Ahmadinejad Sworn in as Iran’s President Amid Protests
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn in for a second term as Iran's president on August 5, as hundreds of opposition supporters demonstrated against his...
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U.S. Journalists Come Home After N. Korean Pardon
Euna Lee and Laura Ling, the two American journalists arrested by North Korean border guards on March 17 after straying into North Korean...
Read moreCommunism Still Stands in the “Stans”
The mass media tells us that communism around the world fell with the tearing down of the Berlin Wall in 1989. It’s almost...
Read moreGeorge Orwell Arrives in Great Britain
According to Wired.com, following up a Sunday Express report, the British government plans to install and monitor CCTV cameras in 20,000 British homes....
Read moreIran Detains Three American Tourists
At least two Iranian state-run TV stations — Press TV and al Alam — reported on August 1 that the nation's border police...
Read moreTerrorist Targeting of Police
To the headlines listed below could be added hundreds more cataloging the concerted global attack by terrorist organizations against law enforcement. ...
Read moreAdvisers Call for Afghanistan Troop Buildup
Voice of America (VOA) News reported on July 29 that Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) — a...
Read moreMexico Shuts Down Cancun Beach Over Alleged Theft of Sand
It sounds like something that can only happen in a third world country — police and navy personnel wrapping a beach in crime scene...
Read moreIranian Police Clash With Mourners
Hundreds of mourners gathered at Tehran's Behesht-e Zahra cemetery on July 27 to honor those killed in the unrest that followed the June...
Read moreNigerian Forces Oppose Militant Islamic Sect
Nigerian troops raided the primary base of operations of the militant Islamic sect known as Boko Haram on July 29, in an operation...
Read moreGates Indicates Faster Iraq Pullout
Voice of America (VOA) News reported on July 29 that Defense Secretary Robert Gates — speaking after a two-day visit to Iraq —...
Read moreObama Presses Israel on West Bank Settlements
U.S. special envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell wrapped up three days of talks in the Middle East on July 28, telling...
Read moreDon’t Call Us Pirates, We Are Protectors
In an economy where there are no guarantees, why not invest in cargo-ship hijacking? In a recent interview with Scott Carney from Wired,...
Read morePoll: Britons Turn Against Afghan War
A poll carried out by ComRes for the British tabloid newspaper The Independent on July 28 has found that 58 percent of Britons...
Read moreObama Welcomes “Strong, Prosperous and Successful ” China
On the morning of July 27, President Barack Obama addressed the opening session of the first U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue at the...
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