Bill Allows Military to Arrest, Permanently Detain, Torture, Kill American Citizens There is a bill in the US Senate called the National Defense Authorization Act and it could be voted on as early as this week. This bill gives the president the authority to indefinitely imprison American citizens without a court hearing, both domestically and abroad. Senate Bill 1867 is bringing the battlefield to... 

Senior Iranian military officials repeated their warnings to the US and Israel against an invasion of the Islamic Republic, saying that enemies cannot imagine the extent of Iran’s response as they are unaware of the level and limits of the power of the Iranian armed forces. “Enemies do not know where our power ends,” Lieutenant Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Brigadier... 

The Federal Security Service (FSB) is reporting today that the “secret letter” sent to Prime Minister Putin by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda contains a warning that United States President Barack Obama has issued an executive-level “kill order” against US Congressman Ron Paul over fears this charismatic politician, who many believe could capture the Republican Presidential 2012 nomination,... 

Israel fired four artillery shells into southern Lebanon on November 29, 2011. The Lebanese army and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) say Israel has fired four artillery shells into the southern areas of Lebanon, Press TV reports. Officials within the Lebanese army and the UNIFIL said on Tuesday that the Israeli shelling took place after a rocket was fired into northern Israel from... 

Jericho ballistic missiles Saber-rattling rhetoric in the Middle East is reaching new heights. Israel is reportedly deploying its long-range Jericho missiles around Jerusalem, while the Iranian defense minister threatened massive missile retaliation against Israel. The threat to launch “150,000 or more” missiles was voiced by Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi on Sunday as he was delivering a speech... 

Stalin's only daughter Lana Peters The only daughter of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin has died in the US at the age of 85. Svetlana Alliluyeva, also known as Lana Peters, died of colon cancer at a care home in the state of Wisconsin last Tuesday, officials say. Her defection from the Soviet Union in 1967 was a propaganda coup for the US. She wrote four books, including two best-selling memoirs. But... 

The Voronezh-DM over-the-horizon radar in Russia’s Kaliningrad region. The new radar station in the Kaliningrad enclave will be ready to monitor missile launches from the entire European continent already on Tuesday, Nov. 29. The new station plays a significant role in the complex of measures, which Russia takes in response to the growing power of the US missile defense system. The radar station... 

Hundreds of Iranian student protesters storm the British embassy in Tehran Dozens of Iranian students have stormed the UK embassy in Tehran, chanting “death to England.” Before police intervened, protesters pelted the embassy with stones and petrol bombs, brought down the flag, and destroyed a pile of classified documents. Police have released six employees of the embassy who had been taken hostage... 

Libyan National Transitional Council fighters The Libyan government apparently wants to share its successful experience of overthrowing the Gaddafi regime with like-minded Syrians. It has sent 600 of its troops to support local militants against the Assad regime, according to media reports. The fighters have joined the Free Syria Army, the militant group carrying out attacks on government forces in... 

Trucks carrying NATO supplies to US-led forces in Afghanistan Russia has threatened to block NATO’s supply routes to Afghanistan, should the Western military alliance continue to disregard Moscow’s concerns about the US-led defense shield for Europe, a report says. Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitri Rogozin warned that Moscow will review its cooperation with the Western military alliance... 

Owning a Stradivarius is the dream of every violinist, but buying one will set you back to the tune of millions. In a feat that will strike a chord with any musician, US scientists have used computer technology to recreate the legendary instrument. A team of radiologists and violin makers used computed tomography (CT) to create over 1,000 images of a 1704 original Stradivarius violin. The 3D images... 

Did we the British public know that our current Prime Minister was instrumental in the loss of three illegal nuclear weapons? Is the UK frantically trying to find out where they were sold on the “Black Market”? We know something that you don’t…… but can’t talk about it Under the Nuclear Explosions Act otherwise we will all end up in gaol for life. Chris McGreal of the Guardian... 

Heavy aircraft-carrying missile cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov Moscow is deploying warships at its base in the Syrian port of Tartus. The long-planned mission comes, providentially, at the very moment when it could help prevent a potential conflict in the strategically important Middle Eastern country. ­The Russian battle group will consist of three vessels led by the heavy aircraft-carrying missile cruiser,... 

Soldiers stand guard as an armored truck containing gold reserves arrives to the Central Bank in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday Nov. 25, 2011. Venezuela has begun to repatriate the South American nation’s gold treasures held in Western banks in a move to protect the country against economic crises in the United States and Europe, a report says. The shipment of gold arrived in Venezuela on Friday... 

A man from Dortmund has filed a complaint against Pope Benedikt XVI for not wearing a seat belt in his “Popemobile” during his last trip to Germany. Johannes Christian Sundermann, a lawyer from Unna in North Rhine Westphalia, filed a legal complaint against the German-born pope formerly known as Joseph Ratzinger for not wearing his seat belt on several occasions “for more than one hour...