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U.S. Reporters Sentenced to 12 Years Labor in North Korea

North Korea has sentenced two American reporters to 12 years of hard labor for allegedly crossing its border with China. The sentencing has...

Dennis Behreandt June 8, 2009

OAS Lifts Ban on Cuba

Alex Newman June 8, 2009

The 47-year-old suspension of Cuba from the Organization of American States was lifted last week during a meeting of the hemispheric organization in...

North Korea’s Kim May Have a Successor

Steven J. DuBord June 3, 2009

“North Korea's Kim moves to anoint youngest son as heir,” Reuters announced in the title to a June 2 release. The North’s current...

China and Pelosi Celebrate Anniversary of Tiananmen Square

Ann Shibler June 2, 2009

While the Chinese government is busying itself with further cracking down on censorship of the Internet, television, and the printed word, human rights...

More North Korean Missiles, South Remains Calm

Steven J. DuBord May 29, 2009

According to a May 29 AP release, North Korea has test-fired another short-range missile. “South Korea's Yonhap news agency said the latest test...

Surveillance of North Korea Increased

Steven J. DuBord May 28, 2009

One day after Russia said it was going to step up its military surveillance around North Korea in response to North Korea’s recent...

“Merchant of Death” Trial Still Looms

William F. Jasper May 28, 2009

The Russian parliament and media refer to him merely as a “Russian businessman.” But to much of the rest of the world, Viktor...

EU Banks on More Control

Steven J. DuBord May 28, 2009

“European Union regulators may get the power to overrule national banking authorities under plans to tighten banking supervision that are aimed at avoiding...

More Belligerence From North Korea

Steven J. DuBord May 27, 2009

North Korea’s belligerence has now extended to restarting its main nuclear reactor, declaring itself no longer bound by the 1953 Korean War armistice,...

North Korea’s Nuclear Saber Rattling

Steven J. DuBord May 26, 2009

“One day after its nuclear test drew angry and widespread condemnation, North Korea continued to defy the international community on Tuesday by test-firing...

Geert Wilders Fights Courts on Free Speech

R. Cort Kirkwood May 21, 2009

Geert Wilders, the Dutch politician who is fighting Islam's creeping takeover of Europe, has lost his appeal to stop the government from prosecuting...

Iran Test-fires Missile With 1,200-Mile Range

May 20, 2009

IRNA, Iran's state-controlled news agency, quoted a statement made by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on May 20 that his country has test-fired the new...