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In 1970… National Public Radio is born three years after President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967. In its mission statement NPR declares that it is devoted to “presentation of fair, accurate and comprehensive...
Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his Conservative challenger David Cameron each made their case Friday for a coalition with the party that finished third in Britain’s elections, hoping to secure the balance of power following an inconclusive...
On Tuesday, Thai anti-government protesters stated that they welcomed a proposal from the Thai prime minister to end the violent political crisis that has paralyzed central Bangkok for nearly two months, but asked for more details on the plan...
In a nearly unanimous decision, the lower house of the Belgian parliament passed a measure banning the burqa in all public areas, following similar actions taken in France, Denmark, and the Netherlands. The law’s author, Daniel Bacquelaine,...
The Mexican government warned its citizens Tuesday to use extreme caution if visiting Arizona because of a tough new law that requires all immigrants and visitors to carry U.S.-issued documents or risk arrest. The controversial new law signed...
Mohammad Jabul, a Baghdad newspaper editor at a protest stressing the right to free speech Just last week… Comedy Central has done many outrageous things over the years, from inflicting viewers with so-called apologies for “comedies” like...
Yesterday the Revolutionary Guard, the elite sector of the Iranian military, held war games in the Hormuz Strait, a strategic part of the Persian Gulf oil route, in a move clearly designed to provoke the United States and demonstrate Iran’s...
Riverside dwellers gather to hear how a new dam could flood their homes. On Tuesday, the Brazilian government announced that a union of nine Brazilian corporations has won the bid to build a hydroelectric dam in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil....
Retiring Judge John Stevens Vice President Joe Biden At 89, it’s no surprise that Justice John Paul Stevens has finally chosen to retire. I can’t speak from personal experience, but I’m sure it’s a good age at which to slow down and...
Goss resigned in 2006. Recently released internal CIA email messages reveal that in 2005, Porter Goss, then head of the CIA, authorized destruction of videos that depicted harsh interrogation techniques being used against a terrorist suspect....
