We, as U.S. citizens, have a problem with our own Department of State and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE). It revolves around the re-importation of our own property back from overseas. Involved are nearly a million U.S.-made M-1 Carbines andM-1 Garand rifles, which have been in the Republic of South Korea since the end of active hostilities commonly referred to as the Korean War in the early 1950s. Notice that I didn't say the end of the Korean War, because an armistice has never been signed, just a cease-fire.

Three Dutch Marines are being held in Libya after their Lynx helicopter went down during an operation to evacuate refugees.

GLOBAL shipping chiefs are calling upon people power to help secure the release of hundreds of innocent seafarers snatched by Somali pirates.

Shipping companies and associations from around the world have joined forces in a major campaign to encourage over a million people to heap pressure on their national government to crackdown on piracy.

There is no longer a way for ships coming from the Middle East to avoid the Somali pirate gangs in the Indian Ocean, but with greater political will, governments can resolve this growing crisis.

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Debate over establishing a no-fly zone over Libya has heated up as rebels against Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi repelled an attack by pro-Qaddafi forces.

The Vietnamese government has arrested Nguyen Dan Que after he posted a call on the internet for a revolution against the communist regime according to a report from the Washington Post.

Around 84,000 ethnic Karen civilians have signed a petition calling on UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to take action to immediately stop the Burmese dictatorship attacking civilians and committing gross human rights abuses against them.

The petition was organised by the Karen National Union (KNU), the largest political organisation representing the Karen people in Burma, at the request of Karen civilians in cooperation with local community leaders and supported by Karen communities and organisations around the world.

Gun battles in Mexico over the weekend left 28 people dead, some of them suspected drug traffickers.

Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe's regime has cracked down, arresting 46 activists who had viewed videos of the protests in Egypt that brought down Hosni Mubarak.