American Thinker: Obama reads Pushkin

Jenkins: Does Obama Want to Own the Airlines
Yes.

The moment Obama ignores Berlusconi´s handshake at G8 summit CCTV-International
It might not have been the best start for the host of the G8 summit. Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi offered his hand to Barack Obama, only for the U.S. President to carry on walking and seemingly ignore it.

Crunch time for health-care bill
The sky is falling! The sky is falling!
/Never let a good crisis go to waste.

Obama Push for Caspian Energy Routes Imperiled by Refugee Clash

"We Won:" "Stimulus" Money Flows Twice as Much to Areas That Voted for Obama Than to Areas That Didn't

Obama Becomes First President to Greet Qadhafi
Hoo, boy, check out Qadhafi's outfit. I think I saw him at the Tom Thumb store one night getting a pack of Newports and a bottle of Maddog 20/20.

White House: Brazil should press Iran on nukes
Say. That's odd.


Report: NSA will monitor government networks
The National Security Agency (NSA) will assist in a new program to monitor government traffic on private-sector computer networks, as part of a new program called Einstein 3, The Washington Post reported on Friday, citing three anonymous government officials.

World Economy Becomes Focus For CIA Recruiting
The CIA is on an atypical mission these days -- analyzing the global economy. Intelligence officials say the global financial crisis has emerged as the top U.S. security threat. And to help figure it out, the CIA is recruiting Wall Street bankers.

White House, Pentagon websites targeted by cyberattack
Norks!

Bomb Materials Smuggled into Fed Buildings
Test of Security Measures Reveals Lax Screening, Sleeping Guards, GAO Report Says

Congress asked to address extremism in military
One of the country's main monitors of hate groups asked Congress Friday to investigate possible racial extremism in the military, after finding U.S. service members participating on a social networking site advertised as being for white people only.
Let's all prove DHS right so we can lock up the right-wing loons!

Will Pentagon Ban Tobacco Use in the Military?

Pentagon criticized over flyover flap in Idaho
"God and Country"? We can't endorse that!

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Honduras Is Following Its Law and Constitution

Honduran Cardinal's Statement

Honduras' non-coup


Despite setback, ousted Honduran president wants to return

Ousted Honduran leader to meet with Clinton

Ousted President Manuel Zelaya to smuggle himself across Honduran border, aide says
Manuel Zelaya, the ousted Honduran president, will try to smuggle himself back into his homeland this week across its borders of mountains and rainforests, according to a top aide.

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Old ruling party gains in Mexico midterm election

A warning sign from Mexico's elections
It's the economy, estupido . And the drug violence, lack of security and failure to end impunity for well-connected lawbreakers. It's a legacy of corruption. For all those reasons, Mexico's ruling National Action Party took a hammering in this week's midterm elections from frustrated voters, many of whom turned back to the Institutional Revolutionary Party, which ruled for almost 70 years before being discredited and ousted nearly a decade ago.


Two Americans in Mormon sect slain in Mexico
The gangsters beat Le-Baron and one threatened to rape his wife in front of their children before carrying their victims away, Brent LeBaron said.

As the commandos left they fired assault rifles at the second brother-in-law, who was wounded with shrapnel in the back.

Benjamin LeBaron and other village leaders had led hundreds of people in May to Chihuahua City to demand government action in the abduction of Eric LeBaron, Benjamin’s 16-year-old brother. The kidnappers were demanding $1 million in ransom, but the LeBaron community had decided to instead pressure for the boys’s release, which occurred in mid-May.

Palo Alto medical worker slain in Mexico


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Brazil's Vale backs Indonesia copper/gold project

Brazil to help finance Cuban port project

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GDF Suez Agrees Finance Deal For Brazilian Hydro Power Plant

French Energy Regulator Welcomes GDF Suez Gas Plans

Energy giants EON, GDF Suez hit with anti-trust fine

Three nights of riots in French town after 21-year-old dies in police custody
French riot police firing teargas and plastic bullets have struggled to contain three nights of rioting and arson by youths on suburban estates in the Loire, amid protests over the death of a 21-year-old in police custody.
"Youths" and their car-be-ques!

Euro nations divided over single IMF seat

Ukraine To Host Congress Of World's Turkic Youth

Observers say flaws in Albania vote count