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New Sen. Mike Lee Defends Hiring Energy Lobbyist as Chief of Staff
Incoming Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) ran as a tea party candidate, who claimed to be determined to change how business was done in Washington. Yet on Fox News Sunday …
In 2010, Canada’s Oil Became a Contentious American Energy Issue
This was the year the Canadian oil sands registered for the first time on the political and public radar in the U.S. — beyond the circle of green activists …
Middle East Peace Negotiations?
Until the populations of Israel and Palestine really want peace, the peace negotiations will be nothing but a slightly sad sideshow, unless the Obama administration, momentarily freed from its …
Uncle Sam and His Venezuelan Rival Should Lay Down Their Knives
A recent visceral assault by the U.S. and Venezuela against each other, while engaging in what few would call traditional diplomatic behavior, has produced an ironic situation in which …
Taming the “Wild West” of Microfinance
The recent suicides by over 60 poor borrowers in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh have brought the operations of microfinance institutions (MFIs) under public scrutiny. It is well …
Running Out of Engineers
Paris - As Brazil looks ahead to hosting the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics, the country is struggling to line up the technical workers necessary …
New Year Priorities: Tehran Focused on Turmoil at Home, Not Nuclear Program
In Washington and European capitals, top New Year priorities on Iran may be Tehran’s nuclear program, and the next round of talks in Istanbul in late January. But for …
Al Qaeda Eyed in Latest Attack on Christians in the Middle East
Cairo — Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak vowed Saturday to “cut off the hand of terrorism” after a suspected suicide bomber attacked a Christian church in the Mediterranean port city …
N. Korea Calls for Peace, Warns of “Nuclear Holocaust“
Beijing - North Korea on Saturday called for dialogue and peace on the Korean Peninsula in a state-issued New Year’s Day editorial, warning that a breakout of war with …
UN Threatens Ivorian Leaders With Possible War Crimes
United Nations - The United Nations has warned the beleaguered president of Cote d’Ivoire and his military leaders that they may well go the way of Sudanese President Omar …