World News Archives

Sarkozy’s Bad Idea

President Sarkozy of France declared on May 31 that an African nation must be represented on the United Nations Security Council. ...

Bruce Walker June 1, 2010

Times Square Bomb Plot Suspects Released, Deported

Mary McHugh June 1, 2010

On Monday, May 31, the Los Angeles Times was reporting that officials in Pakistan have released Major Adnan Ahmad, recently taken into custody...

Lahore, Pakistan: Muslims Killing Muslims

Bruce Walker May 31, 2010

George Washington warned Americans about entangling alliances with the Old World. Perhaps one reason is exemplified by last Friday's attack in Lahore, Pakistan,...

Let’s Follow the Brits’ Lead in Restoring Civil Liberties

Michael Tennant May 28, 2010

Here in the United States, liberal Democrats claim to be defenders of civil liberties, yet since taking power in January 2009 they have...

Pakistan Confirms Shahzad Had Terrorist Training There

Mary McHugh May 28, 2010

According to UPI on Thursday, May 27, Pakisan's Interior Minister, Rehman Malik, has made known the results, to date, of his government's investigation...

Iran Asks Russia, United States to Back Nuclear Deal

May 26, 2010

Voice of America News reported on May 26 that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaking during a televised news speech made in the southeastern...

Crisis in Korea Continues

May 25, 2010

The crisis that began with the March 26 sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan by a North Korean submarine continued on May...

Pakistani Major Linked to Times Square Bomber Shahzad

Mary McHugh May 25, 2010

Last Wednesday, May 19, it was announced that investigators in Pakistan had arrested a former Pakistani officer, Major Adnan, in association with the...

Cuba Objects to Arizona Law

Bruce Walker May 25, 2010

The Arizona law requiring that federal immigration laws be enforced has aroused overwhelming support among the American people. Those who oppose the Arizona...

Tensions Rise Between Two Koreas

May 24, 2010

As tensions increase as a result of the March 26 sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan, presumably by a North Korean submarine,...

Arrests in Pakistan Over Attempted Times Square Bombing

Mary McHugh May 22, 2010

Pakistani officials on May 21 announced that they have arrested suspects in connection with the attempted May 1 car bombing in Times Square,...

N. Korea Threatens War Over S. Korean Charges

May 20, 2010

AP reported a North Korean statement on May 20 asserting that South Korea fabricated evidence implicating the North in a torpedo attack that...

Press Freedom in the New Russia

Bruce Walker May 19, 2010

The corruption of communism still haunts Russia. Contrary to much Marxist mythology, Russia under the Romanovs was not horrible. The Russian economy was...