An article in the Financial Times adds some interesting details about Rogozin and the situation in Russia (“Medvedev appeals for ethnic tolerance“). First, things are definitely heating up: Opinion polls show that 55-60 per cent of Russians support the slogan “Russia for the Russians”, and nationalism threatens to become the new centre of gravity in domestic politics ahead of the December... 

A recent spate of attacks by Roma youths on white people has escalated racial tension in the remote reaches of the Czech Republic. In a region plagued by unemployment, some fear the far right could profit politically. The region of Sluknovsky vybezek is a crooked finger of land protruding from the northern reaches of Bohemia into Germany, not far from the city of Dresden. The inhabitants of the small... 

Thousands of protesters shout anti-government slogans during a rally against a proposed new constitution in Casablanca, Morocco, Sunday June 26, 2011. Hundreds of Moroccans have taken to the streets in several cities to renew their call for social justice and fighting corruption. The protest rallies were held in the major cities of Tangier, Rabat and Fes on Sunday. The demonstrations are waged several... 

Russia put its growing ties with Israel to the test on Monday by announcing plans to back a controversial Palestinian bid to win UN statehood despite strong resistance from the Jewish state. The decision does not come as an outright surprise but still underscores the growing diplomatic isolation Israel finds itself in following a violent new flare-up in relations with regional powers Egypt and Turkey. Russia’s... 

Former French President Jacques Chirac A French lawyer and former aide to Jacques Chirac says the ex-president of the country and his prime minister received millions of euros in cash from despotic leaders of African nations. Robert Bourgi, who served as an adviser to Chirac and former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin before switching sides and joining the conservative camp of French President... 

The sobering details emerging from the rare and unexpected visit to Russia by Prime Minister David Cameron reveal that the British leader “warned” President Medvedev that the United States is “firmly intent” upon unleashing World War III and if not stopped warned the “time of end” has come to us all. According to this report, Cameron’s fears of the US throwing the entire world into the... 

Saadi Gaddafi, one of the sons of the Libyan fugitive ruler Muammar Gaddafi. One of the sons of Libyan fugitive ruler Muammar Gaddafi has escaped to the neighboring country of Niger, which has reportedly turned into a safe haven for members of the dictator’s crumbling regime. Niger’s Justice Minister Marou Amadou said on Sunday that Saadi Gaddafi has arrived in Niger and was heading to... 

Petteri Alinikula, Nokia's Head of Product Sustainability and one of the testers in action on the Baltic Sea. Finnish cell phone giant Nokia is on a mission to find out how to apply solar power technology to cell phone technology. The company started a project in June called Nokia Solar Charging Project which is coming to its conclusion at the end of September. It sent a group of people on the... 

As the world remembers 3000 people killed in the United States on the tragic events of 9/11, demonstrators gathered in New York City in a memorial for the victims of the “global war on terror”. Organizers say the event is to commemorate fallen soldiers and those forgotten. Led by artists, activists and organizations across the country the memorial is to cry out in protest and grief with... 

A pendant some 25,000 years old has been found in the Irikaitz dig in northern Spain’s Basque region by archaeologists from the Sociedad Aranzadi. The piece, an oblong gray smooth stone some 10 centimeters (4 inches) in length, is perforated at one end and apparently was hung from a thong or cord around a person’s neck, according to the director of the excavation, Alvaro Arrizabalaga,... 

Some hundreds of Egyptian activists demolish a concrete wall built around a building housing the Israeli embassy in Cairo, Egypt, to protect it against demonstrators, as they raise their national Friday, Sept. 9, 2011. Protesters in Egypt continued their attacks on Israeli embassy in Cairo after a night of violence which claimed at least three lives and left 450 people injured. Meanwhile, Egypt has... 

Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warned that it will only be a matter of time before America endures another terrorist attack if Congress ends up blaming the defense budget for this country’s red ink woes. “The Department of Defense is not what’s causing the debt and the deficit. It’s the entitlement programs,” he told HUMAN EVENTS in an exclusive interview. “If we make that mistake,... 

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) meets Arab League Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi (L) in the Syrian capital of Damascus, September 10, 2011. Arab League (AL) Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi has rejected foreign interference in the internal affairs of Syria, amid Western threats against Damascus, Press TV reports. During a meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday, the AL chief... 

The Prince said if the world carries on 'business as usual' then the human race itself could be wiped out. Mankind faces extinction, the Prince of Wales has warned, unless humans transform our lifestyles to stop mass consumption, run away climate change and destruction of wildlife. In his first speech as the new President of the Worldwide Wildlife Fund (WWF) UK, Prince Charles suggested ‘surviving... 

Despite photos that appeared to show Rick Perry aggressively grabbing Ron Paul’s wrist and wagging a finger in his face during the debate commercials, the Congressman, ever the gentleman he is, has made light of the exchange. “I wish it were a much more interesting story than that, because I don’t even recall the moment that it was occurring and I don’t remember exactly what he said. But...