Hamas stealing aid supplies to sell to residents a report emerges

Excuse the unusual step at tagging the entire story but I thought it important to let it speak for itself. " Grim picture of Gazans' lives painted by reports emerging from Strip, claiming gunmen hiding in civilian...

Indian Truckers' strike hits vegetable supplies, Prices Soar

The Truckers strike has entered the fourth day on Thursday in India with both truckers and government refusing to stand down from their stated positions. An immediate fallout of the ongoing nationwide strike of...

Gaza Relief Boat Damaged in Encounter with Israeli Naval Vessel

An Israeli navel vessel rammed a boat carrying medical volunteers, relief supplies and journalists to Gaza early Tuesday as it attempted to intercept the vessel in the Mediterranean Sea.  Israel denies...

Banned Outfit Claims Attacks on Nato Supplies in Pakistan

Maulvi Omer, spokesman for the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Sunday claimed responsibility for the attacks on Nato supplies and termed it a reaction to the US drone attacks inside Pakistani territory.Talking to reporters by phone from an undisclosed location, Maulvi...

Nato trucks torched in Pakistan

" Peshawar - Pakistani police say suspected militants have killed a policeman and torched 62 trucks at a terminal used to supply Nato and US troops in Afghanistan. Police official Kashif Alam says about 30...

Japan to withdraw air force from Iraq

Japan continues to support the reconstruction of Iraq, but not the war it appears."Japan will withdraw its air force from Iraq by the middle of December, bringing to a close a five-year operation to provide supplies...

US drone attacks: Pakistani Taliban vow to continue attacks on allied troops

The banned outfit of Pakistani militants, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), on Wednesday threatened that if the US drone attacks in the tribal areas of the country continued, it would continue targeting the convoys carrying supplies for the US and Nato forces stationed in the...

Israel Cuts off Food Supply to 1.5 Million Civilians in Gaza City

Again Gaza is being squeezed, this time with Israel refusing international pressure to let food through to the 1.5 million civilians who live there. "For the second time this week, Israel on Thursday resisted a plea by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to ease its...

Al-Qaeda's 'mild' message to Obama

"Al-Qaeda's 'mild' message to Obama By Frank Gardner ...

2.7m Chinese to lose jobs with deepening economic slowdown

Despite the talk of insulated, Chinese economy is also deeply affected with current global economic crisis. World's fastest growing economy is sputtering into an economic slowdown. World is hinging high hope on China to bail out from the current crisis. China's export sector...

Pakistani tribesmen vow to halt supplies to allied forces in Afghanistan

Supporting the latest stance of Pakistan on cross-border incursions by the US-led allied forces stationed in Afghanistan, tribesmen belonging to Pakistan's Khyber tribal region have threatened to block the Peshawar-Torkham Road being used for supplies to the allied forces in...

Houston's post-Ike supplies coming, officials say

"HOUSTON, Texas (CNN) -- Federal supplies of food and water will be available to Houstonians affected by Hurricane Ike on Monday, an official said Sunday after Houston's mayor voiced concern about the aid. ...

NASA adjusts launch dates

"HOUSTON, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. space officials moved the target launch date for the Shuttle Atlantis mission to the Hubble Space Telescope back two days to Oct. 10. The decision was made after Atlantis was rolled to the launch pad Thursday, NASA said Friday in a release....

Russian Oil Company Denies Reports it Would Halt US Shipments

An unidentified source said Russia would be putting pressure on at least one oil company, causing more shortages in the West. However, the oil company, LUKOIL, Russia's 2nd-largest oil company, denied the...

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