Sweden Considers Cashless Society
The move toward a cashless society is accelerating in Sweden as plastic payments become the norm and various government officials, unions, and high-profile...
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Vancouver Taxpayers Stuck With $1 Billion Bill
Six months after the close of the Winter Olympics, Vancouver taxpayers have been slapped with a bill for $1 billion in unsold Olympic...
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Atheist Smokes Pages from Bible and Koran
In the aftermath of the furor over one Florida church’s plans to burn copies of the Koran on the ninth anniversary of the...
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France In Trouble Over Immigrants
France got into big trouble this week over its deportation of Gypsies early this week, and its move to ban veils that hide...
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Biometric ID Scheme for 1.2 Billion Indians Meets Resistance
A costly plan by the central government of India to create unique biometric identification numbers for every Indian is meeting stiff resistance from...
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Law Looks Other Way While Pro-lifers are Attacked
The right to peaceful protest is one virtually all Westerners hold dear, but, apparently, not when it’s applied to pro-lifers. Apparently, that is,...
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Chinese Cyber Warfare Advance in Quantum Teleportation
There’s a new arms race heating up, one that involves not nuclear weapons or satellite-guided bombs but communications. In May of this year,...
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Protests Against Quran Burning Erupt in Afghanistan
Voice of America News reported on September 10 that “thousands of people across Afghanistan” had gathered in the nation’s streets to participate in...
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Another Blow to Homeschooling
A judge’s decision in the South African country of Botswana should have Americans concerned over the influence of the United Nations and the...
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Castro Concedes Cuba’s Economic Model Doesn’t Work
During a recent interview with journalist Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic, Cuban strongman emeritus Fidel Castro issued a surprising statement about the communist...
Read more11 British Docs Miss Woman’s Cancer
If you want to know what’s in store for American healthcare if ObamaCare comes to full fruition, look again to England, where patients...
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Mozambique Backs Down on Price Hike Plans
The government of Mozambique has reversed its policy on price increases for bread and water despite promising to maintain the higher prices in...
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Argentina’s Economic Tragedy: Lesson for U.S.
For a peek at where debt-ridden America may be headed, look no further than modern-day Argentina. ...
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Will the U.S. Bail Out Kabul Bank?
The bank run at Afghanistan’s largest bank, Kabul Bank, was precipitated by the takeover of the bank by Da Afghanistan Bank, the country’s...
Read moreVenezuela’s “Good Life Card” Comes at a Great Price
According to the Miami Herald, the Venezuelan government has introduced what socialist President Hugo Chavez is calling a “Good Life Card” to be...
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