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U.S. Drone Strike Targets Pakistan Taliban

Missiles fired from U.S. drone aircraft struck a militant training camp in the Pakisani village of Pasalkot in a remote area of North...

January 14, 2010

China’s Under-population Crisis

Rebecca Terrell January 14, 2010

China is facing a population crisis — a tremendous gender imbalance in its population of young people. A report by the Chinese Academy of...

Mexico’s Descent Into Chaos

William F. Jasper January 14, 2010

"A record 69 people were murdered across Mexico on Saturday, making it the deadliest day since President Felipe Calderon took office just over...

Taliban Incite Violent Afghanistan Protest

January 13, 2010

The town of Garmsir in southern Afghanistan exploded in violent protest on January 12, fueled by rumors spread by the Taliban that members...

82-year-old Russian Dissident Arrested in Moscow

James Heiser January 13, 2010

Veteran dissident Lyudmila Alexeyeva’s recent arrest by Russian authorities is demonstrating several facts: First, that “post-Soviet” Russia is still far from being a...

UN-Backed Troops Wreak Havoc in Africa

Alex Newman January 13, 2010

From Somalia to the Congo, United Nations-supported troops and “peacekeepers” are killing, raping, and displacing civilians on an unprecedented scale, charge human-rights groups....

China Tests Missile Defense System

January 12, 2010

Mainland Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told reporters on January 12 that China has successfully carried out a test of military technology...

Anti-Christian Violence Erupts in Egypt and Malaysia

James Heiser January 11, 2010

Although the Christmas day “underwear bomber” Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab has been the focus of a great deal of media attention, and his plot...

UN Commercial to Feed Hungry Schoolchildren

Nima Sanandaji January 8, 2010

During much of 2009 European TV audiences were shown a commercial in which Sean Penn makes a plea for a "human rescue plan."...

Bolivia to Host Alternative Climate Conference

Alex Newman January 8, 2010

Socialist Bolivian President Evo Morales, not satisfied with the results of the United Nations’ COP15 Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, announced this week...

U.S.Intelligence with Former Saddam Hussein’s Ba’athist Chieftains in Yemen

Thomas R. Eddlem January 8, 2010

The CIA has forged an alliance with Ba'athist exiles from Saddam Hussein's Iraq for intelligence in Yemen, according to the London Daily Telegraph...

Socialist International in Copenhagen: “Birth of Global Governance”

William F. Jasper January 8, 2010

World government and world socialism. Those are the explicit goals of the Socialist International, one of the planet's most influential organizations, but one...

Icelanders Resist Bailout Scheme

James Heiser January 5, 2010

As reported previously, last year’s financial meltdown in Iceland seemed in many ways to offer a summary of the worldwide economic crisis. Rampant...

Europe to Investigate WHO ‘False Pandemic’ Scandal

Alex Newman January 5, 2010

The Council of Europe is set to investigate the World Health Organization’s swine flu campaign this month over allegations of improper influence from...