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The man convicted for the murder of DEA Special Agent Enrique “KiKi” Camarena was released early from his 40 year prison sentence after serving just 28 years. A Mexican court ruled that Rafael Caro Quintero should have been tried in a

(AP) New video emerges of Toronto mayorBy ROB GILLIESAssociated PressTORONTOA new video surfaced Thursday showing Toronto Mayor Rob Ford in a rage, using threatening words including “kill” and “murder,” as the saga that has gripped Canadians for months took yet

Concern for jailed Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova mounted on her 24th birthday Thursday, after her husband said she could not be found in the Russian prison colony where authorities reportedly sent her in October. Tolokonnikova has not been seen

UPDATE (Nov. 8): As predicted below, the Iranian regime has been able to extract more concessions from the U.S. The proposed “freeze” on Iran’s nuclear program is anything but, and could allow Iran to accelerate its program in the future more

CHESTER, England, Nov. 6 (UPI) — Two 19-year-old British coeds are in hot water after wearing dresses depicting the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on New York City’s Twin Towers. University of Chester students Amber Langford and Annie Collinge have

Vatican City (AFP) – Pope Francis will receive Russian President Vladimir Putin on November 25, the Vatican said on Thursday, as the Roman Catholic Church seeks to improve ties with the Russian Orthodox Church. Putin has previously met the pope’s

When I lived in Cape Town, South Africa, I occasionally listened to the local Islamic radio station, partly out of curiosity and partly because it was often left on in the background in the living room of the Muslim family

(AP) Fugitive whaling protester: ‘We’re not pirates’By GENE JOHNSONAssociated PressSEATTLEA fugitive activist known for attacking Japanese whaling vessels off Antarctica insisted “we’re not pirates” Wednesday as he addressed a U.S. appeals court considering whether he and the organization he founded

(AP) Toronto mayor rejects latest call to step asideBy ROB GILLIESAssociated PressTORONTOToronto’s embattled mayor on Wednesday rejected the advice of city council allies to take a temporary leave of absence, returning to work a day after acknowledging he had smoked

At least 10,000 Iranians protested outside the former U.S. embassy in Tehran to celebrate the seizure of the building and the capture of U.S. hostages in 1979. On November 4, 1979, Iranians seized the building, taking 52 hostages and holding

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Plans for Syria ‘peace conference’ in Geneva collapse U.S. intelligence suggests that Syria is hiding chemical Plans for Syria ‘peace conference’ in Geneva collapse Bashar al-Assad (Gulf News) Plans for an international “peace conference”

(AP) Possible evidence of Arafat poisoning is reportedBy MOHAMMED DARAGHMEHAssociated PressRAMALLAH, West BankSwiss scientists have found evidence suggesting that Yasser Arafat may have been poisoned, adding new fuel to long-standing allegations about the Palestinian leader’s death, a TV station reported

(AP) Fort Hood building, massacre site to be demolishedFORT HOOD, TexasFort Hood officials plan to demolish the medical building where an Army psychiatrist killed 13 people and wounded more than 30 others during a shooting rampage in 2009. Fort Hood

(AP) India launches first mission to MarsBy KATY DAIGLEAssociated PressNEW DELHIIndia on Tuesday launched its first spacecraft bound for Mars, a complex mission that it hopes will demonstrate and advance technologies for space travel.Hundreds of people watched the rocket carrying

(AP) 1 killed, 8 injured in northern China explosionsBEIJINGA series of small explosions killed one person and injured eight others Wednesday outside the provincial headquarters of the ruling Communist Party in the northern Chinese city of Taiyuan, officials said.Officials gave

BLAGOVESHCHENSK, Russia, Nov. 6 (UPI) — Russian border control officials said they found almost half a ton of bear paws and Siberian musk deer organs being smuggled to China. The materials were found in a garage in the border city

(AP) Colombia says Russian bombers violated air spaceBOGOTA, ColombiaColombia’s president says his government is sending a protest note to Russia over the violation of his country’s air space by two long-range bombers on a flight from Venezuela to Nicaragua. The

(AP) Vigilantes give Mexico gov’t chance to oust cartelBy KATHERINE CORCORANAssociated PressLA RUANA, MexicoTwo leaders of the main vigilante groups in western Michoacan state said Tuesday that they are pulling back from confronting the Knights Templar drug cartel because the

Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi, who won the Nobel Peace prize in 2003 for promoting human rights in her native Iran, has publicly called for the U.S. and E.U to bar Iran from using U.S. and European satellites.  Ebadi asserted

Over the weekend, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, delivered remarks to an event sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League. Her speech marked the first time that a senior Obama Administration official hinted at the possibility of

Islamist rebel forces in Syria have killed 45 Christians in the west-central town of Sadad, the largest massacre of Christians yet in the Syrian conflict. In the wake of the killing, an Orthodox archbishop has mourned, “We have shouted aid

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Volgograd suicide bombing heightens xenophobic tensions in Russia Iranians commemorate 34th anniversary of storming U.S. Embassy Israeli officials says U.S. will ‘force’ peace deal with Palestinians Volgograd suicide bombing heightens xenophobic tensions in Russia

Dear Binga, The war goes slowly here, slower than you can ever imagine from reading the papers at home. The only way you can get the proper perspective on its progress is put away the headlines for a month and

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel told Bloomberg News’ Jeffrey Goldberg that Israeli threats of military action against Iran’s nuclear program helped U.S.-led sanctions in pushing the regime into talks.  “…I think that Iran is responding to the constant pressure from