Presidential hopeful Barack Obama belongs to the United Church of Christ, which was the first to ordain an openly gay minister and to call for equal marriage rights for all people, regardless of gender.The UCC prides itself as being “out front” on social justice issues, battling civil rights, women’s rights and gay rights ahead of the mainstream. One Sunday hymnal equally celebrates... 

Don’t count on your typical teenager to nod knowingly the next time you drop a reference to any of these. A study out today finds that about half of 17-year-olds can’t identify the books or historical events associated with them. Twenty-five years after the federal report A Nation at Risk challenged U.S. public schools to raise the quality of education, the study finds high schoolers still... 

  The United Nations warned yesterday that it no longer has enough money to keep global malnutrition at bay this year in the face of a dramatic upward surge in world commodity prices, which have created a “new face of hunger”. “We will have a problem in coming months,” said Josette Sheeran, the head of the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP). “We will have a significant... 

    Barack Obama’s campaign accused Hillary Clinton’s team Monday of circulating a photo of the Illinois senator donning traditional attire – clothing worn by area Muslims – as a goodwill gesture during an overseas trip. In a statement, the Clinton campaign called the charge “an obvious and transparent attempt to distract” voters from serious issues – but did not issue a denial. The... 

South African motorists can expect a recurrence of last year’s fuel shortages if liquid fuels are used by large industry as a short-term solution to the electricity crisis. “Fuel supplies are at a critical level. If the solution is to use liquid fuels then we will not be able to meet demands,” said Peter Morgan, the chief executive officer of the Fuel Retailers’ Association... 

The international split over Kosovo grew more ominous Friday as Russia raised the spectre of using force to back its Serb ally’s bid to retain the territory. Russia’s envoy to NATO warned both the Western military alliance, which has a 16,000-strong peacekeeping force in Kosovo, and the European Union against formally backing the ethnic-Albanian leadership’s declaration of independence... 

  Just a few weeks ago, markets around the world were crashing, and a disaster seemed all but certain. The federal reserve responded by slashing the Fed Rate three-quarters of a point, and the Stock Market avoided a wholesale disaster. The underlying problems of a sub-prime mortgage disaster, millions of good-paying jobs being outsourced and a huge illegal alien population draining our government... 

The ancient and classic Swedish military symbol, a proud male lion, was recently castrated by Feminist forces in European society. Scandinavian soldiers (whose ancestors were Vikings 1000 years ago) are represented abroad (in Afghanistan and elsewhere) by a castrated lion. A castrated lion symbol was given in the Middle Ages to vassals whom the king wanted to humiliate. In the past, any male would... 

  The Zociste Monastery was situated about five miles outside of Orahovac, a town in western Kosovo. Its church was a treasure — dating to the 13th century, the interior featured medieval frescoes and beautiful wood carvings. Dedicated to eighth-century healers Cosmas and Damian, the church filled a special role in the spiritual life of those in the region. They brought their sick to the church,... 

  Here is a very compact, but brilliant analysis of the hell that is South Africa. Note the comments by the Business Day editor as to why the ANC has to disband the Scorpions. It is in order to allow our top leaders to continue with their theft and corruption unmolested by the law. It mentions many things very accurately. It is a good summary of the last 14 years. All it does not mention is our agriculture... 

In response to the latest wave of Muslim violence, the Danish authorities are working intensively on ways to deal with the riots. Meanwhile, “freedom fighters” in Gaza are calling for the prompt extermination of Danish cartoonists.   Rioters to be evicted Housing administrators in most of Denmark are ready to act against the troublemakers behind the arson and destruction in Denmark during the... 

 MOSCOW, February 21 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s foreign minister called on Thursday for talks on the status of Kosovo, whose parliament declared independence on February 17, to be resumed. Tensions have escalated in Belgrade, with thousands of Serbs gathering in the capital to protest against Kosovo’s independence. Groups of activists broke into United States and Croatian embassies... 

After the departure of many white people, those who remain in the country often face economic hardship. An elderly white man sits behind the steering wheel of an old van with “National Railways Zimbabwe” emblazoned on its doors. As he and the group of black men with him disembark from the van, people start pointing and passing comments about him. Slightly unkempt, with a rough beard and... 

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Ministers have adopted a new language for declarations on Islamic terrorism. In future, fanatics will be referred to as pursuing “anti-Islamic activity”. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said that extremists were behaving contrary to their faith, rather than acting in the name of Islam. Security officials believe that directly linking terrorism to Islam is inflammatory, and risks alienating...