentagon Still Puzzled

November 10, 2010
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On Monday around 5pm a photographer in a news helicopter captured on video an object creating a huge vapor trail as it soared into the sky about 35 miles off the south California coast, west of Los Angeles. The angle af trajectory and intensity of the vapor lead observers to believe the trail was from [...]

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Gordon Ramsay Furious at Tenerife Restaurant Namesake

November 3, 2010
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Gordon Ramsay’s Cocktail Lounge Bar and Restaurant in Puerto Colon, Tenerife isn’t living up to its name. With a name like that, you couldn’t be blamed for believing the restaurant is in some way owned, or at least endorsed by the celebrity TV chef. In fact, Gordon Ramsay claims there is no connection to his [...]

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Anita Hill vs Ginny Thomas – Olive Branch on Fire

October 21, 2010
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Virginia Thomas, high profile wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, made a phone call last week to Anita Hill which triggered a political blaze. She claims it was intended as an “olive branch”.  Instead it has had the effect of a Molotov cocktail. The Background: July 1991: President George H.W. Bush nominated Clarence Thomas [...]

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Second Canaries Tragedy – Another Brit Drowns in Pool

October 20, 2010
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Andrew Nicol was on holiday in Puerto de Santiago on the west coast of the Spanish island of Tenerife, when he died on Monday evening around 6pm. Local police said they believed Nicol’s death was from natural causes, so would not be treating his death as suspicious. A spokesman said: “It is possible he suffered [...]

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