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This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Brazil urges quick Venezuelan election of Chávez dies Al-Qaeda rebels in Mali counterattack as France bombs Germany and Britain debate whether to join France in Mali Germany threatens to block a bailout of Cyprus,

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is viewed in the West as a moderate in comparison to Hamas and other Palestinian groups. But that may be because Western media ignores incendiary rhetoric Abbas routinely makes in Arabic. An example came earlier

Chuck Hagel, nominee for Secretary of Defense and former Senator from Nebraska, has lately expressed support for cuts to defense spending that place him in agreement with President Barack Obama. Yet while he was in Congress, Hagel voted for defense

How far will the federal government go to cover-up the fact that the Palestinian Authority (PA), which gets millions of dollars in aid from the United States, works hand in glove with terrorists who murder Israelis? This far: Richard Leon,

Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) announced Monday that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would testify before the committee on January 23 to answer questions about the September 11, 2012 terrorist attack on U.S. diplomatic facilities

Discussions are under way in London’s Permanent Joint Headquarters concerning military steps to keep the Falkland Islands as an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. One of the options being discussed is the “deployment of Royal Navy’s Response Task Force

Would you be surprised if I told you that the federal government invited a terrorist to the Pentagon for lunch, all the while knowing that he likely assisted the 9/11 hijackers? That’s what we found out recently from documents we

Islamist forces based in northern Mali vowed Monday to avenge France’s fierce military offensive against them on French soil. Asked where they would strike, Abou Dardar told AFP by telephone: “Everywhere. In Bamako, in Africa and in Europe.” Authorities in

Iran is on track to be able to produce material for at least one nuclear bomb by mid-2014 as sanctions hit its economy but fail to stop the atomic program, a US think tank said Monday. The Institute for Science

US Senator Ted Cruz has announced that he and four other Senators have concluded their congressional delegation to Afghanistan and Israel. The delegation also included Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ), and Senator Deb

When Chuck Hagel, President Barack Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, appears before the Senate, one critical question must be asked: does he still believe that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the “core” of all conflict in the Middle East?  That

France has expanded its assault on Islamists in northern Mali, pounding rebel positions with four days of air strikes and bringing additional troops into the country through the capital, Mali. France did not wait for UN approval, and it tired

The unresolved debt ceiling debate, the looming sequestration, and the expiration of the current continuing spending resolution may all combine to create “a perfect storm of budget uncertainty,” said Defense Secretary Leon Panetta during a Pentagon briefing last week. “The

Anti-Semitism and anti-Israel sentiment on American college campuses is growing as those leftist institutions join with the Left worldwide to stand against Israel. One of the groups fighting back is the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com UN Security Council to meet Monday as France expands Mali air strikes U.S. provided technical support for France’s failed Somalia rescue attempt France on terror alert after challenging al-Qaeda on two fronts Israel reaffirms

Chuck Hagel’s nomination as Secretary of Defense has provoked opposition due to his perceived hostility towards Israel, his posture of appeasement towards Iran, and his objection to the successful Iraq surge. He supports global nuclear disarmament, having signed onto the

Chuck Hagel’s defenders and anti-Israel bloggers (there is a great degree of overlap) are parroting a new, false argument in his favor as President Barack Obama’s nominee to be Secretary of Defense: So what if Hagel used the term “Jewish

Former Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell (Ret.), who clashed frequently with the Department of Defense throughout the first term of President George W. Bush, appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday and backed President Barack Obama’s nomination of former

A woman stabbed to death an American man who worked at the US consulate in South Africa in the early hours of Sunday, police said. A guard at a residential complex in upmarket Johannesburg suburb Illovo heard a woman screaming

(AP) Egypt court grants Mubarak appeal, orders retrialBy HAMZA HENDAWIAssociated PressCAIROA Cairo court on Sunday granted Hosni Mubarak’s appeal of his life sentence, ordering a retrial of the ousted Egyptian president convicted of failing to prevent the killing of hundreds

(AP) 6 arrested in new rape of a bus passenger in IndiaBy ASHOK SHARMAAssociated PressNEW DELHIPolice said Sunday they have arrested six suspects in another gang rape of a bus passenger in India, four weeks after a brutal attack on

At least 20,000 Russians marched on Sunday through Moscow to protest a Kremlin law that banned US adoptions of Russian orphans and led to a further split in an already polarized society. The protest dubbed “the March Against Scoundrels” was

Tens of thousands are set to march in Paris on Sunday to denounce government plans to legalize same-sex marriage and adoption which have angered many Catholics and Muslims, France’s two main faiths. Leading the charge is sassy phenomenon Frigide Barjot,

A roadside bomb Sunday killed at least 14 Pakistani soldiers and injured 25 others in a lawless tribal area bordering Afghanistan, officials said. The improvised explosive device hit a military convoy in Dosali village in the troubled North Waziristan tribal

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Shia families in Quetta Pakistan refuse to bury bombing victims Tension grows between Egypt’s al-Nour party and Muslim Brotherhood Pollution spikes to ‘dangerous’ levels in eastern China Security experts recommend disabling Java on computers