Mubarak’s assets estimated at $80bn
President Hosni Mubarak’s family fortune could be as much as $70bn (£43.5bn) according to analysis by Middle East experts, with much of his wealth in British and Swiss banks or tied up in real estate in London, New York, Los Angeles and along expensive tracts of the Red Sea coast.
Paperwork Glitches Halt Gold Rush for U.S. Banks as Homeowners Fight Back
Three of the United States’ largest mortgage servicers have halted foreclosures as scrutiny increases over whether they verify the required paperwork. Several other servicers have also been faulted for foreclosure affidavits that were signed without much authentication, but they have not yet halted foreclosures.
Pirates, Monarchs and Warriors: Society for Creative Anachronism October Crown Event
Although it is said of the medieval ages that gentility and nobility were nearest to criminality, pirates and monarchs hardly mixed, except when monarchs hired pirates as privateers (modern day mercenaries) to plunder their opponents without incurring high costs.
“War without Borders”: Obama’s “Long War”
The concept of the “long war” has characterised military doctrine since the end of World War II. The broader objective of global military dominance in support of an imperial project was first formulated under the Truman administration in the late 1940s at the outset of the Cold War.
HAITI: The Hate And The Quake
The Haitians fought for their freedom and won, as did the Americans fifty years earlier. The Americans declared their independence and crafted an extraordinary constitution that set out a clear message about the value of humanity and the right to freedom, justice, and liberty.
Haiti rallies supplies to assist quake victims
The Haitian government has started rallying medical supplies and other forms of aid to assist thousands of people affected by the Tuesday quake.
IBM, Daimler and GM challenge US jurisdiction in apartheid case
MULTINATIONAL companies sued by victims of South Africa’s apartheid government have challenged the jurisdiction of the US courts in adjudicating compensation claims filed by victims, saying brutalities committed by the apartheid government were not committed on US soil.
Nigerian plane bomber bought tickets in Ghana
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s ticket came from a KLM office in Accra, Ghana. Demuren said Monday that Abdulmutallab bought the $2,831 round-trip ticket from Lagos, Nigeria, to Detroit via Amsterdam on Dec. 16.
UNDERWEAR BOMBER: Yemen: Behind Al-Qaeda Scenarios, A Strategic Oil Transit Chokepoint
For some months the world has seen a steady escalation of US military involvement in Yemen, a dismally poor land adjacent to Saudi Arabia on its north, the Red Sea on its west, the Gulf of Aden on its south, opening to the Arabian Sea, overlooking another desolate land that has been in the headlines of late, Somalia.
Cleaning Up US Army’s Human Terrain System (HTS)
It is high time that civilian and military personnel in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the US Army fix what in the minds of many has become a get-rich scheme for retired military contractors and their friends.
Berlusconi attacked
AN angry Italian man, the dramatic equivalent of the Bush Shoe Thrower from Al Baghdadiya TV, broke Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi’s nose at a political rally in Italy Sunday. Italian newspapers say the man is being detained by police. His reason for attacking Berlusconi, “I hate him.”