SPIEGEL ONLINE 10/13/2009 11:20 AM China, the Unwelcome Guest Controversy as Frankfurt Book Fair Fetes Beijing By Wolfgang Höbel and Andreas Lorenz China, which bans hundreds of books every year, was a controversial choice as the guest of honor at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair. But some of the Chinese authors appearing at the fair, […]
– Pajamas Media – http://pajamasmedia.com – Barack Alone Posted By John Rosenthal On October 13, 2009 @ 12:00 am In . Column2 03, . Positioning, Europe, Politics, World News | 1 Comment Back in the day, the mainstream news media used to revel in the political misfortunes of the European leaders that had supported George […]
– Pajamas Media – http://pajamasmedia.com – Two European Nuclear Scientists Arrested as Al-Qaeda Suspects Posted By Annie Jacobsen On October 13, 2009 @ 12:02 am In . Column2 02, Crime, Europe, Media, Science, World News | 2 Comments Last week I was in Las Vegas attending a banquet honoring retired intelligence officers, many of whom […]
Ban supports Abbas on Goldstone report Oct. 13, 2009 Tovah Lazaroff , THE JERUSALEM POST Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas received a supportive nod from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who on Sunday praised the Palestinian leader’s engagement with UN member states regarding the Goldstone report on Operation Cast Lead, and told him he was a […]
A Nobel for Practical Economics One winner helped us understand the social benefits of mergers, the other how to take care of common resources. By DAVID R. HENDERSON Yesterday’s award of the Nobel Prize in economics to Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson at first struck me as a good choice. Now I think it’s a […]
A Perfect Nobel Pick TOO BAD HE INCLUDES THE THUG ANWAR SADAT, A HITLER ACOLYTE AMONG THOSE DESERVING A PRIZE…. The committee didn’t recognize Truman, after all. Bret Stephens Pop quiz: What do Bertha von Suttner, Henri La Fontaine, Ludwig Quidde, Norman Angell, Arthur Henderson, Eisaku Sato, Alva Myrdal and Joseph Rotblat have in common? […]
Return to the Article October 13, 2009 Obama and the Foreign Policy of the Empty Suit By Abraham H. Miller Having been one of the journalistic minions to have protected Barack Obama from scrutiny, Newsweek’s Howard Fineman has finally figured out what many of us knew. Obama is an empty suit who thinks he can […]
Vegetarian spider Bagheera kiplingi found in Central America A caring, vegetarian spider – the first ever discovered, called Bagheera kiplingi – has been found in the forests of Central America.  By Tom Chivers Published: 10:52AM BST 13 Oct 2009 The sandal-wearing, lefty-liberal, tofu-and-mung-bean-eating hippie spider B. kiplingi Photo: NATIONAL PICTURES The Bagheera kiplingi – […]
Abbas given ‘life sentence’ in mock trial over Goldstone report Oct. 12, 2009 Khaled Abu Toameh , THE JERUSALEM POST A Palestinian “court” in the Gaza Strip on Monday found Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas guilty of high treason and sentenced him to life in prison. Abbas was convicted because of his decision to withdraw […]
 Bashar Assad with Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan Pictures of the week: Israel & Region | World Ten Turkish ministers head to Syria for strategic talks Oct. 13, 2009 Herb Keinon , THE JERUSALEM POST Less than a week after Turkey informed Israel that it was unwelcome in the Anatolian Eagle military exercise, 10 Turkish […]
