Guest Column

Hundreds of Falun Gong Adherents Arrested in “Preparation” for Olympics

NEW YORK – Chinese security agencies have been conducting large-scale arrests of Falun Gong adherents throughout China in recent months as authorities step up efforts to "stamp out" the practice in advance of the Olympic Games, in August, the Falun Dafa Information Center reported today.

CAIR Comes Clean on Hamas

Since the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) was founded in June of 1994, the group has worked hard to conceal its true feelings about Hamas. That is, until now. Video footage taken at a Fort Lauderdale, Florida, rally against CAIR reveals its unabashed support for Hamas. If people had questions about CAIR's sympathies before, this should end all debate on the matter.

Minister Bernier:  Disclose conditions for latest $300 million to Palestinian Authorities

Ottawa, Canada - In December, Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier announced $300 million in new funding over five years to the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority (PA). This amount was on top of the $500 million given to the PA since 1993. As part of the new announcement, Minister Bernier proclaimed that "our funding is not unconditional. We will need to see … a viable Palestinian state that is democratic, accountable, and living in peace and security as a neighbour to Israel.” “Canadians look forward to Minister Bernier disclosing the exact conditions under which Canadian tax dollars will flow to the Palestinian Authority,”, said Alastair Gordon, president, Canadian Coalition for Democracies (CCD). "We are reassured by the promise of conditions, but disappointed that those conditions have never been made public."

Sarkozy the Savior?

Last May, when Nicolas Sarkozy was running for president of France, I wrote on this page that he was “Europe’s best hope.” Mr Sarkozy won the votes of 53 percent of the record 85 percent of the French electorate that came out to vote in the presidential elections.

An Immigration policy bought and paid for?

The numbers are unequivocal. For a decade polls have consistently recorded a wide discrepancy between the attitude of ordinary Americans toward immigration and the attitude of those who govern them.

Killer of eight young boys is Holy Martyr- Shahid

Action should cost PA $150 million in US aid

France Starts Muslim Imam Training

France has launched a groundbreaking program to educate future imams and Muslim chaplains about the country and its values. The goal: to put a French stamp on Islam, the second largest religion in France. Lisa Bryant has more from Paris.

Killings cannot dim Israel’s respect for life

The families of the eight Israeli boys who were tragically, brutally and callously slain in Jerusalem last Thursday are still in the process of mourning their sons. The victims were mostly teenagers.

Saudi woman defies driving ban to mark women’s day

A Saudi woman activist marked this year's International Women's Day by defying a ban on women driving in the ultra-conservative kingdom and posted a video of her act on YouTube.

Confirmation Finally Achieved for Earth’s Inner, inner, core

One of my favorite disaster movies has got to be ‘The Core.’ It has a suitably large amount of big visual scenes to get you in, some unfathomably – and thus probably inaccurate – science and the majority of the rescue crew die.

Alpha Centauri Should Contain Earth-like Planets

It’s been the destination of interstellar travelers in science fiction writing for so long now that one would almost be forgiven for thinking we’d already colonized. But Alpha Centauri, the three-star system closest to our own Sun, is now the center of real science.

Anorexia and Suicides; a Sadly Emphatic Link

Recently Time ran a story focusing on new research which has shown that suicide in those suffering from anorexia nervosa (AN) is often attempted much more effectively than others.

Harvard: America’s “Hub” For Sharia?

Right on the heels of Harvard’s capitulation to Sharia mores at its Quadrangle Recreational Athletic Center, the Harvard “academic” community indulged an ideologue with much grander aspirations for implementing Sharia, UCLA Professor of Law, Khaled Abou el Fadl.

The Danes in Trouble

Salah Al-Din Brigades Spokesman on Al-Jazeera Calls on Muslims to Bomb, Burn Down Danish Embassies and Kidnap Danish Ambassadors to Slaughter Them at Muhammad's Tomb

From a Marine Mom

A story from AP and a Marine Mom

Islamists leave Israel no choice

THE attack yesterday in Jerusalem on a Jewish religious school in which eight civilians died disclosed important political trends.

Hillary Needs Obama

If a week in politics is a lifetime then Hillary Clinton has lived this lifetime to the fullest thanks to voters in Ohio, Rhode Island and Texas.

Canadian shot in attack on Jerusalem seminary

A Canadian teenager is among the students seriously injured in Thursday's attack on a Jerusalem seminary.

Unknown Destination

Dhaka, Bangladesh--The military-backed interim government in Bangladesh is gradually proceeding with its ultimate plan of planting non-political people as ‘people’s representative’ in order to attain the goal of ultimately depolitizing the country.

Report: 8 killed in Jerusalem terror attack

Eight people reported killed in gun battle with terrorist fleeing scene of attack in Kiryat Moshe quarter; one infiltrator killed, said to have been wearing bomb belt