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Al-Qaeda in Yemen Offers 6 Pounds of Gold for Death of U.S. Ambassador
Various outlets are reporting information posted to Islamist websites placing a bounty of three kilograms (6.6 pounds) of gold on the head of...
After UN Internet Grab Fails, China Seeks to End Online Anonymity
Less than a month after governments debated ending online anonymity and other proposals to impose a global regulatory regime on the Internet at...
Read moreProminent Conservative British Journalist William Rees-Mogg Dead at 84
With the passing of British writer The Right Honourable The Lord Rees-Mogg, a voice that for more than 60 years resonated in the freedom...
Read moreBilderberg-picked EU Leader Van Rompuy Calls for Global Governance With Russia
At the conclusion of the EU-Russian Summit on December 21, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy repeatedly called for progress toward the goal...
Read moreEgypt’s Big Government (Islamic) Constitution Goes Into Force
Egyptian voters adopted a big-government constitution in a national plebiscite December 15, and it went into force December 26, according to Reuters wire...
Read moreRussia’s Parliament Passes Ban on U.S. Adoptions
Nearly 50 Russian children who are about to be adopted by U.S. families may be stuck in overcrowded orphanages if Russian President Vladimir...
Read moreIn U.K., Freedom of Speech and Press Hang in the Balance
British subjects have never had the broad protections for freedom of speech or the press that American citizens take for granted as guaranteed...
Read moreU.S. Pastor, an American Citizen, Imprisoned in Iran
A 32-year-old Iranian who is a U.S. citizen and a Christian pastor is being held in prison in Iran, and is expected to...
Read morePro-life Activist, 81, Persecuted in U.K. as Liberty Wanes
Longtime pro-life campaigner Edward Atkinson, 81, was handed a three-month suspended jail sentence for his activism against abortion in September, and it was...
Read moreU.K. Euthanasia Expands from Elderly to Infants
A controversial end-of-life care pathway already known to be killing thousands of elderly patients in U.K. hospitals is now being used to euthanize...
Read moreDespite Arrest of Prime Minister, UN Plot to Invade Mali Advances
Despite the arrest of “interim” Prime Minister Cheikh Modibo Diarra in the capital of Mali by rebellious troops last week, and the subsequent...
Read moreObama Surrounds Syria with U.S. Troops; Regional War Nears
In a move that analysts said put the U.S. government even closer to overt military intervention in Syria and potentially a broader regional...
Read moreNew Evidence Shows Mandela Was Senior Communist Party Member
Despite decades of Nelson Mandela denying that he was an official member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) during his Soviet-backed war...
Read moreU.K. to Move Ahead With Legalizing Same-sex Marriage
Under legislation planned for early next year, same-sex marriage will be legalized in the U.K., with the Church of England and other religious...
Read moreReligious Freedom Under Assault in U.K., Christians Say
The government of the United Kingdom is under fire from Christian organizations, churches, and activists for refusing to recognize the right of Christians...
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