Video: Do Venezuelan Protests Have A Chance?

   

In Venezuela, opposition protesters have taken to the streets and have been met with violence from police and from pro-government groups.

Google: Gmail users can’t expect privacy when sending emails

 

Users of Google’s email service Gmail should have no “legitimate expectation” that their emails will remain private, the company has said in a submission to a US court.

Breaking: Russia Recalling Ambassador From U.S., Sending Troops Into Ukraine

 

As of Saturday morning, the Russian Parliament has asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to recall Moscow’s Ambassador from the United States. This, as the Putin has been given authority by the Russian Parliament to use military force in response to government overthrow in Ukraine.

Ukrainian Navy flagship takes Russia’s side – report

 

Ukraine’s Navy flagship, the Hetman Sahaidachny frigate, has reportedly refused to follow orders from Kiev, and come over to Russia’s side and is returning home after taking part in NATO operation in the Gulf of Aden flying the Russian naval flag.

TURKEY: 1500-year-old basilica discovered under Lake Izn

A church which dates back to the year 500 CE was unearthed during excavations conducted under in the depths of Lake Iznik in Turkey’s western province of Bursa.

 

Byzantine experts are still carrying out research to to find out who the church belonged to. They have predicted the ruins to remnants of St. Peters Church, which was mentioned in some Christian books, said Sahin.

At least 28 dead and 113 injured after gang of knife-wielding men attack a train station in China

• WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Distressing photos show bodies and blood
• Police 'shot dead five attackers and were searching for around five others'
• Attack took place at busy Kunming Railway Station in Yunnan province
• Authorities say it was an 'organised, premeditated, violent terrorist attack'
• Online descriptions of the violence were deleted by government censors

 

Not anti-Semitic? Anelka will miss five games after being banned by the FA

 

So why did he do it then? If Nicolas Anelka’s quenelle gesture was so guileless and innocent, why did he introduce it to a goal celebration in front of a worldwide audience?

Iranian Official: 'We are Preparing to Liberate Jerusalem'

  

The Islamist Basij militia force in Tehran ran a special military exercise Thursday and Friday preparing for an Iranian takeover of Jerusalem.

Arseniy Yatsenyuk approved as Ukraine's new prime minister

 

 Arseniy Yatsenyuk

KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukraine's parliament has approved Arseniy Yatsenyuk as the country's new prime minister.

Michigen today.....Just Islam

Syrian Christians sign treaty of submission to Islamists

 

Christian leaders in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, captured by an organization formerly affiliated with al-Qaeda, have signed a submission document this week banning them from practicing Christianity in public in return for protection by their Islamis. 

#HORROR: The Muslim Syrian extremists cut off a man's hand as punishment for stealing - and posted pics LIVE on Twitter

• WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Islamist group live-tweeted punishment of a thief in northern Syria
• Photos were posted online showing a man having his hand chopped off
• Group claimed the man requested the punishment to 'cleanse him of sin' 

A group of Syrian Islamist militants posted a series of photographs of a man having his hand cut off in a live-update on Twitter.

Tokyo Bitcoin Exchange Files for Bankruptcy

 

The Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange in Tokyo filed for bankruptcy protection Friday and its chief executive said 850,000 bitcoins, worth several hundred million dollars, are unaccounted for.

Putin will unleash an armed conflict in Crimea that will follow the Georgian scenario: expert

 

 Andriy Klymenko, editor-in-chief of the BlackSeaNews, expressed confidence that Russia will unleash an armed conflict similar to that in Georgia in 2008, censor.net reports.

Michael Moore: Whites have committed the worst crimes in history

 

Filmmaker Michael Moore is no stranger to controversy.  Being a Canadian, he comes to the United States with a fresh eye for equity and is better able to see the prejudices and imbalances of our society.

Senator McCain Offends Visiting Syrian Church Leaders

Sen. John McCain is a prime example of how U.S. officials so often have misjudged overseas crises, believing that the best way to bring democracy to a country is through massive US bombing and invasion.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on the tragic situation in Ukraine

Sydney man and roadside preacher Ahmad Moussalli killed in Syria

 

 

A SYDNEY man killed fighting as a rebel in Syria was preaching Islam to passers-by on the streets of Parramatta before he flew out to the ­Middle East.

Reconsidering the Sacramental Break Between East and West: Canons, Crusades, and Context

 

Orthodox Christians living in the United States are generally aware of the fact that outsiders cannot receive the sacraments of the Orthodox Church. 

Sustaining Ukraine’s Breakthrough by George Soros

  

Following a crescendo of terrifying violence, the Ukrainian uprising has had a surprisingly positive outcome. Contrary to all rational expectations, a group of citizens armed with not much more than sticks and shields made of cardboard boxes and metal garbage-can lids overwhelmed a police force firing live ammunition.