Europe
Christian Nurse Faces Discriminatory Policies in England
A nurse in England is claiming discrimination after hospital policy punishes her for wearing a crucifix to work. Shirley Chaplin, a 54-year old...
Scotland Yard Encourages Internet Cafes to Snoop
Using the War on Terror as a pretext, Scotland Yard has advised the owners and administrators of internet cafes and other public web...
Read moreEuropol Granted Frightening Investigative Power
Her Majesty’s subjects in the United Kingdom are now subject to the prying eyes and ears of a European intelligence agency with powers...
Read moreGerman Austerity Draws Ire
Germany, which has a higher rate of savings and a lower government debt than other nations in the European Union, is being criticized...
Read moreA New “Greek Tragedy”
Let us be perfectly clear: The fiscal woes of Greece, one of the European Union’s weaker economies to begin with, are quite likely...
Read moreUK Nixes Climate-change Ads
The United Kingdom has banned two government-funded advertisements for exaggerating claims of catastrophic man-made global warming. The independent media watchdog organization, Advertising Standards...
Read moreClimate-change Nepotism
The United Nations is launching an independent review of its climate agency, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which has weathered harsh...
Read moreIceland Debt Small Part of Global Debt Crisis
Iceland’s recent vote not to repay billions of dollars owed to Britain and the Netherlands underscores the growing risk involved in bailing out...
Read moreU.K. Trash Bins Secretly Implanted with Microchips
Not content with the constant video surveillance of her subjects, Her Majesty’s government has now begun monitoring their rubbish, as well. According to...
Read moreIcelanders Reject ‘Debt Slavery’
Icelandic voters went to the polls over the weekend and delivered an overwhelming blow to bankers and governments attempting saddle the people with...
Read moreUK Torturing Youth With Classical Music
Can music be a weapon? Undoubtedly Gen. Manuel Noriega thought so, when U.S. troops blasted his hideout — the apostolic nunciature — with...
Read moreGreece, Euro, and Even the EU on the Ropes
Let us be perfectly clear: The fiscal woes of Greece, one of the European Union’s weaker economies to begin with, are quite likely...
Read moreDutch Government Collapses Over Afghanistan Withdrawal
Following a heated debate and the collapse of the Dutch government over the issue, Prime Minister Jan-Peter Balkenende announced Sunday that the Netherlands’...
Read moreTop UN Climate Official Resigns
The top United Nations climate official is resigning. Yvo de Boer, executive director of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC), announced...
Read moreEU Trouble: US Banks Helped Hide Government Debt
American banks helped Greece and possibly other governments to run massive deficits and conceal them from European Union officials and the public, according...
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