A TRANSPORTATION STRIKE IN FRANCE FOLLOWS A VIOLENT UNION PROTEST IN CORSICA OVER THE WEEKEND,VIDEO HEREThe French honeymoon may be over with the new Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin who is under pressure to improve a stagnant economy without upsetting the French labor benefits boat in the process.
Pat Hynes from Ankle Biting Pundits will be on “Allman & Smash” this morning at 8:10 AM.
In a country that with a large youth majority, the under 30 crowd is caught in a cultural cross fire between a progressive youth movement yearning for the freedoms of the West and the familiar dominance of an ultra-conservative hardline Mullacracy.Here is a terrific flash-photo essay of a glimpse of the youth inside Iran…Images of a young, reformist majority in Iran.70% of Iran is under 30 years of age.
INVESTIGATORS HAVE FOUND SUSPICIOUS DEVICES INCLUDING GUN POWDER IN THE OKLAHOMA STUDENTS APARTMENT,VIDEO HEREA cache of explosive materials was discovered Sunday night in the apartment of a Wasson High graduate who apparently blew himself up Saturday outside a football stadium packed with 84,000 people at the University of Oklahoma.Colorado Springs Gazette Monday, October 3, 2005Around 7:30 p.m.
Friend, Stefania, at Free Thoughts, the wonderful Italian Blog for Freedom is hosting this week’s Carnival of the Revolutions.
President Mugabe’s government arrested 14,000 individuals in Harare in what is being called Operation “Not Going Back”.
THE EU IS IN CRISIS ON ALLOWING TURKEY INTO ITS “CHRISTIAN CLUB”VIDEO HEREAgain, today, the EU looked to be in crisis as Austria stood apart from the rest of the members in protesting a full membership for Turkey.
Haider Ajina agains sends his translations of Iraqi Good News.
No Speed Bumps has a post on the popular leftwing Atrios blog that may be offensive to read, but it is a good look at the other side of the blogosphere.
President Bush picks a Texan!
Somebody took the leash off Andy tonight!
Davids Medienkritik today posts about an award winning film from the German Cinema.
AN AMATEUR CAMERAMAN WAS FILMING THE RESTAURANT BEFORE BLASTBBC VIDEO OF EVENT HEREThe blasts killed 27 people in Bali yesterday.Hospital workers and police try to identify victims killed in a series of bomb blasts on Bali island.
Unlike the original reports coming from the Superdome and Convention Center, the response to the tragedy in New Orleans is proving to have little to do with racism against the blacks in New Orleans.
BOMB BLAST OUTSIDE OF SOONER FOOTBALL GAMEVIDEO HEREOne person said he felt his house shake a mile from the blast.Police cordoned off an area around the George Lynn Cross Hall, Botony, Microbiology building on the OU campus.
The French corporation, Thales Group, has denied selling arms to Saddam Hussein after an ex-official accused the company of doing just that this week in Le Monde.
France had a history of building dry milk plants for Saddam Hussein.
OPPOSITION PROTESTERS WERE BEATEN AND ARRESTED IN BAKU TODAY,VIDEO HEREMany foreign experts watching the protests are wondering if Azerbaijan is next in line for a velvet revolution.Opposition supporters protest against authorities’ refusal to allow a protest rally in a main square in Baku, Azerbaijan, Saturday, Oct.
Tunisia is being pressured by Western Countries to ease restraints against freedom of expression and independent media access: Western countries have called on Tunisia to guarantee freedom of expression and independent media access during the UN World Summit on the Information Society it will host next month.
The US announced this week that it will send teams to help Libya destroy chemical weapon stockpiles:President George W.
French union workers threw stones, firecrackers and flares during a riot today in Corsica.Police face youths during a demonstration against the privatisation of state-owned troubled transporter SNCM.
SOME SEE “RED” OVER “PINK” IN IOWA CITY!VIDEO HEREFormer Iowa football coach, Hayden Fry, a psychology major, painted the visitor’s locker room pink because of its “calming effect”.
Update: Suicide bombers were behind the coordinated attacks!AMATEURS HAVE THE FIRST PICTURES FROM THE CATASTROPHE,VIDEO HERE** Six bomb blasts in Bali killed 23 people including tourists, today **ONCE AGAIN, BOMB BLASTS ON BALI ON A BUSY SATURDAY NIGHT, VIDEO HEREAt least four foreigners, including one Australian, were reported to be among the dead by different sources.Indonesian security personnel survey the scene at a bomb damaged restaurant in Kuta, on the island of Bali.
“The Bush administration’s focus on the spread of democracy in the Middle East was both a moral obligation and a tough-minded response to global terrorism.”Condoleezza RicePrinceton UniversitySeptember 30, 2005VIDEO OF CONDOLEEZZA RICE AT PRINCETON HEREUS Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, seen here 26 September, defended the use of military force to advance the cause of democracy and liberty as ‘the only guarantee of true stability and lasting security’.
