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14 U.S. Deaths in Afghan Helicopter Crashes

NATO officials in Afghanistan have reported that three International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) helicopters crashed on October 26 in two separate incidents, killing...

October 26, 2009

Lithuania Investigates CIA “Black Site” Torture Prison

Thomas R. Eddlem October 26, 2009

The Lithuanian Parliament (Seimas) is expected to approve this week President Dalia Grybauskaite's demand for a full investigation of allegations of a CIA...

NATO Supports Obama’s Plan for Missile “Shield”

James Heiser October 23, 2009

President Obama’s plans for a revamped "missile shield" for Eastern Europe has gained the support of Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer and NATO...

NATO Meeting Heralds More Troops for Afghanistan

October 23, 2009

Day two of NATO’s Defense Ministers’ meeting in Bratislava, Slovakia, continued on October 23, with NATO Secretary General Anders Rasmussen, U.S. Defense Secretary...

Rich Germans Request Higher Taxes

Kurt Williamsen October 23, 2009

Forty-four rich Germans have signed a petition, asking to be taxed more because they have too much money. ...

Iran Agrees to Nuclear Fuel Deal

October 21, 2009

Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, director of the UN-spawned International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), announced on October 21 that Iranian negotiators have agreed to a...

Karzai Agrees to Afghanistan Runoff

October 20, 2009

The incumbent President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, announced at a Kabul press conference on October 20 that he had accepted the findings of...

Leftist Regimes Agree to New Currency

Alex Newman October 20, 2009

Adding to pressure mounting against the U.S. dollar, left-wing Latin American leaders gathered in Cochabamba, Bolivia, over the weekend for the seventh Bolivarian...

Muslims Call for Sharia in Britain

R. Cort Kirkwood October 20, 2009

Britons learned last week that thousands of the nation’s Muslims will descend upon London to publicly protest for the implementation of Sharia or...

China to Strengthen Trade Ties With Iran

October 15, 2009

According to Xinhua News, the Chinese government’s official press agency, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told visiting First Vice President of Iran Mohammad Reza...

Hillary Clinton Ends Two-Day Trip to Russia

October 14, 2009

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton completed a two-day visit to Russia on October 14 by addressing a town-hall meeting attended by almost...

Global Police Seek More Power

Alex Newman October 14, 2009

During a conference in Singapore this week, delegates to the Interpol-United Nations meeting agreed: the budding global police force needs more power. ...

Obama Sending 13,000 More Troops to Afghanistan

October 13, 2009

The Washington Post reported on October 13 that the U.S. military is deploying 13,000 additional troops to Afghanistan — in addition to the...

Wilders Wins Appeal In Britain

R. Cort Kirkwood October 13, 2009

An immigration panel in Britain has overturned a decision by the country's Home Office that denied Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders entry into the...