Global: Miscellaneous

Hung Parliament possible as UK polls tighten

UK: Court bars British National Party from taking new members

In paying for sex changes, Cuba breaks from past

9th US missionary freed in Haiti, returns home

Google’s Computing Power Refines Translation Tool

Canadian PM Backpedals on Proposal to Change National Anthem over Gender

UK: News at Ten anchor warns of anti-Christian media bias

Abu Dhabi pumps oil riches into media projects

Homosexuals on Vatican Staff Removed after Prostitution Ring Revelations

Voters in Iceland Reject Repayment Plan

Nigeria massacre leaves more than 120 Christians dead

Dutch Catholics protest parish compromise with “gay activists”

Iceland braces for Icesave vote

Dutch anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders makes strong showing in local polls

Germany doesn’t want Iran in UN human rights body

Conservatives still four points ahead in Canada

Canada: “Gay rights” section nixed for immigrants’ guide

China PLA officer urges challenging U.S. dominance

It’s time Britain had the porn conversation

South Africa: Christian Network takes aim at proposed porn channel

Christians can’t vote for Wilders, say vicars

UK: “Record numbers not in education, work or training: Almost 15% of young people are now ‘neets’, official figures show”

European Council President Van Rompuy insulted in parliament: “Who are you, who voted for you?”

China extends position as world’s leading food producer

“Russia refuses to register NGO set up to help sexual minorities”

Multi-Site Churches Spreading in Post-Christian Europe

“Children sexualized from an increasingly early age”

UK: Lap-dancing clubs increase while library numbers drop

China Launches Strict New Internet Controls It Says Are Aimed At Eliminating Online Porn

EU Court Advisers at Odds Over Gambling Restrictions

Lisbon pact failing to lift the E.U. on global stage

David Cameron’s “secret plan to kill off party dinosaurs”

Haiti judge says 8 of 10 missionaries to be freed

Greece loses EU voting power in blow to sovereignty

Catch 22 in the EU

“Malawi: Police say man arrested in anti-gay sweep”

Ricky Martin calls for focus on human trafficking

Law Review: Sexuality and Human Rights

UK Evangelical Alliance says young Christians plan to vote

UK: Conservatives debate influence of party’s evangelical Christians

EU leaders mulling extra budget steps for Greece

Climategate academic admits he “lost track” of vital data

China Alarmed by Security Threat From Internet

English Football: “Top stars shun gay awareness campaign”

Church of England concerned by “religious TV cuts”

The EU’s horrible honeymoon

Lech Walesa: World Has ‘Lost Hope’ of America’s Moral Leadership

“Cameron tells Rowan: Make your Church pro-gay”

Lawyer: Missionary leader to blame for kidnap case

Sweden defies EU directive to store users’ phone data

Haitian judge questions detained Americans

Boys who see porn more likely to harass girls

Malawi man arrested for “gay rights” posters

Idaho pastor defends church members held in Haiti

At Davos, Sarkozy Calls for Global Finance Rules

Will the Euro survive?

Bankers unite against Barack Obama and Gordon Brown in call for world regulation

Law Review: Who Represents Whom and How in European Governance?

Canada: The problem with “sext” ed

Hungry Haitians like animals, says UN peacekeeper

The Economist: “Leviathan stirs again”

Scientists using selective temperature data, skeptics say

Canada: “Former sex worker challenges prostitution laws”

Berlusconi vs. Google: Will Italy censor YouTube?

“BBC to ask public about its portrayal of gay people”

Uganda anti-gay bill may change, says MP Bahati

Italy: Berlusconi law may ban daytime porn

Book Review: The rotten heart of the European Union

IOC recommends gender-test centers

Malta: Labour Party seeks review of definition of obscenities

The British media’s trouble with religion

UK: Church to vote on greater rights for partners of “gay” clergy

Haiti’s voodoo priests object to mass burials

UK: “Parliament urged to encourage gay MPs”

Newt Gingrich and Andrew McCarthy: Obama elevated Interpol over U.S. law