The current division of the Egyptian parliament after the first round (166 seats) is as follows:
Freedom and Justice Party (Muslim Brotherhood) and minor coalition partners: 80 seats
Islamic [salafis] Alliance: 34 seats
Egyptian Bloc: 17 seats (supported by many Copts and liberals)
Wafd Party: 12 seats (anti american, anti Israel but secular)
Revolution Continues Coalition: 5 seats
Center Party (Islamist but more moderate than MB): 4 seats
Justice Party: 1 seat
Former NDP members: 9 seats
Independents: 4 seats
Voter turnout plummeted in the runoff elections. In Cairo's 8th district, voter turnout fell by 51 percent, in Cairo's 4th by 41 percent, in Cairo's 6th by 39 percent, and in Alexandria's 1st by 37 percent. Turnout outside the cities also decreased, though to a lesser extent.
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JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia will spend more than $100 billion to establish 16 nuclear energy plants in different parts of the country within the next few years, Commerce and Industry Minister Abdullah Zainal Alireza told a Saudi-US business forum in Atlanta.
Is the nuclear power a by-product of weapons development or vice-versa?
He made this comment while talking about the Kingdom's efforts to develop solar and other renewable energy technologies to reduce dependence on oil and gas.
"We have allocated $3 billion to produce solar energy panels in Jubail and Yanbu," he added.
Alireza said Saudi imports from the US are expected to cross $95 billion or 23 percent of the total US exports to Arab countries by 2012.
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Ahh, arabs with nukes. The savior of the earth.
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All I can think of is the Planet of The Apes movie (2nd one I think) Beneath the Planet of the Apes where the remnant, telepathic humans worship the nuclear bomb. You can decide for yourself who the Apes invading the Forbidden zone, telepathic bomb worshippers, etc. are in the current events adaptation.
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#4 that was a prescient thought. Back in the 50's I new a professor neighbor who wrote a book on the hollow moon. Now people believe the Earth is hollow. I kid you not. Look at videos on the entry hole in Antarctica. All the world stations that are located there. Even the Germans looked for a military advantage there during WW11. Just saying. There are many things under the sun. I sitback and enjoy the show and sip from the cup of life slowly for it tis a heady brew.
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If the Saudis build thorium cycle reactors, there would be no concern about weapons production. They are using more and more of their own oil production domestically while piling up US dollars that are rapidly depreciating.
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Makes economic sense. Why burn $100/barrel oil when they can sell every bit they produce. Natural gas, if they have a surplus, is another matter. The question is where will the spent nuke fuel end up?
[Bangla Daily Star] Resuming his deposition yesterday, Ruhul Amin Nabin told the International Crimes Tribunal that Jamaat-e-Islami ...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores... leader Delwar Hossain Sayeedi ...Islamic orator and politician. He was a former Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Bangladesh from 1996 to 2008, and is one of the most prominent leaders of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami... and other collaborators had compelled 60 Hindus to convert to Islam during the Liberation War in Pirojpur. He said they also helped the Mighty Pak Army rape several women in 1971.
Freedom fighter Nabin, who was 21 years old at the time, said some of the Hindus of Parer Haat area, forced to convert, decamped to India as they were unable to deal with the humiliation. They, however, returned after the liberation of Bangladesh and followed their own religion, he said.
Now 61, Nabin began his deposition Wednesday and resumed and completed giving his testimony yesterday. He is the second prosecution witness to testify against Sayeedi, who has been charged with crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 war.
Detained Sayeedi, 71, was present in the dock of the tribunal during the testimony.
A three-judge tribunal led by its Chairman Justice Nizamul Huq recorded the testimony of Nabin. It fixed December 11 for cross-examination of Nabin and Mahabubul Alam Hawlader, who completed his deposition Wednesday.
There are 66 more prosecution witnesses yet to testify in the case.
Nabin yesterday narrated how during the Liberation War Sayeedi helped the Pak occupation forces loot valuables from Awami League activists, freedom fighters and the Hindu community in Pirojpur.
The Pak occupation forces went to Pirojpur district on May 3, 1971. Around 52 members of the force arrived in 26 rickshaws in Parer Haat area of Pirojpur on May 7, Nabin told the court, a fact which supports the statement of Hawlader.
Sekandar Ali Shikder, Danesh Ali Mollah, Mawlana Mosleh Uddin and Sayeedi, among other collaborators, welcomed the Pak force led by one Cap Ejaz. Fluent Urdu speaker Sayeedi managed to form a close and friendly relationship with the Pak occupation forces, Nabin said, echoing Hawlader's statement.
With the help of collaborators, the Pak force looted over 50 houses and shops in the area, including the shop of a local businessman Makhan who had around 20kg of gold (22-sher) and silver jewellery buried under his shop.
They looted eight more houses in Pirojpur's Badura Chithalia village the following day and torched them, he said.
"On a Thursday sometime in mid-June, I took a boat to Parer Haat to gather rations for freedom fighters...It was a haat day [weekly bazaar]...I stood in front of Masud's store and observed the atmosphere of the surrounding area," Nabin said.
It was then that he saw Sayeedi in the distance. "He was wearing a panjabi and lungi," said Nabin, adding, "He carried a corrugated iron sheet in one hand, and brass utensils in a wooden basket on his head."
Nabin watched Sayeedi, then known as Delwar Hossain Shikder, make his way to a shop, which used to be known as "Panch Tahabil".
He directed passerby Moulvi Nurul Haque's attention towards Sayeedi and said, "See, Delwar Saheb is taking away the loot."
Nabin, who carried a revolver then, turned angry and told Nurul Haque, "I will shoot this robber right now!"
"Nurul Haque stopped me and said if I created a scene the Pak occupation forces would torch the remaining houses too and commit genocide."
Nabin then made his way towards another shop in the bazaar area where he learnt from locals that Madan Saha's shop had been looted. He then saw Sayeedi appear with five men. They began demolishing Madan Saha's shop.
The looted goods were then taken to Sayeedi's father-in-law's house in the area, Nabin said.
According to Nabin, the collaborators took over two shops in Parer Haat to store the booty. Sayeedi was in charge of the shops, he said.
Nabin told the court that during their stay in Parer Haat the Pak occupation forces raped a number of girls with the help of the collaborators.
The collaborators also forced 50 to 60 Hindus to convert to Islam. The victims included Rony Saha, Makhan Saha, Dr Ganesh Chandra, Dr Sudhir Chandra Roy, Gouranga and Ajit Chandra Roy, he added.
"Everyday, they were taken to mosques and forced to pray five times. They were also forced to learn two to four suras [verses of the holy Koran] and were provided with materials for prayers."
Unable to accept the insult, many of them beat feet to India, he added.
On June 21, 1971, Nabin along with a number of freedom fighters went to India to receive guerrilla training. On his return, he took part in armed warfare against the Pak occupation forces, Nabin said.
Along with his fellow freedom fighters, Nabin returned to Parer Haat on December 18. The freedom fighters then searched different houses to get hold of the collaborators.
While some were incarcerated, identified collaborators like Danesh Ali, Maulana Mosleh Uddin and Sayeedi could not be apprehended, he said. "We came to know that they had decamped," Nabin told the court.
Some looted goods were recovered from the houses of the collaborators. They were handed back to their original owners.
On behalf of the freedom fighters and the victims of the atrocities committed during the Liberation War by the Pak occupation forces, Nabin pleaded for justice.
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Rami Abdulrahman's network of sources send their observations to him in England about latest Syrian atrocities. Cited by virtually every major news outlet since the revolt against Assad began in March, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has been a primary source of news on the events in Syria, because most foreign media have been banned from reporting in Syria.
After three short spells in prison in Syria for pro-democracy activism, Abdulrahman came to Britain in 2000 fearing a longer, fourth jail term. He said, "I came to Britain the day Hafez Assad died, and I'll return when Bashar Assad goes."
His sources, some cultivated over many years, risk their lives to investigate incidents and give him with information. Six have already been killed, Abdulrahman said, yet the observatory's network of contacts has grown to more than 200 people from 54 since the uprising began, he said.
Abdulrahman, a Sunni Muslim, makes efforts to ensure his reports are regarded as free from bias. He said that he accepts no funding and runs the observatory on a voluntary basis.
"I have Alawites phoning and complaining, Sunnis phoning and complaining. I'm between two fires. But it shows I'm being neutral if both sides complain," he added.
President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan is thought to have had a mini stroke with no lasting harm. It has been reported that doctors in Dubai have diagnosed a Transient Ischemic Attack -- caused by a blockage that prevents blood flow to a part of the brain, producing stroke-like symptoms for an hour or two. On Friday he was described as "lucid".
So the stroke actually improved his well-being?
Zardari's health has been closely observed all week amid an excitable atmosphere in Pakistan, leading to speculation that he might use health issues to step aside.
Zardari, who has a history of high blood pressure, was flown to Dubai on Tuesday. He had been complaining of not feeling well and agreed to travel for tests. His spokesman said, "More tests are also likely to be conducted. He was in the intensive care unit but has now been moved out."
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Mini-strokes are not too bad, Ive had 5 and the only effect is to slightly deaden the left side of my body(Some numbness in my little finger, and a slight limp) otherwise I'm ok.
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-- One of the interesting problems related to left sided strokes is that sometimes one's personal ability to notice losses of function is also obliterated. I've had a few patients with left sided body (right sided brain) lesions who were blissfully unaware of severe defects.
(Xinhua) -- Pakistain Army has decided to set more military check posts near its border with Afghanistan to enhance coordination with NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... forces in Afghanistan, military sources said on Thursday.
The decision has been taken after the November 26th NATO strikes on two Pak posts which killed 24 Pak soldiers and injured 13 others.
The military sources who asked to remain anonymous told local media that the number of outposts would be increased up to five from the current four to avert cross border attacks.
The sources said that the army has decided not to be part of NATO probe into its attacks in Mohmand ... Named for the Mohmand clan of the Sarban Pahstuns, a truculent, quarrelsome lot. In Pakistain, the Mohmands infest their eponymous Agency, metastasizing as far as the plains of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar, Charsadda, and Mardan. Mohmands are also scattered throughout Pakistan in urban areas including Karachi, Lahore, and Quetta. In Afghanistan they are mainly found in Nangarhar and Kunar... tribal region as such inquires didn't help improve situation in the past. He said that 72 Pak soldiers have been killed in NATO attacks in three years.
They said that Pakistain army has called back its Border Coordination Officers after the strike for consultation.
The military sources said that the impression is wrong that all of the forces along Afghan borders were pulled back as a protest to the NATO strike.
"Some of the forces are still remaining in the posts and others should be back at their posts within the next few days," he added.
American media had quoted military officials as expressing concerns over the potential impact of the withdrawal as NATO can make more mistakes.
Relations between Pakistain and the U.S. plunges into new low after the NATO raid that led to Islamabad's boycott of Bonn conference on Afghanistan's future.
The NATO strike had evoked strong condemnation in Pakistain and the government had ordered the U.S. to vacate Shamsi airbase in Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... , closed NATO supply line and boycotted the December 5th Bonn Conference on Afghanistan.
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Plus install [anti-US-NATO?] AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS.
Pakistain Moslem League-Nawaz (PML-N) Chief Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... on Thursday said that NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... supplies must remain suspended till apology over NATO attacks on Pakistain military checkposts in Mohmand ... Named for the Mohmand clan of the Sarban Pahstuns, a truculent, quarrelsome lot. In Pakistain, the Mohmands infest their eponymous Agency, metastasizing as far as the plains of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar, Charsadda, and Mardan. Mohmands are also scattered throughout Pakistan in urban areas including Karachi, Lahore, and Quetta. In Afghanistan they are mainly found in Nangarhar and Kunar... Agency.
Talking to the media news hounds at his Raiwind residence, he said the government had taken a firm stand and should stick to it.
Nawaz Sharif said NATO air-strike at Mohmmand Agency which claimed the lives of 24 Pak soldiers was an open attack on Pakistain's illusory sovereignty.
He praised the government's decision to boycott Bonn conference.
He said the country was passing through history's most critical phase and there was an urgent need to get united.
The PML-N chief also prayed for early recovery of ailing President Asif Ali President Ten Percent Zardari ... sticky-fingered husband of the late Benazir Bhutto ...
Meanwhile Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani ... Pakistain's erstwhile current prime minister, whose occasional feats of mental gymnastics can be awe-inspiring ... telephoned the PML-N chief and thanked him on his own as well as on behalf of Chairman PPP, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari for his kind words and prayers for the early recovery of President Asif Ali Ten Percent Zardari ... husband of the late Benazir Bhutto, who has been singularly lacking in curiosity about who done her in ...
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I bet the US government is stupid enough to keep pumping dollars into Pakistan during this supply embargo.
[Dawn] Afghanistan and Pakistain were locked in a war of words on Thursday over a shrine bombing that killed at least 55 people in Kabul and which the Afghan government blamed on a Pak terror group.
Islamabad called for an end to the "blame game" after Kabul demanded action against the group, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi ... a 'more violent' offshoot of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistain. LeJ's purpose in life is to murder anyone who's not of utmost religious purity, starting with Shiites but including Brelvis, Ahmadis, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Rosicrucians, and just about anyone else you can think of. They are currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of al-Qaeda ... , whose purported claim of responsibility for Tuesday's attack has not been confirmed independently.
"It is high time to get out of the blame game as such and to move forward in the spirit of cooperation," said foreign office front man Abdul Basit.
"Publicly accusing Pakistain of unfounded events and things do create problems at some stage", he told news hounds.
"We would like to have a relationship that is free of recrimination and blame game," Basit added.
Relations between Afghanistan and Pakistain are tense, and frequently spiral into mutual accusations over the violence plaguing both their countries.
Kabul said Thursday that it was up to Pakistain to investigate without waiting any longer after Pakistain called for hard evidence to support claims that Jhangvi was responsible.
"It's up to Pakistain to take action and find out where and how the contact was made by Lashkar-e-Jhangvi from inside Pakistain. They shouldn't wait for us to provide them with evidence," Aimal Faizi, Karzai's front man, told AFP.
Faizi said an Afghan investigation was under way but it is thought officials do not currently have evidence of the group's involvement.
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, an outlawed orc group which has links to al Qaeda and the Taliban, has been blamed for killing thousands of Shias and whipping up sectarian hatred in Pakistain.
But there has been no confirmation of a purported claim of responsibility for the Kabul attacks from Lashkar-e-Jhangvi splinter group al-Alami.
Officials and experts fear that Tuesday's attack may have been designed to whip up sectarian conflict in Afghanistan, which has not previously suffered the scale of such violence experienced in Iraq and Pakistain.
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BRUSSELS: The United States has no reason to speculate about Pakistani President Asif Zardari's medical condition and expects him to be able to return to work in full health, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday.
"We have no reason to speculate about that. The information that ... we have is that he has sought medical treatment for a number of medical challenges and we wish him a speedy recovery and certainly we expect that ... he will receive the treatment he is seeking and ... then be able to return in full health to his duties," Clinton said.
She was responding to reporters when asked about the possibility Zardari might be in the process of being pushed out for political reasons.
Meanwhile, the presidential spokesman said on Thursday that Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari is stable and resting in a Dubai hospital and will undergo further tests, according to his doctor.
"The president is stable, comfortable and is resting. Initial tests and investigations have been within normal range," spokesman Farhatullah Babar said in a text message.
Zardari is in Dubai for treatment for a heart condition, raising speculation that the unpopular leader may resign. One source said Zardari had suffered a minor heart attack.
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It was "shot down" but with a "minimum of damage".
Probably one clean shot to the gas tank, draining all the fuel. Very efficient!
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It was "shot down" but with a "minimum of damage".
Drone ran out of fuel. Failsafe mode kept it flying level until it ran out of altitude and belly landed. Since it went down last week, it was some time before a farmer stumbled onto it. It seems the Americans are too scared of the Iranians to go in airstrike the drone.
(Xinhua) -- Iran Thursday called on the United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... to condemn a U.S. unmanned drone's violation of its air space and sought "clear and effective measures" to end such "dangerous and unlawful acts" against the country.
Mohammad Khazaee, the Iranian permanent representative to the United Nations, made the appeal in his letter to UN Secretary-General the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon ... of whom it can be said to his credit that he is not Kofi Annan...
The letter was also copied to Vitaly Churkin, the Russian UN ambassador who holds the rotating UN Security Council presidency for December, and Nasser A. Al-Nasser, president of the 66th session of the UN General Assembly.
"Upon instructions from my government, I have the honor to draw your kind attention to the provocative and covert operations against the Islamic Theocratic Republic of Iran by the United States government, which have increased and intensified in recent months," the Iranian ambassador said in the letter.
"In the continuation of such trend, recently, an American RQ-170 unmanned spy plane, bearing a specific serial number, violated Iran's air space," he said.
"This plane flied 250 kilometers deep into Iranian territory up to the northern region of the city of Tabas, where it faced prompt and forceful action by the Armed Forces of the Islamic Theocratic Republic of Iran."
Iranian media reported Sunday that the Iranian military downed a RQ-170 U.S. reconnaissance drone in eastern Iran after it had transgressed Iranian borders.
But U.S. officials denied the drone was brought down by Iran, insisting it crashed due to mechanical difficulties.
The RQ-170 drone is an unmanned aircraft that has been used for reconnaissance and surveillance by the United States in Afghanistan.
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See also DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > IRAN WARNS US TO STAY OUT OF ITS AIRSPACE, WARNS OF DESTROYING US BASES ["anywhere in the World"].
versus
* MEMRI.ORG > [Saudi TV interview 12.02.11] SAUDI PRINCE KHALED BIN TALA: BIN LADEN IS ALIVE + BEING HELD BY THE AMERICANS. Also claims that KSA Shiites are loyal to their Iranian masters due to their faith, + NOT to the KSA or Royal Family-Govt. Blames Iran for what is occurring in BAHRAIN + AL-QATTIF.
Prince Khaled believes that OBL was too high a bigwig widin Al-Qaeda, wid too much important knowledge in his head,for the Amers to want to simply kill him kill.
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* DAILY MAIL.UK > VLADIMIR PUTIN NUCLEAR WARNING TO THE US AS HE BLAMES HILLARY CLINTON FOR INCITING PROTESTS IN MOSCOW.
VLAD boasted that ...
> RUSSIA is the world's "largest nuclear power".
> MOscow Protesors have begun acting in collusion or coordination wid the US State Dept., i.e. SecState Hillary.
> Despite Russia being the world's largest nuclear power, the US thinks it is the SOLE "MASTER OF THE ENTIRE PLANET/EARTH" WHOM THE REST OF THE WORLD MUST OBEY WIDOUT QUESTION???
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* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > CHINA WARNS US AGZ ATTACKING PAKISTAN, READIES NUCLEAR MISSLES | ARTICLE: CHINA'S SECOND ARTILLERY RARE RAID WARNING.
Unlike the DPRK, oil-rich Iran is not normally deemed by China as a historical route for foreign invasion agz China, nor as a suborned pro-China vassal state, IRAN = AS LONG AS CHINA GETS ITS OIL, CHINA MAY NOT CARE IFF THE US = US-NATO/COALITION ATTACK, INVADE, + OCCUPY IRAN E.G. IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN MODELS.
China has a vested interest not only in having enough energy resources for its national, economic modernization agenda, but also in ensuring that Uighur separatists [West China = Xinjiang] are cut off from any + all $$$, Arms, + other support [foreign Jihadists = Fighters] from Muslim Govts-States anywhere.
The above is different from the DPRK = North Korea, where China + PLA will mucho care iff US-ROK Milfors, etal. [UNCOM, Japan?] physically cross the Inter-Kkorean DMZ into North Korea.
[Iran Press TV] An Iranian politician has blasted Washington's move to open a virtual embassy for Iranians, saying it is illegal and will fail to win over the Islamic Theocratic Republic's nationals, Press TV reports.
"This virtual embassy is illegal. It serves as further evidence that the US has made a huge mistake in dealing with Iran," Fatemeh Ajorlou also noted, speaking to a Press TV correspondent in Tehran.
"Such a move is an indication of their sheer desperation and defeat," she added.
The web-based embassy went online last Tuesday more than three decades after the closure of the US diplomatic mission in Tehran. On November 4, 1979, a group of revolutionary Iranian university students, who described themselves as 'Students Following the Line of Imam [Khomeini],' took over the US embassy in Tehran, insisting that it had turned into a hub of active espionage and scheming aimed at overthrowing the nascent Islamic Theocratic Republic establishment.
The Iranian politician went on to say that, "this virtual embassy is not intended to promote friendly ties or develop economic, cultural, and scientific relations."
Ajorlou further pointed out that the Islamic Theocratic Republic had to take legal action in the cyber sector to deal with the site because it was an attempt by Washington to meddle in Iran's internal affairs.
The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ... sometimes described as America's Blond Eminence and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as Another Condoleezza Rice ... has claimed that Washington opened the virtual embassy to encourage dialogue with the Iranian people, but Iranian Foreign Ministry officials say the web-based venture is an attempt to spy on the Islamic Theocratic Republic.
Commenting on the move, Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said on Wednesday, 'The US government's continuation of futile anti-Iran policies' demonstrated Washington's problem to "get the message from the Iranian nation," who had already opted for 'independence, freedom, and the Islamic Theocratic Republic.'
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
Rami Abdulrahman's network of sources send their observations to him in England about latest Syrian atrocities. Cited by virtually every major news outlet since the revolt against Assad began in March, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has been a primary source of news on the events in Syria, because most foreign media have been banned from reporting in Syria.
President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan is thought to have had a mini stroke with no lasting harm. It has been reported that doctors in Dubai have diagnosed a Transient Ischemic Attack -- caused by a blockage that prevents blood flow to a part of the brain, producing stroke-like symptoms for an hour or two. On Friday he was described as "lucid".
Mohmand
Nawaz Sharif
Asif Ali 
[Dawn] Afghanistan and Pakistain were locked in a war of words on Thursday over a shrine bombing that killed at least 55 people in Kabul and which the Afghan government blamed on a Pak terror group.
the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon
Hillary Clinton
