WN Network Latvia News
Latvia News
Search the World News Network
Advanced Search


Breaking News Wed, 01 Feb 2012
Moa river basin-Sierra Leone
Africa   Photos   Sierra Leone   Wikipedia: Pygmy hippopotamus   Wildlife		  Scientific American 
Conflicts and Cooperation in Conservation: Adventures in Researching the Pygmy Hippopotamus on Tiwai Island, Sierra Leon
Wed 1 Feb 2012
Our vehicle pulled into the village late one rainy night. Dozens of my new neighbors, Sierra Leone’s Mende people, emerged from their thatch-roof houses, looking cross at being woken up and not... (photo: WN / John Sahid)
A French Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft
Aviation   Dassault   India   Photos   Wikipedia: Dassault Aviation		  The Times of India 
Dassault Aviation bags $11-billion order to supply fighter jets to the Indian Air Force
Wed 1 Feb 2012
NEW DELHI: French defence supplier Dassault Aviation, whose Mirage 2000 fighters played a vital role for India during the Kargil conflict in 1999, has emerged as the lowest bidder for the $11-billion... (photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Rafael Figueroa Medina)
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, left, and South African President Jacob Zuma, right, shake hands as they met at the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday, Jan. 30, 2012.  The Guardian  Tue 31 Jan 2012
African Union summit, food crisis in the Sahel and global hunger figures
Deadlock in the race for the AU commission leadership, food shortages in Niger and Chad, and the puzzling lack of scrutiny directed towards the FAO's hunger statistics If you are viewing this on the... (photo: AP / Elias Asmare)
Chad   Food   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: African Union
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad  Business Day  Tue 31 Jan 2012
GULF NEWS: The Syrians deserve better
THE government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has to start planning how Syria can initiate a transition to a more inclusive government. The responsibility lies with al-Assad to make the first... (photo: AP Photo / Gurinder Osan)
Business   Photos   Politics   Syria   Wikipedia: Bashar al-Assad
Top Stories more Headlines
Senator John McCain asks questions of Under Secretary of Defense Comptroller Robert Hale, Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen as they testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee, in Washington, D.C., Feb. 2, 2010. DOD photo by Cherie Cullen (released) The New York Times Tue 31 Jan 2012
Don’t Stop the Debates
Senator John McCain spoke for many nervous Republicans on Sunday when he said it’s time to “stop the debates.” They’ve turned into mud-wrestling... (photo: US DoD / Cherie Cullen)
Photos   Politics   Republicans   US   Wikipedia: Florida Republican primary, 2012
Newt Gingrich with Trent Lott at the 2004 Republican National Convention. (js1) The New York Times Mon 30 Jan 2012
The Limits of Gingrich’s Debate Skills
WASHINGTON — For months, Newt Gingrich has been making the case that he should be the Republican presidential nominee in part because he would destroy President... (photo: GNU)
Carolina   Debate   Photos   President   Wikipedia/Newt Gingrich
Cars on I-395, leaving Washington, D.C. and passing by the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. I-395 contains a reversible, barrier-separated HOV facility, also known locally as the "express lanes", with its own entrances and exits Novosti Mon 30 Jan 2012
The Pentagon Tightens its Belt
The plan that the U.S. Defense Department has published will allow the Pentagon to save about half a trillion dollars and will reduce the country's armed forces by... (photo: Creative Commons / Aude)
Defense   Military   Pentagon   Photos   Wikipedia: Pentagon
A Libyan oil worker walks in front of a refinery inside the Brega oil complex, in Brega east of Libya, on Saturday Feb. 26, 2011. Production at Brega has dropped by almost 90 percent amid the country's crisis because many employees have fled and few ships are coming to offload the product BBC News Mon 30 Jan 2012
Iran says it may halt oil sales to 'some countries'
The dispute between Iran and the Western economies has escalated after Tehran warned it will stop oil sales to "some countries". Rostam Qasemi, Iran's oil minister, said... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla)
European Union   Iran   Oil   Photos   Wikipedia: U.S. sanctions against Iran
A figure Karl Marx is displayed at the Madame Tussauds Berlin Wax Museum UCIMC Sun 29 Jan 2012
We Can Now See the True Cost of Globalization
The worldwide public realizes there is something deeply wrong with today's world economic system Sunday Observer Editorial When Karl Marx called for the workers of the... (photo: AP / Miguel Villagran)
Business   Globalization   Photos   Wikipedia: Globalization   Worldwide
President Barack Obama walks across the South Lawn of the White House, Sunday, July 10, 2011, in Washington, as he returns from Camp David. Review Journal Sun 29 Jan 2012
Obama's plan: Eat the rich, chain the poor
President Obama is right about one thing: Because we live in a marvelous country with unmatched opportunities, all citizens must to do their "fair share" to support her.... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster)
Government   Obama   Photos   President   Wikipedia: Barack Obama


WORLD WEATHER
Riga, Latvia
2006.07.13
Fair
Min:
17°C/63°F
Max:
27°C/81°F
R A D I O
World News - Interactive Map
Slideshow
Get News Updates by Email
Riga
Movers and shakers: bartenders show off their mixing skills The Daily Telegraph
Latvian premier: EU attitudes to Italy "more positive" with Monti m&c;
Baltics News
People walk by a Samsung store in Sydney, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. EU Investigates Samsung For Possible Breach Of Antitrust Rules In Apple Patent War Crunch
AirBaltic airBaltic to increase number of flights to Austria, Germany and Switzerland TravelDailyNews
Alexei Navalny, a prominent anti-corruption whistleblower and blogger, left, is escorted by police to court in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011. Navalny challenges Putin after leaving Russian jail Daily Press
A Russian soldier observes from a tank at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Gori, northwest of the capital Tbilisi, Georgia, Friday, Aug. 15, 2008. Western leaders engaged in intense diplomacy Friday to persuade Russia to pull troops out of Georgia, but regional tensions soared after a top Russian general warned that Poland could face attack over its missile defense deal with the United Sta Why Moscow does not Trust Washington on Missile Defense GlobalResearch
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, stands in front of a display during a visit to a new military radar facility in the Kaliningrad region, Russia, Tuesday, Nov. 29 2011. Russia activates missile early warning radar system BBC News
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen addresses the media at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, March 24, 2011. NATO announced on Thursday that it is taking control of the military operation to enforce the no-fly zone over Libya. NATO Conceals Preparations for Military Action against Syria GlobalResearch
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visits one of the Russian-held islands claimed by Japan, at the southern Kurils, on Monday, Nov. 1, 2010. Medvedev: Russia will target US missile defense sites, if no deal reached with Washington Daily Press
Russian troops are seen near truck-mounted Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missiles as they rehearse for the Victory Day parade in Moscow's Red Square, at a training field in the town of Alabino outside Moscow, Tuesday, March 18, 2008. Nuclear missiles and tanks will once again roll across Red Square during Russia's May 9 Victory Day parade, a top general said Wednesday _ a revival of a Cold War tradition that once evoked feelings of pride in the U.S.S.R. and unease in the W Medvedev: Russia may target US missile shield Palm Beach Post
more
more
more
Baltic Post
brussels post
brussels post
Chechnya News
CIS Post
Estonia Inc
Estonia Observer
Europe Gossip
Europe Herald Tribune
Ingushetia News
Kremlin News
Lithuania Energy
Lithuania Media
Lithuania Today
Russia Business Post
Russia FM
Russia Life
Russia Post
WN Europe