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With the Nato summit, Chicago does the usual.

Protesters gather in Chicago for demonstrations as police prepare for trouble.

Did Obama miss a chance for Israeli-Palestinian peace?

A peace opportunity came knocking, but for the Obama administration, it did not fit the narrative.

Smuggling People

Video: From Indonesia to Australia, for a fee. No papers required.

Saudi Arabia beheaded 76 in 2011.

In addition to more serious crimes, the “crime” can be as silly as “witchcraft” or casting a spell. If you are poor and cannot buy your way out of the penalty, you may face beheading.

Freedom for Blind Chinese disident Chen Guangcheng as he arrives in US.

Chen Guangcheng is now in New York with his wife and children. The fate of his other relatives remains in doubt.

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What is it all about? Why Chen Guangcheng matters.

A Frenchman sets out on an incredible swim, to swim between 5 continents.

All the more incredible because Philippe Croizon, 43, lost all of his limbs, and is swimming with prosthetic limbs with flippers.

Top Mexican generals held for alleged cartel connections.

Fellow officers have testified as to their connections to cartel drug activity.

As Greece goes bust, drug makers will help with humanitarian supplies.

Drug companies are making plans to keep the supply of critical drugs flowing even if the Greek consumer cannot pay.

Lost $2billion? How JPMorgan had the last laugh.

JPMorgan’s much publicized loss of $2billion and contrite displays by management hide quite another story.

The Pakistani doctor who helped the US find Osama bin Laden faces treason charges.

Dr Shakeel Afridi could face the death penalty if convicted of treason, but US pressure on Pakistan to relent is intense. Detailed here is the story of how a Pakistani doctor with an American wife, helped bring down bin Laden.

A quick study on the dispute between China and the Philippines.

The fight has a long history and involves most of Southeast Asia.

Obama to Europe: Boost growth now or face global crisis.

The US president clearly intends to push growth and spending as opposed to austerity.

Oil Canada: The complete illustrated guide to the new oil superpower.

A great visual guide to how Canada has become the new oil giant as oil sands become economically viable.

Literary agent in 1991: Obama born in Kenya

In promoting Obama’s then new book, a pamphlet stated that he was “Born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii.”

DEA presence in Honduras goes wrong with firefight.

A case of mistaken identity left 4 people dead, and makes it more difficult to keep the DEA presence in Honduras quiet.

It’s not just Greece. Cash is on the run from France, Italy, Spain and Belgium

For some time, wealth has been pushed into banks in Britain, and other safe havens in northern Europe.

China leadership purge? 16 retired party leaders ask for 2 top officials to step down.

China’s security boss, Zhou Yongkang, and propaganda official, Liu Yunshan, were urged to step down. Their ties to the disgraced Bo Xilai resonate with one of the retired leaders’ statements that “We still care about the future of the country”.

Eyewitness: Inside Syria’s Al-Qusayr, under siege by Assad’s Forces.

VIDEO: French reporters get inside the Syrian city under siege by tyrant Bashar Assad’s tanks and artillery.

US ambassador to Israel on Iran nuke project: US Ready to Strike Iran.

While holding out hope for a diplomatic solution, the ambassador said that the US had completed the needed planning should a strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities be needed.

Julian Assange’s WikiLeaks document release connected to the arrest and execution of “Mossad agent”.

Majid Fashi was hanged in Iran this last Tuesday for allegedly killing an Iranian nuclear sceintist. He was arrested within days of the release of stolen documents by WikiLeaks.

A generation of unteachables?

“The unteachable student has been told all her life that she is excellent: gifted, creative, insightful, thoughtful, able to succeed at whatever she tries, full of potential and innate ability.”

Florida voter list yields 53,000 dead voters.

The extent of voter fraud with deceased voters in not yet known.

California medical marijuana provides cover for pot businesses.

Doctors can recommend that patients grow up to 99 plants, far more than a patient might use for personal medical use.

Will eating organic turn you into a jerk?

Organic food eaters were found to be less likely to help others and more judgmental. Cheese puffs anyone?

A 3-year-old Texas girl was taken from her parents by Child Protective Services. That is when the abuse started.

Little Rachel was hooked on drugs after being taken from her parents by Texas’ Child Protective Services and suffered multiple instances of neglect and abuse under the care of the agency.

200-year-old shipwreck discovered in Gulf of Mexico.

VIDEO: The ship was discovered in a previously unexplored area over 4,000 feet deep.

Conservative groups outspending opponents 4 to 1.

Feeling overwhelmed, Democrats are trying to rally the cash.

Commentary: The truth about FaceBook.

“Facebook is beginning to feel like the world’s loneliest party.”

American woman who sent adopted child back to Russia ordered to pay child support.

American Torry Hansen sent her adopted son back to Russia in 2010 with a one way ticket to Moscow and a note attached, stating that she no longer wanted to parent the boy.

Romney to voters: Avoid going the way of California

As California struggles to did it’s way out of its huge fiscal hole with tax increases, Romney uses that state as a poster child for disaster.

New US debt $12,984 per household since 2011.

Spend spend spend. What next?

The myth of the decline of the West.

Problems persist, but in fact, 4 major Western powers are on the rise. The list may surprise you.

Alligator nearly has scientist for lunch.

In one of those “Don’t try this at home” moments, a scientist in North Carolina escapes being lunch.

Cops and witnesses support Zimmerman’s story in Martin shooting.

Both police reports and eyewitness accounts support George Zimmerman’s claim that he was attacked.

China trend: Hire a white guy.

The trend to want a white face on sales efforts or to have a white native speaker teaching English is practiced in China without apology.

Working expats in China refer to it as a “face job”, putting a white face on something they know nothing about.

Dem Senators move to prevent tax motivated escape from US.

Increased taxation on the capital gains they are taking with them and complete banning from the US for US citizens who renounce their citizenship to save their fortune from the tax man.

Most births are now minorities.

US census reveals, that for the first time, more than half of all births in the USA are within racial or ethnic minority groups.

FaceBook co-founder who renounced US citizenship may be banned from US.

US statutes provide for retaliatory exclusion from the US for persons having renounced citizenship to avoid taxes.

LA mall bans boxer Manny Pacquiao for opposition to gay marriage.

The Grove in Los Angeles will not tolerate Pacquiao in their mall because they think he is intolerant.

California dreaming: Almost $16 billion in cuts.

California’s entitlement fantasy meets the day of reckoning. Democrat Gov. Brown: “The United States of America and its federal government has been living beyond its means. Well, there has to be a balance and a day of reckoning. This is a day of reckoning…”

Big-Hearted Mitt.

Beyond political image and portrayals of Romney as a heartless corporate raider, there is a man of remarkable personal generosity.

Dictator rules: Obama issued executive order outlawing opposition to Yemen’s dictator.

The order authorizes freezing the assets of anyone who directly or indirectly obstructs the dictatorship in Yemen.

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