Eastern European to Head EU Parliament
Former Polish Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek was elected president of the European Parliament on July 14, becoming the first leader from Eastern Europe...
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Two Uighurs Shot Dead by Chinese Police
For the first time since rioting broke out on July 5 in Urumqi, capital of China's northwest Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on July...
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Doha Round (WTO) Accord Sought by 2010
In a sign that globalists are running out of patience with the protracted negotiations known as the Doha Development Round of the World...
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G-8 Leadership Wants to Regulate Climate, Finance
The G-8 — the Group of Eight leading industrial nations (plus five other add-ons: China, India, Brazil, Mexico, and South Africa), meeting in...
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China’s Uighur Protests and the Internet
Following violence in China’s Xinjiang region on July 5, Communist Chinese authorities were quick to blame the Internet. Members of the predominantly Muslim...
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UK Defense Minister Foresees Difficult Road in Afghanistan
In his first speech since being appointed to Britain's cabinet by Prime Minister Gordon Brown on June 5, Secretary of State for Defense...
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Zelaya to Meet With Hillary Clinton
Ousted Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya — whose attempt to return to Honduras two days earlier was thwarted when the new government blocked the...
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Violence and Riots in China Continue
The violence continued to escalate in China’s far-west Xinjiang province after protests and riots left more than 150 people dead over the weekend....
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Obama’s Russia Trip: Outsourced Jobs and Disarmament
President Obama brought two things on his trip to Russia this week: thousands of outsourced American jobs and a proposal for more nuclear...
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Zelaya Plane Denied Landing in Honduras
A plane provided by Venezuela's Marxist strongman Hugo Chavez ferried the ousted president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, from Washington to the Honduran capital...
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FBI: Saddam Hussein Was More Afraid of Iran Than U.S.
Saddam Hussein faked holding weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) in fear of militant Shiite Iran, recently declassified conversations between FBI agent George L....
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North Korea’s Missile Firings Increase Tensions
North Korea test-fired four short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan on July 2, increasing tensions between Pyongyang and the West that began...
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Marines Launch Major Offensive in Afghanistan
Nearly 4,000 U.S. Marines and 650 Afghan troops launched a major offensive into southwestern Afghanistan's Helmand River valley on July 2, an area...
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Sweden takes EU presidency, announces priorities
Sweden assumed the rotating presidency of the European Union Wednesday and immediately announced the nation’s top priorities: the economic crisis and the war...
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UN and OAS Threaten Honduran Sovereignty
The UN General Assembly on June 30 adopted a resolution by acclamation — sponsored by Bolivia, Venezuela, Mexico, and the United States, among...
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