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BEIJING (AP) — China’s government pledged Wednesday to promote sustainable growth by opening state-dominated industries to private investment and making banks more market-oriented while keeping this year’s economic expansion at a relatively robust 7.5 percent. In his first annual policy

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Wall Street goes parabolic on Russian troop pullback While gaining in Ukraine, Putin now goes after Moldova Russia Today anchor Abby Martin criticizes Russia in Ukraine Spam of the Day – from Ukraine, with

Hours after President Vladimir Putin declared in a speech that any show of force regarding the turbulent government situation in Ukraine would be a “last resort,” the Russian government tested an intercontinental ballistic missile, one the United States government says

His hands are barely large enough to reach the trigger, but the 5-year-old boy pulls hard on his AK-47 as his father stands beside him cheering. Elsewhere, a boy of 4 raises a machete, then strikes, beheading an unarmed prisoner. These are

Pete Hoekstra, Shillman Senior Fellow at the Investigative Project on Terrorism, testified Tuesday at a Joint Subcommittee hearing titled “Iran’s Support for Terrorism Worldwide.”  The hearing, sponsored by the House Foreign Affairs Committee, highlighted Iran’s role as the world’s foremost

Vladimir Putin is claiming that his invasion of parts of Ukraine is required because there are Russians in Crimea and eastern Ukraine, just as Adolf Hitler came to the “rescue” of Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia. He seems intent, however, on

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) convened its annual Policy Conference from March 2-4. Below is a general synopsis highlighting 5 key points from the conference. 1. Two-State or Bust Of the dozens of expert panels throughout the 3-day conference, none

There is a conflict between Russian Jews living under Vladimir Putin and their co-religionists in the Crimean peninsula over how to respond to Putin’s military takeover of Crimea last week.  Chief Rabbi and President of the Jewish Federation of Ukraine

Russia on Tuesday carried out a successful test launch of an “advanced” intercontinental ballistic missile, state news agencies reported amid a fierce standoff between Moscow and the West over Ukraine.

The Palestinian Authority said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) on Tuesday amounted to a unilateral declaration that talks were over.  Nabil Shaath told Agence France-Presse that Netanyahu’s remarks were “an

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds says he is in hiding in South Africa following his deportation from Zimbabwe because he believes his life is in danger. He told The Associated Press in a telephone interview that he

Four years after CNN foreign policy analyst Fareed Zakaria praised President Barack Obama for scrapping the missile defense system in Eastern Europe, Zakaria  swiftly backtracked on Sunday after top Ukrainian officials declared that Russia was invading the country.  Zakaria, the host of CNN’s

Snails, one of France’s signature dishes, could be off the menu if the country fails to stem an invasion by a slimy worm from Southeast Asia, scientists warned on Tuesday. The warning is being sounded over a voracious species called

LONDON (AP) — They had names like Thorfinn Skull-splitter, Erik Bloodaxe and Ragnar Hairy Pants. No wonder the Vikings have a rough and bloody reputation. A new exhibition at the British Museum strives to make people think again about the

Prime Minister Sergei Aksyonov of Crimea is claiming that Ukrainian military units in his state have surrendered and the peninsula is safely under Russian control after weeks of turmoil and an imposing Russian military presence in the area. Meanwhile, Russian

International bodies are deliberating, talking heads are pontificating, politicians are politicizing, and only Vladimir Putin is taking action. The dissolution of the Soviet Union may have taken place in December 1991, but the Soviet style of action, negotiation, and bullying

John Kerry has arrived in Kiev. The Secretary of State is wielding humanitarian aid for the new Ukrainian government in one hand and a threat of further sanctions on Russia in the other, hoping to deter President Vladimir Putin from

Secretary of State John Kerry has cited the declining Russian stock market and the sliding ruble as examples of the costs the Kremlin is paying for moving Russian forces into Ukraine.  But some in Moscow are asserting that the crisis

WASHINGTON, DC — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told thousands of pro-Israel activists in Washington on Tuesday that Israel was prepared to do whatever it felt necessary to stop Iran’s nuclear program. “We will never be brought to the brink

On March 4th, Russian President Vladimir Putin made clear he reserves the “right” to use force in responding to the “unconstitutional coup” of “former [Ukrainian] President Viktor Yanukovych’s government.” Putin said force can be used to “protect Russian-speaking residents [in

Russia’s invasion of Crimea is a tipping point eventthat will further spur the American oil boom. The European Union (EU) and United States in 2008 threatened to slap economicsanctions on Russia for invading Georgia. But after a while the criticism

During Friday’s final plenary session at the Policy Conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), thousands of pro-Israel activists were addressed by Olga Miranda, president of Local 87 of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). In the course

Medea Benjamin of Code Pink announced on twitter last night that she had been jailed by Egyptian police as she was on her way leading a group of activists to “Hamas-lead” Gaza traveling via Cairo. This morning she tweeted that