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Missing Persons and Intelligence Agencies
Missing persons are a major human-rights issue in various countries. One niche of the missing persons saga is Asian nationals who went missing...
Irish Central Bank Prints Euros to Pay Bonuses
The financial crisis which has been pulling eurozone nations such as Greece and Portugal into a downward spiral of high interest rates on...
Read moreSome Romanians Pine for “Good Old Days” of Communism
Six years ago the Romanian Institute for Marketing and Polling reported that 64% of the people felt that their nation was moving in...
Read moreMexican Cartels Buy Afghan Heroin — Drug Wars Claim 507 in 14 Days
According to Borderland Beat (BB) Jan. 5, Mexican drug cartels have formed elaborate and strategic alliances with Middle Eastern drug traffickers, and those...
Read moreWikiLeaks to Release Banking Information
Internet whistleblower website WikiLeaks plans to release information on tax evasion by the rich and famous after obtaining two disks of information from...
Read moreSwiss Govt Angered Over Illegal Surveillance by U.S. Embassy
On Jan. 16, the news syndicate Breitbart reported that the U.S. embassy in Geneva has been conducting illegal surveillance on Swiss territory. In...
Read moreWikiLeaks Kills Off Tunisian Tyranny (With Facebook, Twitter, Blogger Help)
Condemned by U.S. officials as dangerous and by Republican leader Sarah Palin as "anti-American," Wikileaks has facilitated the destruction of Tunisia's tyrannical state...
Read moreCanadian Court Rules for Same-Sex Marriage
A high court in Saskatchewan has ruled that marriage commissioners in Canada may not refuse to perform weddings for same-sex couples, even if...
Read moreEurozone Avoids Meltdown — For Now
In defiance of all logic, the eurozone weathered a week of harrowing instability this past week, with Portugal, Spain, and Italy managing to...
Read moreIs Chinese Economy a Paper Tiger?
Banks in China allow American customers to buy and to hold Chinese yuan. A state-owned Chinese bank in New York has begun to...
Read moreCommunists Criticize Southern Sudan Referendum, Despite Its Success
The referendum taking place this week in the Southern Sudan on whether the region should remain part of Sudan or become its own...
Read moreAnti-Christian Violence Continues in Egypt
In the aftermath of a Christmas season filled with anti-Christian violence in Nigeria, Iraq, and Egypt, Christian leaders around the world have called...
Read moreEU Officials Want Larger Bailout Fund
Even as the European Union is bankrupting itself with bailouts, the EU’s top Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn said on Wednesday that the...
Read moreEU Reinstates Travel Ban against Belarusian Dictator
The European Union announced today that they would be reinstating a travel ban against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and 40 of his close...
Read moreFinancial World Eyes Portugal
The outlook for the sale today of three- and nine-year bonds by the government of Portugal is still cloudy, but late-breaking news that...
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