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KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s embattled president Viktor Yanukovych is taking sick leave as the country’s political crisis continues without signs of resolution. A statement on the presidential website Thursday said Yanukovych has an acute respiratory illness and high fever.

BAYONNE, N.J. (AP) — Kim Waite was especially disappointed to fall ill while treating herself to a Caribbean cruise after completing cancer treatment. The London woman thought she was the only sick one as her husband wheeled her to the

FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — A Florence appeals court has begun deliberations in the murder trial of U.S. student Amanda Knox in the absence of the star defendant. The court entered chambers at 10:15 Thursday morning, with the last round of

BANGKOK (AP) — The protest leader, a monk in flowing orange robes, sat sternly at the head of a long hardwood table, his newfound authority in this patch of Bangkok plain for all to see. Before him, three high-level Thai

Russia President Vladimir Putin stopped the $15 billion bailout to Ukraine until they have a functioning government as parliament passed amnesty to the protesters. That bailout is the reason why Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine’s capitol, has been packed with

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Chinese now drink more red wine than the French Syria replaces Pakistan as the center of al-Qaeda jihadist activity Syria may be developing biological weapons Chinese now drink more red wine than the French

LONDON (Reuters) – In experiments that could open a new era in stem cell biology, scientists have found a simple way to reprogram mature animal cells back into an embryonic-like state that allows them to generate many types of tissue.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The lesson from a stabbing death in Russia: Alcohol and literature can be a lethal mix. A former schoolteacher killed his friend after a drunken argument over which is superior, poetry or prose, investigators in the Sverdlovsk region

Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned the West, including the United States, for eschewing Christian values and opting instead for a “path to degradation.” In his State of the Nation speech last month, Putin asserted that, “Many Euro-Atlantic countries have moved away

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told a Senate panel today that the geographical dispersion of the al Qaeda ideology through its affiliates makes the terrorist group a “formidable threat.”   This comes more than a decade after the U.S. launched

One of Britain’s largest television stations is rightly facing censure from free speech campaigners after it chose to obscure a cartoon depiction of the Prophet Muhammad during a debate over the “Jesus and Mo” cartoons which have become the catalyst

Israel is entering an “Era of Fire” in which it is threatened by 170,000 rockets and missiles and in which the Syrian civil war has placed “30,000 global jihad terrorists” at its doorstep, Israel’s defense intelligence chief said in a speech Wednesday.

The Israel Defense Force (IDF) has revealed details of a field hospital it has opened to treat Syrian civilians who are injured in the conflict between Bashar al-Assad’s regime and the wide array of rebel groups, many of them Islamist.

In the space of about twelve hours, two major emerging market economies, Turkey and South Africa, raised interest rates dramatically in order to attract foreign cash flows and shelter their currencies from an ongoing global crisis in confidence.  Turkey’s central

(Reuters) – Pope Francis may already be a hero to the world’s downtrodden but at least one pop artist thinks he’s more than that. Move over Superman, it’s time for Superpope. A large painting has appeared on a building near

“I know this chamber agrees that few Americans give more to their country than our diplomats and the men and women of the United States Armed Forces.” President Barack Obama spoke these words in his State of the Union on

HAVANA (AP) — Cuban President Raul Castro called on Latin American and Caribbean leaders Tuesday to work together on pressing regional problems at a gathering of all Western Hemisphere nations except the U.S. and Canada. In his keynote speech as

During the 2014 State of the Union address (SOTU) President Obama spoke of “a sense of common cause” and service to our communities and our country. Thereafter he mentioned diplomats before he mentioned our men and women in uniform. Said

There is an old joke that the best way to get rid of a demon is to “exorcise a lot.” For Rev. Bob Larson, exorcising a lot is no joke. The Scottsdale reverend claims that he has carried out more

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Ukraine anti-government protests spread into the east U.N. Security Council approves EU troops for Central African Republic Syria’s ‘peace conference’ proceeds as total farce China’s military moves to seize Malaysia’s James Shoal Ukraine anti-government

President Barack Obama used his State of the Union address on Tuesday evening to make the best case for the interim nuclear deal with Iran–and against bipartisan sanctions legislation that enjoys majority support in both houses of Congress. The president’s

Protests in Ukraine spread to the pro-Russian east while Justice Minister Olena Lukash threatened a call for a state of emergency. The United Nations said they will send an envoy to help facilitate talks between the two sides. The majority

The Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram killed at least 99 Nigerians on Sunday in one of the highest death tolls. They attacked two towns, including a Christian church service and burning down homes. The attacks occurred in the northeast region