Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, during a visit to Beirut Friday, said that East Jerusalem should be the capital of a Palestinian state. After a meeting with Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh and other leaders, Carter said that [...]]]> Wanted: Your Two Cents about Today’s News…

Jimmy Carter Backs Partition of Jerusalem

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, during a visit to Beirut Friday, said that East Jerusalem should be the capital of a Palestinian state. After a meeting with Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh and other leaders, Carter said that he supports the…

Iranians Chant ‘Death to Israel’ in Support of Gaza

Thousands of Iranians on Friday chanted “Death to Israel” and “Death to America” as they demonstrated in Tehran against Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip. The demonstration took place on streets leading to the Tehran University compound where the weekly Friday prayers is held. The Jewish state’s blockade of Islamist Hamas-ruled Gaza has been tightened since…

Powerful Quake Strikes Off Indonesia

A powerful earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale struck off Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province on Friday morning, seismologists said. The quake’s epicentre lay about 101 km southeast of Gorontalo in northern Sulawesi at about 4:40 am, and occurred about 95 km beneath the seabed, the National Meteorology and Geophysics Agency.

Christians “Disappearing” In China

Four Christians remained missing Friday, December 12, more than a month after they were detained in China’s Hubei province amid a police crackdown on believers, including missionaries, in the region, a house church network said. The South China Church (SCC), which represents house churches in Hubei, said in published remarks that three men, Yi Peng, Zhu Yongping, and another unidentified believer and a woman, Wang Ke, disappeared early November. They were last seen being forcibly taken away by…

Russia’s 2nd Military Drill in US ‘Backyard’

A Russian missile destroyer will arrive in Nicaragua for a joint naval exercise amid growing tensions between Moscow and Washington. Navy spokesman, Capt. 1st Rank Igor Dygalo, said on Thursday that Admiral Chabanenko missile destroyer and two support ships would arrive in Nicaragua on Friday. Last week, the Russian nuclear-powered missile cruiser Peter the Great participated in the VenRus-2008 naval exercise in the Caribbean.

Does this Barack Obama birth certificate issue bug you because, although improbable, it’s possible that he’s not a natural born citizen, isn’t eligible to be President under the Constitution, and this issue could be bigger than Watergate — or any [...]]]> Wanted: Your Two Cents about Today’s News…

Why the Barack Obama Birth Certificate Issue Is Legitimate

Does this Barack Obama birth certificate issue bug you because, although improbable, it’s possible that he’s not a natural born citizen, isn’t eligible to be President under the Constitution, and this issue could be bigger than Watergate — or any other “gate” in history?

Earthquake of Magnitude 6.2 Strikes Off Northern California

An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck off California’s northern coast, the U.S. Geological Survey said in an e-mailed alert. The temblor struck at 5:43 a.m. local time today, at a depth of 62 miles (100 kilometers), the USGS said. The quake took place 133 miles west of Eureka…

Terrorism Has Truly Become War, and We Need to Rethink How We Fight it

The terror attack in Mumbai should serve as a sign to decision-makers and strategic analysts in recognizing that the accepted approach to terrorism has become anachronistic and mistaken. The tragedy and pain involved in these events elicits a response of anger, fury, and sadness, but the terror attacks are not viewed as…

Russia Unveils ‘Abrams Killer’ Rocket

The RPG, or rocket-propelled grenade, has long been popular among insurgents, giving them a cheap anti-armor weapon that requires little training. The latest version is the RPG-30. And it allegedly can take out today’s toughest tanks…

Did Mumbai Attackers Have Foreign Help?

Counterterrorism officials and experts said the scale, sophistication and targets involved in the Mumbai attacks were markedly different from previous terrorist plots in India and suggested the gunmen had received training from outside…

The 44 Grad rockets, Qassam missiles and mortar rounds which blasted Israel from Gaza Wednesday, Nov. 5, were fired from houses close to the border fence which Hamas had turned into fortified firing positions. Borrowing Hizballah’s tricks from the 2006 Lebanon war, [...]]]> Hamas Turns Gaza Houses Into Hizballah-Style Camouflaged Firing Positions

The 44 Grad rockets, Qassam missiles and mortar rounds which blasted Israel from Gaza Wednesday, Nov. 5, were fired from houses close to the border fence which Hamas had turned into fortified firing positions. Borrowing Hizballah’s tricks from the 2006 Lebanon war, the Hamas firing squads remove the…

Successful IDF Operation In Gaza Leaves 6 Hamas Terrorists Dead

While the eyes of the world are focused on the United States and the recent victory of Barak Obama, last night the security situation in Israel took a sharp turn for the worst. For the first time since the ceasefire…

Gay-Marriage Bans Pass in Florida, Arizona

Voters put a stop to same-sex marriage in California, dealing a crushing defeat to gay-rights activists in a state they hoped would be…

Pakistan Quake: Death Toll Rises to 215

The 6.4 magnitude quake hit an area of Pakistan’s Baluchistan province near the Afghan frontier before dawn on Wednesday, demolishing an estimated…

World Reaction to Obama Victory… Elation

In country after country, elation over Obama’s victory was palpable, the hunger for a change of American leadership as strong outside the U.S. as in it. And there was wonderment that, in the world’s most powerful democracy, a man with African roots and the middle name Hussein, an upstart fighter who took on political heavyweights, could capture the highest office in the land.