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World View: Hollande Lowers France's Retirement Age

World View: Hollande Lowers France's Retirement Age

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Kofi Annan tries a new Syria peace plan involving Iran, as his first one collapses Hillary Clinton cool to working with Iran in Kofi Annan peace plan #2 Syria regime perpetrates a new massacre

McCain: Obama Leaking Security Info to Bolster Campaign

McCain: Obama Leaking Security Info to Bolster Campaign

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has accused the Obama administration of leaking classified information regarding intelligence operations in order to benefit Barack Obama’s reelection by strengthening Obama’s foreign policy credentials. On CBS “This Morning,” McCain charged, “This is the most highly classified information

Rumsfeld: Israel Can't Trust Obama

Rumsfeld: Israel Can't Trust Obama

Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld tells Hugh Hewitt that the Israel government can’t trust that the Obama Administration would not leak information regarding an impending strike against Iran. (Audio only)

Mystery virus sought 'designs from Iran'

Mystery virus sought 'designs from Iran'

A mystery computer virus discovered last month and deployed in a massive cyberattack chiefly against Iran sought to steal designs and PDF files from its victims, a Russian firm said. Kaspersky Lab, one of the world’s biggest producers of anti-virus

Syria's Assad says he's surgeon saving patient

Syria's Assad says he's surgeon saving patient

(AP) Syria’s Assad says he’s surgeon saving patientBy ZEINA KARAMAssociated PressBEIRUT Syrian President Bashar Assad defended his government’s crackdown on opponents Sunday, saying a doctor performing messy emergency surgery does not have blood on his hands if he is trying

Putin to meet Iran's Ahmadinejad in China: Kremlin

Putin to meet Iran's Ahmadinejad in China: Kremlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on the sidelines of a summit in Beijing next week as tensions rise over Tehran’s nuclear drive, a Kremlin official said in comments released Sunday. “Meeting Ahmadinejad will let

Iran Threatens War With Israel If West Interferes in Syria

Iran Threatens War With Israel If West Interferes in Syria

On Wednesday, Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani threatened war against Israel if there is any interference from the West in Syria. Larijani’s threat followed Kofi Annan’s deputy, Jean-Marie Guehenno, relating to the 15-nation council the dim chances of Annan’s efforts at peacemaking

Islamic Dress Code Enforced in Iran

Islamic Dress Code Enforced in Iran

Female booth attendants at an international trade fair and shops selling men’s ties have become targets in a strict crackdown by Tehran police on clothing deemed un-Islamic, Iranian media reported on Wednesday. Women “not properly observing the hijab,” or the

Iran Strengthens Its Backing For Assad

Iran Strengthens Its Backing For Assad

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

Syria: Netanyahu Highlights Iran Connection

Syria: Netanyahu Highlights Iran Connection

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

Stuxnet 2.0? Powerful "Flame" Cyber Weapon Found in Iran

Stuxnet 2.0? Powerful "Flame" Cyber Weapon Found in Iran

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

Mavi Marmara Sequel: Knife-Wielding 'Aid' Ship Goes to Court

Mavi Marmara Sequel: Knife-Wielding 'Aid' Ship Goes to Court

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 to build new nuclear plant by early 2014: TV

Iran to build new nuclear plant by early 2014: TV

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

Christian Jordanian woman sues her Muslim employer

Christian Jordanian woman sues her Muslim employer

(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.

Activists: Troops Kills up to 50 in Central Syria

Activists: Troops Kills up to 50 in Central Syria

(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

Clinton Concerned Syria Unrest Affecting Lebanon

Clinton Concerned Syria Unrest Affecting Lebanon

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

UN Agency Finds Higher Enrichment at Iranian Site

UN Agency Finds Higher Enrichment at Iranian Site

(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

Clinton: Iran Buying Time With Negotiations

Clinton: Iran Buying Time With Negotiations

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