North Korea’s Kim May Have a Successor
“North Korea's Kim moves to anoint youngest son as heir,” Reuters announced in the title to a June 2 release. The North’s current...
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China and Pelosi Celebrate Anniversary of Tiananmen Square
While the Chinese government is busying itself with further cracking down on censorship of the Internet, television, and the printed word, human rights...
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More North Korean Missiles, South Remains Calm
According to a May 29 AP release, North Korea has test-fired another short-range missile. “South Korea's Yonhap news agency said the latest test...
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Surveillance of North Korea Increased
One day after Russia said it was going to step up its military surveillance around North Korea in response to North Korea’s recent...
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“Merchant of Death” Trial Still Looms
The Russian parliament and media refer to him merely as a “Russian businessman.” But to much of the rest of the world, Viktor...
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EU Banks on More Control
“European Union regulators may get the power to overrule national banking authorities under plans to tighten banking supervision that are aimed at avoiding...
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More Belligerence From North Korea
North Korea’s belligerence has now extended to restarting its main nuclear reactor, declaring itself no longer bound by the 1953 Korean War armistice,...
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North Korea’s Nuclear Saber Rattling
“One day after its nuclear test drew angry and widespread condemnation, North Korea continued to defy the international community on Tuesday by test-firing...
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Geert Wilders Fights Courts on Free Speech
Geert Wilders, the Dutch politician who is fighting Islam's creeping takeover of Europe, has lost his appeal to stop the government from prosecuting...
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Iran Test-fires Missile With 1,200-Mile Range
IRNA, Iran's state-controlled news agency, quoted a statement made by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on May 20 that his country has test-fired the new...
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Bilderbergs Hold Annual Meeting in Greece
The highly secretive Bilderberg Group held its 2009 annual meeting from May 14 to 17 at a luxury resort in Athens, Greece. As...
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Afghans Deny Zalmay Khalilzad to Have Top Kabul Post
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has denied a speculative report appearing in the New York Times for May 19 that Zalmay Khalilzad, who was...
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Critics Rebuke Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI gave a speech at Israel’s Yad Veshem Holocaust Memorial this past Monday, during which he paid tribute to the Jewish...
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European Union Fines Intel $1.45 billion
The EU's European Commission imposed a fine of 1.06 billion Euros ($1.45 billion) on Intel Corporation on May 13, allegedly "for violating EC...
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Mexican Violence, Gun Controls
On the CBS television show Face the Nation on April 12, in an interview with Bob Schieffer, Mexico’s Ambassador to the United States...
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