Iran State TV station FARS announced Saturday morning that four American dual-nationality prisoners were released from Iranian custody in a “prisoner swap” with the United States.
Europe is set for a rebound to growth the latest forecasts show, but unemployment will keep on rising, a conundrum that highlights the difficult economic reforms that still need to be made. Policymakers have generally taken it as a given
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta vowed Sunday not to let the United States be “gouged” by Pakistan on the price it charges for overland deliveries of American military supplies to Afghanistan. Pakistan closed the land route to US supplies in
The Euro Humpty Dumpty (17 of 27 EU countries tied to the Euro) is not comfortably perched on, shall we say, the EuroWall. Euro Humpty Dumpty is falling, and the only question is whether it can be gently caught before
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. International Monetary Fund to Greece: Drop Dead! IMF’s Lagarde softens her remarks about Greece after backlash UK to block immigration into UK if Greece leaves euro Israel’s attitude towards West Bank becomes increasingly nationalistic
(AP) By MAGGIE MICHAELAssociated PressCAIROThe two surviving candidates in Egypt’s presidential election appealed Saturday for support from voters who rejected them as polarizing extremists in the first round even as they faced a new challenge from the third runner-up who contested
May 26 – The leader of Greece’s conservative New Democracy party says a vote for his party is a vote for Greece staying in the euro zone. Deborah Lutterbeck reports. From Reuters.com.
(AP) Biden says end to wars gives US new flexibilityBy MICHAEL HILLAssociated PressWEST POINT, N.Y.Vice President Joe Biden said Saturday that the United States can now focus on new global challenges after a long decade of war in an election-year
(AP) Dozens of children killed in new Syria attackBy BEN HUBBARDAssociated PressBEIRUTGruesome video Saturday showed rows of dead Syrian children lying in a mosque in bloody shorts and T-shirts with gaping head wounds, haunting images of what activists called one
(AP) Japan minister visits nuke plant amid safety worryBy MARI YAMAGUCHIAssociated PressTOKYOJapan’s environment and nuclear minister visited the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant on Saturday to inspect a spent fuel pool at the center of safety concerns and said
The populist movement sweeping the world is a direct threat to China as globalization’s biggest winner. A rebellious tone has swept the world with the Arab Spring, Socialist victories in France and Greece, Argentina nationalizing oil assets, Indonesia imposing a
It appears our troops have finally reached a point of success against the IED warfare of insurgents and radicals throughout Afghanistan and elsewhere in the Middle East. And while this accomplishment comes as no credit to uncommitted politicians like Senator
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. North Koreans in supposedly rich rice belt ‘starve to death’ North Korea faces worst drought in 50 years Relations between China and North Korea fall to a new low Spain’s banks requesting massive bailouts
By ALLEN G. BREEDAP National WriterMost people run marathons to challenge themselves. Maj. George Kraehe runs them to challenge others. As a member of the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors’ “run & remember team,” the New Mexico Army National Guard
For over 225 years, American soldiers have sacrificed so much so that you and I can enjoy the freedom that this country has to offer. They stand in harm’s way twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week to protect
(AP) Activists: Troops kills up to 50 in central SyriaBy ZEINA KARAM and BASSEM MROUEAssociated PressBEIRUTPresident Bashar Assad’s forces killed at least 50 civilians, including 13 children, in central Syria on Friday, activists said, in one of the highest death
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday expressed concern that interminable unrest in Syria is “contributing to instability” in neighboring Lebanon. Armed clashes between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime have taken place in recent weeks
(AP) UN agency finds higher enrichment at Iranian siteBy GEORGE JAHNAssociated PressVIENNAInspectors have located radioactive traces at an Iranian underground bunker, the U.N. atomic agency said Friday _ a finding that could mean Iran has moved closer to reaching the
(AP) Spain’s Bankia asks for $24B in state aidBy HAROLD HECKLE and CIARAN GILESAssociated PressMADRIDSpain’s troubled bank, Bankia, asked the Spanish government for (EURO)19 billion ($23.8 billion) in financial support on Friday, the day that a leading credit rating agency
(AP) Poll: Anti-bailout party extends lead in GreeceATHENS, GreeceA left-wing party that opposes Greece’s international bailout agreements has extended its lead ahead of next month’s election, according to a new poll published Friday. The poll gave the Syriza party 30
By MAGGIE MICHAELAssociated PressCAIROThe candidate of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood won a spot in a runoff election, according to partial results Friday from Egypt’s first genuinely competitive presidential election. A former prime minister and a leftist were in a tight race
United Liberty points out that convicted “Speedway bomber” Brett Kimberlin and his Justice Through Music Project are partners with the U.S. Department of State in the “International Visitor Leadership Program,” a taxpayer-funded professional exchange program. The Justice Through Music Project
The Obama Administration admitted that Iran is still not cooperating with international calls to reduce its nuclear program. After the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany gave Tehran their demands, which called for Iran to halt enrichment of uranium
Colin Powell desperately wants to change his image. Powell has tried to transform himself into a “recovering” Bush administration official and free-thinking Obama backer. “Come on, Mitt, think,” he said on MSNBC’s Morning Joe. Powell went on to say that
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. New edition of Adolf Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ to be published China’s Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) shows continuing contraction Europe sees worst economy in three years Free money – Germany’s central bank issues bond with
