Being A Reporter In Pakistan Is A Very Dangerous Occupation

Adnkronos news agency via Associated Press Pakistani journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad had told Human Rights Watch that he was afraid he would ...

Do Women Prefer Men In Uniform?

Credit: Photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt/Life magazine via Wikimedia Commons. V-J Day in Times Square, taken on Aug. 14, 1945, is arguably t...

Picture Of The Day

PAKTIKA PATROL - U.S. Army Sgt. Richard Toon provides security atop a mountain during Operation Oqab Behar VI in Paktika province, Afghanist...

The Hovercraft Finds A Home In The North Korean Military

North Korea plans a fleet of 60 attack hovercraft North Korea's New Weapon: The Hovercraft -- The Guardian Look out South Korea, Kim Jon...

A Medical Miracle And A Story Of Courage

Army Private Channing Moss was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade in Afghanistan. (U.S. Army Photo, Courtesy Channing Moss) Unexploded Bomb i...

Bringing Home The Remains Of The ‘Earliest Navy SEALs

Image from The Intrepid Project War Dead From 1804 Could Be Repatriated -- Washington Times Congress moves to bring home remains of the ‘ear...

Inspectors Try To Pierce Iran's Nuclear Program

Inspectors Pierce Iran’s Cloak of Nuclear Secrecy -- New York Times The International Atomic Energy Agency last week presented a report to i...

Mexico's Drug Wars Is Now On Guatemala's Border

Mexico's Southern Border Awash In Crime And Violence -- Miami Herald/McClatchy News ALONG THE USUMACINTA RIVER, Mexico -- If the border ...

There's "Dissent And Dislike" For The President At The CIA

Ex-Intel Chairman Hoekstra Says There's "Dissent And Dislike" For Pres At CIA -- Human Events The former chairman of the House...

Syrian President Issues Amnesty To His Opponents

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. © RIA Novosti. Sergei Guneev Syria's Assad Offers Amnesty To Political Prisoners -- Christian Science ...

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- May 31, 2011

Ratko Mladic's Arrival At Hague Bolsters Promise Of International Courts -- Robert Marquand, Christian science Monitor Ratko Mladic'...

GRE Round Up for May 31

The latest from the Gun Rights Examiners : Anthony Bouchard/Cheyenne: The Patriot Act and the slippery slope Yih-Chau Chang/Oakland: Robbed ...

World News Briefs -- May 31, 2011 (Evening Edition)

Yemen Unrest Deepens, Downward Spiral Spreads -- Voice of America Yemeni government troops in Sana'a are again fighting members of the H...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Gates Goes To Asia To Reassure Allies On U.S. Commitment To The Region

GATES' WAVE - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates waves to the crowd gathered to mark Rolling Thunder at the National Mall in Washington, ...

The New Age Of Warfare Will Use Mini-Weapons

Raytheon is developing a 13-pound GPS-guided "smart bomb" intended to be dropped from a drone. (Jim Muntz/Raytheon Co. / May 31, 2...

'Food Prices Will Double In 20 Years Causing Mass World Hunger'

Food Prices Will Double By 2030, Says Oxfam -- The Daily Mail * Demand for food will rise 70 per cent by 2050 The prices of some staple food...

Mundane...

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We're the Only Ones Trained Enough

Jay McDonald , president of the Ohio Fraternal Order of Police, said it is ridiculous to compare a trained police officer to a regular cit...

President Obama's National Security Team Is Now In Place

President Obama, followed by Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Gen. Martin E. Dempsey at the White House on Monday. Philip Scott Andrews...

The Safety Dance

We can dance if we want to... [ Watch ] And don't you forget it. Unbelievable how many authoritah -worshipers think they got what they a...

We're the Only Ones Until Death Do Us Part Enough

Police say Franklin Co. deputy kills ex-wife in Roanoke and wounds a state trooper on I-81 [ More ] Obviously more trustworthy to be armed i...

I Love You, You Love Me...

Brave teacher. [ Read ] Criminal that people are forced by their government to be helpless, unable to protect the most vulnerable entrusted ...

Civil War In Libya -- News Updates May 31, 2011

Defections, Protests Hit Libyan Regime -- Washington Post TRIPOLI — South African President Jacob Zuma met Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi Mon...

THOR's Hammer

I received the following email from THOR Global Defense Group: I just added some great new photos of the XM408 rifle to our website, you can...

Serbia Extradites Former Bosnian General Ratko Mladic To The Hague

Serbia Extradites Ratko Mladic To The Hague -- BBC Ratko Mladic is being flown from Belgrade to a UN tribunal in The Hague, after a Serbian ...

Memorial Day

Yesterday I stood watching a very young woman and her two very young sons crying and asking “Where is daddy” or “why, why, why” and knowing...

So Much For Talking. North Korea Threatens To Cut Hotline To The South

North Korea has said it will never deal with the current South Korean government ( AFP/File, Jung Yeon-Je ) North Korea Threatens to Close H...

Should shaving your beard be cause for federal terrorism scrutiny?

So it should come as no surprise to see real indicators of overt malevolent intent conflated with innocent actions, such as shaving a beard,...

This Day in History: May 31

The expedition you are appointed to command is to be directed against the hostile tribes of the six nations of Indians, with their associate...

North - South Sudan Crisis -- News Updates May 31, 2011

North-South Sudan Agree On Demilitarized Zone Along Border -- Voice of America North and south Sudan have agreed to set up a joint security ...

Unrest In Yemen -- News Updates May 312, 2011

Cease-Fire in Yemen Capital Breaks Down -- New York Times SANA, Yemen — The field of battle expanded again in Yemen on Tuesday as a cease-fi...

Major Cyber Attacks Will Now Be Viewed As An Act Of War

Cyber Combat: Act of War -- Wall Street Journal Pentagon Sets Stage for U.S. to Respond to Computer Sabotage With Military Force WASHINGTON—...

Afghanistan War News Updates -- May 31, 2011

Afghan President Warns NATO Against Airstrikes -- Voice of America Afghan President Hamid Karzai has warned NATO that launching airstrikes o...

World News Briefs -- May 31, 2011

Zuma: Gadhafi Not Ready To Leave -- Voice of America South African President Jacob Zuma says Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is not ready to l...