
The story behind little Elizabeth’s Nazi salute
The Queen was urged July 20 to make a personal statement regarding leaked footage showing her at aged six or seven performing a Nazi salute.

Canada conservatives push to curb civil liberties
Canadian conservatives aren't slowing down their steamroller attempt to impose legislation criminalizing dissidents.

PEGIDA: Horrors and contradictions
In Germany the ultra-right is building bases in towns and villages while the government fears any progress which threatens their austerity policy.

Germany today: People challenging new right extremists
Recent events here in Germany remind me of a playground see-saw, with constant ups and downs of one side and the other.

Venezuela's Bolivarian government defends against rightist violence
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government is facing its biggest challenge since his electoral victory on April 14, 2013 - still unrecognized by the U.S. government.

Rally counters far right in Denmark
Five thousand people rallied in support of tolerance and diversity in Aarhus, Denmark, on March 31.
Who's afraid of the big bad Wulff?
BERLIN - Americans wonder who will be president next January; Germans are still uncertain who will live in Berlin's presidential mansion this February.

Fair and balanced? Hacking scandal rocks Murdoch media empire
Billionaire Rupert Murdoch tried to squelch the hacking scandal engulfing his media empire by closing down his British tabloid, News of the World, but the firestorm continues to spread.

Court says Colombian victims may sue Chiquita
It was, lawyer Paul Wolf observed, "One of the most detailed judicial opinions ever written in any U.S. human rights case."

Saint Vincent PM: U.S. business seek to topple government
The prime minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph E. Gonsalves, has accused U.S. and other foreign interests of meddling in his country's internal affair.

