Headlines: • UN Envoy, Moscow Call for Revival of Syria Plan • Kuwaiti Liberals Blast Calls to Ban Xmas Celebrations • US Drone Strikes Down in Pakistan, Up in Yemen • China to be Surrounded by US Stealth Jets by 2017 Details: UN Envoy, Moscow Call for Revival of Syria Plan: Russia and the U.N called Thursday for the resuscitation of a peace initiative for Syria that never got off…

Headlines: • Christianity is Fading Away in Britain as Islam Surges and Agnosticism Spreads• Assad Losing Syrian War, Russia Admits for First Time• Pakistan 'Expanding Nuclear Arsenal to Deter US Attack'• China's Economy to Outgrow America's by 2030 as World Faces 'Tectonic Shift' Details: Christianity is Fading Away in Britain as Islam Surges and Agnosticism Spreads: New figures from the 2011 Census show the number of people who identify themselves…

Headlines: Global Corruption Remains High in 2012 despite Arab Spring Assad Considers Political Asylum in Latin America if Toppled Jewish State Rejects UN Call for Nuclear Transparency NATO behind 'Insecurity' in Afghanistan, Karzai says America's Agents Kiyani and Islam on Forbes "Most Powerful List" Details: Global Corruption Remains High in 2012 despite Arab Spring: Corruption in the public sector showed no sign of retreating in 2012 despite citizen uprisings that…

Headlines: Brzezinski: US Must Stop Following Israel "Like a Stupid Mule" Egypt Endorses Dodgy Constitution with Islamic Dressing Palestinians Win UN Vote for a Non-Existent State Panetta: Post-2014 Afghan Effort to be Substantial Details: Brzezinski: US Must Stop Following Israel "Like a Stupid Mule": Leading US strategist Zbigniew Brzezinski - unofficial dean of the realist school of American foreign policy experts - has drawn an unflattering picture of US-Israel relations.…