The links in the right sidebar search a select set of websites for the specified terms. This uses a service provided by Rollyo (Roll Your Own Search Engine). I have set this up to search some of my favorite websites. Definitely check this out. Once you’re at Rollyo you can enter new search terms to [...]

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I have just added a new feature called Instant News. You can find the link on the upper left hand side of the page. Here it is Instant News.
Instant News combines Google News information for several different topics from the last 24 hours. Duplicate data is removed. The resulting article information is displayed on one [...]

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BERLIN (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier criticised the United States on Sunday in a rare public rebuke for failing to inform Russia of an offer to build an anti-missile base on Polish soil.
In an interview to appear in Monday’s Handelsblatt daily, Steinmeier said it was vital to keep all partners fully informed due [...]

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Russian President Vladimir Putin made an outrageous charge at the Munich security forum, claiming the “almost uncontained use of [U.S.] military force” is causing other nations to seek out nuclear weapons to defend themselves. Both the statement and the speaker lack credibility.
This observation comes to us from a man who, in 2005, suggested the Soviet [...]

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MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin’s acerbic assault on American unilateralism this month in Munich might not have heralded a return to the bad old days of global ideological confrontation — of blocs and proxy wars, dissidents and spies, arms races and mutually assured destruction — even if some were quick to say it did.
The problem is, [...]

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PAKISTAN HAS agreed to provide Saudi Arabia nuclear weapons and missiles last month, according to an Israeli intelligence website debka.com.
The website stated that Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and Saudi King Abdullah concluded an agreement with “seven secret clauses” on January 21, during his visit to Saudi Arabia.
Pakistan agreed to provide an atomic deterrent in the [...]

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Headlines around the globe in bold type are proclaiming: “North Korea agrees to nuclear disarmament.”
On the same day North Korea seemed to be making a promise, China jumped in with a piece of its own headline making news: “China says no more satellite-killer (ASAT) tests.” Should we believe them?
No. The record of going through with [...]

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What has China’s economic boom done to the environment?
China’s economy has grown tenfold since 1978, and the focus on development over the environment has led to widespread environmental degradation. “China has gone through an industrialization in the past twenty years that many developing countries needed one hundred years to complete,” says Pan Yue, the deputy [...]

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Iranian leaders, of course, also have good reason to be jittery, as this new Backgrounder outlines. Iran’s economy relies heavily on oil revenues but energy exports are down. Production is not keeping pace with demand, requiring Iran to import 170,000 barrels of gas per day—a third of its energy needs. Domestic demand, spurred on by [...]

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It is not just that Putin is advertising his anger against the United States in speeches and continuing his manipulation of global oil and gas prices, his support of Iran, his intrusions into the Middle East. It is not just that the Chinese leadership is openly staking a new place in the world order, in [...]

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