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- Cavalcade of the Courts
A reporter for Singapore’s Straights Times was detained by Chinese officials and recently confessed to spying:
“Ching Cheong confessed: Following instructions from a foreign intelligence agency, he engaged in intelligence gathering activities in China and received a large spying fee,”Â? the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a written statement.
In response to the recent hubub over the [...]
- Nürnberg
Nürnberg, or Nuremberg in English, is one of the most famous cities in Germany due to its association with the Third Reich. However, it’s actual importance dates back to the middle ages when it was a key city in the Holy Roman Empire and thus, the NSDAP (Nazi Party in English) chose it as the [...]
- George Curzon and the TEMPLE OF DOOM
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This is a great story, but it’s not for the faint of heart—no pun intended. You have been warned!
- A Bit Crowded in Kyrgyzstan
Coming right on the heels of the riots in Uzbekistan and Islam Karimov’s visit to China is this:
China May Consider Sending Troops to Kyrgyzstan
China may “seriously consider”Â? sending its troops to Kyrgyzstan, the Huaxia Shibao newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao.
Kyrgyz acting president Kurmanbek Bakiyev said earlier this month that he [...]
- Fashionable Anti-Americanism
For anyone looking for evidence of fashionable anti-Americanism in Germany, look no further. The following ad ran in December 2004 in a German newspaper. The text reads “We get to the point.”
The fact that such tactics are not only used by major media outlets, but work, is a telltale sign of how negatively many Germans [...]
- The Saga of Georgia’s Name
For me, “Georgia” incidates two parts of the world: the state in the Deep South in the United States, and the country in the Caucasus. The former makes sense, named in honor of King George II of Great Britain. But what about the later? Georgians have never called their country Georgia, so [...]
- On Intelligence in War
Eminent Bristish historian Sir John Keegan wrote the book Intelligence in War in the climate of a contemporary public tendency to attribute magical powers to anything covert.
His thesis, from the conclusion of the book (pp. 348):
Yet in the last resort, intelligence warfare is a weak form of attack on the enemy, also. Knowledge, the conventional [...]
- US to Conduct Exit Polls in Azerbaijan
According to the BakuToday:
US to conduct exit polls in November parliamentary elections
The United States is ready to do its best to achieve the conduct of free and fair elections in Azerbaijan, US Ambassador Reno Harnish told journalists, according to media reports.
Harnish said the Azerbaijani government has already appealed to the United States with regard to [...]
- Let the Race Begin
Today in Germany, CDU party president Angela Merkel was officially chosen to be the party candidate and thus will run against current Chancellor Gerhard Schröder in upcoming elections predicted to be on or around September 18, 2005. Edmund Stoiber, (pictured right of Merkel), president of the CSU, the sister party of the [...]
- Bon Voyage Chirac?
Another update from France:
According to the BBC and the German language Der Spiegel, Chirachas promised to reshuffle his government in the coming days in response to the referendum on the EU constitution. As Curzon mentioned earlier, calls for him to resign are growing yet it would likely take a massive increase in pressure to accomplish [...]
