http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=109022386&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK A female suicide attacker and a handcart bomb targeted Pakistani police on Thursday, killing seven people in the first deadly attacks to hit the northwest during Ramadan, officials said….
Archives for August, 2011
Indian PM pulls out of Commonwealth meeting
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=108910923&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has pulled out of a meeting of heads of government from Commonwealth countries in Australia later this year, government officials in New Delhi said Thursday….
Norway’s A-ha reunites to hail victims of July 22 attacks
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=108443941&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Norwegian pop group A-ha said Wednesday it would reunite to perform on August 21, a national day of mourning for the 77 people killed in last month's twin attacks in Oslo and on the nearby island of Utoeya….
Sziget Festival rocks on in Budapest
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=108411616&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Sziget, one of Europe's largest music festivals, kicks off officially Wednesday with close to 200 acts from around the world expected over the next five days in Budapest….
Speculation mounts over Jackie Kennedy tapes
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=108414834&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Conspiracy theorists, historians and legions of Kennedy buffs are on edge ahead of next month's release of recordings by Jacqueline Kennedy in the wake of her husband's assassination….
Ai Weiwei gives China state press first interview
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=108385221&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, a prominent critic of China's Communist leaders, has given his first full interview since his release from detention to a state newspaper with close links to the party….
Graphic artist Crumb cancels Australia visit
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=108370279&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK American graphic artist Robert Crumb, famous for his subversive comic drawings, has pulled out of a visit to Australia because of fears for his safety, reports said Wednesday….
Brazil pushers use Winehouse pic to sell cocaine
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=108361145&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK A gang of drug traffickers is inserting pictures of late British singer Amy Winehouse in their bags of cocaine to improve sales, Brazilian police have said….
Tony Curtis art collection to go under hammer
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=108359164&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK An extensive art collection and other memorabilia that once belonged to late Hollywood actor Tony Curtis are to be sold at auction next month in Beverly Hills, sale organizers said Tuesday….
Geldof slams French, German aid to famine-struck E. Africa
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=108359159&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Irish rock star turned activist Bob Geldof launched a blistering attack Tuesday on what he called France and Germany's "sickeningly inadequate" aid to famine- and drought-hit East Africa….