McCaffrey: 10 More Years of War in Afghanistan
Retired General Barry McCaffrey told MSNBC's Meet the Press Sunday that the United States faces 10 more years of war in Afghanistan. ...
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French Minister Admits Paying for Sex With Young Boys, Refuses to Resign
After coming out with strong support for admitted child rapist Roman Polanski, French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand is once again in the spotlight...
Read moreBangkok Climate Talks End on “Rich-Poor” Note
A two-week-long series of UN climate-change talks in Bangkok attended by delegates from 180 countries ended on October 9, with their most notable...
Read morePresident Obama Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
U.S. President Barack Obama has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize worth 10 million Swedish crowns ($1.4 million). ...
Read moreIsrael’s Foreign Minister Pessimistic About Palestine Peace
Speaking in a radio interview reported by the BBC on October 8, Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said that those who think Israel...
Read moreSkiing While the Earth Burns
In a sure sign that the Earth is, as predicted, warming to the point of human extinction, snowfall in the West has come...
Read moreObama as Latter Day Joseph?
Yes, say African bishops attending a meeting at the Vatican on Wednesday, Obama may be the one to save God's peoples. According to...
Read moreSaving the Planet, One Empty Bladder at a Time
All Nippon Airways declares that empty bladders will lead to cleaner air. According to their algorithm, an empty bladder means a lighter passenger...
Read moreNormal Flu Shot May Counter H1N1
Researchers in Mexico have gathered evidence that the normal flu vaccine offers some degree of protection versus the H1N1 swine flu, Reuters reported...
Read moreIrish Voters Approve EU’s Lisbon Treaty
Ireland’s voters went to the polls on October 2 and approved the controversial Lisbon Treaty by an overwhelming 67 percent to 33 percent...
Read moreCommunist China at 60
On October 1, the Beijing government celebrates the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, declared formally through a...
Read moreIreland Faces EU’s Lisbon Treaty Referendum … Again
Irish voters will once again vote in a referendum on the EU’s Lisbon Treaty on October 2, which they last rejected on June...
Read moreFree Markets Win Big in German Election
The so-called “Grand Coalition” in Germany is over, with its left-wing party being decimated at the polls. ...
Read moreIran Sends Mixed Signals on Nuclear Program
Speaking two days before Iran is scheduled to meet the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany in Geneva to...
Read moreEuropeans Blown Away by Govt-Funded Wind Farms
Between 500 and 1,000 protesters gathered last weekend at Mont-Saint-Michel in France to demonstrate against plans to build a wind farm along the...
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