It will be hard for those who have endured the relentless ideological domestic agenda of the Obama Administration to imagine a place where they are the moderates. Nevertheless, that is the case at the annual meetings of the Conference of
PARIS, Dec. 3 (UPI) —Asian teenagers lead the world in math, reading and science while U.S. students lag behind in the middle of the pack, a study indicates. The 2012 Program For International Student Assessment exam looked at how 15-
(AP) Europe rights court to hear of secret CIA prisonsBy GREG KELLERAssociated PressSTRASBOURG, FranceThe secret network of black site prisons across Europe that the CIA used to interrogate terror suspects got a rare public hearing Tuesday at Europe’s human rights
During the election year of 2008, Republicans were full of “tough talk and bluster” as they warned Obama that his plan to negotiate with rogue regime’s like Iran was a very bad idea. John McCain put out a press release
POLAND – It was one of those nights for 56-year-old Marek Michalski. One of those nights when “one more” seemed like a good idea – but wasn’t. He was found passed out on a bench in Piotrkow, Poland without a
US Secretary of State John Kerry Monday arrived in Poland for talks on growing trade ties, as well as plans to base an American missile defense system there by 2018. His visit also comes against a background of European anger
On October 22, the European Parliament rejected a report that recommended nations of the European Union declare abortion to be a human right. The Parliament also rejected the notion that abortion should be made available within all public health systems
(AP) Arm cut off of Reagan statue in PolandBy MONIKA SCISLOWSKAAssociated PressWARSAW, PolandPolice were searching on Wednesday for a vandal who damaged a bronze statue of Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II in the Polish city of Gdansk by
Two former U.S. soldiers have been arrested and charged as part of an international conspiracy to distribute cocaine and assassinate a U.S. DEA agent. Several foreign former military members were also arrested as part of the same organization. Americans Joseph
Groundbreaking books about the history of communism, such as Robert Conquest’s The Great Terror, Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s Gulag Archipelago or Viktor Suvorov’s Ice-Breaker, are never written by “professional” historians. Indeed, historians typically meet those books with remarkable hostility. Yet, non-academic history
Two of the people massacred in the Kenyan mall in Nairobi were a British couple only weeks away from the birth of their first child. Ross Langdon, an architect who had worked on a number of Africa-based projects, one of
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Egypt launches military operation against Sinai militants Egypt – Israel alliance grows with Sinai attacks Syria may have used chemical weapons without Assad’s permission Poland confiscates private pension funds to pay public debt Nasa
Russian world number three Maria Sharapova has pulled out of the US Open because of a right shoulder injury, tournament organizers announced. On the eve of the draw for the year’s final Grand Slam event that begins Monday on the
As a precondition for “peace” talks with the Palestinians that will produce nothing, President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry demanded that Israel’s government release over 100 long-term convicted terrorists and murderers, many imprisoned for vicious crimes committed
This is the fifth and final part in a series based on the new book American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation’s Character (St. Martin’s Press) by Diana West. On March 3, 1945, under prodding from both the senior
(AP) Ryan Lochte claims another gold at swim worldsBy PAUL NEWBERRYAP Sports WriterBARCELONA, SpainRyan Lochte began one of the most grueling sessions of his swimming career with another world championship Friday. Lochte claimed his second gold medal in Barcelona with
Pope Francis celebrated the closing Mass of World Youth Day (WYD) 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Sunday. Prior to the end of the Mass, the pope announced that the next WYD will be celebrated in 2016, in Krakow,
Various news outlets are announcing the death of Helen Thomas at 92, the disgraced journalist who, for years (between Kennedy and Obama) covered the White House. At the end of her career, she occupied the fabled center chair in the
(AP) A look back at previous airport approach crashesBy The Associated PressA number of major commercial airliners have crashed while landing or on approach at airports around the globe. Below is a list of some of the most notable crashes
UPDATE: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Marin Cilic, and Yaroslava Shvedova have also withdrawn due to injury, which means seven players have withdrawn on Wednesday due to injury at a bizarre Wimbledon. A few notable players will not advance to the third round
The day’s top stories in social media and technology for 6/25: Snowden’s Encrypted NSA Trove Ready to be Unlocked if Anything Happens to Him; Weiner scandal lingers; catching criminals on social media, “Selfie” may make Oxford dictionary; bomb hoax emails
Countries that are seeing strong job growth are not seeing an increase in the number of quality jobs, while nations that are facing higher levels of unemployment are seeing an increase in quality jobs at the upper end of the
(AP) Eurozone unemployment heading for 20 millionBy PAN PYLASAssociated PressLONDONUnemployment across the 17 EU countries that use the euro is on course to hit 20 million this year, according to figures showing the jobless rate hit another record high _
(AP) – A 33-year-old Polish man received a face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what his doctors said Wednesday is the fastest time frame to date for such an operation. It was Poland’s
(AP) – Sirens wailed and church bells tolled in Warsaw as largely Roman Catholic Poland paid homage Friday to the Jewish fighters who rose up 70 years ago against German Nazi forces in the Warsaw ghetto uprising. The mournful sounds
