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The Annual Muslim Debate in Italy

Questionable diplomatic behavior on the part of the Italian premier meanwhile includes repeated references to US President Barack Obama as suntanned.

(ROME) - I cannot recall a visit to my friend’s home in Puglia, southern Italy, in which the Muslim invasion of Europe has not surfaced as a discussion topic.

It often initiates when one or more of my friend’s relatives discovers that I have just been to Turkey or Lebanon, for example, and remarks on my good fortune as a female to have avoided being stoned to death.

America`s Rotten and Corrupt Foundation

One of the ingredients of American Kool-Aid is the belief in the prescience of the Framers and the profundity of the Constitution they produced.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - I call Americans in general People of the Kool-Aid. Kool-Aid was invented in Hastings, Nebraska in 1927 and production moved to Chicago in 1931. It was sold to General Foods in 1953 and is now one of the Kraft Food brands.

The cultural reference to drinking Kool-Aid refers to the Jonestown Massacre in Jonestown, Guyana where 907 people died of cyanide poisoning which had been put into a drink called Flavor Aid (not Kool Aid).

Schneider Trial Aftermath

My, my, at Waterloo Napoleon did surrender Oh yeah, and I have met my destiny in quite a similar way" - (Lyrics to Abba song)

(WICHITA, Kansas) - I had planned on writing an article on the sentencing of Dr. Stephen Schneider and his wife in the fall, but some interesting events occurred recently that caused me to change my mind.

For starters, federal prosecutors told a federal judge last week that Stephen and Linda Schneider should be made to forfeit more than $4.2 million in assets to help pay for their crimes. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Annette Gurney and Tanya Treadway filed a motion asking U.S. District Judge Monti Belot to award the government money the Schneiders illegally obtained.

A United Iran Against a Collapsing Israel

From mass killing to illegal settlements, Israel continues illegal actions; this is what keeps them alive.

(TEHRAN) - As Israel moves toward greater international isolation due to its aggressive, belligerent policies, Iran is seeing wider support for its uncompromising resistance.

The world is witness to the growth of Iran's popularity while hatred and disgust against Israel builds up progressively.

Student Exchange Organization Seeks Salem Families

STS Foundation, a non profit student exchange organization, is proud to help facilitate these relationships. They have been doing so for more than 20 years and look forward to finding new host families in Salem and connecting them with exchange students.

(SALEM, Ore.) - International high school exchange students are coming to study in the Salem area during the 2010-11 school year.

These students will integrate themselves into a Salem area family with the goal of experiencing American culture as an American high school student does. In turn they will provide insight into their own culture.

Why Extinction May Soon be Extinct

In a relative handful of years extinct animals will be brought back. Science fiction? Not anymore.

(CHICAGO) - A recent article in the UK's Daily Telegraph bemoaned the possible extinction of up to one-third of the lifeforms on Earth.

Cincinnati CBP Officers Discover Marijuana in Tombstone

Creative smuggling technique doesn't fool federal officials.

(CINCINNATI) - Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Cincinnati DHL express consignment operation seized more than 52 pounds of marijuana last week.

While the seizure of marijuana being smuggled into the country is nothing new to these officers, the method of concealment was something they had never seen before.

Senate Resolution Honors Montford Point Marines

August 26 marks the 68th anniversary of the first day African-American recruits began training at Montford Point.

(CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.) - The Montford Point Marine Association and Camp Lejeune are scheduled to conduct a "Montford Point Marines Day" recognition ceremony at Camp Johnson on August 26 at 9:00 a.m. Commandant of the Marine Corps, and Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, will attend the ceremony.

Controversy Over Muslim Cultural Center Near Ground Zero

Racism and bigotry are alive and well in America.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Lost in the shuffle about the protests of building a cultural center near Ground Zero is that a number of Muslims died at the towers that day -- not just the nut cases in the planes -- and that nearly all Muslims adamantly opposed the actions and events that took place on 9/11, and denounced them strongly, saying that the Islamic religion in no way condones it.

The controversy has been inaccurately dubbed the "Ground Zero mosque."

Saudi Arabia Urged Not to Deliberately Paralyze Man as Retribution Punishment

Saudi Arabia regularly sentences people to various forms of corporal punishment.

(TABUK, Saudi Arabia) - Amnesty International has urged the Saudi Arabian authorities not to deliberately paralyze a man in retribution for similar injuries he allegedly caused during a fight.

Reports say a court in Tabuk, in the north-west of the country, had approached a number of hospitals about the possibility of cutting the man’s spinal cord to carry out the punishment of qisas (retribution), as requested by the injured victim.