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2,000 Somali forces to get 100 European Union training force to counter Islamist insurgents

As rampant piracy continues to plague the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia, and Islamic insurgents foment violence and instability inside the country, the EU is hoping to bolster the failed state by providing it with military training. The ...

From THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Taiwan News,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: European Union,  Javier Solana

U.S. Muslim groups to ferret out extremists

In the hours after officials identified Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, a Virginian of Palestinian ancestry, as the shooter at Fort Hood, Texas, on Nov. 5, U.S. Muslim groups quickly condemned the attack. Religious and community leaders were eager to ...

From THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, eTaiwan News,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Federal Bureau of Investigation,  Nidal Malik Hasan,  Ibrahim Hooper,  Pew Research Center,  Al-Qaeda

Illinois leaders split on taking Guantanamo detainees at state prison

As it maneuvers to close the Guantanamo Bay terrorism camp and move detainees to the U.S., the Obama administration is eyeing an underused state prison in tiny Thomson, Ill., a town of about 600 people on the Mississippi River in the northwest part ...

From THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, eTaiwan News,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: University of Illinois,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  Al-Qaeda,  U.S. Senate

Without paid sick leave, workers won't stay home

Nearly half of all U.S. workers do not have paid sick leave, and half of these are more likely to go to work feeling unwell - or send an ill child to school - rather than take an unpaid day off. Commuters crowd downtown Boston, Massachusetts. ...

From THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Taiwan News,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Christopher Dodd,  U.S. Congress,  Labor Department,  Brookings Institution

Pro-govt Iranians mark 30th anniversary of U.S. Embassy seizure

Iranian security forces used clubs, teargas and paintball guns to disperse thousands of antigovernment protesters in Tehran on Wednesday who took to the streets as thousands of regime loyalists marked the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy ...

From THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, eTaiwan News,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Ali Khamenei,  Barack Obama,  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Michael Moore ignores capitalism's blessings

Though Michael Moore seems to have missed it, in the past 10 years corporations have made enormous strides in promoting workplace democracy, patent-free innovation, and the financial independence of women in developing nations. Film maker ...

From THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, eTaiwan News,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Michael Moore,  Academy Awards,  Harvard Business Review,  FORTUNE Magazine,  Starbucks Corp

Republican Senators boycott debate of climate change bill

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D) ended the morning today shuffling papers in silence at the head of an empty table, as Republican senators boycotted Day 1 of her panel’s markup of historic climate legislation. “This is an opportunity. I ask my colleagues to show ...

From CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, EcoEarth News,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  John Kerry,  Barbara Boxer,  Environmental Protection Agency,  Environment and Public Works Committee

The world demonstrates against climate change, but US public concern wanes

People form the number 350 with umbrellas on the steps of the Opera House in Sydney, Australia, on Saturday. Scientists claim that the upper limit for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere should be no more that 350 parts per million to avoid runaway ...

From CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, EcoEarth News,  24 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Bill McKibben,  U.S. Congress,  United Nations,  Desmond Tutu

Pay cuts at the bailout companies

The decision by Kenneth Feinberg, the Obama administration's "pay czar," to slash executive compensation at America's seven biggest "bailout" companies is good politics. But is it good business? The country will find out as Feinberg tests vogue ...

From THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, eTaiwan News,  23 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Bank of America,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Congress,  Citigroup,  General Motors

Chinese have a new passion for Western board games

He Jiaxi has given up killing terrorists. He's put down his AK-47s and grenades and long-range sniper rifles. He's dropped his plasma cannons, too, because about two years ago, obliterating legions of marauding space monsters went out of style. ...

From THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Taiwan News,  20 Oct 2009

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