Female Afghan lawmaker survives suicide attack, three civilians killed - police

KABUL (Reuters) - An outspoken Afghan female lawmaker survived a suicide attack on her vehicle on Sunday but three civilian bystanders were killed, a police spokesman said.

Car bomb explodes in parking lot near Baghdad airport

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded in a parking lot on the edge of Baghdad's heavily guarded international airport on Sunday, wounding five people, security sources said.

Company denies rat poison in pills linked to India sterilization deaths

RAIPUR India (Reuters) - The company at the center of a probe into why more than a dozen women died after being sterilized in India has denied that the antibiotic tablets it manufactured were contaminated with a chemical compound commonly found in rat poison.

George Orwell Was Only Off By 30 Years

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WNU Editor: Just finished reading the book again. If you want to downland a free ebook copy .... go here.

The Growing Importance Of Thule Air Base

The Most Isolated US Military Base Could Get A Lot More Important -- Jeremy Bender, Business Insider

Over 700 miles north of the Arctic Circle in Greenland sits one of the US's most isolated military installations — a place that could potentially become one of the most important American air bases on earth.



Situated close to the halfway point between Moscow and New York City, Thule Air Base is a remnant of the US's drive to create global staging areas for operations against the Soviet Union during the Cold War. At its height, Thule had close to 10,000 personnel from the US and Denmark. Today, that number is below 1,000.



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My Comment: I have been up north in the middle of winter in both Siberia and in northern Quebec. But something tells me that this U.S. base experiences colder winters.

Russia's Putin says good chance of resolution to Ukraine conflict

BRISBANE Australia (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that there is a "good chance of resolution" in the Ukraine conflict, contradicting Western concerns over an escalation in fighting in the southeast of the country.

And The Richest Nations In The World Are ....

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And The 10th Most Prosperous Nation In The World Is... -- Zero Hedge

Despite all the bravado from political leaders and the record high stock prices - which prove how clean America's dirty short is - The Legatum Institute finds the United States is just the 10th most prosperous nation in the world... after Holland, Canada, New Zealand, and Denmark to name a few.



Still, could be worse... could be 11th, like Iceland...



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Romania's Ponta closes in on presidency

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Prime Minister Victor Ponta looks set to become Romania's youngest president in a runoff vote on Sunday, a result that could make one of Europe's poorest nations more stable as it looks to exit an IMF-led aid deal.

Chinese team arrives in Liberia to staff Ebola clinic

MONROVIA (Reuters) - About 160 Chinese health workers arrived on Saturday in Liberia, where they are due to staff a new $41 million Ebola clinic that, unlike most other foreign interventions, is being built and fully run by Chinese personnel.