UN Nuke Chief in Secret Talks With Iran
The Times of London reported on November 17 that UN and Iranian officials have been engaged in secret negotiations toward an agreement to...
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UN ‘Hunger’ Summit in Rome
The United Nations has entered the climate change debate in an interesting way: "There can be no food security without climate security," UN...
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UK Mandates Sex Education
Children in Britain will be forced to attend at least one year of sex-education classes before their 16th birthday, according to new rules...
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Fall of the Berlin Wall … and Rise of the EU
This week, as almost everyone is aware, marks the 20th anniversary of the dramatic fall of the Berlin Wall, an event that set...
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Venezuela Prepares for War, Again
After sending 15,000 more troops to the border, leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is warning his military and the population to “prepare for...
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China Executes Nine for Riot-related Crimes
Communist China has executed nine men for crimes committed during violent, ethnically motivated riots that took place in China’s Xinjiang region in July....
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Bureaucratization of Religion in Britain
The New York Times on November 8 reported that the highest court of the United Kingdom was facing as a legal issue the...
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Australian Prime Minister Goes Hysterical Over Global Warming
Speaking to a liberal think tank in Sydney on November 6, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd declared that "dangerous" global warming skeptics are...
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Ukraine In Lockdown Amidst Swine Flu Scare
Martial law was effectively declared in the Ukraine last week by unpopular President Victor Yushchenko after an outbreak of what health officials described...
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Treating Honduras Like a Colony
The Associated Press reported on November 6 that a deal to end the constitutional crisis in Honduras and form a unity govenment has...
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Poland Requests U.S. Military Presence
Poland’s recent appeal to Washington reads like something printed on the front pages of newspaper from 20 years ago: Poland Fears Russian Invasion...
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23 CIA Officers Convicted in Italy, in Absentia
An Italian court convicted 23 CIA agents for kidnapping an Egyptian dissident on the streets of Milan November 3, sparking a global outcry...
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British Soldiers Killed by Afghan Policeman
British officials announced that five British soldiers were shot and killed on November 3 by an Afghan policeman in the Nad e-Ali district...
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Unrepentant Stasi 20 Years After Fall of Berlin Wall
Reuters reported on November 4 that for many members of the odious Stasi, the secret police of the old East German Communist government,...
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Baha’i Conference Promotes World Parliament
On October 24, the Francophone European Association for Baha’i Studies convened its annual conference in Luxembourg. Normally, the minutes of the meetings of...
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