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Home School Families in Sweden Brace for New Government Assault
A liberal Swedish politician has sent a shot over the bow of that country’s home school community. Writing in a Swedish newspaper, with...
China Announces More Open Gov’t., Less Open Internet
In response to rising citizen demand for government transparency and efficiency, this year China plans to defog the secretive workings of the government...
Read moreReport: Israeli Spies Posed as CIA to Recruit Anti-Iran Terrorists
An explosive report published late last week by the magazine Foreign Policy, citing half-a-dozen current and former U.S. intelligence officers, claimed that spies...
Read moreCould Hungary Break the Back of the EU?
The European Commission (EC) on Tuesday threatened to take legal action against Hungary unless it revised its brand new constitution to allow the country’s...
Read moreWith Increasing Conflict in Syria, Talk of “Intervention” Escalates
As Iraq flexes its muscle following the departure of U.S. troops, and as Iran continues to challenge the “international community” relative to its...
Read moreDeadly Battles Still Rage in Libya as Rival Militias Clash
Gun fights south of Tripoli between rebel militias and forces still loyal to the late Libyan despot Moammar Gadhafi left several dead and...
Read moreS&P Signals Coming European Debt Crash
U.S. credit ratings giant Standard & Poor's (S&P) lowered its rating on the credit-worthiness of nine European nations January 13. "It's not the cut...
Read moreGreece Recognizes Pedophilia as “Disability”
The government of Greece is catching flack over its decision to add some questionable categories to its list of recognized disabilities. As reported...
Read moreUN Brings Virulent Cholera Strain to Haiti
In November 2010,The New American reported that United Nations peacekeepers had introduced a deadly strain of cholera to victims of earthquakes and related...
Read moreIran Blames United States, Israel for Assassination of Nuclear Scientist
Iranian officials are accusing the U.S. and Israeli governments of assassinating another senior nuclear scientist in Tehran, using a car-bomb terrorist attack as...
Read moreGreek Debt Crisis Causes Drug Shortage in Pharmacies
An economic meltdown such as that which Greece is enduring produces some consequences that are not as obvious as others. As one example,...
Read moreThe Collapse of the Euro
One of the unintended consequences of the ongoing and accelerating crisis in the eurozone is that ordinary citizens are taking their money out...
Read morePanetta Says No Nukes for Iran Yet, But Calls for Continued Sanctions
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told a television audience January 8 that while Iran may be laying the groundwork for nuclear weapons, it is...
Read moreThe Coming of the Universal Financial Transaction Tax
In the clearest indication yet, a high French government official confirmed last week that an FTT — Financial Transaction Tax — will be...
Read moreLatest Numbers from Germany Confirm Recession
The announcement from the German Economy Ministry over the weekend confirmed that the long-awaited European recession has officially begun: German factory orders dropped...
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