- "Japanese ISPs to Ban File Sharers"
- (Mar 19, 2008): "Bin Laden Wards EU over Prophet Cartoons" (Reuters)
- Iran tests advanced centrifuge AP 4/8/08
- (April 14, 2008) The Pope's Geopolitical Agenda (Time) What do you think the Pope's agenda is?
- Assassination attempt against Hamid Karzai, President, Afghanistan
- prayers for Myanmar
- Natural Disasters Everywhere in World
- Hi from Germany
- (7/8/08) England's Top Judge Bows to Sharia Law (Cal Thomas)
- (July 27, 2008): "Cities in India on high alert after blasts" - CNN
- (August 1, 2008): "Saudi Arabia Bans Sale of Dogs and Cats in Capital" - (FOX News)
- Olympics Coverage: Are you excited about the Olympics?
- (Aug 20, 2008): "149 Die in Plane Crash at Madrid Airport" (Associated Press)
- (Sep 5, 2008): "Pop star's slaying sheds light on hidden world" (CNN) - Corrupt Government in Dubai, hides and aides killer business tycoon
- (Sept 12, 2008) "Iran: 50-60 Tons of Enriched Uranium 'Disappears'" (American Thinker)
- (10/1/08) "Ahmadinejad's evil words aren't just talk" (LA Times)
- (Nov 4, 2008): "Son of Osama bin Laden seeks asylum in Spain" (AP)
- Indonesia Executes 3 for Bali Bombings
- Are we in a global warming cycle?
- (11-27-08) Gay Penguins Steal Eggs Frome Straight Couples (Telegraph.co.UK)
- 09 Dec 2008: "Gays protest outside the Vatican in support of UN declaration" (PinkNews UK)
- If you could move anywhere in the world (outside of the USA), which country would you make your new home & why?
- 2009 New Years Pics From Around The World!
- (Jan 25, 2009): "PM Impersonator - Comedian Chris De Havilland tries to go one better than Obama with an Australian Presidential Oath" (news.com.au) - An Australian take on the oath fluff!
- (Jan 26, 2009): "Financial crisis topples Iceland government" (Financial Times)
- (Feb 3, 2009): "The day the snow came - and Britain stopped" (Times Online)
- (Feb 4, 2009): "Largest snake 'as long as a bus' " (BBC) - a good one for the snake phobics!!
- (Feb 7, 2009): "Age of Testosterone comes to end in Iceland" (Times Online)
- AUSTRALIA: Devastating Fires in Oz - Death Toll Over 200
- A very important election on Tuesday 2/10/09: Israel votes for a Prime Minister
- (Feb 9, 2009): "Jayant Patel 'unemployable in US before moving to Bundaberg' " (Courier Mail) - unemployable surgeon who moved to Australia and wreaked havoc!
- (Feb 10, 2009): A really beautiful picture from the Australian fires: Firefighter gives a helping hand to a thirsty koala bear! [UPDATE Aug 2009 - Sam has died]
- Two-year-old dies after pushchair falls into sea
- YouTube (2/16/09): "Japanese finance minister drunk at G-7"
- (Feb 12, 2009): "Allah's Rapists" (scragged.com) - an Iraqi woman confessed to arranging for 80 women to be raped to make it easier to recruit them as suicide bombers
- Help End the Canadian Seal Slaughter (warning - video contains disturbing imagery)
- [2/24/2009] "Deported Mexicans face shattered lives" ~ MSNBC.COM
- URGENT: Help Stop Shooting and Poisoning of Dogs in Iraq
- (Mar 13, 2009): "South African gangs use rape to 'cure' lesbians" (Reuters)
- (Mar 22, 2009): "Queensland Premier wins a female first" (Brisbane Times) - first female to be elected as premier of a state in Australia
- 3-24-09: "Japan: Blurring the line between bullets and trains" (L.A. Times)
- (Mar 28, 2009): "Russia to build 6 nuclear subs with cruise missiles" (CNN)
- (Apr 4, 2009): "Mexican drug violence tied to illegal-drug profits" (Athens Banner Herald)
- (Apr 13, 2009): "What You Should Know About Women's Rights in Afghanistan" (Huffington Post)
- (4/26/09) The invisible women: Unfashionable, middle-aged women are ignored - but Susan Boyle has given them a voice (dailymail-UK)
- Fear of gas attacks keeps Afghan girls home (05/14/09) Ap
- BREAKING NEWS: North Korea says it has conducted a second nuclear test (05/24/09) AP
- (05/27/09) "Quebec farmer finds winter boot containing severed foot" (CBC News)
- (5/27/09) North Korea, the Next Iraq? (The Atlantic)..interesting look at China's real reason for "supporting" North Korea
- (May 31, 2009): "Susan Boyle Checks Into Private Clinic After 'Emotional Breakdown'" (The Sun/Fox News)
- (06-14-09)"Israel's Foreign Minister cozies up to Moscow'(The New York Times)
- (06/26/09) "A Twitter Timeline of the Iran Election" (Newsweek)
- (06.28.09) "Do Not Forget Burma" (WaPo) By Laura Bush
- (06.28.09) "Where Iran's Regime Learned its Tricks" (Daily Beast) pix of torture victim included
- 6-29-09: "Chavez threatens military action over Honduras coup" (Reuters)
- (07.02.09) "Official: N. Korea Fires Four Short-Range Missiles" (Fox/AP)
- (07/02/09) "[Homosexuality] decriminalised in India" (BBC News)
- (07.06.09) "140 slain as Chinese riot police, Muslims clash in northwestern city" (LAT)
- (07/06/09) "Saddam's rule 'better' for gay Iraqis" (BBC)
- (July 8th, 2009): "What if the Uighurs were Christian rather than Muslim?" (Salon)
- (July 9, 2009): "Report: China quake destroys 10,000 homes" (CNN)
- (07/09/09) "CHAVEZ RADAR SILENCE" (Canada.com) Is 'Our Media' Ignoring This?
- (07/11/09) "Swimming pool got my daughter pregnant, says mother" (The London Paper)
- (07/12/09) "North Korea leader Kim Jong-il has pancreatic cancer: report" (Reuters)
- (July 16, 2009): "Pornography, Zambia Style" (No Quarter)
- (July 17, 2009): "Bombs Explode at Jakarta Hotels" (Sydney Morning Herald) - Ritz Carlton & Marriott Hotels
- (July 19, 2009): "Netanyahu’s Talk of Peace Finds Few True Believers" (by Isabel Kershner, New York Times)
- (July 19, 2009): "South Africa tests HIV/AIDS vaccine" (AP, via SF Gate)
- VIDEO (7/21/09): "Raw Video: Solar Eclipse Covers Parts of Asia" (Associated Press)
- (July 23, 2009): "Canadians happy with primary health care, study says" (Globe & Mail)
- New Middle East blog I started
- (07.24.09): "Has Global Warming Stopped?" (by Jim Manzi, NRO)
- (July 24, 2009) Why is Netanyahu courting Christian fundamentalists? (MJ Rosenberg, Foreign Policy)
- (July 25, 2009): "Iran vows to hit Israel's atomic sites if attacked: report" (Reuters)
- (07.26.09): "Why Young Afghans Won't Vote" (by Oliver Mains, Global Post)
- (07/28/09) "Pakistan rescues boys trained as suicide bombers" (by Augustine Anthony, Reuters)
- (7-29-09) "Iran hard-liners warn Ahmadinejad he could be deposed" (by Borzou Daragahi for LAT)
- Members from outside the USA - what brings you to this forum?
- (July 31, 2009): "Nuke Rises in Iran" (by Jay Homnick, American Spectator)
- (July 31, 2009): "London Begins 3 Year Countdown to the 2012 Olympics" (AP/VIDEO)
- (Aug 3, 2009): "Australia launches major anti-terror operation" (Associated Press)
- (08.04.09): "Get tough with the toughs: Iranian repression shows why world must unite against Tehran thugs" (NY Daily News- OpEd)
- (08.04.09): "Protests at Sudan woman's trial" (BBC News) Video @ link
- (08.03.09): "Gay Israelis rally after shooting" (BBC News)
- (0/05/09) German Campaign Gets Much-Needed Dose of Humor (Spiegel online)
- (08/09/09) Sweet snacks could lead to higher shopping bills (The Local)
- (Aug 9, 2009): "A Million in China Evacuate Ahead of Typhoon" (NYT)
- (Aug 9 ,2009): "Madeleine McCann search focuses on Australia" (Video - ITN News)
- The Australian Health Care System: Public + Private Systems Co-Exist
- (8-11-09): "Of NICE and Men" (WSJ) - How Britain rations health care
- The German health care system
- (08/13/09) "Are Other Countries' Health Systems Really So Scary?" (by Katie Connelly, Newsweek)
- (08/13/09): "The Day the Berlin Wall Was Born" (Spiegel online)
- (August 13th, 2009): "France and Germany exit recession" (BBC)
- (August 12, 2009 ): "Afghan candidates face more vocal constituency: women." (Christian Science Monitor)
- (August 15, 2009) "UK defends its healthcare" (FT)
- (08/14/09) 'Merkel Is Planning a Campaign with Nationalistic Undertones' (Spiegel online)
- World Athletic Championships, Berlin, August 15-23, 2009
- (August 17, 2009) "Japan's economy leaves recession" (BBC)
- (08/18/09) German Minister in Hot Water Again Over Limousine Use (Spiegel online)
- (8-19-09): "Thousands of surgeries may be cut in Metro Vancouver due to government underfunding, leaked paper" (Vancouver Sun)
- (08/19/09) "Germany gets amped for electric cars" (The Local)
- (8/19/09): "Winner of women's 800 meters at world athletics championships required to undergo a gender test" (CNN) - UPDATED 9/11/09
- (8/22/09): "Museum of Polish Jews - a window on a lost civilization" (Video, AFP)
- (8/22/09): "Wilfires Rage in Greece" (Video, ITN News)
- (8/22/09): "Scramble to Clean Up Oil Slick in Australia" (Video, Associated Press)
- (8/23/09): "Model In Malaysia To Be Caned For Drinking Beer" (Video, Associated Press)
- (8/22/09): "Munich 1938: new fact about old secrets" (Video, Russia Today)
- (08/25/09): "Merkel demands equal pay for women" (The Local)
- (08/25/09) Deutsche Bank boss throws party, Merkel foots the bill (Deutsche Welle)
- (08/26/09) "Argentina rules on marijuana use" (BBC News)
- (08/26/09) High court proclaims gay adoption legal (The Local)
- (08/26/09) Suspect questioned in campsite double murder (The Local)
- (8/26/09): "Lockerbie Bomber released to bailout British banks?" (Video, Russia Today)
- (8/26/09): "Around the World Round-Up" (Video, Fox News)
- (8/25/09): "China's Concubines Make A Comeback" (Video, The Young Turks)
- (8/26/09): "Chinest Buddhist tows cars with her hair" (ITN News)
- (8/20/09): "Ultra-religious Jews tighten grip on Jerusalem" (Video, RT)
- (8/26/09): "Japan opposition set for victory" (Video, Al Jazeera English)
- (08/27/09) German Newspaper Gives Auschwitz Blueprints to Israelis (Spiegel online)
- (08/27/09) Youth Hostels Celebrate 100 Years (Spiegel online)
- Is there a particular aspect of international/world news that interests you?
- (8/27/09): "Madonna booed in Bucharest for defending Gypsies" (Associated Press, via Yahoo)
- (8/27/09): "U.N. Condemns ’07 Policy in Aboriginal Communities in Australia" (Reuters/NYT)
- What's your favorite (or least favorite) English language accent for native speakers of English?
- (08/27/09) French Flunk Europe-Wide English Language Test (Spiegel online)
- (8/28/09) Pakistan: Court frees Khan from house arrest (AKI)
- (8/24/09) PAUL WOLFOWITZ: Think Again: Realism (Foreign Policy)
- (August 28, 2009) "Beirut: Sex capital for Arab tourists" (The Daily Star)
- (08/28/09) Enke poise to keep German goal at World Cup in South Africa (The Local)
- (8/29/09): "Pakistan destroys suicide bomber training camp" (Associated Press)
- (8/28/09): "Dutch Delay 13-Year-Old Sailor's Global Trip" (Associated Press)
- (8/29/09): "Bring Your Own Bunny at Japan's rabbit cafe" (ITN News) - bizarre?!
- (8/29/09): "British record-breaking sailor arrives home" (Video, ITN News)
- (8/30/09): "Schoolboy Jai Morcom beaten to death during recess" (News.com.au) - AUSTRALIA
- (8/30/09): "Heathcliffe the giant burrowing cockroach may be world's heaviest insect" (News.com.au) - AUSTRALIA
- (08/30/09) CDU loses state polls in Saarland and Thuringia (The Local)
- (August 30, 2009) "Lockerbie bomber 'set free for oil'" (TimesOnlineUK)
- (8/30/09): "Beslan: 5 years on" (Russia Today)
- (8/30/09): "Raw Video: Jet Crash Kills 2 At Polish Air Show" (Video, Associated Press)
- (08/31/09) Voters Give Germany's Parties a Wake-Up Call (Spiegel online)
- (08/31/09) Politicians say Twitter 'damages democracy' after exit poll leak (The Local)
- (8/31/09): "Raw Video: Man Scales Mountain on High Wire in Germany" (Video, Associated Press)
- (8/31/09): "The Russian car industry is dead" (Video, Russia Today)
- (08/31/09) German Troops Bemoan 'Criticial' Deficits in Training and Equipment (Spiegel online)
- (9/01/09) Light bulb ban begins (The Local)
- (09/01/09) Merkel: WWII caused 'endless suffering' (The Local)
- (Sep 1, 2009): "Fiji suspended from Commonwealth" (BBC)
- (Sep 1, 2009): "Poland Planned Destruction of USSR" (Video, Russia Today)
- (8/30/09): "French workers strip down to save job" (Video, AFP)
- (8/30/09): "'Record' 13,000 Jackson fans groove to 'Thriller' in Mexico City" (Video, AFP)
- (09/02/09) Hospitals 'bribing' doctors for patients (The Local)
- (09/03/09) Sentenced to death on the NHS
- (09/03/09) Poll: Merkel's election lead might not be big enough (Deutsche Welle)
- (08/18/09) Political parties form colorful spectrum in Germany (Deutsche Welle)
- (09/04/09) German soldiers engage Taliban in fiery battle (The Local)
- (09/04/09) No benefit to popular practice of holding students back, study finds (The Local)
- (9/4/09) A Stable Pakistan Needs a Stable Afghanistan (WSJ)
- (Sep 3, 2009): "Indian Politician Dies in Helicopter Crash" (NYT)
- (Sep 4, 2009): "Rescue Efforts Continue After Indonesia Earthquake" (VOA News)
- (9/5/09) Revealed: Libya paid for medical advice that helped Lockerbie bomber's release (Telegraph UK)
- (Sep 6, 2009): "Hundreds Rescued From Philippine Ferry" (By Carolos Conde, NYT)
- Interactive Video: "Choose a different ending - take the knife or don't take the knife?" (UK Police/YouTube)
- (Sep 7, 2009): "Adolf Hitler used as face of AIDS in German ad" (News.com.au)
- (Sep 4, 2009): "An illegal tour beneath the French capital" (Video, AFP)
- (9.6.09) The Situation in Honduras─for Now (Contentions)
- (9/7/09) "Sudanese Woman Fined for Wearing Trousers" (Reuters / Asharq Al-Awsat)
- (Sep 10, 2009): "Bolivian Man Is Held in Mexican Hijacking" (WSJ)
- (Sep 11, 2009): "Tegan Simone Leach to stand trial over abortion" (News.com.au) - AUSTRALIA
- (Sep 11, 2009): "UK gov't apologizes to gay codebreaker Alan Turing" (Associated Press)
- (9/11/09):"Russia Says No to Iran Nuclear Sanctions" (Wall Street Journal)
- (9/13/09) Synchronicity, Tehran-style (Contentions)
- (09/14/09) 'You're Like an Old Married Couple!' (Spiegel online)
- (09/14/09) Father Helped German School Killer to Buy Bullets (Spiegel online)
- (08/14/09) 12-year-old girl dies during childbirth (KTLA)
- (9/14/09) "Airline plot trio get life terms" (BBC) - Bombers who plotted to blow up commercial aeroplanes flying from UK to USA
- (Sep 14, 2009): "Mattress Berlin Wall surprises German art fans" (ITN News)
- (Sep 14, 2009): "Happy Birthday Prince Harry" (ITN News)
- (09/15/09) Germany Shocked by Brutal Commuter Train Murder (Spiegel online)
- (09/16/09) German teenager given suspended sentence in marathon sexual abuse case in Turkey (Deutsche Welle)
- (September 16, 2009) "Why I Love Al Jazeera" (The Atlantic)
- (9/17/09) Dismay in Europe as Obama ditches missile defence (The Times)
- (9/15/09) Al-Sistani Warns Against Politicizing Islam (Asharq Al-Awsat)
- Wahl-O-Mat 2009 - Election Germany
- (09.17.09): "Ahmadinejad refuses to rule out weapons" (by A. Curry & R. Windrem, MSNBC, NBC News)
- (09.18.09): Pro- and anti-government marchers face off in Tehran" (LAT)
- (09.18.09): "Iraq dentention camp closed down" (BBC News)
- (09/18/09) "Al-Qaida Threatens Terror Attacks in Germany after Election" (Spiegel online)
- (09/07/09) "A look back: Germany's foreign policy" (Deutsche Welle)
- "National Times" - new Australian news, politics & current affairs website
- (09/18/09) Non-traditional names linked to teacher discrimination (The Local)
- (Sep 18, 2009): "Israelis celebrate Jewish New Year" (Associated Press)
- (9/19/09) Sweden Slashes Income Taxes to Promote Job Growth (Power Line)
- (9/19/09) DNA Confirms Death of Terrorist Leader Noordin Top (VOA)
- (09/19/09) Oktoberfest opens to massive crowds (The Local)
- (Sep 19, 2009): "Raw Video: Two Killed in Mexico Subway Shooting" (Video, Associated Press) - WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT
- (Sep 18, 2009): "Russian Students May Face Drugs Tests Too" (Video, Associated Press)
- (Sep 18, 2009): "Inside Iraq - Iraq's drug challenge" (Al Jazeera)
- (Sep 19, 2009): Australia Outraged Over Its Own 'Josef Fritzl' (by Marina Kamenev, Time.com)
- (09.19.09): "China May Be Rethinking One-Child Policy To Avoid Expected Population Decline" (Fox News/London Times)
- (9/17/09) GEN McCaffrey on Strategic Challenges (Small Wars Council)
- (09/20/09) New terror threat against Germany (Deutsche Welle)
- (Sep 20, 2009): "Doctor in Germany is held after two patients die in drugs therapy session" (Guardian UK)
- (Sep 20, 2009): "Australia plans Copenhagen climate pact compromise" (Reuters)
- (09/21/09) Adidas and Puma end 60-year family feud with football match (The Local)
- (09/21/09) A nation of 80 million Merkels (The Local)
- (Sept. 09) Kazakh Hospitality (The American Spectator)
- (09/22/09) "Lehmann suspended after unauthorised Oktoberfest visit" (The Local)
- (Sep 23, 2009): "Skies in Queensland, NSW go red in dust storm" (News.com.au) - AUSTRALIA
- (09/22/09) "Giants to walk Berlin's streets for Unity Day celebrations" (The Local)
- (Sep 22, 2009): "Jamaicas battle against AIDS fought in the shadows" (World Focus Online)
- (09/23/09) 'Without American Leadership There Would Have Been No Unification' (Spiegel online)
- (09/23/09) "Germany threatens to walk out of UN meeting" (Deutsche Welle)
- (09.23.09): "Desert dust storm chokes Sydney" (BBC News) Video
- (09/24/09) "Does Angela Merkel Deserve to Be a Feminist Icon?" (Spiegel online)
- (09/24/09) "Bavarian cracks gigantic lottery jackpot" (Deutsche Welle)
- (Sep 24, 2009): "Big baby boy weighs in at 19-pounds at birth in North Sumatra, Indonesia" (NY Daily News)
- (09/29/09) Germany gets ready to vote (Deutsche Welle)
- (09/26/09) New Bin Laden video issues warning on Afghanistan (Deutsche Welle)
- (Sep 26, 2009): "Poland approves chemical castration for paedophiles" (ITN News)
- Election day in Deutschland!
- (Sep 27, 2009): "Iran test-fires short-range missiles" (Associated Press)
- (Sep 26, 2009): "Flooding in Philippines Leaves Dozens Dead" (Video, Associated Press)
- (Sep 27, 2009): "Man in South Africa marries four women at the same time" (ITN News)
- (Sep 27, 2009): "Raw Video: Gorillas Run Thru London" (Associated Press)
- (Sep 25, 2009): "Rio's Olympics Quest: Can It Handle the 2016 Games?" (TIME)
- (09/28/09) Threat of Terror Escalates in Germany (Spiegel online)
- (09/28/09) Future foreign minister Westerwelle refuses to answer English question (The Local)
- (09/29/09) SPD Loses Support Among Party Base (Spiegel online)
- (09/29/09) Westerwelle: Germany must stay in Afghanistan (The Local)
- (9/28/09) Hands Off Honduras (Commentary Magazine)
- (09/30/09) What Is Wrong with Social Democracy? (Spiegel online)
- (09/30/09) Prague embassy crisis 'a severe blow to the Berlin Wall,' Genscher says (Deutsche Welle)
- (Sep 30, 2009): "Desperate hunt for the living as Sumatra quake toll mounts" (Guardian) - INDONESIA
- (Sep 30, 2009): "200 birds sucked into jet's engines" (News.com.au) - GERMANY
- (9.30/09) Students lift days-long hunger strike in Venezuela (AP)
- (9/30/09) Al-Qaeda and Taliban Status Check: A Resurgent Threat? (Counter Terrorism Blog)
- (10/01/09) Westerwelle Runs into Merkel Roadblock (Spiegel online)
- (10/1/09) Iraq's Maliki Unveils Broad Coalition (VOA)
- (10/2/09) McChrystal Rejects Scaling Down Afghan Military Aims (NY Times)
- Happy "Tag der Deutschen Einheit" (Unity day)...
- (02/10/09) Health insurance e-cards stir debate over new era of health care (Deutsche Welle)
- (October 2, 2009) Coroner: Doctors Had to Let Woman Die (AOL News) - ENGLAND
- (Oct 3, 2009): "Raw Video: Rivers of Mud in Streets of Sicily" (Associated Press) - ITALY
- (Oct 3, 2009): "Islamic fashion show" (AFP) - TURKEY
- (Oct 3, 2009): "Ireland votes 'yes' to the EU Lisbon Treaty" (ITN News) - IRELAND
- (10/05/09) Publisher shelves honour killing book in fear of Islamist retaliation (The Local)
- (10/06/09) Germany Waking up to Growing Market for Muslim Food (by Daniela Schröder, Spiegel online)
- (Oct 6, 2009): "100,000 North Koreans dazzle at Arirang Games" (World Focus Online)
- (10/07/09) East Germany founded 60 years ago (Deutsche Welle)