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Crisis in Korea Continues
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
Last Wednesday, May 19, it was announced that investigators in Pakistan had arrested a former Pakistani officer, Major Adnan, in association with the...
Read moreCuba Objects to Arizona Law
The Arizona law requiring that federal immigration laws be enforced has aroused overwhelming support among the American people. Those who oppose the Arizona...
Read moreTensions Rise Between Two Koreas
As tensions increase as a result of the March 26 sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan, presumably by a North Korean submarine,...
Read moreArrests in Pakistan Over Attempted Times Square Bombing
Pakistani officials on May 21 announced that they have arrested suspects in connection with the attempted May 1 car bombing in Times Square,...
Read moreN. Korea Threatens War Over S. Korean Charges
AP reported a North Korean statement on May 20 asserting that South Korea fabricated evidence implicating the North in a torpedo attack that...
Read morePress Freedom in the New Russia
The corruption of communism still haunts Russia. Contrary to much Marxist mythology, Russia under the Romanovs was not horrible. The Russian economy was...
Read moreGreek Socialist Blames American Banks for Crisis
Greece, a nation wrecked by very costly public employees unions, which has yet to earn the full confidence even of the other nations...
Read moreSpanish Judge Garzon Suspended
BBC News reported on May 14 that Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon has been suspended from his post by a unanimous decision of Spain’s...
Read moreAfghanistan: Still Getting Worse Before It Gets Better
The United States invaded Afghanistan in October 2001. Six years later then-Senator Barack Obama, in a speech entitled “The War We Need to...
Read moreCameron Is New UK Prime Minister
Queen Elizabeth appointed British Conservative Party electoral victor David Cameron as Prime Minister on May 11, shortly after his predecessor, Gordon Brown of...
Read moreKatyn Massacre Conference Held
On May 5, 2010, in Washington, D.C., at the Library of Congress, a special conference took place to commemorate the 70th anniversary of...
Read moreU.S./NATO Troops Celebrate Victory Day in Red Square
Anti-communists at the height of the Cold War may have dreamed of the day when NATO troops would march triumphantly through Red Square....
Read moreIsrael Still Averse to UN Plan for Nuclear-free Zone
Reuters news reported on May 7 that Israel does not plan to review its nuclear policies, despite efforts by the United States and...
Read moreIraqi Prison: Torture Was “Routine”
The New York-based Human Rights Watch reported April 27 that a secret Iraqi prison maintained by the current lame-duck Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki...
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