Leaked British Documents Reveal Deception About Iraq War Entry
The London Telegraph has published excerpts of leaked secret British documents that reveal pre-war deceit by former Prime Minister Tony Blair and ongoing...
Europe
EU Chooses Van Rompuy as Its First President
The European Union has chosen its first President, Herman Van Rompuy, the current Prime Minister of Belgium. Van Rompuy is a relatively minor...
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ABC Reveals Site of Secret CIA Prison in Lithuania
ABC News revealed the location of an abandoned secret torture prison run by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency about 20 miles northeast of...
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Italy Crusades for the Cross
The mayors of several Italian cities are rebelling against a European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling that bans the crucifix from public...
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UK Health Department to Require Snooping Into Private Homes
Just when they thought they could not be under more surveillance or monitored more often, English people discovered Sunday that inspectors from the...
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UN ‘Hunger’ Summit in Rome
The United Nations has entered the climate change debate in an interesting way: "There can be no food security without climate security," UN...
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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...
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Fall of the Berlin Wall … and Rise of the EU
This week, as almost everyone is aware, marks the 20th anniversary of the dramatic fall of the Berlin Wall, an event that set...
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Bureaucratization of Religion in Britain
The New York Times on November 8 reported that the highest court of the United Kingdom was facing as a legal issue the...
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Ukraine In Lockdown Amidst Swine Flu Scare
Martial law was effectively declared in the Ukraine last week by unpopular President Victor Yushchenko after an outbreak of what health officials described...
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Poland Requests U.S. Military Presence
Poland’s recent appeal to Washington reads like something printed on the front pages of newspaper from 20 years ago: Poland Fears Russian Invasion...
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23 CIA Officers Convicted in Italy, in Absentia
An Italian court convicted 23 CIA agents for kidnapping an Egyptian dissident on the streets of Milan November 3, sparking a global outcry...
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Unrepentant Stasi 20 Years After Fall of Berlin Wall
Reuters reported on November 4 that for many members of the odious Stasi, the secret police of the old East German Communist government,...
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Baha’i Conference Promotes World Parliament
On October 24, the Francophone European Association for Baha’i Studies convened its annual conference in Luxembourg. Normally, the minutes of the meetings of...
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British “Drug Czar” Fired Over Inconvenient Facts
“Drug Czar” Professor David Nutt, the top British adviser on drugs, was fired last week over controversial statements criticizing current drug policies. The...
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