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Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Keeping Iran Out Of The 'Club'

Yesterday, Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stated, "I formally declare that Iran has joined the club of nuclear countries." This placed Iran in an elite and small group of nations. Many believe it only a step away from them getting into the most exclusive 'club' of all: nations with nuclear... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 10, 2006

Chirac Caves To Students And Unions

France's president Jacques Chirac has struck down a portion of a labor law that has sparked protests and demonstrations of millions across France in the past several weeks. Unions and students are calling it a great victory. Prime Minister Villepin, who sponsored the bill, remained adamant until the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 8, 2006

The Great White Silent North

Comes a grisly story out of Canada, a story of death in numbers. Four vehicles. The bodies of eight dead men. That's it, except that the farmer in rural southwestern Ontario who discovered the vehicles and bodies and then called the police is not a suspect. And no one is talking. None of the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 4, 2006

Hey, Frenchie!! Get A Job!!

Union workers, students, disaffected workers, and the unemployed poured into the streets of France today to protest the passage of the new French work law that President Chirac has already signed. However, he immediately suspended it, having promising union negotiators and the nation's angry youth... Sign in to see full entry.

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Pakistan Separatist Movement Gaining Momentum

There is a desert region of Pakistan known as Baluchistan. It is oil rich and dirt poor, a product of the Pakistani government's efforts to keep the citizens of the region submissive while extracting the indigenous resources that could make them wealthy. The people of the region speak their own... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Eiffel Tower Closed; Unemployed Protest Jobs Legislation

It is estimated that over a million people participated in the highly orchestrated and controlled demonstrations that took place all over France today. Most of the protesters were young people, those who would be most affected by the law, a law that would place anyone under the age of 26 on a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 25, 2006

What's A Democracy For?

Palestinian Authority President Abbas has threatened to dissolve the Palestinian Parliament, with its newly elected HAMAS majority, invoking his constitutional right to do so if he deems that the Parliament is working at cross-purposes to the good of the Palestinian people. He also maintains that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 19, 2006

Venezuelan President Calls Bush "Drunkard" And "Donkey"

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez hurled insults at president Bush in a broadcast speech, apparently in retaliation for the White House labeling Chavez a demagogue trying to stir up nationalism. In this case, I would have to agree with the Bush administration. The left-wing politician definitely... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 12, 2006

Poisoned Or Simply Just Died? Who Really Cares?

Slobodan Milosevic was autopsied today after a prosecutor in his War Crimes trial brought up the possibility of suicide and an adviser offered Milosevic's fear of being poisoned. Milosevic was found in his prison cell Saturday morning, bringing to an abrupt end the four-year-old trial against the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, February 23, 2006

Shades Of Pompeii

The green roof of the local schoolhouse may have been found, a report out of Guinsaugon, Phillipines, stated today. But, if it is the schoolhouse, it has been shifted nearly 1000 feet from its original position. After a week of digging and searching in the cloying mud that slid down a mountainside... Sign in to see full entry.

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