Archive: December 2007
Russian-owned Malev Hungarian Airlines Cancels Cork to Budapest Route2007/12/31From: Mathaba Flights on the Cork-Budapest route, which were fully booked over Christmas and the New Year, will cease from January 14, as Malev airlines downsizes its operation in Western Europe in anticipation of possible sanctions by European authorities over safety concerns due to heavy cost-cutting and past sabotage or non-EU ownership.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) — Rawalpindi’s police chief stopped doctors at the hospital where Benazir Bhutto died from conducting an autopsy, according to a lawyer on the hospital’s board. It was a violation of Pakistani criminal law and prevented a medical conclusion about what killed the former prime minister, said Athar Minallah, who serves on the board that manages Rawalpindi General
In-Q-Tel Opens Boston Office, Plans to In-q-bate New Technology for the Intelligence CommunityBy Wade Roush December 4, 2007 If you’re a budding Boston entrepreneur working on a technology such as deeper data mining, longer-lasting batteries, or faster microfluidic DNA screening, you might get a surprise phone call one day soon from the U.S. intelligence community—or at least, from its strategic
by Alex Constantine While a fugitive in Pakistan, Ramzi Yousef was instrumental in several bombings and a previous plot to kill Benazir Bhutto, then prime minister. Mrs. Bhutto chaired the Pakistan People’s Party, founded in 1967 by her father, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. In July 1977, Mr. Bhutto was unseated as prime minister himself in a CIA-planned coup led by General
” … it is [a] time for sombre reflection on the utterly failed and fully dysfunctional foreign policies of the Bush-Cheney administration. … “••••••••The Bush administration failed Benazir BhuttoDecember 30, 2007The Age/John Nichols Minutes before she was assassinated in Pakistan, former prime minister Benazir Bhutto told a rally in Rawalpindi that “I put my life in danger and came here
More authoritarian moonshine from the gold-plated Heritage still: Heritage Foundation Analyzes Restriction on Public DiplomacyBy AC Writer Published Dec 05, 2007 The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C., has published a new backgrounder by Dr. Juliana G. Pilon [SEE BIO BELOW]. The backgrounder, titled “Obsolete Restrictions on Public Diplomacy Hurt U.S. Outreach and Strategy,” is available
Nuke scandal brought home30/12/2007 Gordon Brown doesn’t have to rely on reports from campaigners to understand the scandal over the British nuclear test veterans. He can ask his wife Sarah. The man she grew up calling “grandpa” – her grandfather by her mother’s second marriage – died from a rare form of cancer after witnessing a test in the South
Bhutto’s Party Rejects Al-Qaeda Claim as Riots Spread (Update4) By Khalid Qayum Dec. 29 (Bloomberg) — The Pakistan Peoples Party rejected government claims that a Taliban commander linked to al-Qaeda was behind the assassination of its leader Benazir Bhutto, as the death toll from rioting rose to 38. Baitullah Mehsud, a Pakistani Taliban commander linked to al-Qaeda, is suspected of
” … The Homeland Security official said the claim was ‘an unconfirmed open source claim of responsibility.’ … ” ••••••• earthtimes.org WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 A U.S. Department of Homeland Security official said a bulletin was issued citing al-Qaida’s alleged claim of responsibility for Benazir Bhutto’s death. The official said the bulletin — issued Thursday by his department and the FBI
28th December 2007 Satanism on the rise: Pope Benedict has unveiled plans to set up specialist exorcism squads Pope Benedict XVI plans to tackle the rise of Satanism by setting up specialist exorcism squads, it has emerged. Father Gabriele Amorth, 82, the Vatican ‘Exorcist-in-Chief’ revealed the plans in an interview with online Catholic website called Petrus. The Vatican recognised website,