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*Sunday, January 29, 2012* *Buy American. Save American Jobs!* *Sunday talk show tip sheet* *E-NewsBriefing posted below* *Saturday, January 28, 2012* *Public debates abortion clinic regulations* (A small crowd turned out Friday for a Virginia Board of Health public hearing on controversial rules that regulate abortion clinics as a type of hospital. Online, the debate is much more spirited. As of Friday night, there were about 250 posts on a ...) *Michelle Obama Lunches With Planned Parenthood Activist* (First Lady Michelle Obama was in Florida on Thursday afternoon for a private lunch reception with supporters of pro-abortion President Barack Obama's re-election campaign. While there, she met with an activist from the Planned Parenthood abortion business. AVIPP COMMENTARY: A President and first lady that do not defend the murder of the unborn do not belong holding that office.) *Jill Stanek to pro-lifers: Don't wait…use your gifts right now to help end abortion* *(Jill Stanek was a registered nurse at an Illinois hospital when she discovered that babies were being born alive after failed abortions and left to die with no medical care.)* *Three More Anti-Abortion Bills Pass House Committee* (In 2011, Florida legislators made abortion restriction a primary focal point of the session, passing laws that made it more difficult for minor girls to get a judicial bypass without parents' consent, banned private ...) *Students for Life Presents Plan to Turn the Tide on Abortion* *Ontario gvmt won't cut abortion funding despite threats of limiting C-sections* *Alleged rape by Kelly prompted paralegal's abortion, source says* (A paralegal who accused the New York police commissioner's son of raping her inside a Manhattan law firm said the incident left her pregnant and prompted her to get an abortion, according to a source familiar with the investigation.) *Alaska Lt. Governor Treadwell Inspires Pro-Life Advocates* *Medication Abortion Law In North Dakota Challenged In Court On 'Undue Burden ...* *Abortion Clinics in New Mexico Injure Women With No Oversight* *Lawyers in abortion murder case say fetal deaths occurred in N.J.* *(Unless the state's actual intent is to prohibit lawful abortions, the essential element of murder of a viable fetus is the actual death of the fetus and not the evacuation of the dead fetus.)* *Another million dead* (January 22, 2011, marked the 39^th anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade and corresponding abdication of social responsibility. The March for Life and other pro-woman and pro-life groups commemorated the day as they have every year since 1974, with vigils and gatherings across the country and a march from downtown Washington, DC, to the Supreme Court. ) *Girl Scouts in DC Respond to Planned Parenthood Link Charges* *Abortion questions arise about Obama's 9^th Circuit nominee* (In 1972 Hurwitz clerked for Connecticut District Court Judge Jon Newman, who authored two abortion case opinions (Abele I and Abele II) that Hurwitz later cited as highly influential for the majority when deciding Roe v Wade.) *Trust Women: The Most Disingenuous Pro-Abortion Slogan Ever* *Anti-abortion take on Obama* *Pro-Life Movie Doonby Presents Heartfelt Message on Abortion* *Abortions to resume at Columbia Planned Parenthood* *Refuting the Claim Women Will Resort to Coat Hanger Abortions* *Pro-aborts throw rocks, trash at pro-lifers protesting abortions at Barcelona Catholic hospital* *(The pro-lifers were protesting earlier this week against abortions taking place at a Barcelona Catholic hospital.)* *Occupy Protestors Harass Pro-Life Advocates in Roe Event* *‘To Hell with you!' That's what Obama just told Catholics, says bishop* *(Saying it's "really hard to believe that it happened," the bishop of Pittsburgh has taken aim at the Obama administration's abortifacient birth control mandate.)* *Practitioner Settles Case of Woman Killed in Failed Abortion* (The pro-life group Operation Rescue has uncovered new documentation in its new AbortionDocs.org project uncovering cases of botched abortions and medical and legal negligence by abortion practitioners.) *Birth control mandate meant to squeeze churches out of healthcare, says Congressman* *("There's a coerciveness about this administration unlike any I've seen before," said US Representative of New Jersey Chris Smith (R).)* *Doonesbury Comic Strip Attacks Santorum's Pro-Life Views* *(Former US Senator of Pennsylvania and GOP Presidential candidate Rick Santorum )* *The March for Life (Was The Washington Post's coverage biased?)* *Optimism as U.S. Transfers Security Control to Afghans in Jalalabad* *France, Karzai want NATO to exit Afghanistan by 2013* (France and Afghanistan agree NATO should speed up by a year its timetable for handing all combat operations to Afghan forces in 2013, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday, raising new questions about the unity of the Western military alliance. AVIPP COMMENTARY: NATO should leave once the enemy is defeated! This should not be determined by the neo-Napoleon French President Sarkozy or the corrupt Afghan President Hamid Karzai.) *Emboldened Taliban Try to Sell Softer Image* (The Taliban in Afghanistan have moderated a lot of their once-radical positions and now support education for girls. As the US pursues peace talks with the Taliban, the question is will the group behave more responsibly if returned to power.) *New Libya torture claims emerge* *(The BBC hears accounts from prison inmates in Libya suggesting that supporters of the late dictator Gaddafi are being tortured in detention. )* *A South African Party's New Face, and Lightning Rod* *(Lindiwe Mazibuko, a leader in the Democratic Alliance, faces criticism over whether she is black enough as she tries to help the party shed its white, elitist image.)* *Sect leader issues threat to Nigeria's president* *U.S. doubts new war in Sudan as jets bomb refugee camps* *Sudan offers gesture in oil row* *African Union opens new, Chinese-funded $200m headquarters in Ethiopian capital* *Senegal Wade ruling fuels clashes* *Warning over Niger harvest crisis* *Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day: This Past Year's Research from the Tom Lantos Archives on Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial* *Mass protest by Kyrgyzstan inmates* *(More than 1,000 convicts in Kyrgyzstan have sewn their mouths shut in protest against conditions in the country's jails.)* *Entrepreneur Alan Bond finds his wife dead in the swimming pool of their Australian mansion* *Majority of Americans Want Gov't to Help Stop Foreclosures* *(AVIPP COMMENTARY: Foolish Americans do not realize that the housing crisis was cause by big government interventionism. So how will the government solve the problem they created?)* *Electric-Car Firm That Received Biden Visit and $118M in Stimulus Funds Files for Bankruptcy* *(Vice-President Joseph R Biden Jr )* *Canadian Stocks Advance as Italian Bond Yields Fall; Bank Shares Decline* *Shafia murder trial jury begins deliberations* *(A jury in Kingston, Ontario, has begun deliberations in the case of three Montrealers accused of murdering four family members in June 2009.)* *A snapshot of Canada's aboriginal population* *Biker found dead in Montreal prison* *(A former Ontario Hells Angels member accused of murder was found dead in his Montreal prison cell Friday morning.)* *Harper's pension-reform speech missing key details* *(Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper)* Mexican man arrested in beating of Canadian woman Lion dies after surgery at Calgary Zoo *Canada's worst federal employees — and why some still have their jobs* *Two men killed in B.C. mill blast identified* *PM's message to Canadians: Rethink your retirement* *Toronto paramedics use personal phones on the job, inquest hears* *Pipeline will not cross Dene Nations land, elders vow* *(The Northern Gateway pipeline will never be built on their land, said the Dene First Nations.)* *Small spending cut wields big axe on government jobs* *Could anyone have saved 2-year-old Joshua from his parents?* *Parents accused in tot's death fled country to avoid child services: Family* *More Strong Earthquakes Predicted for Haiti, Dominican Republic: Report* *Guatemala to try former dictator over ‘genocide'* *Uighurs deported back to China are jailed for life* *(China has jailed two Uighurs deported from Cambodia for life, Radio Free Asia reported yesterday, showing...)* *What Looms Behind China's Growing Urbanization* *Thousands Strike in China in First Month of 2012* *Activists Crack China's Wall of Denial About Air Pollution* *Activist Barred from Traveling to Accept Award* *(Dong Xuan, the daughter of a wheelchair-bound Chinese activist who was crippled by torture in custody, was prevented from leaving China recently to accept an award on behalf [...])* *China's Demographic Inflection Point Approaches, Says Scholar* *(China's working age population of 15 to 64-year-olds is declining for the first time since 2002, and the trend may signal a danger to China's continued economic growth, [...])* *Cubans hunger for economic liberty as Raul Castro holds first National Conference in 50 years* *(On the streets of Havana, an army of entrepreneurs is desperate to do more business, but are they a threat to Cuban dictator Raul Castro and Cuba's Communist Party? )* *Cuba's Communist Party considers term limits in follow-up to last year's summit* *North Korea Warns South Over Military Drill but Accepts Food Aid* *Calif. high court backs Senate-district remap* *(Even if a GOP-backed proposal to scrap the new plan qualifies for the November ballot, the map produced by a citizens commission is "clearly the most appropriate" for the election, the court says.)* *Seized Pirates in High-Seas Legal Limbo, With No Formula for Trials* *(Hijackings have declined sharply in the past year, but where interdiction ends, a problem begins: what to do with the detained pirates?)* *Suspect in Ariz. sheriff death threat in custody* *(A 33-year-old Phoenix man is being held by sheriff's deputies in Phoenix in connection with ...)* *Dems bash, bank secret cash* *Latino Flip Might Tip Florida To Democrats* *(AVIPP COMMENTARY: If Latinos want to continuetheir economic decline they should vote for the Democrats.)* *Texas Dems, minority groups near huge win with redistricting settlement* *(The Texas attorneys defending the GOP-drawn redistricting plans from court challenges have reached out to settle litigation…)* *Yet Another Obama-Favored Green Company Goes Bankrupt* *(Energy: In yet another "Solyndra," a car battery maker that got $118 million in stimulus funds has declared bankruptcy. Once again, when this administration picks corporate ... )* *Obama's next bailout* *(On January 23, 2011, US Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun LS Donovan met in Chicago with* *several Democrat state attorneys general (AGs) in an attempt to strong-arm them into signing up for an administration-backed agreement to settle the “robo-signing” scandal. )* *Dow Snaps 3-Week Win Streak* *(Blue-chip stocks finished in the red, pushing the Dow to its first losing week this year, after a reading on domestic economic growth fell short of expectations.)* *The $1.2 Tril Gap: Obama's Subpar Recovery Continues* (Economy: The latest economic data make it clear that President Obama's policies aren't helping the country get stronger. Rather, they're smothering what should have been a solid recovery. Real GDP climbed a less-than-expected 2.8 percent in final quarter of 2011, and just 1.7 percent for the ... ) *The Political Cowardice of Barack Obama* *(Soaring rhetoric won't fix the economy.)* *Some in Egypt Turn Their Anger on Islamists, and the Syrian Embassy Is Attacked* *The Most Important Non-Presidential Election of the Decade* *Energy Prices* *Lone Wolf Commands a Following* *(The young male, tracked with a GPS unit, is believed to be the first gray wolf in California in decades, raising hopes that the endangered species may once again thrive there.)* *Ukraine delays launch of its first telecom satellite until next year* *European Stocks Retreat as U.S. GDP Misses Estimates; BP Falls* *Europeans See Poor Job Market* *Ratings downgrade for eurozone five* *(US ratings agency Fitch said it was downgrading the credit ratings of five countries that use the euro, including economic heavyweights Italy and Spain.)* *Ukraine hopes France backs Kiev's drive for approaching EU* *Priest's ‘spiritual retreat on Costa Concordia* *(A Roman Catholic priest who told his parishioners he was going on a spiritual retreat is in fact a survivor from the Concordia cruise liner disaster, it emerged yesterday.)* *Poland protests erupt over ACTA law debate* *(Lawmakers donned the masks of Anonymous to protest ACTA laws.)* *Cruise ship fuel pumping delayed* *(Preparations to pump fuel from the wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia are suspended, as divers find a 17^th body. )* *Ship owners in talks over pay-out deal* (The owners of the stricken cruise liner Costa Concordia have met consumer activists in an attempt to work out what could be a blanket compensation deal for uninjured passengers who were aboard the cruise ship that capsized off Italy's coast.) *'There Is No European Emergency Plan'* (Greece is struggling to reach an agreement on debt relief with its private-sector creditors. But even if it ultimately does, the country may need vastly more funding than has been envisioned so far. German commentators on Friday say it's time for a bit of honesty from Europe's leaders.) *Euthanasia 'must always be prohibited', rules Council of Europe* *Mob Wives star rushed to hospital after her father's arrest in FBI raid on Mafia crime family* *The Fed's open window* *(Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S Bernanke's push for transparency carries risks, but the potential benefits are greater.)* *Fleeced by the Fed* (The Federal Reserve Board announced plans last Tuesday to keep short-term interest rates at near zero for another three years and said it might embark upon another bond-buying program to drive down long-term interest rates. The stock market rallied and President Obama's supporters hailed the rising stock market as a sign of his brilliance as a manager of the economy. ) *FDA seizes nearly 14% of imported orange juice over fungicide* *San Francisco: Protest Against Chinese Consul's Interference in US Affairs* *Founder of Breast Implant Company Under Formal Investigation* *(Jean-Claude Mas, the founder of a French company that used substandard silicone in thousands of breast implants, was released on bail on Friday.)* *Grenade disguised as toy left on supermarket shelf* *(A hand grenade disguised as a toy and placed at child's eye level on the shelf of a supermarket could have killed someone, say German prosecutors investigating it as an attempted murder.)* *Nazi extermination of thousands of disabled children featured in new Berlin museum exhibit* *("How is [what the Nazis did] different from today's society which treats pre-born children as objects to be used," asked Stephanie Gray of the pro-life group CCBR.)* *German held at elite ball protest 'had explosives'* *(A German man arrested while protesting against a right-wing elite student society ball in Vienna was carrying explosives, police said.)* *'Europe needs a dynamic policy in Asia'* *Berlin: EU should manage Greek budget* *Germany hits out at UK over fiscal agreement* *Critics Question Merkel's Fiscal Pact Proposal* *(German Chancellor Angela Merkel)* *Germans spend €150 million on hold* *'Muslim taxi' offers gender-segregated rides* *President 'can be called liar', loses public support* (President Christian Wulff can be called a liar, a state prosecutor has ruled, dismissing complaints about a Green politician doing so. Wulff's backing among the public is dwindling despite support from Chancellor Angela Merkel. ) *Liberal party support 'too small for statistics'* *(Chancellor Angela Merkel's junior coalition party, the Free Democratic Party, is doing so badly in opinion polls that some questions cannot be answered with any statistical validity.)* *Global warming's ‘dirty laundry'* *Romney takes lead in Florida as Gingrich loses steam* *(Former Governor of Massachusetts and GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney/ Former Speaker of the House and GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Georgia)* *It's Not About Newt* (Former Speaker of the House and GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Georgia); The statement being sent to the GOP elite isn't about Newt, and it goes beyond even former Governor of Massachusetts and GOP Presidential candidate Romney. It is about a deep dissatisfaction that has been building for years within the Republican rank and file. ) *Rivals hold their fire on big Gingrich funder* (Former Speaker of the House and GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich's (Georgia) biggest financial backer, billionaire Las Vegas casino tycoon and staunch Israel promoter Sheldon Adelson, is proving a mixed blessing with GOP voters for his favorite candidate, but to date Mr Gingrich's presidential rivals have studiously refrained from making the donor a campaign issue. AVIPP COMMENTARY: Once again the GOP fails to show leadership!) *Mexican Standoff* *(Republicans have a historic chance to win the Hispanic vote. They're shooting themselves in the foot. )* *Back in Texas, will Perry ride again?* *(Governor of Texas and former GOP Presidential candidate Rick Perry )* *Gallup National Poll: Gingrich Up 8 Points Over Romney* *(Former Speaker of the House and GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Georgia)/ Former Governor of Massachusetts and GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney)* *McManus: A Gingrich presidency?* *(Former Speaker of the House and GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Georgia)* *Newt: I'm going to the convention* *(Former Speaker of the House and GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Georgia)* *Tired and broke, Rick Santorum heads home to do taxes* *(Former US Senator of Pennsylvania and GOP Presidential candidate Rick Santorum )* *GOP empire strikes back at Gingrich* *(Former Speaker of the House and GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Georgia)* *No More Nice Guys: Fans Love ‘Nuclear Newt'* *(Former Speaker of the House and GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Georgia)* *Florida swing: Romney bounces back* *(Former Governor of Massachusetts and GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney)* *Santorum pushed to limit malpractice awards but sought payout for wife* *(Former US Senator of Pennsylvania and GOP Presidential candidate Rick Santorum )* *What would Romney's offshore account filings show?* *(Former Governor of Massachusetts and GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney)* *Associates: Paul pursued strategy of publishing controversial newsletters* *(US Representative of Texas and GOP Presidential candidate Ron Paul )* *Gingrich: Romney ‘totally dishonest' in debate* *(Former Speaker of the House and GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Georgia)/ Former Governor of Massachusetts and GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney)* *Wolf Blitzer gets it wrong at debate* *(A Presidential candidate's spouse is not a “lighter” topic, but the best clue we have about who the aspirant is.)* *Professor Gingrich's Ethics* (Former Speaker of the House and GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Georgia); The facts that former Governor of Massachusetts and GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney omits in his 1990s history lesson.) *Huckabee: Newt Gingrich ad ‘not authorized'* *(Former Governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee/ Former Speaker of the House and GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Georgia)* *Newt Gingrich betrayed Ronald Reagan* *(Former Speaker of the House and GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Georgia)* *Gingrich, Democrats criticize Romney links to Medicare fraud* (Former Governor of Massachusetts and GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney's campaign defended the candidate's record while blasting former Speaker of the House and GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Georgia) and his allies…) *Republican Debate Veers Toward the Absurd* *Is Newt Gingrich Canoodling with the Truth?* *(In order to snag a candidate who can explain the conservative platform, many Republicans seem willing to overlook former Speaker of the House and GOP Presidential candidate* *Newt Gingrich (Georgia)Newt Gingrich's tawdry adulterous past as well as his loose grasp on the truth, which seems to loosen more by the day. )* *Searching for momentum in Florida, Gingrich's confidence appears shaken* *(Former Speaker of the House and GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Georgia)* *Gingrich Maintaining Grip on New Lead* *(Former Speaker of the House and GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Georgia)* *Santorum's Attacks on Romney Health Plan Could Help Democrats* *(Former US Senator of Pennsylvania and GOP Presidential candidate Rick Santorum/ Former Governor of Massachusetts and GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney)* *Obama Buttresses Case for U.S. Resilience With Book From Unlikely Source* (Written by an adviser to the former Governor of Massachusetts and GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney, the book, “The World America Made,” makes the case that the nation's decline is a myth.) *The billionaire bankrolling Gingrich's White House bid* *(Former Speaker of the House and GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Georgia); Sheldon Adelson is not running for office – but his cash could swing Tuesday's Florida primary .)* *RomneyCare and ObamaCare* *(Former Governor of Massachusetts and GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney's vulnerability on health care may not cost him the nomination, but it could cost him in November.)* *Close Ties to Goldman Enrich Romney's Public and Private Lives* *(Former Governor of Massachusetts and GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney)* *For a Moon Colony, Technology Is the Easy Part* (Could America build a lunar base during an eight-year former Speaker of the House and GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Georgia); Presidency, as Mr Gingrich promised this week? The obstacles would lie in money and politics.) *Newt's illegal immigrant pandering* (Nobody should be surprised that Former Speaker of the House and GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich's (Georgia) immigration enforcement position has devolved from his unworkable gibberish of November down to the Bush-Kennedy-McCain “guest-worker” amnesty schemes of the last decade he has been trying to camouflage. ) *GOP preparing for 1964-style ‘politicide'?* (It's seven months before their convention in Tampa, a lifetime in today's five-minute-news-cycle politics. But the split decisions in the first three primaries and the personal attacks in the televised debates beg the question: Are Republicans divided into so many parts they are about to engage in 1964-style “politicide”? ) *List of Pardons Included Many Tied to Power* *(A look at the clemency applications of felons who were pardoned reveal that many contained personal appeals from friends of Governor of Mississippi Haley Barbour and major Republican donors.)* *Greece Makes Progress in Talks With Creditors* *Virginia Should Fight the Federal Health Care Takeover* *(If Washington is going to dictate the terms, why should the states foot the bill?)* *Antibiotics Prove Powerless as Super-Germs Spread* *Holocaust Remembrance Day Firsts in 2012* *Auschwitz Ceremony Focal Point of Holocaust Memorial Day* *Holocaust memorial director dies on anniversary of camp liberation* *Revealed: the movies, TV shows, news agencies that most promoted homosexuality in 2011* (GLAAD has released the list of nominations for its annual media awards for movies, news and television shows which most promote homosexuality. AVIPP COMMENTARY: People of faith should boycott these.) *Chinese professor calls Hong Kong residents 'dogs of British imperialists'* *Not a benefit check but a paycheck* (By US Representative of New York Tom Reed (R); In the House of Representatives, we are fighting to help Americans get back to work and put an end to the borrow-and-spend mentality in Washington. We were not sent here to simply continue the status quo. With the president's failed trillion-dollar stimulus leaving unemployment above 8 percent for the 35^th consecutive month, the status quo is both unacceptable and unaffordable. ) *Rabbi's Followers Cast Doubts on Congressman's Fund-Raising* *(A former aide to a prominent rabbi helped raise money from the rabbi's followers for the 2010 campaign of US Representative of New York Michael G Grimm (R) according to interviews and records.)* *Obama Pushes ‘Buffett Rule' to House Dems* *(President Barack Obama)* *Obama lauds Democrats at retreat* *(President Barack Obama)* *House Republican Says ‘Three Is A Trend' in Another Stimulus-Funded Green Company Bankruptcy* *Congressman Voices Doubt on Oversight of D.E.A.* (US Representative of California Darrell E Issa (R), the chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, is raising questions on whether operations cross the line between fighting and facilitating crime.) *Illegal immigrants in military would win citizenship from Gingrich backer's bill* (US Representative of Florida David Rivera's (R) modified DREAM Act would provide path to citizenship for illegal aliens in military…AVIPP COMMENTARY: This is not right because these people have broken the law.) *California bill seeks to protect detainees facing deportation* *Chandigarh court sentences drug dealer to death* *(In what could serve as a deterrent against the use and trade of NDPS, district court Chandigarh on Saturday ordered death sentence to a drug dealer.)* *Gay tourism increasing in India* *Facebook Preps for IPO Filing* *(Facebook could file papers for its initial public offering as early as next week, as anticipation mounts for what is likely to be one of the biggest debuts for a US company.)* *Birdbrained* *(Why Twitter will regret its misguided flirtation with censorship. )* *IMF issues austerity cuts warning* *(Inappropriate spending cuts could "strangle" growth, so austerity measures should be tailor-made by each country, the head of the IMF warns.)* *Profile: Ghasem Soleimani, Khamenei's likely choice as Iran's next president* *Iran: New negotiations on way?* *Iran may ban oil sales to Europe next week* *Sanctions take their toll on ordinary Iranians* *(AVIPP COMMENTARY: It is time for the Iranian people to demand regime change in Iran before their nation is lead into the abyss.)* *434 People Killed in Iraq Since U.S. Pulled Out* *(AVIPP COMMENTARY: Another policy failure of the Obama administrations because of an early withdrawal from Iraq.)* *Former ‘Sons of Iraq' targeted by Sunni insurgents after U.S. pullout* *Kingdom, Iraq not to execute each other's prisoners* (Saudi Arabia and Iraq have agreed in principle to put on hold execution of prisoners on death row in the two countries for at least two months until a final agreement to swap prisoners is reached. ) *Baghdad landing by U.S. helicopter sparks rumors U.S. troops still in Iraq* *(A helicopter made an emergency landing in Baghdad, sparking rumors about US troop presence.)* *Hamas interior minister called key Gaza smuggler, ally of new leader* *When political discourse turns to bullets, real and imaginary* *UN wants end to West Bank (Judea and Samaria) demolitions* *Israeli tank shells home in Gaza City* *Palestinians: Shell hits home near Gaza* *Report: Khaled Meshal abandons Hamas' Damascus headquarters* *(Hamas terrorist leader Khaled Meshaal)* *Barak: Iran 'drifting' toward nuke goal line* *(Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak)* *Israel proposes West Bank (Judea and Samaria) barrier as border* *Pro-Palestinian hackers apologize for bringing down Haaretz's Hebrew website* *PLO cabinet to meet Monday over failed talks* *(“Palestine” Liberation Organization (PLO)* *Emirates 'has security links with Israel'* *Israelis Say Settlements Must Be Part of Israeli State* *A day in the life of an African refugee in south Tel Aviv* *Hamas moves to Turkey?* *Hamas steps up recruitment of Israeli Arabs* *PA official: Palestinians to rule on fate of Israel peace talks in days* *Irish foreign minister visits Gaza* *Israeli documentarian tackles the question of what makes a hero* *Hamas leader's Jordan visit his first since 1999 expulsion* *Palestinian teen hit by Israeli car at Jerusalem checkpoint* *Strong quake jolts eastern Japan, no tsunami warning* *We are working with India to avert Euro crisis spreading to Asia: Japan* *(Japan said it is working with India and S Korea to prevent the Eurozone crisis spreading to Asia, while offering help to the debt-ridden European nations.)* *Latin America Looks at West's Fiscal Crises, and Sees Its Own Past* *Contesting Leftists in Democrat Primaries* *(Conservatives must not simply surrender the Democrat Party to the left. )* *Obama Tosses Left A Bone With Anti-Bank Witch Hunt* *(Politics: President Obama has unveiled a new task force to "investigate" America's banks. But he's just pinning blame for bad economic choices on the victims of job-killing ...)* *Washington lobbyists and Egypt part ways* *(The PLM Group and the Egyptian government have parted ways after four years…)* *Washington state pot legalization headed for ballot* *Wash. Post funnels Palestinian lies to readers* *(Uncritically purveying a slew of “Palestinian” propaganda lies.)* *Glenn Beck Staff Threatened by Soros Operatives* *Medicare Seen as Battleground Issue in Congressional Races* *Saudis seek new security allies, sign nuclear agreement with China* *(AVIPP COMMENTARY: Soon the Saudis will be sorry they entered this agreement with Communist China.)* *Saudi women to be allowed in sport stadium* *Opinion: Syria, Iran: War of attrition or buckling under pressures?* *(US can create the external and internal conditions that could bring down regimes in both countries.)* *Pentagon Seeks Mightier Bomb* (Pentagon war planners have concluded that their largest conventional bomb is not yet capable of destroying Iran's most heavily fortified underground facilities, and are stepping up efforts to make it more powerful.) *Pentagon to send floating base to Mideast to boost special ops* *(The Pentagon is rushing to send a large floating base for commando teams to* *the Middle East as tensions rise with Iran, al-Qaida in Yemen and Somali pirates, among other threats.)* *Panetta: Officials in Pakistan had to know about bin Laden* *(Secretary of Defense Leon E Panetta)* *US fears for Bin Laden 'informer'* *(Secretary of Defense Leon E Panetta is concerned about a Pakistani doctor arrested for providing intelligence for the US raid that killed Osama Bin Laden. )* *Defense Budget Limits Reach of a Campaign Promise for the Navy* *Floating Bases Enhance Capacity For Quick Strikes* *Army, Air Force chiefs of staff defend cuts in end strength* (The Army and Air Force chiefs of staff offered more detail Friday on the shrinkage they expect in their respective forces, arguing the cuts won't hamper the ability of soldiers and airmen to protect the country. ) *US military reaches further into Asia* *Panetta: Obama's Cuts Create ‘Risks' in Military's ‘Capability to Respond'* *(Secretary of Defense Leon E Panetta/President Barack Obama)* *US seeks greater military ties with China* *(AVIPP COMMENTARY: This will only allow Communist China to steal more American technology)* *DOD plan indicates 172^nd and 170^th infantry brigades to be eliminated* *Pentagon denies report on base plans in Turkey* *Rotational forces: New way of doing business in Europe* (For the military, reorganizing the force structure in Europe will mean a new way of doing business for some US-based troops while maintaining Europe-based support units that make rotational training possible. It also will pose challenges for commanders, who will have to do more with less and find new ways to use rotational forces to accomplish the mission. Meanwhile, US soldiers can likely expect fewer two- and three-year assignments in Germany. ) *Pentagon deploys ‘mothership' to Persian Gulf as tensions with Iran escalate* *Obama campaign tries to win military voters from Republicans* *Confusion, anger surround report of soldier's rabies death* (A soldier who died in August from rabies received none of the treatment that would have saved him, an Army investigation has found, because he did not seek medical care after a dog bit him in Afghanistan last January or report it to his company command. ) *Park Police to enforce no-camping rule at Occupy DC sites* *(Protesters are still allowed to hold around-the-clock vigils, but use of the land for sleeping, temporary shelters will be prohibited…)* *Pak doctor gave key information for Osama raid: US* *Memo commission seeks more time for probe* *Musharraf will face arrest if returns: PM Gilani* *(Former Pakistani dictator Pervez Musharraf)* *Two soldiers killed in Kurram blast* *Rockets Hit Pakistan Military School Near Bin Laden Compound* *Another doctor falls pray to target killing in Karachi* *Family wants justice in CIA killing* *Sherry says Pak-US ties must be based on “mutual respect”* (In her first public engagement since assuming office two weeks ago, Pakistan's ambassador in Washington Sherry Rehman reached out to the Pakistani-American community to seek their support towards better Pakistan-US relations, which she underscored, must be based on “mutual respect, interests and shared values.”) *Obama's next step to block China: The Philippines* (Having dispatched Libya's late dictator Gadhafi to another place and realizing he can't start another topple-the-dictator war with Syria just 40 weeks before his reelection, President Obama is steadily ...) *Protest against greater US role in Philippines* *T.D. Jakes says he has embraced doctrine of the Trinity* (Bishop TD Jakes says he has moved away from a "Oneness" view of the Godhead to embrace an orthodox definition of the Trinity -- and that some in the Oneness Pentecostal movement now consider him a heretic.) *Russia to build three new factories to make ABM systems* *Russia says it won't back UN calls for Assad to go* *(Syrian dictator Bashar Assad)* *Russian government to set up strategic planning agency* *IMF Voices Inflation Concerns* *(The International Monetary Fund expects that inflation will reach 6.4 percent this year.)* *Russia-Japan trade in 2011 exceeds $30 bln* *At Event, a Rare Look at Putin's Life* *(Prime Minister Vladimir V Putin of Russia described the loss of his 1-year-old brother during the 872-day siege of Leningrad, the Soviet-era name for Saint Petersburg.)* *Homeless Hard Hit by Frigid Weather* *Cargo spacecraft progress docks with ISS in automatic mode* *E-Commerce at $10Bln in 2011* (Commerce on the Russian Internet amounted to $10.4 billion in 2011, according to media reports — an increase of 30 percent over the previous year — as leading e-commerce websites like Avito.ru saw huge increases in users and turnover.) *Militants in Dagestan kill officer of republican anti-extremism center Fri* *Retail Growth Up 9.5% in December* *Hurricane-caused power outages in Krasnodar Region eliminated* *Why Putin Is So Scared of Debates* *(Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin)* *Snow blizzard stops traffic on Trans-Caucasus highway* *Four Interior Ministry Forces servicemen killed, four injured in operation in Dagestan* *As Nations Line Up Against Syrian Government, Russia Sides Firmly With Assad* *(Syrian dictator Bashar Assad)* *Growth of salaries should not exceed manifold growth of labor productivity - Putin* *(Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin)* *Marco Rubio lashes out at some conservatives on immigration* *(US Senator of Florida Marco Rubio (R ); AVIPP COMMENTARY: Another pseudo-conservative that must be removed from office once his term is up .)* *Rubio: Obama 'made everything worse'* *(In the GOP weekly address, US Senator of Florida Marco Rubio (R) panned the President's State of the Union address.… )* *Obama to senators: Change the way you do business* *(President Barack Obama is pressing his case for changes in how the Senate does business, ...)* *Sen. Kirk recovering 'more rapidly'* *(US Senator of Illinois Mark Kirk (R) is "alert, responding more rapidly to questions and the swelling in his brain has stabilized," neurosurgeon Richard Fessler said.… )* *The Time for Social Security Reform Is Now* *Argentina nabs Iranian-Hizballah cell, aborts third Habad attack* *South Korea hopeful over North's leader* *S. Korean who exposed payoff that led to a Nobel Peace Prize, is granted asylum in U.S.* *(A former agent for South Korea's multi-tentacled National Intelligence Service…)* *Patriots Defense Gets a Bit Defensive* (New England's defense didn't have a great year, but the players have taken the criticism to heart in an effort to prove the naysayers wrong. Recently, it seems to have helped. And, heck, they're in the Super Bowl.) *As state's pension costs soar, clamor for reform grows* *(Governor fo California Jerry Brown (D) pledges to cut spiraling costs, but key parts of his plan apply mainly to future hires. Activists want quicker tightening of rules.)* *Christie to the 1%: Please Occupy New Jersey* *(Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie (R); Now that the governor has controlled state spending, he's pushing tax reform and hoping to steal businesses and residents from neighboring blue states.)* *U.S. OK with early French withdrawal from Afghanistan* *(The State Department raised no resistance Friday to France's announcement to pull its troops from ...)* *Hillary Clinton to step down as Barack Obama's secretary of state* *(US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton)* *More than 100 people killed by security forces across Syria* *'Executed' corpses dumped in restive Syrian city* (The bodies of 17 men previously held by Syrian security forces have been found in the city of Hama, activists said on Saturday, victims of a deadly struggle between Syrian dictator Bashar Assad and those determined to topple him. ) *Syria activists: Assad forces dump bodies of 17 'executed' men* *Arab League halts observer mission in Syria* *(The deputy chief of the Arab League says the pan-Arab body has halted its observer mission in Syria because of the increasing violence there.)* *Syrian Rebels Make Inroads With Help of Armed Fighters* *Taiwanese firms abroad invest locally* *US report questions safety of ractopamine residues* (A report released on Wednesday in the US highlighted several problems concerning the safe use of ractopamine, a controversial feed additive. US trade officials have been pressing countries — including Taiwan — to lift their import bans on meat produced with the drug. The report, conducted…) *Obama's Tax Hikes Would Hurt Economic Growth* *(You would think that with one of the weakest economic recoveries on record, President Obama would be desperately searching for ways to promote economic growth. It is, after all, an election ... )* *Buffett's Bunk* *(Buffett's assertions about tax fairness are a gross and deliberate misrepresentation of the facts and simply cannot go unchallenged.)* *Will Buffett Avoid the Buffett Rule?* *(The sage of Omaha is already positioned to shield most of his rising wealth from such a tax. )* *Tax the ‘rich'* (Each Presidential candidate's position on investment tax rates is a critical issue. The current rates, set by President George W Bush, will expire at the end of this year, so whoever sits behind the desk in the Oval Office next January will have the power to stop the capital-gains tax rate from jumping to 20 percent and qualified dividends rising to 39.6 percent. ) *Ron Kirk: US to tackle hefty trade agenda* *(US Trade Representative Ron Kirk told The Hill there is a lot to get done before Congress leaves town in August…)* *US asks for transparency in Turkish nuclear bids* *Gulf countries meet in Istanbul* (Foreign ministers of six Gulf countries, including Saudi Arabia, are meeting in Istanbul to explore new ways of cooperation with Turkey amid Iranian threats to immediately halt oil exports to Europe. ) *Turkish state TV airs French documentary on Holocaust* *Çelik replies to US envoy's criticism* (A senior ruling Justice and Development (AKP) party official has said the US ambassador's dismay at the imprisonment of journalists is normal, since he is not familiar with the terror-related charges brought against them, in an ongoing exchange over the state of free speech in Turkey.) *U.K. Stocks Decline, Paring Weekly Gains for FTSE 100; BP Shares Retreat* *Disability campaigners stage central London protest against welfare reforms* *(Members of Disabled People Against Cuts and UK Uncut demonstrate against government cuts .)* *Not fit for purpose: crisis in Britain's prisons worsens* *Royal Bank of Scotland chairman turns down £1.4m bonus* *Decapitated body case: brothers remanded in custody* *(Body of victim John Grainger was discovered by firefighters extinguishing blaze in Stockport, Greater Manchester .)* *Sun staff among five men arrested* *(Four current and former Sun journalists and a police officer have been arrested by detectives investigating alleged corrupt payments. )* *Christ the Redeemer coming to London: Replica of iconic Brazilian statue set to look down from Primrose Hill after Olympics* *Steven Spielberg's Holocaust archive arrives in UK* *Cameron and Karzai to sign Afghanistan agreement* *(Afghan President Hamid Karzai and British Prime Minister David Cameron)* *Number of babies born to women of 45 and over trebles in just ten years* *The great sell-off: Property tycoon Vincent Tchenguiz to sell 1% of all UK homes to clear his £3BILLION debts* *Archbishop of York: don't legalise gay marriage* *Karzai to hold talks with Cameron* (Afghan President Hamid Karzai and British Prime Minister David Cameron meet on Saturday to sign a partnership agreement setting out how the two countries will work together after British combat troops leave Afghanistan in 2014. ) *George Osborne wants business to make the case for scrapping top tax rate* *(Make the argument for how detrimental the 50 percent tax rate is for jobs and investment, chancellor tells British executives in Davos .)* *Cameron: 'It would be too costly to replace RBS board'* *(British Prime Minister David Cameron)* *Occupy protesters evicted from empty London office block - video* *Karzai thanks UK for 'sacrifice'* *(Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai thanks the British people for sacrificing "blood and treasure" for the future of his country. )* *British soldier shot dead by insurgents in Afghanistan* *Cameron rebukes France over early Afghan troop exit* *(British Prime Minister David Cameron)* *David Cameron in U-turn over fiscal policing of eurozone* *(British Prime Minister David Cameron)* *3/4s of British Christians say anti-Christian discrimination is on the rise: poll* *(The results showed that 66 percent believe the marginalization of Christians is increasing in the government compared to 59 percent the year before. )* *Buying is cheaper than renting (Home owners are now getting a better deal than those who shell out rent every month in nearly all regions of the UK.)* *National Gallery assistants escalate their dispute over staffing cuts* *NHS 'in peril if shake-up fails'* *Jailed for life: Czech murderer who committed string of UK sex attacks* *Prince Charles lauds Kingdom's hosting of Hajis* *(Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and heir apparent to the British throne, opened the exhibition of “Haj: Journey to the Heart of Islam” in London's British Museum Thursday night. )* *Four held in UK police corruption probe* *AfriKids transforms the lives of Ghana's street children* *(British charity AfriKids has made an extraordinary difference to the lives of some of Ghana's poorest children.)* *The Welsh Economy Slips, but London Cushions the Fall* *(The British government's so-called money transfers prop up its poorer regions, keeping them from the kind of collapse suffered in euro zone nations like Greece.)* *IAEA officials head to Iran seeking cooperation on nuclear issue* (Sources says the visit will not involve inspections of nuclear facilities but rather on resuming talks on Iran's disputed nuclear program. AVIPP COMMENTARY: Iran cannot be trusted since they are committed to the destruction of the “Great Satan” the US and the “Little Satan” Israel.) *The League of Extraordinarily Bureaucratic Gentlemen* *(Can DC Comic's new comic book series make the UN look cool -- or at least effective? )* *White Blight* *(Charles Murray depicts an increasingly two-tiered white America.)* *Pope: Some U.S. Cultural Trends ‘A Threat Not Just to Christian Faith, But Also to Humanity Itself'* *Welfare wars: Anatomy of a smear* *(When I was a copy editor at the Los Angeles Times, a young reporter submitted an article about a single mother having trouble obtaining government checks. )* *Weekly Address: President's Blueprint Includes Renewal of American Values* *Obama urges public to call Congress to support his ‘blueprint'* (In his weekly address, President Obama tried to rally support for the policies he announced in the State of the…AVIPP COMMENTARY: Americans should call Congress to not support Obama's “blueprint” because he is leading America into another depression.) *Tiff on the tarmac: Obama fights back* *Obama Ratings Historically Polarized* *President, Buoyed by Rising Numbers, Seeks to Rally Democrats* *Democrats Vs. Republicans: Who's The Most Greedy?* (Greed: Rich businessman Mitt Romney gave more than 16 percent of his income to charity last year. A few years back, Barack and Michelle Obama gave less than 1 percent of theirs. Aren't Republicans supposed to be the heartless ones? According to their tax returns, the Obamas gave to charitable ... ) *Obama Promises More Of The Unaffordable Same* (Had I been asked to deliver the State of the Union address, it would not have delayed your dinner plans: "The State of our Union is broke, heading for bankrupt, and total collapse shortly thereafter. Thank you and good night! You've been a terrific crowd!" I gather that Americans prefer something ... )_ *'Thank You, Warren.' 'No, Thank You, Mr. President!'* *(One hand washes the other. )* *Michelle Obama Says Her Husband Identifies With Women Who 'Are Not Treated Well in the Workplace'* *(First Lady Michelle Obama)* *Obama's Love of Neo-Soviet Russia Shines Through in SOTU Address* *(President Obama is once again placing Russian interests before American ones in the hopes of scoring cheap election-year PR. )* *The Voter Intensity Gap Doesn't Favor Obama* (Former Speaker of the House Newt and GOP Presidential candidate Gingrich (Georgia) said a mouthful in December when he described this year's presidential contest as "the most important election since 1860." As it turns out, a significant majority of Americans agree with him. Nearly two-thirds (63 percent) of those surveyed in this month's IBD/TIPP Poll believe the vote in ... ) *Obama's Bogus Case for Tax Fairness* *(Calling something just does not make it so. )* *Carney: House GOP is obstructionist* *(Obstructionism in Congress has “been thrown up by Republicans, unfortunately, and House Republicans in particular,” the White House spokesman said…)* *Obama's twisty light-bulb logic* (President Obama said in his State of the Union address, “I will not back down from protecting our kids from mercury pollution.” Of course, no one is asking him to back down. There is no movement in favor of exposing kids to mercury poisoning. It was like boldly proclaiming opposition to organized dog fights.) *Onward civilian soldiers* *(Obama's military metaphors.)* *Davos dystopia* *(How globalization creates disconnected elites.)* *In Davos, emerging economies boast of their potential* *Arab leaders tell Davos: Focus on jobs not Islam* *For more information, visit the E-Newsbriefing and the Israel-Palestinian Arab Conflict Briefing*
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Public debates abortion clinic regulations (A small crowd turned out Friday for a Virginia Board of Health public hearing on controversial rules that regulate abortion clinics as a type of hospital. Online, the debate is much more spirited. As of Friday night, there were about 250 posts on a ...)

Michelle Obama Lunches With Planned Parenthood Activist (First Lady Michelle Obama was in Florida on Thursday afternoon for a private lunch reception with supporters of pro-abortion President Barack Obama's re-election campaign. While there, she met with an activist from the Planned Parenthood abortion business. AVIPP COMMENTARY: A President and first lady that do not defend the murder of the unborn do not belong holding that office.)

Jill Stanek to pro-lifers: Don't wait…use your gifts right now to help end abortion (Jill Stanek was a registered nurse at an Illinois hospital when she discovered that babies were being born alive after failed abortions and left to die with no medical care.)

Three More Anti-Abortion Bills Pass House Committee (In 2011, Florida legislators made abortion restriction a primary focal point of the session, passing laws that made it more difficult for minor girls to get a judicial bypass without parents' consent, banned private ...)

Students for Life Presents Plan to Turn the Tide on Abortion

Ontario gvmt won't cut abortion funding despite threats of limiting C-sections

Alleged rape by Kelly prompted paralegal's abortion, source says (A paralegal who accused the New York police commissioner's son of raping her inside a Manhattan law firm said the incident left her pregnant and prompted her to get an abortion, according to a source familiar with the investigation.)

Alaska Lt. Governor Treadwell Inspires Pro-Life Advocates

Medication Abortion Law In North Dakota Challenged In Court On 'Undue Burden ...

Abortion Clinics in New Mexico Injure Women With No Oversight

Lawyers in abortion murder case say fetal deaths occurred in N.J. (Unless the state's actual intent is to prohibit lawful abortions, the essential element of murder of a viable fetus is the actual death of the fetus and not the evacuation of the dead fetus.)

Another million dead (January 22, 2011, marked the 39^th anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade and corresponding abdication of social responsibility. The March for Life and other pro-woman and pro-life groups commemorated the day as they have every year since 1974, with vigils and gatherings across the country and a march from downtown Washington, DC, to the Supreme Court. )

Girl Scouts in DC Respond to Planned Parenthood Link Charges

Abortion questions arise about Obama's 9^th Circuit nominee (In 1972 Hurwitz clerked for Connecticut District Court Judge Jon Newman, who authored two abortion case opinions (Abele I and Abele II) that Hurwitz later cited as highly influential for the majority when deciding Roe v Wade.)

Trust Women: The Most Disingenuous Pro-Abortion Slogan Ever

Anti-abortion take on Obama

Pro-Life Movie Doonby Presents Heartfelt Message on Abortion

Abortions to resume at Columbia Planned Parenthood

Refuting the Claim Women Will Resort to Coat Hanger Abortions

Pro-aborts throw rocks, trash at pro-lifers protesting abortions at Barcelona Catholic hospital (The pro-lifers were protesting earlier this week against abortions taking place at a Barcelona Catholic hospital.)

Occupy Protestors Harass Pro-Life Advocates in Roe Event

‘To Hell with you!' That's what Obama just told Catholics, says bishop (Saying it's "really hard to believe that it happened," the bishop of Pittsburgh has taken aim at the Obama administration's abortifacient birth control mandate.)

Practitioner Settles Case of Woman Killed in Failed Abortion (The pro-life group Operation Rescue has uncovered new documentation in its new AbortionDocs.org project uncovering cases of botched abortions and medical and legal negligence by abortion practitioners.)

Birth control mandate meant to squeeze churches out of healthcare, says Congressman ("There's a coerciveness about this administration unlike any I've seen before," said US Representative of New Jersey Chris Smith (R).)

Doonesbury Comic Strip Attacks Santorum's Pro-Life Views (Former US Senator of Pennsylvania and GOP Presidential candidate Rick Santorum )

The March for Life (Was The Washington Post's coverage biased?)

Optimism as U.S. Transfers Security Control to Afghans in Jalalabad

France, Karzai want NATO to exit Afghanistan by 2013 (France and Afghanistan agree NATO should speed up by a year its timetable for handing all combat operations to Afghan forces in 2013, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday, raising new questions about the unity of the Western military alliance. AVIPP COMMENTARY: NATO should leave once the enemy is defeated! This should not be determined by the neo-Napoleon French President Sarkozy or the corrupt Afghan President Hamid Karzai.)

Emboldened Taliban Try to Sell Softer Image (The Taliban in Afghanistan have moderated a lot of their once-radical positions and now support education for girls. As the US pursues peace talks with the Taliban, the question is will the group behave more responsibly if returned to power.)

New Libya torture claims emerge (The BBC hears accounts from prison inmates in Libya suggesting that supporters of the late dictator Gaddafi are being tortured in detention. )

A South African Party's New Face, and Lightning Rod (Lindiwe Mazibuko, a leader in the Democratic Alliance, faces criticism over whether she is black enough as she tries to help the party shed its white, elitist image.)

Sect leader issues threat to Nigeria's president

U.S. doubts new war in Sudan as jets bomb refugee camps

Sudan offers gesture in oil row

African Union opens new, Chinese-funded $200m headquarters in Ethiopian capital

Senegal Wade ruling fuels clashes

Warning over Niger harvest crisis

Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day: This Past Year's Research from the Tom Lantos Archives on Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial

Mass protest by Kyrgyzstan inmates (More than 1,000 convicts in Kyrgyzstan have sewn their mouths shut in protest against conditions in the country's jails.)

Entrepreneur Alan Bond finds his wife dead in the swimming pool of their Australian mansion

Majority of Americans Want Gov't to Help Stop Foreclosures (AVIPP COMMENTARY: Foolish Americans do not realize that the housing crisis was cause by big government interventionism. So how will the government solve the problem they created?)

Electric-Car Firm That Received Biden Visit and $118M in Stimulus Funds Files for Bankruptcy (Vice-President Joseph R Biden Jr )

Canadian Stocks Advance as Italian Bond Yields Fall; Bank Shares Decline

Shafia murder trial jury begins deliberations (A jury in Kingston, Ontario, has begun deliberations in the case of three Montrealers accused of murdering four family members in June 2009.)

A snapshot of Canada's aboriginal population

Biker found dead in Montreal prison (A former Ontario Hells Angels member accused of murder was found dead in his Montreal prison cell Friday morning.)

Harper's pension-reform speech missing key details (Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper)

Mexican man arrested in beating of Canadian woman
Lion dies after surgery at Calgary Zoo

Canada's worst federal employees — and why some still have their jobs

Two men killed in B.C. mill blast identified

PM's message to Canadians: Rethink your retirement

Toronto paramedics use personal phones on the job, inquest hears

Pipeline will not cross Dene Nations land, elders vow (The Northern Gateway pipeline will never be built on their land, said the Dene First Nations.)

Small spending cut wields big axe on government jobs

Could anyone have saved 2-year-old Joshua from his parents?

Parents accused in tot's death fled country to avoid child services: Family

More Strong Earthquakes Predicted for Haiti, Dominican Republic: Report

Guatemala to try former dictator over ‘genocide'

Uighurs deported back to China are jailed for life (China has jailed two Uighurs deported from Cambodia for life, Radio Free Asia reported yesterday, showing...)

What Looms Behind China's Growing Urbanization

Thousands Strike in China in First Month of 2012

Activists Crack China's Wall of Denial About Air Pollution

Activist Barred from Traveling to Accept Award (Dong Xuan, the daughter of a wheelchair-bound Chinese activist who was crippled by torture in custody, was prevented from leaving China recently to accept an award on behalf [...])

China's Demographic Inflection Point Approaches, Says Scholar (China's working age population of 15 to 64-year-olds is declining for the first time since 2002, and the trend may signal a danger to China's continued economic growth, [...])

Cubans hunger for economic liberty as Raul Castro holds first National Conference in 50 years (On the streets of Havana, an army of entrepreneurs is desperate to do more business, but are they a threat to Cuban dictator Raul Castro and Cuba's Communist Party? )

Cuba's Communist Party considers term limits in follow-up to last year's summit

North Korea Warns South Over Military Drill but Accepts Food Aid

Calif. high court backs Senate-district remap (Even if a GOP-backed proposal to scrap the new plan qualifies for the November ballot, the map produced by a citizens commission is "clearly the most appropriate" for the election, the court says.)

Seized Pirates in High-Seas Legal Limbo, With No Formula for Trials (Hijackings have declined sharply in the past year, but where interdiction ends, a problem begins: what to do with the detained pirates?)

Suspect in Ariz. sheriff death threat in custody (A 33-year-old Phoenix man is being held by sheriff's deputies in Phoenix in connection with ...)

Dems bash, bank secret cash

Latino Flip Might Tip Florida To Democrats (AVIPP COMMENTARY: If Latinos want to continuetheir economic decline they should vote for the Democrats.)

Texas Dems, minority groups near huge win with redistricting settlement (The Texas attorneys defending the GOP-drawn redistricting plans from court challenges have reached out to settle litigation…)

Yet Another Obama-Favored Green Company Goes Bankrupt (Energy: In yet another "Solyndra," a car battery maker that got $118 million in stimulus funds has declared bankruptcy. Once again, when this administration picks corporate ... )

Obama's next bailout (On January 23, 2011, US Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun LS Donovan met in Chicago with several Democrat state attorneys general (AGs) in an attempt to strong-arm them into signing up for an administration-backed agreement to settle the “robo-signing” scandal. )

Dow Snaps 3-Week Win Streak (Blue-chip stocks finished in the red, pushing the Dow to its first losing week this year, after a reading on domestic economic growth fell short of expectations.)

The $1.2 Tril Gap: Obama's Subpar Recovery Continues (Economy: The latest economic data make it clear that President Obama's policies aren't helping the country get stronger. Rather, they're smothering what should have been a solid recovery. Real GDP climbed a less-than-expected 2.8 percent in final quarter of 2011, and just 1.7 percent for the ... )

The Political Cowardice of Barack Obama (Soaring rhetoric won't fix the economy.)

Some in Egypt Turn Their Anger on Islamists, and the Syrian Embassy Is Attacked

The Most Important Non-Presidential Election of the Decade

Energy Prices

Lone Wolf Commands a Following (The young male, tracked with a GPS unit, is believed to be the first gray wolf in California in decades, raising hopes that the endangered species may once again thrive there.)

Ukraine delays launch of its first telecom satellite until next year

European Stocks Retreat as U.S. GDP Misses Estimates; BP Falls

Europeans See Poor Job Market

Ratings downgrade for eurozone five (US ratings agency Fitch said it was downgrading the credit ratings of five countries that use the euro, including economic heavyweights Italy and Spain.)

Ukraine hopes France backs Kiev's drive for approaching EU

Priest's ‘spiritual retreat on Costa Concordia (A Roman Catholic priest who told his parishioners he was going on a spiritual retreat is in fact a survivor from the Concordia cruise liner disaster, it emerged yesterday.)

Poland protests erupt over ACTA law debate (Lawmakers donned the masks of Anonymous to protest ACTA laws.)

Cruise ship fuel pumping delayed (Preparations to pump fuel from the wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia are suspended, as divers find a 17^th body. )

Ship owners in talks over pay-out deal (The owners of the stricken cruise liner Costa Concordia have met consumer activists in an attempt to work out what could be a blanket compensation deal for uninjured passengers who were aboard the cruise ship that capsized off Italy's coast.)

'There Is No European Emergency Plan' (Greece is struggling to reach an agreement on debt relief with its private-sector creditors. But even if it ultimately does, the country may need vastly more funding than has been envisioned so far. German commentators on Friday say it's time for a bit of honesty from Europe's leaders.)

Euthanasia 'must always be prohibited', rules Council of Europe

Mob Wives star rushed to hospital after her father's arrest in FBI raid on Mafia crime family

The Fed's open window (Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S Bernanke's push for transparency carries risks, but the potential benefits are greater.)

Fleeced by the Fed (The Federal Reserve Board announced plans last Tuesday to keep short-term interest rates at near zero for another three years and said it might embark upon another bond-buying program to drive down long-term interest rates. The stock market rallied and President Obama's supporters hailed the rising stock market as a sign of his brilliance as a manager of the economy. )

FDA seizes nearly 14% of imported orange juice over fungicide

San Francisco: Protest Against Chinese Consul's Interference in US Affairs

Founder of Breast Implant Company Under Formal Investigation (Jean-Claude Mas, the founder of a French company that used substandard silicone in thousands of breast implants, was released on bail on Friday.)

Grenade disguised as toy left on supermarket shelf (A hand grenade disguised as a toy and placed at child's eye level on the shelf of a supermarket could have killed someone, say German prosecutors investigating it as an attempted murder.)

Nazi extermination of thousands of disabled children featured in new Berlin museum exhibit ("How is [what the Nazis did] different from today's society which treats pre-born children as objects to be used," asked Stephanie Gray of the pro-life group CCBR.)

German held at elite ball protest 'had explosives' (A German man arrested while protesting against a right-wing elite student society ball in Vienna was carrying explosives, police said.)

'Europe needs a dynamic policy in Asia'

Berlin: EU should manage Greek budget

Germany hits out at UK over fiscal agreement

Critics Question Merkel's Fiscal Pact Proposal (German Chancellor Angela Merkel)

Germans spend €150 million on hold

'Muslim taxi' offers gender-segregated rides

President 'can be called liar', loses public support (President Christian Wulff can be called a liar, a state prosecutor has ruled, dismissing complaints about a Green politician doing so. Wulff's backing among the public is dwindling despite support from Chancellor Angela Merkel. )

Liberal party support 'too small for statistics' (Chancellor Angela Merkel's junior coalition party, the Free Democratic Party, is doing so badly in opinion polls that some questions cannot be answered with any statistical validity.)

Global warming's ‘dirty laundry'

Romney takes lead in Florida as Gingrich loses steam (Former Governor of Massachusetts and GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney/ Former Speaker of the House and GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Georgia)

It's Not About Newt (Former Speaker of the House and GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Georgia); The statement being sent to the GOP elite isn't about Newt, and it goes beyond even former Governor of Massachusetts and GOP Presidential candidate Romney. It is about a deep dissatisfaction that has been building for years within the Republican rank and file. )

Rivals hold their fire on big Gingrich funder (Former Speaker of the House and GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich's (Georgia) biggest financial backer, billionaire Las Vegas casino tycoon and staunch Israel promoter Sheldon Adelson, is proving a mixed blessing with GOP voters for his favorite candidate, but to date Mr Gingrich's presidential rivals have studiously refrained from making the donor a campaign issue. AVIPP COMMENTARY: Once again the GOP fails to show leadership!)

Mexican Standoff (Republicans have a historic chance to win the Hispanic vote. They're shooting themselves in the foot. )

Back in Texas, will Perry ride again? (Governor of Texas and former GOP Presidential candidate Rick Perry )

Gallup National Poll: Gingrich Up 8 Points Over Romney (Former Speaker of the House and GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Georgia)/ Former Governor of Massachusetts and GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney)

McManus: A Gingrich presidency? (Former Speaker of the House and GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Georgia)

Newt: I'm going to the convention (Former Speaker of the House and GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Georgia)

Tired and broke, Rick Santorum heads home to do taxes (Former US Senator of Pennsylvania and GOP Presidential candidate Rick Santorum )

GOP empire strikes back at Gingrich (Former Speaker of the House and GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Georgia)

No More Nice Guys: Fans Love ‘Nuclear Newt' (Former Speaker of the House and GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Georgia)

Florida swing: Romney bounces back (Former Governor of Massachusetts and GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney)

Santorum pushed to limit malpractice awards but sought payout for wife (Former US Senator of Pennsylvania and GOP Presidential candidate Rick Santorum )

What would Romney's offshore account filings show? (Former Governor of Massachusetts and GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney)

Associates: Paul pursued strategy of publishing controversial newsletters (US Representative of Texas and GOP Presidential candidate Ron Paul )

Gingrich: Romney ‘totally dishonest' in debate (Former Speaker of the House and GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Georgia)/ Former Governor of Massachusetts and GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney)

Wolf Blitzer gets it wrong at debate (A Presidential candidate's spouse is not a “lighter” topic, but the best clue we have about who the aspirant is.)

Professor Gingrich's Ethics (Former Speaker of the House and GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Georgia); The facts that former Governor of Massachusetts and GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney omits in his 1990s history lesson.)

Huckabee: Newt Gingrich ad ‘not authorized' (Former Governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee/ Former Speaker of the House and GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Georgia)

Newt Gingrich betrayed Ronald Reagan (Former Speaker of the House and GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Georgia)

Gingrich, Democrats criticize Romney links to Medicare fraud (Former Governor of Massachusetts and GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney's campaign defended the candidate's record while blasting former Speaker of the House and GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Georgia) and his allies…)

Republican Debate Veers Toward the Absurd

Is Newt Gingrich Canoodling with the Truth? (In order to snag a candidate who can explain the conservative platform, many Republicans seem willing to overlook former Speaker of the House and GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Georgia)Newt Gingrich's tawdry adulterous past as well as his loose grasp on the truth, which seems to loosen more by the day. )

Searching for momentum in Florida, Gingrich's confidence appears shaken (Former Speaker of the House and GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Georgia)

Gingrich Maintaining Grip on New Lead (Former Speaker of the House and GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Georgia)

Santorum's Attacks on Romney Health Plan Could Help Democrats (Former US Senator of Pennsylvania and GOP Presidential candidate Rick Santorum/ Former Governor of Massachusetts and GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney)

Obama Buttresses Case for U.S. Resilience With Book From Unlikely Source (Written by an adviser to the former Governor of Massachusetts and GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney, the book, “The World America Made,” makes the case that the nation's decline is a myth.)

The billionaire bankrolling Gingrich's White House bid (Former Speaker of the House and GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Georgia); Sheldon Adelson is not running for office – but his cash could swing Tuesday's Florida primary .)

RomneyCare and ObamaCare (Former Governor of Massachusetts and GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney's vulnerability on health care may not cost him the nomination, but it could cost him in November.)

Close Ties to Goldman Enrich Romney's Public and Private Lives (Former Governor of Massachusetts and GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney)

For a Moon Colony, Technology Is the Easy Part (Could America build a lunar base during an eight-year former Speaker of the House and GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Georgia); Presidency, as Mr Gingrich promised this week? The obstacles would lie in money and politics.)

Newt's illegal immigrant pandering (Nobody should be surprised that Former Speaker of the House and GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich's (Georgia) immigration enforcement position has devolved from his unworkable gibberish of November down to the Bush-Kennedy-McCain “guest-worker” amnesty schemes of the last decade he has been trying to camouflage. )

GOP preparing for 1964-style ‘politicide'? (It's seven months before their convention in Tampa, a lifetime in today's five-minute-news-cycle politics. But the split decisions in the first three primaries and the personal attacks in the televised debates beg the question: Are Republicans divided into so many parts they are about to engage in 1964-style “politicide”? )

List of Pardons Included Many Tied to Power (A look at the clemency applications of felons who were pardoned reveal that many contained personal appeals from friends of Governor of Mississippi Haley Barbour and major Republican donors.)

Greece Makes Progress in Talks With Creditors

Virginia Should Fight the Federal Health Care Takeover (If Washington is going to dictate the terms, why should the states foot the bill?)

Antibiotics Prove Powerless as Super-Germs Spread

Holocaust Remembrance Day Firsts in 2012

Auschwitz Ceremony Focal Point of Holocaust Memorial Day

Holocaust memorial director dies on anniversary of camp liberation

Revealed: the movies, TV shows, news agencies that most promoted homosexuality in 2011 (GLAAD has released the list of nominations for its annual media awards for movies, news and television shows which most promote homosexuality. AVIPP COMMENTARY: People of faith should boycott these.)

Chinese professor calls Hong Kong residents 'dogs of British imperialists'

Not a benefit check but a paycheck (By US Representative of New York Tom Reed (R); In the House of Representatives, we are fighting to help Americans get back to work and put an end to the borrow-and-spend mentality in Washington. We were not sent here to simply continue the status quo. With the president's failed trillion-dollar stimulus leaving unemployment above 8 percent for the 35^th consecutive month, the status quo is both unacceptable and unaffordable. )

Rabbi's Followers Cast Doubts on Congressman's Fund-Raising (A former aide to a prominent rabbi helped raise money from the rabbi's followers for the 2010 campaign of US Representative of New York Michael G Grimm (R) according to interviews and records.)

Obama Pushes ‘Buffett Rule' to House Dems (President Barack Obama)

Obama lauds Democrats at retreat (President Barack Obama)

House Republican Says ‘Three Is A Trend' in Another Stimulus-Funded Green Company Bankruptcy

Congressman Voices Doubt on Oversight of D.E.A. (US Representative of California Darrell E Issa (R), the chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, is raising questions on whether operations cross the line between fighting and facilitating crime.)

Illegal immigrants in military would win citizenship from Gingrich backer's bill (US Representative of Florida David Rivera's (R) modified DREAM Act would provide path to citizenship for illegal aliens in military…AVIPP COMMENTARY: This is not right because these people have broken the law.)

California bill seeks to protect detainees facing deportation

Chandigarh court sentences drug dealer to death (In what could serve as a deterrent against the use and trade of NDPS, district court Chandigarh on Saturday ordered death sentence to a drug dealer.)

Gay tourism increasing in India

Facebook Preps for IPO Filing (Facebook could file papers for its initial public offering as early as next week, as anticipation mounts for what is likely to be one of the biggest debuts for a US company.)

Birdbrained (Why Twitter will regret its misguided flirtation with censorship. )

IMF issues austerity cuts warning (Inappropriate spending cuts could "strangle" growth, so austerity measures should be tailor-made by each country, the head of the IMF warns.)

Profile: Ghasem Soleimani, Khamenei's likely choice as Iran's next president

Iran: New negotiations on way?

Iran may ban oil sales to Europe next week

Sanctions take their toll on ordinary Iranians (AVIPP COMMENTARY: It is time for the Iranian people to demand regime change in Iran before their nation is lead into the abyss.)

434 People Killed in Iraq Since U.S. Pulled Out (AVIPP COMMENTARY: Another policy failure of the Obama administrations because of an early withdrawal from Iraq.)

Former ‘Sons of Iraq' targeted by Sunni insurgents after U.S. pullout

Kingdom, Iraq not to execute each other's prisoners (Saudi Arabia and Iraq have agreed in principle to put on hold execution of prisoners on death row in the two countries for at least two months until a final agreement to swap prisoners is reached. )

Baghdad landing by U.S. helicopter sparks rumors U.S. troops still in Iraq (A helicopter made an emergency landing in Baghdad, sparking rumors about US troop presence.)

Hamas interior minister called key Gaza smuggler, ally of new leader

When political discourse turns to bullets, real and imaginary

UN wants end to West Bank (Judea and Samaria) demolitions

Israeli tank shells home in Gaza City

Palestinians: Shell hits home near Gaza

Report: Khaled Meshal abandons Hamas' Damascus headquarters (Hamas terrorist leader Khaled Meshaal)

Barak: Iran 'drifting' toward nuke goal line (Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak)

Israel proposes West Bank (Judea and Samaria) barrier as border

Pro-Palestinian hackers apologize for bringing down Haaretz's Hebrew website

PLO cabinet to meet Monday over failed talks (“Palestine” Liberation Organization (PLO)

Emirates 'has security links with Israel'

Israelis Say Settlements Must Be Part of Israeli State

A day in the life of an African refugee in south Tel Aviv

Hamas moves to Turkey?

Hamas steps up recruitment of Israeli Arabs

PA official: Palestinians to rule on fate of Israel peace talks in days

Irish foreign minister visits Gaza

Israeli documentarian tackles the question of what makes a hero

Hamas leader's Jordan visit his first since 1999 expulsion

Palestinian teen hit by Israeli car at Jerusalem checkpoint

Strong quake jolts eastern Japan, no tsunami warning

We are working with India to avert Euro crisis spreading to Asia: Japan (Japan said it is working with India and S Korea to prevent the Eurozone crisis spreading to Asia, while offering help to the debt-ridden European nations.)

Latin America Looks at West's Fiscal Crises, and Sees Its Own Past

Contesting Leftists in Democrat Primaries (Conservatives must not simply surrender the Democrat Party to the left. )

Obama Tosses Left A Bone With Anti-Bank Witch Hunt (Politics: President Obama has unveiled a new task force to "investigate" America's banks. But he's just pinning blame for bad economic choices on the victims of job-killing ...)

Washington lobbyists and Egypt part ways (The PLM Group and the Egyptian government have parted ways after four years…)

Washington state pot legalization headed for ballot

Wash. Post funnels Palestinian lies to readers (Uncritically purveying a slew of “Palestinian” propaganda lies.)

Glenn Beck Staff Threatened by Soros Operatives

Medicare Seen as Battleground Issue in Congressional Races

Saudis seek new security allies, sign nuclear agreement with China (AVIPP COMMENTARY: Soon the Saudis will be sorry they entered this agreement with Communist China.)

Saudi women to be allowed in sport stadium

Opinion: Syria, Iran: War of attrition or buckling under pressures? (US can create the external and internal conditions that could bring down regimes in both countries.)

Pentagon Seeks Mightier Bomb (Pentagon war planners have concluded that their largest conventional bomb is not yet capable of destroying Iran's most heavily fortified underground facilities, and are stepping up efforts to make it more powerful.)

Pentagon to send floating base to Mideast to boost special ops (The Pentagon is rushing to send a large floating base for commando teams to the Middle East as tensions rise with Iran, al-Qaida in Yemen and Somali pirates, among other threats.)

Panetta: Officials in Pakistan had to know about bin Laden (Secretary of Defense Leon E Panetta)

US fears for Bin Laden 'informer' (Secretary of Defense Leon E Panetta is concerned about a Pakistani doctor arrested for providing intelligence for the US raid that killed Osama Bin Laden. )

Defense Budget Limits Reach of a Campaign Promise for the Navy

Floating Bases Enhance Capacity For Quick Strikes

Army, Air Force chiefs of staff defend cuts in end strength (The Army and Air Force chiefs of staff offered more detail Friday on the shrinkage they expect in their respective forces, arguing the cuts won't hamper the ability of soldiers and airmen to protect the country. )

US military reaches further into Asia

Panetta: Obama's Cuts Create ‘Risks' in Military's ‘Capability to Respond' (Secretary of Defense Leon E Panetta/President Barack Obama)

US seeks greater military ties with China (AVIPP COMMENTARY: This will only allow Communist China to steal more American technology)

DOD plan indicates 172^nd and 170^th infantry brigades to be eliminated

Pentagon denies report on base plans in Turkey

Rotational forces: New way of doing business in Europe (For the military, reorganizing the force structure in Europe will mean a new way of doing business for some US-based troops while maintaining Europe-based support units that make rotational training possible. It also will pose challenges for commanders, who will have to do more with less and find new ways to use rotational forces to accomplish the mission. Meanwhile, US soldiers can likely expect fewer two- and three-year assignments in Germany. )

Pentagon deploys ‘mothership' to Persian Gulf as tensions with Iran escalate

Obama campaign tries to win military voters from Republicans

Confusion, anger surround report of soldier's rabies death (A soldier who died in August from rabies received none of the treatment that would have saved him, an Army investigation has found, because he did not seek medical care after a dog bit him in Afghanistan last January or report it to his company command. )

Park Police to enforce no-camping rule at Occupy DC sites (Protesters are still allowed to hold around-the-clock vigils, but use of the land for sleeping, temporary shelters will be prohibited…)

Pak doctor gave key information for Osama raid: US

Memo commission seeks more time for probe

Musharraf will face arrest if returns: PM Gilani (Former Pakistani dictator Pervez Musharraf)

Two soldiers killed in Kurram blast

Rockets Hit Pakistan Military School Near Bin Laden Compound

Another doctor falls pray to target killing in Karachi

Family wants justice in CIA killing

Sherry says Pak-US ties must be based on “mutual respect” (In her first public engagement since assuming office two weeks ago, Pakistan's ambassador in Washington Sherry Rehman reached out to the Pakistani-American community to seek their support towards better Pakistan-US relations, which she underscored, must be based on “mutual respect, interests and shared values.”)

Obama's next step to block China: The Philippines (Having dispatched Libya's late dictator Gadhafi to another place and realizing he can't start another topple-the-dictator war with Syria just 40 weeks before his reelection, President Obama is steadily ...)

Protest against greater US role in Philippines

T.D. Jakes says he has embraced doctrine of the Trinity (Bishop TD Jakes says he has moved away from a "Oneness" view of the Godhead to embrace an orthodox definition of the Trinity -- and that some in the Oneness Pentecostal movement now consider him a heretic.)

Russia to build three new factories to make ABM systems

Russia says it won't back UN calls for Assad to go (Syrian dictator Bashar Assad)

Russian government to set up strategic planning agency

IMF Voices Inflation Concerns (The International Monetary Fund expects that inflation will reach 6.4 percent this year.)

Russia-Japan trade in 2011 exceeds $30 bln

At Event, a Rare Look at Putin's Life (Prime Minister Vladimir V Putin of Russia described the loss of his 1-year-old brother during the 872-day siege of Leningrad, the Soviet-era name for Saint Petersburg.)

Homeless Hard Hit by Frigid Weather

Cargo spacecraft progress docks with ISS in automatic mode

E-Commerce at $10Bln in 2011 (Commerce on the Russian Internet amounted to $10.4 billion in 2011, according to media reports — an increase of 30 percent over the previous year — as leading e-commerce websites like Avito.ru saw huge increases in users and turnover.)

Militants in Dagestan kill officer of republican anti-extremism center Fri

Retail Growth Up 9.5% in December

Hurricane-caused power outages in Krasnodar Region eliminated

Why Putin Is So Scared of Debates (Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin)

Snow blizzard stops traffic on Trans-Caucasus highway

Four Interior Ministry Forces servicemen killed, four injured in operation in Dagestan

As Nations Line Up Against Syrian Government, Russia Sides Firmly With Assad (Syrian dictator Bashar Assad)

Growth of salaries should not exceed manifold growth of labor productivity - Putin (Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin)

Marco Rubio lashes out at some conservatives on immigration (US Senator of Florida Marco Rubio (R ); AVIPP COMMENTARY: Another pseudo-conservative that must be removed from office once his term is up .)

Rubio: Obama 'made everything worse' (In the GOP weekly address, US Senator of Florida Marco Rubio (R) panned the President's State of the Union address.… )

Obama to senators: Change the way you do business (President Barack Obama is pressing his case for changes in how the Senate does business, ...)

Sen. Kirk recovering 'more rapidly' (US Senator of Illinois Mark Kirk (R) is "alert, responding more rapidly to questions and the swelling in his brain has stabilized," neurosurgeon Richard Fessler said.… )

The Time for Social Security Reform Is Now

Argentina nabs Iranian-Hizballah cell, aborts third Habad attack

South Korea hopeful over North's leader

S. Korean who exposed payoff that led to a Nobel Peace Prize, is granted asylum in U.S. (A former agent for South Korea's multi-tentacled National Intelligence Service…)

Patriots Defense Gets a Bit Defensive (New England's defense didn't have a great year, but the players have taken the criticism to heart in an effort to prove the naysayers wrong. Recently, it seems to have helped. And, heck, they're in the Super Bowl.)

As state's pension costs soar, clamor for reform grows (Governor fo California Jerry Brown (D) pledges to cut spiraling costs, but key parts of his plan apply mainly to future hires. Activists want quicker tightening of rules.)

Christie to the 1%: Please Occupy New Jersey (Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie (R); Now that the governor has controlled state spending, he's pushing tax reform and hoping to steal businesses and residents from neighboring blue states.)

U.S. OK with early French withdrawal from Afghanistan (The State Department raised no resistance Friday to France's announcement to pull its troops from ...)

Hillary Clinton to step down as Barack Obama's secretary of state (US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton)

More than 100 people killed by security forces across Syria

'Executed' corpses dumped in restive Syrian city (The bodies of 17 men previously held by Syrian security forces have been found in the city of Hama, activists said on Saturday, victims of a deadly struggle between Syrian dictator Bashar Assad and those determined to topple him. )

Syria activists: Assad forces dump bodies of 17 'executed' men

Arab League halts observer mission in Syria (The deputy chief of the Arab League says the pan-Arab body has halted its observer mission in Syria because of the increasing violence there.)

Syrian Rebels Make Inroads With Help of Armed Fighters

Taiwanese firms abroad invest locally

US report questions safety of ractopamine residues (A report released on Wednesday in the US highlighted several problems concerning the safe use of ractopamine, a controversial feed additive. US trade officials have been pressing countries — including Taiwan — to lift their import bans on meat produced with the drug. The report, conducted…)

Obama's Tax Hikes Would Hurt Economic Growth (You would think that with one of the weakest economic recoveries on record, President Obama would be desperately searching for ways to promote economic growth. It is, after all, an election ... )

Buffett's Bunk (Buffett's assertions about tax fairness are a gross and deliberate misrepresentation of the facts and simply cannot go unchallenged.)

Will Buffett Avoid the Buffett Rule? (The sage of Omaha is already positioned to shield most of his rising wealth from such a tax. )

Tax the ‘rich' (Each Presidential candidate's position on investment tax rates is a critical issue. The current rates, set by President George W Bush, will expire at the end of this year, so whoever sits behind the desk in the Oval Office next January will have the power to stop the capital-gains tax rate from jumping to 20 percent and qualified dividends rising to 39.6 percent. )

Ron Kirk: US to tackle hefty trade agenda (US Trade Representative Ron Kirk told The Hill there is a lot to get done before Congress leaves town in August…)

US asks for transparency in Turkish nuclear bids

Gulf countries meet in Istanbul (Foreign ministers of six Gulf countries, including Saudi Arabia, are meeting in Istanbul to explore new ways of cooperation with Turkey amid Iranian threats to immediately halt oil exports to Europe. )

Turkish state TV airs French documentary on Holocaust

Çelik replies to US envoy's criticism (A senior ruling Justice and Development (AKP) party official has said the US ambassador's dismay at the imprisonment of journalists is normal, since he is not familiar with the terror-related charges brought against them, in an ongoing exchange over the state of free speech in Turkey.)

U.K. Stocks Decline, Paring Weekly Gains for FTSE 100; BP Shares Retreat

Disability campaigners stage central London protest against welfare reforms (Members of Disabled People Against Cuts and UK Uncut demonstrate against government cuts .)

Not fit for purpose: crisis in Britain's prisons worsens

Royal Bank of Scotland chairman turns down £1.4m bonus

Decapitated body case: brothers remanded in custody (Body of victim John Grainger was discovered by firefighters extinguishing blaze in Stockport, Greater Manchester .)

Sun staff among five men arrested (Four current and former Sun journalists and a police officer have been arrested by detectives investigating alleged corrupt payments. )

Christ the Redeemer coming to London: Replica of iconic Brazilian statue set to look down from Primrose Hill after Olympics

Steven Spielberg's Holocaust archive arrives in UK

Cameron and Karzai to sign Afghanistan agreement (Afghan President Hamid Karzai and British Prime Minister David Cameron)

Number of babies born to women of 45 and over trebles in just ten years

The great sell-off: Property tycoon Vincent Tchenguiz to sell 1% of all UK homes to clear his £3BILLION debts

Archbishop of York: don't legalise gay marriage

Karzai to hold talks with Cameron (Afghan President Hamid Karzai and British Prime Minister David Cameron meet on Saturday to sign a partnership agreement setting out how the two countries will work together after British combat troops leave Afghanistan in 2014. )

George Osborne wants business to make the case for scrapping top tax rate (Make the argument for how detrimental the 50 percent tax rate is for jobs and investment, chancellor tells British executives in Davos .)

Cameron: 'It would be too costly to replace RBS board' (British Prime Minister David Cameron)

Occupy protesters evicted from empty London office block - video

Karzai thanks UK for 'sacrifice' (Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai thanks the British people for sacrificing "blood and treasure" for the future of his country. )

British soldier shot dead by insurgents in Afghanistan

Cameron rebukes France over early Afghan troop exit (British Prime Minister David Cameron)

David Cameron in U-turn over fiscal policing of eurozone (British Prime Minister David Cameron)

3/4s of British Christians say anti-Christian discrimination is on the rise: poll (The results showed that 66 percent believe the marginalization of Christians is increasing in the government compared to 59 percent the year before. )

Buying is cheaper than renting (Home owners are now getting a better deal than those who shell out rent every month in nearly all regions of the UK.)

National Gallery assistants escalate their dispute over staffing cuts

NHS 'in peril if shake-up fails'

Jailed for life: Czech murderer who committed string of UK sex attacks

Prince Charles lauds Kingdom's hosting of Hajis (Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and heir apparent to the British throne, opened the exhibition of “Haj: Journey to the Heart of Islam” in London's British Museum Thursday night. )

Four held in UK police corruption probe

AfriKids transforms the lives of Ghana's street children (British charity AfriKids has made an extraordinary difference to the lives of some of Ghana's poorest children.)

The Welsh Economy Slips, but London Cushions the Fall (The British government's so-called money transfers prop up its poorer regions, keeping them from the kind of collapse suffered in euro zone nations like Greece.)

IAEA officials head to Iran seeking cooperation on nuclear issue (Sources says the visit will not involve inspections of nuclear facilities but rather on resuming talks on Iran's disputed nuclear program. AVIPP COMMENTARY: Iran cannot be trusted since they are committed to the destruction of the “Great Satan” the US and the “Little Satan” Israel.)

The League of Extraordinarily Bureaucratic Gentlemen (Can DC Comic's new comic book series make the UN look cool -- or at least effective? )

White Blight (Charles Murray depicts an increasingly two-tiered white America.)

Pope: Some U.S. Cultural Trends ‘A Threat Not Just to Christian Faith, But Also to Humanity Itself'

Welfare wars: Anatomy of a smear (When I was a copy editor at the Los Angeles Times, a young reporter submitted an article about a single mother having trouble obtaining government checks. )

Weekly Address: President's Blueprint Includes Renewal of American Values

Obama urges public to call Congress to support his ‘blueprint' (In his weekly address, President Obama tried to rally support for the policies he announced in the State of the…AVIPP COMMENTARY: Americans should call Congress to not support Obama's “blueprint” because he is leading America into another depression.)

Tiff on the tarmac: Obama fights back

Obama Ratings Historically Polarized

President, Buoyed by Rising Numbers, Seeks to Rally Democrats

Democrats Vs. Republicans: Who's The Most Greedy? (Greed: Rich businessman Mitt Romney gave more than 16 percent of his income to charity last year. A few years back, Barack and Michelle Obama gave less than 1 percent of theirs. Aren't Republicans supposed to be the heartless ones? According to their tax returns, the Obamas gave to charitable ... )

Obama Promises More Of The Unaffordable Same (Had I been asked to deliver the State of the Union address, it would not have delayed your dinner plans: "The State of our Union is broke, heading for bankrupt, and total collapse shortly thereafter. Thank you and good night! You've been a terrific crowd!" I gather that Americans prefer something ... )_

'Thank You, Warren.' 'No, Thank You, Mr. President!' (One hand washes the other. )

Michelle Obama Says Her Husband Identifies With Women Who 'Are Not Treated Well in the Workplace' (First Lady Michelle Obama)

Obama's Love of Neo-Soviet Russia Shines Through in SOTU Address (President Obama is once again placing Russian interests before American ones in the hopes of scoring cheap election-year PR. )

The Voter Intensity Gap Doesn't Favor Obama (Former Speaker of the House Newt and GOP Presidential candidate Gingrich (Georgia) said a mouthful in December when he described this year's presidential contest as "the most important election since 1860." As it turns out, a significant majority of Americans agree with him. Nearly two-thirds (63 percent) of those surveyed in this month's IBD/TIPP Poll believe the vote in ... )

Obama's Bogus Case for Tax Fairness (Calling something just does not make it so. )

Carney: House GOP is obstructionist (Obstructionism in Congress has “been thrown up by Republicans, unfortunately, and House Republicans in particular,” the White House spokesman said…)

Obama's twisty light-bulb logic (President Obama said in his State of the Union address, “I will not back down from protecting our kids from mercury pollution.” Of course, no one is asking him to back down. There is no movement in favor of exposing kids to mercury poisoning. It was like boldly proclaiming opposition to organized dog fights.)

Onward civilian soldiers (Obama's military metaphors.)

Davos dystopia (How globalization creates disconnected elites.)

In Davos, emerging economies boast of their potential

Arab leaders tell Davos: Focus on jobs not Islam

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Preserving America's Past to Protect Her Future

Remembering
America's
Greatness...

American FreedomThe American Flag

The American Nation
and Her People

From their earliest
beginnings,
Americans sought
freedom.

The Founding
Fathers
made the dream
of freedom
a reality
with the signing
of the
Declaration
of Independence
227 years ago
and the
War
against England
that followed.

Today we still
enjoy these freedoms.
And although
America's
enemies
have recently
tried
to destroy
our spirit and
our way of life,
we stand
strong
ready again
to defend
these
freedoms.

May God
remind us
of our past
and
prepare us
for our future.

God Bless America.

God Bless America,
Land that I love.

Stand beside her
and guide her
Through the night
with the light
from above.

From the mountains
to the prairies
To the oceans
white with foam.

God bless America,
My Home Sweet Home.

God bless America,
My Home Sweet Home.

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Issues 2004 (October 8)
From the President's Desk (November 20, 2006)
Personal Health (October 29)
New! On the Record (Congressional Voting
Record, 2nd session) (November 1)
Religious Liberty Report (August 25)
Capitol Hill Watch Alert
(June 19, 2007)
Capitol Hill Review (April 16, 2007)
New! Press Releases (January 21)

Israeli/Palestinian Arab Conflict

The American Voice Institute of Public Policy has analyzed bills brought to a vote in the Senate and the House of Representatives during

On the Record

The American Voice Institute of Public Policy has analyzed bills brought to a vote in the Senate and the House of Representatives during the 2nd session of the 107th Congress. Several bills have been highlighted for their impact on the American family and their correlation with the issues of the American Voice Institute of Public Policy.

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Personal HealthPersonal Health is a listing of the latest articles on today's medical research and discoveries. Look through the articles to find information helpful for the entire family.

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Capitol Hill Watch AlertLet your voice be heard on Capitol Hill. Follow the latest legislation up for vote on Capitol Hill and let your Congressman and Senators know how you want them to vote.

Revive Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 (S.1348) [Amnesty for Illegal aliens!] (June 19, 2007) Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 (S.1348) [Amnesty for Illegal aliens!] (May 18, 2007)Matthew Shepard Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007 (May 12, 2007)Request for a Congressional Investigation into the Activities of US Senator of California Dianne Feinstein (March 29, 2007) District of Columbia Fair and Equal House Voting Rights Act of 2007 (H.R.328) (March 22, 2007)Improving America's Security by Implementing Unfinished Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (S. 4)
(March 7 , 2007) Disapproving of the Decision of the President Announced on January 10, 2007, to Deploy more than 20,000 Additional United States Combat Troops to Iraq (H.Con.Res. 63) (February 14, 2007) Congressional Pardon for Border Patrol Agents Ramos and Compean Act (H.R. 563) (February 12 , 2007) Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 (H.R. 2) (January 21, 2007) Archived Action Alerts

Capitol Hill Review Review a summary of the legislation voted on during the last month on Capitol Hill, and check out the voting record of your own congressman and senators.

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Policy Issue Updates

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Religious Liberty...
An American Heritage
Everyday, religious liberties are being challenged across America. Read about citizens who are fighting back to preserve their freedom of religion.

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New from the
American Voice Institute of Public Policy...

Issues 2006

Democrats Want a
Judicial Activist
Like Justice Ginsburg
on the Supreme Court,
Not a Constructionist
Like Judge Alito

Audio Policy
from Dr. Rutkowski

Senator Kerry, More Rhetoric Than Substance In The Presidential Debates

A Message from the President's Desk
(September 4, 2004)
"Conservatism"
IN AUDIO A Message from the President's Desk
(February 28, 2005)
A Delusional Mideast Peace Process

The American Voice Institute Introduces a NEW Publication...

Policy Communique' Each repoCongressional Hate Crime Legislation Is An Attempt to Regulate Freedom of Speech
(May 12, 2007)