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African forces were moving towards Mali’s centre Thursday, as pressure grew on Malian troops over summary killings and rights abuses in a French-led assault on Al Qaeda-linked groups. The first troops from a UN-mandated African force aimed at replacing the

A far-right political party is distributing thousands of knives to women in a western Indian state to help them protect themselves after a fatal gang-rape last month alarmed the country. Shiv Sena, a party with a reputation for intimidation and

Prime Minister David Cameron warned Thursday that corporations must “pay their fair share” of taxes and said he would use Britain’s G8 chairmanship to counter tax avoidance. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Cameron said too many global

(AP) Palestinian president wants Israelis to talk peaceBy MOHAMMED DARAGHMEHAssociated PressRAMALLAH, West BankThe Palestinian president will invite Israeli politicians to the West Bank to try to make sure peacemaking is on the new government’s agenda, a senior official said Thursday,

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Egypt’s president Morsi opposes France’s intervention in Mali Polio virus found in Cairo, blamed on Pakistan Furious Chinese spokesman blasts Philippines for seeking arbitration Cameron proposes referendum on Britain staying in EU Emails show

Americans For A Strong Defense (ASD) has launched a multi-state advertising campaign to convince Senators and their constituents that Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel is the wrong man for the job. ASD goes out of their way to make

“What difference does it make?” Hillary Clinton shouted, her words echoing off the walls of the hearing room, outraged that a Senator would dare to ask why she spread the lie that a video provoked the terror attack on the

Even as President Obama continues to proclaim that his administration forwards liberty around the globe, democracy apparently declined across the globe for the seventh consecutive year, according to the international watchdog Freedom House. Obama said in his second inaugural address that

Japan’s Finance Minister said Monday that the elderly should be allowed to “hurry up and die” to save the country the cost of keeping them alive. Taro Aso, who is also the country’s Deputy Prime Minister, said during a meeting

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) wants to hear directly from the survivors of the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack after receiving what he felt were insufficient answers in Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday

(AP) Panetta opens combat roles to womenBy LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated PressWASHINGTONSenior defense officials say Pentagon chief Leon Panetta is removing the military’s ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, speaking on a Hezbollah-linked television station, claimed that Zionists worked with Nazis before World War II, spouting: “I challenge anyone to deny the relationship between Zionism and Nazism before World War II.” If anyone needs to

As Sec. of State Hillary Clinton sat before a Senate Committee for questioning this morning, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky) looked at her and made one thing clear: “Had I been president at the time [of the Benghazi attack] and had

During Senate testimony this today, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton implied that lack of funding for the State Department was a contributor to the deadliness of the Benghazi terrorist attack in Sept. 2012. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) provided her an

Christians United for Israel (CUFI), which describes itself as “the largest pro-Israel organization in the United States and one of the leading Christian grassroots movements in the world,” will bring over two hundred Christian leaders from around the country to

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sat before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to answer questions about the security failures at the U.S. Mission in Benghazi, Libya that resulted in the deaths of four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens. During

Although largely unreported in the West (with a few exceptions), Arab language dailies and internet sites have been a buzz about multiple arrests conducted by the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E)’ security forces, targeting Muslim Brotherhood cells, which they claim are

As we all sit down to figure out the elections in Israel, one has to remember the old Jewish joke about the guy who is stranded on a desert island. After years alone, he is finally rescued, and he takes

(AP) – Explosions rang out at 3 a.m. last week as the radical Islamists descended on the town of Diabaly, home to a Malian military camp. Residents cowering in their homes believed the Malian soldiers would protect them. Instead dozens

Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday promised to hold a referendum by 2017 giving Britons the choice of staying in or leaving the European Union if his party wins the next election. Cameron said in a long-awaited speech he wants

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today on the Sep. 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens.  Clinton missed previous opportunities to

A campaign to eradicate New Zealand’s cats as a way of protecting native wildlife has raised the hackles of pet lovers, with critics leaping to the defence of their feline friends. Gareth Morgan, a businessman turned philanthropist, has called for

Japan said Wednesday it would close its embassy in Mali because of the worsening security situation in the war-torn country. It said embassy staff would move out as soon as preparations were completed, probably around January 27. The decision came

Paul Krugman, the economist whose writings have graced the pages of the new York Times for years, has now been placed in an arena which would be the logical place for his emotional gyrations: the opera. Last summer, Krugman engaged

Israeli politics were gripped by tension and drama early Wednesday as the center-right and center-left blocs deadlocked in a 60-60 tie for seats in the Israeli Knesset. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party was the clear winner, and he will likely