Armageddon! The great battle against the Antichrist; when the red mist of a vast firestorm is to descend from above to envelope all living creatures in its deceptive embrace, leaving the god of war to spit out the pips. for more click here
BERLIN — Ignoring threats by Islamic militants, Chancellor Angela Merkel and her main rival held their final political rallies Saturday before Germany’s national election, focusing on the key domestic issues of jobs and economic recovery.for more click here
Palestinian protesters attempt to stop a Jewish prayer event outside the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City, where such events are normally banned. for more click here
TEHRAN/JERUSALEM (BosNewsLife)– Iran on Monday “test” fired long range Shabab-3 and Sajjil rockets that could potentially reach Israel and U.S. military bases in the Gulf region, Iranian media said. for more click here
DECATUR, Ill. — The day before he was arrested Thursday on charges of plotting to blow up the federal building in Springfield, Michael C. Finton was working as a fry cook at Seals Fish & Chicken in this old factory town deep in the Illinois cornfields. for more click here
Citing a meeting between MI6 chief Sir John Scarlett and Mossad chief Meir Dagan, British newspaper The Daily Express is claiming that Saudi Arabia is “ready to allow Israel to bomb Iran’s new nuclear site. for more click here
In the history of international organisations it is hard to conceive of an institution less fit for purpose than the absurdly titled UN Human Rights Council.
Since its inception in 2006, the UNHRC has included such champions of liberal values as Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Cuba. There is no doubting the comic value of such membership. Analogies spring to mind of Jack the Ripper leading a disciplinary inquiry at Scotland Yard, or Dr Harold Shipman chairing a panel discussion on medical care for the elderly. Yet for Israel, on the receiving end of this surreal hypocrisy, it is no laughing matter. for more click here
Well, that was a short wobble.
Markets were back in rally mode yesterday. The Dow Jones climbed by more than 100 points and the FTSE 100 managed to clamber back up to just below its 2009 high.
As Crispin Odey put it in the Financial Times last week, this is a “rational bubble”. Western central banks are effectively getting their cattle prods out and forcing people out of safe assets and into risky ones by slashing interest rates and printing money.
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GENEVA (Reuters) – A lack of accountability for war crimes committed in the Middle East has reached “crisis point,” undermining any hope for peace in the region, a United Nations human rights investigator charged on Tuesday.for more click here
A Malaysian Islamic court has upheld the caning sentence for a Muslim woman convicted of drinking beer at a hotel, local media reports have said. for more click here