Ukraine In Lockdown Amidst Swine Flu Scare
Martial law was effectively declared in the Ukraine last week by unpopular President Victor Yushchenko after an outbreak of what health officials described...
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Treating Honduras Like a Colony
The Associated Press reported on November 6 that a deal to end the constitutional crisis in Honduras and form a unity govenment has...
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Poland Requests U.S. Military Presence
Poland’s recent appeal to Washington reads like something printed on the front pages of newspaper from 20 years ago: Poland Fears Russian Invasion...
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23 CIA Officers Convicted in Italy, in Absentia
An Italian court convicted 23 CIA agents for kidnapping an Egyptian dissident on the streets of Milan November 3, sparking a global outcry...
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British Soldiers Killed by Afghan Policeman
British officials announced that five British soldiers were shot and killed on November 3 by an Afghan policeman in the Nad e-Ali district...
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Unrepentant Stasi 20 Years After Fall of Berlin Wall
Reuters reported on November 4 that for many members of the odious Stasi, the secret police of the old East German Communist government,...
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Baha’i Conference Promotes World Parliament
On October 24, the Francophone European Association for Baha’i Studies convened its annual conference in Luxembourg. Normally, the minutes of the meetings of...
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British “Drug Czar” Fired Over Inconvenient Facts
“Drug Czar” Professor David Nutt, the top British adviser on drugs, was fired last week over controversial statements criticizing current drug policies. The...
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Karzai Offers Invitation to “Our Taliban Brothers”
Delivering his acceptance speech at a November 3 press conference, the day after Afghanistan's Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) declared him the winner of...
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EU Says No Crucifixes in Italian Schools
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the traditional display of crucifixes in Italian classrooms violates the rights of parents and...
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Holdout Signs Lisbon Treaty Creating EU Super-State
Under intense pressure from European Union leaders, other governments, and factions within his own country, Czech President Vaclav Klaus caved in on November...
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India’s Central Bank Buys 200 Tons of Gold
In yet another sign of eroding international confidence in the U.S. dollar, India’s central bank has just purchased 200 tons of gold from...
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Russia Simulates Invasion of Poland
In September 1939, the Red Army of the Soviet Union invaded Poland under the pretense that the Polish government could no longer protect...
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Karzai Declared President of Afghanistan
VOA News reported on November 2 that Afghanistan's Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) had declared President Hamid Karzai the winner of the country's disputed...
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Russia Accused of Violating Arms Treaty
As the Obama administration and Moscow rush to negotiate a new arms-control treaty by the end of the year, Russia is being accused...
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