Karzai Approves Plan for Afghan Defense Forces
AP and the New York Times reported on July 15 that on the previous day the Afghan government approved a U.S.-backed plan to...
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Spy Escape in Cyprus Highlights Russia’s Growing Clout in Mediterranean
The recent easy escape and disappearance of Russian spy "Christopher R. Metsos" may draw more attention to Russia's beefed up presence of intelligence...
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Freedom Activist Arrested in Venezuela on False Charges
Long-time freedom advocate and former Venezuelan presidential candidate Alejandro Pena Esclusa was arrested on July 12 by the Chavez regime on trumped-up explosives...
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Russia Gives New Powers to KGB Successor
The Duma (the lower house of Russia’s legislature) on July 9 passed a bill that will allow the Federal Security Service (FSB) to...
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Somali Terrorist Group Al-Shabab Claims Responsibility for Kampala, Uganda Bombings
Somali Islamic militants from al-Shabab have claimed responsibility for Sunday’s attacks at two sites in Uganda’s capital of Kampala, killing at least 74...
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Obama Appoints Gen. Mattis for U.S. Central Command
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates recommended Marine Corps General James Mattis July 8 to head the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), the joint military command for...
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French “Psychological Violence” Ban Under Fire
The French parliament voted unanimously June 29 to give final approval to a new law to criminalize “psychological violence,” prompting criticism from judges...
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Cuba Releasing 52 Political Prisoners
Following a meeting on July 7 between Cuban President Raul Castro and Roman Catholic Cardinal Jaime Ortega, Archbishop of Havana, the diocesan office...
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The World Cup: An Expression of Our Friendship With All
In his inaugural speech as President, Thomas Jefferson entreats us as a people, a nation, and a government to be friends of all...
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CNN Editor Fired for Praising Late Ayatollah With Hezbollah Ties
Octavia Nasr, a senior Middle East editor at CNN, has been fired from her position after writing in a post on Twitter that she...
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Euro Likely to Keep Losing Value
The grand hopes of a decade ago that the euro, a common currency of the E.U., would lead to a golden age of...
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Adding Refueling to the Fire of U.S.-Iran Tensions
“Airports in Britain, Germany, and the United Arab Emirates have refused to offer fuel to Iranian passenger jets after unilateral sanctions imposed by...
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‘Big Brother’ Monitors Conversations in European Cities
In a scenario that could have come from George Orwell’s famous book 1984, a controversial government surveillance system that uses hidden microphones to...
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Dutch Admit More Bad Global-warming Science
The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency reported on July 5 that evidence it put into the 3,000-page Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has...
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Elian Gonzalez and Immigration
The American government, over the last decade, has been notoriously remiss in keeping illegal aliens from crossing our border with Mexico. The Arizona...
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