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Korea Del Norte - China`s Very Own Version of Israel

U.S. and China maintain an all-costs committment to back problem states...

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - When viewing North Korea as China's Israel, we encounter many similarities and one profound difference. As an isolationist state, North Korea flaunts its nuclear arms.

Israeli Tank Fires Into Syrian Territory

While casualties from Israeli fire were as yet not confirmed, the Israeli army said that there were no Israeli casualties from the Syrian fire.

(GOLAN HEIGHTS AFP) - An Israeli tank has fired into Syrian territory after Syrian mortar and small-arms fire hit the Israeli-occupied sector of the Golan heights, the Israeli Defence Forces told AFP.

An Israeli army statement said troops "returned precise fire at the source and reported a direct hit".

UPDATE FROM DAMASCUS: What`s left of the Arab League?

Has the Arab League mortally wounded itself by declaring war on Syria?

(DAMASCUS) - Frankly, it never was much of a “League” of Arab states.

And arguably it never really achieved a whole lot but two dozen lavish ‘summits’ offering inflated rhetoric, often calculated to assuage the Arab people about their central cause, Palestine.

Gate Closed After the Horse is Bolted!
Controls against Non Resident Tamils Introduced After End of War!!

Non resident Tamils are maintaining dumbfounded silence!!!

(LONDON ) - The government is doing everything possible to undermine a meaningful and transparent reconciliation process post warfare with the Tamil Tigers.

Its inventive and stubborn yardstick is reconciliation through infrastructural development process...

Obama Expresses Frustration, Condemns Drone Warfare in Candid Interview

"We are killing more children than suspected terrorists"

(LEXINGTON KPLN Channel 4) - In what can only be described as an unusual turn of events, President Obama made what appears to be an attempt to distance himself from the war policies of the United States government.

This seems to be more than just face-saving, with the President expressing deep misgivings over the wars and his inability to carry out his campaign promises to end the wars.

US to Keep Vilifying Caracas Even With Chavez Dead

Moros says his government believes foul play was involved in President Chávez’s death.

(TORONTO) - On the day that it was announced Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez had died from an unidentified cancer, two US diplomats were expelled as persona non grata from Caracas for trying to organize some type of coup and conspiracy against Venezuela.

The Obama Administration would calmly wait until March 9, a day after Chávez’s state funeral, to retaliate by expelling two Venezuelan diplomats.

A Dissenting View on Wars With False Causes

For those of us that believe our country went down the wrong path, we have to stand up and not march behind those that are willing to fool themselves.

(WEST DENNIS, MA) - Looking back on the ten year anniversary of the Iraq war, many of us can remember the silence in the media before this war started.

This was a disservice to those Americans who were willing to stand up and say that they wanted their sons and daughters that are taught to fight to be put in the right fights and the right causes.

Bosco Ntaganda`s Surrender In Rwanda: What Must Be Different This Time In The Congo

Ntaganda's arrest will test the global community’s political will to help dismantle destabilizing networks in the eastern provinces of the DRC

(NEW YORK, NY) - War crimes suspect Bosco Ntaganda is the third member of the Rwandan Patriotic Front, fled Rwanda after charges of heinous crimes in the Congo.

He before the International Criminal Court this week, and goes to trial in September.

Pakistan Says Afghanistan `Overreacts` to Cross-Border Shelling

Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Jawed Ludin reportedly stated on Wednesday that “the depth of Pakistan’s complacency” in the Afghan peace process has “shocked” and “disappointed” his country.

(ISLAMABAD Voice of America) - Pakistan criticized as an “overreaction” Afghanistan’s decision to cancel a military trip over alleged cross-border shelling by Pakistani troops.

Pakistan dismissed Kabul’s allegations that Islamabad is not helping advance the Afghan peace process.

Afghanistan Accuses Pakistan of Wrecking Peace Hopes

The Pakistani foreign ministry said its troops had responded to "some intrusions from the Afghan side"

(KABUL AFP News) - The Afghan government on Thursday accused Pakistan of wrecking efforts to end the Taliban's bloody 11-year insurgency, in the latest sign of worsening cross-border relations.

Pakistan, which backed Afghanistan's 1996-2001 Taliban regime, is seen as having a crucial role in negotiating a political settlement with the Islamist extremist leaders who shelter in Pakistan's border districts.