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The International Organization for Migration, or IOM, sent out pink slips — notice of dismissal from employment — to 3,000 employees working on a United States resettlement program, including hundreds based at home in the latest blow to an aid and development community reeling from the Trump administration’s foreign aid funding freeze.

(5th LD) N. Korea tells U.N. agencies it will launch satellite between Feb. 8-25 2016/02/03 04:49   (ATTN: ADDS U.S. reaction) By Chang Jae-soon WASHINGTON/TOKYO/SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- North Korea notified a U.N. maritime agency Tuesday that it will launch a satellite later this month, confirming widespread concern the communist nation is readying for a banned long-range rocket launch just weeks after its fourth nuclear test. The North said in a letter to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) that an "earth observation satellite" will be launched between Feb. 8-25. It also provided coordinates for three maritime areas where rocket...

The security situation in the Mediterranean will continue to deteriorate to the point where we can expect Islamist raids on European islands, a recently retired Royal Navy Admiral has told Breitbart London. [snip] Rear Admiral Chris Parry CBE, the straight-talking former Director General of the Ministry of Defence Development, Concepts, and Doctrine Centre, ... made the comments in an interview this week as European nations gathered to discuss the sudden migrant crisis gripping the Mediterranean. THE THREAT OF ISLAM Parry, who warned in a government paper in 1990 that Islam would replace Communism as the main threat against the West...

Introducing the Obama Care Card. Brought to you by the same people that brought you ponzi schemes such as: Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Cash for Clunkers, and the Recovery Act. This card gives you the right to other peoples’ time and money. The new federal government health insurance program will create choice and competition for all Americans. By that we mean that all Americans will only have one choice of health insurance providers, and all Americans will be in competition with each other to see a doctor! You get all this at the low low cost of only $2 trillion...

In my opinion, most journalists today seem to me to have made lateral career moves from selling used cars into journalism. Watching their antics at WH press briefings; they appear angry and insolent for no reason other than they perceive this WH is not giving them the "respect" they feel they deserve. Pick up any Newspaper and you can almost see the anger at this WH dripping out of articles. The method of operation is take anything President Bush says then run a story with a journalists take on the factual accuracy of what the President said, never mind we...

CORONADO NATIONAL FOREST, Ariz. Firefighters have cut a rough line around a wildfire burning in the Coronado National Forest near the Mexican border. However, forest spokesman Gail Aschenbrenner says fire crews remain concerned because of windy and dry conditions expected in the area today. Aschenbrenner says crews made good progress on fighting the fire last night and are working to strengthen their fire lines. The fire has burned across 121 acres in the remote area west of the Coronado National Memorial. No structures are threatened.

Unlocking the Secret of the Acronym (early) Morning, all! In my perusing I’ve run across a particular acronym I haven’t been able to figure out. I admit I’m not the sharpest tack in the box, so I figure I would give it one last shot, then gather wisdom from you experts. The acronym is IMO IMO: Iguana Meatball Omelette? I’m Mentally Oscillating? Imagine Monica(LewdINski) in Office? (ew!) Iggys Marvelous Oldsmobile? Imagine My Overbite? Anyway, thank you in advance for your input. God Bless

Corruption in Indonesia's maritime law enforcement agencies was blamed yesterday for a rapid increase in piracy in south-east Asia, where concern is also growing about a link between piracy and terrorism. A detailed analysis of the growing dangers facing shipping in the region, released yesterday by the UK-based World Markets Research Centre (WMRC), blames coastguard and naval forces for the failure to confront the threat. "It is not pure coincidence that ships passing through [adjoining] Malaysian waters - mere miles away - suffer a fraction of the pirate attacks that occur in Indonesian waters. Corruption also helps to explain why...

PURPOSE The purpose of this hearing is to investigate the security of containers used to ship goods imported into and exported out of the United States by water. The Subcommittee will receive testimony from the Administration, cargo shippers, vessel operators, as well as freight terminal owners and operators. BACKGROUND Overview The United States’ maritime borders include 95,000 miles of open shoreline, 361 ports and an Exclusive Economic Zone that spans 3.5 million square miles. The United States relies on ocean transportation for 95 percent of cargo tonnage that moves in and out of the country. Each year more than 7,500...