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UK Defense Minister Foresees Difficult Road in Afghanistan

In his first speech since being appointed to Britain's cabinet by Prime Minister Gordon Brown on June 5, Secretary of State for Defense...

July 8, 2009

Zelaya to Meet With Hillary Clinton

July 7, 2009

Ousted Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya — whose attempt to return to Honduras two days earlier was thwarted when the new government blocked the...

Violence and Riots in China Continue

Alex Newman July 7, 2009

The violence continued to escalate in China’s far-west Xinjiang province after protests and riots left more than 150 people dead over the weekend....

Obama’s Russia Trip: Outsourced Jobs and Disarmament

Thomas R. Eddlem July 6, 2009

President Obama brought two things on his trip to Russia this week: thousands of outsourced American jobs and a proposal for more nuclear...

Zelaya Plane Denied Landing in Honduras

July 6, 2009

A plane provided by Venezuela's Marxist strongman Hugo Chavez ferried the ousted president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, from Washington to the Honduran capital...

FBI: Saddam Hussein Was More Afraid of Iran Than U.S.

Thomas R. Eddlem July 3, 2009

Saddam Hussein faked holding weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) in fear of militant Shiite Iran, recently declassified conversations between FBI agent George L....

North Korea’s Missile Firings Increase Tensions

July 2, 2009

North Korea test-fired four short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan on July 2, increasing tensions between Pyongyang and the West that began...

Marines Launch Major Offensive in Afghanistan

July 2, 2009

Nearly 4,000 U.S. Marines and 650 Afghan troops launched a major offensive into southwestern Afghanistan's Helmand River valley on July 2, an area...

Sweden takes EU presidency, announces priorities

Alex Newman July 2, 2009

Sweden assumed the rotating presidency of the European Union Wednesday and immediately announced the nation’s top priorities: the economic crisis and the war...

UN and OAS Threaten Honduran Sovereignty

July 1, 2009

The UN General Assembly on June 30 adopted a resolution by acclamation — sponsored by Bolivia, Venezuela, Mexico, and the United States, among...

Leftists Call for Rebellion in Honduras

June 30, 2009

The world's leftists — ranging from internationalists, to Marxists, to confirmed communist Fidel Castro — ostracized the new Honduran government of Roberto Micheletti...