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Leave your comments in the message box.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1033125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31477432.post-80309809799462069062011-07-02T09:17:00.008+08:002011-07-02T09:17:00.460+08:00Abuse of power?: A lady mayor knocks out a sheriff in southern Philippines
A fuming mayor punched a sheriff during a demolition operation in the shanties of Davao City in southern Philippines today.City mayor Sara Duterte is seen in the attached YouTube video to have made hand gestures for Regional Trial Court Sheriff Abe Andres to approach her. Duterte collared Andres and punched him four times.
The crowd seemed to approve of the mayor's brawl by their applause.A Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1Davao City, Philippines7.0644444 125.607777800000016.7496054 125.3812123 7.3792834 125.83434330000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31477432.post-87370793702147116962011-07-02T07:00:00.010+08:002011-07-02T07:00:02.380+08:00Somalia becomes the sixth country attacked by US drone planes
Following Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan and Yemen, Somalia became the sixth country to have been attacked by US drone fighter planes when it hit the southern coastal town of Kismayo on 23 June.The strike that injured two fighters was conducted targeting two senior members of the anti-Somalia government group, al-Shabab, Al Jazeera said.
The al-Qaeda-linked armed Islamist Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Kismayo, Somalia-0.3602778 42.548777800000039-0.37813579999999997 42.526676300000041 -0.3424198 42.570879300000037tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31477432.post-1857442630950251192011-07-01T07:00:00.008+08:002011-07-01T07:00:01.377+08:00Ex-Taiwan leader accused for misuse of public funds
A surprised Taiwan former president Lee Teng-Hui was accused on Thursday for misappropriation of public funds during his 12-year term.The healthy 88-year-old was said to be shocked over the decision of local prosecutors of him pilfering US$7.79 million from national security funds during his presidency between 1988 and 2000, Focus Taiwan News Channel reported.
Taiwan Research Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Taipei City, Taiwan25.091075 121.5598344999999724.9661775 121.45539349999997 25.2159725 121.66427549999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31477432.post-63201097624373450152011-06-28T08:00:00.008+08:002011-06-28T08:00:00.361+08:00Behold, Facebook now has 750 million users
Nearly a year after Facebook announced it reached half a billion users, the popular social networking site now has 750 million active members.That number makes Mark Zuckerberg’s company cover close to eleven percent of the world's 6.9-billion population.If Facebook were a country, it will be the third largest after China and India, displacing the US.
This was announced by TechCrunch&Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Manila, Philippines14.5833333 120.9666667000000214.5433073 120.92322070000002 14.623359299999999 121.01011270000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31477432.post-39702464415208609952011-06-28T07:00:00.011+08:002011-06-28T07:00:02.502+08:00Cambodia's Khmer Rouge quartet face trial
Standing before a UN-backed tribunal in Phnom Penh are four aging senior members of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge that ruled the country from 1975 to 1979.In more than 30 years, the quartet—former President Khieu Samphan, "Brother Number Two" Nuon Chea, former Foreign Minister Ieng Sary and former Social Affairs Minister Ieng Thirith—are facing justice for the first time, The Guardian Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Phnom Penh, Cambodia11.558831 104.9174450000000411.440472999999999 104.83148550000004 11.677189 105.00340450000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31477432.post-15658083004805651852011-06-27T08:29:00.011+08:002011-06-27T08:29:00.259+08:00Afghan War: Why US will pullout 33,000 troops
As US President Barack Obama announced military pullout in Afghanistan by autumn next year, 24,498 people had already been killed between 2004 and 2009 alone, according to data released by WikiLeaks last year.Of these, 4,000 were private citizens, nonmilitary persons. These civilian deaths represent 16.3 percent of all deaths during that time period, said UK’s The Guardian.
A separate Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Kabul, Afghanistan34.528455 69.1717029999999834.475555 69.09510299999998 34.581355 69.248302999999979tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31477432.post-26921343750512820502011-06-27T07:00:00.009+08:002011-06-27T07:00:01.209+08:00Iran condemns US for terrorism
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei labeled the US as having "dark record of terroristic behaviors" for its drone attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan that have allegedly killed a number of civilians.During his speech at the two-day anti-terrorism conference in Tehran this weekend, Khamenei added that a state who is engaged in such activities cannot lecture the world inUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0Tehran, Iran35.6961111 51.423055635.517349100000004 51.1169836 35.8748731 51.7291276tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31477432.post-33667477528014507612011-06-25T08:32:00.011+08:002011-06-25T08:32:00.956+08:00WikiLeaks' cables reveal US twists Haiti's arm for its own interests
Recently released diplomatic cables by WikiLeaks show how much pressure Washington is giving to Port-au-Prince that seem to ruin the country's road to recovery after the 12 January 2010 earthquake.An Al Jazeera report in the attached YouTube video says the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere was bullied to American pressure. Several US companies are profiting from it since the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Port-au-Prince, Haiti18.539269 -72.33640818.4582375 -72.4137415 18.620300500000003 -72.259074500000011tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31477432.post-59644665553181957292011-06-25T07:00:00.011+08:002011-06-25T10:22:21.976+08:00Incessant rains bring havoc to N Philippines
Tropical storm Meari continue to bring much floods in many areas in northern Philippines including the capital since yesterday.Eleven people were reported missing according to a report by the National Risk Reduction and Management Council.
A woman was reported to have been washed away by flashflood in Albay province, south of Manila.Ten sailors were missing in the coastal province of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Manila, Philippines14.5833333 120.9666667000000214.5433073 120.92322070000002 14.623359299999999 121.01011270000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31477432.post-28652426522532402452011-06-23T08:00:00.008+08:002011-06-23T08:00:04.115+08:00Italy: End the Libyan war
WARNING: The attached YouTube video shows the shocking conditions of civilians who were killed during NATO attacks in Libya.The Italian foreign minister urged the immediate cessation of aggression in the war-torn north African state in order for humanitarian help reach the people, Sky News said.
Minister Franco Frattini added, "With regard to NATO, it is fair to ask for increasingly Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Tripoli, Libya32.876174 13.18750699999998232.80312 12.944359499999983 32.949228 13.430654499999982tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31477432.post-77685979978346025032011-06-23T07:00:00.010+08:002011-06-23T07:00:00.333+08:005 Abu Sayyaf members nabbed in southern Philippines
Five alleged members of the militant group Abu Sayyaf were captured early Wednesday morning by security forces in Sulu Archipelago, south of Manila.The suspected bandits who did not resist their captors in a surprise raid in Upper Cabengbeng village, Sumisip town, Basilan province, were not immediately named, Malaysia's Bernama.com said.
Scout Rangers and Special Forces troopers Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Basilan Island, Philippines6.5335643999999986 122.083744499999976.3598788999999982 121.81723999999997 6.707249899999999 122.35024899999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31477432.post-48615572952625666602011-06-22T08:00:00.010+08:002011-06-22T08:00:01.884+08:00Italy warns NATO's credibility is at risk for killing civilians in Libya
Concerned with NATO's accidental killing of civilians in Tripoli, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini told the media during a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg, "NATO's credibility is at risk. We cannot run the risk of killing civilians. This is not good at all."But the bloc instead urged the use of frozen funds to finance Libya's insurgents who warned they are running out of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Şurmān, Libya32.75 12.56666670000004232.712104 12.528987200000042 32.787896 12.604346200000041tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31477432.post-53769616132601291772011-06-21T07:00:00.009+08:002011-06-21T07:00:00.781+08:00Libya calls for global jihad vs. the West
A Twitter message from Libyan foreign minister "urges all Muslims to launch global jihad against the West."The oil-rich state's information minister, however, insisted that it is not a call for violence, Bulawayo24 News said.
This appeal could probably have stemmed from a series of news that NATO had been involved in the killings of hundreds of civilians from the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Tripoli, Libya32.876174 13.18750699999998232.80312 12.944359499999983 32.949228 13.430654499999982tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31477432.post-78465432750381430292011-06-20T08:00:00.007+08:002011-06-20T08:00:04.556+08:00SCO: NATO's would-be rival?
A what? This is the first time I've ever heard of that acronym.SCO, which stands for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, is an intergovernmental mutual security organization that was founded in 2001 by the heads of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.In the attached 25-minute YouTube video, Al Jazeera's Inside Story tackles deeper what the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Shanghai, China31.230393 121.47370430.7858455 120.836658 31.674940499999998 122.11075tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31477432.post-84116669389901811652011-06-20T07:00:00.010+08:002011-06-20T07:00:01.368+08:00NATO kills Libyan rebels inadvertently, again
Oh no, not again.NATO expressed remorse on Saturday for accidentally hitting vehicles of Libyan insurgents during an airstrike in an eastern oil town on Thursday.An unknown number of people died when the coalition body that was mandated to protect civilians against the 42-year-old rule of Col. Muammnar Gaddafi struck a column of military vehicles in Brega they believed were government forces.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Marsa Brega Airport (LMQ), Marsa al Burayqah, Libya30.3804281 19.57428930000003230.3714361 19.566915800000032 30.3894201 19.581662800000032tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31477432.post-10008733963706062632011-06-19T07:00:00.010+08:002011-06-19T07:00:01.881+08:00Falklands: Would word war turn into another armed war?
Let's pause a bit from the Spratlys issue and focus our attention to another territorial dispute.Argentina's president called the UK "a crass colonial power in decline" because it refuses to discuss the contested South Atlantic archipelago.
It will be recalled that a ten-week Falklands War occurred between the two nations in 1982 where the UK won.The attached YouTube video shows President Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Buenos Aires, Capital Federal, Argentina-34.6084175 -58.373161299999992-34.6977235 -58.471314799999995 -34.5191115 -58.27500779999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31477432.post-29724094314719933702011-06-18T07:00:00.011+08:002011-06-18T07:00:04.733+08:00Yahoo! Japan, newspaper ordered to pay damages over old photo
This may serve as warning to Internet news sites.A court in Tokyo ruled on 15 June that Yahoo Japan Corporation and a national daily, the Sankei Shimbun, pay the damages for publishing a photo of a suicide victim in handcuffs after his death.The Tokyo District Court ordered the two companies to compensate the widow of Kazuyoshi Miura the sum of 660,000 yen (US$8,200) for publicizing the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Tokyo, Japan35.6894875 139.6917063999999335.4907605 139.20315889999992 35.8882145 140.18025389999994tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31477432.post-31306205291686493932011-06-17T08:00:00.008+08:002011-06-17T08:00:01.719+08:00Son says Gaddafi ready for an election, rules out exile
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is ready to relinquish his post after an election but will not be swayed to go into exile.Saif al-Islam, the second son of the strong man, in a report by Corriere della Sera on Thursday said that his father would agree to hold an internationally-supervised election in three months' time or at the end of the year at the most, Reuters Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Tripoli, Libya32.876174 13.18750699999998232.80312 12.944359499999983 32.949228 13.430654499999982tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31477432.post-12552380160079934492011-06-17T07:00:00.010+08:002011-06-17T07:00:02.206+08:00Iran intensifies efforts to combat Western-cultural invasion
The government of Iran wants to strictly enforce its "moral security plan" within the country—from men's hairstyles, to women's dress code to pet ownership.The attached YouTube video shows a report by Al Jazeera that says over 70,000 specially trained forces called "moral police" have been mobilized in the streets to implement the regime's dress code where exposure of women's skin as Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Tehran, Iran35.6961111 51.423055635.517349100000004 51.1169836 35.8748731 51.7291276tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31477432.post-16463832646542813672011-06-16T08:00:00.009+08:002011-06-16T08:00:04.716+08:00World's first floating nuclear plant being built by Russia
Just when the world is beginning to stay away from nuclear energy, Russia is building what could be the first floating nuclear reactor in the world.The attached YouTube video shows one of the eight floating nuclear reactors being built in St. Petersburg, with each reactor costing US$336 million, Al Jazeera said.
Receiving criticisms from environmentalists, each nuclear plant can Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0St Petersburg, Russia59.939038999999987 30.31578500000000559.634551999999985 29.648178500000004 60.243525999999989 30.983391500000007tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31477432.post-1593713508329113102011-06-16T07:00:00.012+08:002011-06-16T07:00:03.660+08:00Settle the spat over Spratlys
A small group of islands in the South China Sea has been getting media attention over the past months because China, the Philippines, Viet Nam and other countries are claiming ownership of the potentially gas, mineral and oil-rich archipelago.Internationally-known as the Spratly Islands or Spratlys, the uninhabited reef lies off the coasts of the Philippines' Palawan province, Malaysia's SabahUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0Southweidao8.6196229999999989 111.92404199999999-31.238743 52.158416999999986 48.477988999999994 171.689667tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31477432.post-6158143435120629102011-06-15T08:00:00.008+08:002011-06-15T08:00:05.691+08:00Government, military porn users revealed by hackers
People perceive hackers negatively, but what will you say when they expose government misconduct?A notorious hacking group called LulzSec revealed last weekend the 26,000 members of a hardcore site Pron.com with some of them coming from government and military institutions from all over the globe, GMA News said.
The Lulz Website said, "Hi! We like porn (sometimes),Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Manila, Philippines14.5833333 120.9666667000000214.5433073 120.92322070000002 14.623359299999999 121.01011270000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31477432.post-25155428642901473582011-06-15T07:00:00.012+08:002011-06-15T07:00:03.374+08:00Gaddafi hides rockets, munitions in Leptis Magna, a World Heritage Site
Leptis Magna, one of the most magnificent and intact remains of the Roman Empire, runs the risk of destruction as pro-Gaddafi forces use it for military operations and camouflage their high-powered munitions, rebels claimed yesterday.Known by various names such as Lectis Magna, Lebda, Lebida, Lepcis Magna, Lpqy and Neapolis, the World Heritage Site is located 130 km (81 mi) east of the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Tripoli, Libya32.876174 13.18750699999998232.80312 12.944359499999983 32.949228 13.430654499999982tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31477432.post-47083997968036975642011-06-14T08:00:00.008+08:002011-06-14T08:00:01.941+08:00S. Korean university chief-politician found dead in an apparent suicide
A South Korean former university president and agriculture minister was found dead on Monday in what appeared to be a suicide after being investigated for a score of corruption and monetary allegations.Police reports said Im Sang-Gyu, president of Suncheon National University and agriculture minister between 2007 and 2008, was found dead in his car near his residence in Suncheon, 415 kilometersUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0Suncheon-si, Jeollanam-do, South Korea34.950637 127.4872135000000534.916437 127.45751350000005 34.984837 127.51691350000006tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31477432.post-28996739364209118122011-06-13T08:46:00.008+08:002011-06-13T08:46:00.136+08:00No aid from US on China-Philippines spat over Spratlys
Manila should use diplomacy and must not expect rescue from Washington over the brewing tension with Beijing over territorial dispute in the South China Sea.The Malacañang was earlier reported to be confident that Uncle Sam will come to aid the Philippines should the Spratly Islands issue escalate into an armed conflict, ABS CBN News said.
Reacting to Manila's confidence that the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Manila, Philippines14.5833333 120.9666667000000214.5433073 120.92322070000002 14.623359299999999 121.01011270000002