Kosovo Force KFOR soldiers guard the border crossing Jarinje between Serbia and northern Kosovo Violence has flared again in Northern Kosovo after NATO troops brutally dispersed a crowd of Serbian protesters at a makeshift roadblock, firing live ammunition at peaceful demonstrators, and have now established an armed presence in the area. Over 100 KFOR troops arrived at the scene on Friday and forced... 

Thousands crowd Lisbon's main Liberdade avenue during a demonstration Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011. Thousands of protesters have demonstrated in Portugal against the adopted austerity measures and declining living standards linked to the country’s massive bailout. The country’s largest trade union confederation, the General Confederation of the Portuguese Workers (CGTP), organized the rally... 

A child of a salt pan worker plays on the parched dry bed in the Khadaghoda Sector in the Little Rann of Kutch. Devastated by one of the worst droughts in decades, farming does not get much tougher than in India where thousands left with poor harvests and big debts have been driven to take their own lives. ­Sadly, the government has turned a blind eye to the growing problem. The farmlands in Telangana... 

Over 1000 bundles of marijuana being stacked by U.S. Border Patrol Agents (U.S. Customs and Border Protection) Border Patrol agents from the El Centro Sector seized a tractor-trailer with over 14 tons of marijuana valued at more than $22.6 million dollars. The discovery was made Tuesday evening after a canine team from the Indio station alerted to a large tractor-trailer at the Highway 86 checkpoint... 

The head of Iran's Islamic Culture and Relations Organization (ICRO), Mohammad Baqer Khorramshad. The head of Iran’s Islamic Culture and Relations Organization (ICRO) says the Islamic Republic has climbed to the fourth rank in the area of nanotechnology in the world. Iran “ranks fourth in nanotechnology and thus lies at the top of the contemporary Islamic civilization,” the official,... 

The New Jersey police officer responsible for capturing five Israelis who filmed and celebrated while the World Trade Center towers burned has broken his silence, agreeing to a Sept. 16 exclusive interview with AMERICAN FREE PRESS. As AFP readers are no doubt aware, these are the same Israelis who were working under the direction of Urban Moving Systems, a Mossad front company at the center of Israeli... 

The UK is facing the possibility of an additional £2.5 billion annual benefits bill for EU migrants as the European Commission accuses the country of violating EU laws by restricting foreigners’ access to the welfare system. Eurocrats have issued a “reasoned opinion,” giving the UK a two-month deadline to align its legislation with EU law or face court action. The European Commission... 

France is implementing austerity measures with a new budget proposal that would cut government spending for the first time in decades, Press TV reports. The 2012 budget proposal of French President Sarkozy’s government is the first to reduce public spending since World War II. “This was a budget created to please the European commission in Brussels. It stems from the desire to drastically... 

Former Governor of Minnesota, Jesse Ventura As presidential hopeful Ron Paul continues to gain momentum in his bid for the GOP nomination, former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura has suggested that the two of them could cause quite a stir if Paul would bring him on board as his running mate. “It would create unbelievable excitement if Ron Paul and I ran as the libertarian ticket,” Ventura told... 

Orbital Elements at Epoch 2455800.5 (2011-Aug-27.0) TDB. Reference: JPL 2(heliocentric ecliptic J2000) Torino Impact Hazard Scale Condition Code 7: “A very close encounter by a large object, which if occuring this century, poses an unprecedented but still uncertain threat of a global catastrophe.” Further, “For such a threat in this century, international contingency planning is warranted,... 

U.S Government Warning: Strong Solar Storm Reaching Earth Which Can Devastate The Planet At Any Moment. Strong solar storm reaching Earth; NOAA experts available; Katy Human from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), September 26, 2011. NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center – the nation’s official source of warnings and alerts about space weather and its impacts on... 

We have received word today from Sister Aleksandra in Moscow that a new Federal Security Services (FSB) report on China’s Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission, Guo Boxiong, urgent meeting this past week with Prime Minister Putin is now available for us. This report is titled “The Great Event” and is directly related to the “terrifying” top-secret information given to China’s... 

Obama slammed the Europeans at an event in Mountain View, California on Monday. US President Obama has given the Europeans a harsh lecture on the dangers of their ongoing debt crisis. Offended by the unsolicited advice, Europeans have suggested the US get its own house in order first. Obama’s remarks were “arrogant” and “absurd,” German commentators say on Wednesday. Europeans... 

An Australian technologist has caused a global stir after discovering Facebook tracks the websites its users visit even when they are logged out of the social networking site. Separately, Facebook’s new Timeline feature, launched last week, has been inadvertently accessed by users early, revealing a feature that allows people to see who removed them from their friends’ lists. Facebook’s... 

In a letter to Netanyahu, Knesset leaders urge for sanctions against the Palestinians, expansion of settlements, and annexation. In a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, several right-wing factions in the Israeli Knesset argued that Israel should annex West Bank settlements as punishment for the recent Palestinian bid for United Nations membership. The letter was signed by Likud...