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President Obama Wants TPP Finished by End of 2013
At a meeting last week in Cambodia chaired by President Obama, leaders from all the countries participating in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) approved...
UN Global Gun Ban Flimflam
On November 7, 2012, the First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly voted unanimously to approve a final round of talks on...
Read moreEgypt’s Morsi: New Pharaoh or Egyptian Cincinnatus?
The Thanksgiving Day decrees by Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi sent Egypt back into street protests and turmoil, prompting dissident Mohamed ElBaradei to charge...
Read moreChurch of England Laity Rejects Proposal for Women Bishops
Laity within the Church of England shocked the rest of the denomination November 20 by rejecting a proposal that would have allowed women...
Read moreEU Leaders Work on Seven-year Budget
The European Council meeting in which EU leaders will attempt to reach an agreement on the multi-annual financial framework (MFF) for 2014-2020 began...
Read moreEU Supports New Syrian Opposition Group
At the meeting of the European Union's Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels on November 19, a group of 27 European foreign ministers issued...
Read moreSpanish Theater Owner Starts “Carrot Rebellion” to Protest Tax Increase
A Spanish theater owner is protesting the VAT increase on his tickets to 21 percent by offering carrots for sale, which are subject...
Read moreXi Jinping Named General Secretary of Communist Party of China
On Thursday, November 15, at the first plenary session of the 18th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Vice President of the...
Read moreTensions in Gaza Heat Up
Conflict in the Mideast is intensifying between the Israeli government and Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist political/military party that governs the Gaza Strip. Hamas...
Read more“Pan-European” Protests Turn Violent While Advancing Globalism
Across Europe this week, an unprecedented and well-coordinated series of transnational mass strikes and protests led largely by Big Labor took to the...
Read moreHamburg, Germany Expands Religious Rights of Muslims
In a move toward religious toleration which would not be seen in a Muslim-majority nation, the government of Hamburg, Germany, has now reached...
Read moreSecret UN Document Lays Out Plan to Seize Control of Internet
A report by a United Nations organization calls for the international body to seize control of information shared over the Internet should the...
Read moreChina Blocks Google Access for 12 Hours
Google reported a dramatic drop-off in its traffic to sites in China for about 12 hours Friday, November 9, into Saturday morning. According...
Read moreWill Muslim Extremists Destroy the Sphinx?
Murgan Salem al-Gohary, an Egyptian jihadist, has called for the destruction of the Sphinx and the great pyramids so long associated with the...
Read moreDanes Say “Cheese” as Fat Tax Is Repealed
The Danish government repealed a year-old tax on fatty foods because it wasn't keeping Danes from eating them and was causing job losses....
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