Archives
2013 - May
2013 - Apr
2013 - Mar
2013 - Feb
2013 - Jan
2012 - Dec
2012 - Nov
2012 - Oct
2012 - Sep
2012 - Aug
2012 - Jul
2012 - Jun
2012 - May
2012 - Apr
2012 - Mar
2012 - Feb
2012 - Jan
2011 - Dec
2011 - Nov
2011 - Oct
2011 - Sep
2011 - Aug
2011 - Jul
2011 - Jun
|
|
Syria vote: US appropriated UN power
Monday, 6 February 2012 - 1:44 PM SL Time
|
While officials in Washington tirelessly admonish Russia and China for blocking another resolution on Syria, Rick Rozoff of the Stop NATO group tells RT that the UN has been hijacked by the US and NATO.
On Saturday, the United Nations voted on a resolution on Syria, drafted by Morocco. In the end of the day, the document was vetoed by Moscow and Beijing. This move provoked a wave of anger from the West, with most harsh rhetoric heard from the US American Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice said Washington was disgusted by the veto, while Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the vote a `travesty.`
Full Story
Post Reply To This
Read Replies ( 22 )
|
NDP MP Rathika Sitsabaiesan s population math may need fine-tuning
Wednesday, 8 February 2012 - 4:47 AM SL Time
|
It appears that rookie NDP MP Rathika Sitsabaiesan doesn`t know what the population of Canada is.
Or at least she didn`t until last week.
Speaking at a Canadian Human Rights Voice (CHRV) conference on `Human Rights Abuses in Sri Lanka` last Wednesday, the Young MP from Ontario took to the podium to talk about her struggles as a young Tamil child in Sri Lanka.
She went on to talk about how Canadians can help fight for human rights, not just in Sri Lanka, but around the world.
Full Story
Post Reply To This
Read Replies ( 27 )
|
Fifteen years` jail for fraudster`s $45 million luxury shopping spree
Friday, 10 February 2012 - 1:36 PM SL Time
|
A Sydney accountant who stole $45 million from a major finance company then went on a shopping spree has been sentenced to 15 years` jail.
Over the course of five years, Rajina Subramaniam, in her role as a senior accountant with ING Holdings, siphoned the money out of the company`s accounts in the largest case of fraud by one woman in Australian history.
Advertisement: Story continues below She then embarked on a shopping spree which included 600 pieces of jewellery from brands including Tiffany, Tag Heuer, Bulgari and Paspaley, 200 Chanel products including perfume and make-up, designer clothing from Chanel, Hugo Boss and Armani, 60 pieces of Mont Blanc stationery and a $600 bottle of Moet & Chandon Dom Perignon champagne.
Full Story
Post Reply To This
Read Replies ( 29 )
|
Lankan mission bruises Lee
Sunday, 12 February 2012 - 6:57 AM SL Time
|
Matthew Russell Lee, an Inner City Press blogger covering the United Nations, is a longstanding critic of the Rajapaksa administration and continues to badger both the Sri Lanka mission and UN spokesman Martin Nesirky firing a volley of questions virtually every day -- relating mostly to allegations of war crimes and human rights violations by the government and the country`s armed forces.
The initial blast against Lee came from former Deputy Permanent Representative Bandula Jayasekera last May when he wrote a hard-hitting letter to Lee in which he said that `many believe that you are a disgrace to all respected bloggers. What you know best is to insult and discredit people and small third world countries.` (read: Sri Lanka)
Full Story
Post Reply To This
Read Replies ( 8 )
|
Indian NAVY ship strayed in to Sri Lankan territorial waters arrested by Sri Lankan Navy
Sunday, 12 February 2012 - 7:44 PM SL Time
|
Sri Lanka Naval Ship Ranadheera attached to the Northern Naval Command on routine patrol arrested 03 Indian fishermen found poaching in the seas north-west of Kovilum on 11th February 2012. They had painted letters NAVY on the roof top of their fishing trawler to disguise their illegal act. The arrested Indian fishermen and their fishing boat bearing the registration number TN/08/MSB 300 were brought to Kankasanthurai Harbour and handed over to KKS Police for onward action on completion of the preliminary investigations.
Full Story
Post Reply To This
Read Replies ( 6 )
|
Iran cuts oil exports to six EU countries
Wednesday, 15 February 2012 - 7:30 PM SL Time
|
Iran has stopped crude supplies to Spain, Italy, France, Greece, Portugal and the Netherlands, reports Iran`s Press TV.
Tehran has fulfilled its threat to retaliate for the EU`s oil embargo, agreed by the bloc in January. Ever since, officials within Iran have been calling to cork the black gold stream to `hostile` European nations, targeting economies weakened by the ongoing financial crisis. On Wednesday, these calls became reality.
Full Story
Post Reply To This
Read Replies ( 10 )
|
First Gentleman of Finland doing a evaluating Denmark`s royal assets
Friday, 17 February 2012 - 11:57 AM SL Time
|
That`s what happened to Princess Mary of Denmark when she busted the husband of the Finnish president - ironically called the First Gentleman - staring down her dress at a state dinner.
While she may have been tempted to land a left hook Princess Mary kept a smile fixed on her face as she adjusted the neckline of her dress and cast a modest hand over her chest.
The video of the dinner shows Pentti Arajarvi - the husband of president Tarja Halonen - looking at the princess`s cleavage during the dinner hosted by the Queen of Denmark on Wednesday.
Full Story
Post Reply To This
Read Replies ( 7 )
|
Iran cuts oil exports to British, French firms
Sunday, 19 February 2012 - 8:29 PM SL Time
|
Iran`s Oil Ministry announces it has cut oil exports to British and French firms in line with the decision to end crude exports to six European states.
The move comes as Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi had earlier hinted at the possibility of Iran`s halting oil exports to certain European countries.
Iranian Oil Ministry Spokesman Alireza Nikzad-Rahbar said Sunday that Iran has no problem in exporting and selling crude oil to its customers.
We have our own oil customers and replacements for these [British and French] companies have already been chosen and we will sell the crude oil to new customers instead of the British and French companies, Nikzad-Rahbar pointed out.
Full Story
Post Reply To This
Read Replies ( 7 )
|
Google going rogue?
Wednesday, 22 February 2012 - 6:51 AM SL Time
|
Google Bypassing User Privacy Settings in IE
By Chris Paoli 02/21/2012
According to Microsoft, Google circumnavigates Internet Explorer`s P3P Privacy Protection feature to track cookies of users.
Dean Hachamovitch, corporate vice president of Internet Explorer, wrote in a blog post that Microsoft started looking into the issue after a last week Wall Street Journal article discussed how Google got around tracking blockers in Apple`s Safari browser to keep tabs on Web users.
`When the IE team heard that Google had bypassed user privacy settings on Safari, we asked ourselves a simple question: is Google circumventing the privacy preferences of Internet Explorer users too? We`ve discovered the answer is yes: Google is employing similar methods to get around the default privacy protections in IE and track IE users with cookies,` said Hachamovitch.
Full Story
Post Reply To This
Read Replies ( 2 )
|
Under MaRa`s instructions, Pakistan destroys Osama s residence
Monday, 27 February 2012 - 5:33 AM SL Time
|
Pakistani authorities have almost completed the demolition of Osama Bin Laden compound in the city of Abbottabad. A raid by the US SEALs, carried out last May, killed the terrorist in his Pakistani home where he allegedly lived for six years.
Works to demolish the three-story compound started late on Saturday and continued throughout the night on Sunday. Local residents said that the authorities brought at least three machines with special cranes and set up floodlights to allow work to progress through the night, AP reports.
Full Story
Post Reply To This
|
Wikileaks: The GIFiles WikiLeaks publishes `millions` of global intelligence firm`s emails
Monday, 27 February 2012 - 8:30 AM SL Time
|
LONDON Today, Monday 27 February, WikiLeaks began publishing The Global Intelligence Files more than five million emails from the Texas-headquartered `global intelligence` company Stratfor. The emails date from between July 2004 and late December 2011. They reveal the inner workings of a company that fronts as an intelligence publisher, but provides confidential intelligence services to large corporations, such as Bhopal`s Dow Chemical Co., Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and government agencies, including the US Department of Homeland Security, the US Marines and the US Defense Intelligence Agency. The emails show Stratfor`s web of informers, pay-off structure, payment-laundering techniques and psychological methods, for example :
Full Story
Post Reply To This
Read Replies ( 3 )
|
|
|
ThinKing's Page
