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The Cuban government has summoned the US ambassador, Benjamin Ziff, to its foreign ministry, accusing Washington of stoking a protest which saw hundreds of people take to the streets in the island’s second city of Santiago de Cuba. The demonstration late on Sunday was a rare public show of disenchantment against Cuba’s communist government, and was apparently led by parents struggling to feed their children in the face of a worsening food crisis. The protesters reportedly chanted: “Without electricity and food, the people get hot.” Power cuts of up to 18 hours a day have meant that as the island...

A secret business deal between the government of Guinea and a multinational firm with a U.S. partner aided by the Obama administration’s wrongheaded foreign policy could cost American businesses billions. Congress ought to investigate to protect American investors, expose any political shenanigans and prosecute the guilty. The London Sunday Times first cracked the story June 3 of the secret $25 million loan between an offshore company, Palladino Capital 2, and the cash-strapped West African country. The funds, according to the loan agreement, were to finance the start-up of Guinea’s state mining company, Heritage, but the cash allegedly disappeared and the...

The connection between Goldman Sachs and ACORN is admittedly weak but we thought we'd report it anyway because it's interesting. The current CEO of Goldman Sachs, Lloyd Blankfein, sits on the board of directors of the Robin Hood Foundation. As we reported, that foundation is funded by George Soros's Soros Fund Charitable Foundation and has given money to ACORN. The Robin Hood Foundation gave ACORN $821,000 consisting of a $456,000 grant in 2003 and a $365,000 grant in 2004. According to guidestar.org, Blankfein, unlike fellow board member Tom Brokaw, was in fact a Robin Hood board member in the years...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 9/19/02 BREAKING: Body transfer at the al-Fakka border crossing BREAKING: Eizariya, cowardly Palestinian murder BREAKING: Gaza arms factory taken and 23 Palestinian terrorists were arrested BREAKING: Hebron, Ziff student bomb BREAKING: Umm el-Fahm homocidal attack BREAKING: Terror fashion in Beirut BREAKING: Wazzani River threats continue Updates from Baghdad, Al Amari, Mea Sherarim Sukkoth preparation ===================== Turkey =================== In Turkey, at the Incirlik air base, the USAF remains ready. ===================== Baghdad =================== ================ Iraq, Iran at the al-Fakka border crossing =================== At the al-Fakka border crossing, 235miles SE of Baghdad, on the Iraq-Iran...