By Aleksandar Pavlevski Macedonia and Turkey are deepening their military ties through investment and co-operation, nurturing a relationship that allows Turkey to maintain influence in the Balkans while bolstering Macedonia’s ties with a NATO member. The most recent donation — seven Land Rover lightweight vehicles and a Cobra light armoured vehicle, collectively valued at about [...]
Macedonia, Turkey Military Co-Operation Gains Importance
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Banks To Lend Palestinian Authority $100 Million
Palestinian banks will lend the Palestinian Authority $100 million to see it through a financial crisis caused by Israeli sanctions, the Palestine Monetary Authority chief said Wednesday. The PMA reached an agreement with bank representatives for the short-term loan that will be repaid when the Arab League delivers its promised financial security net, Jihad al-Wazir [...]
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Twitter Suspends Anonymous Account
YourAnonNews, a Twitter account used by members of Anonymous to relay messages pertinent to the hacktivist movement, has been suspended. Twitter users aligned with Anonymous and other online collectives announced the suspension just shy of 12 noon EST on Wednesday, December 19. No confirmation has come from either known Anons or Twitter regarding why the [...]
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“China In Transition”: An Opportunity Or Obstacle For The Asia-Pacific Region – Analysis
By Guner Ozkan China has always been an important subject at countless meetings, forums and conferences being held around the world on economic, political, military developments and many other areas. There is every reason to be so in years and decades to come as the fast economic growth and increasing political weight of China are [...]
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India: Crimes Against Women – OpEd
In our country, crime against women is not treated seriously by the police. Its prevention, investigation and prosecution are given low priority. This was so during the days of the British. This has been so since we became independent. Our Police Regulations, which lay down how the Police should function, were originally drafted by the [...]
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China Eyes Moderate Growth – Analysis
By Michael Lelyveld After a year of transition, China is poised for moderate economic growth under new leadership, experts say. Gone are the days of excessive expansion that produced growth rates of 10.4 percent in 2010 and 9.3 percent last year. China will finish out 2012 with more modest gross domestic product (GDP) growth of [...]
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Rating Agency Gives Greece Something To Celebrate
(EurActiv) — Rating agency Standard & Poor’s has raised Greece’s sovereign credit rating to B-minus with a stable outlook from selective default, citing Europe’s efforts to keep the country part of the euro. “The upgrade reflects our view of the strong determination of European Economic and Monetary Union member states to preserve Greek membership in [...]
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USA Double Dealing With Afghanistan? – OpEd
On December 18th the United States of America reimbursed Pakistan $688 million for the cost of its 140,000 troops on the border with Afghanistan. Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter notified the American Congress the payment will be for Pakistan’s expenses incurred from June through November of 2011. The December 6 letter to Congress specifically states [...]
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China Claims Geology Boosts Island Claims
By Matthew Hilburn In an attempt to bolster its claims to disputed islands in the East China Sea, China has presented the United Nations what it says is geological evidence proving the islands belong to Beijing. Lianzeng Chen, the deputy head of China’s State Oceanic Administration, submitted the claim December 13, according to China’s state-run [...]
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Potential Consequences Of Egypt’s Constitutional Referendum – Analysis
Egyptian opposition parties are exhorting Egyptians to vote against the proposed new constitution in the hope that the Muslim Brotherhood will accept to negotiate a revision of it. Events in Egypt and in the wake of the post-Arab Spring, however, are not surprising for onlookers: there is little mystery about the turn events have taken. Egyptian history [...]
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Putin’s Opposition Scores Big At Critical London Hearing – OpEd
The facts said one thing. The media told a different story. And Russian president Vladimir Putin lost another skirmish with his enemies in the process. This drama unfolded in the London coroner’s court on December 13. The 2006 death of reputed former spy Alexander Litvinenko was the subject. When the hearing was over, media headlines [...]
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India And Russia Attempt To Put Ties On An Even Keel – Analysis
On backdrop of Vladimir Putin visit to New Delhi, India-Russian ties don’t seem to be as strong as they once were. A look at where the erstwhile allies stand. For nearly half a century, there was one world capital that had immense influence in New Delhi: Moscow was where India’s government sought political and military [...]
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Rebel Controlled Yarmouk Palestinian Camp Empties Pending Government Counter-Attack – OpEd
A few thoughts rushed through this observers mind when he saw a distraught looking woman sitting alone, tightly holding two babies, at one corner of the vast parking lot of the central Damascus bus station known as Al-Soumariyeh. It is from here where inexpensive transportation can be had for those traveling west, east, north and [...]
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Exploring Ethnicities: A Sociological Profile Of Tibetan Muslim Community In Kashmir Valley – Analysis
The Tibetan refugee community scattered round the world and densely in India constitutes a minuscule proportion of Muslims presently residing in Srinagar city of the Indian Kashmir. Away from their homeland they have discovered a home in Kashmir. This community has been claiming the Kashmiri origin and differs from its fellow Buddhist refugees settled temporarily [...]
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Four US State Department Officials Resign Over Benghazi Attack Report
The US State Department’s diplomatic security chief has resigned and three other officials were removed from their posts in the wake of a withering report on the Sept. 11 attack on the US diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, that left the US ambassador to the country dead. Eric Boswell, assistant US secretary of state for [...]
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Is The US Set To Become The Leading Global Producer Of Liquid Fuels? – Analysis
Significant increases in U.S. production of crude oil and other liquid fuels, and the outlook for further growth, have focused attention on the possibility that the United States could surpass Saudi Arabia to become the leading global producer. However, U.S. production growth is only one factor that will determine when such a milestone might be [...]
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Back From The Brink Of Extinction – OpEd
Woods bison, muskeg swamps and Canadian oil sands prove energy and wildlife coexist By Dennis T. Avery The last woods bison in the United States was apparently shot by a hunter in West Virginia around 1835. For many decades, the woods bison was presumed extinct – until an airplane spotted an isolated herd in the [...]
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Rosneft And Pirelli Sign Cooperation Agreement
Rosneft and Pirelli & C. S.p.A. have signed an agreement to develop cooperation in trade and marketing. The agreement was signed by Igor Sechin, President and Chairman of the Management Board at Rosneft, and Marco Tronchetti Provera, Managing Director of Pirelli & C. S.p.A. The two companies plan to run joint marketing projects and sell [...]
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Iraq: Rising Number Of Birth Defects Blamed On US Weapons – Report
American ammunition may be the reason behind the mounting number of babies born with birth defects in Iraq, a study revealed. Accounts of children being born with cancer and birth defects have been highlighted in German newspaper Der Spiegel, where Iraqis who were interviewed were not sure of the explanation behind so many dead and [...]
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Kerry: Congress Shares Blame For Benghazi Security Failure
By Carla Babb The chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations committee says Congress bears some responsibility for the mistakes leading to the deadly September 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Speaking Thursday as the Senate committee questioned Deputy Secretaries of State William Burns and Thomas Nides, Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) said [...]
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