by Danielle Parillo | May 3, 2013 | Monitor
No Hijacking by Somali Pirates in Nearly a Year Edith M. Lederer/Stars and Stripes The fight against Somali pirates has been so effective that they haven’t been able to mount a successful hijacking in nearly a year, the chair of the global group trying to combat...
by Theodore MacDonald | Apr 23, 2013 | Monitor
Canada Foils ‘Al-Qaeda Linked’ Terror Attack on Train BBC News Two foreign men living in Canada have been charged with plotting a terrorist attack on a passenger train with support from al-Qaeda elements in Iran. Terror Takes a Front Seat Glenn Thrush and Jennifer...
by Theodore MacDonald | Apr 10, 2013 | Monitor
Obama Budget Targets Millionaires, Replaces Sequester Cuts Mark Felsenthal and Jeff Mason/Reuters The White House on Wednesday proposed a budget that would sharply trim the U.S. deficit over three years by forcing millionaires to pay more in taxes and enacting...
by Theodore MacDonald | Mar 27, 2013 | Monitor
Andrew Holland was quoted today in an Macleans article that discussed environmental protests over the Keystone XL pipeline. The article gives an overview of how the Keystone XL project came to be, and the benefits and problems that are associated with it. From the...
by Theodore MacDonald | Mar 4, 2013 | Monitor
A recent Biofuels Digest article entitled “Is the U.S. Military Fighting Straw Men?” referenced ASP’s Andrew Holland’s report on biofuels and the military. The author of the article, Brent Erickson, discusses how the military’s reliance...