U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told American troops in eastern Afghanistan the United States is winning the 10-year-old war against extremists in the country. Panetta flew to a remote U.S. Military base to present valor award medals to soldiers and offer reassurances the troops are making what he called significant progress in the war against [...]
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December 15, 2011
December 14, 2011
Physicists May Have Detected Elusive Higgs Boson Particle
Scientists at a research laboratory outside Geneva, Switzerland say they have seen tantalizing hints of the existence of the Higgs boson subatomic particle, which they say might help explain the fundamental structure of the universe. But researchers who on Tuesday presented results of two experiments conducted at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, [...]
December 14, 2011
Panetta in Afghanistan, Calls 2011 a ‘Turning Point’
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is on a surprise visit to Afghanistan, where he says 2011 will mark a turning point in the 10-year-old war. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrived in Kabul for a visit with troops and a first-hand assessment from the man who commands them, General John Allen. Speaking on his [...]
December 13, 2011
Hezbollah identifies undercover CIA officers
December 13, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Hezbollah identifies undercover CIA officers 13 Dec 2011 The militant group Hezbollah has revealed the identities of CIA officers working undercover in Lebanon, a blow to agency operations in the region and the latest salvo in an escalating spy war. Hezbollah made the names public in a broadcast Friday [...]
December 13, 2011
Hezbollah names CIA spies in Lebanon
Hezbollah has revealed the identities of CIA officers working undercover in Lebanon, a blow to agency operations in the region and the latest salvo in an escalating spy war. The militant group made the names public in a broadcast on Friday night on a Lebanese television station, al-Manar. Using video animations, the station recreated meetings [...]
December 11, 2011
Defectors Fight Syrian Troops in South
Army defectors in southern Syria battled loyalist forces backed by tanks in a major armed confrontation Sunday near the Jordanian border, as at least eight people were killed in nationwide violence. Residents and activists said government troops from Syria’s 12th Armored Brigade stormed the southern town of Busra al-Harir overnight. The British-based Syrian Observatory for [...]
December 10, 2011
Drone shot down by Iran shown on TV
December 9, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Drone shot down by Iran shown on TV 09 Dec 2011 Iranian state IRIB TV has shown footage of what it claims is a US drone that was shot down by Iranian troops in the eastern region of the country four days ago. The Islamic Revolution Guards Commander Brigadier [...]
December 8, 2011
US Reassures China Over Increased Military Ties in Asia
A top American defense official says she sought to reassure her Chinese counterparts that U.S. moves to strengthen its military ties in Asia are not aimed at containing China. U.S. Undersecretary of Defense Michele Flournoy told reporters in Beijing, Thursday, she and Chinese military officials discussed a wide range of issues in their annual meeting. [...]
December 8, 2011
Nasa’s Voyager 1 enters interstellar space
Nasa‘s Voyager 1 has entered uncharted territory on the border of our solar system and the remainder of the Milky Way. Scientists at the US space agency said the craft had gone into a region at the edge of the solar system, describing it as “a kind of cosmic purgatory”. Ed Stone, Voyager project scientist [...]
December 5, 2011
Peru state of emergency over mine
5 December 2011 Last updated at 04:52 GMT There have been protests, strikes and marches against the Conga gold mine project Peru’s President Ollanta Humala has declared a state of emergency in a northern region that has seen bitter protests against a gold mine project. Mr Humala said the measure would last 60 days and [...]
December 4, 2011
Howling winds bring fire threat
(CNN) — A fire alert was in effect in Southern California until Sunday morning following warnings that the powerful winds pounding the region could ignite fast-moving blazes. The “red-flag warning” in Los Angeles and Ventura counties means gusty winds and low humidity make it favorable for fire to grow rapidly if it ignites. “This, in [...]
December 3, 2011
ICC Requests Arrest Warrant for Sudanese Defense Minister
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has requested an arrest warrant for Sudan’s defense minister, who allegedly helped to plan atrocities in the Darfur region. Abdelrahim Mohamed Hussein is accused of coordinating attacks against villages in Darfur between August 2003 and March 2004. The prosecutor’s office says the attacks followed a pattern in which the [...]
December 3, 2011
US urges Israel to end isolation in Middle East
US defence secretary Leon Panetta has urged Israel to “reach out and mend fences” with Turkey, Egypt and other security partners in the Middle East, saying he is troubled by the Jewish state’s growing isolation in the volatile region. In a speech at a Brookings Institution forum in Washington, Panetta said that while Israel is [...]
December 2, 2011
US not invited as Hugo Chávez launches Latin group
Heads of state from across Latin America and the Caribbean flew in to Caracas on Friday for the inaugural meeting of a group designed to counter US influence and improve regional ties. But the US and Canada, have been sidelined from what the host, Venezuela‘s president Hugo Chávez, has called “the most important political event [...]