A beggar on the streets of Venice. The Italian remarks come hot on the heels of Roma expulsions in France Italy has said it intends to expel citizens from other EU states if they are not able to support themselves, in a move apparently inspired by France’s current crackdown on Roma. Interior Minister Roberto Maroni told daily newspaper Corriere della Sera on Saturday... 

700 Roma gypsies living in France face deportation by the end of August. The French government has announced plans to deport 700 Roma gypsies as Romania warns about the possibility of a xenophobic backlash. “I am worried about the risks of populism and xenophobic reactions in a context of economic crisis,” Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi said in... 

Sheriff Larry Dever of Cochise County, Ariz. Sheriff Larry Dever of Cochise County, Ariz., one of four Arizona counties contiguous with the U.S-Mexico border, said Friday that the U.S. Border Patrol has pulled back from parts of the border in his and neighboring counties because manning those areas has become too dangerous. “And you frankly have Border Patrolmen–and... 

French National Front leader Jean-Marie Le Pen leads a delegation of far-right European politicians to Japan this week where they plan to visit Tokyo’s controversial Yasukuni shrine to war dead. When asked about the visit to the shrine, which honours 2.5 million Japanese war dead including 14 top war criminals from World War II, the party’s deputy leader... 

French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday ordered authorities to expel Gypsy illegal immigrants and dismantle their camps, amid accusations that his government is acting racist in its treatment of the group known as Roma. Sarkozy called a government meeting Wednesday after Gypsies clashed with police this month following the shooting death of a youth fleeing... 

The woman was attacked and her veil ripped off outside Central Station A man who ripped a veil from a Muslim woman’s face as she walked though Glasgow has been jailed for two years. William Baikie, 26, admitted racially assaulting 26-year-old Anwar Alqahtani by forcibly removing her niqab in the city’s Hope Street on 27 April. Glasgow Sheriff Court heard how... 

From the outside, Jerry Erwin’s home in the northwestern US state of Oregon is a nondescript house with a manicured front lawn and little to differentiate it from those of his neighbors. But tucked away out of sight in his backyard are the signs of his preparations for doomsday, a catastrophic societal collapse that Erwin, 45, now believes is likely within... 

A Tokyo court on Wednesday convicted a New Zealand activist of assault and obstructing Japanese whaling ships in the Antarctic Ocean, and sentenced him to a suspended prison term. Peter Bethune was also found guilty on three other charges: trespassing, vandalism and possession of a knife. He had pleaded guilty to all but the assault charge when his trial started... 

Thousands of Czechs are protesting plans to put up a statue of Michael Jackson in Prague to mark the celebrity’s 52nd birthday on August 29, AP has reported. City officials have already given a green light to the raising of the two-meter bronze bust of the late “King of Pop” on the grounds of Letna park, a plane high above the Vltava and downtown where... 

Investigators opened a criminal case on Sunday in connection with an armed attack on a police patrol car on Saturday in the Primorie territory, which resulted in one of the two traffic police officers sent to the hospital with a critical wound. The second one was not injured, the representative of the regional police department told RIA News. “An armed attack... 

Turkish security sources quoted Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan as preparing to go beyond abusive rhetoric against Israel and considering using his navy to break Israel’s siege of Gaza or even sailing aboard the next flotilla to break the blockade in person on the assumption that Israel would not dare stop him, Debka reported. The Obama administration is... 

This is a fantastic moment in politics. The Netherlands tells it like it is to Turkeys face. While this happened some time ago in the EP, it seemed like a good time to post it given Turkey’s role in the current ‘aid’ flotilla. VN:F [1.9.3_1094]please wait...Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast) Read More →

Almost half of America is trying to get you rid of this One of America’s national organizations fighting against illegal immigration is announcing that 18 states are now filing versions of Arizona’s SB 1070 law which is designed to help local police enforce America’s existing immigration laws. Numerous national and local polls indicated that 60-81% of... 

Los Angeles has just become the nation’s largest city to boycott Arizona for passing a tough immigration law. Now, anti-protesters have come out to say they’ll boycott L.A. right back. Kelly Townsend of Gilbert doesn’t like hearing about people across the country boycotting Arizona. “I think it’s an intimidation tactic that has caught on... 

Patriotic tea partiers in Quincy, Ill When hundreds of tea-party protesters – including many elderly women – gathered outside a civic center where President Obama was giving a public speech Wednesday, they were surprised to be greeted by police dispatched in full riot gear. Obama spoke in Quincy, Ill., at the Oakley Lindsay Civic Center. The event was open to the...