Interview: New EU Reform Measures Fall Short, Danish Researcher Says

Though the European Union has lauded its own efforts to avoid another disastrous banking fall out, one Danish researcher says these efforts simply aren’t enough.

Magda Fahsi
By Magda Fahsi
EU Parliament

BRUSSELS -- In 2008, a major financial crisis rocked the world. In the European Union, this event sparked a political discussion on a series of measures designed to prevent the dire consequences of such crises in the future, including big bank bailouts. Meanwhile, five years have passed and the EU has adopted new financial rules under the

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Border Patrol Agents Kill Man Trying to Cross U.S. Border For Throwing Rocks

Several immigrants crossing the border illegally will not be charged with any crime and a spokesman for the border patrol said the action was justified.

Katie Rucke
By Katie Rucke

Around 7 a.m. Tuesday morning, a U.S. border patrol agent shot and killed a man near a U.S.-Mexico border crossing, after the man allegedly assaulted the officer by throwing rocks at him. Local news accounts reported  the shooting occurred after two border patrol agents monitoring a mountainous area about four miles east of the Otay Mesa crossing

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Israel and Saudi Arabia’s Priorities In Syria

Current developments both inside and outside of Syria have shown that the primary sponsors of the extremist-dominated insurgency aren’t quite ready to throw in the towel.

Phil Greaves
By Phil Greaves

Current developments both inside and outside of Syria have shown that the primary sponsors of the extremist-dominated insurgency – namely, the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Israel and Turkey – aren’t quite ready to throw in the towel. One may be forgiven for thinking the Obama administration

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Manifesto Of The Farmer Labor Association

“American capitalism failed because it succeeded. As a productive force creating goods and services, it was no longer essential. New industries were being created in foreign countries, and even old industries were sending customer service calls abroad. “

Ed Felien
By Ed Felien

“Capitalism has failed and should be abolished!” “We mean to establish a Cooperative Commonwealth!” That’s the Preamble to the 1934 Farmer Labor Party Platform, and the party that believed in those principles went on to elect Floyd B. Olson governor and win a majority in the Minnesota State House of Representatives. Do those ideas have any

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Prominent Anti-Drone Activist Kidnapped In Pakistan

A prominent Pakistani anti-drone campaigner and journalist whose son and brother were killed by drones was abducted February 5th by over a dozen men, just before he was set to travel to Europe to testify to lawmakers about the war crimes wrought by U.S. drone strikes. He is currently missing, according to his family. “Kareem […]

Sarah Lazare
By Sarah Lazare
Kareem Khan, centre left, a Pakistani tribesman from North Wazirstan, is surrounded by media as his lawyer Mirza Shahzad Akbar, centre right, looks on, during a media conference in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

A prominent Pakistani anti-drone campaigner and journalist whose son and brother were killed by drones was abducted February 5th by over a dozen men, just before he was set to travel to Europe to testify to lawmakers about the war crimes wrought by U.S. drone strikes. He is currently missing, according to his family. "Kareem Khan is not only a

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Security Fears Threaten US Future In Afghanistan

Warily watching to see how many U.S. troops might remain in Afghanistan next year, American diplomats and aid workers are facing a drawdown.

Associated Press
By Associated Press
Shamila, 8, carries firewood in the Behsood district of Jalalabad, Afghanistan. Uncertainty over how many U.S. troops might remain in Afghanistan beyond this year has trickled down to American diplomats and aid workers whose efforts over the last decade to develop the still mostly primitive country faces a drawdown of its own because of security fears. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Warily watching to see how many U.S. troops might remain in Afghanistan next year, American diplomats and aid workers are facing a drawdown of their own as security threats and dwindling resources limit their 12-year push to develop the mostly primitive nation. Nearly $100 billion has been spent since 2001 on U.S. projects to

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