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Another Protest Ship Sails from Greece to Break Israel’s Gaza Blockade
Early last week, a protest ship set off from Greece for the Gaza Strip to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza. Reports from pro-Palestinian...
Telephone Hacking Scandal Surrounds Rupert Murdoch’s Media Empire
A growing telephone hacking scandal in London surrounding Rupert Murdoch’s multinational media empire News International has prompted a number of arrests and resignations,...
Read moreChavez Wants More Prisons
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (left) has decided that one of the serious problems with the nation he bullies is that there are not...
Read moreCuban Wretch “Escapes” Castro’s Paradise
On Thursday, July 14, 2011, a young Cuban who tried to stow away inside the landing gear of a Spanish airliner died during...
Read morePoll: British People Overwhelmingly Ready to Leave EU
The people of Great Britain have had enough of the European Union and its growing financial difficulties. In fact, according to a recent...
Read moreItaly and Ireland in Free-fall
Europe’s crisis took a dramatic turn for the worse with the sudden awareness, reflected by a steep increase in government bond yields, that...
Read moreU.S. Begins Drone Strikes in Somalia
On June 23 the United States conducted an unmanned aerial drone attack in Somalia, killing at least one person and wounding others. The...
Read moreCourt Upholds Swiss Ban on Minarets
Twenty months have passed since the citizens of Switzerland voted to amend their constitution and ban the future construction of Muslim minarets, but...
Read moreBritish Retirees (“Pensioners”) Costing Too Much
The notion that government can keep robbing Peter to pay Paul indefinitely was always unrealistic. The creation of “entitlements” did not happen in...
Read moreAfghan President Karzai’s Brother, a CIA Asset and Drug Boss, Killed
Taliban forces are reportedly taking credit for the assassination of Ahmad Wali Karzai (left), Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s half-brother, who was shot in...
Read moreGrowth Estimates for PIGS Revised Downward — Again
There is a theme to news stories about the PIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Greece, and Spain) in the last few years: Rosy projections always...
Read moreAustralian Liquor Industry Puts Warning Labels on Bottles
The Australian liquor industry, under an ostensibly voluntary arrangement, has announced that it will carry health warnings on its bottles such as, “Drinking can...
Read moreTroubled South Sudan Officially Independent
South Sudan formally declared independence from its former oppressor North Sudan over the weekend after decades of bloody conflicts, but the problems plaguing...
Read moreEU Economic Crisis: Italy’s Debt Now Second Only to That of Greece
Europe’s slow-motion economic collapse continues apace as Eurozone governments and banks continue to wring their hands over what to do to postpone the...
Read moreRoman-era Wreck May Hold Key to Cures for Modern Disease
Pills found on board a 2nd century B.C. shipwreck were packed with crushed carrots, parsley, onions, alfalfa, and other vegetable matter, conforming to...
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