Documents found embedded in a pornographic movie have revealed a storehouse of information about al Qaeda’s plans for future terrorist attacks. In May of last year, a 22-year-old named Maqsood Lodin was traveling from Pakistan to Germany, and was stopped
Someone in the Obama campaign should find a new line of work. They’ve adopted as a slogan the single word: Forward! You’ve heard those complaints from conservatives that Obama is a socialist? Well, Forward! is one sure way to validate
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Spain’s economy keeps spiraling downward as unemployment rises to 25% Switzerland considers paying illegal aliens to leave Switzerland Britain’s economy moves into a ‘double-dip’ recession Germany’s Angela Merkel angrily repudiates François Hollande’s campaign promises
The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed Saturday that it will resume talks with Iran on Tehran’s nuclear programme in mid-May. Iran’s envoy to the UN watchdog, Ali Asghar Soltanieh told the official news agency IRNA Friday that a new round
By JUERGEN BAETZAssociated PressBERLINGermany’s top security official said Friday the greatest terror threat to the country no longer stems from big networks like al-Qaida but from small, independent terrorist cells or “lone wolf” perpetrators. Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich told The
European stock markets were mostly lower on Thursday on downbeat earnings from major banks while the euro rose against the dollar after the US Federal Reserve’s latest economic outlook, traders said. In midday deals, Frankfurt’s DAX 30 index shed 0.57
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Iran should remain under biting sanctions until it halts all uranium enrichment, appearing to exceed UN demands on Tehran. His remarks appeared aimed at stepping up pressure on Iran as it engages in
By GEIR MOULSONAssociated PressBERLINGermany defended its pro-austerity stance on Tuesday, with Chancellor Angela Merkel and two ministers pressing for Europe to stick with a policy of fiscal discipline in spite of the latest bout of political uncertainty. Financial markets in
By MIKE CORDER and TOBY STERLINGAssociated PressTHE HAGUE, NetherlandsThe Dutch government, one of the most vocal critics of European countries failing to rein in their budgets, quit Monday after failing to agree on a plan to bring its own deficit
(AP) New vinyl album releases give record stores a kick By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine Think Katy Perry and vinyl, and a hip-hugging dress might come to mind. The 27-year-old pop artist is among musicians going old school
On April 1st, 2012, the United States enjoyed the dubious honor of achieving the highest corporate income tax rate in the developed world. Japan, which had “led” the world rate sweepstakes by a nose, cut its rate below America’s. There’s
The World Economic Outlook report from the International Monetary Fund warns of significant risks in a eurozone meltdown, and reflects the schizophrenic attitudes of policy makers in general as they search for a solution to a problem that has no
Millions of Israelis on Thursday stood silently and all road traffic stopped as sirens wailed for two minutes to remember the six million Jews who were killed during the Nazi Holocaust. The annual ritual, which is observed at 10 am
For more than five decades, Leila Jabarin hid her secret from her Muslim children and grandchildren — that she was a Jewish Holocaust survivor born in Auschwitz concentration camp. Although her family knew she was a Jewish convert, none of
The United States on Monday ruled out Iran’s call for a lifting of sanctions, saying that the Islamic republic must first address concerns over its nuclear program in “concrete” ways. Iran held talks with major powers on Sunday for the
Video streaming by Ustream A black bloc is a protest tactic where the point is to cause destruction and chaos to the system with organized violence. It was named in Germany where Anarchists developed the tactic. The protesters wear black
(AP) Israeli leader says nuclear talks gave Iran ‘gift’JERUSALEMIsrael’s prime minister says Iran got a “gift” from the world’s big powers at nuclear talks this weekend. Officials from the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany met with Iran
US writer Dave Eggers will not travel to Germany to receive a prize Friday from the Gunter Grass Foundation due to the controversy over the Nobel laureate’s recent poem on Israel, his agency said. Eggers, 42, best known for his
By COLLEEN BARRYAP Business WriterMILAN European stocks slipped Friday on weak Chinese economic data and persistent tensions in eurozone debt markets, while Asian markets were buoyed by a botched North Korean missile test. Concerns about the prospects for global groth
US punk rockers Green Day are to release a trilogy of albums over a four-month period starting later this year, they announced Thursday. The records, to be called “Uno,” “Dos” and “Tre,” will go on sale in September, November and
Iran “will not retreat an iota” from its nuclear rights, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday, ahead of weekend talks in Istanbul with world powers over Tehran’s atomic activities. His language indicated a defiant attitude by Iran as its negotiators
Germany’s trade surplus fell in February but stronger-than-expected demand from outside Europe may keep the eurozone’s biggest economy out of recession, analysts said on Tuesday. Germany exported goods worth 91 billion euros ($119 billion) in seasonally-adjusted terms in February, up
The Japanese government on Monday gave a former prime minister a ticking off over a “personal” visit to Iran, where he met President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and apparently criticised the IAEA. Yukio Hatoyama, whose short stint in the top job ended
Gunter Grass, the German Nobel laureate, was quoted on Wednesday in the German Sueddeutsche Zeitung stating that Iran is not the nuclear threat we should be worried about. The real nuclear threat, he wrote, is Israel: “Israel’s atomic power endangers
(AP) World stocks fall as Europe debt woes flare anewBy PAMELA SAMPSONAP Business WriterBANGKOKWorld stock markets fell Thursday after a weak Spanish bond auction inflamed concerns about the European debt crisis and hopes faded for more help for the U.S.
