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Sri Lanka Frees Priests, but Still Holds 300,000 Tamils
The Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports that “Sri Lanka on Wednesday freed nearly 600 Hindu and Catholic priests who were held in...
Jerusalem Key Factor in Palestine Peace
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began a four-day European tour in London on August 25, meeting with Britain's Prime Minister, Gordon Brown. The...
Read morePolicing the English Language
“Quangos,” which means “quasi autonomous non-governmental organizations,” have enacted word-banning speech codes on the spectre'd isle that are so comical that they can...
Read moreEarly Afghan Election Returns Show Close Vote
With about 10 percent of the votes in Afghanistan's presidential election having been counted on August 25, incumbent President Hamid Karzai and his...
Read moreAdm. Mullen Says Afghan Situation Deteriorating
Speaking on CNN's "State of the Union" program on August 23, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen, said the...
Read moreThe Afghan Presidential Election, Part 3
Citizens of Afghanistan — and the rest of the world — awaited the results of the nation's presidential election the day after the...
Read moreMyanmar Asks for End to Sanctions
Commentary from Myanmar's military junta appearing in three official newspapers on August 20 proposed that western nations end their economic sanctions of the...
Read moreSenator Webb’s Visit to Myanmar (Burma)
Speaking at a press conference in Hanoi, Vietnam, on August 19, U.S. Senator Jim Webb (D-Va.) commented on his recent visit to Myanmar,...
Read moreArctic Sea Crew “Alive and Well”
The Russian-manned Finnish cargo ship Arctic Sea has been intercepted by the Russian navy 300 miles off Cape Verde, Times Online reported on...
Read moreItsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Burkini
Once again this week, the British and French learned how costly unchecked immigration is, and what surrender to the 50-year Islamic invasion means....
Read moreYet Another Call to Overhaul Healthcare . . . This Time in Canada
In his captivating book The Screwtape Letters, the great philosopher C.S. Lewis noted that change is meant to be a means to an...
Read moreNo State Sponsors, No Terror
“All warfare is based on deception.” — The Art of War, by Sun Tzu, Chinese General, military strategist (sixth century B.C.). It was...
Read moreThe Afghan Presidential Election, Part 2
The candidates in Afghanistan's August 20 presidential election were making their final appeals to voters on Monday, the 17th, the last legal day...
Read moreU.S.-Colombia Military Agreement Stirs Tension
More American troops will soon find themselves stationed in Colombia under the guise of battling drugs and terrorism, dramatically raising tensions in the...
Read moreIndia’s Swine Flu Panic
More people die every single day in India from tuberculosis and diarrhea-related diseases than the total number who have perished worldwide from the...
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