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Russia does not want to see Syria turned into a second Libya, where the U.S. and NATO step in on one side of the conflict and decide winners and losers. Rather, Russia believes Syria should decide it’s own fate. Russian

President Mohamed Morsi has ordered Egypt’s army from Monday to take on police powers — including the right to arrest civilians — in the run-up to a vote on a constitution that has triggered bloodshed. The decree takes effect on

(Reuters) – At the end of another lavishly-funded U.N. conference that yielded no progress on curbing greenhouse emissions, many of those most concerned about climate change are close to despair. As thousands of delegates checked out of their air-conditioned hotel

Is there any doubt that the Obama Administration doesn’t give a damn if terrorists obliterate Israel? If there was any doubt before, it should be erased now. Israel has warned that if the Assad regime passes its chemical weapons to

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Venezuelan women openly weep as Hugo Chávez faces malignant cancer Latest climate charge conference is an even greater farce than previous ones Reviewing the ‘Climate Change’ issue Arab League votes $100 million per month

The military was highly politicized during the Vietnam War, and our troops were the worse for it. Instead of learning the hard lessons taught by the mistakes of the 1960s and early 70s, our military has undergone another wave of

(AP) NEW YORKBankrupt battery maker A123 Systems Inc. says it will sell most of its assets to the U.S. arm of Chinese auto parts conglomerate Wanxiang Group Corp. for $256.6 million. Chicago-based Wanxiang America Corp. won an auction conducted under the

(AP) Pacquiao loss downs spirit of storm-hit FilipinosBy OLIVER TEVESAssociated PressMANILA, Philippines Filipino fans were stunned by Manny Pacquiao’s knockout defeat to Juan Manuel Marquez, dampening the spirit of a nation battered by a powerful typhoon that killed more than

Syrian rebels with ties to Al Qaeda make up a growing portion of the Syrian opposition, thereby posing a serious problem for Obama administration officials formulating U.S. Syrian policy. The Al Qaeda-affiliated group filing ranks in the opposition is called

A Chinese company has won an auction for an American electric car battery company partly financed with a $249 million taxpayer-funded government grant. Last week, Wanxiang, one of China’s largest non-government-owned businesses, won the auction for failed battery maker A123

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is heading back to Cuba on Sunday for more surgery for cancer, announcing on television that the illness has returned after two previous operations, chemotherapy and radiation treatment. Chavez acknowledged the seriousness

(AP) Pakistan: US drone kills senior al-Qaida leaderBy RASOOL DAWARAssociated PressPESHAWAR, PakistanPakistani intelligence officials say a U.S. drone strike has killed a senior al-Qaida leader near the Afghan border. The three officials say Sheikh Khalid bin Abdel Rehman al-Hussainan, also

(AP) More Egypt protests called after Morsi concessionCAIROEgypt’s liberal opposition has called for more protests on Sunday after the president made concessions overnight that fell short of their demands to rescind a draft constitution going to a referendum on Dec.

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Egypt’s Mohamed Morsi cancels his decree, but not the referendum Will President Obama follow Morsi’s example? North Korea says it may delay its long-range rocket launch Panic spreads as Mayan apocalypse date December 21

Two Iranian warships docked in Port Sudan on Saturday, a witness said, marking the second port call by the Iranian navy in Sudan in five weeks. The Sudanese military said it was a “normal” port call but Israeli officials have

Nigel Farage has campaigned for 20 years to get Britain to leave the European Union, and he now leads the United Kingdom’s fastest-growing political party, the Independence Party, which is gaining strength largely due to Farage’s anti-European Union message. Farage’s

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Saturday annulled a decree he issued last month expanding his powers, an official told a Cairo news conference. A referendum on a draft constitution would however still go ahead as planned on December 15, the

AFP – Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi is preparing to amend a controversial decree in which he assumed sweeping powers, Prime Minister Hisham Qandil said on Saturday. Morsi tasked six officials who met on Saturday with elements of the opposition to

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood government is set to receive more tanks and fighter jets from the U.S. These include 200 M1A1 Abrams battle tanks and “a squadron of F-16 Falcon” fighters. Besides the obvious problems associated with sending weaponry to a

(AP) DOHA, QatarA U.N. climate conference with nearly 200 countries has adopted an extension of the Kyoto Protocol through 2020. The 1997 pact, which controls the greenhouse gas emissions of rich countries, expires this year. Negotiators haggled through the night in

The New York Times has now devoted two major articles, including a page one feature, to a mostly boring story about Bnei Jeshurun synagogue on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, whose Rabbis (J. Rolando Matalon, Marcelo R. Bronstein, and

By JON GAMBRELLAssociated PressJOHANNESBURGSouth Africa’s former President Nelson Mandela was admitted to a military hospital Saturday for medical tests, though the nation’s president told the public there was “no cause for alarm” over the 94-year-old icon’s health. The statement issued

Egyptian authorities have detained a suspected terror network ringleader whose operatives are believed to have carried out a deadly attack on a US mission in Libya, according to a report. Muhammad Jamal Abu Ahmad — a former member of the

AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian rebel groups have chosen Brigadier Selim Idris, a former officer from President Bashar al-Assad’s army who defected, to head a new unified military command dominated by Islamists, opposition sources said on Saturday. Read the rest of