Change won’t come to America without prior de-brainwashing
American progressives don’t appear to grasp the implications behind the fact that only slightly over half of those who voted in the last presidential election (53%) did so for Barack Obama, presumably to bring change for Americans as individuals, and also as a nation.
Denial is the first refuge. There is no difference between the deniers of the Armenian genocide, the deniers of the annihilation of the Native Americans and the deniers of the atrocities of all wars.
Oil-trading company Transfigura has said it has reached a settlement with 31,000 people in Cote d'Ivoire who claimed they were made ill by toxic waste dumped around the capital, Abidjan.
Israel's president has assured Moscow that Israel is not planning a military strike against Iran, Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian president, said in an interview.
Three men have been arrested for making false statements to FBI agents investigating an alleged plot to launch an attack on New York, US officials say.
A taped message purportedly from the Taliban chief says that Nato and the US would understand their lack of military success in Afghanistan if they studied the country's long history of war.