Officials offer first look at new mystery shoe | KOMO News -

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:00:57 PDT
Investigators with the Clallam County sheriff's department are now showing a photo of the shoe that washed ashore with a human foot inside this past weekend.

Keeping The Pace

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:02:05 PDT
Trends among watch enthusiasts.

DC Comics: Better than Advertised

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:52:44 PDT
As I've mentioned before, I'm now getting a good portion of my comics via an internet service, and in trying to save my pennies, I'm receiving only one shipment per month. When I cracked open this month's shipment (July's comics) I was struck by the discrepancy between what's happening online with the fan community and DC Comics, versus my generally high level of enthusiasm for the titles that showed up. That's good news. And not just because the money was already spent. This week, I'd like

Google Expands Trend Tracking With “Insights For Search”

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:04:45 PDT
Google has just written a blog post introducing “Insights for Search”, an extension to its Google Trends and AdWords products that allows users to track keywords across different verticals, geographic locations, and time periods.

Microsoft beats back Mac and Firefox in July

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:30:40 PDT
Microsoft halted a long loss of market share to both Firefox and Mac in July, as both Mac OS X and Firefox usage stalled or dropped. It's too soon to know whether this will stop Windows and Internet Explorer's long slide, but it's certainly good news for Microsoft.

Basic Techinal Analysis

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:59:33 PDT
A helpful overview of basic technical analysis with charts that illustrate trends.

Kentucky has picked every President since 1964

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:40:30 PDT
Kentucky has picked every US President since 1964. Right now the state is trending towards …John McCain. Washington remains determinedly Democrat, however, as does Pennsylvania. Alaska is reliably Republican. In a nationwide poll released by CNN, Obama has a seven-point lead.

digital-with-reblog » Freep.com | Detroit Blog: Mike Thompso

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:17:13 PDT
I really enjoy Mike Thompson’s Cartoons since I read my news on line it ismy home Movie ! I bet he could make Great Wordles !

Chicago kids are scared

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:08:29 PDT
Her artwork shows a little girl standing in front of a barred second-story window, looking down at gang-bangers, a drug deal and a shooting on the street below.http://www.suntimes.com/news/education/1093215,CST-NWS-prisoner06.article#


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Source: Washington Post

Mauritania forces stage coup after officers sacked

NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - Presidential guardsmen seized Mauritanian President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi in a coup on Wednesday after he sacked several top army officers, and announced that he had been deposed.

Soldiers gathered at the presidential palace after Abdallahi replaced senior army officers during a political crisis in the northwest African country, one of the continent's newest oil producers which also mines iron, copper and gold.

A "State Council" led by one of the sacked officers, former presidential guard chief Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz, said Abdallahi was now "former president" and annulled his previous decree sacking Abdelaziz and the heads of the army and Gendarmerie.

The communique, described as the council's "Statement No. 1," was broadcast by Gulf-based al-Arabiya television. State television and radio in Nouakchott had both ceased broadcasting earlier in the day.

Abdallahi won elections last year and took over from a military junta that had ruled since it toppled President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya in a bloodless coup in 2005.

"The security agents of the BASEP (Presidential Security Battalion) came to our home around 9.20 (5:20 a.m. EDT) and took away my father," Amal Mint Cheikh Abdallahi, the president's daughter, told Reuters.

A presidency official who declined to be named said the president, prime minister and interior minister had been arrested and taken to an unknown destination.

Largely desert Mauritania, a former French colony of more than 3 million people, straddles black and Arab Africa.

Abdallahi replaced one government in May following criticism over the government's response to soaring food prices and to attacks over the last year carried out by al Qaeda's north African arm.

But the new government resigned last month in the face of a proposed no-confidence vote.

A new one was formed but without the opposition Union of Forces for Progress (UFP) and Islamist Tawassoul parties which had formed part of the previous government.

This week most of the members of parliament belonging to Abdallahi's PNDD-ADIL party walked out from the party en masse, in a move some political sources said were supported by senior military officials.

 

 

 

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