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NATO to Resume Talks With Russia

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

Warren Mass December 2, 2008

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....

Economic Impact of Piracy Hits Home

November 25, 2008

The piracy that has become rampant off the coast of Somalia is reported in the news almost daily, but the recent hijacking of...

Separate Baghdad Bomb Attacks Kill 19

November 25, 2008

Three separate bomb blasts killed a total of 19 people in Baghdad during the Monday morning rush hour on November 24, with one...

Ukrainian Genocide: NY Times Still Covering Up

William F. Jasper November 24, 2008

Is the New York Times "airbrushing" history again? It would seem so. On Saturday, November 22, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko presided over a...

Iraqis Protest Against U.S. Troop Pact

November 21, 2008

Thousands of people gathered in Baghdad's Firdous Square on November 21 to protest against a pact letting U.S. forces stay in Iraq until...

Israel to Boycott UN Conference on Racism

November 20, 2008

Israel's Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said on November 19, that Israel will not attend the UN's World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia...

UN to Increase Troop Strength in DR Congo

November 20, 2008

The UN Security Council voted unanimously on November 20 to send more than 3,000 additional personnel (2,785 troops and 300 police officers) to...

Piracy May Draw U.S. Into Somali Vortex

Gary Benoit November 19, 2008

In December 1992, just weeks before lame-duck President George Bush left office, the United States invaded Somalia to attempt to stabilize and provide...

Iran Test Fires New Long-range Missile

November 13, 2008

Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported on November 12, that Iran had test-fired a new generation of surface-to-surface missile capable of...

North Korean Blackmail Beats the U.S. Blacklist

Steven J. DuBord November 12, 2008

ITEM: In an article entitled "U.S. says North Korea stuck to nuclear promises," Reuters reported on October 17: "North Korea has kept its...

Christians In Iraq

November 11, 2008

With the dismantling of Saddam’s regime, anarchy has reigned in Iraq, and members of religious minorities — especially Christians — have been threatened...