Sri Lanka, Tamil Tigers trade blame for civilian deaths
Reuters via Yahoo! News
The cornered Tamil Tigers on Sunday accused Sri Lanka of killing hundreds in an artillery barrage, which the military said the guerrillas had fired off themselves to win sympathy for a truce to stave off defeat.
Holmes: Read carefully, 'Art of War' can be valuable resource
Athens Banner-Herald
The History Channel aired a documentary on Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" last week, prompting a question. Are the writings of a Chinese general who lived more than two millennia ago, in a civilization far removed from our own, truly relevant t...
Obama-McCain Debate Highlights
Pittsburgh Channel
How will the economy affect the military? "I don't understand how we ended up invading a country that had nothing to do with 9 ... There's no doubt that history shows us that nations that are strong militarily over time have to have a stron...
Scandal of Britain's hired guns
Morning Star
BRITISH mercenaries acting as guns for hire for the US government and pocketing lucrative military contracts in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere would be allowed to police themselves under new Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) guidelines...
Obama visits SSU
Ironton Online
... will elect either the first African-American or the oldest president in history ... When I got home I watched the coverage on channel 3. WSAZ also highlighted a new ... For the last eight years our military has been too focused on winn...
Sri Lanka, Tamil Tigers trade blame for civilian deaths
The Malaysian Insider
COLOMBO, May 11 — The cornered Tamil Tigers yesterday accused Sri Lanka of killing hundreds in an artillery barrage, which the military said the guerrillas had fired off themselves to win sympathy for a truce to stave off defeat. The report...
The battle of Notre Dame
WorldNetDaily
Former presidential candidate Alan Keyes and dozens of anti-abortion activists have assembled in South Bend, Ind., to protest Barack Obama's upcoming participation in Notre Dame University's May 17 commencement exercise.
The Bush Bullydozer Strategy To Preempt His Successor
MediaChannel.org
... the President warned of an Armageddon. “This is the first time in the history of ... To add more anxiety to the process, it was suddenly announced that a military unit ... Copyright © 2000 - 2008 Media Channel.
"Amar Kanwar, The Torn First Pages"
Absolutearts.com
... for 'tearing out the first page' of all books and journals that contained ideological slogans from the military regime. The twenty-channel ... With a penetrating, telescopic gaze Kanwar rescues and reanimates the image and its history ...
Pakistan forces reluctant to fight
Crikey
A series of historical events have created a reluctant Pakistan army, and this will only become more precarious as the Taliban gains further ground. What happened for this to occur?
Tamil Tigers blame Sri Lanka for killing hundreds of civilians
TVNZ
The cornered Tamil Tigers accused Sri Lanka of killing hundreds in an artillery barrage, which the military said the guerrillas had fired off themselves to win sympathy for a truce to stave off defeat
Fireproofing Homes Built With Potentially Fatal Flaw
WTVF
Hundreds showed up Thursday attended a military career fair held at LP Field. Military wives, soldiers and veterans were all ... Saturday night, there was a mad dash to get everything ready for this history making event. more>> Fire Pushes ...
Slitherine's 2009 line-up
gamesindustry.biz
... Slitherine will be publishing HISTORY™ Great Battles of the Middle Ages, the sequel to chart hit, The History Channel ... Under the MILITARY HISTORY™ brand two titles will be released in the Commander series for handhelds: MILITARY HIS...
Britain at War: The Phoney War and the Fall of France
Daily Telegraph
... impassable to tanks - German divisions simply outflanked the Maginot Line and raced for the Channel ... I feared it would be my lot to announce the greatest military disaster in our long history,’ Churchill told the House of Commons th...
UNO's swampy start and the perseverance of its pioneers is subject of ...
New Orleans Times-Picayune Blogs
They attended classes in un-air-conditioned military barracks, parked on an old ... a new documentary debuting tonight at 7 (with multiple replays) on WYES-Channel 12 ... Robert Dupont (associate professor of history and author of "On Highe...
Port security test scheduled for this week
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Navy, Coast Guard and local civil authorities will conduct a maritime security experiment Tuesday through Friday in the Port of Corpus Christi. Corpus Christi was chosen because of its important shipping gateways for commercial and military...
News Middle East
Aljazeera
Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, al-Qaeda's top leader in Iraq, has denied in an audio message that he has been captured by the Iraqi authorities, a US group monitoring Islamist websites has said.
U.S. is still ready to lead
The Myrtle Beach Sun News
I realize I am an old curmudgeon, born during the depths of the Great Depression, and look at almost everything with a jaundiced eye. However, my pessimism pales in comparison with today's dire predictions of the economic demise of the U.S....
