. . . . Whatever becomes of the sexual assault charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, DNA evidence and all, it is now clear that the former head of the International Monetary Fund treated the organization as his sexual fiefdom. “Despite my long professional life, I was unprepared for the advances of the managing director of the […]
The party president is at it again. In Ireland, he belted back some Guinness. In Britain, he savored $1,000 wine and toasted the queen. In Poland, he is sure to feast on pirogi and vodka. Yet President Obama’s European trip is more than a waste of taxpayer dollars on celebrity diplomacy. It is a cultural […]
GAZA CITY — For the first time, the Hamas regime has challenged the movement’s leadership in Syria. Hamas Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar has issued the first public criticism of the leadership in Damascus. Zahar, said to be close to Iran, challenged the authority of Hamas political bureau chief Khaled Masha’al, who helped arrange a reconciliation […]
By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com No doubt about it, the North Koreans are pulling out all the stops in a bid to convince both their closest ally and their worst enemy that, this time, they really want to be good. How else to explain the extraordinary coincidence of “Dear Leader” Kim Jong-Il wending his way through […]
By Lev Navrozov How did I learn British English in Russia? When I was a child, German was taught in Soviet schools. But I asked my parents to invite a private teacher of English — an English lady who made her living by teaching English. As I grew up, I continued to be an “Englishman […]