Reading between the lines, and thinking outside the box . . .
In the final act of worship of his visit, Pope Benedict preached a message of hope for all mankind at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City.
(And: B16 CONCLUDES MIDEAST TOUR)
(And: TEXT OF CONCLUDING SPEECH)
Pope Benedict XVI celebrated the last religious rites of his Middle East trip at the resting of place of Jesus Christ in Jerusalem, issuing a plea for a 'rebirth' of the troubled region.
(And: B16: PEACE IS POSSIBLE)
Recalling a visit to the Auschwitz death camp, Pope Benedict XVI wound up a sometimes fraught and often politically charged trip to Israel and the West Bank today with a call for peace and a plea that the Holocaust — "that appalling chapter in history" — must "never be forgotten or denied."
A major exhibition on one of the most symbolic battles in history opens in northern Germany.
This may seem too long ago to be of any significance today, but some historians say the defeat in 9 AD prevented a full romanization of Germany and arguably altered the course of Roman, German and European history.
In an interview with Spiegel Online, Left Party Chairman Oskar Lafontaine speaks about his party's chances in the upcoming elections, its alleged drift to the left and why Angela Merkel needs to work through certain aspects of her communist past.
Chancellor Merkel has said that Germany is making a bigger contribution towards "mastering" the economic crisis than most other countries.
"We are making a contribution towards mastering the crisis that surpasses those of most of our European and global partners."
The estimate is horrendous, a good metric of the overall economic costs of the economic crisis.
Germany's tax revenue are now estimated to decline by over E300bn compared to previous estimates, as a direct result of the global economic crisis.
From Thursday until Sunday, approximately 150 of the most influential members of the world's elite will be meeting behind closed doors at a hotel in Greece.
President Medvedev criticized NATO's exercises in Georgia and pushed for a new trans-Atlantic security treaty in remarks broadcast today.
He said NATO's expansion eastward has created new divisions and hurt European security.
(Video: NATO EXERCISES PROVOKE RUSSIA)
Even as Pope Benedict XVI tries his best during his current Holy Land visit to pay reverence to the attachment of all three monotheistic faiths to Jerusalem, on the ground a less lofty imprint is already furthering Israeli control over the Holy City in a way that could threaten the claims of all but Jews to Jerusalem.
The Israeli government is quietly implementing a development plan that aims at transforming the area known as the "Holy Basin" — land both inside and just outside the walled Old City — into a major "Biblical Kingdom," the aim of which is to strengthen Israel's hold over the whole of the city.
"The plan constitutes a drastic change in the status quo in the city. The program is being sponsored secretly by the offices of the Prime Minister and of the mayor of Jerusalem.
"It is being advanced without any transparency or public debate. Neither heads of churches, Muslim religious authorities, nor the Palestinian residents and not even the Israeli public have been made aware of the plan."
MKs from every party in the coalition except for Labor sent a message to Prime Minister Netanyahu at the Knesset, warning him not to cave into Obama's calls for the creation of a Palestinian state when they meet in the White House on Monday.
The stakes could not be higher for next week's Middle East peace summit between Binyamin Netanyahu and Barak Obama.
Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, says he has asked Pope Benedict to condemn Iranian threats to destroy his country.
Pope Benedict XVI deflected a request by Netanyahu that he denounce Iran and its president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, for anti-Semitic statements.
It is now being reported that CIA Director Leon Panetta was dispatched on a secret mission 2 weeks ago to Israel to get assurances from Netanyahu and Defense Minister Barak that they would not launch an attack without alerting the US first.
The results of the meeting are likely the story reported last week, that Israel would "inform" the US once the planes were en route to Iran, but would not ask for permission before launching the attack.
Never before has such an open, detailed and thorough study of Israel's offensive options been published.
The Obama administration said it has set no deadline for its diplomatic outreach to Iran to show results, but that US patience on the issue of Tehran's nuclear program is not infinite.
If "Hitler" is "Hitler," how can there be an election? How can the outcome be in doubt?
That is precisely the point. That is why we are hearing nothing about the approaching election coming out of the White House.
That is why there is not a word about it in the corrupt corporate press.
Indeed when it comes to matters of war and peace, the President of Iran has as much power as Nancy Pelosi: None, nada, zero, zilch.
Superpower is a well-executed and comprehensive film that asks tough questions and goes behind the scenes of America's national security apparatus and military actions.
Far from a conspiracy film about the dangers of government secrets and regime change, this well-balanced film straddles the philosophical divide and allows viewers to understand the US quest for global dominance through economic and military strategy that is exposed through review of historical events, personal interviews, and analysis of US foreign policy.
What do you suppose it is like to be elected president of the United States only to find that your power is restricted to the service of powerful interest groups?
Sources within Bilderberg said Obama will be instructed to make another effort to get the US to sign on to the International Criminal Court.
The ICC treaty, if ratified by the Senate, would be superior to the Constitution, able to overrule Congress and the Supreme Court and impose "world law" on America.
Bilderberg leaders said they understood the effort would have to be handled with "subtle delicacy" because of the Senate's traditional hostility to joining the ICC.
Intrepid Bilderberg investigator and reporter Jim Tucker of the American Free Press confirms that US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will attend this year's Bilderberg meeting in Athens, Greece.
Geithner's presence will be in violation of the Logan Act, intended to prohibit American citizens without authority from interfering in relations between the US and foreign governments.
As the 100-day honeymoon period for the new administration comes to an end, Obama appears content to emulate his predecessor on matters of secrecy, on the legal treatment of detainees, and on unflappable optimism that escalation is going to ultimately win its wars, Congressional Democrats are expressing growing discontent with his hawkish stances.
I want you to think about what happened in recent days on the free-speech front.
There is a real war on against free speech in America.
That war is being waged on many fronts – orchestrated by government, cheered by brain-dead ideological zealots and fought in the gutter with mud-slinging intimidation tactics by shock troops.
Las Vegas may be known as "Sin City," but when it comes to transgressions per capita, parts of the Bible Belt may burn much hotter, suggests a new study by Kansas State University geographers.
The project, conducted by 4 graduate students in the university's department of geography, maps out "hot spots" for Christianity's 7 deadly sins.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, warned the global downturn was not over and more financial shocks were likely.
Late reports are citing an anonymous source that says the FDIC is preparing some sort of superfund that could handle the failure of a large "systemically important financial institution."
The biggest financial bubble in history is being inflated in plain sight.
This is the Mother of All Bubbles, and when it explodes, it will signal the end to the boom/bust cycle that has characterized economic activity throughout the developed world.
The trends in play are ominous. While we cannot pinpoint precisely when the Bailout Bubble will burst, we are certain it will.
When it does, it should be understood that a major war could follow.
The German and Italian economies shrank at record rates in the first 3 months of year as the recession in the eurozone deepened.
The euro-zone economy plunged deeper into recession during the 1st quarter, as domestic demand weakened and exports flagged, according to figures on gross domestic product released today.
(And: EURO FALLS AGAINST DOLLAR)
The 22-member European Central Bank council has clashed again over its plans to address the recession, less than a week after President Trichet engineered a truce.
This time the camp is split over the bank's asset-buying programme and economists have likened the divide to a "battlefield".
The Chinese yuan is preparing to overtake the US dollar as the world's reserve currency, economist Nouriel Roubini has warned.
Roubini warns that with the proposal for a new international reserve currency via the IMF, Beijing has already begun to take steps to usurp the greenback.
A sustainable recovery will occur only when the corporate system will be cleaned of losses and capitalism risks collapsing if this does not happen, the author of "The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report" told CNBC today.
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The Christian media watchdog group The Resistance says it plans to have members disrupt screenings of the film "Angels & Demons" at US theaters.
"The mainstream media is not covering the important issues surrounding the film, so we are going to bring our message directly to the audience."
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