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The Wall Street Journal reports that U.S. officials involved in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 suspect that the plane may have been flying for up to four hours after its radar signals were shut down. The Malaysian government is

Appearing on state-owned Russia Today, failed three time GOP presidential candidate and former Congressman Ron Paul accused the United States of seeking to profit from the crisis in Ukraine as a way to assist American ’empire building’ and to promote

Iran has hanged 16 people as revenge for an attack near the Pakistani border. The New Straits Times reports that gunmen killed at least 14 border guards in the mountains of Sistan-Baluchestan in the southeast of the country. In retaliation,

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Henry Kissinger says that Vladimir Putin wants a way out Crimea’s parliament votes to secede from Ukraine and join Russia United States and European Union apply sanctions India charges Kashmiri students with sedition for

LONDON, March 2 (UPI) —Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg has been charged by a London court with Syria-related terror offenses. Begg was charged Saturday by a Westminster magistrates court with facilitating terrorism overseas, the Guardian reported. The suspect was

Police have charged former Guantanamo Bay detainee and self-styled ‘human rights’ activist Moazzam Begg with Syria-related terrorism offences. West Midlands police have accused the 45-year-old – who founded the CagePrisoners organisation following his stint in Guantanamo Bay – of providing

In the world of journalism, one can have a TV show for exactly two days before being lavished with an “excellence in journalism” award. This we learn from the “Cronkite Award for Excellence in Exploration and Journalism” bestowed on February

Moazzam Begg, a former detainee in Guantanamo Bay, who now lives in Birmingham, UK, has been arrested by British police on suspicion of Syria-related terrorism offences. Begg was arrested this morning, along with two men and a woman in the

Outrage is growing at U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power’s Sunday night tweet which seemed to suggest that terror victim Daniel Pearl shared some of the responsibility for his own murder at the hands of al-Qaeda terrorist Khaled Sheik Muhammed, who kidnapped,

The Taliban in Afghanistan said Sunday they have cut off any “mediation” with the United States in which their captive U.S. Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl would be exchanged for five senior Taliban prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid

Like a modern day Irwin Allen, former Vice President Al Gore brought his traveling disaster show to Kansas City. The Kansas City Star reported that Gore brought his global warming show to the Westin Crown Center ballroom on February 22

UNDISCLOSED LOCATION IN WAZIRISTAN, Pakistan, Feb 22 (Reuters) – The Pakistani Taliban told the government there was no chance of peace in the country unless Pakistan changed its political and legal system and officially embraced Islamic law. The government of

If Obama administration officials thought the controversy surrounding the bin Laden death images was put to rest after the Supreme Court refused to consider Judicial Watch’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit, they could not be more wrong. Judicial Watch

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the son of Pakistan’s assassinated premier Benazir Bhutto, on Saturday slammed the Taliban for trying to drag the country back to the “stone-age.” Addressing a gathering during the closing ceremony of a two-week cultural festival in his

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Russia will sell warplanes to Egypt Pakistan will sell warplanes to Saudis, denies nuclear cooperation France sending more troops to Central African Republic Russia will sell warplanes to Egypt Russia will sell $3 billion

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com ‘Brilliant, bitter singles’ ruin Valentine’s Day for Shanghai, China, couples Greece’s unemployment reaches new record high European Union to ‘mobilize’ private savings for bailouts 2,500 couples marry in South Korea in pre-Valentine’s Day ceremony

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Korea’s demilitarized zone (DMZ) guarded by Microsoft Kinect game software Pakistan asked to send 30,000 troops to Saudi Arabia Iran calls al-Qaeda the ‘the Saudi-US lovechild of terrorism’ Korea’s demilitarized zone (DMZ) guarded by

Unknown gunmen on Monday shot dead a former US consulate employee in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, police said. Two gunmen riding a motorcycle fired at Faisal Saeed, 30, outside his residence in Peshawar, senior police official Najibur Rehman

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Central African Republic: Christians aim to get rid of all Muslims Reader complaints about Central African Republic and Syria Central African Republic: Christians aim to get rid of all Muslims Thousands of Muslims are

Negotiators for the Pakistani Taliban on Saturday arrived in the capital of restive North Waziristan to brief the Pakistani Taliban about the preliminary round of peace talks held with government representatives, an official said. Professor Ibrahim Khan and Sayed Yousef

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Russia contemplates Ukraine military action after Sochi Pakistan government mediators talk to Taliban mediators Russia contemplates Ukraine military action after Sochi Some Russian nationalists in Moscow are discussing a possible militaryannexation of Ukraine once

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Pakistan ‘peace process’ collapses on first day Corruption in Europe matches corruption in Washington Pakistan ‘peace process’ collapses on first day Tuesday was to be a “historic day” for Pakistan, for this was the

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — In a crowded room overlooking a gleaming television studio, Tolo TV’s election team is strategizing for Afghanistan’s presidential debate when the room suddenly goes dark. The staff doesn’t miss a beat. The 13 men and three

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Chinese now drink more red wine than the French Syria replaces Pakistan as the center of al-Qaeda jihadist activity Syria may be developing biological weapons Chinese now drink more red wine than the French

Unfortunately, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to take up Judicial Watch’s challenge to the Obama administration’s keeping the post-mortem images of Osama bin Laden and his burial at sea secret. This is a decision that not only undermines the public’s

The GOP establishment got its preferred candidate in a Florida special election when David Jolly defeated state Rep. Kathleen Peters in a Republican primary earlier this month. Jolly is a former staffer for deceased Rep. Bill Young who has been

The Afghanistan president-led National Security Council (NSC) accused “foreign intelligence services” of being responsible for the attack on a Kabul restaurant frequented by foreigners that left 21 people dead, including three Americans.   According to AFP, a Jan. 19 statement from

BANNU, Pakistan (AP)  A Taliban bombing inside an army compound in northwest Pakistan killed at least 20 troops Sunday, officials and militants said, in one of the deadliest attacks to target the country’s forces as they battle insurgents in its

The University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research asked people in seven Muslim countries how women should dress in public. It found the majority of people in Tunisia, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey believe women should cover

A heroic 15-year-old Pakistani sacrificed his life to protect his classmates by tackling a terrorist bomber who was going to blow up his school. Aitzaz Hasan, from the Hangu region of northwest Pakistan, saw the terrorist approach the school with

A leading foreign policy analyst has written that “post-American Afghanistan” is becoming a “flashpoint”–not just in the region, but in the world, as emerging powers jockey for position amidst declining U.S. influence.  Robert D. Kaplan, chief geopolitical analyst for Stratfor, notes

(AP) Bangladesh opposition members go into hidingBy JULHAS ALAMAssociated PressDHAKA, BangladeshOpposition members in Bangladesh have gone into hiding as police carry out sweeping raids after the country’s violent national election, a news report and a rights group said Thursday. The

(AP) Pakistan’s Musharraf ordered to appear in courtISLAMABADA Pakistani court trying former president and army chief Pervez Musharraf for treason has ordered him to appear at a hearing next week despite his lawyers saying he was too sick to attend.

Utah gun company Desert Tech turned down a “$15 million deal” to supply “precision rifles” to Pakistan out of concern that the weapons could have endangered U.S. troops. Desert Tech rifles “can change caliber within minutes and have the capacity

During the 2009 meeting of Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, famed financier Warren Buffett disparaged the idea of investing in newspapers saying that such investment would only result in “unending losses.” But since 2009 Buffett has bought up dozens of papers despite