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Today, for the first time, the United Nations will name Palestine a (non-member) “observer state” by first engaging in exactly the charge that they press against Israel: apartheid.   For kick-off day and the vote at the General Assembly, which is

The tissue samples forensic experts extracted from Yasser Arafat’s corpse on Nov. 27 will take weeks to examine, and it will be months after that before results are known. Abdullah al-Bashir, a Jordanian doctor and head of the Palestinian medical committee,

Mexican beauty queen Maria Susana Flores Gomez, 2012 Woman of Sinaloa, was killed over the weekend in a shootout between drug traffickers and soldiers. An official said the gunmen used her as a human shield. She was only 20 years

The French government, having eschewed socialist takeovers since French President François Mitterrand seized the banks, insurance groups, arms makers and steel industry some thirty years ago, is now considering seizing ArcelorMittal’s steel operations in the Lorraine plateau. France’s minister of

On Tuesday, the Obama Treasury Department sparked bipartisan outrage when it released a report denying that China manipulates its currency, a belief widely held by Democrats and Republicans alike. By artificially lowering the value of its currency, Chinese companies sell

The new, supposedly moderate Egyptian regime led by Muslim Brotherhood despot Mohammed Morsi has condemned seven Egyptian Christians to death for their inclusion in the anti-Islam YouTube video that led to the Egyptian assault on the American Embassy in Cairo.

Demonstrating once again the moral bankruptcy of the Nobel Peace Prize process, a series of Nobel Peace laureates has demanded a boycott against Israel over its measures against Hamas terrorists in Gaza. 52 famous signatures adorned an open letter to

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Europe declares victory with another hopeless bailout payment for Greece After Greece’s deal, Ireland looks for a better deal Huge anti-Morsi demonstrations fill Cairo’s Tahrir Square Hamas chief Khalid Mashaal says he supports Thursday’s

After all the back and forth between Yasser Arafat’s widow and his extended family over whether the fallen PLO leader’s body should or should not be exhumed, it seems “forensic experts managed to take samples from the corpse without having

A diagram has been uncovered which shows that Iranian scientists are calculating the “nuclear explosive yield” of a major nuclear weapon. The weapon would yield 50 kilotons at full force. Diagrams of Iran’s work were passed to the International Atomic Energy

According to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Republican attacks on embattled UN Ambassador Susan Rice for her role in the cover-up of information surrounding the terrorist attack on the American consulate in Benghazi are “outrageous.” Reid released a statement

Following on their meeting with UN Ambassador Susan Rice, Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC), John McCain (R-AZ), and Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) released a statement bashing her performance and stating that President Obama had serious questions to answer about Rice’s statements in

Last week, Communist Party secretary of Chongqing’s Beibei district Lei Zhengfu was stripped of his office after a sex tape was released online showing Lei – a balding, obese, unpleasant looking sort – cavorting with an 18-year-old mistress. The journalist

Reported incidents of sexual violence against women in the newest round of Egyptian protests are rampant across Twitter. Many are blaming the Muslim Brotherhood for the assaults. Some are suggesting that female journalists are being targeted – a specter reminiscent

Democrats want to make the debate over UN Ambassador Susan Rice’s potential appointment as Secretary of State all about race and gender. Perhaps they are right: there hasn’t been a white male appointed to the post since Warren Christopher (who?). 

(AP) Hugo Chavez heading to Cuba for more treatmentBy FABIOLA SANCHEZAssociated PressCARACAS, VenezuelaVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced plans to travel to Cuba as early as Tuesday for more medical treatment after spending much of the past 18 months fighting cancer.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the State Department are being sued for allegedly allowing American aid money meant for the Palestinian Authority to be used by terror groups like Hamas. The lawsuit was filed on Monday in Washington

By PABLO GORONDIAssociated PressBUDAPEST, HungaryLawmakers wore yellow stars and hundreds of protesters rallied on Tuesday to condemn a far-right politician who called for the screening of Jews for national security risks, part of a wave of incendiary racist comments from

Britain has not yet decided whether to vote for a Palestinian observer state membership of the United Nations this week, British UN ambassador Mark Lyall Grant said Tuesday. Lyall Grant told reporters that Britain believes the Palestinians should delay their

France on Tuesday said it will back a Palestinian bid for enhanced United Nations status at a General Assembly vote this week, just a year after a failed attempt to secure full state membership. Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius recalled Paris’s

By MARTIN DURANAssociated PressCULIACAN, MexicoA 20-year-old state beauty queen died in a gun battle between soldiers and the alleged gang of drug traffickers she was traveling with in a scene befitting the hit movie “Miss Bala,” or “Miss Bullet,” about

The bones of nine people were found in desert graves in violence-plagued northern Mexico, raising the number of remains found there since the weekend to 20, authorities said Monday. The 20 male remains were discovered in 15 graves in the

After today’s meeting with U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice regarding Benghazi, Senators John McCain (R-AZ), Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), emerged more troubled than ever. Said McCain: “We are significantly troubled by many of the answers

(AP) Clashes resume in Cairo ahead of opposition rallyBy HAMZA HENDAWI and SARAH EL DEEBCAIROEgyptian protesters and police clashed in Cairo on Tuesday just hours ahead of a planned massive rally by opponents of the country’s Islamist president demanding he

North Korea could carry out a long-range missile test in the next three weeks, with new satellite images showing increased launch site activity, according to satellite operator DigitalGlobe Inc. The global provider of commercial high-resolution earth imagery said Monday that

The remains of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat were reburied on Tuesday after samples were taken to be tested for signs he was poisoned, Palestinian sources said. Palestinian officials had originally planned a military ceremony to accompany the reburial

Former Mexican Mayor Maria Santos Gorrostieta was found dead on the side of the road. Gorrostieta previously survived two assassination attempts. The former Mayor was reported missing on November 14. Police never heard from her and the kidnappers never made

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Another farcical climate change conference begins in Doha, Qatar Large Tuesday protests planned after Egypt’s Morsi refuses to rescind decree Egypt’s ‘Hope and Change’ candidate Morsi has forgotten all his promises Another farcical climate

As the results of the Arab Spring continue to show themselves in clearer light, Islamists in Libya have kidnapped 12 homosexual men and announced plans to kill them. The kidnappers are members of the “Private Deterrent Force,” which is believed to

By EDITH M. LEDERERAssociated PressUNITED NATIONSThe Palestinians say the U.N. General Assembly will vote Thursday afternoon on a resolution raising their status at the United Nations from an observer to a nonmember observer state. The spokesman for the Permanent Observer

Filmmaker Nakoula Basseley Nakoula recently granted an interview for the first time since being put in jail nearly two months ago. He made it clear that even now, he did not regret making the video: “I thought, before I wrote

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, who is Israel’s most decorated soldier but was also the Prime Minister who once offered Yasser Arafat 98% of Jerusalem, announced his resignation Monday. Barak said he wants to spend more time with his family.

The announcement by Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak that he will leave politics after Israel’s elections in January 2013 is being treated as a surprise by both Israeli and international media. Yet in reality, Barak’s departure–his second retirement, after losing

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Egypt’s stock market crashes 10% over government turmoil Riots and stock market may force Morsi to back down Rift between IMF and Eurozone leaders puts Greece’s bailout in limbo Russia warns that Turkey’s Patriot

(AP) In shocker, Israel’s Barak quits politicsBy AMY TEIBELAssociated PressJERUSALEMIsraeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Monday abruptly announced he was quitting politics, injecting new turmoil into the Israeli political system weeks ahead of general elections. Barak, Israel’s most-decorated soldier and

Separatist parties in Catalonia have won a regional election, further pushing the leadership to consider holding a vote to break with Spain. Supporters of Catalan President Arthur Mas, who has moved from a moderate position to the separatist camp over