Russia scraps anti-crime deal with the US

Faced with unprecedented street protests against his 12-year rule, Putin accused the U.S. State Department of staging the protests in order to weaken Russia.

Jesus Christ Putin why are you so delusional.

The Russian definition of treason was also expanded to include potentially any contact with a ( Read more... )

UK: Hearing into CIA drones would dent US ties
Noor Khan... has asked the High Court to examine whether British intelligence officials assisted the strike.

I thought the UK wasn't assisting the U.S. in the Middle Eastern war any longer? I'm a bit confused about this.

Russian opposition issues warning to KremlinOn Tuesday, Russian lawmakers passed ( Read more... )

Strauss-Kahn claims diplomatic immunity in lawsuit

The favorite for the upcoming French president is accused of sexually assaulting a Guinean maid in the New York hotel he was staying in.

Americans convicted in Iran say they were hostages

The were finally freed, but really, who hikes on the Iranian border?

Analysis: Clouds over California's new ( Read more... )

What Paddington tells us about German v British Manners

There are Britons in Berlin who get taken aback by the directness of Germans. And there are Germans who get really annoyed when Britons (and Americans), in an effort to appear friendly, say things they don't really mean. Some Germans call this "lying ( Read more... )

I don't know how I feel about Libya.

Libya only controls 2% of the world's oil [according to Yahoo!news]. The United States really doesn't have anything to gain from this air strike other than being on an humanitarian mission. But what this sounds like is Vietnam, except this time France is on our side and Muslims represent the new Soviet Union. ( Read more... )

CA-Canada SummaryOTTAWA (Reuters) - American diplomats in Ottawa fretted about the relentlessly negative image of the United States on television shows in Canada, according to secret cables released by Wikileaks. The cables -- made public by the National Post newspaper on Wednesday -- also showed U.S. officials felt Canadians had "an almost ( Read more... )

WikiLeaks rape charge renewed
( Julian Assange was banned from the EU on the account of a rape charge. I am disappointed in you, Sweden. )

I came out of Russian History class thinking to myself that I have a hard time with numbers (This is truly an understatement). Not only with moving numbers around, but getting a physical feel for the weight of them ( Read more... )

( NaNoWriMo ramblings I want to talk about, even if it's with myself. I'm having fun with this. )

Liberated enough to have babies
France is the only country in Europe that is making enough babies, said Jean-Claude Barreau.

( We have managed to make childbearing 'fashionable' )