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WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland demanded an apology from the White House after President Barack Obama spoke of a “Polish death camp” while anouncing an award to a Polish resistance fighter for alerting the world to the Nazi Holocaust, largely perpetrated

By RAPHAEL SATTERAssociated PressLONDONBritain’s Supreme Court has endorsed the extradition of WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange to Sweden, bringing the secret-spilling Internet activist a big step closer to prosecution in a Scandinavian court. But a question mark hung over the decision

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Ten nations expel Syria’s diplomats over Houla massacre U.S. says that military intervention in Syria would lead to ‘chaos and carnage’ Syria’s instability continues to spread into Lebanon Turkey to boycott Europe when Greek

BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 29 (UPI) — A senior Iranian military commander’s reported admission that Iranian forces are operating in Syria to stiffen the embattled regime of President Bashar Assad underlines how bad things are for Syria’s divided opposition. This and

(AP) Greek euro exit would halve incomes, report warnsBy DEREK GATOPOULOS and NICHOLAS PAPHITISAssociated PressATHENS, Greece An exit from the euro would see Greeks lose more than half their annual income and prompt a dramatic rise in unemployment and inflation,

The First Amendment to the Constitution was not written to prevent religion from having an undue influence on the federal government, but to prevent the federal government from having an oppressive influence on religion. Yet the latter influence is happening

President Barack Obama and his allies have made an unusual number of “official” visits to states that just happen to be critical to his re-election effort. Critics charge that these visits, already the subject of a complaint to the Government

The United States ambassador to Moscow Michael McFaul needs to behave more diplomatically, a Kremlin foreign policy aide said following the envoy’s controversial remarks in a speech last week.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has linked Iran and its Lebanese client, the terrorist group Hezbollah, to the massacre of innocent civilians in Syria. In a statement issued by Netanyahu’s office on May 27, the prime minister declared: “Iran and

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Britain and Russia return to previous position on Syria International outrage appears to grow over Syria Germany’s Merkel prepares to strike back against France’s Hollande on austerity Sweden’s Loreen wins Eurovision Song Contest Britain

By STEVE PEOPLESAssociated PressSAN DIEGORepublican presidential candidate Mitt Romney promised Monday to maintain an American military “with no comparable power anywhere in the world.” The likely Republican presidential nominee faced a San Diego crowd estimated at 5,000 in what was

(AP) Egypt’s Brotherhood scrambling to broaden supportBy HAMZA HENDAWIAssociated PressCAIROThe Muslim Brotherhood is scrambling to broaden its appeal to liberals, leftists and Christians after official results Monday showed that the Islamist group’s candidate will face ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak’s last

BOSTON (Reuters) – Security experts have discovered a highly sophisticated computer virus in Iran and the Middle East that they believe was deployed at least five years ago to engage in state-sponsored cyber espionage. Evidence suggest that the virus, dubbed

Statement from MSNBC Host Chris Hayes, via the Huffington Post: On Sunday, in discussing the uses of the word “hero” to describe those members of the armed forces who have given their lives, I don’t think I lived up to

I never thought I’d miss Keith Olbermann, nor did I ever think I’d be able to write something positive about him. But I must say, he’s a patriot compared to MSNBC’s Chris Hayes. That’s right–a patriot. Heck, Jane Fonda may

(AP) Cuba waits anxiously for oil dreams to materializeBy PAUL HAVENAssociated PressHAVANAIt was supposed to be Cuba’s economic savior: vast untapped reserves of black gold buried deep under the rocky ocean floor. But the first attempt in nearly a decade

(AP) Syria denies responsibility for attack killing 90By ALBERT AJI and BASSEM MROUEAssociated PressDAMASCUS, SyriaThe Syrian government on Sunday denied responsibility for killings in a string of villages that left more than 90 people dead, blaming the killings on “hundreds

Once again we are playing cold war politics with the Russians.  Nothing seems to change when it comes to Russia and missiles.  President Obama’s and Hillary Clinton’s pushing the reset button hasn’t worked, and in fact, it was the wrong

What do you get when you cross successful homeland defense missile testing with the Administration’s defense budget? Funding cuts. As strange as it sounds, that is precisely what faces Congress as it assembles its annual defense spending bills. On May

Does political posturing pass as an indictment in Turkey’s judicial system these days? Is Turkish President Recep Tayipp Erdogan using a page from the old Arab League, post-Shah Iranian playbook again? Will Turkey’s poorly-written sequel about an “aid” ship with

Iran is to build a new nuclear power plant, alongside its sole existing one in the southern city of Bushehr, by early 2014, state television reported on Sunday, quoting the head of the country’s Atomic Energy Organisation. The current Bushehr

(AP) Christian Jordanian woman sues her Muslim employerBy JAMAL HALABYAssociated PressAMMAN, JordanA Christian Jordanian woman said Sunday she is suing her Gulf Arab employer for arbitrary dismissal after she refused a new dress code forcing her to cover her head.

Four NATO soldiers have been killed in bomb blasts in southern Afghanistan, according to the International Security Assistance Force. The soldiers died “following separate improvised explosive device attacks” on Saturday, ISAF said in a statement, without providing further details or