Army Testing XM-25 'Smart' Weapon
on Nov 21, 2009"Say hello to my little friend."FORT BELVOIR, Va. - A Soldier successfully shoulder-fired a "smart" High Explosive Airburst, or HEAB round for the first time Aug. 11 from the XM-25 weapon system at Aberdeen Test Center, Md.The Army plans on purchasin...

Fort Hood Killer's Attorney: Hasan Is Paralyzed From the Chest Down And Is In Severe Pain
on Nov 21, 2009(ABC) Major Nidal Hasan, charged with killing 13 in the Fort Hood shooting spree, is paralyzed from the chest down and is not a flight risk, said his defense attorney after a hearing before a military magistrate in Hasan's hospital room Saturday. The...

Obama asks for patience on economy
on Nov 21, 2009Patience? Didn't he promise that as soon as he's elected the economy would start recovering?WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Americans to show patience over the economy and argued that his just-concluded Asia trip was c...

Italian police arrest 2 Pakistanis linked to Mumbai attacks
on Nov 21, 2009The two, father and son, spent just over US$200 to set up a reliable and untraceable phone network that was used by the militants who carried out last year's terror attacks in Mumbai, India.ROME (AP) — Italian police on Saturday arrested two Pakist...

CW2 Nicole Shuman — Apache helicopter pilot supporting ground troops in Iraq
on Nov 21, 2009With more than a 1,000 combat hours, CW2 Nicole Shuman is one of a handful of female pilots flying Apaches into combat.

Norway: Muslim students want Oslo university's gym for Friday prayers
on Nov 21, 2009Give them a finger and they will bite off your hand. Which is why the University's deans object to this "initiative".The Muslim Student Society asked to use a gym hall at Oslo university (Blindern) for half an hour every Friday for prayer, but the un...

Muslims object to 2012
on Nov 20, 2009(Indonesia) Isn't it amazing how offended Muslims can get over something they haven't a clue about? 99.99% of the idiots who wanted Salman Rushdie dead for his book 'The Satanic Verses' can't even read English. (For some reason I cannot see it being...

Plight of child laborers in Saudi Arabia
on Nov 20, 2009Children, mostly foreign, some as young as 5, are forced to work in order to make a living.Human rights organizations seem unconcerned.JEDDAH/DAMMAM – Child labor violations, including forced child labor, are rarely reported, investigated, or prose...

Britain: Bin-Laden's son wants to work for the UN
on Nov 20, 2009The man refuses to condemn his father for 9/11 and says he wants to work for the UN to promote peace.Nice.New York, 19 Nov. (AKI) - The son of Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, Omar, has told a British magazine that he would like to promote peace and...

Suicide bomber kills 16 in western Afghanistan; 5 more killed in a separate bombing
on Nov 20, 2009Friday, the Muslim holy day. Happens to be the day when Allah is the most thirsty for blood.KABUL (AP) — A suicide bomber killed 16 people and wounded at least 23 others Friday in a busy city square in western Afghanistan, while near Kabul a powerf...