U.S. President Barack Obama released a video offering Iran congratulations on the occasion of Nowruz, the Persian New Year, on Friday. Israeli President Shimon Peres also offered his best wishes, referring to “the noble Iranian people.” The joint initiative was received coldly in Tehran, however. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said the video did [...]
Berlin — Hungary’s prime minister, Ferenc Gyurcsany, offered Saturday to resign so that a new government could lead the country out of the recent turmoil that has made it among the most troubled economies in Europe. Mr. Gyurcsany’s announcement, at a meeting of his Socialist Party this weekend, surprised even seasoned political observers in Budapest, [...]
Orchestral and choral conductors often use noticeably different gestures. When Charles Bruffy led the Kansas City Chorale and the Phoenix Chorale in an enjoyable a cappella concert at Alice Tully Hall on Monday evening, he seemed to be sculpturing in air: carefully molding each finely hued note he coaxed from his choristers. The highlight of [...]
Hindus have urged the makers of “Caminho das ?ndias” (A Passage to India), a popular Brazilian television soap opera, to show the Hindu culture in its authentic form. Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that Hindus world over were happy that Brazil’s largest TV channel “TV Globo” was [...]
The name itself makes my head hurt… From a glee filled state media outlet: A key part of that regulatory framework will give the government new resolution authority to take over troubled institutions that would pose a threat to the entire financial system if they failed. Administration officials believe this new power will save taxpayers [...]
According to my source, Canadian Noball-prize wiener Professor Obertrien Undellmien, Dictator Ursultannien Azarbayevnien, here, has been selected by the Bilderberg Group to proffer the plan for the already agreed upon New World Order currency, the acmetal (ACME). Known for his dream currency, the Euro, my source also says that ACME will replace the Amero. The [...]
New World Order pox currency acmetal is ACME. The entire recession-bound world is about to come down with a bad case of “acme”. In an article from Agence France-Presse comes word that Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has the backing of the architect of the euro currency, Nobel-prize winner Professor Robert Mundell. “Nazarbayev, speaking at an [...]
The New York Times headline “U.S. General Says Allies ‘Not Winning’ Afghan War” grabbed my attention. After all, the Atlantic Council issued a widely-cited report fourteen months ago which began, “Make no mistake, the international community is not winning in Afghanistan.” But we followed that with, as the report’s title suggested, “an appeal and [...]
The initial phase in Obama’s plan to end combat operations will take place over the next 6 months, military officials say. The announcement comes as a suicide bomber kills 33 police recruits in Baghdad. The U.S. will reduce its military presence in Iraq by 12,000 troops over the next six months as part of the [...]
North Korea has warned that any attempt to shoot down a satellite it says it plans to launch will result in war. The warning came as the US and South Korea began an annual joint military exercise expected to last 12 days. North Korea has long described such exercises as provocative but tensions between the [...]
