Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Targeted in Internet Attack

Newscom The vulnerability of the Internet as a journalistic tool has been illustrated again this month with an ongoing distributed denial-of-service attack on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) in Prague. Computers at the U.S.-funded broadcasting services, which reach audiences in the Middle East and the former Soviet Union, have been disrupted for the past two […]

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Anti-Semitism on the Rise in Europe

Anti-Semitism has worsened in Europe in the past few years with abuse increasingly widespread on the Internet, a survey by the European Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) showed Friday. The study, released ahead of the 75th anniversary of “Kristallnacht” which saw Nazi thugs smash up Jewish businesses and synagogues, found that 66 percent of European Jews […]

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Cyprus Joins the Middle East

by Daniel Pipes The Washington Times November 6, 2013 N.B.: (1) Washington Times title: “Cyprus rides a troubled sea of oil and gas opportunity.” (2) I use Grammarly for proofreading because every time you publish a typo, the errorists win! The Republic of Cyprus has entered the maelstrom of the world’s most volatile region thanks […]

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Obama’s Waffling Foreign Policy

AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGANMANDEL NGAN/AFP/GettyImages President Obama’s foreign policy over the course of his presidency has suffered from severe inconsistency, writes Heritage Foundation distinguished fellow Kim Holmes in The Washington Times: He’ll draw red lines in Syria and threaten military strikes, then call off the strikes and convene diplomatic conferences. If he’s not killing terrorists with […]

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NATO: Is America AWOL?

NATO will conduct one of its largest military exercises since the end of the Cold War, but the U.S. is planning to send only a token contribution. This poor commitment will not go unnoticed by American allies in Eastern Europe. Exercise Steadfast Jazz will take place in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland as part of […]

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European Parliament Applies Brakes to Promoting Abortion As a Human Right

(CNSNews.com) – European pro-lifers celebrated a rare victory this week when the European Parliament voted not to advance a controversial draft report that would promote abortion as a human right and “regulate and monitor” conscientious objection. In a 351-319 vote Tuesday, the parliament in Strasbourg, France, sent the measure back to its committee on women’s […]

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