UK 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...
Europe
Fall of the Berlin Wall … and Rise of the EU
This week, as almost everyone is aware, marks the 20th anniversary of the dramatic...
Bureaucratization of Religion in Britain
The New York Times on November 8 reported that the highest court of the...
Ukraine In Lockdown Amidst Swine Flu Scare
Martial law was effectively declared in the Ukraine last week by unpopular President Victor...
Poland Requests U.S. Military Presence
Poland’s recent appeal to Washington reads like something printed on the front pages of...
23 CIA Officers Convicted in Italy, in Absentia
An Italian court convicted 23 CIA agents for kidnapping an Egyptian dissident on the...
Unrepentant Stasi 20 Years After Fall of Berlin Wall
Reuters reported on November 4 that for many members of the odious Stasi, the...
Baha’i Conference Promotes World Parliament
On October 24, the Francophone European Association for Baha’i Studies convened its annual conference...
British “Drug Czar” Fired Over Inconvenient Facts
“Drug Czar” Professor David Nutt, the top British adviser on drugs, was fired last...
EU Says No Crucifixes in Italian Schools
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the traditional display of crucifixes...
Holdout Signs Lisbon Treaty Creating EU Super-State
Under intense pressure from European Union leaders, other governments, and factions within his own...
Russia Simulates Invasion of Poland
In September 1939, the Red Army of the Soviet Union invaded Poland under the...
Scandinavian Systems Stifling Women’s Opportunities
When searching for reforms to promote gender equality the world often turns north. The...
Lithuania Investigates CIA “Black Site” Torture Prison
The Lithuanian Parliament (Seimas) is expected to approve this week President Dalia Grybauskaite's demand...
NATO Supports Obama’s Plan for Missile “Shield”
President Obama’s plans for a revamped "missile shield" for Eastern Europe has gained the...
NATO Meeting Heralds More Troops for Afghanistan
Day two of NATO’s Defense Ministers’ meeting in Bratislava, Slovakia, continued on October 23,...
Rich Germans Request Higher Taxes
Forty-four rich Germans have signed a petition, asking to be taxed more because they...
Muslims Call for Sharia in Britain
Britons learned last week that thousands of the nation’s Muslims will descend upon London...
Hillary Clinton Ends Two-Day Trip to Russia
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton completed a two-day visit to Russia on October...
Wilders Wins Appeal In Britain
An immigration panel in Britain has overturned a decision by the country's Home Office...