Gun control advocates think, if not pray, they can win by losing when the Supreme Court decides whether the constitutional right to possess guns serves as a check on state and local regulation of firearms. The justices will be deciding whether the Second Amendment – like much of the rest of the Bill of...
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Archive for February 28th, 2010
Supreme Court scrutinizes state, local gun control
Expansion of NATO annoys Russia
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has objected to what he calls the endless expansion of NATO. In an interview published in Europe, he has said NATO is expanding eastward to Russia’s borders, increasing threats of war. He told Paris Match that while NATO is not seen as the main military threat to Russia, the issue...
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Cuba starts trial of natural drug to fight cancer and AIDS
The effects of anamú tablets, a drug made from the leaves of the plant of the same name, will be tried from March in the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba. Developed by East Pharmaceutical (LFO), the first natural Cuban stimulant that will help patients with cancer and AIDS, whose immunological system is depressed...
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Al-Qaida is Defeated, but Our Work Has Just Begun
As much as a military effort, the war against al-Qaida has been a battle for the hearts and minds of the Muslim world. At one time, many Muslims admired al-Qaida for its brazen opposition to Western domination, and many Westerners feared that the organization might draw Muslim communities into a civilizational war with the...
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Israel police storm holy site to quell protest
Israeli police forces stormed the most contentious holy site in Jerusalem on Sunday to disperse masked Palestinian protesters hurling objects at visiting foreign tourists. The incident was over quickly, but the area remained tense afterward. In the past, violence at the site _ known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as...
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Somali militants ‘block UN food aid’
Islamist militants in Somalia are stopping convoys of food reaching more than 360,000 displaced people, the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) says.
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Yes, It Would Be Nice If I Were Wrong And Global Warming Didn’t Exist
It would be an enormous relief if the recent attacks on the science of global warming actually indicated that we do not face an unimaginable calamity requiring large-scale, preventive measures to protect human civilization as we know it. Of course, we would still need to deal with the national security risks of our growing...
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Poll setback tests Taiwan’s China-friendly leader
Taiwan’s China-friendly President Ma Ying-jeou said Sunday by-election losses this weekend were a warning for his Nationalist party, while pro-government newspapers said it reflected public dissatisfaction with his leadership. On Saturday, the Nationalists, who maintain a strong majority in parliament, suffered their third electoral setback in two months following a string of government blunders...
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Another Puzzle After Iran Moves Nuclear Fuel
When Iran was caught last September building a secret, underground nuclear enrichment plant at a military base near the city of Qum, the country’s leaders insisted they had no other choice. With its nuclear facilities under constant threat of attack, they said, only a fool would leave them out in the open. So imagine...
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Voting is brisk as Tajikistan picks new parliament
Voting was brisk Sunday in a parliamentary election that is expected to strengthen the president’s nearly two-decade grip on power in Tajikistan, an impoverished country on Afghanistan’s border. But the election also has the potential to increase the influence of the only legally registered Islamic party in former Soviet Central Asia More than...
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