Mexican Violence, Gun Controls
On the CBS television show Face the Nation on April 12, in an interview with Bob Schieffer, Mexico’s Ambassador to the United States...
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Obama Renews Sanctions on Syria
After months of initiatives and statements from the new Obama administration indicating it intended...
Papal Visit to Jordan Prompts Diverse Muslim Response
Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Amman, Jordan, on May 8 at the beginning of...
Spreading Christianity in Dar al-Islam
If our military is any indication, it just may be true that there are...
Pakistan Cracks Down on Taliban
Pakistani fighter jets and helicopters struck Taliban positions in the country's Swat Valley on...
Radio Broadcaster Michael Savage and Others Banned From U.K.
The United Kingdom released a list of the names of 16 people not allowed...
Pakistan: Sanctuary for Taliban, al-Qaeda
Back in February, Gen. David McKiernan, commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan,...
Duffy Is New Poet Laureate, but No Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson may be turning in his grave. The author of some of...
Geert Wilders Not Welcome in Denmark
It appears as if another country is afraid of Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders because...
North Korean Threat Grossly Overblown
In the midst of an economic crisis and worries over a global epidemic, North...
Demise of Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers May Be Near
The long-running war in Sri Lanka, the impoverished Indian Ocean nation suspended like a...
EU-U.S. Integration: Unattractive Union
It is now clear that European nations were deceived into joining an economic union...
Somali Vigilantes Capture Pirates
A militia of fishermen organized by regional leaders in the Somali coastal towns of...
Correa’s “Socialist Revolution” in Ecuador
The “Socialist Revolution” will continue in Ecuador for at least another four years after...
Iraq Accuses U.S. of Violating Security Pact
A pre-dawn U.S. military raid on April 26 that had targeted Iranian-backed Shi'ite militiamen...
Cruise Ship Security Team Fights Pirates
An Italian cruise ship carrying armed Israeli security guards successfully averted a hijacking attempt...
Swine Flu Sweeping Across Mexico into U.S.
A deadly strain of swine flu is sweeping across Mexico and has already spread...
ANC Scores Big in South Africa’s Elections
With returns still coming in two days after the April 22 parliamentary elections in...
Many Delegates Walk Out of UN Racism Confab
The UN's Durban Review Conference on racism got off to a rocky start in...
Summit of the Americas Ends in Uncertainty
Though the United States was still the focus of plenty of the usual criticism,...