Archive for May, 2009

A female North Korean soldier guards the banks of the Yalu River near the Chongsong county of North Korea opposite the Chinese border town of Hekou, northeastern China's Liaoning province, May 31, 2009.REUTERS/Jason LeeReuters – North Korea could test-fire this month a long-range missile designed to strike U.S. territory and may also be gearing up for skirmishes with the South around their disputed sea border, South Korean news reports said on Monday.

Original post by Reuters and software by Elliott Back

Al-Qaeda Seen as Shaken in Pakistan

Written by on Sunday, May 31st, 2009 in Latest News.

Drone-launched U.S. missile attacks and Pakistan’s ongoing military offensive in and around the Swat Valley have unsettled al-Qaeda and undermined its relative invulnerability in Pakistani mountain sanctuaries, U.S. military and intelligence officials say.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

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LOS ANGELES ? Eminem apparently has flown the coop from the MTV Movie Awards after a close encounter with Sacha Baron Cohen.

In character as flamboyant fashion reporter “Bruno,” Baron Cohen flew in above Sunday’s award show audience on a wire _ and in a pair of feathery white wings and his rear end mostly exposed.

But the comedian crashed into an overhead obstacle, and he was lowered into the audience _ right into Eminem’s lap, his bare hindquarters in the rapper’s face.

Eminem seemed visibly upset at the mishap. Or was it a joke he was in on?

The rap

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back



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