New God of War game leaks early

April 18   Leave a Comment  

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Full details to be released tomorrow.

PAX East 2012: New Assassin’s Creed 3 screenshots revealed

April 9   Leave a Comment  

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The battlefield is a dangerous place when an assassin is lurking

PAX East 2012: War of the Roses Preview

April 7   1 Comment  

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PAX East has just started and we have already found a little hidden gem.

Who is Joseph Kony?

March 13   1 Comment  

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Learn more about the subject of the “Kony 2012″ phenomenon

Reports: American soldier kills at least 16 civilians in Afghanistan

March 11   Leave a Comment  

An American soldier opened fire on civilians in southern Afghanistan shortly before dawn on Sunday, killing at least 16 people according to an Associated Press photographer who counted the bodies. At least five people were wounded as well in the attack on two villages near the US base in Kandahar. President Hamid Karzai, the Afghan [...]

The Embassy Cables: Saudis fear Iranian missile strike more than terrorism

Dec. 7, 2010   Leave a Comment  

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In a Wikileaks-leaked cable from the US embassy in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s office, Ambassador James C. Oberwetter reported in December 2006 that an unnamed Saudi official told the embassy that Saudi Arabia fears an Iranian missile strike more than terrorism. “xxxxxxxxxxxx told Assistant to the President [...]

VA reaches out to families of vets with mental illness

Nov. 11, 2010   Leave a Comment  

Veteran advocate Tammy Duckworth served in Iraq as an Army helicopter pilot and received combat injuries that cost her both legs. She ran for an Illinois congressional seat in 2006, spoke at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, and was appointed last year as Assistant Secretary for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs in the Department [...]

Ten facts about Veterans Day

Nov. 11, 2010   1 Comment  

Number one: Thank a vet for their service

Poll shows Americans think Iraq is safer after U.S. invasion

Sept. 19, 2010   1 Comment  

The Iraq war, is more abstract, there is no definition to it. To keep America safe, yes, to control the spread of Islamic extremists, yes. But how?

Western doctor recounts time in Gaza during Israeli offensive

Feb. 27, 2010   Leave a Comment  

Dr. Hameed replied immediately. “We have no human rights.”

Retro: Force 21 review

Sept. 27, 2009   Leave a Comment  

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This review originally appeared on Reviewcenter.com in 1999. Force 21 is far from your normal real-time gtrategy game. You don’t have a base where you begin — mining resources, building buildings, which in turn allow you to build certain units. No, it’s nothing like that. Force 21 doesn’t try to be that. It’s something much [...]

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‘Horse Soldiers’ frustrated me, a lot more than it should

June 23, 2009   Leave a Comment  

When you’re writing a book about the military, this critic thinks, you’ve got to be a great writer. You have got to know what you’re doing, and you have got to understand the shark-infested waters you’re swimming in. A bad book about the military will do one or several of the following things: 1) reduce [...]

North Korea fires another missile, activity seen at nuclear facility

May 29, 2009   Leave a Comment  

“If the UN Security Council provokes us, our additional self-defense measures will be inevitable,” the foreign ministry said in a statement, the BBC reports.

Defeat of LTTE could spark new generation of fighters

May 20, 2009   6 Comments  

According to the Sri Lankan government and photos of a pale-faced Velupillai Prabhakaran, the LTTE has been defeated and all peace will be restored to Sri Lanka’s embattled civilian population. That’s obviously an exaggeration of the truth.

Justice department to examine war interrogation memos

April 21, 2009   Leave a Comment  

According to this blog, nothing has happened in world news for three weeks. That’s my bad. First off, I just want to say sorry for not posting in almost a month. I was swamped with school work, finals and assignments to end off the year. But now, I’m in the clear, so I can again devote some time every day to writing for Blast.

Mythic goes Beyond the Sands this week in WAR

April 20, 2009   Leave a Comment  

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As part of the continuing live events, players take to the south for answers.

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Israel declares ceasefire

Jan. 17, 2009   Leave a Comment  

It took more than 1200 lives, but it finally came. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert declared a unilateral ceasefire late Saturday night, and is now working to try and stifle the “resupply of Hamas through smuggling from Egypt,” the New York Times reports.

Israel launches ground assault

Jan. 3, 2009   Leave a Comment  

Israeli troops and tanks began their descent on Gaza Saturday night, officially launching a predicted ground assault against Hamas militants, the New York Times reports.

Pakistan moves troops closer to India border

Dec. 26, 2008   1 Comment  

Pakistan has canceled all military leave and increased troop numbers in regions bordering Jammu and Punjab in northwest India, the Times of India reports.

Russia pressing Georgia on two fronts

Aug. 11, 2008   Leave a Comment  

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces have advanced further into Georgian territory in the country’s northwest separatist enclave of Abkhazia, where reports say their forces have crossed the breakaway republic’s border and are occupying a town in Georgia proper. [...]