Saturday, January 12, 2008

Hostages tell of jungle survival in Colombia, chained up

Just in case the hostages were ever tempted to escape into the jungle, the guerrillas brought in big wild cats and snakes to demonstrate exactly what awaited outside their "people's jail." Politicians Clara Rojas and Consuelo Gonzalez said they were kept behind barbed wire and forced to march through the jungle for days or even weeks. They slept

Bloggers are Africa's new rebels

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The man was nervous. He was afraid, he said, of the secret police. So he advised me to hire a random taxi. I was to park at a certain church. And there, I was to wait. A few minutes later he called again, this time on a different cell phone. He gave me directions to a nondescript house with an iron gate.

Bush says troop cutbacks might stop

President Bush said Saturday he is open to the possibility of slowing or stopping plans to bring home more U.S. troops from Iraq, defying domestic demands to speed the withdrawals. Updated on war developments, Bush said the U.S. presence in Iraq will outlast his presidency.

The Air Force gets some--and what's the AP up to?

The AP included an mostly unrelated photo with their story about Air Force strikes on Al Qaida strongholds, and left the caption off it. Media bias, or simple error?

Dad Sodomized A-Hole Teen Stepson Who Raped His Daughter

The daughter was 8 years old. His stepson is 18. The mom posts bond for the jerk, but the dad offers to pick him up from jail. After getting his stepson from jail, the man drove to an abandoned house in Fort Worth, beat his stepson with a baseball bat and sodomized him with a metal tool, police said.

Australians arrive in NZ by kayak

Two Australians have become the first people to paddle to New Zealand across the Tasman Sea in a kayak.

Fox News Honors Major Andrew Olmsted (VIDEO)

Today on Fox News Watch, the final piece of the show was devoted to honoring Major Andrew Olmsted, who was KIA in Iraq. He left a final post to be made on his behalf in the event of his death.

Bush praises Iraqi Baathist law

US President George W Bush has praised a new law in Iraq that will allow former members of Saddam Hussein's Baath party to return to public life.

Saudi Arabia beheads foreign maid

Rape, murder and other serious crimes can carry the death penalty in the conservative desert kingdom. Beheadings usually take place in public

Cops Arrest 66 in Online Prostitution Sting

A good person would never go on a social website. A good parent would never allow a social website on their computer A good child would never feel the need or empowerment to use a social website. But due to our socialist indoctrination, nobody is worth dirt unless they are pitied, even from strangers. Thank God! My kids are fool proof

Honor killing in Texas

muslim father murders his 2 teenaged daughters for dating non-muslim boy. Now on the run

Bin Laden's son seeks life of UK country gentleman

Applies for visa to live with Brit wife, have child, become activist for peace.

state senator, activist gwendolyn t. britt dies at 66

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Terror plot to blow up Eiffel Tower uncovered

A plot by Islamic terrorists to blow up the Eiffel Tower has been uncovered. A scrambled short-wave radio conversation exposing the planned attack on the world's most visited monument was picked up by Portuguese air traffic controllers and passed on to French spy chiefs.

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