Chavez lends support to Syrian leader

NOVANEWS by crescentandcross   Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has thrown his weight behind Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and pointed a finger of blame at the West for recent unrests in the Middle […]

Ricordando Vittorio Arrigoni

NOVANEWS     Translated by Elise Hendrick Il 9 d’aprile, Vittorio Arrigoni – Vik per noi – mi scrisse in un e-mail che: «Me ne vado subito in quanto quest’ignominia sarà finita.» L’«ignominia» era l’ultimo […]

in memoriam: Vik Arrigoni

NOVANEWS   On April 9, Vittorio Arrigoni – Vik to us – wrote to me in an e-mail that “I will go out immediately after this shame” ends. The “shame” was Israel’s latest flurry of […]

Dictators' Malware

NOVANEWS   modernityblog   Whilst protesters across the Middle East and elsewhere are using social media and the Internet to coordinate actions against dictators and other despots, they are not alone. Eli Lake in the […]

France to ban Muslim street prayers

NOVANEWS   by crescentandcross   French Interior Minister Claude Gueant seeks to ban praying in the street as part of a continuation of recent discrimination against Muslims in the western European country. Gueant said that he […]

The US Maxes Out Its Credit Card

NOVANEWS by crescentandcross   By Eric Margolis   The US dollar sank further last week and gold hit $1,500 an ounce, frightening investors and destabilizing financial markets. A leading credit rating agency warned the US AAA […]