By David Nelson The bones of a young man in his twenties rest on a metal table in the Bosnian town of Tuzla. He has no name, but the International Commission on Missing Persons hopes to give him one soon. The skeletal remains of this young man were found in three different graves around the [...]
Bosnia: An Honest Reckoning
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The Sri Lanka Bar Association Is Also Politicized – OpEd
By Shenali Waduge The logic of declaring anything “independent” must be based on an unwavering commitment to unbiased, devoid of discrimination and ethical judgment in all cases whether they are associated with the 3 pillars of governance or in private/public sector as well as in the daily affairs personal or otherwise of the public. It [...]
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Sufism: The Spritual Path To Preach Love, Coexistence And Peace – OpEd
Morocco owes its image of a modern Muslim nation to Sufism, a spiritual and tolerant Islamic tradition that goes back to the first generations of Muslims who, for centuries, has supported religious cohesion, social and cultural Moroccan society. Sufism provides answers to some of the most complex problems facing the contemporary Muslim world, where youth [...]
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US Senators Raise Objections To Potential Fiscal Cliff Deal
While last-minute negotiations continue to avoid America’s so-called fiscal cliff, some legislators of both parties are voicing opposition to a potential deal. Broad cooperation among Democrats and Republicans will be required to put an agreement to a vote in the Senate before a midnight deadline. Barely 12 hours before a severe automatic austerity regime kicks [...]
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Iran Stages Cyber Warfare Drill Alongside Hormuz Naval Exercise
Iranian forces have conducted a cyber-warfare drill for the first time as their naval forces conducts major exercises in the Strait of Hormuz, testing a brand new air defense missile system. The Iranian navy has staged a cyber-attack against the computer network of its defene forces in order to simulate a hack or a virus [...]
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Obama Says He Hopes To Avoid “Fiscal Cliff”
President Barack Obama weighed in on the dire fiscal cliff situation from the White House Monday afternoon, only hours before the United States is expected to encounter a monetary catastrophe if Congress fails to reach an agreement. With every minute counting before millions of Americans are forced to endure an automatic tax hike, President Obama [...]
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BG Group Secures $1.8 Billion US Export-Import Loan
BG Group today announced that it has secured a $1.8 billion loan from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im). The loan, which marks further progress in the Group’s funding diversification plans, is also designed to support the export of US services and equipment for the ongoing delivery of the Queensland Curtis LNG [...]
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Malaysia’s Opposition Coalition: Getting Their Act Together – Analysis
With the Malaysian general election due very soon, can the opposition Pakatan Rakyat (Pakatan) hold its ground as the only credible competitor to the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN)? Pakatan’s strength ultimately depends on its component parties’ ability to deliver in spite of their ideological differences. By Afif Pasuni THE OPPOSITION Pakatan Rakyat coalition formed only [...]
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Panetta Praises Security Transition Progress In Afghanistan
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta lauded Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s announcement that Afghanistan has entered the second to last stage of the transition of security responsibility from NATO’s International Security Assistance Force to Afghan security forces. “It is another sign of steady progress that the Government of Afghanistan has announced the fourth tranche of the [...]
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Obama Vows To Push New Gun-Control Legislation In 2013 – OpEd
President Barack Obama on national television on Sunday repeated his commitment to sign into law new gun-control legislation in the first year of his second term. One of the proposed laws is being introduced in the U.S. Senate by Democrat Senator Dianne Feinstein from California on the first day the Senate returns to Washington. Twenty [...]
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All You Wanted To Know About Housing In Three Minutes – OpEd
There’s a terrific video at Bloomberg News that will tell you everything you want to know about housing in just under 3 minutes. Unfortunately, the video hasn’t gotten much attention, probably because it veers from the MSMs fairytale about a housing recovery. Even so, I have transcribed the interview below so that readers can judge for themselves whether housing [...]
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Egypt May Strip Topless Protester Of Citizenship
Egypt’s Prosecutor General is to review a request to strip a woman who protested topless against the new constitution outside the Egyptian Embassy in Sweden of her citizenship, local media reported on Monday. The request accuses the protestor, Alia al Mahdi, of “undermining the authority of the state and disrespecting the religious sensibilities of the [...]
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Belgrade Prepares To End 2012 With A Bang
By Nemanja Cabric Every year thousands flock to Belgrade to ring in the New Year as the city offers something for everyone, from European clubbers to history buffs to families. Belgrade’s natural charm, the romantic New Year atmosphere and the variety of celebrations in the city, touted as one of Europe’s top party destinations by [...]
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Bahrain: Police Officers Jailed For Torturing Detainee To Death
A Bahraini court on Sunday sentenced two police officers to seven years in prison for their role in the torture of a man that resulted in his death. Abdul Kareem Fakhrawi was pronounced dead on April 12, nine days after he was arrested, according to the report of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) [...]
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What’s In Store For 2013? – OpEd
By Adrian Salbuchi World Government stepping onto sovereign Nation-States, puppet politicians unable to cope with social challenges, chaos in the Middle East and ever increasing global crises – all this awaits us in 2013. Is it time for ‘We the People’ to wake up? More violence in the Middle East; increased protests and commotion on [...]
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Crime Against Women In Delhi: What Next? – Analysis
The next step in the case relating to the brutal gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old girl in New Delhi, who has passed away, is the investigation and prosecution of the six accused in quick time to ensure that justice is done to the Braveheart, whom the shocked nation looks upon as its daughter. [...]
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Xi Jinping To Promote Political Reforms In China? – Analysis
By Dr. B R Deepak Wen Jiabao, the outgoing premier has been the strongest votary of political reforms in China in recent times. Wen had joined the student protesters at Tian Anmen with the then Party Secretary, Zhao Zeyang, who was equally sympathetic about the cause of the students, and political reforms being one of [...]
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New York Times Journalist Forced To Leave China
China has apparently expelled a New York Times journalist after the paper ran a damaging report about the hidden wealth of outgoing premier Wen Jiabao and his family, overseas media reported. Australian national Chris Buckley, who recently re-joined The New York Times after working as a correspondent for Reuters, left Beijing on Monday evening with [...]
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India: Bare Survival In Andhra Pradesh – Analysis
By Mrinal Kanta Das After steadily losing ground in Andhra Pradesh since 2006, the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in 2011, had become a mere shadow of its past. In 2012, it appears to have managed to arrest a further downward slide, which could have resulted in the Party being virtually wiped out in the [...]
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US Congress To Miss Fiscal Cliff Deadline
The U.S. Congress looks set to miss its midnight deadline on a deal averting the so-called fiscal cliff, as members of the House of Representatives are scheduled to recess without taking a vote on the issue. It is not yet clear whether the Senate will vote before leaving for the night, after a day of [...]
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