By Candace Williams Venezuelan officials say President Hugo Chavez has died after a long struggle with cancer. Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced the death on national television Tuesday. He urged the Venezuelan people to show strength and courage, and to be united and fulfill the expectations of “this great leader.” Chavez once dreamed of becoming [...]
Venezuelan President Chavez Dead
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Serbian Relief At Perisic Ruling
By Ognjen Zorić and Dženana Karabegović Last week’s acquittal of former Yugoslav army chief Momcilo Perisic at an appeal hearing in The Hague has been welcomed in Serbia, where it is seen as a vindication of the country’s role in the Balkan conflicts of the early 1990s. The appeals judges’ decision prompted a mix of [...]
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Egypt: Morsi Mulls Handing Over Control To Army In Port Said
Egyptian president, Mohamed Morsi, is considering handing over full control of Port Said city to the military, according to officials speaking to AP news agency. The decision follows days of clashes between protestors and police in the restive city, leaving at least six dead and hundreds injured since Sunday. Officials say Morsi met on Tuesday [...]
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Bangladesh: An Analysis Of Pranab Mukherjee’s Visit – Analysis
By Harun ur Rashid President Pranab Mukherjee arrived in Dhaka on 3 March for a three-day visit to Bangladesh at the invitation of the President and Prime Minister of Bangladesh. Highly respected in Bangladesh for his modesty and affability, Mukherjee has close personal connections with the country, through his wife, who hails from the Sadar [...]
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Pakistan: An Ideological Approach Towards The Economy – Analysis
By Moez Mobeen There seems to be a widespread consensus within Pakistan’s intelligentsia that Pakistan’s economy is in a mess. That this is indeed the case is something which is felt by the Pakistani street for some time now. But given the disconnect which exists between a conservative populace and a liberal ruling elite such [...]
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China: Wen Admits Big Problems As Security Spending Soars
Outgoing Chinese premier Wen Jiabao wrapped up a decade at the top on Tuesday with a pledge to clean up the country’s environment amid growing calls for social change, as spending on law enforcement once more topped Beijing’s military budget. In his last policy speech to China’s National People’s Congress (NPC), an annual gathering of [...]
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The Making Of Antarctica’s Hidden Fjords
Antarctica’s topography began changing from flat to fjord-filled starting about 34 million years ago, according to a new report from a University of Arizona-led team of geoscientists. Knowing when Antarctica’s topography started shifting from a flat landscape to one with glaciers, fjords and mountains is important for modeling how the Antarctic ice sheet affects global [...]
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Netanyahu Threatens America – OpEd
“We have to stop [Iran's] nuclear enrichment program before it’s too late. And I have to tell you, from the bottom of my heart and with the clarity of my brain: words alone will not stop Iran. Sanctions alone will not stop Iran. Sanctions must be coupled with a clear and credible military threat, if [...]
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North Koreans Threaten To Nullify 1953 Armistice Agreement
By Jim Garamone North Korea has threatened to nullify the armistice that ended the 1950-53 Korean War. The North Korean rhetoric appears to be in response to threatened United Nations sanctions that may be put in place following the Feb. 12 North Korean test of a nuclear weapon, DOD officials said. The North Korean Central [...]
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Oregon Man Charged In Connection With Terrorist Bombing In Pakistan
Reaz Qadir Khan, 48, a naturalized U.S. citizen residing in Portland, has been arrested on charges of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists for the assistance he allegedly provided to an individual who participated in a May 27, 2009 suicide bomb attack at the headquarters of Pakistan’s intelligence service in Lahore, Pakistan, that killed [...]
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Youth Are Teaching Dialogue Skills In Cairo – OpEd
By Vanessa Bassil Two years after the Egyptian people took to the streets demanding an end to the dictatorial regime of the former president Hosni Mubarak, Egyptians are now looking at the results they have achieved: the regime has been toppled, a new president has been elected and they have finally been able to express [...]
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US Senate Committee Approves Brennan As CIA Chief
The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee has approved President Barack Obama’s choice of John Brennan to be the new head of the Central Intelligence Agency. By a vote of 12-3, the committee voted to send Brennan’s name to the full Senate for a confirmation vote. That vote is expected later this week. Tuesday’s session was held [...]
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Israel Flag Wavers To ‘Re-educate’ MP David Ward – OpEd
By Stuart Littlewood If reports are true, UK Liberal Democrats have appointed the pro-Israel lobby as ‘probation officers and educators’. They will judge if David Ward is ‘salvageable’ and lay down precise language rules. British MP David Ward, champion of the oppressed, is to be put on probation and ‘re-educated’ after ruffling feathers with his [...]
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Drunk Diplomats Ruin UN Budget Negotiations
A US ambassador to the UN has scolded his colleagues for excessive drinking during budget negotiations. With stocks of booze in the negotiation room, the talks have been slow to progress, prompting one diplomat to call them a “circus”. Frustrated with his drunk and unproductive colleagues, US ambassador for management and reform Joseph Torsella on [...]
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Libya Condemns Benghazi Church Attack
By Essam Mohamed The Libyan foreign ministry on Sunday (March 3rd) condemned an attack on a Coptic church in Benghazi, just days after 50 Christians were arrested and accused of proselytising. The foreign ministry said it “strongly condemned Thursday’s attack on the Egyptian church… and the aggression towards Father Paula Isaac and his deputy by [...]
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High-Level Corruption Sentences Surprise Greeks
By Andy Dabilis Greece’s recent crackdown on corruption has led to a life sentence for a former mayor and an eight-year term for a former defence minister. While it’s rare in Greece for political leaders and the rich to face prosecution, that could be changing, analysts said. The convictions of former Thesaloniki Mayor Vassilis Papageorgopoulos, [...]
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Venezuela Bans Alcohol For Period Of Chavez Mourning
The Interior Ministry of Venezuela ordered on Wednesday to ban sales and consumption of alcohol across the country for the seven-day period of mourning for late President Hugo Chavez. The ban, which will be in force until March 12, is aimed to provide normal conditions for holding a funeral ceremony for Chavez and will be [...]
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New York’s “Sustainability” Plan: aka “Agenda 21” – OpEd
An insidious plan to install the “New World” state-supported religion – Environmentalism By Mary Kay Barton “Agenda 21” was first introduced to the world at the 1992 UN-sponsored “Earth Summit” in Rio de Janeiro. It addresses virtually every facet of human life and describes in great detail how the concept of “sustainable development” should be implemented [...]
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Invasive Species Danger From Tsunami May Not Be Known For Years
Scientists from Oregon State University, who have examined more than three dozen pieces of debris from the 2011 Japanese tsunami that have washed ashore on the Northwest coast, say the potential damage from invasive species may not be known for years. The researchers say some of the pieces of debris they’ve examined have included algae, [...]
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Fukushima Cleanup Continues, Many Areas Restored
The Japanese response to the Fukushima nuclear accident was heroic at first and energetic in the two years since then, experts say, and is now reaching a point in many areas where science and social concerns may diverge – the question becomes, how clean is clean enough? Considerable work still remains to be done at [...]
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