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100,000 Britons Sign Anti-Immigration Petition in One Week
More than 100,000 Britons have eagerly signed an e-petition on the government’s website that says immigration to the sceptr’d isle must stop before...
Libya: Now What?
Gadhafi is now dead. After more than four decades of brutalizing the Libyan people, he died a brutal death. His convoy was hit...
Read moreBrief History of Gadhafi & His Regime
Gadhafi was born in 1942 to poor parents outside of Sirte, Libya, a country then ruled by Italy. Raised in a tent, he...
Read moreGuatemala Elects Former General as President
Retired Army General Otto Pérez Molina (left) won Sunday's runoff presidential election in Guatemala, seizing on voters' concerns about growing insecurity in the...
Read moreA Hard Look at Italy
With yields on Italy’s 10-year government debt rising sharply higher and beyond the seven-percent ceiling deemed unsustainable, Italy is running out of options...
Read morePossible Israeli Attack on Iran Could Steeply Raise Oil Prices
While the global powers are speculating over the possibility of an Israeli military strike against Iran, many analysts are saying that such an...
Read moreLesson from Iceland’s 2008 Financial Crisis: Let Banks Fail
The downward spiral of the Greek economy — and now likely that of Italy — has led to calls for the European Union...
Read moreThe Eurozone Continues to Unravel
With Greece’s Prime Minister George Papandreou agreeing to step down in order to secure more bailout funds from the ECB, attention turned immediately...
Read moreWar on Drugs Grows FAST Abroad
Government programs often begin with limited, easily identifiable purposes, then grow over time to become expensive, wasteful, and even dangerous monstrosities. Such is...
Read moreContributors Help Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei
After being slapped with a $2.4-million bill by the Beijing tax bureau, Chinese artist and political dissident Ai Weiwei (left) could be charged...
Read moreChinese Human Rights Abuses in Zambia on the Rise
Communist China has long been seeking to increase its influence over the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa, whether through economic, industrial, diplomatic, or...
Read moreIsrael Considers Military Attack on Iran
According to American intelligence sources, senior Israeli ministers who once opposed a military strike against Iran are now indicating support for such an...
Read moreBulgarian President-elect Vows to Root Out KGB Moles
Rosen Plevneliev managed a narrow victory in Bulgaria's recent presidential elections on a reform platform pledging to clean up the country's corruption-plagued government,...
Read moreEU Creates “Dictatorship” Under Guise of Financial Stability
Using “financial stability” as justification, the European Union is quietly plotting to foist a massive, perpetual bailout machine on eurozone members that critics...
Read moreFARC Leader Killed by Colombian Army
Colombian government officials claim that the leader of that nation’s most prominent rebel group was killed Friday in an operation carried out by...
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