Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs, 26, the alleged ringleader of a rogue group that slaughtered three Afghan civilians, was found guilty of three counts of murder among other charges levied against him by a military court. The verdict was reached after less than a day of deliberation by the five person panel. Of the five […]
Read MoreRecently named Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos is said to be working around the clock to avert Greek default on their sovereign debt obligations. Like recently minted Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, Lucas Papademos is a technocrat, heading Greece’s first coalition government in recent memory. Necessary austerity legislation is still wildly unpopular with the Greek […]
Read MoreThe Russian Space Agency Roscosmos is reportedly working out uncontrolled reentry scenarios for their ambitious probe the Phobos Grunt. The Phobos Grunt was intended to land on the Martian moon of Phobos, collect samples, and return to Earth all within a span of fifteen months; however, now the Roscosmos team responsible for the project is […]
Read MoreItalian President Giorgio Napolitano has called upon popular technocrat and Senator for life Mario Monti to form a government to tackle Italy’s growing sovereign debt crisis. Berlusconi’s party, the People of Liberty, promised to only cooperate for as long as it takes to pass through the necessary measures to reduce Italy’s $2.6 trillion public debt. […]
Read MoreSpoilers ahead. [Season 1, Episode 1 – ‘Winter is Coming’ Review and Synopsis] This episode was written by D.B. Weiss and David Van Patten. We join Daenerys on the road with her new husband Khal Drogo and his tribe, the peripatetic Dothraki. Ser Jorah Mormont accompanies Daenerys as her bodyguard/ link to […]
Read MoreVladmir Putin will transfer from the Prime Minister’s seat to the President’s in 2012 after current Russian President Medvedev’s term is over. Putin has often been quoted expressing his admiration and nostalgia for Russia’s past, and this has found expression in foreign policy overtures to form both bilateral unions, such as that proposed between Russia […]
Read MoreInternational attention is often focused on nuclear weapons development. Whether it is Iran or North Korea, the common concern typically centers around this very specific type of weapon of mass destruction, even when considering the threats posed to domestic security by terrorism. Chemical based weapons (CBW) and biological weapons (BW) pose as much as a […]
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