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UK Torturing Youth With Classical Music
Can music be a weapon? Undoubtedly Gen. Manuel Noriega thought so, when U.S. troops blasted his hideout — the apostolic nunciature — with...
Greece, Euro, and Even the EU on the Ropes
Let us be perfectly clear: The fiscal woes of Greece, one of the European Union’s weaker economies to begin with, are quite likely...
Read moreU.S. Steps Up Military Aid to Yemen
The Pentagon has approved more than $150 million in military assistance to the government of Yemen, more than doubling last year’s budget of...
Read moreJapan Offers to Enrich Uranium for Iran
Citing a February 24 report from the the Nikkei Business Daily, AFP news reported that Japan has offered to enrich uranium for Iran...
Read moreU.S. to Spend $600 million on Afghan Police Stations, but How?
In an attempt to increase the size of the Afghan police force to 160,000, the United State military intends to invest more than...
Read moreDutch Government Collapses Over Afghanistan Withdrawal
Following a heated debate and the collapse of the Dutch government over the issue, Prime Minister Jan-Peter Balkenende announced Sunday that the Netherlands’...
Read moreTop UN Climate Official Resigns
The top United Nations climate official is resigning. Yvo de Boer, executive director of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC), announced...
Read moreEU Trouble: US Banks Helped Hide Government Debt
American banks helped Greece and possibly other governments to run massive deficits and conceal them from European Union officials and the public, according...
Read moreObama “Wouldn’t Rule Out” War Against Iran, Spokesman Says
Americans received yet another confirmation on February 16 that President Obama has taken on the mantle of his war-mongering predecessor with a statement...
Read moreA Greek Tragedy
As reported by the New York Times Tuesday, Greece, the widely recognized cradle of self-government, is teetering on the precipice of self-destruction and...
Read moreThe Grasp of Socialist International
World government and world socialism. Those are the explicit goals of the Socialist International (SI), one of the planet’s most influential organizations, but...
Read moreBritish Police Plan Fake Break-ins
British police have a new strategy in their supposed effort to reduce burglaries: posing as robbers themselves. ...
Read moreAmericans Volunteer Money, Time to Help Haiti
It should never be said that Americans are stingy, especially when natural disaster strikes. Hurricanes and storms throughout the United States in the...
Read moreChina Reacts to U.S. Arms Sale to Taiwan
Last month’s decision by the United States to sell $6.4 billion worth of arms and military supplies to Taiwan “will not affect steadily...
Read moreWorld Economic Forum Pushes Global Controls
The annual meeting of the rich and super-rich at Davos, Switzerland, ended January 31 with the usual calls for greater empowerment of the...
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