23 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...
British Soldiers Killed by Afghan Policeman
British officials announced that five British soldiers were shot and killed on November 3 by an Afghan policeman in the Nad e-Ali district...
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Unrepentant Stasi 20 Years After Fall of Berlin Wall
Reuters reported on November 4 that for many members of the odious Stasi, the secret police of the old East German Communist government,...
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Baha’i Conference Promotes World Parliament
On October 24, the Francophone European Association for Baha’i Studies convened its annual conference in Luxembourg. Normally, the minutes of the meetings of...
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Massachusetts Gun Storage Law Heading to State’s Highest Court
If Charleton Heston had lived in Massachusetts, then his rousing warning regarding his right to gun ownership would have read: “You can have...
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Obama Bribes States With Education Grants
President Barack Obama on November 4 waved $5 billion of federal grant money under the noses of state education officials to entice them...
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The Healthcare Bill’s Sops to the Mental-health Industry
Most people (including Members of Congress and the press) won’t read the nearly 2,000-page healthcare bill (“Affordable Health Care for America Act”: H.R....
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Patriot Act Vote Scheduled for Nov. 5
The House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to consider a bill on November 5 that the Electronic Frontier Foundation believes is this year’s “best...
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British “Drug Czar” Fired Over Inconvenient Facts
“Drug Czar” Professor David Nutt, the top British adviser on drugs, was fired last week over controversial statements criticizing current drug policies. The...
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Karzai Offers Invitation to “Our Taliban Brothers”
Delivering his acceptance speech at a November 3 press conference, the day after Afghanistan's Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) declared him the winner of...
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EU Says No Crucifixes in Italian Schools
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the traditional display of crucifixes in Italian classrooms violates the rights of parents and...
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Holdout Signs Lisbon Treaty Creating EU Super-State
Under intense pressure from European Union leaders, other governments, and factions within his own country, Czech President Vaclav Klaus caved in on November...
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India’s Central Bank Buys 200 Tons of Gold
In yet another sign of eroding international confidence in the U.S. dollar, India’s central bank has just purchased 200 tons of gold from...
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Jennings: Time to Expel “Safe Schools Czar”?
Over the past few months a movement has been growing to expel President Obama's "Safe Schools Czar" Kevin Jennings from his post. ...
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Maine Rejects Same-sex Marriage
As Maine goes, so stands Rhode Island. Until yesterday, tiny Rhode Island was the only one of the six New England states to...
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