Anarchists from Hamburg’s autonomous scene battled police for six hours late Saturday and early Sunday in the trendy Schanzenviertel neighbourhood after a street fair. Over 100 rioters were arrested and 27 police officers injured. Over 10,000 visitors visited the Schanzenfest street fair, but once it turned dark, over 1,000 young, masked anarchists came out to do battle, police said. The rioters... 

Russian ultranationalists are increasingly resorting to violence against authorities in response to a sweeping government crackdown on hate crime, an independent watchdog said Monday. Right-wing radicals plotted explosions at police stations and military conscription offices in three Russian cities in early May, while several nationalist groups claimed responsibility for burning police cars and setting... 

The far-right Hungarian Guard, a radical nationalist organisation, must be dissolved because in the past its marches have fuelled ethnic tensions and led to a disruption of public order, a Hungarian court ruled on Thursday. Politicians, human rights activists and Gypsy rights activists have criticised the Guard for staging intimidating marches nationwide to protest against the spread of petty crime... 

Ireland’s EU Commissioner, Charlie McCreevy, has conceded that voters in most EU countries would reject the stalled Lisbon Treaty. His admission came as Brian Cowen, the Irsih prime minister, was set to announce 2 October as the date when Ireland holds its second referendum on the document. The treaty, which proposes the first full-time President of the European Council, is highly contentious... 

One in four South African men questioned in a survey said they had raped someone, and nearly half of them admitted more than one attack. The study, by the country’s Medical Research Council, also found three out of four who admitted rape had attacked for the first time during their teens. It said practices such as gang rape were common because they were considered a form of male bonding. The... 

So far as I can tell from England, the American media gives little real coverage to events in the United Kingdom. Either events are not covered at all, or they are covered without enough context to give them meaning. I think this has been the case with the results of the European elections and the House of Commons expenses scandal that is said to have led to these election results. The European Elections Let... 

In a major strategic shift, Senate Democratic leaders will push the federal hate crimes bill to the floor of the Senate as another amendment to a “must-pass” bill (Washington Blade, www.washblade.com, June 8, 2009, “Senate to Pass Hate Crimes Bill as Amendment”). Widespread Christian/conservative protest has destroyed the bill’s chances of going forward as standalone legislation... 

For the second weekend in a row, teenagers attacked both people and property, causing a lot of damage to both. Police say word spread online for the teenagers to mass in the street. This is the mini mart that got trashed. The mob left here and headed back toward South Street. Two blocks away, they came across a young couple in a Jeep who spoke exclusively with Action News about their terrifying ordeal.... 

Demonstrator shouts slogans during a protest rally: Protesters demand Georgian president resigns Overshadowed by allegations of bizarre coup plots and Kremlin-inspired subterfuge, the protests have prompted fears of a return to the violent turmoil that characterised Georgia’s transition from Soviet satellite to sovereign state in the early 1990s. But so far, at least, the demonstrations have... 

Hundreds of people have demonstrated in German city of Cologne protesting against an anti-Islam rally and urging support to Muslims’ rights in the country. Two right-wing groups held the anti-Islam rally on Saturday to oppose the building of a large new mosque in the city. There were about 300 people at the right-wing rally, according to police. Following the anti-Islam rally, about 1600 left-wingers... 

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See the double standard, the disconnect? It is wrong to criticize Jews because they feel offended and they will accuse you of “anti-semitism” for “offending” some 16 million Jews worldwide but what happens if someone “offends” the Christians who are between 1.5 billion and 2.1 billion? Nothing! Anti-Christianity is permitted and it is wrong! A SOUTHAMPTON bus... 

US Catholic bishops are in favor of illegal aliens! CHICAGO – The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on Saturday called on the White House to end immigration raids that split up families. “I stand with other faith leaders and all of you gathered here today and with every immigrant family in this nation to call on our government to end immigration raids and the separation... 

Jessica Foord, a 22-year-old woman who was gang-raped in Durban, has spoken up bravely about her ordeal – and has also become an inspiring motivational speaker in her campaign for the rights of rape-victims. Her rapists were sentenced to long prison sentences in Durban on March 16 2009. Uniformed pupils holding candles gathered outside the Durban High Court in South Africa Monday ahead of the... 

The following is the actual text of a speech delivered in December, 2005 by Comrade Chi Haotian ­the Vice-Chairman of China’s Military Commission to top officers and generals. Keep in mind that China has for many years advocated deceitful and covert warfare against its enemies. This is their Modus Operandi. There should be little question that a “Bird Flu” Pandemic would deeply excite...