Russia’s top general warns USA: Take us seriously…We’re prepared to use our nukes to stop you

Russia underlined its right to a "preventive" nuclear strike this week in what military analysts interpreted as a move to introduce more clarity into the nation's defense doctrine. The statements, made by Chief of General Staff Yuri Baluyevsky on Saturday, were followed by naval exercises in the northern Atlantic that will feature over 40 aircraft of the Air Force.

North Korea tells USA to remember the 1968 USS Pueblo crisis

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea marked the anniversary on Wednesday of one of its rare Cold War victories over the United States by saying a U.S. spy ship it seized 40 years ago served as a lesson to show it can repel an invasion. It is the paranoid state's latest dig at its long-time foe and which it still labels as an arch enemy despite Washington's pledge to provide aid and better diplomatic standing to Pyongyang in a disarmament deal.

Banks 'face a further $300bn sub-prime hit'

The world's financial institutions will have to write down a further $300bn (£152bn) of US sub-prime losses before the crisis is over, according to a study by consulting firm Oliver Wyman. "We expect a stormy 2008," Oliver Wyman said in its State of the Financial Services Industry report. "While governments, central banks and regulators scramble to address the aftermath of the sub-prime fallout, several other crises are mounting."

Davos delegates searching for a New World Order

Davos, Switzerland - The spectacular rise of China and India coupled with a decline in US influence has prompted heated debate in Davos this year over possible scenarios for a new world order. While the United States remains the undisputed military superpower, experts participating in the annual gathering of the world's political and business elite have highlighted its waning ability to set the global agenda on its own. And with the UN Security Council struggling to provide a consensus on just about any major issue...

Researchers Develop 100% Accurate Electronic Face Recognition

Phone Firms' Bid for Immunity in Wiretaps Gains Ground

UK students balk at being guinea pigs for government’s biometric ID card scheme

Asteroid to Make Rare Pass by Earth

(LOS ANGELES) - An asteroid at least 500 feet long will make a rare close pass by Earth next week, but there is no chance of an impact, scientists reported Thursday. The object, known as 2007 TU24, is expected to whiz by Earth on Tuesday with its closest approach at 334,000 miles, or about 1.4 times the distance of Earth to the moon. The nighttime encounter should be bright enough for medium-sized telescopes to get a glimpse, said Don Yeomans, manager of the Near-Earth Object Program Office at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which tracks potentially dangerous space rocks.

Microchip maker 'hid ties to cancer'

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. – The safety of implantable tracking chips in human beings is suddenly in focus with the revelation the devices could cause cancer, and that studies showing links to the disease were kept under wraps.According to the Associated Press, despite the chips' approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, neither their maker nor federal regulators publicly mentioned a series of studies dating to the mid-1990s that found chip implants had "induced" malignant tumors in some lab mice and rats.

Muslim persecution will bring end to Christianity in PA, Bethlehem

The ever-dwindling Christian communities living in Palestinian-run territories in the West Bank and Gaza are likely to dissipate completely within the next 15 years as a result of increasing Muslim persecution and maltreatment, an Israeli scholar said Monday

Billionaire to Canada: Time for amero is now

Stephen Jarislowsky, a billionaire money manager and investor the Canadian newspaper Globe and Mail bills as the Canadian Warren Buffet, has told a parliamentary committee Canada and the United States both should abandon their national dollar currencies and move to a regional North American currency as soon as possible."I think we have to really seriously start thinking of the model of a continental currency just like Europe," Jarislowsky told the Canadian House of Commons' finance committee, according to the Globe and Mail in Toronto.

Psalm 83 or Ezekiel 38, "Which is the Next Middle East News Headline?"

These days there is much talk centered upon the future timing of the Russian and Iranian led invasion of Israel, foretold in the Bible prophecies of Ezekiel 38 and 39. Due to the newsworthy events that are presently occurring, whereby Russian and Iranian relationships are ever strengthening, prophecy buffs are appropriately attempting with god-speed, to connect the prophetic dots.

Jack Bauer Cellphone Network to Detect Nukes, Surveil City

Scientists and industry have been working together to create a global surveillance network. It naturally weights itself to provide greater coverage for greater populations, contains more distributed computing power than the entirety of NASA, doesn't cost a single tax dollar and people waste it all talking about 'Lost'. Yes, you and your cellphone friends are part of one of the most powerful network in the world and researchers at Purdue University have found a more important use for it than arguing about where to eat lunch. Their design converts your local coverage area into a vast radiation detection grid, capable of thwarting the modern-day boogieman of nuclear terrorism once and for all. You might think adding a directional nuclear detection rig to your handset would make it even more expensive than an iPhone, not to mention ruining the line of your pocket, and you'd be right. The key to the system is the universality of mobile phones throughout the civilized world - rather than complicated detection components, a simple, light and very cheap "hotter/colder" solid state sensor in each handset is enough...

Brown's Secret Talks On 'New World Order'

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has begun secret talks with other world leaders on far-reaching reform of the United Nations Security Council as part of a drive to create a "new world order" and "global society".

FBI insider: Traitors inside US government providing Israeli and Turkish spies with American nuclear secrets

A WHISTLEBLOWER has made a series of extraordinary claims about how corrupt government officials allowed Pakistan and other states to steal nuclear weapons secrets. Sibel Edmonds, a 37-year-old former Turkish language translator for the FBI, listened into hundreds of sensitive intercepted conversations while based at the agency’s Washington field office.

• Israel to brief George Bush on options for Iran strike


• Barak to lay out Israel's position on Iran's nuclear program to Bush


• Bush: US will back Israel if Zionist state attacks Iran


• American al-Qaeda militant: Bush should be welcomed in Middle East with bombs and traps


• How the U.S. seeks to avert nuclear terror


• Israel warns of Iranian missile peril for Europe

U.S. says Iranian gunboats harassed warships

WASHINGTON - Iranian Revolutionary Guard gunboats harassed three U.S. Navy warships in the Strait of Hormuz Sunday, in what the U.S. military considers a "significant provocative act." Military officials told NBC News that two U.S. Navy destroyers and one frigate were heading into the Persian Gulf through the international waters of the Strait of Hormuz when five armed "fast boats" of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard approached a high speed, darting in and out of the formation.

Jesuits to vote for 'Black Pope'

A conclave to elect the new "Black Pope" begins in Rome on Monday, with Jesuits from around the world gathering to choose a leader. The nickname refers to the simple black vestments worn by the Jesuits and to the power the leader holds. The Society of Jesus, which was founded in the 16th century by St Ignatius Loyola to be the "Pope's cavalry", is still the largest clerical order in the Catholic Church, with almost 20,000 priests.

• Pope calls for continuous prayer to rid priesthood of paedophilia


• Vatican calls on the faithful for mass apology for sex scandals


• Australian priest likely contender to lead Jesuits

Communist China seeks control of Alaska oil pipeline

Oil hit $100 a barrel last week, but scandal and corruption still stalk the industry, reports Iain Dey. Doug Suttles, a senior executive at BP, had more than his fair share of bad news over Christmas. While most of the western world was eating turkey, the lawmakers in the area he runs for the British oil giant decided to throw their weight about.

Anglican bishop: Muslim-dominated communities in Britain threaten Christians

Islamic extremists have created "no-go" areas across Britain where it is too dangerous for non-Muslims to enter, one of the Church of England's most senior bishops warns today. The Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, the Bishop of Rochester and the Church's only Asian bishop, says that people of a different race or faith face physical attack if they live or work in communities dominated by a strict Muslim ideology.

Bird flu found in Dominican Republic

Dominican authorities have quarantined and sacrificed a number of birds after detecting a strain of bird flu last month. The World Organization for Animal Health said in a report that 130 birds were slaughtered after authorities discovered a case of the virus near the capital, Santo Domingo, and another some 145 kilometers to the east in the village of Higüey. Officials say the virus is the H5N2 strain, which does not affect humans.