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Burqa Ban Gains Momentum in Europe; Italy Latest

Following in the footsteps of other European nations, an Italian parliamentary commission has approved a preliminary draft that bans women from wearing veils...

Raven Clabough August 4, 2011

Big Brother Watching Every Car Passing Through English Town

Michael Tennant August 2, 2011

Drive your car through the small town of Royston, England, and your license plate will be photographed by a hidden camera and checked...

Norway Terrorist Demands Army Post For Info on Other “Cells”

Alex Newman August 2, 2011

Admitted Norwegian mass-murderer Anders Behring Breivik (pictured) was making wild demands from jail, saying he would only reveal more information about the attack...

Tough Questions Mount After Norway Attack

Alex Newman July 29, 2011

In the wake of Norway’s terror attacks last week that left more than 75 people dead, questions are mounting about everything from the...

Political Opportunism Follows Norway Tragedy

Alex Newman July 27, 2011

The official body count from the Norway terror attack was still changing even early this week. Some of the victims had not even...

Despite Claims, Norway Terrorist Hardly “Christian”

Alex Newman July 26, 2011

After a deluge of news reports pinning the Norway terror attacks on Muslim extremists — who originally took the credit and celebrated the...

Austrian Pro-Lifers Fined for Allegedly Stalking Abortionist

Bruce Walker July 25, 2011

A judge in Graz, Austria, has fined the head of the Austrian branch of Human Life International, Dietmar Fischer, and three sidewalk counselors...

Norwegian Bomber Is Fundamentalist Christian, Officials Say

R. Cort Kirkwood July 24, 2011

Norwegian authorities have captured the man suspected of Friday’s bombing in Oslo and shooting at Utoya island, which left 91 people dead. The...

Another Protest Ship Sails from Greece to Break Israel’s Gaza Blockade

Raven Clabough July 18, 2011

Early last week, a protest ship set off from Greece for the Gaza Strip to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza. Reports from pro-Palestinian...

Telephone Hacking Scandal Surrounds Rupert Murdoch’s Media Empire

Raven Clabough July 18, 2011

A growing telephone hacking scandal in London surrounding Rupert Murdoch’s multinational media empire News International has prompted a number of arrests and resignations,...

Poll: British People Overwhelmingly Ready to Leave EU

James Heiser July 15, 2011

The people of Great Britain have had enough of the European Union and its growing financial difficulties. In fact, according to a recent...

Italy and Ireland in Free-fall

Charles Scaliger July 14, 2011

Europe’s crisis took a dramatic turn for the worse with the sudden awareness, reflected by a steep increase in government bond yields, that...

Court Upholds Swiss Ban on Minarets

James Heiser July 14, 2011

Twenty months have passed since the citizens of Switzerland voted to amend their constitution and ban the future construction of Muslim minarets, but...

British Retirees (“Pensioners”) Costing Too Much

Bruce Walker July 14, 2011

The notion that government can keep robbing Peter to pay Paul indefinitely was always unrealistic. The creation of “entitlements” did not happen in...