Pakistan: Sanctuary for Taliban, al-Qaeda
Back in February, Gen. David McKiernan, commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, predicted that the additional 17,000 U.S. troops scheduled to...
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Duffy Is New Poet Laureate, but No Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson may be turning in his grave. The author of some of the most exalted poetry in the English language, such...
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Geert Wilders Not Welcome in Denmark
It appears as if another country is afraid of Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders because of his outspoken views about Islam and his film...
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North Korean Threat Grossly Overblown
In the midst of an economic crisis and worries over a global epidemic, North Korea’s creaky totalitarian state continues to occupy headline news....
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Demise of Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers May Be Near
The long-running war in Sri Lanka, the impoverished Indian Ocean nation suspended like a tropical teardrop below India’s southern tip, appears to be...
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EU-U.S. Integration: Unattractive Union
It is now clear that European nations were deceived into joining an economic union that became a political union, yet our leaders still...
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Somali Vigilantes Capture Pirates
A militia of fishermen organized by regional leaders in the Somali coastal towns of Alula and Bargaal in the African country's northern Puntland...
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Correa’s “Socialist Revolution” in Ecuador
The “Socialist Revolution” will continue in Ecuador for at least another four years after President Rafael Correa was reelected by a wide margin...
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Iraq Accuses U.S. of Violating Security Pact
A pre-dawn U.S. military raid on April 26 that had targeted Iranian-backed Shi'ite militiamen but resulted in the deaths of two Iraqi citizens...
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Cruise Ship Security Team Fights Pirates
An Italian cruise ship carrying armed Israeli security guards successfully averted a hijacking attempt by Somali pirates late Saturday, according to multiple reports. ...
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Swine Flu Sweeping Across Mexico into U.S.
A deadly strain of swine flu is sweeping across Mexico and has already spread to bordering states in America, as well. Mexican health...
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ANC Scores Big in South Africa’s Elections
With returns still coming in two days after the April 22 parliamentary elections in South Africa, the African National Congress (ANC) has won...
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Many Delegates Walk Out of UN Racism Confab
The UN's Durban Review Conference on racism got off to a rocky start in Geneva on April 20, as about 40 delegates from...
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Summit of the Americas Ends in Uncertainty
Though the United States was still the focus of plenty of the usual criticism, observers noted that it was toned down at this...
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Somali Pirates Threaten Retaliation
The resistance put up by the American crew of the Maersk Alabama and the dramatic Easter Sunday rescue of Captain Richard Phillips, of...
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