Climate-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...
Europe
Iceland 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...
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U.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...
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Icelanders 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...
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UK 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...
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Greece, 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...
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Dutch 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’...
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Top 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...
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EU 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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A Greek Tragedy
As reported by the New York Times Tuesday, Greece, the widely recognized cradle of self-government, is teetering on the precipice of self-destruction and...
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The Grasp of Socialist International
World government and world socialism. Those are the explicit goals of the Socialist International (SI), one of the planet’s most influential organizations, but...
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British Police Plan Fake Break-ins
British police have a new strategy in their supposed effort to reduce burglaries: posing as robbers themselves. ...
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World Economic Forum Pushes Global Controls
The annual meeting of the rich and super-rich at Davos, Switzerland, ended January 31 with the usual calls for greater empowerment of the...
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U.S. to Develop Missile Shield in Romania
Romanian President Traian Basescu announced on February 4 that Romania's Supreme Defense Council had approved a U.S. proposal to include Romania in a...
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British Inquiry Into Iraq War
Reuters news reports that former British Prime Minister Tony Blair will make a long-awaited appearance before an inquiry into the Iraq War on...
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