NASA’s Aqua satellite captured an image of a very busy northwestern Pacific Ocean where three tropical cyclones are active. Tropical Storms Damrey and Saola are dissipating in China, while Tropical depression Haikui developed on August 3, 2012. NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over the northwestern Pacific Ocean on August 3 at 0453 UTC (12:53 a.m. EDT) [...]
NASA Sees Triple Tropical Trouble in Northwestern Pacific
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What Drives Cross Border Intrusions From Afghanistan? – Analysis
In a rare event, On June 24 2012, almost 100 heavily armed Taliban militants stormed into Pakistan from Afghanistan and attacked a military check post killing atleast 17 Pakistani soldiers. After initially reporting that six soldiers were killed and 11 were missing, the Pakistani military sources later confirmed that seven of the missing were killed [...]
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Yemen: Bombing Kills 20 At Funeral
A suspected suicide bomber has detonated explosives during a funeral in Yemen, killing 20 people. Yemeni officials say the bombing took place Saturday in a village in the southern Abyan province. At least 20 others were wounded. The Reuters news agency says the bomber appears to have targeted people who supported the military during an [...]
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Olympic Scandals Rattle London – OpEd
By Pershkina Anastasiya Ukraine may go to Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne to dispute the results of the final 16 boxing tournament in which Britain’s Anthony Ogogo was unlawfully awarded victory over Ukraine’s Yevgeny Khytrov. This referee scandal, though the most high-profile at the moment, is not the only cheats scandal that has [...]
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The Truth About Guns – OpEd
The tragedy in Aurora, Colorado, has led to a lot of unfortunate misinformation about firearms. Let’s try to add some facts to the justified emotion. Are Some Guns More Dangerous than Others? The shooter in Aurora had three firearms when he entered the theater: a pump action shotgun, a semiautomatic rifle and a semiautomatic handgun. [...]
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Iran Wins First Medal In London
Weightlifter Kianoush Rostami has won Iran’s first medal at the London Olympics, taking the bronze medal in the men’s 85 kg weight category. Rostami, 21, was in fifth position after the first half of the competition, which involved lifting in one continuous move, but he managed to recover in the clean and jerk. He finished [...]
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Saudi Arabia King Invites Iran President Ahmadinejad For Summit In Makkah
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah yesterday sent an invitation to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to attend the emergency Islamic summit in Makkah on Aug. 14-15. Saudi Ambassador to Iran Muhammad Al-Kilabi handed the invitation to Rahim Mashani, director of the president’s office, during a meeting in Tehran yesterday. Saudi Arabia has stepped [...]
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Romney Stoops Too Low For Jewish Vote – OpEd
By Fawaz Turki WHAT if Mitt Romney — hold on to your hats — were to be elected president later this year? Setting aside that this man is a gaffe addict with a pedestrian mind, a shallow intellect, a superficial worldview and a rudimentary grasp of international affairs, that would be wonderful news for, well, [...]
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UN General Assembly Vote On Syria: World Gone Mad – OpEd
On August 3 the United Nations General Assembly voted on a resolution written by Saudi Arabia condemning both the government of Syria for the preponderance if not all the violence in the country and Russia and China for not conceding to Western and Persian Gulf monarchies’ demands for “regime change” in Damascus. In an irrefutable [...]
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The ABC’s Of Journalism’s Eroding Integrity – OpEd
I joined the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) in April 1979, thirty-three years ago. The preamble to its Code of Ethics says, “Professional integrity is the cornerstone of a journalist’s credibility” and that journalists should “test the accuracy of information from all sources and exercise care to avoid inadvertent errors.” Someone needs to send a [...]
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Shooting At Wisconsin Sikh Temple Leaves At Least Seven Dead
By Kane Farabaugh Police officials in the northern state of Wisconsin say at least seven people were killed in a shooting at a Sikh temple in a suburb of Milwaukee. A police officer responding to the shooting was wounded in an exchange with the gunman, who is among the dead. The shooting occurred Sunday morning [...]
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South China Sea: Beijing Rebukes Washington’s ‘Biased’ Stance
China’s Foreign Ministry has called on an American diplomat to protest State Department accusations that Beijing is hindering diplomatic efforts in the South China Sea. It’s just the latest controversy in the countries’ already tense relationship. The ministry said on its website that Assistant Foreign Minister Zhang Kunsheng had summoned the US Embassy’s Deputy Chief [...]
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US: Gunman, Six Hostages Dead After Wisconsin Sikh Temple Siege
At least seven people have been killed and twenty injured as a gunman took over a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. The number includes the gunman, who was killed by police. Officials are treating it as a “domestic terrorist-type incident.” Four of those shot died inside the temple, while the three others (two victims [...]
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Moscow, St. Pete Fans Anticipating Madonna’s Show
By Natalia Viktorova and Tatiana Zavyalova Madonna is arriving in Russia to perform two concerts in Moscow and Saint Petersburg (August 7 and 9) as part of her world M.D.N.A. tour. While fans are anticipating the show, others say scandals are likely. Madonna urges the world to love and peace and appears armed on stage. [...]
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Hindus Ask World Museums-Galleries To Examine And Return Stolen Hindu Artifacts To Temples
Hindus have asked the major international art institutions to re-examine the procurement of their Hindu art acquisitions and return these to Hindu temples where these belonged in case these were proved to be stolen. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that devotees had been worshipping these images of Hindu [...]
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Sinai: At Least 15 Egyptian Soldiers Killed In Attack
At least 15 Egyptian border guards were killed Sunday in an attack against a post located in the Sinai near the border between Egypt and Israel, medical and security sources said. Gunmen dressed as Sinai Bedouins arrived in two vehicles and opened fire on the post, according to a security official. The attack left 13 [...]
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Syria Army, Rebels Ready For Major Aleppo Battle
The Syrian army, which concluded Sunday, the deployment around Aleppo, heavily bombed the city amid fighting with insurgents ahead of launching the decisive offensive to re-take control of Syria’s second largest city. Early Sunday, the artillery resumed bombing Salaheddin area, which is besieged by the army, according to Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (SOHR). Fighting [...]
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How Russia Continues To Fool Much Of World About Its Position On Syria – OpEd
Colum Lynch writes: The resignation of Kofi Annan as the U.N.-Arab League joint envoy to Syria on Aug. 2 effectively marks the end of U.N.-led diplomatic efforts to persuade President Bashar al-Assad to leave office peacefully, setting the stage for a new and deadlier phase of the Syrian crisis and heightening pressure on the United [...]
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Shooting At Sikh Temple In Wisconsin
A shooting during Sunday services at a Sikh temple left at least seven people dead, including a gunman, and at least three critically wounded, police and hospital officials said. Obama was informed of Shooting at Sikh temple in Wisconsin US President Barack Obama was informed of the deadly shooting spree at a Sikh temple in [...]
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Barred By Muslim Countries, Rohingya Muslims Sneaking Into India – Analysis
Mr.Tomas Ojea Quintana, a UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights, completed on August 4,2012, a six-day visit to Myanmar to study allegations of violations of the human rights of its ethnic minorities and Rohingya Muslims by the military regime that was in power for nearly five decades. He has called for the establishment of a [...]
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