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German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier announced on January 30th: “As correct as the policy of military restraint is, it must not be misunderstood as a culture of standing aside.” In a full-page interview under the headline “Germany and the World,”

(CNSNews.com) – Just as computer technology greatly expanded Americans’ wealth in the 1990s, the clean energy market could do the same thing in the years ahead, Secretary of State John Kerry told the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Saturday.

A Big Apple Super Bowl didn’t make for a big-budget Super Bowl for Madison Avenue. Gone were the Pets.com sock puppet, Paul Harvey’s “So God made a farmer,” and other memorable spots. In their place were a bare-bones collection of

From John Fund at National Review: For some liberals, there really are no adversaries to their left. President Obama’s statement Tuesday on the death of folk singer Pete Seeger at age 94 was remarkable. Seeger was a talented singer, but he

Pete Seeger, the legendary folk singer, unabashed socialist and political activist, has died at the age of 94. The left celebrated Seeger’s art and commitment to progressive causes, but those on the right noted his embrace of American enemies during

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) today identified the U.S. soldier who was killed in a Taliban attack on a military base in southern Afghanistan on Jan. 20.     The DOD reported that 42-year old U.S. Army Chief Warrant

(AP) Israeli bill to outlaw the word Nazi sparks ireBy TIA GOLDENBERGAssociated PressJERUSALEMAn Israeli draft law that would criminalize the use of the word Nazi in most cases has sparked a debate on freedom of speech in a state that

KALLMUNZ, Germany – This is a very simple story. Man gets bull. Man loses bull. Man gets bull back after gets drunk on two bottles of vodka.  It all went down in the area around Kallmunz near Regensburg. About six months

The 2014 South Dakota legislative year will concentrate on education with an emphasis on the controversial Common Core standards. In the spring, the Department of Education will begin using tests based on Common Core in math and English, and legislators

The negotiators from the P5+1 nations (the U.S., plus the other permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany) have managed to make the bad deal reached with Iran in Geneva in November over its nuclear program even worse.

In an interview with Total Politics magazine, former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw claimed that his senior position in government may have been threatened by “neo cons” in the United States. Tony Blair’s former foreign secretary, who has held a number

(AP) ‘Gravity’, ’12 Years a Slave’ lead UK film awardsBy JILL LAWLESSAssociated PressLONDONThe space thriller “Gravity,” the unflinching slavery saga “12 Years a Slave” and the crime caper “American Hustle” gained awards-season momentum Wednesday with stacks of nominations for the

(AP) Global disasters killed more, cost less in 2013BERLINThe German insurance company Munich Re says some 20,000 people died in natural disasters last year, about twice as many as in 2012. Most of the deaths resulted from Typhoon Haiyan that

We are rapidly approaching the eight-year anniversary of Rush Limbaugh’s count toward the ten-year Al Gore deadline for the earth to cook. On January 27, 2006, Rush mentioned Gore’s appearance at the Sundance Film Festival to promote his film An Inconvenient

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was injured in a fall while cross-country skiing in Switzerland over the winter holidays and has cancelled meetings in the next three weeks, her spokesman said Monday. Steffen Seibert told reporters that Merkel had suffered a

(AP) 15,000 nationalists march in KievBy NATALIYA VASILYEVAAssociated PressKIEV, UkraineAbout 15,000 people marched through Kiev on Wednesday night to honor Stepan Bandera, glorified by some as a leader of Ukraine’s liberation movement and dismissed by others as a Nazi collaborator.

Students form “Happy 2014” to welcome the New Year at a middle school in Ma’anshan, Anhui province. The ball that will drop at midnight at Times Square in New York City. Fireworks pour out of Big Ben in London, England.

(AP) Greece: Shots outside home of German ambassadorBy DEREK GATOPOULOSAssociated PressATHENS, GreeceThe home of Germany’s ambassador to Greece was sprayed with gunfire from automatic weapons early Monday, in a suspected terrorist attack the government said was aimed at hurting the

With 2014’s World War One centennial getting closer, European nations are clashing over how best to remember the war. According to the LA Times, Britain and France want to focus on their victory in the war, while others are concerned

A Europe badly shaken by a faltering economy and rising populism is set to commemorate the centenary of Word War I, the conflict still known as the “Great War” that scarred the continent and shaped the 20th century. Commemorations for

Glenn Greenwald giving the keynote address via video link to the Chaos Communication Congress in Hamburg…

A shirtless female protester with the words “I am God” painted on her chest took to a German Church during Christmas mass this week and attempted to end the festivities by jumping atop the altar. The woman stormed the altar

(AP) UK finally pardons computer pioneer Alan TuringBy RAPHAEL SATTERAssociated PressLONDONHis code breaking prowess helped the Allies outfox the Nazis, his theories laid the foundation for the computer age, and his work on artificial intelligence still informs the debate over

From the Gatestone Institute: The majority of Muslims in Europe believe Islamic Sharia law should take precedence over the secular constitutions and laws of their European host countries, according to a new study, which warns that Islamic fundamentalism is widespread

(AP) US military aircraft hit in S. Sudan, 4 woundedBy RODNEY MUHUMUZA and JASON STRAZIUSOAssociated PressKAMPALA, UgandaRebel gunfire hit a U.S. military aircraft trying to evacuate American citizens caught in a remote region of South Sudan that on Saturday became

(AP) Markets take Fed tapering in strideBy PAN PYLASAP Business WriterLONDONInvestors around the world were largely unfazed Thursday by the surprise decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve to reduce its monetary stimulus. Most breathed a sigh of relief that the

“Politics is the art of the possible,” so said Otto von Bismarck. He should know. He helped unify Germany, which had been a collection of states, into a single German empire in 1871. He served as Germany’s first chancellor, and

(AP) LONDON–The former lead singer of the rock band Lostprophets was sentenced Wednesday to 29 years in jail, with a British judge saying that Ian Watkins had “plumbed new depths of depravity” in committing a string of sexual offenses against

(AP) Germany’s Merkel starts 3rd term in new coalitionBy GEIR MOULSONAssociated PressBERLINGermany’s Parliament elected Chancellor Angela Merkel to a third term as the leader of Europe’s biggest economic power on Tuesday, nearly three months after an awkward election result forced

The UK is tightening up its already rigorous work benefits test, requiring immigrants to detail what they have done to find work outside of the UK and whether they have been hurt by their own inability to speak English. The

Australian-born Croatia defender Josip Simunic will miss the World Cup after being banned for 10 matches by FIFA for his pro-Nazi chants that marred his country’s play-off victory over Iceland last month. Football’s world governing body confirmed on Monday that