The Defence Ministry will ask for funds for research and development of ground-based laser weapons in the annual budget request for fiscal 2008, the Mainichi Shimbun daily reported, without clarifying sources. TOKYO: Japan plans to develop high-power laser weapons next year to strengthen its anti-missile defence system, in response to the growing military threat from North Korea, a report said yesterday. The United States called for Japan s cooperation in development of ABL during a...

By Mamoon Alabbasi - LONDON Two years after the US-led military besieged and destroyed the Iraqi city of Fallujah, a British play appears to reveal to the public some of the shocking details of that military operation, highlighting what has been missed by mainstream media. By Mamoon Alabbasi - LONDON Two years after the US-led military besieged and destroyed the Iraqi city of Fallujah, a British play appears to reveal to the public some of the shocking details of that military operation,...

But still, Condi? The woman who refused to take al Queda and Osama bin Laden seriously? The woman who was our National Security Advisor when our national security was horribly breached? According to The New York Times, she now believes she is "helping to preside over nothing less than the struggle between modernity and fundamentalism. All the things we fought for in the streets such a long, long time ago have come to fruition, and many of them have also come back to haunt us. But still,...

Article published Monday, May 14, 2007 Auto racing, golf, prep baseball AUTO RACING Indy 500 Qualifying Yesterday After the second of four days of qualifications; race Sunday, May 27 At Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis Lap length: 2.5 miles (Car numbers in parentheses; all engines Honda; w-former winner; r-rookie) ROW 1: 1. Article published Monday, May 14, 2007 Auto racing, golf, prep baseball AUTO RACING Indy 500 Qualifying Yesterday After the second of four days of...