George W. Bush vowed to get the USD 700 billion economic rescue plan through congress in a statement to the media made today. "Yesterday, the House of Representatives voted on a financial rescue plan that had been negotiated by Congressional leaders of both parties and my administration," Bush reminded the audience. "Unfortunately,...

Thursday, September 25, 2008 According to media reports, ground troops with the Pakistani army exchanged gunfire with troops from the United States after Pakistani troop fired at two American OH-58 Kiowa helicopters on a patrol mission inside Afghanistan. Also included in the patrol were Afghan border police. The helicopters...

At approximately 11:00 a.m. Finnish time, a man in his twenties entered the Kauhajoen koti- ja laitostalousoppilaitos vocational school in Kauhajoki, Finland with a gun and began to open fire, killing 11 people. The man identified as Matti Juhani Saari, 22, was wearing a mask when he entered the school. Reports say he was a...