Tag: Russia

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Reports: Syria, under Russian guidance, interrogated and murdered Turkish pilots Turkey deploys armored vehicles to Syrian border Greece’s neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party comes to New York and Montreal Europe-Greece bailout negotiations resume with ‘a

(AP) Next cold war? Gas drilling boom rattles RussiaBy KEVIN BEGOSAssociated PressPITTSBURGH The Kremlin is watching, European nations are rebelling, and some suspect Moscow is secretly bankrolling a campaign to derail the West’s strategic plans. It’s not some Cold War

Tomorrow, the country of Georgia will hold its parliamentary elections. Those elections will pit two foes: incumbent president Mikhail Saakashvili and his party, the United National Movement, against Bidzina Ivanishvili and his coalition party, Georgian Dream. Saakashvili is pro-American. Ivanishvili

The European Union and United States are set to toughen nuclear sanctions aiming to punish Iran while seeking to hold back Israel from a military strike, top officials said as the showdown enters a critical phase. Western moves to pressure

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Violent tactics by riot police cause bloodshed in Madrid, Spain Ethnic Russian nationalism drives move to separate the North Caucasus from Russia The age of disillusion haunts senior citizens in China Violent tactics by

Vladimir Putin has sent a Black Russian Terrier puppy to his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez, who joked the Russian strongman would receive a capybara, the world’s largest rodent, in return. The three-month-old puppy was given to Chavez by Igor Sechin,

By EDITH M. LEDERERAssociated PressUNITED NATIONSIran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is taking aim at the United States and Israel at a high-level U.N. meeting, accusing Washington of shielding what he calls a nuclear-armed “fake regime.” The Iranian leader also alluded to

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Restrictions on religion, and religious conflicts, on the rise globally Why has Wall Street not been held accountable for financial crisis crimes? Restrictions on religion, and religious conflicts, on the rise globally Campaign poster

More than six million revellers from around the globe are set to descend on Munich from Saturday for the world’s biggest beer fest, complete with lederhosen, pretzels and plenty of the amber nectar. With the traditional cry of “O’zapft is”

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Spain’s Catalonia region demands economic independence from Spain Libya’s account of killing of U.S. ambassador contradicts American account Anti-American protests spread across cities in Pakistan Anti-American protests quieting as Muslims debate Islam versus tolerance

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Afghan suicide attack kills 13 in revenge for anti-Islamic movie Appearing to panic, U.S. announces end of joint operations with Afghan soldiers China’s nuclear weapons dilemma China discovering billions of dollars in fraud over

By LYNN BERRY and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOVAssociated PressMOSCOWTens of thousands of people marched across downtown Moscow on Saturday in the first major protest in three months against President Vladimir Putin _ a sign of the opposition’s strength despite the Kremlin’s efforts

President Clinton didn’t know the definition of the word “is.” Apparently, President Obama doesn’t know the definition of the word “ally.” In an interview last night with Telemundo, Obama bestowed upon the American public his absolute wisdom about Egypt: “I

Just whom do you trust more with defending America, Mitt Romney or Barack Obama? Okay, that was too easy. Let’s put it another way: which candidate railed about George W. Bush’s missile system, which strengthened long-range defenses (calling his own

President Obama’s central foreign policy accomplishment, according to his campaign, is the killing of Osama Bin Laden. And it’s quite an accomplishment: finding a man hidden halfway around the globe, ensconced among his multiple wives, with no access to the

With Russia’s official addition to the World Trade Organization’s ranks (WTO) last week, a window of opportunity for the United States is closing due to congressional inaction. Unless the right course is charted, Russia’s WTO membership could jeopardize U.S. exports

(AP) UN chief urges rights officials to lead on SyriaBy JOHN HEILPRINAssociated PressGENEVAU.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the world’s foremost human rights body on Monday to keep up the pressure on major powers to end the civil war and rights

Russia said Saturday it would ask the UN Security Council to endorse a plan to end the raging violence in Syria, but the United States insisted that any resolution had to carry teeth. Russia has been the main diplomatic and