The planned deployment of NATO Patriot missiles along Turkey’s border with Syria could lead to a “world war” that would threaten Europe as well, Iran’s military chief of staff said, according to Reuters. Turkey asked NATO for the Patriot system, designed to intercept aircraft or missiles, in November to help bolster its border security after [...]
Patriot Deployment In Turkey To Lead To “World War” Claims Iranian Official
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Nigeria: Governor Dies In Plane Crash
The governor of Nigeria’s Kaduna state and five more people, including a former Nigerian national security adviser, were killed on Saturday in a helicopter crash in the country’s Bayelsa state, Al Jazeera reported. An Agusta helicopter with two pilots and four passengers en route to Port Harcourt nose-dived and crashed in the oil-rich state of [...]
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Challenge Doubled To Macedonian EU Integration – OpEd
By Vildan Özkan Bulgaria joins Greece in procrastinating the start date of Macedonia for EU integration talks. The government referred to “bilateral” problems as an excuse and added that Macedonia still lacks both determination and good will of improving its neighborly relations. The blockage has cancelled the negotiations for the fourth time in addition to [...]
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Lessons From New Delhi’s Double Goof-Up In Maldives – Analysis
The recent developments in Maldives related to the GMR issue have received much attention in the media and policy circles. As specifics regarding the episode continue to emerge, two conclusions can be safely drawn. First, the event caught Delhi by surprise. Much like the unrest in February this year that ousted Maldives’ first democratically elected [...]
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Kosovo: The EU Still Looking To Bully Belgrade? – Analysis
The EU has managed to appear to be resolving the Kosovo conflict through dialogue without actually going anywhere; Serbia and Kosovo have edged closer to each other physically, but the substantive gap between their positions remains total and zero-sum. By Gerard M. Gallucci The EU-sponsored dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo appears to have made striking [...]
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Mongolia: Ulaanbaatar’s Last Green Spaces Up For Grabs
By Pearly Jacob Many Mongolians were surprised when, one day in 2004, a corrugated-steel fence suddenly went up around Ulaanbaatar’s 35-acre Children’s Park. They were horrified six years later when only a tiny four-acre fraction of the park reopened to the public, and plans emerged for the construction of a luxury hotel and other private [...]
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The Malala Yusafzai Case: Debating With The Real Rightwing – OpEd
By Moez Mobeen The attack on the young Malala Yusafzai has morphed in to a debate about the future direction of Pakistan. Such debates are healthy for a society which is marred in all sorts of problems and issues and hence any such initiative about discussing ideas and solutions to the problems felt by the [...]
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Obama To Charities: Bite The Hand That Feeds You, Or Else! – OpEd
Does President Obama hate private charity, or does he think only the government should take care of people? Does he just hate the idea of anyone directing their own money as they choose, or what? For whatever reason, for now the fifth time in his administration, he’s proposing eliminating or limiting the tax deductibility of [...]
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US: Contraception Mandate Challenge Reaches Appeals Court
By Michelle Bauman The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has become the first federal appellate court to hear arguments surrounding the federal contraception mandate, as two religious colleges argue that their religious freedom is threatened by the rule. “The decision from the D.C. Circuit will no doubt influence the decisions of others courts,” said Kyle [...]
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Bereaved Families Speak Out As America Mourns Newtown School Shooting
America remains deep in mourning as an investigation casts more light on the elementary school massacre that claimed the lives of 26 people, 20 of them children all aged six-seven years. The tragedy again brings up the issue of US gun control. Chilling details have been unveiled by Connecticut State chief medical examiner who commented [...]
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Peru May Purchase 24 Combat Helicopters From Russia
Peru intends to buy a consignment of 24 combat helicopters and eyes Russia as one of its potential suppliers along with France and the United States, Peruvian Defense Minister Pedro Cateriano said. “The purchase of 24 helicopters is currently under the consideration and we have three proposals…, we are considering proposals from France, the United [...]
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Pressing The Case For Reconciliation In Sri Lanka – OpEd
By Gibson Bateman During the past year, one of the Obama administration’s biggest moves at the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) received relatively little attention inside the Beltway. In March 2012, the United States led a resolution calling on the government of Sri Lanka to implement the recommendations of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation [...]
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Iran: Conservative MP Slams Anti-Opposition Statements
Conservative Iranian MP Ali Motahari has spoken out against recent statements by the head of the Guardian Council, who said that people who took part in the 2009 election protests will not be eligible to run in the upcoming presidential election. Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, the head of the Guardian Council, said: “Seditious elements should not [...]
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The Great Social Security Robbery – OpEd
The leaders of both major parties, Congress, the White House, the editorial writers, journalists of all the principle newspapers and most academic economists claim that Social Security and Medicare need to be ‘reformed’ in order to reduce the “unsustainable” fiscal deficit and avoid the bankruptcy of these social programs. An important aspect of this elite [...]
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New Peatland Bacteria Feed On Greenhouse Gas And Excess Fertilizer
Researchers from Radboud University Nijmegen and B-WARE Research Centre have discovered new methane-consuming bacteria in the soil beneath the Brunssummerheide peatland reserve in Limburg, the Netherlands. Although the bacteria may be the result of environmental pollution, they are now consuming the harmful greenhouse gas. In the middle of the Brunssummerheide heathland reserve is a unique [...]
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Eating Gazpacho Linked To Lower Blood Pressure
A regular consumption of gazpacho can contribute to reduce hypertension, according to a scientific study published in the journal Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases, by the researcher Alexander Medina-Remón, from the Department of Nutrition and Bromatology of the Faculty of Pharmacy and the Food and Nutrition Torribera Campus of the UB, as its main author. [...]
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Sympathy Over US School Shooting Stretches Globe
The massacre of 26 children and adults at an elementary school in the state of Connecticut elicited horror and soul-searching around the world even as it raised questions about why the gunman, a 20-year-old described as brilliant but remote, would have been driven to such a crime and how he chose his victims, some as [...]
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Egypt: Opposition Has Won, Even If It Loses – OpEd
By Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed In the Egyptian arena rages the biggest political, intellectual, popular and elitist media battle. Parties are now fighting over authority, positions, history and the future. The disputed proposed constitution caused bloodshed on both sides, but did anyone expect people to die over constitutional differences? They are happening because the battle is [...]
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Reality And Rhetoric Of Anti-Corruption In Russia – OpEd
Given all that’s been said about Russia’s suddenly rediscovered passion for fighting corruption, there’s at least one section of the ruling elites who mean what they say or who are either setting themselves up for a public disappointment of comical proportions. What started with the firing of Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, seen as the highest [...]
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The Failings Of The Process Of Drafting And Adopting The Egyptian Constitution – Analysis
The most convincing argument for rushing the vote on the new constitution is that having a new constitution will move Egypt from the transition stage into permanence and stability. True, a country governed by elected leaders under legitimate constitutional authority will shift the focus from politics to rebuilding. However, the constitution remains the most important [...]
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