From Politics & Policy

Detenido! : Mexican Drug Cartel Sinalao Arrested in Spain

Spanish police announced they have arrested four member of the Mexican Drug Cartel Sinalao while they were attempting to set up a European foothold in Madrid.

From Law

Rajasthan Couple Arrested For Selling Newborn: Baby-Selling A Huge Racket In India

Police are also investigating six other people, including a government official, who may have been involved in this saga as middle-men in the transaction.

From Politics & Policy

Egypt Nabs Suspects In Rafah Attack As It Seeks Bedouin Help

Egypt reported on Friday that nine suspects linked to Sunday’s attack in Rafah that killed 16 Egyptian border guards were arrested.

1. Tia Sharp: Missing Girl’s Body Found, Stuart Hazell Sought By Scotland Yard In 12-Year-Old’s Death
2. Saudi Arabia Won’t Let Israel Cross Airspace To Attack Iran
3. Spider Found In Ear Canal After Living Inside Woman For Days: 5 Other Bizarre Objects Found In The Human Body [PHOTOS, VIDEO]
4. Philippine Flood Death Toll Reaches 60, Over 2 Million Affected [PHOTOS]
5. Goldman Sachs Wins! Feds ‘Quietly’ Drop Key Financial Crisis Case

From Politics & Policy

Gu Kailai Admits Killing Neil Heywood

The murder trial lasted only one day.

US-China on-going confrontation: Is New Cold War Likely?
Sudhanshu Tripathi – 8/8/2012
Although China and the United States have never been close allies, but with the recent increased activities of America in Asia-Pacific region, particularly as regards South China Sea row and China’s amazing overall progress, all these appear tending towards differences between them, thereby risking the eruption of a new Cold War.

Real vs. false prophets
Ellis Washington – 8/8/2012
Is there not here a prophet of the LORD…?
~ 1 Kings 22:7

In the Old Testament Bible there were three times that good King Jehoshaphat listened to military advice by the prophets on whether or not to go to war with his surrounding enemies and three times he wasn’t satisfied with the words he was hearing as being authentically from the Lord (I Kings 22:7; 2 Kings 3:11; 2 Chronicles 18:6). Therefore, what made King Jehoshaphat “good” was that he had the fortitude and spiritual discernment to reject the words of the false prophets and ask for a real prophet so as to follow the will …

Do Russians Love Their Children Too?
Dr. Andreas Umland – 8/4/2012
A homophobia campaign linking gays to child molesters as well as a series of “paedophilia” defamations relativize the abuse of minors in Russia.

Pressures Mount on Fed, ECB but Each Can Do Little
Prof. Peter Morici – 8/4/2012
Pressure mounts on the Federal Reserve and European Central Bank to avert another recession, but neither can accomplish much without their governments pursuing more competent economic policies.

From Politics & Policy

France Evicts Roma, Again: Public Safety, Or Political Scheme?

Evicting one of Europe’s most marginalized groups may help Francois Hollande get back in France’s good graces.

From Economy

Another Food Crisis Looms Driven By Soaring Grains And Sugar Prices, UN Agency Warns

A global hike in food prices last month due to unfavorable weather conditions, compounded by exporting nations placing restrictions and importing nations stockpiling due to concerns over the grain price rally, could lead to a food crisis along the lines of the one that happened in 2007-08, the U.N.

From Politics & Policy

Sikh Massacre: The ‘Model Minority’ Argument

Would the expressions of grief be as widespread and deep if neo-Nazi Wade Michael Page had shot up a camp filled with illegal aliens from Mexico?

From Politics & Policy

Mass Of Volcanic Rocks Floating Off New Zealand Coast

The unusual phenomenon forced a New Zealand naval vessel to shift its course.

From Politics & Policy

Indian Government Minister Suggests Some Political Corruption Is Acceptable

Shivpal Yadav is a member of the Samajwadi Party, which swept into power in Uttar Pradesh in March with a pledge to stamp out corruption.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has chosen Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin to be his vice presidential running mate.

Even before Wisconsin sent Paul Ryan to Congress, he was meticulously carving a path that seemed to point only upward.

A recent poll has President Barack Obama leading GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney among women in several swing states, but the nation’s largest public policy women’s organization doubts the accuracy of the poll.

A spokesman for American Life League believes the announced departure this week of the two top executives of the Susan G. Komen Foundation, following a year of controversy, spells out that group’s direction for the future.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is demanding that a Massachusetts high school band stop playing “God Bless America” at school functions because it violates separation of church and state — but school officials plan to flat-out ignore that demand.

NASA made the headlines again this month when the latest Mars rover, aptly titled Curiosity, landed on the red planet for another round of exploration.

The legal challenge of New York’s homosexual “marriage” law is not over because of the ongoing contention that state laws were violated in gaining passage of the measure.

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship has announced its chapter at the University of New York-Buffalo is being reinstated following last year’s controversy involving a member who admitted he was homosexual.

A Pennsylvania rabbi has filed suit against the state for interfering in his synagogue’s funerals, which has been following ancient Jewish funeral and burial practices.

An autopsy report on the deceased victim of a Planned Parenthood abortion in Chicago is not being released, and one organization isn’t pleased with having this information withheld.

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is promising higher academic standards and more difficult class work for the coming year, but a conservative analyst doubts that will spur student achievement.

Kansas was “Red” before — but following primaries earlier this week, the Sunflower State is even redder.

A political commentator says a recent National Review Online article that investigates President Obama’s plan to syphon tax revenues from American suburbs to fund urban communities is further proof of the president’s socialist tendencies.

A Philadelphia child originally denied a kidney transplant because of a medical condition is now on a waiting list.

The Tennessee Democratic Party is rejecting its own elected nominee for U.S. Senate because of his conservative beliefs. Officials are even urging people to vote against him in November.

An Iranian pastor jailed for his faith faces surgery — although under less-than-ideal conditions.

The federal government says July was the hottest month on record for the continental U.S., but one prominent climate-change skeptic says people shouldn’t jump to any conclusions about this being signs of global warming.

A federal judge has ruled against two Hawaii women who want to get “married” instead of entering into a civil union.

Mississippi officials say they have relented on a ban on same-sex commitment ceremonies at a state-owned museum and are processing a permit for two women.

The president and the founder of Susan G. Komen for the Cure are both stepping down from their roles, the nation’s largest breast cancer foundation said in announcing a major leadership shake-up. The high-profile departures come in the wake of continuing fallout from Komen’s decision earlier this year to briefly end funding for abortion provider Planned Parenthood.

The head of a seniors organization doesn’t think anyone should be surprised by this week’s announcement that today’s retirees are the first generation to pay more into Social Security than they will receive.