As the trend toward minimally invasive cardiac surgery gains acceptance, the cardiac surgical team led by Dr. Sandeep Attawar performed a unique and uncommon surgery on 5th September using the minimally invasive method. Traditionally, cardiac surgery is performed through a sternotomy, a large incision extending down the center of the breastbone, providing access to the […]
Hezbollah and Hamas prevent return to pre-1967 Israeli borders
When President Barack Obama spoke of Israel returning to its 1967 pre-war borders, many within the intelligence, law enforcement and military communities believed he spoke from either ignorance of the recent history of the Middle East, or worse, he spoke from a position of loathing for the Jewish State. While many of Obama’s media cheerleaders, sycophants and supporters […]
Libya’s Gaddafi Wages War on the Internet as Trouble Brews at Home
Libyan leader Muammar Al Gaddafi managed to offend both Tunisians and netizens from across the world wide web in his address to the Tunisian people, following the fall of the Zine El Abidine Ben Ali regime. With trouble brewing at home and Libyans taking to the Internet to vent off, could Gaddafi be foreseeing […]
USDA Sec. Vilsack pledges food aid for 430,000+ people in the Philippines
U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, the former two term Iowa Governor, pledged $8.5 million in food aid to the Philippines. Thats enough assistance to help feed for 60 days some 450,000 people in the typhoon raveged country that was hit by back to back disasters and flooding in recent weeks. Philippine government figures […]
City, state at loggerheads over rail access to new Charleston terminal
For North Charleston, S.C. Mayor Keith Summey the question of whether trains should access the $600 million cargo container terminal currently under development at the former Charleston Navy base from the north is a non-starter: He’s based his city’s redevelopment plans on a signed, legal agreement with the South Carolina State Ports Authority, and he […]
Video:Obama in surprise message to Iran
WASHINGTON (AFP) — US President Barack Obama sought to slash through decades of distrust and animosity Friday and launched an historic appeal directly to the Iranian people, urging a resolution of differences and an "honest" engagement with Tehran. In one of the most decisive foreign policy statements of his young tenure, Obama said Washington was […]