The Obama Administration seems to be taking solid steps towards recognizing the rights of same-sex couples. And though it may not seem enough for LGBT groups to grant benefits to domestic partners of federal and foreign service employees, the actions by the Obama White House yesterday and today, may signal a step in the right [...]
Mousavi has emerged as the key leader of Iran’s “Velvet Revolution.” Today, all over Iran Mousavi’s supporters were marching again in huge numbers to mourn the people killed in previous protests. Mousavi is now asking for a new election to take place, not only a recount. He gives a regular news update to his supporters. [...]
Following the scandals of misappropriations of public funds by MPs to cover personal expenses, the British Parliament just released today extensive documents on MPs salaries and allowances. The current annual salary for an MP is 64,766 British Pounds. In addition, MPs receive allowances to cover the costs of running an office, employing staff and having [...]
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stood her ground and perhaps surprised many of her far left critics on Wednesday when she told Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman to stop expanding their settlements. Lieberman, who was visiting the US for the first time since assuming his new post, was refuted by Clinton after he told her [...]
The CIA destroyed videotapes that showed its agents subjecting high-level al-Qaeda detainees to waterboarding and other brutal interrogation methods after the agency’s inspector general issued a classified report in the spring of 2004 that concluded the techniques used on the prisoners “appeared to constitute cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment, as defined by the International Convention [...]
