Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Saudi King Abdullah, the oldest leader in the Arab world, is preparing to undergo surgery. The Saudi royal court said Abdullah, believed to be 95, would be sent to a hospital in Riyad for another back operation. The court said the surgery was related to two operations the king […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com SEOUL — The United States and South Korea stood on the brink of a brave new world on Friday with a triumphant state visit to Washington by South Korea’s President Lee Myung-Bak marking the passage by both houses of the U.S. Congress of the much-delayed Korea-U.S. Free Trade […]
NICOSIA — Syria has launched its largest military operation yet along the border of Lebanon in search for Sunni insurgents. More than 5,000 Syrian troops, supported by main battle tanks, stormed the border with Lebanon in an operation against defectors. Officials said the Syrian Army force bombarded the northern Lebanese resort of Zabadani, regarded as […]
By Sumantra Maitra, FreePressers.com Almost twenty years back, when the Soviet and East European states crumbled, who would have thought that socialism would make such a comeback? Here are a few ground truths about the Occupy Wall Street movement and the various spinoffs it has started. They are not democratic: No surprise there, really. […]
GAZA CITY — Hamas has reported increased Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle operations over the Gaza Strip. Officials said the Hamas regime has been monitoring Israeli UAVs over the Gaza Strip in mid-October. They said the Israel Air Force has deployed additional UAVs since the announcement of the prisoner exchange with Hamas on Oct. 13. “They […]
By Grace Vuoto Evidently all the sexual freedom we currently enjoy is simply not enough: even our children are being dragged into the orgy. There is an emerging pattern in the Western media of turning children into sex objects. This is the first step of providing legitimacy for pedophilia. Our children too are being consumed […]
By Sheda Vasseghi The Islamic Republic’s two-prong strategy of chaos to remain in power involves destruction of Iranian heritage and culture while using Iranian people’s national funds to support projects in troubled countries beset by corrupt regimes or extreme poverty. Of course, buying followers and believers from among the most miserable parts of the world […]
By Uwe Siemon-Netto Perhaps the most compelling aspect of the Berlin Wall story, which I covered for the Associated Press 50 years ago, is its spiritual dimension. I did not realize this then, on Aug. 13, 1961, when the East Germans began building this monstrous structure to stop the mass exodus of its citizens to […]
By Jeffrey Kuhner America’s economy is in free-fall. Growth is anemic. The stock market is collapsing. Real unemployment — combining the high jobless rate with rampant underemployment — is higher than 16 percent. Manufacturing is dead. Deficits, debt and government spending are at record levels. Our credit rating has been downgraded for the first time in history. […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. intelligence community has been revising its assessment regarding Osama Bin Laden’s role in Al Qaida. Officials said the CIA and Defense Intelligence Agency have been pouring over material found in Bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan. They said the material, including hard drives, thumb drives and fiber-optics, suggest that Bin Laden helped […]