Poll: Jews losing favor with Europeans

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Approximately half the Europeans surveyed said Jews are more loyal to Israel than to their own country, and more than a third said Jews have too much power in business and finance. A majority of respondents in Austria, Hungary and Switzerland said they believe American Jews control U.S. policy on the Middle East.
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Unveiled: The Pakistani tribe that dares to defy the fundamentalists

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Published in Pakistan, Pakistan

In the North West Frontier Province, the mullahs’ word is law and the veil is worn. But one ancient tribe refuses to cover up. Jerome Taylor reports from the Rumbur Valley
But in the remote Chitral region nestled high in the Hindu Kush mountain range are the last remnants of a tribe where the women [...]

Filthy as well as rich

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Published in China, China

It was only when pollution literally started to bloom across the lakes of China earlier this summer that the country’s leaders finally sounded full alarm on the environment.
Blue-green algae blooms choked Lake Taihu – China’s third biggest source of freshwater – in May, forcing 5 million people to use bottled water for drinking and bathing.
Soon [...]

Retired generals predict US-Russia war

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Published in Russia, U.S., War, Russia, U.S., War

Capitalising on the increasingly bellicose rhetoric in Moscow, a group of influential retired generals yesterday said the United States was preparing to invade Russia within a decade.
Interviewed by Komsomolskaya Pravda, Russia’s biggest circulation newspaper, the four senior generals – who now direct influential military think tanks – said the United States had hatched a [...]

The Threat From Sino-America (South America)

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Published in Americas, Americas

Whatever the strategic merits of President Carter’s 1979 decision to cut formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan, the U.S. no longer needs to appease China in order to contain the Soviet Union. To the contrary, China has taken over the former Soviet role as the main external supporter of dictatorship and anti-Americanism in the Americas. It [...]

China: Villagers Poisoned By Pollution

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Published in China, pollution, Air And Water, China, Chinese Government, Chinese Officials, Deaths, Filthy Air, pollution, Sky News, Three Quarters, Woman, World Bank

The Chinese government has been accused of attempting to cover up nearly three quarters of a million deaths caused by rampant pollution.
Chinese officials reportedly tried to censor a World Bank document that found filthy air and water prematurely kill 750,000 people every year in China.
One woman told Sky News that people in her village are [...]

Interview with Duncan Hunter

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Published in Off-Topic, U.S., Off-Topic, Politics, U.S.

Today we begin FSMâ€™s presidential candidate interviews with Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter, one of the strongest candidates on national security and immigration issues. FSMâ€™s interviewer, Political Editor Tom McLaughlin, learned that this congressman knows what he thinks and states it clearly.
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New Party Wants to Axe EU Deal

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Published in Europe, Europe

Poland’s right wing is consolidating, and may end up threatening the newly-minted EU treaty. Two extremist politicians on Monday joined forces amid pledges to put the breaks on Polish integration into the EU. more…

Kaczynski Watch: Polish Prime Minister: ‘Something Very Negative’ Happening in Germany
EU Hammers Out a Deal: The Fresh Impetus that Europe [...]

Should Germany Republish ‘Mein Kampf’?

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Published in Europe, Europe, Germany

A leading historian wants ‘Mein Kampf’ to be republished in Germany. Copyright issues have kept it off the shelves since World War II, but in 2015 it will enter the public domain. Then, anyone will be allowed to print it — including neo-Nazis. By David Gordon Smith in Berlin more…

Overturning Hitler’s Military Tribunals: Germany [...]

German Economy Attracts Moscow Money

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Published in Europe, Russia, Europe, Germany, Russia

A new generation of Russian businessmen has discovered Germany. Investments, joint ventures and takeovers from the East are on the rise. One reason: Wages in Moscow and St. Petersburg are too high. By Anselm Waldermann more…

Back in the Global Technology Race: Russia Bids to Become a Tech Tiger
Russia’s Venture Capital Boom: Tech [...]