The Institute on Religion and Public Policy calls upon the government of Japan to cease its long-term and persistent use of kidnapping and forced confinement to compel its citizens to deny and change their religious beliefs.
It has been reported that just in the Unification Church alone, more than 4,000 members have been victimized to [...]
The League of Arab States has called for Switzerland to reconsider its decision on banning the construction of new minarets in the country.
“We wish the people of Switzerland would reconsider this mistaken decision, which risks fuelling racism in Europe,” the Arab League’s Arab Parliament said in a statement.
Switzerland voted at a national referendum on [...]
Colombian military have discovered a cache with slightly less than 1.8 metric tons of cocaine, worth $5.6 million, the country’s defense minister has said.
The drug was seized during an operation near the town of Puerto Escondido in the northwestern coastal region of Cordoba.
“According to preliminary data, the drug was to be shipped to the [...]
The leader of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Eid Kabalu told participants at the first Global Peace Convention last Saturday (Dec.12) in the Philippines to support a peaceful settlement of the Mindanao conflict in the Philippines.
This conflict has lasted since almost 40 years and cost an estimated 120,000 lives. The parties, MILF and the [...]
One year has passed since more than 10 coordinated terror attacks hit the Indian city of Mumbai in 59 hours, claiming at least 166 lives and wounding more than 300 people.
Mumbai (RIA Novosti) — On the first anniversary of the event, the nation paid its respects to the victims of the three-day rampage. Memorials [...]
US President Barack Obama’s visit to China ends today (18/11/2009), but without concrete results.
The European press criticises the talks between Obama and the Chinese leader Hu Jintao for failing to bring agreement either on economic questions or climate protection measures.
La Repubblica – Italy
US President Barack Obama has missed the target of his China [...]
Eight computer hackers from Estonia, Moldova and Russia have been charged in the U.S. over a mass case of credit card fraud, in which they allegedly stole over $9 million, the U.S. Justice Department said.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) — The group is accused of taking the cash from ATMs in 280 cities around the world [...]
The US has come out of its worst recession for 70 years after its economy grew by 3.5% in the third quarter thanks to an increase in consumer spending and investment in home-building.
Sky’s Nina De Roy spoke to Dave Kansas of The Wall St Journal.
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Estonia secured the 31th place out of 104 in the Legatum Prosperity Index 2009, a global study of national welfare, the research institution said in a statement published on Tuesday.
Last year, Estonia was 36th in the rating, which means it rose above 5 positions in 2009.
According to the statement, Scandinavian countries are the leaders [...]
A chilling report circulating in the Kremlin today states that the US Secretary of the Treasury has informed the China Development Bank that the US has shipped $800 Billion of a new currency called the Amero, which is to be based upon the merging of the economies of The United States, Mexico and [...]
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