| Clinton: We will not back down on Iran Posted: 21 Jan 2010 05:53 PM PST US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the US and its partners are determined to keep mounting pressure on Iran over its nuclear program. "Let me be clear, we will not be waited out and we will not back down," Clinton told reporters in a joint press conference with Catherine Ashton, who was on her first official visit to Washington as the European Union foreign affairs chief. Read more...  |
| Corporate money to finance US political campaigns Posted: 21 Jan 2010 04:30 PM PST The American corporate businesses can now freely spend their money to prop-up political candidates as the US Supreme Court overrules a ban on campaign financing by corporations. The nine justices of the top court ruled on Thursday by a 5-4 vote to abolish a two-decade ruling urging the companies to only use specially earmarked funds from a political action committee for political purposes, AFP reported. Read more...  |
| NY police charged with sexual abuse of man Posted: 21 Jan 2010 04:17 PM PST A New York police officer and two colleagues have stood trial for abusing a man in October 15, 2008 after arresting him for smoking a marijuana cigarette. Michael Mineo, at the time 24, was smoking a marijuana cigarette with a friend near the Prospect Park subway station 15 months ago when an under-cover police vehicle approached them. Read more...  |
| Iran limits cash withdrawals to fight money-laundering Posted: 21 Jan 2010 03:43 PM PST Iran has restricted individuals from taking out more than $15,000 in cash from banks per day as part of efforts to battle money-laundering. As of January 21, account holders will no longer be allowed to withdraw more than $15,000 from banks but they can still write checks for larger amounts, the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) said in a statement. Read more...  |
| Angola's 1st constitution scraps presidential polls Posted: 21 Jan 2010 03:37 PM PST Angola's parliament has voted to approve the country's first constitution, replacing an interim constitutional law in effect since the country's independence from Portugal in 1975. The charter was approved on Thursday following a ballot in the 220-seat parliament, with 186 affirmative votes, AFP news agency reported. Read more...  |
| Sri Lanka's opposition warns of post-poll coup plan Posted: 21 Jan 2010 03:20 PM PST Sri Lanka's opposition says it fears the president might use the military to remain in power if he is defeated in next week's elections. The opposition candidate, Sarath Fonseka, said on Thursday that the government was preparing the ground to hold on to power. Read more...  |
| Straw: Iraq invasion posed 'moral dilemma' Posted: 21 Jan 2010 03:13 PM PST Former British foreign secretary Jack Straw has told the Iraq war inquiry that he has battled a "moral as well as political dilemma" before deciding to back the 2003 US-led invasion. In a 25-page statement published ahead of his appearance before the inquiry on Thursday, the current Justice Minister suggested he considered resigning to avoid making the "profoundly difficult" decision. Read more...  |
| Saudi jets bomb northern Yemen regions Posted: 21 Jan 2010 03:03 PM PST Saudi fighter jets have launched another round of aerial bombardment of Houthi positions in northern Yemen along the border with the oil-rich kingdom. According to a statement released by the Houthi fighters on Thursday, Saudi forces carried out 25 aerial attacks on the northern regions of Jebel Razih, Jebel Dhar Hamar, Khamis al-Mihwar, Saqin, Jebel al-Madood, al-Malaheet, as well as the rugged villages in close proximity to the border regions of the oil-rich kingdom. Read more...  |
| Cat goddess temple found in Egypt Posted: 21 Jan 2010 02:21 PM PST Egyptian archaeologists have found the ruins of an ancient temple, which they believe might have belonged to the cat goddess Bastet. The Ptolemaic-era temple was discovered in the Kom el-Dekkah neighborhood of the city of Alexandria, which is known for its Roman-era amphitheater and well preserved mosaics. Read more...  |
| Afghan tribesmen protest civilian deaths Posted: 21 Jan 2010 01:38 PM PST Hundreds of Afghans have joined a rally to protest against the civilian deaths in a military raid by NATO forces in the war-weary country. Furious tribesmen brought five coffins to the provincial capital Ghazni City on Thursday and chanted anti-US slogans. Read more...  |
| Turkish police arrests 60 for suspected PKK links Posted: 21 Jan 2010 01:23 PM PST Turkish police have arrested 60 people in simultaneous operations across four provinces. The detained prisoners were suspected of cooperating with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). According to Anatolia news agency, anti-terror police rounded up the suspects in raids on their homes and offices in Istanbul, Batman, Diyarbakir, Van and the eastern city of Igdir. Read more...  |
| Pakistan turns down US call for fresh offensives Posted: 21 Jan 2010 01:13 PM PST The Pakistani army says it will not expand operations against militants launching cross-border attacks against US-led forces in neighboring Afghanistan. On Thursday, Pakistani military Spokesman Athar Abbas said in Islamabad that the troops will launch no new offensives on militants over the next 12 months. Read more...  |
| Senior Al-Qaeda leaders arrested in Iraq Posted: 21 Jan 2010 01:04 PM PST Iraqi security forces have arrested three senior military commanders with links to the terrorist Al-Qaeda network in the eastern province of Wasit. Iraqi Security forces captured the high-ranking al-Qaeda terrorists on Thursday morning. The forces were tipped off by intelligence sources about Al-Qaeda presence in al-Suweira district, situated about 135 kilometers north of Kut, and succeeded in catching the terrorists after raiding several houses. Read more...  |
| Iran invites Muslim states to join film project Posted: 21 Jan 2010 12:51 PM PST Iran has invited Islamic and Arab countries to collaborate on producing a film on the illegitimate occupation of Palestine. Talking during the closing ceremony of the 2nd International Story of Resistance Film Festival in Beirut, the Iranian Deputy Culture Minister Javad Shamaqdari invited Islamic countries to join the large-scale project. Read more...  |
| 'Global developments benefit independent nations' Posted: 21 Jan 2010 12:15 PM PST Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says current regional and global developments are in "the interest of independent and justice-seeking countries." There exists the tendency in the region for regional states to help establish peace and security through cooperation, Ahmadinejad said in a meeting with former Armenian president Robert Kocharian in Tehran on Tuesday. Read more...  |
| Obama claims optimism on US economy in 2010 Posted: 21 Jan 2010 12:15 PM PST Barack Obama has portrayed a rosy image of the US economy in 2010, challenging odds related to the massive bank bailouts and a ten percent unemployment. "We had to salvage a financial system that could have made things much worse. We had to take the steps that we did at the beginning of the year, in order to stabilize the economy," Obama said in an interview with ABC News on Wednesday, Reuters reported. Read more...  |
| Saudi Arabia shifts 12 female inmates after prison riot Posted: 21 Jan 2010 11:54 AM PST Twelve prisoners involved in the riot at a women's correctional facility in the holy city of Mecca have been transferred to other parts of Saudi Arabia as authorities have launched a probe into the incident. The Directorate of Social Affairs in Mecca transferred the 12 female inmates to detention centers in Tabuk and Qaisumah, Jeddah as well as Ta'if. Scores of the women's families, however, have not been informed about the transfer, the Saudi Gazette reported on Thursday. Read more...  |
| Iran rejects 'modification' of Algiers Accord Posted: 21 Jan 2010 10:50 AM PST Iran's Ambassador to Baghdad Hassan Kazemi-Qomi has stressed that Tehran will not accept any "change or modification" to the 1975 Algiers Accord. The accord, signed between the two neighbors in March 1975, settled previous border disagreements between Tehran and Baghdad. The accord clearly determined the common land and water borders between the two countries. Read more...  |
| US blamed for sending arms to Somalia Posted: 21 Jan 2010 09:45 AM PST Amnesty International has accused the US of sending weapons to Somalia that could be used to commit "gross and widespread abuses." The US deliveries to the Somalis, according to a Thursday report by the human rights group, included mortars, ammunition, as well as cash for the purchase of more arms. Read more...  |
| US to house Haiti's quake victims at Guantanamo Posted: 21 Jan 2010 09:22 AM PST The United States is erecting tents around its military base on the leased Cuban territories of Guantanamo Bay for the relocation of thousands of Haiti's quake migrants. The United States has already set up around 100 tents and intends to add another 1000 if encountered with larger-than-expected number of Haitians, The Washington Post quoted US military official Rear Admiral Thomas Copeman as saying on Wednesday. Read more...  |
| Houthis: Sana'a behind violence in Yemen Posted: 21 Jan 2010 09:10 AM PST Yemen's Houthi fighters accuse the Sana'a government of fueling violence in the country in a bid to attract financial backing from the United States. The Shia resistance fighters charged the central government with forging an al-Qaeda cell in Yemen, adding that the abduction of foreigners in the country is another part of the scheme planned by Sana'a. Read more...  |
| Saudi schoolgirl gets 90 lashes for cell phone Posted: 21 Jan 2010 08:15 AM PST A Saudi court has sentenced a 13-year-old Saudi schoolgirl to 90 lashes and two months in prison after she was caught with a mobile phone equipped with a camera. The girl, who has not been named, is sentenced to 90 lashed in her school in front of her classmates followed by two months in detention. Read more...  |
| China to handle Google row as business dispute Posted: 21 Jan 2010 08:04 AM PST A month after a major cyber attack against Google, China is taking a cautious approach in its dispute with the internet giant. A report by the New York Times said China aims to treat the conflict as a business dispute and not a political matter that could affect relations with the US. Read more...  |
| NY Times to charge for web access Posted: 21 Jan 2010 07:39 AM PST The New York Times plans to charge readers for unlimited access to its online content starting at the beginning of 2011. The American daily aims to restrict online users' free access to its web version, starting January, 2011. Read more...  |
| Iran, Azerbaijan to finalize gas deal Posted: 21 Jan 2010 07:28 AM PST Within 90 days Tehran expects to finalize a long-term deal with Baku to import gas, the head of National Iranian Gas Export Company (NIGEC) says. In mid-January, NIGEC struck a short-term agreement to import some 500 million cubic meters of gas per day from neighboring Azerbaijan. Read more...  |
| US senators urge action on Iran Internet Posted: 21 Jan 2010 07:25 AM PST Five US Senators publically urged Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to expedite aid flow to fight Internet restrictions in Iran, amid accusations that Washington interferes in Iran's internal affairs. In a letter made public on Wednesday, the senators urged Clinton to swiftly spend $45 million that has been earmarked over the last two years to fight Internet restrictions in countries like Iran, the New York Times reported. Read more...  |
| Speaker names source of Iran democracy Posted: 21 Jan 2010 07:07 AM PST Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said Wednesday the cornerstone of the democracy in Iran is Velayat-e-Faqih, the rule of the most senior religious authority in Shia Islam. "Velayat-e-Faqih is the foundation of democracy and religion in the country," Larijani told a gathering of clerics in central Markazi Province. Read more...  |
| Chavez says US 'weapon' caused Haiti quake Posted: 21 Jan 2010 06:55 AM PST Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez Wednesday accused the United States of causing the destruction in Haiti by testing a 'tectonic weapon' to induce the catastrophic earthquake that hit the country last week. President Chavez said the US was "playing God" by testing devices capable of creating eco-type catastrophes, the Spanish newspaper ABC quoted him as saying. Read more...  |
| Iran plans to lop three zeros off currency Posted: 21 Jan 2010 06:55 AM PST Iran will remove three zeros from its national currency, the rial, so it can recover value lost in recent years, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said. "We are supposed to remove zeros from the currency... as for some reasons the rial has depreciated during recent years," Ahmadinejad told reporters on Wednesday. "We have to restore its true real value to the one existing in law." Read more...  |
| US lifts visa ban on Muslim scholar Posted: 21 Jan 2010 06:24 AM PST The US State Department said Wednesday it lifted a ban on Swiss Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan entering the country, six years after using the Patriot Act to revoke his visa. The decision was signed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Read more...  |
| Panic in Munich Airport as police mess up Posted: 21 Jan 2010 06:11 AM PST A Munich Airport terminal was sealed off Wednesday after a traveler vanished in the crowd after his laptop triggered a security checkpoint alarm. Despite the alarm, laptop owner quickly picked up his computer and vanished in the crowd in the departure terminal. The man, whose nationality remains unknown, is reportedly still at large. Read more...  |
| Iran sets condition for attending Afghan confab Posted: 21 Jan 2010 05:57 AM PST Iran said Thursday it would take part in a conference on Afghanistan in London providing its viewpoints are fully taken into consideration. "If Iran's considerations on Afghanistan are completely taken into account in the final statement of the London conference, we will consider taking part in the gathering," Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said. Read more...  |
| Israel deports American journalist Posted: 21 Jan 2010 05:49 AM PST Israel on Wednesday deported an American journalist serving as head of the English department in a Palestinian-based news agency. Jared Malsin, who is contracted to Ma'an News Agency, was deported after being held by authorities at Ben Gurion International Airport for eight days. Read more...  |
| Iran deplores 'hostile' US approach Posted: 21 Jan 2010 05:40 AM PST Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said Thursday the United States has changed its rhetoric but is maintaining its hostile attitude towards Iran. "The US has made no significant shifts in its Iran policy," Larijani said. Read more...  |
| Virginia shooting suspect indicted for homicide Posted: 21 Jan 2010 05:26 AM PST Police in Virginia arrested an American security officer charged with eight counts of murder and possession of 'illegal' explosives. Christopher B. Speight, 39, was captured at his residence in central Virginia without incidence on Wednesday. Read more...  |
| Palin teams up with McCain for Arizona race Posted: 21 Jan 2010 05:22 AM PST Republican Senator John McCain said Wednesday his former running mate in the 2008 presidential election, Sarah Palin, will campaign for him in Arizona for the Senate seat. McCain said in a statement that Palin, who has recently joined Fox News channel as a commentator, would help him as he run for a fifth term as a senator in the upcoming election in March. Read more...  |
| Fuel shortage in Gaza as cold season arrives Posted: 21 Jan 2010 05:08 AM PST Officials in Gaza warn that the dire gas shortage in the blockaded coastal strip could bring closer to reality a humanitarian crisis as a cold winter nears. Mahmoud al-Khaznadar, vice president of the gas station owners union in the Gaza Strip, said Wednesday a weekly average of 100 tons of fuel has been allowed into the blockaded strip while the minimum need is 300 tons. Read more...  |
| Real Madrid faces power cut in Albania friendly Posted: 21 Jan 2010 05:03 AM PST Spanish giants Real Madrid have been plunged into darkness while playing a friendly game against an Albanian oil magnate's team. The Tirana stadium was left in the dark following an embarrassing power cut at the start of the second half of the match at Qemal Stafa stadium in Tirana on Wednesday. Read more...  |
| Chavez says US caused Haiti quake Posted: 21 Jan 2010 04:46 AM PST Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez Wednesday accused the United States of causing the destruction in Haiti by testing a 'tectonic weapon' to induce the catastrophic earthquake that hit the country last week. President Chavez said the US was "playing God" by testing devices capable of creating eco-type catastrophes, the Spanish newspaper ABC quoted him as saying. Read more...  |
| China's economy now the world's second Posted: 21 Jan 2010 04:18 AM PST Latest official statistics show China's gross domestic product has grown by 8.7% in 2009, overtaking Japan as the world's second largest economy. According to China's GDP figures announced Thursday by Ma Jiantang, head of the National Bureau of Statistics, the country's GDP in the fourth quarter of 2009 has expanded by 10.7 percent when compared year-on-year, exceeding most predictions. Read more...  |
| Education tumbles in global economic crisis Posted: 21 Jan 2010 03:41 AM PST A report by UNESCO has outlined that rising poverty and malnutrition threaten to deprive children in poor countries of an education. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) found that education has become a major item to be jettisoned in the global economic meltdown. Read more...  |
| Gunners beat Bolton 4-2 to top Premier League Posted: 21 Jan 2010 03:32 AM PST Arsenal has stormed to the top of the English Premier League after coming back from two goals down to gain a 4-2 win against Bolton. Bolton took the lead when Gary Cahill scored in the seventh minute and Matt Taylor converted a penalty kick in the 28th to double the advantage at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday night. Read more...  |
| US says will increase troops in Haiti Posted: 21 Jan 2010 03:23 AM PST Amid growing concerns of Latin American leaders over the presence of the US military in Haiti, Washington plans to send 4,000 troops to the quake-hit country. A statement from the US Second Fleet Wednesday stated that the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen, has made the decision to dispatch the troops. Read more...  |
| Rival clash kills 23 in Mexico jail Posted: 21 Jan 2010 02:44 AM PST At least 23 people were killed Wednesday in a north Mexico prison after rival inmates engaged in a deadly brawl, officials said. Military and federal troops were dispatched to assist local police in quelling the deadly clash at the overcrowded prison in the state of Durango, AFP reported. Read more...  |
| World Bank predicts economic growth Posted: 20 Jan 2010 11:39 PM PST The World Bank has forecast increased global economic growth for the coming year after the passing of the "acute phase" of the world recession.
A report released on Thursday by the Washington-based group predicted 2.7 per cent world economic growth this in 2010 and 3.2 per cent for 2011. This follows a 2.2 per cent contraction in 2009. Read more...  |
| Storm forces hundreds to evacuate in CA Posted: 20 Jan 2010 11:01 PM PST Hundreds of homeowners in fire-ravaged areas have been ordered to evacuate across California as a powerful storm battered the region. The storm, the third to hit into the region since Monday, was expected to dump up to 10 inches of rain in some areas by Thursday, raising fears of landslides in hilly regions denuded of vegetation by last year's wildfires. Read more...  |
| Israel 'needs West Bank presence' Posted: 20 Jan 2010 10:55 PM PST The Israeli prime minister has said that Israeli security forces must be allowed to operate inside any future Palestinian state. Binyamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that Israel would need to maintain a "presence" along the West Bank's eastern border to prevent weapons being smuggled to Palestinian fighters. Read more...  |
| 15 militants killed in Afghan clashes Posted: 20 Jan 2010 10:51 PM PST At least 15 Taliban militants, including a local commander, have been killed in air raids in northeast Afghanistan, Afghan officials say. "Fifteen Taliban militants, including a local commander, were killed in operations and raids conducted by the allied forces in northwest of the country," said Provincial Police Chief Ahmad Sami on Wednesday. Read more...  |
| Iran, Pakistan to sign gas pipeline deal 'next week' Posted: 20 Jan 2010 10:24 PM PST Pakistani Federal Minister for Petroleum Naveed Qamar has declared that Iran and Pakistan have finalized an agreement to build a natural gas pipeline. Qamar said the federal government is taking serious measures to combat the current energy crisis in the country. Read more...  |
| Lobo: Zelaya can leave Honduras Posted: 20 Jan 2010 09:47 PM PST Incoming Honduran leader Porfirio Lobo says that the deposed president Manuel Zelaya will be allowed to leave Honduras as part of a political settlement. On Wednesday, Lobo said that Zelaya -- holed up at the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa since September in a failed attempt to regain power can leave Honduras with no fear of being arrested, AFP reported. Read more...  |
| Chavez: US using quake in Haiti for occupation Posted: 20 Jan 2010 09:34 PM PST Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says that the US is using the devastating quake that hit Haiti last week to occupy the Caribbean nation. "The United States government is using a humanitarian tragedy to militarily occupy Haiti. I read somewhere that they even occupied the government palace," Chavez said as he launched a cable car system for poor neighborhoods in Caracas, Dpa reported on Wednesday. Read more...  |
| US emergency war budget sees 9bn for Afghan war Posted: 20 Jan 2010 09:17 PM PST The US Army's emergency war budget for 2011 will cover big orders for weapons for a major build-up of troops in Afghanistan. The Army has called for 33 billion dollars in emergency war funding, which includes over nine billion dollars for Afghanistan, Reuters reported on Wednesday. Read more...  |
| Netanyahu attacks Abbas over peace talks Posted: 20 Jan 2010 08:54 PM PST Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu has attacked the acting Palestinian Authority chief for his refusal to resume peace talks over demands for settlement freeze in the occupied Palestinian territories. "The Palestinians are piling demand upon demand upon demand," said Netanyahu on Wednesday adding that "The Palestinians have climbed up a tree …and they like it up there". Read more...  |
| China 'recovers' from global slump Posted: 20 Jan 2010 08:47 PM PST China has declared itself the first major economy to recover from the global economic downturn as data showed economic growth accelerated to 10.7 per cent in the final quarter of 2009. GDP for the whole year totalled 8.7 per cent according to government figures released on Thursday, easily beating targets. Read more...  |
| 'Fight against terror pretext for waging wars' Posted: 20 Jan 2010 08:23 PM PST President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says hegemonic powers wage wars under different pretexts to take over other countries' natural resources. Ahmadinejad, in a meeting with Guyana's President Bharrat Jagdeo in Tehran on Wednesday, said that there are certain powers that are seeking to gain control of natural resources in the Middle East by waging wars in the region under the pretext of "freedom, human rights and fight against terror." Read more...  |
| Estrada cleared for Philippines run Posted: 20 Jan 2010 07:54 PM PST Joseph Estrada, the former Philippine president, has been cleared to make a run for the presidency again in elections scheduled for later this year. On Wednesday the Commission on Elections (Comelec) rejected a challenge from a group of lawyers that Estrada should be banned due to a constitutional requirement barring presidents from seeking re-election after serving one six-year term. Read more...  |
| Honduras offers Zelaya safe passage Posted: 20 Jan 2010 07:31 PM PST The incoming Honduran president has agreed to offer Manuel Zelaya, the ousted leader, safe passage to the Dominican Republic. Porfirio Lobo said on Wednesday that Zelaya, who was deposed in a coup in June, would be allowed to leave Honduras as part of a settlement to the country's lengthy political crisis. Read more...  |
| The Charade of Climate Change and other Western Fables Posted: 20 Jan 2010 07:24 PM PST US led West will use any trick to maintain its hegemony and will find many collaborators .In the past Europeans were on a civilising mission and saving souls for Jesus Christ .How they civilised the East ,West and South through colonial exploitation after carrying out genocides ! After the collapse of the Communist USSR and the Fall of the Berlin Wall ,trillions of dollars worth of wealth was transferred to the West under the charade of bringing in capitalism and globalisation .From Russia alone between $400 billion to a trillion was taken out if not more . Read more...  |
| Scott Brown's Massachusetts Massacre: The Unspoken Race Dimension Posted: 20 Jan 2010 07:03 PM PST Scott Brown's stunning victory over Martha Coakley is filled with national implications. Of course, what makes his win so dramatic is that Massachusetts is one of the bluest states in the country. Brown underlined this in his victory speech when he said "When there's trouble in Massachusetts, rest assured, there's trouble everywhere, and they know it." Democrats control Massachusetts' entire Congressional delegation and Obama won the state with a 26% margin in 2008. That a Republican can now win a statewide election by over five points is truly remarkable. Read more...  |
| UN Warns Israeli Blockade puts Gazans' Health at Risk Posted: 20 Jan 2010 07:01 PM PST The blockade of the Gaza Strip is putting residents' health at risk, the UN and aid groups have warned. BBC New's – Medical facilities and equipment are in disrepair, many damaged in Israel's military operation a year ago have not been rebuilt, they said. Read more...  |
| The Rule of Law Has Been Lost Posted: 20 Jan 2010 06:57 PM PST What is the greatest human achievement? Many would answer in terms of some architectural or engineering feat: The Great Pyramids, skyscrapers, a bridge span, or sending men to the moon. Others might say the subduing of some deadly disease or Einstein's theory of relativity. The greatest human achievement is the subordination of government to law. This was an English achievement that required eight centuries of struggle, beginning in the ninth century when King Alfred the Great codified the common law, moving forward with the Magna Carta in the thirteenth century and culminating with the Glorious Revolution in the late seventeenth century. Read more...  |
| Obama's popularity sinks in Democrat-dominated CA Posted: 20 Jan 2010 06:54 PM PST A new poll shows that US president Barack Obama's popularity has plunged in Democrat-dominated California. The poll, released on Wednesday has found that most Californians continue to like the president's handling of the war in Afghanistan and his efforts to counter the terrorism threat. However, they give him poor marks on the economy and healthcare reform. Read more...  |
| White Do-Gooders Go Haiti-Orphan Crazy Posted: 20 Jan 2010 06:38 PM PST Aren't they just so adorable? Last year in Haiti, White saps Chris and Melissa Bunch (above) came close to getting two of their very own Haitian "orphans" to call their own, but the Haitian birth mother unexpectedly showed up and wanted them back! Apparently, they are still trying to nab a few real orphans, but no luck so far. Actually, it's for the best since — chances are — most of them will grow up to be common street gangstas, or unwed mothers in about 10 years. The taxpayer would have had to pick up the tab to support these useless people once again. Read more...  |
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