U.S. agrees to Iran, North Korea talks Source: The Washington Times
The Obama administration, carrying out its campaign pledge to engage difficult regimes, agreed Friday to hold direct talks with Iran and North Korea, even though both countries have so far refused to address Washington's main concerns related to nuclear weapons and Iran is in int …
Hittites and Persians and Romans, oh my ! By Dennis McCannSource: http://paperdragonstudios.com/
While some of us have been worried about Dennis, He's been busy travelling and seeing incredible historical locations in Turkey. I'm so glad he's sharing it with the rest of us.
He has another one coming up soon .
Israel's internet warSource: http://www.worldbulletin.net
... "To all intents and purposes the internet is a theatre in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and we must be active in that theatre, otherwise we will lose," said Ilan Shturman, who is responsible for the project.
'I Take Responsibility': Obama's G-20 ConfessionSource: SPIEGEL ONLINE
At the G-20 in London, world leaders tried their hand at global governance. The minutes of their final, decisive session reveal how hard it is to reach a worldwide consensus.
US, Afghan troops kill 11 militants in southSource: Yahoo! News
KABUL – International and Afghan troops killed 11 militants when a raid in Afghanistan's volatile south turned into a gunbattle with Taliban fighters, U.S. forces said Friday.

Canada has someone the US isn't telling us about.
Is Burma Stumbling Towards Another Disaster?Source: irrawaddy.org
A recent report titled "After the Storm: Voices from the Delta"—a joint project of aid workers from the Thai-Burma border and US-based Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health—accuses the regime of numerous abuses, including interference in assistance, confiscation …
Good News Wednesday Maldives vows to be first carbon-neutral nationSource: http://www.globalgoodnews.com
.."The Maldives will shift entirely to renewable energy over the next decade to become the first carbon-neutral nation and fight climate change that threatens the low-lying archipelago's existence, the president said on Sunday. "...

Josef Fritzl used his daughter as a "toy", an Austrian court heard on Monday after the 73-year-old admitted imprisoning her in an underground bunker for 24 years and forcing her to bear seven children.
But the Austrian engineer, who set up a house of horror with electrically …
Turkish scientists identify chemical leading to schizophrenia Source: http://www.todayszaman.com
..."Turkish scientists have discovered in animal testing that a compound named agmatine released by the brain in excessive amount leads to schizophrenia, a psychological disorder seen in one out of every 100 people with no known cure. "...
Greenpeace calls for release of Japanese activists Source: http://www.todayszaman.com
...A group of Greenpeace activists yesterday demonstrated outside the Japanese Embassy in Ankara, demanding that charges be dropped against two of their organization's members arrested in Japan.