Bullets Injure Audience at French Military Demonstration
Region: FrancePosted by Cara McDonough to FindingDulcinea Real bullets were used instead of blanks during a military demonstration in Aude, France, on Sunday. Officials say the incident was most likely an accident. Those injured inclu... more
Views: 1193Oilmen Strike Over Exchange-Rate Change
Region: Turkmenistan
On June 11, foreign media reported that 600 workers on an oil rig belonging to the Italian company ENI went on strike in Nebitdag in the west of Turkmenistan. The protest was dispersed by paramilitary units of the interio... more
Views: 1580Filipino soldiers risk their lives on the frontline
Region: PhilippinesIn a chess game, the pawns are always put across the chessboard. The goal is to either to protect or attack the enemy lines and win the game. This is true in war games. The ordinary soldiers, like pawns, are always p... more
Views: 1258Fiji Government Raises Income Tax Threshold, Lowers Trade Duties
Region: FijiActing Finance Minister Filipe Bole of Fiji's interim government has announced that his Department has raised the nation's minimum income tax threshold from $9000 to $15,000 (U.S.), a move which is getting mixed reactions ... more
Views: 2610THE ARMY GENERAL WHO IS SHAKING UP MEXICO
Region: MexicoA Tijuana news Web site is reporting 15 dead in at least two different shootouts in Tijuana this morning. One of the victims was wearing a federal police uniform, the paper says; though that means nothing since cops work f... more
Views: 1849Philippine Military Should Rethink its Mandate
Region: Philippines
The Philippine military's loyalty to the Constitution and loyalty to its leader are two distinct categories that should be properly ironed out. It is understandable that the military or the police's mandate is to protect ... more
Views: 1116CCTV cameras used to spy on groups opposing the bad guys
Region: PhilippinesClose circuit television cameras were installed in selected parts of Metro Manila to spy on the people who are calling for the resignation of the mafia boss and her loyal servants in Malacnang Palace. Churches, sc... more
Views: 1370Falling U.S. Spy Satellite Not a Clean Intersection
Region: United StatesIn the classic word problem from elementary school – an object traveling at a given speed and in a given direction and intersected by another object traveling in rival space-time – the answers are found in the ... more
Views: 1369Military enlistment next to impossible in Philippines
Region: Philippines
Enlisting in the military or police in the Philippines is like passing through the hole of a needle. Unlike in the west, new applicants experience so much difficulties getting in, no matter how interested they are to join ... more
Views: 2372Pursue the beheaders of 10 soldiers
Region: PhilippinesIt is downright frustrating to hear that the suspects in the killing and beheading of at least 10 soldiers in the Philippines are still at large. And just to divert the public's attention on the Moro Islamic Liberation Fro... more
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