Wikileaks released scathing huge documents

US scandal just releases Wikileaks

The mega controversial whistleblower website Wikileaks has released a cache of 250,000 secret messages sent by US diplomatic staff.

Wikileaks has published on its site 220 of 251,287 of what it describes as US "cables"; it has given the files in full to five media groups, including the New York Times and Guardian newspapers.

German citizen was snatched in Macedonia and allegedly taken to a secret prison by the CIA. Agents had apparently mistaken him for an al-Qaeda suspect.

In 2007 cable from the US embassy in Berlin details the efforts the US made to persuade Germany not to issue international arrest warrants for the CIA agents accused of involvement. In an account of a high-level meeting between US and German officials, the cables states that US diplomats "pointed out that our intention was not to threaten Germany, but rather to urge that the German government weigh carefully at every step of the way the implications for relations with the US".

US and South Korean officials have discussed plans for a united Korea, should North Korea collapse. The US ambassador to Seoul said South Korea would consider offering commercial incentives to China to "help salve" Beijing's "concerns about living with a reunified Korea".

The cables appear to reveal discussions between various countries on whether they would take prisoners released from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. Slovenia is offered the chance to meet President Barack Obama if it takes a prisoner, while Kiribati, in the South Pacific, is offered millions of dollars of incentives. Brussels is told taking prisoners could be "a low-cost way for Belgium to attain prominence in Europe".

South Korea vs North Korea both are on Extreme Condition

North Korean military said what happened that time on Yeonpyeong Island on Saturday. North Korea is believed to have used highly explosive shells that would increase casualties and structural damage when it fired on a South Korean island earlier this week, "After analyzing debris of artillery rounds on Yeonpyeong Island, we are guessing that they are a type of highly explosive shells," the source said on condition of anonymity.

South Korea has warned its army to be on guard for further attacks from Pyongyang ahead of joint military exercises between the US and Seoul.

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak told ministers and aides to be ready for "provocation" by the North - and the country's Marine commander vowed "thousand-fold" revenge for the attacks this week that killed two servicemen and two civilians.

The US and Seoul will begin joint exercises on Sunday in the Yellow Sea. The region is still tense following an artillery barrage by Pyongyang on the Yellow Sea island of Yeonpyeong - the heaviest attack on South Korea since 1950-53 civil wars. South Korea responded with artillery fire 13 minutes later, but it was not clear what damage was caused.

The two dead Marines were honoured with a gun salute today during their funerals while Seoul was hit by anti-North protests.

North Korea said any civilian deaths were "very regrettable" but accused South Korea of using members of the public as a human shield.

Bangladesh wins first Asian Games gold medal

Asian Games Cricket Gold Medal

The Bangladesh cricket team’s dream of winning a gold medal in the cricket event of the sixth Asian Games in Guanzhou Asian Games village came true with a five wicket victory over Afghanistan on Friday.

They defeated Afghanistan by five wickets just three balls to spare. Bangladesh restricted Afghanistan to 118/8 but had some anxious moments in the reply before chasing down the total.

The Afghan cricketers made the final when they unexpectedly beat Pakistan. The Bangladeshi captain said the pressure of playing in a final in a major tournament had been enormous. The team's coach said Afghanistan's rise had been "remarkable".

"We are celebrating, but I hope Afghanistan will celebrate too because they deserve the silver medal," Imran Sarwar said.

"They are a very good side and I am sure they will become a top team in the near future."

Mohammad Shabbir hit successive straight sixes off the 19th over as Bangladesh raced to the winning target of 119/5.

Afghanistan's 118/8 off 20 overs was largely thanks to an unbeaten 38 off 36 balls by Mohammad Asghar and a battling 25 by Shabbir Ahmed.

"Afghanistan fought really hard, but it's exciting for us that we have won our first ever gold medal at the Asian Games," Shabbir said after the match.

CHINESE LUNAR MISSION TARGET MARS WITHIN 2013

Chinese lunar mission tends to the success

Wen Jiabao, the prime minister of china, Monday unveiled an image of the moon’s Sinus Iridum, or Bay of Rainbows, photographed by Chang’e-2, marking the success of China’s second lunar probe mission. Prime minister Wen Jiabao attended the unveiling ceremony at the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND) and was briefed on the country’s lunar mission.

Before unveiling the picture, Wen visited representatives of scientists and personnel who participated in the lunar probe mission. “The success of Chang’e-2 in accomplishing its mission marks another great achievement after the country successfully launched its first lunar probe,” Vice pm Zhang Dejiang read out a message of congratulations to scientists and participating crews at the ceremony. Zhang delivered the message on behalf of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the State Council and the Central Military Commission. “The Chinese people will unswervingly develop technologies for the exploration of deep space and the peaceful use of outer space,” said the message. 

The image was photographed by a charge-coupled device (CCD) camera on the Chang’e-2 lunar probe from a height of 18.7 km over the moon on Oct. 28. The frame of the picture covered an area of 8 km wide from east to west and 15.9 km long from south to north, with the center at 31.05 degrees west longitude and 43.07 degrees north latitude.  

Technology and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND) being planned to the new road map, China also plans to send a probe to Mars by 2013 and to Venus by 2015, besides setting up its own manned space station.

US MIDTERM ELECTION REPUBLICAN WINS THE RACE

BARAK OBAMA’S PATH IS CLEAR TO TURN OFF

The midterm election of 2010, you may recall, was going to usher in a generation of Republican dominance. The election of 2008 presaged an era, if not an eon, of Democratic rule. So pardon us if we don't overinterpret the results of Tuesday's vote. Particularly when unemployment is approaching 10 percent, incumbents are going to take a beating. Nonetheless, there's no doubt that the midterm elections represent a sharp rebuke of President Barak Obama, and that many voters meant them that way. 

All of them have known Barak Obama’s first two years were better than he's getting credit for. Barak Obama’s policies, including the stimulus and intelligent use of TARP authority, helped avert the Great Depression II that threatened when he took office, though the Federal Reserve also played a key role. His financial reform legislation, paired with deft negotiations on international rules, began to fix weaknesses that allowed this financial crisis to develop. On health care, we had reservations about promising a big new entitlement at a time of such fiscal stress. But Mr. Obama included and fought for elements of reform that, if implemented well, could reduce the rate of growth of health-care costs, which is a prerequisite of fiscal health. Meanwhile, he has prosecuted the war against Islamist terrorism vigorously, including in Afghanistan and Pakistan. 

Another fault of Barak Obama’s for insufficient devotion to the poor democratic administration. The president has been, in domestic policy, a fairly conventional liberal, expanding regulation and social programs where he can (student loans, national service, health care), compromising where he must. There's nothing terrifying about that, but its very familiarity may be a source of his problems: Voters expected something less conventional. They believed, perhaps unrealistically but certainly with Mr. Obama's encouragement, that he could rise above petty partisanship and stale left-right debates. That hasn't happened. The White House blames the opposition for willful noncooperation; Republicans blame the administration of Barak Obama’s is nothing but a empty vessel.