- Global Opinion of Obama Slips, International Policies Faulted Thanks Hector!
- Canada rises to 4th in world peace rankings--"Canada rose to fourth on an annual ranking of world peacefulness, trailing only Iceland, Denmark and New Zealand, while Syria posted the biggest drop on the list."
- Ireland up to 20th in world competitiveness list
- World Rankings: Zimbabweans close-in on Nigerians on fraud--Why do 'Nigerian scammers' say they're from Nigeria, anyhow?
- Myanmar improves in U.S. slavery rankings as reforms continue
- Environmental activists 'being killed at rate of one a week'
- Brazil's blueprint for reforestation
- Brazil: Hundreds Occupy Brazil's Belo Monte Dam Construction Site
- Canada wants to hold on to fossil fuel subsidies, leaked document reveals--"Canada is making waves heading into the global Rio+20 Earth Summit by trying to prevent the conference from adopting commitments requiring an end to taxpayer subsidies of the fossil fuel sector."
- Furious Greenpeace moves to 'war footing' at Rio+20
- Angela Merkel tells rest of Europe to get real about eurozone crisis--Her own parliament has issues about that.
- Hollande party wins majority in French parliament--More trouble for Merkel?
- Greek voices: 'We just feel betrayed. We are the EU's scapegoats
- Egypt voters' 'loss of faith'--""We thought Tahrir Square was the only place we can change everything. We should have thought about how to move from the square into decision-making spots."
- Egypt's military grants itself sweeping powers--Martial law makes a comeback.
- Military official disputes report of Mubarak's clinical death
- Russian lawmakers adopt controversial protest bill
- Opposition rally in Moscow draws tens of thousands
- Putin is defiant despite march
- Far-right Greek MP who punched woman in the face on live TV sues his victims for defamation
- Golden Dawn threatens hospital raids against immigrants in Greece--"Far-right party says it will throw immigrants and their children out on the street, as some hospitals run short of supplies."
- Greece: far-right party returns to parliament
- German far-right lawmakers removed from parliament--"The president of Saxony's state parliament expelled eight far-right lawmakers from the assembly Wednesday for wearing clothes favored by German neo-Nazis."
- Germany bans Salafist organization amid raids--"German authorities launched a nationwide crackdown Thursday on an ultraconservative Islamic organization, raiding homes, meeting halls and mosques, while banning one related group and opening in an investigation of two others."
- A Party On The Rise, Germany's Pirates Come Ashore--Trouble brewing in the horizon?
- Philippines accuses China of deploying ships in Scarborough shoal--Tensions have somewhat abated.
- Beware of Chinese Jingoism--They're stoking nationalistic fervor.
- The US Will Re-Open Massive Philippine Bases Not Occupied Since The Cold War
