U.S.-built bridge is windfall — for illegal Afghan drug trade  share 1 day ago by sn0wfalcon By Tom Lasseter | McClatchy Newspapers NIZHNY PANJ, Tajikistan — In August 2007, the presidents of Afghanistan and Tajikistan walked side by side with the U.S. commerce secretary across a new $37 million concrete bridge that the Army Corps of Engineers designed to link two of Central Asia’s poorest ... sn0wfalcon - sn0wfalcon.wordpress.com · Rank: 98,308 ·  1 reference |
| Fox News Headline of the Day: What Breaking the Sound Barrier Looks Like share 1 day ago by todaysnewsart The Scream, by Edvard Munch; The Story Book, by William Adolphe Bouguereau “Do you think I’m special?” the little Adelphe asked her father. “Yes.” “And if aliens were to visit earth and propagate the planet with mutant moose and they enslaved me? Even then?” “Yes.” “I suppose in that case I could ge ... Today's News Art - todaysnewsart.wordpress.com · 1 reference |
| Mashed-up wallabies create crop circles share 1 day ago by Chris The mystery of the crop circles that have recently appeared in Australian poppy fields has finally been resolved, the BBC reports. Hungry wallabies in search of a meal have burgled fields of opium poppy, scoffed a few heads, and hopped around in circles “as high as a kite”, creating the arable forma ... Porcospino - porcospino.wordpress.com · 1 reference |
| Reality Check: July 2, 2009 share 1 day ago by HotNewz.TV North Korea launched a series of rockets this morning, the U.S. is leading another offensive against the Taliban in Afghanistan, the latest job report is out and the news is not good, and investigators in the Air France crash say there's new evidence that the doomed flight did not break up midair. HotNewz.TV - hotnewz.tv |
| Your Morning News 7.2.09 share 1 day ago by Josh From the Boston Globe's "Big Picture" Blog U.S. Marines in are in the middle of a major offensive in the Helmand River valley in southwestern Afghanistan. This area has been controlled by the Taliban and poppy harvests and opium smuggling there provides major financing for the insurgency. So far the ... 2.0somethings - 2.0somethings.com |
