Europe
Iceland Voters Reject Bank Bailout Again
Voters in Iceland infuriated bankers and European governments yet again by rejecting for a second time a proposal to force taxpayers to cover...
French Ban on Islamic Face Veils Now in Effect
The ban on burqas and other Islamic face coverings went into effect in France yesterday. Police hauled off a few face-covered Muslim women,...
Read moreU.K. to Allow Homosexual Men to Donate Blood
Homosexual men in the U.K. will soon be allowed to donate blood. It’s a policy shift that likely will increase the fear of...
Read moreWill Holland Outlaw Kosher Killing?
The Netherlands has long been a welcome home to Jews who suffered persecution elsewhere in Europe. During the Holocaust, Dutch Christians were exemplary...
Read moreSweden Plans Deportation of Christian-Convert Imam
A former imam who converted to Christianity is facing extradition from Sweden to his native Iraq, where he may face imprisonment or death...
Read moreImam Choudary: Royals May Be Attacked at Wedding
Anjem Choudary, the British Muslim imam who advocates Sharia law for Britain and calls British soldiers murderers, says the royal wedding in London...
Read moreEU Targets Tax Exemptions For Non-Profits
The European Union announced that national governments may not provide tax-exempt status to charities and non-profit organizations, prompting a backlash from some national...
Read moreHave Germany’s Free Democrats Turned Green?
The term “liberal” is highly misleading in modern usage. The Latin root word from which it is derived means “liberty” or “freedom.” Few...
Read moreIrish Bank Woes Underline European Financial Crisis
The Irish Central Bank announced yesterday that its banks will need an additional €24 billion (or about $34 billion) in the next few...
Read moreRefugees Besiege Italian Island of Lampedusa
It appears as if the scenario envisioned in Camp of the Saints, an apocalyptic novel in which Third World migrants swamp and destroy...
Read moreBelgium Sets World Record for No Govt
Mark Twain once observed, "History has tried hard to teach us that we can't have good government under politicians." So far, Belgium...
Read moreSecularism Spreads in Spanish Schools
A March 25 article from ANSAmed reports that “Secularism in Spain is quickly gaining steam,” and that the Archibishop of Madrid is warning...
Read moreLondon Anti-cuts Union Protest Turns Violent
Hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets in London over the weekend to oppose proposed budget cuts being pursued by the...
Read moreMuslims Again Demand Sharia For Britain
Muslim protesters, some of them women clad in black burqas, marched in London last week to demand Sharia law for the United Kingdom....
Read morePortugal PM Resignation Rattles EU
When the Portuguese Parliament failed to pass an austerity bill on March 23, the country’s Prime Minister, Jose Socrates, resigned. That move leaves...
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