Israel Prime Minister Ehud Olmert completed his change of perspective toward peace with the Palestinian Authority by finally acknowledging the need to abandon a hard stance on the West Bank and accept the reality that most land taken as a result of the 1967 war must be returned to their rightful owners. In an interview […]

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During the past few decades, pirates increasingly have been operating off the coast of Somalia and each year they seizes dozens of ships without concern for intervention by navies of the world. In the latest episode of bravado, pirates seized a ship from the Ukraine loaded with arms, ammunition, and tanks that was headed for […]

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Two weeks have passed since an historic agreement was signed in Zimbabwe that allows for a coalition government in order to confront the crisis that engulfed the nation. Millions of people are threatened with starvation but President Mugabe is off in New York to attend a UN meeting and most probably have excellent meals at […]

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The military rulers of Myanmar insist they have been doing a terrific job of ruling their nation but imposition of sanctions by the UN has created serious economic problems. Despite the fact the UN has only recently become directly involved in trying to aid the Burmese people, military rulers claim the UN sanctions are “immoral […]

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The state church of Norway has found itself embroiled in a conflict over the presence of one of their ministers in the town of Oppdal which is in the mountains. The local church leader has come under sharp criticism after he prevented a pastor, who originally comes from Sierra Leone, from participating in several funerals […]

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The Bush administration has consistently focused on portraying Iran as the focal point of terrorism in the Middle East and has ignored opportunities to foster reform in that nation. Former president Mohammad Khatami, who assisted the United States invasion of Afghanistan and was rewarded with hate and anger by Bush, is being urged to run […]

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The Czech Republic Regional Development Minmister, Jifi Cunek, has proposed an unheard of plan which would classify each and every Roma family in the nation into one of three categories. Under this idea, a government would decide who does or does not fit into a slot and proceed to decide how best that family can […]

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The era of capitalism that was ushered in by Ronald Reagan in 1981 is now drawing to a close. The happy Republican leader was always ready with another story about “welfare cheats” who lived off government handouts or how people on welfare became lazy, but rarely, if ever, did Ronald Reagan ever discuss greedy […]

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In the aftermath of the Georgia situation, enior officials in Romania and Bulgaria urged the United Nations to assume a more prominent role in dealing with conflict in the Black Sea area. Bulgarian Prime Minister Segei Stanshev expressed concern about efforts to create the elements of democracy and peace in the region due to the […]

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It is September and time for a riot in Hungary by neo-Nazis thugs who oppose the democratic nature of their nation. Several days ago, racist and anti-government slogans, shoes, and tear gas filled the air of Budapest as right wing groups clashed with forces of democracy and the government. The occasion was a protest by […]

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