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Polisario Fighters Captured In Fighting In Northern Mali – OpEd

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On February 24 the French newspaper Le Figaro, under the signature of its Maghreb specialist, Thierry Oberle and France 24 TV channel both confirmed the involvement of elements of the Polisario in the bloody fighting in northern Mali on February 23 that caused the death of more than 43 in the ranks of terrorists and [...]

Beijing’s Renewed Resolve: Treading The Path Of Peaceful Development – Analysis

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The announcement by Chinese president-designate Xi Jin Ping that Beijing would never compromise its security interests raised concerns that China would adopt an increasingly aggressive posture in international diplomacy. China’s preoccupation with domestic affairs, however, suggests Beijing’s pursuit of peaceful international relations for the foreseeable future. By Benjamin Ho and Oh Ei Sun WITH LESS [...]

PA Finance Minister Resigns, Sources Say

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Palestinian Authority Minister of Finance Nabil Qassis resigned on Saturday, informed sources told Ma’an. Qassis submitted his official resignation to PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, who accepted his decision. The PA finance minister decided to leave office following a wave of criticism by trade unions after remarks calling for a reduction in public sector bonuses [...]

Egypt: Officials Turn Blind Eye to Port Said Police Abuses

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The newly appointed investigative judge looking into the January violence in Port Said should fully examine police responsibility for unlawful killings during the episode, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), the Alkarama Foundation, and Human Rights Watch said today. Forty-two people, including two police officers, died after [...]

Kenya Elections: Final Countdown

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The two front-runners in Kenya’s presidential election have been holding their final rallies in Nairobi, ahead of Monday’s vote. PM Raila Odinga and deputy PM Uhuru Kenyatta are favourites to succeed President Kibaki, in the first poll since the post-2007 election violence. Thousands of supporters gathered for the two rallies in central Nairobi. The president [...]

Myanmar’s Ethnic Conflicts – Analysis

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By Janani Govindankutty Since independence, multiple ethnic groups have been fighting the State and other groups in Myanmar. With the new reforms process in progress, what is the current status of these ethnic conflicts within the country? The Kachin Conflict The Kachins have been demanding autonomy for the past 50 years. Though a ceasefire was [...]

John Kerry’s Trip To Turkey – Analysis

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By Hale Yavuz JTW interview with Mehmet Yegin, USAK Center for American Studies John Kerry has set an intense itinerary for his first overseas trip. What do you think, why Europe and Turkey? First of all, there were great concerns on the side of European allies of the U.S. Especially; debates about “American Pacific Century”, [...]

Obama-Putin Phone-Call For Solutions To Syrian Crisis – OpEd

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By Colette Beukman A phone-call between Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin yesterday (March 1st, 2013) established the two countries’ close cooperation on new initiatives to end Syria’s civil war. The phone-call took place three days after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry met in Berlin to seek common ground [...]

Changes In Patterns Of Brain Activity Predict Fear Memory Formation

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Psychologists at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) have discovered that changes in patterns of brain activity during fearful experiences predict whether a long-term fear memory is formed. The research results have recently been published in the prestigious scientific journal Nature Neuroscience. Researchers Renee Visser MSc, Dr Steven Scholte, Tinka Beemsterboer MSc and Prof. Merel Kindt [...]

Architect’s East London Memorial Marks Britain’s Worst World War II Civilian Disaster

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A Kingston University graduate’s design for a WWII memorial is being built at the entrance to East London’s Bethnal Green tube station to mark the place where the conflict’s worst civilian disaster took place. As the air raid sirens rang out across London on March 3 1943, hundreds of people headed underground to safety at [...]

Bangladesh: End Violence Over War Crimes Trials, Says HRW

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The Bangladeshi government and the Jamaat-e-Islaami party need to act urgently to ensure that security forces and party supporters do not engage in further acts of violence, which has already led to the death of over 40 people since February 28, Human Rights Watch said today. The violence broke out on February 28 after the [...]

India: Moaist Bihar Assessment – 2013

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Eight persons, including six Police personnel and one Special Police Officer (SPO), were killed when Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres blew up a Police vehicle between Uchla and Dhamania villages under the Roshanganj Police Station in Gaya District, on February 22, 2013. The eighth person was a civilian travelling with the Police. The Police [...]

Morocco, Spain Discuss Security Partnership

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By Siham Ali Morocco and Spain are aiming to boost their partnership in the area of security. Moroccan Interior Minister-Delgate Cherki Drais and Spanish State Secretary for Security Francisco Martinez Vazquez met on Tuesday (February 26th) in Rabat to discuss bilateral co-operation. Other high-ranking security officials from both countries joined the meeting. Both ministers emphasised [...]

Al Qaeda Releases English-Language Magazine For Militants

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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the Islamist movement’s most active branch, has released an English-language magazine advising would-be militants on how to torch parked cars and cause traffic accidents, Reuters reported. The magazine, released on militant websites, also warns France to pull back from Mali and lists 11 public figures in the West, [...]

Morocco: Another Step Towards Reinforcement Of The Rule Of Law‏ – OpEd

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His Majesty King Mohammed VI, welcomed the approach and the content of the thematic reports submitted to His Majesty by the National Council of Human Rights (CNDH) under Article 24 of the Royal Decree establishing the Council, said a statement from the Royal Cabinet which reads as follows: “His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God [...]

“On Torture” In Israel – OpEd

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orture allegations against the treatment of Palestinians detainees in Israeli prisons make headlines again. Few days after his arrest, Arafat Jaradat died in Israeli custody. On February 27, the United Nations Special Rapporteur for human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Richard Falk, called for an international investigation on the death of Palestinian prisoner Jaradat [...]

Iran Builds 3,000 New Advanced Centrifuges To Enrich Uranium

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Iran is building 3,000 advanced centrifuges for enriching uranium, announced the republic’s nuclear chief as Israel accuses Tehran of using the six-party talks to “buy time” for producing an atomic bomb. “The final production line of [new] centrifuges has finished,” Fereydoon Abbasi, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization said. “The early generation of these [...]

Iran Using Nuke Talks To Buy Time, Netanyahu Says

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Renewed international efforts to negotiate curbs on Iran’s disputed nuclear program have backfired by giving it more time to work on building a bomb, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, March 3, according to Reuters. His remarks on the inconclusive February 26-27 meeting between Iran and six world powers signaled impatience by Israel, [...]

US Congressional Hearing Highlights Growing Threat Of Anti-Semitism

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By Adelaide Darling Witnesses at a recent hearing in Washington, D.C., warned that a resurrected anti-Semitism is sweeping the globe and could lead to dire consequences for democratic societies and members of all religions. “When we fight anti-Semitism it is not only a matter of justice for Jewish fellow-citizens, but also of standing up for [...]

Sequestration Nation, And Remembering Robert Kennedy – OpEd

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With the sequester now beginning, I find myself thinking about Robert F. Kennedy — and 46 years ago when I was an intern in his Senate office. 1967 was a difficult time for the nation. America was deeply split over civil rights and the Vietnam War. Many of our cities were burning. The war was [...]
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