From ABC News Australia Pakistani police on Saturday put opposition politician and former cricket star Imran Khan under house arrest and detained dozens of people protesting against the visit of US President George W Bush. “I have been placed under house arrest just to appease George Bush. You would think I was Osama bin Laden the […]
From ABC News Australia Hurricane refuge like a ‘concentration camp’ The New Orleans Superdome was meant to be a hurricane refuge, but those who sought shelter there have described it as a lawless, squalid “concentration camp” where two children were reportedly raped and other refugees terrorised by rioters. Thousands are still waiting to be transferred […]
From ABC News Australia Hurricane impacts on US grains, cotton markets Hurricane Katrina is wreaking havoc on the US grains market, with heavy selling overnight contributing to fears the export wheat crop could be held up by storm damage. New Orleans and the Gulf Coast are among the largest export and grain handling areas in […]
From ABC News Australia Blame Bush if anything happens to me: Chavez Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says President George W Bush would be to blame if anything happened to him, after an American evangelist said the US should assassinate the democratically-elected, leftist leader. Mr Chavez, a former soldier who often accuses the United States of […]
From ABC News Australia Canada sends warships to defend Arctic land The Canadian Government is sending two warships north to the Arctic Ocean as part of efforts to assert territorial claims. The move comes amid a dispute between Canada and the Danish territory of Greenland about which of them has sovereignty over Hans Island, a […]
From ABC news Australia: Hundreds join anti-war protest at Bush ranch Several hundred people have joined a protest near US President George W Bush’s holiday ranch in Texas to demonstrate against the war in Iraq. The two-week-old protest organised by Cindy Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq last year, is being held to […]
From ABC news Australia: Bush open to use of force in Iran US President George W Bush has refused to rule out the use of force against Iran over the Islamic republic’s resumption of nuclear activities. In an interview with Israeli television, Mr Bush was asked if the use of force was an alternative to […]
Just In ViaABC News Australia: US accuses Iran of supplying Iraqi insurgent bombs US intelligence believes that a cache of manufactured bombs seized in Iraq about two weeks ago was smuggled into the country from Iran by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. “We believe they came from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards,” the official told AFP, speaking on […]
We get told constantly by the administration that we will leave Iraq once they have enough troops trained to take over their own security. But what if the troops are to scared to even leave their base? This is exactly what is happening in the war-torn country. From ABC news Australia: Iraqi soldiers fear leaving […]
Via ABC News Australia Bank robbers go underground to steal $85m Thieves have dug a 200-metre long tunnel to break into a Brazilian bank’s safe, stealing at least $85 million in the biggest bank heist in the country’s history. The thieves penetrated the Banco Central bank in the north-eastern city of Fortaleza on the weekend […]