Even the UK Balks at U.S. Air Security Measures
As U.S. airport security measures tighten, squeezing every last ounce of dignity out of law-abiding travelers, even European officials have had enough. Oklahoma’s...
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Reactions to the Sentence of Tariq Aziz
On October 27, AFP news service quoted from a statement issued by Russia’s foreign ministry calling for "clemency" for former Iraqi Deputy Premier...
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Former Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz Sentenced to Hang
Voice of America and other news sources reported on October 25 that Tariq Aziz, Iraq’s former foreign minister and deputy prime minister, has...
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Iran Sends Bagsful of Cash to Karzai
U.S. taxpayers, it seems, are not the only ones being taken for a ride by Afghan President Hamid Karzai. The New York Times...
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WikiLeaks Condemned by Governments on Three Continents
The publication of nearly 400,000 secret U.S. military documents about the Iraq war by the whistleblower WikiLeaks earned condemnation from governments on three...
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China Forces Abortion on Woman at 8 Months
The Associated Press reported on October 21 that government officials in China had taken a woman from her home during her eighth month...
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Woman Beheaded, Texas National Guardsman Killed in Mexican Drug Wars
Ciudad Juarez, the Mexican city across the border from El Paso, Texas, was the site Wednesday of four deaths attributed to the savage...
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Strikes Threaten Sarkozy’s Plan to Raise Retirement Age
The decline of Europe continues. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that permitting vast numbers of Muslim Turks into her country without their...
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Fuel Supplies Low as France Engulfed in Protests, Strikes
France is running low on fuel supplies as nationwide strikes led by labor unions paralyze roads, fuel refineries, public transportation, and more. And...
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Muslim Scholar Upholds Christian Presence in Middle East
Reuters News reported on October 15 that Mohammad Sammak, a Sunni Muslim who serves as secretary general of Lebanon's Christian-Muslim Committee for Dialogue,...
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Chinese “Dissident” Receives Nobel Peace Prize for Supporting US Constitutional Principles
Liu Xiaobo, co-author of "Charter 08," was arrested two days before that freedom manifesto was published on December 10, 2008, and was finally...
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Europeans Push Back Against Criminal Immigrants
As debate continues in the United States over the impact of illegal immigration on the economy, crime, and the future course of American...
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Rescue of Chilean Miners In Progress
Nowadays it seems rare to read a news story with a happy ending, between tales of economic disaster across the world and violent...
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Brussels Grasps While Eurozone Gasps
“I believe that the debt crisis affecting Spain, and the euro zone in general, has passed,” Spain’s Prime Minister José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero...
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Pakistan Reopens Torkham Crossing to NATO
Pakistani authorities on October 10 reopened the Torkham border crossing into Afghanistan for NATO forces, ending an 11-day blockade. The Pakistani government imposed...
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