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This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Mob rule in Central African Republic as Christians crave revenge Egypt ponders the 98.1% ‘yes’ vote on new constitution referendum Mob rule in Central African Republic as Christians crave revenge Body burning, after being

On Sunday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that his country loved Elton John, using that fact as proof that the country was not anti-homosexual. Putin called John an “outstanding person [and] musician” and said, “Millions of our people sincerely love

Mexico’s congress passed a resolution urging the U.S. to facilitate asylum cases involving Mexican citizens.   On Jan. 15, KHOU 11 News in Houston, Texas reported that Mexico’s congress wants the U.S. to ease up on granting asylum to Mexican citizens who claim

Security measures and personnel are being scrutinized following news that three American citizens were among the 21 persons killed by “Taliban militants” in the Friday night attack on a restaurant in Kabul, Afghanistan. Additionally, two British citizens, two Canadians, “the

Citing the “peace process,” UNESCO, a subdivision of the United Nations, gave into pressure from Arab member states of the UN, cancelling an exhibition documenting the Jews’ historical roots to the Land of Israel. The UNESCO exhibition was scheduled to

BANNU, Pakistan (AP)  A Taliban bombing inside an army compound in northwest Pakistan killed at least 20 troops Sunday, officials and militants said, in one of the deadliest attacks to target the country’s forces as they battle insurgents in its

MOSCOW (AP)  Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered new assurances to gay athletes and fans attending the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics next month. Yet he defended Russia’s anti-gay law by equating gays with pedophiles and said Russia needs to “cleanse”

President Obama has dropped the hammer on sixteen Democratic senators who have joined a bold Robert Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey, and Mark Kirk, Republican of Illinois, in co-sponsoring new legislation that will increase sanctions against Iran should they fail

The State of Israel is expected to launch a new missile defense system, Iron Beam, that will use lasers to heat up and destroy small rockets and mortars that are airborne too briefly to be shot down by the existing

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Egypt’s constitution approved by 98.1% of referendum voters Rio’s giant ‘Christ the Redeemer’ statue struck by lightning Smog-shrouded China shows live sunrise on giant TV screens Egypt’s constitution approved by 98.1% of referendum voters

An image touted as that of an orphaned Syrian boy sleeping between the graves of his murdered parents has been sweeping through social media and is being used to decry the deteriorating situation in Bashar al-Asaad’s country. But it turns

The White House condemned the Jan. 17 Taliban attack on a restaurant in Kabul that killed 21 people, including two American college workers.   CNN reported earlier Saturday that two American University of Afghanistan workers were among the 13 foreigners killed in

The World Economic Forum has identified income equality as the most likely threat to the global economy. Here are some notes on the issue, and I would welcome interviews on the subject. Income inequality is a terribly complex issue, and for

Fifty-year old mother of five Colonel Jamila Bayaaz is Afghanistan’s first female police chief. She is in charge of the 1st district of Kabul, which is home to one of the capitol’s busiest shopping centers. She also hopes to inspire

The Taliban yesterday killed up to 21 people, including 13 foreigners, in a suicide bomb and small arms attack on a Kabul restaurant frequented by expatriates. U.S. Air Force Maj. Cathleen Snow, a spokeswoman for the U.S./NATO-led International Security Assistance

(AP) Israeli bill to outlaw the word Nazi sparks ireBy TIA GOLDENBERGAssociated PressJERUSALEMAn Israeli draft law that would criminalize the use of the word Nazi in most cases has sparked a debate on freedom of speech in a state that

The Ukrainian government is cracking down on the country’s Greek Catholic church (UGCC) because they are backing government protesters after President Viktor Yanukovich withdrew from a European Union trade deal. The Greek Catholic leaders compare it to the oppression they

As a result of the Arab Spring revolutions, al-Qaeda is gaining ground despite the U.S. killing its leader, Osama bin Laden, in May 2011, Reuters reports.   In particular, the Jan. 16 article points out that the Arab Spring has helped al-Qaeda

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), in an apparent effort to defuse revelations made by a Mexican newspaper’s investigation into the agency’s secret meetings with the Sinaloa cartel in Mexico, announced that it is still going after the leadership of

On Wednesday, a 31-year-old nun who originally came from El Salvador gave birth to a son in the Italian city of Rieti, and said after she was rushed to the hospital with what she thought were stomach cramps that she

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Kerry says that he won’t be fooled by Syria’s Assad regime Uganda enters the war in South Sudan Hackers use a refrigerator for a cyberattack Kerry says that he won’t be fooled by Syria’s

Hiroo Onoda, an Imperial Japanese Army officer who stayed at his post in the Philippines for 29 years after World War II ended because he would not believe the war was over, died at the age of 91 in Tokyo

Hizballah continues to entrench itself in the Syrian civil war, while facing a string of radical Sunni bombing attacks in its Lebanese strongholds. The terrorist organization is also facing renewed international backlash regarding its alleged role in the murder of

(AP) S Sudan: ‘Horrifying human rights disaster’By ILYA GRIDNEFFAssociated PressJUBA, South SudanThe United Nations has evidence of the use of child soldiers and mass atrocities committed by both sides warring in South Sudan, a “horrifying human rights disaster” that has