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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Karzai Offers Invitation to “Our Taliban Brothers”
Delivering his acceptance speech at a November 3 press conference, the day after Afghanistan's...
EU Says No Crucifixes in Italian Schools
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the traditional display of crucifixes...
Holdout Signs Lisbon Treaty Creating EU Super-State
Under intense pressure from European Union leaders, other governments, and factions within his own...
India’s Central Bank Buys 200 Tons of Gold
In yet another sign of eroding international confidence in the U.S. dollar, India’s central...
Russia Simulates Invasion of Poland
In September 1939, the Red Army of the Soviet Union invaded Poland under the...
Karzai Declared President of Afghanistan
VOA News reported on November 2 that Afghanistan's Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) had declared...
Russia Accused of Violating Arms Treaty
As the Obama administration and Moscow rush to negotiate a new arms-control treaty by...
Scandinavian Systems Stifling Women’s Opportunities
When searching for reforms to promote gender equality the world often turns north. The...
Deal in Honduras Could Restore Zelaya
Honduran President Roberto Micheletti announced that he is ready to sign an agreement that...
U.S. Paying Taliban Who Claim to Switch Sides
The U.S. Government will soon begin paying Taliban members who claim to switch sides...
Karzai’s Brother on CIA Payroll, N.Y. Times Says
According to a New York Times report published on October 27, Ahmed Wali Karzai,...
Al-Qaeda-Linked Group Claims Baghdad Bombings
The Islamic State of Iraq, an extremist group linked to al-Qaeda, claimed responsibility in...
14 U.S. Deaths in Afghan Helicopter Crashes
NATO officials in Afghanistan have reported that three International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) helicopters...
Lithuania Investigates CIA “Black Site” Torture Prison
The Lithuanian Parliament (Seimas) is expected to approve this week President Dalia Grybauskaite's demand...
NATO Supports Obama’s Plan for Missile “Shield”
President Obama’s plans for a revamped "missile shield" for Eastern Europe has gained the...
NATO Meeting Heralds More Troops for Afghanistan
Day two of NATO’s Defense Ministers’ meeting in Bratislava, Slovakia, continued on October 23,...
Rich Germans Request Higher Taxes
Forty-four rich Germans have signed a petition, asking to be taxed more because they...
Iran Agrees to Nuclear Fuel Deal
Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, director of the UN-spawned International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), announced on...
Karzai Agrees to Afghanistan Runoff
The incumbent President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, announced at a Kabul press conference on...