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China and Taiwan Agree to Closer Economic Ties

The governments of the Republic of China on Taiwan and the communist regime on mainland China signed four agreements on November 4 that...

November 5, 2008

Melamine Concerns Widen

Denise Behreandt November 3, 2008

In the last several weeks, Romer Labs, an international diagnostic testing lab for the agricultural, food, and feed industries, discovered 30 samples of...

U.S. Embassy in Damascus Closed to Public

October 30, 2008

The United States closed its embassy in Damascus to the public on October 30 because of security concerns stemming from anti-U.S. demonstrations in...

Pakistan Complains to U.S. About Attacks

October 29, 2008

A Pakistani government spokesman announced on October 29 that the U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, Anne Patterson, had been summoned to receive a formal...

Iraq Government Wants Kurds Out of Mosul

October 28, 2008

According to a New York Times report of October 28, the U.S.-backed, Shiite-dominated government of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki has been forcing...

Syria Protests Reported U.S. Raid

October 27, 2008

The Syrian government has condemned what it said was a U.S. helicopter raid inside its territory on October 26, resulting in eight civilian...

Pakistan Plans to Arm Militias Near Afghan Border

October 24, 2008

Pakistani officials in Washington announced on October 23 that their government will supply arms to tribal militia in its northwestern tribal region, which...

EU to “Educate” Irish Voters to Accept Constitution Treaty

William F. Jasper October 24, 2008

Last June, in a national referendum, voters in Ireland rejected the European Union Lisbon Treaty, which was, said opponents, merely a rehashed version...

U.S. Forces Hand Over Babil Province to Iraqis

October 23, 2008

The U.S. military aind Iraqi authorites held a ceremony on October 23 marking the transfer of security responsibility for the province of Babil...

Iraqi Cabinet Wants Security Agreement Altered

October 22, 2008

Iraq's cabinet said on October 21 it would demand changes in the proposed security agreement between the United States and Iraq, raising doubts...

Bailout Mania Hits Even the Swiss

October 17, 2008

On October 16, the Swiss government — despite previous assurances that its banking system was largely immune from the worldwide banking crisis —...

EU Leaders Push For Climate Change

October 16, 2008

During a two-day European Union summit held in Brussels from October 15-16, French President Nicolas Sarkozy (whose country holds the EU's rotating presidency)...

Dissension Within the African National Congress

October 15, 2008

Mbhazima Shilowa, the former premier (equivalent to a U.S. governor) of South Africa’s wealthy Gauteng province, announced in a press conference on October...