WASHINGTON — The Spanish professor is puzzled. Why, Gabriel Calzada wonders, is the U.S. president recommending that America emulate the Spanish model for creating “green jobs” in “alternative energy” even though Spain’s unemployment rate is 18.1 percent — more than double the European Union average — partly because of spending on such “green” jobs? Calzada, […]
Lebanon’s radical leftist newspaper, Al Akhbar is the latest media outlet to grab a virtual fistful of WikiLeaks documents and start making waves – the only Arab newspaper in the region to do so. But even as the paper supports feminist causes and equal rights for homosexuals, it also is careful to back the Shi’ite […]
Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’ Gaza leader, admitted Thursday that his government is having trouble paying its bills. “It’s really difficult to provide” the $25 million it takes every month to fund ministries and pay employees, he said. Hamas employs 34,000 people – roughly one out of every 22 adults living in Gaza – most as members […]
(CNSNews.com) – Christmas 1944 – 66 years ago — was a difficult time for U.S. troops holding Bastogne, Belgium.It came in the midst of the famous Battle of the Bulge, the last-ditch major German offensive in which the German High Command threw thousands of tanks and troops into what was perceived to be the weak point in […]
This strange weather phenomenon, which you will see in the video below, happened in Newfoundland where the waves were actually frozen as they crashed on the beach. This is exactly what one would expect at the end of the warmest year on record, right? Are we freezing because of global warming? The media is still […]
Achieving stable and mature democracy in sub-Saharan Africa remains a work in progress, as illustrated by the November 28 elections in Côte D’Ivoire. A once comparatively stable west African nation, Côte D’Ivoire has for over a decade existed either in conflict or on the brink of civil war. The latest electoral crisis has once more […]
American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was reported to have remarked that it was difficult to negotiate with one’s banker in reference to America’s relationship with China. A large chunk of China’s $3,000,000,000,000 of reserves is in dollars. America’s huge indebtedness provides China with an advantage in negotiations with the United States. Of course, the […]
Islamic terrorists are planning suicide attacks in the US and Europe over the Christmas period, insurgents captured in Iraq have reportedly claimed. News of their suspected confessions came from Iraqi officials as an American intelligence source confirmed the threat as credible. Among the alleged plots revealed by Muslim rebels was last weekend’s failed bombing in […]
(Reuters) – The mounting intensity of riots against higher university fees suggests that more and more ordinary people may be angry enough about austerity cuts to take to Britain’s streets in coming months. Thousands of students and others laid siege to London’s government district on Thursday, producing scenes of fighting, vandalism, horseback police charges and […]
Riots erupted on the streets of Rome as protesters failed to come to terms with the fact that Teflon-coated Berlusconi, 74, had scraped through by just three votes. Inside the parliament chamber, ushers had to pull apart brawling MPs and members of the opposition claimed crucial votes had been ‘bought’ by his party’. An investigation […]
