European Elections

Since Johnny Can't Read, He Probably Can't Spell 'Big Government' Either

Tanya M. Acker | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Government Spending, Education Reform, European Elections, School Budgets, Literacy Rates, Literacy, Illiteracy, Education News
Tanya M. Acker

I am not so naïve as to be unaware of the obstacles to any such "pie-in-the-sky" educational initiative -- teachers unions and culture warriors who object to science-based curricula being among them -- but we've fried bigger fish before.

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Ryan Grim

'Off With Their Heads': U.S. Politicians Eye Europe Warily

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: David Cameron, Pat Roberts, Elections 2012, Pat McFadden, Lindsey Graham, Jon Trickett, Austerity, Nicolas Sarkozy, Grand Bargain, European Debt Crisis, Video, Greece, European Elections, Jerry Nadler, Angela Merkel, Francois Hollande, Brad Miller, Politics News

Ned Simons reported from London, Alexandre Phalippou from Paris, and Ryan Grim from Washington. When Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke ventured...

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Crude Oil Prices Fall To Lowest Level In Months

The Huffington Post | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Gas Prices, High Gas Prices, Obama Gas Prices, Video, Crude Oil Prices, European Elections, President Barack Obama, Economy, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Oil Prices, Pain at the Pump, Oil, Romney Gas Prices, Austerity, Politics News

In another sign that the election drama over the price of gas has subsided, crude oil prices on Monday slipped to the lowest level in months, as a wea...

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French Frontrunner François Hollande: "The French Don't Work Less Than Others"

Elisabeth Braw | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: European Debt Crisis, Angela Merkel, French Elections, France, François Hollande, Nicolas Sarkozy, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, European Elections, World Elections 2012, Europe, World News
Elisabeth Braw

A President of France who has never been a cabinet minister? Until recently, the thought would have been absurd. But the Dominique Strauss-Kahn scandal has thrown France into turmoil. François Hollande, the mild-mannered regional governor, is leading the polls.

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Pirate Party On The Rise In Sweden (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pirate Party, European Elections, Pirates, Music, Internet Piracy, Illegal Music Downloading, Sweden, World News

In Sweden, the party for internet piracy is on the rise. Christian Engstrom, 49, is the world's first democratically elected Internet pirate and a new...

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BNP Party Picks Up Two Seats

Press Association | Pat Hurst and Alistair Keely | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nick Griffin, European Elections, Bnp, Parliament Election, European Parliament, England, World News

The UK's international reputation has suffered "real damage" as a result of the British National Party gaining their first seats in the European Parli...

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Europe's Last Ruling Communists

Amb. Swanee Hunt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Charles Ansbacher, Communist, European Elections, Former Soviet Union, Romania, Moldova, Veronin, Chisinau, Greceanii, World News
Amb. Swanee Hunt

Today is election day in Moldova, Europe's poor step-sister in the southeast corner, near the Black Sea.

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