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Mexico in the Grip of Drug Cartels

In a feature article, the December 22 issue of Forbes magazine reported that drug cartels are increasingly having their way in Mexico. Assassinations...

December 29, 2008

Gaza Crisis Should be Avoided by U.S.

Gary Benoit December 29, 2008

The ongoing Israeli attacks on the Palestinian-occupied and controlled Gaza Strip have provoked indignation worldwide, as flare-ups in that corner of the globe...

Press Freedom Threatened in Germany

Gary Benoit December 24, 2008

New legislation that passed last month in the lower House of Germany's parliament, the Bundestag, is being criticized by opponents who say it...

Dropping All Pretenses About “Global Governance”

William F. Jasper December 17, 2008

As we reported yesterday, the world-government-building plans of globalists such as Gideon Rachman and Strobe Talbott, which are so appealing to one-world elites,...

Rooting for World Government

William F. Jasper December 16, 2008

"And now for a world government." That is the title of an important op-ed by Gideon Rachman that appeared in the Financial Times...

Bush Makes Surprise Visits to Iraq, Afghanistan

December 15, 2008

Only five weeks away from the end of his presidency, President George Bush made surprise visits on December 14 and 15 to Iraq...

Kerry Speaks From Global-warming Conference in Poland

December 12, 2008

Speaking near the conclusion of the two-week UN Climate Change Conference in Poznan, Poland, on December 11, Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), who will...

Additional U.S. Troops to Head for Afghanistan

December 11, 2008

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, while flying on December 11 to a regional military base for international forces in Kandahar, Afghanistan, told reporters...

British Troops to Start Iraq Exit in March

December 10, 2008

Sources within the British Ministry of Defence in London revealed on December 9 that British troops will start pulling out of Iraq in...

Putin Optimistic About Dealings With Obama

December 4, 2008

During a nationwide call-in program called "A Conversation with Vladimir Putin," broadcast live from a Moscow studio on December 4, the Russian prime...

Sweden Unsuccessful Integrating Immigrants

Gary Benoit December 2, 2008

The Swedish welfare state is far from successful when it comes to integrating immigrants into its economy. Among first-generation immigrants from non-industrialized countries,...

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NATO to Resume Talks With Russia

Warren Mass December 2, 2008

NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer announced on December 2 that the alliance has agreed to a "conditional and graduated re-engagement" with...

India Protests to Pakistan About Mumbai Attacks

December 1, 2008

On December 1, the Indian government summoned Shahid Malik, Pakistan's high commissioner, to lodge a formal protest over the terrorist attacks in Mumbai....