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.
By JAMEY KEATENAssociated PressPARISWhen Nicolas Sarkozy bounded up the steps of France’s presidential palace in jogging shorts and shoes on his first day in office five years ago, many French instantly sensed they were in for something new. In a
China said Monday it was ready to work with France after the election of Socialist Francois Hollande as president, amid concerns his victory could derail Paris’s deficit-cutting plan. The 57-year-old Socialist won power Sunday in a close race against incumbent
By NICHOLAS PAPHITISAssociated PressATHENS, GreeceBailout-reliant Greece faces weeks of financial turmoil after voters angry at crippling income cuts punished mainstream politicians, let a far-right extremist group into Parliament and gave no party enough votes to govern alone. The one certainty
Whether to maximize his own political fortunes, or–as some have suggested–to facilitate a possible pre-emptive strike against Iran’s nuclear program in the fall, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared yesterday that he will call early elections for the Knesset, Israel’s legislature.
(AP) Airstrike kills senior al-Qaida leader in YemenBY AHMED AL-HAJAssociated PressSANAA, Yemen An airstrike Sunday killed a top al-Qaida leader on the FBI’s most wanted list for his role in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole warship, Yemeni officials
According to the Jewish Agency for Israel, over 5,000 Jews from throughout France attended a fair in the heart of Paris about immigrating to Israel. The fair was attended by the Chairman of the Jewish Agency, former member of Knesset,
The Greek neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party will enter parliament for the first time in nearly 40 years, exit polls showed on Sunday as ballots closed in an early election that could derail the country’s reforms. The party is calculated to
According to the latest exit polls, Francois Holland is the new president of France, defeating incumbent Nicholas Sarkozy with approximately 53% of the vote; Sarkozy pulled approximately 47%, according to Harris, Sofres and Opinion Way polling. Hollande’s win represents a
The mainstream media will attempt to spin French President Nicholas Sarkozy’s loss today to Socialist challenger François Hollande as a rejection of “austerity” policies–and to urge American voters to reject the deficit-cutting politics of the Tea Party when we go
President Barack Obama threw a kinetic military action for Libyan dissidents. He abandoned a dictator to please dissidents in Egypt and is funding their new government to the tune of $1.5 billion dollars–even though its leaders support jihad against the
On May 1st, at Union Sqare in New York, the organizers of Occupy had set up a stage for their invited speakers to address the assembled gaggle of malcontents and totalitarians known as “Occupy”. I saw the flags of Red
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Investors worry about France after a win by François Hollande Hollande’s ultra-feminist ‘companion’ Valérie Trierweiler would be reluctant first lady Conservative Samaras expected to lead in Greece’s elections Iran’s election results indicate support for
North Korea vowed on Sunday to push ahead with what it says are peaceful nuclear and space programmes, rubbishing calls from the five permanent UN Security Council members. The communist North condemned a statement issued Thursday by the United States,
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Sunday she was deeply hurt by charges that the United States was biased against Muslims, staunchly defending her country’s record in protecting minorities. Clinton, visiting the world’s third largest Muslim-majority country Bangladesh, was asked
Moscow prepared for rival rallies on Sunday between tens of thousands of Vladimir Putin supporters and members of Russia’s nascent protest movement ahead of his inauguration to a third Kremlin term. Russia’s current premier will crown his thumping March presidential
An offshoot of Al-Qaeda now dominates northern Mali, regional security sources said Saturday, as militants brazenly began to impose their radical vision of Islam by desecrating a holy tomb in Timbuktu. The shock attack at the UNESCO World Heritage site
Voting stations opened at 7:00 am (0400 GMT) on Sunday for Greece’s general election, the interior ministry announced, after a campaign marked by public anger over swingeing austerity cuts. After two years of cuts, opinion polls suggest voters are set
Chancellor Angela Merkel faced a knife-edge state election on Sunday that could provide vital clues to Germany’s political landscape 16 months before a national vote likely to hand her a third term. With most eyes fixed on critical national elections
Argentina on Saturday said that a TV spot filmed in the Falklands with an Argentine athlete competing in the 2012 London Summer Olympics was not meant to be a provocation. The ad shows Argentina hockey captain Fernando Zylberberg running through
PARIS (Reuters) – Nicolas Sarkozy was headed for an election defeat on Sunday that could make him the 11th European leader to be swept from office by the economic crisis and crown Francois Hollande as France’s first Socialist president in
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Hundreds of Egyptians injured as police storm Cairo rally Army says clashes won’t delay Egypt’s historic vote IMF demands more austerity from Egypt to get bailout money Germans on trial for activities in the
By JIM KUHNHENNAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama says his goal of defeating al-Qaida is within reach and that it’s time to turn the country’s attention to domestic concerns. Just four days after his trip to Afghanistan, Obama said that money saved
From The Hill: Climate change has had a direct effect on national security, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said this week. Panetta told an audience at the Environmental Defense Fund that climate change has raised the need for humanitarian assistance and
By RAHIM FAIEZAssociated PressKABUL, AfghanistanThe in-laws of a child bride who became the bruised and bloodied face of women’s rights in Afghanistan have been sentenced to 10 years in prison for torture, abuse and human rights violations, a judge said
By SARAH EL DEEBAssociated PressCAIROMilitary prosecutors ordered the detention of 300 protesters on accusations of attacking troops and disrupting public order during violent clashes outside Egypt’s Defense Ministry, a prosecution official said Saturday. The Friday clashes were some of the
