The Afghan Supreme Court upholds a criminal conviction for “blasphemy:” KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s Supreme Court has upheld a 20-year sentence for an Afghan university student journalist accused of blasphemy in a case that has alarmed media and rights organizations in Afghani...

The French have rejoined NATO: PARIS — President Nicolas Sarkozy announced Wednesday that France intends to become a full member of NATO, 43 years after Charles de Gaulle pulled France out of the alliance’s military command and threw NATO, and American forces, out of the country. “Because it i...

The Democrats’ strategy of focusing the debate on who the leader of the Republican Party is working, at least in the media. Sadly, the media has taken this question seriously. To their credit, the House Republican leadership team of John Boehner, Eric Cantor and Mike Pence haven’t taken ...

Justin Raimondo, "The Objectivist Death Cult". Объективи�ты -- �то по�ледователи андроида по имени Ayn Rand. Как показывает �тать�, они почему-то очень кровожадные. И не пон�тно, что тому при...

Once again, we’re being subjected to the near-impossible task of trying to figure out what to believe about Iran’s nuclear weapons programs: Iran has not produced the highly enriched uranium necessary for a nuclear weapon and has not decided to do so, U.S. intelligence officials told Con...

What an inspirational lecture by an American officer, apparently motivated by the need to discipline the occupied third-worlders he has the (white man's) burden of protecting. They should be thankful for his interventions, which have been in the interest of the Iraqi people. He should be listened to...

  Don't worry, passengers were never in any danger on this, an Aeroflot flight. After all, it's not like they're the largest airline in Russia or anything. Translation (based on a scientific process called "bullshit detection"): Pilot: Greetings, we are currently elevated ...

Gareth Porter | Hong Kong | March 11 Asia Times - After Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad in October 2005 called for an end to the state of Israel (as a geographical entity), Israeli leaders began stepping up talk of an "existential threat" to the country. Likud Party leader Binyamin Netanyahu, w...

Working out delays effects of aging Many people think of stiff joints and slow movement as just normal parts of aging, but if people keep up healthy, active lifestyles as they age, they can ward off some of those health problems, according to the Mayo Clinic Health Letter. People of any age can star...

The Washington Post , February 21, 2009: "‘We pretty much know what they are going to say’ on human rights issues such as greater freedoms for Tibet, [Secretary of State Hillary] Clinton told reporters traveling with her on a tour of Asia. ‘We have to continue to press them. But our press...