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Venezuela’s new acting president, Nicolas Maduro, held talks with a Chinese delegation on Saturday and the two sides vowed to deepen strategic relations in honor of late leader Hugo Chavez. Maduro, who was sworn in late Friday, met with the

Israel’s Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu addressed AIPAC’s annual policy conference live via satellite Monday morning. He delivered a stern warning about Iran’s continued efforts to obtain a nuclear weapon. Netanyahu reminded the audience, “Iran has made it clear it will

(AFP) – UN envoy to Yemen Jamal Benomar met on Saturday those leaders from the separatist Southern Movement who aim to join in a national dialogue this month to end the country’s political crisis, participants said. Among those at the

(AP) – Syrian rebels on Saturday freed 21 U.N. peacekeepers after holding them hostage for four days, ending a sudden entanglement with the world body that earned those trying to oust President Bashar Assad a flood of negative publicity. The

(AFP) – King Abdullah II of Jordan said on Saturday that he hoped the visit of US President Barack Obama to Israel and the West Bank later this month will offer a momentum to the Mideast peace process. “We are

Though four in ten Catholics live in Latin America–more than in any other region of the world–most Latin Americans do not believe the next pope will be one of the area’s 19 cardinals. In fact, many Latin Americans are somewhat

(AP) – Militants staged two suicide attacks that killed at least 19 people on Saturday, the first full day of U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s visit to Afghanistan. They were a fresh reminder of the challenges posed by insurgents to

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com  China urges calm as North and South Korea trade military threats Venezuela has anti-American love fest at Chávez’s funeral China urges calm as North and South Korea trade military threats Kim Jong-un inspects the

As previously rumored, the conclave to elect the successor to retired Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI will begin on Tuesday, March 12. Shortly before 7 PM Rome time Friday, the Holy See’s press office released a statement saying that the cardinals

If armies of the West ever have to invade Iran, they won’t have to worry about Iranian snipers taking them out–the snipers are now employed gunning down rats that are infesting Iran. Yes, the Iranian government is telling the snipers

According to Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi, the papal conclave to elect the new pope will begin on Tuesday afternoon. A “pro eligendo Romano Pontifice” Mass will be celebrated in St. Peter’s Basilica on Tuesday morning, after which the cardinals

On March 3, 2013, a group of “pro-peace” agitators organized by CODEPINK Women for Peace and Interfaith Peace-Builders made noise outside the Washington, D.C. Convention Center to harass the 12,000-plus participants attending the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s annual Policy

John McCain is an American hero. He endured horrors in North Vietnamese captivity that few of us can ever imagine. I have disagreed with him often, but never doubted his commitment to our country. Lindsey Graham is a character out

(AP) Bin Laden spokesman due in NY court on plot chargeBy LARA JAKES and TOM HAYSAssociated PressNEW YORK A senior al-Qaida leader and member of Osama bin Laden’s inner circle was due in court to face a charge he plotted

On March 7, Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro said the body of Hugo Chavez will be kept on permanent display “in a special tomb.” When he made the announcement, people had already been waiting “up to 12 hours in a

In an informal poll in 2004, the populist progressive site Democratic Underground took a reader poll asking who they respected more: Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez or then-Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry. Chavez won, 70% to 30%. John Kerry is the

Missile defense approaches its 30th anniversary with both great accomplishments behind it and great challenges before it.  President Reagan’s vision of a defense sufficient to blunt the use of ballistic missiles and their nuclear warheads as instruments of coercion, blackmail, and

John Brennan has already achieved a dubious distinction as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency: he has set the record for the largest number of “no” votes ever received by a nominee confirmed to that position. Brennan was confirmed by

Officials on the Indonesian island of Bali are considering putting up “no sex” signs at Hindu temples after a lusty Estonian couple were caught in the act. Police took the pair in for questioning after they were found by youth

North Korea announced Friday it was voiding non-aggression pacts with South Korea and severing a hotline with Seoul, hours after the UN Security Council adopted tough new sanctions on Pyongyang. North Korea “abrogates all agreements on non-aggression reached between the

Delegates to the United Nations may seem drunk with power, but a more accurate appraisal might be that they are simply, drunk. Despite the removal of the notorious Delegate’s Lounge in 2009, infamous for its dipsomaniacs, and a replacement built

Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) says the “appalling” waste of U.S. reconstruction funding in Iraq demonstrates the need for a “top-to-bottom” review of the State Department and the decision-making process for dispersing aid. According to Corker:  The extent of waste and

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com N. Korea threatens death to America for U.N. Security Council vote Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez’s body will be kept on permanent display N. Korea threatens death to America for U.N. Security Council vote N. Korean

He is an unlawful enemy combatant, captured on foreign soil while engaged in hostilities against the United States. He belongs in the military justice system and detention facility established by Congress in accordance with the Constitution and the Supreme Court.

In response to a government report, Prime Minister of Sweden FredrikReinfeldt has announced he will seek to increase Sweden’s retirementage. The Prime Minister also suggested this is just the first stepneeded to keep Sweden’s welfare system in balance. The Swedish