Chinese Disrespect for Obama Grows
Just prior to the November 15 Obama visit to China, a front-page article in the New York Times began with the following sobering...
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Obama Criticizes Israeli Settlement Building
U.S. government-controlled VOA news on November 18 cited President Obama's statement that Israel's recent decision to authorize the construction of new settlements in...
Read moreUK Health Department to Require Snooping Into Private Homes
Just when they thought they could not be under more surveillance or monitored more often, English people discovered Sunday that inspectors from the...
Read moreUN Nuke Chief in Secret Talks With Iran
The Times of London reported on November 17 that UN and Iranian officials have been engaged in secret negotiations toward an agreement to...
Read moreUN ‘Hunger’ Summit in Rome
The United Nations has entered the climate change debate in an interesting way: "There can be no food security without climate security," UN...
Read moreUK Mandates Sex Education
Children in Britain will be forced to attend at least one year of sex-education classes before their 16th birthday, according to new rules...
Read moreFall of the Berlin Wall … and Rise of the EU
This week, as almost everyone is aware, marks the 20th anniversary of the dramatic fall of the Berlin Wall, an event that set...
Read moreVenezuela Prepares for War, Again
After sending 15,000 more troops to the border, leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is warning his military and the population to “prepare for...
Read moreChina Executes Nine for Riot-related Crimes
Communist China has executed nine men for crimes committed during violent, ethnically motivated riots that took place in China’s Xinjiang region in July....
Read moreBureaucratization of Religion in Britain
The New York Times on November 8 reported that the highest court of the United Kingdom was facing as a legal issue the...
Read moreAustralian Prime Minister Goes Hysterical Over Global Warming
Speaking to a liberal think tank in Sydney on November 6, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd declared that "dangerous" global warming skeptics are...
Read moreUkraine 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...
Read moreTreating 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...
Read morePoland 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...
Read more23 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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