UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Saturday to impose limited sanctions on North Korea for its recent missile tests, and demanded that the reclusive communist nation suspend its ballistic missile program. North Korea immediately rejected the resolution and vowed to launch more missiles. U.S. Ambassador John Bolton …
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BAGHDAD – Editor’s note: U.S. Army Capt. Dan Sukman is serving a one-year deployment to Iraq. For previous entries and his bio, see the Soldier’s Diary archives. 22 July 2006 We lost another soldier tonight. Over the course of 10 months, that brings our unit’s total losses to 50. You …
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This is a partial transcript from “Hannity & Colmes,” September 14, 2006, that has been edited for clarity. SEAN HANNITY, CO-HOST: As we continue on “Hannity & Colmes,” a local newspaper in the Bahamas reported today that patients in the hospital where Anna Nicole Smith‘s 20 year-old son, Daniel, was …
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Looking to add style to your closet doors and get more organized? Home Depot’s Dave White to the rescue! • NUport Closet Doors Prices will now range from $197-$297 These are the first closet doors to add warmth and vitality to your room. Available in variety of designs incl. frosted …
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Peter Jackson says he will not be directing a movie based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel “The Hobbit” or a planned prequel to “The Lord of the Rings.” In a letter posted on Theonering.com., Jackson and partner Fran Walsh said an executive from New Line Cinema had …
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ALBANY, N.Y. – A former soldier from western New York is among the four Americans and one Austrian who were kidnapped in southern Iraq last week, family members said Sunday. Jonathon Cote, 23, a native of Getzville, N.Y., a suburb of Buffalo, was working as a guard for Crescent Security …
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WASHINGTON – In a strategy shift, the U.S. military in Iraq is redeploying its troops to positions outside cities, leaving the main defense to Iraqi security forces. Starting in early 2007, with Iraq on the brink of all-out civil war, the troops were pushed into the cities and villages as …
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The Internet has surpassed newspapers as the main source for national and international news for Americans, according to a new survey. Television, however, remains the preferred medium for Americans, according to the survey by the Washington-based Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. Seventy percent of the 1,489 …
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Sneezing quite a bit? It might not be a cold — it could just mean you are thinking about sex. In the latest issue of the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, Dr. Mahmood Bhutta of John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, England, said thinking sexy thoughts triggers bouts of …
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NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania – Suspected Al Qaeda militants killed 12 Mauritanian soldiers Monday, two senior officials said. The attack, which came after the terror group promised to avenge the country’s recent coup, was the worst suffered by the military in three years. Assailants ambushed an army unit patrolling the desert in …
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