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An estimated 190,000 to 2 million Chinese are incarcerated for various reasons. They are usually victims of trumped-up charges brought against them by local police, who then place them in horrible “re-education camps” with sentences of up to four years without a trial.

The future belongs to the BRICs – that acronym has been given to the four highest performers in these markets, Brazil, Russia, India and China.

Shipping giant United Parcel Service (UPS) recently went limp and failed to flex its financial muscle in the Cultural War by giving in to demands of the homosexual lobby and cutting funding to the Boy Scouts of America (BSA).

After having attended a sold-out and inspirational Handel’s Messiah, one was left to reflect upon the well-attended, enthusiastic and inspired crowd. In an age where much entertainment is reduced to sound bites and portable electronic devices, it was amazing to observe the great number who attended a two hour long musical performance.

NEET is a term coined by the United Kingdom government that describes youth between the ages 16 through 24 who are “Not in Education, Employment, or Training.” It refers to 19 million young people throughout the seventeen-country Eurozone. This sad statistic is only a segment of the total unemployed.

While China's Communist leaders are obsessed with economic power, it does so at great expense.

City officials in Brussels have announced that the traditional Christmas tree will not be displayed in the public square due to concerns that it might offend the minority Muslim population.

In a bizarre act of barbaric execution, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has purged one of his countries top generals for an unauthorized activity – having a drink. For his punishment, the vice minister of the North Korean Army Gen. Kim Chol, has been executed by a mortar round.

With newly released data clearly demonstrating that global warming stopped 16 years ago, why does the Environmental Protection Agency’s Carol Browner claim that, by “reducing our dependence on fossil-fuels we can lessen the growing threats posed by global warming?”