Italy's Foreign Minister leads the push to create a European army for the post-Lisbon EU. As a new Europe takes shape following the adoption of the Lisbon treaty the Minister suggests that Europe should not be left behind the superpowers.

Single mother and Army cook Spc. Alexis Hutchinson was scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan along with her unit on Nov. 5. Instead, she is under arrest and confined to an Army base in Savannah, Ga., because she chose to skip her flight in order to care for her infant son.

Obama's historic trip to China was marred last night by censorship. His speech held in a town hall-style suffered from black outs and poor quality. The speech intended for the people of China never reached the majority.

The word came straight from the President himself. Barack Obama does not use Twitter. He is a verified member of Twitter of and has 2.6 million followers but he doesn't tweet. Seems as if President Obama has pinch tweeter doing his tweeting for him.

The body of missing 5-year-old Shaniya Nicole Davis was found Monday afternoon, Fayetteville, NC Police Chief Tom Bergamine said. She was first reported missing last Tuesday.

While the U.S. President Barack Obama in China meets with the Chinese leaders and promotes better ties with China the State Department blogs about a new way that the U.S. Embassy in China uses to reach out to Chinese net users: the netizens.

Forbes magazine recently released a list of powerful people that include legitimate leaders in business, politics, and religion but also included criminals. Criminals such as Joaquin Guzman head of Mexico's largest and oldest drug cartel, which has Mexican officals upset.

According to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the U.S. has no longer term interests in Afghanistan other than the Taliban. Clinton provided the assurences that once this objective is achieved the U.S. will withdraw.

Saturday eleven people were killed when a suicide bomber detonated himself at a police check point in Peshawar Pakistan. Reports indicate that the bomber was in an altercation with police before his deadly payload went off.

On the eve President Barrack Obama's first visit to China his half-brother has come forth with a new book. Mark Okoth Obama Ndesandjo who is the president's younger half brother reveals that Barrack Obama Sr. was a violent alcoholic who him and his mother.

A medical helicopter crashed early Saturday north of Reno near the Nevada-California state line. The crash killed all three crew members aboard, officials said.