On January 13, 2010 Pat Robertson, founder and chairman of the Christian Broadcasting Network, stated that Haiti “swore a pact to the devil.” This was one day after a 7.0 earthquake rocked the island nation resulting in massive loss of life. The “pact” Robertson so confidently ment... Read more...
In a previous article I pointed to three factors to explain the West’s decision to intervene militarily in Libya to prevent the government there from putting down an armed rebellion while it tacitly approves the Gulf Cooperation Council’s military intervention in Bahrain to put down a peace... Read more...
Cuban strong man Fidel Castro has resigned from the Communist Party's central committee, formalising a gradual retreat from spotlight that started in 2006. The 84-year-old leader wrote in a newspaper column that his brother Raul Castro, who has been running the affairs of the country s... Read more...
My how things have changed ^... A few Key Points below.... World Prison Population List (Eighth Edition).pdf Introduction This eighth edition of the World Prison Population List gives details of the number of prisoners held in 218 independent countries and dependent territories. It shows the d... Read more...
The United Nations has warned that the cholera epidemic in Haiti could affect many more people than previously believed. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that health officials now estimated that 650,000 people could become infected over the next six months. He also said that the UN believ... Read more...
A 5.6-magnitude earthquake shook Cuba on Saturday. The quake struck at 1:08 p.m. (2:08 p.m. ET) 22 kilometers (14 miles) below the surface and was centered 44 km (27 miles) south-southwest of Guantanamo, the U.S. Geological Survey said. "So far, there haven't been any reports of major damages ... Read more...
Washington (CNN) -- Twelve detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were transferred to Afghanistan, Yemen and Somaliland, the U.S. Justice Department said Sunday. The moves bring the total number of detainees held at Guantanamo to just under 200. Four Afghan detainees were transferred to the Afghan g... Read more...