Conference Backs Karzai Plan for Afghan-led Security by 2014
International leaders meeting at a conference held at the Afghan Interior Ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 20 renewed their commitment to turn...
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Birthday Fiesta Turns Bloody at Sunday Morning Mexican Shooting
The latest incident of Mexican violence occurred on early Sunday morning, July 18, about...
Iranian Scientist Shahram Amiri: Un-Defector or Kidnapping Victim?
The return of Iranian scientist Shahram Amiri to Iran from CIA custody has news...
Argentina Legalizes Homosexual Marriage
A wave of same-sex couples may be bearing down on the metropolis of Buenos...
Seven Released Cuban Political Prisoners Arrive in Spain
On Tuesday, July 13, the first seven of what is expected to be up...
Karzai Approves Plan for Afghan Defense Forces
AP and the New York Times reported on July 15 that on the previous...
Spy Escape in Cyprus Highlights Russia’s Growing Clout in Mediterranean
The recent easy escape and disappearance of Russian spy "Christopher R. Metsos" may draw...
Freedom Activist Arrested in Venezuela on False Charges
Long-time freedom advocate and former Venezuelan presidential candidate Alejandro Pena Esclusa was arrested on...
Russia Gives New Powers to KGB Successor
The Duma (the lower house of Russia’s legislature) on July 9 passed a bill...
Somali Terrorist Group Al-Shabab Claims Responsibility for Kampala, Uganda Bombings
Somali Islamic militants from al-Shabab have claimed responsibility for Sunday’s attacks at two sites...
Obama Appoints Gen. Mattis for U.S. Central Command
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates recommended Marine Corps General James Mattis July 8 to head the...
French “Psychological Violence” Ban Under Fire
The French parliament voted unanimously June 29 to give final approval to a new...
Cuba Releasing 52 Political Prisoners
Following a meeting on July 7 between Cuban President Raul Castro and Roman Catholic...
The World Cup: An Expression of Our Friendship With All
In his inaugural speech as President, Thomas Jefferson entreats us as a people, a...
CNN Editor Fired for Praising Late Ayatollah With Hezbollah Ties
Octavia Nasr, a senior Middle East editor at CNN, has been fired from her position...
Euro Likely to Keep Losing Value
The grand hopes of a decade ago that the euro, a common currency of...
Adding Refueling to the Fire of U.S.-Iran Tensions
“Airports in Britain, Germany, and the United Arab Emirates have refused to offer fuel...
‘Big Brother’ Monitors Conversations in European Cities
In a scenario that could have come from George Orwell’s famous book 1984, a...
Dutch Admit More Bad Global-warming Science
The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency reported on July 5 that evidence it put into...
Elian Gonzalez and Immigration
The American government, over the last decade, has been notoriously remiss in keeping illegal...
