Europe, Canada’s second-largest trading partner and top global ally after the U.S., is getting pounded by a tidal wave of bad economic news that has prompted warnings of a frightening hike in civil unrest. Europe’s top politicians are so rattled by the prospect of growing protests that they have arranged an emergency leaders’ summit in [...]

Some big banks and an automaker increased the amount they spent to lobby the government late last year even as they received billions from the $700 billion financial rescue program. L

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) says there is no evidence that proves Tehran is edging towards developing nuclear weapons. L

Right-wing Israeli politician Avigdor Lieberman proposed a “solution” to the war in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday saying, “Israel won’t be secure so long as Hamas is in power, and therefore we need to come to a decision that we will break the will of Hamas to keep fighting.” “We must continue to fight Hamas [...]

Outgoing US President Bush has warned his successor Barack Obama of another terrorist attack on the United States ahead of his inauguration. L

In economic and financial desperation, leaders around the globe are openly calling for the creation of a “New World Order,” including prominent “old guard” members of the Trilateral Commission. Is the baby about to be born? L

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Economist Bob Chapman

Henry Kissinger discusses Israel’s invasion of Gaza, endorses President-elect Barack Obama’s cabinet selections and calls on Obama to create a New World Order out of the current state of global affairs. Or as he calls it, a “great opportunity”, not “just a crisis”. L