Officials Refuse to Let Persecuted Homeschool Family Leave Germany
After sparking an international uproar recently by sending an armed squad of police and social workers to abduct four children from their loving...
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Netherlands Asks UN Tribunal to Force Russia to Release Greenpeace Crew
Liesbeth Lijnzaad, an aide to the Netherlands’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs, testified today before the judges at the International Tribunal for the Law...
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Anti-EU Alliance Takes Shape, Warns of Soviet-style Collapse
As European Union bosses openly claim that a “federation” ruled from Brussels is inevitable, a growing coalition of political parties across the EU...
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Talks on Iran Nuke Program Start Today in Geneva
Representatives from Iran and six world powers are meeting in Geneva on October 15 and 16 to discuss Iran’s nuclear program. The powers...
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The “Merkel Miracle”: Third Term for Germany’s Machiavellian “Mum”
Angela Merkel’s double-speaking and flip-flopping on EU bailouts, EU control from Brussels, support for U.S.-backed foreign wars — and much more — should...
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Swiss Expected to Reject Elimination of Military Draft
Voters in Switzerland will head to the polls on Sunday to decide whether the Alpine nation should continue with its military draft or...
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Polish Government Seizes Private Pension Assets
Authorities in Poland last week announced the confiscation of bonds held in private pension funds without compensation, implausibly claiming that the move did...
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EU Exploring Scheme to Install Speed-Limiting Devices on Cars
As the deeply unpopular Brussels-based European Union continues to usurp unprecedented powers over citizens and formerly sovereign national governments, another example of the...
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Armed German Police Abduct Four Homeschooled Kids
Global outrage is mounting after an armed squad of German police and social workers abducted four homeschooled children from their loving parents’ arms,...
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NSA Surveillance in Germany May Threaten Merkel Reelection
Challengers to German Chancellor Angela Merkel are accusing her of permitting the NSA to conduct illegal surveillance on the people of Germany. ...
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Snowden Requests Temporary Asylum in Russia
The Guardian newspaper (U.K.) and other news outlets reported on July 12 that during a meeting with human rights activists at Moscow's Sheremetyevo...
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NSA Surveillance Disclosures Recall Days of East German STASI
The comparison of the NSA to the East German STASI reflects the same problem of the surveillance state: Just who is sorting through...
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New Revelations About NSA Spying Abroad Enrage European Officials
Saturday’s revelations by the German newspaper Der Spiegel that U.S. agents placed bugs in European Union officials’ offices in New York and Washington and...
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Anti-Government Protests Continue Across Turkey
As anti-government protests that began on May 28 continued in Istanbul on June 11, hundreds of riot police breached barricades set up by...
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As Sovereignty Dies, EU Hauls U.K. to Court Over Immigrant Welfare
As national sovereignty increasingly becomes a thing of the past for most Europeans, the controversial European Union is taking the British government to...
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