Posts Tagged ‘International’
International Concerns (UPDATED)
There were several stories updated today that are of some concern to me over how fragile international relationships currently are. Could these be the tests that Vice Pres. Biden referred to leading up to the election, or are these just international tensions that have been brewing and are now coming to head? In any case, the response to [...]
Europe’s gas supply from Russia cut off.
Thousands are without heating as Russia and Europe try to negotiate and end to the gas cutoff. The BBC reports: Ten of thousands of homes in Europe have been left with no heating, a situation which the European Commission has described as completely unacceptable. ... On Wednesday, heating systems shut down in some parts of central [...]
Hezbollah escalates tensions for Isreal.
More disconcerting news from the Middle East as Hezbollah decides to join the fight. JERUSALEM (AP) - Lebanese militants fired at least three rockets into Israel early Thursday, threatening to open a new front for the Jewish state as it pushed forward with a bloody offensive in the Gaza Strip that has killed nearly 700 people. Two people [...]
International Tensions
Israeli strikes continue: A senior Hamas leader has been killed by an Israeli air strike on his home in the Gaza Strip, Hamas officials say. Nizar Rayyan, the most senior Hamas figure to be killed since 2004, had urged suicide attacks against Israel. Plans for the ground assualt to begin tonight: Israel is poised to launch a [...]
Russian presence close to home.
A Russian anti-submarine destroyer and two logistical warships docked in Cuba on Friday, just 90 miles from the Florida coast. It is the first visit of it's kind for close to 18,000 russian troops since 1991. The BBC reports, "It is the latest sign of improved ties between Moscow and communist-run Cuba, which were allies during Soviet [...]
Environmental Destruction in Poland!
Environmentalists in Poland stumble onto environmental destruction...the culpits... Digg.com reports: Here's the entire article - it's VERY short: ... Beavers reported for 'logging' Green campaigners called in police after discovering an illegal logging site in a nature reserve - only to find it was the work of [...]
