By Bojana Barlovac Serbia must weigh up whether to give crucial ground on Kosovo in order to save its EU bid – as deputy premier warns of equally ‘catastrophic choices’ lying ahead. Serbia’s Prime Minister, Ivica Dacic, says Belgrade wants an agreement with Kosovo – but it is being asked to capitulate. “The dialogue with [...]
Serbia Resists ‘Capitulation’ Over Kosovo Deal
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Corporate India Versus Indigenous People: Violent In The Name Of Development – OpEd
Consistent with the unjust, decaying economic model of our deficit times, the commodification of everything and everyone proceeds apace in India. The commercialisation of the land is shattering the lives of millions of India’s poorest, hungriest most malnourished people, who are being murdered and raped, violently displaced and falsely arrested as huge multi nationals, financially [...]
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Sri Lanka: Armed Attack On Tamil Newspaper’s Distribution Office In Kilinochchi
Reacting to April 3 armed attack on the Tamil newspaper Uthayan in the northern city of Kilinochchi, Reporters Without Borders and its partner organization, Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka (JDS), call on the authorities to do whatever is necessary to prevent journalists from being harassed and physically attacked. Two employees were seriously injured when [...]
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ExxonMobil To Explore Offshore Liberia Block 13
Exxon Mobil said Friday that its Liberian affiliate has acquired from Canadian Overseas Petroleum (COPL) a 80 percent interest in Liberia Block 13 (LB-13), comprising more than 625,000 acres (2,500 square kilometers) offshore Liberia in water depths ranging from 250 to 10,000 feet (75 to 3,000 meters). ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Liberia Limited and COPL [...]
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US Job Growth Falls To 88,000, Half A Million Workers Leave Labor Force – Analysis
The US Labor Department reported that the economy added 88,000 jobs in March, the slowest monthly job growth since last June when it added 87,000 jobs. In spite of the weak reported job growth, the unemployment rate edged down to 7.6 percent. However, like the February decline, this drop was also associated with people dropping [...]
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Pakistan: Zameen Sees Increased Interest Of Investors In DHA Lahore Phase 9
DHA Lahore phase 9 is preparing to grant possession of 5-8 marla plots in Shauhda Town to the allottees in the near future which is possibly one of the reasons why the locality is currently experiencing an increase interest from Pakistan real estate investors on Zameen.com. According to Zameen.com, Defence Housing Authority has set new [...]
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Does India’s Top Brass Possess Aadhar Card? – OpEd
Driven by the fear of being deprived of ‘basic’ amenities, just about every second Indian has been hurtling to procure the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) card or Aadhaar card. Thousands have been running from pillar to post in an attempt to procure the document in order to validate their existence in the city. [...]
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TCHR Viewpoint: UN HRC Resolution Should Not Be Seen Like Blind People Seeing An Elephant – OpEd
By S. V. Kirubaharan, Tamil Centre for Human Rights Well and good, another successful UN resolution (A/HRC/CC/L.1,Rev1) on Sri Lanka has been passed with a huge majority in the UN Human Rights Council – HRC. We appreciate and thank the United States of America – Ambassador Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe, for initiating this resolution and the [...]
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Will Sabah Become Malaysia’s Waterloo? – Analysis
Malaysia and the Philippines’ inability to resolve the resource-rich disputed Sabah territory has resulted in Operation Merdeka, an alleged plan to annex Sabah to the Philippines. Operation Merdeka may have resulted from a failure to reach a compromise solution on the Sabah issue after the creation of the Malaysian Federation. Fear of a deep-seated Malaysian [...]
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Somalia: An Alternative To The Latest Dilemma – OpEd
By Abukar Arman With its meager financial and human resources, the Federal Republic of Somalia (FRS) has been doing better than a satisfactory job. However, in recent months, it has been profoundly frustrated by various challenges. Chief among them is what I would refer to as the first side-effect of a $60 million “panacea” known [...]
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Azerbaijan: Heavy Fines Follow Police Raids And Confiscations
By Felix Corley Two Baptists in Azerbaijan’s north-eastern Zakatala [Zaqatala] District – Pastor Zaur Balaev and Hinayat Shabanova – have been given heavy fines to punish them for exercising their right to freedom of religion or belief, Forum 18 News Service has learnt. The fines are equivalent to more than a year’s wages for a [...]
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Iran Announces ‘New’ Nuclear Program Proposals
Iran said it voiced on Friday new proposals concerning its nuclear program to the group of six international negotiators comprising five permanent UN Security Council members and Germany (P5+1). Iran’s new plan is meant to bring about “the beginning of new cooperation” with its negotiating partners, said Ali Bagheri, the deputy head of Iran’s Supreme [...]
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Egyptians Demand End To Ties With Iran And ‘Shia Islam’
Dozens rallied around the Iranian ambassador’s house in Cairo in protest of Iranian tourism in Egypt, briefly clashing with security forces on Friday. The Salafi protestors clashed with the Central Security Forces protecting the house after attempting to break into the ambassador’s house. CSF troops stationed at the house launched teargas canisters to the crowd [...]
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Myanmar: Print Media Analysis Of The Rohingya Unrest – Analysis
By Janani Govindankutty A fresh round of violence between the Rohingya Muslims and Rakhine Buddhists in Myanmar has stirred sentiments among their Muslim brethren in the Middle East. Several Muslims believe that the western governments’ normalisation with Myanmar’s government continues despite acts of “ethnic cleansing” of the Rohingyas by other groups (Arab News, 5 March [...]
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Bangladesh Elections 2013 – Analysis
By Dr. Sanjay Bhardwaj Bangladesh is facing elections during late 2013. With recent developments in Dhaka, it appears the process has already started, with multiple issues and expressions on the streets. Bangladesh: A Short Political Introduction Bangladesh has the distinction of having undergone two national movements in a short span of 25 years – first [...]
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The Raqqa Story: Rebel Structure, Planning, And Possible War Crimes – Analysis
By Matthew Barber for Syria Comment, with research from the Syria Video team Syria Comment Sunday unveiled Syria Video, a web application that maps and aggregates video footage of the Syrian war. This service does not attempt to measure or compare the respective levels of video content uploaded by conflict participants aligned with the regime [...]
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Third Major Spill In A Week: Shell Pipeline Breaks In Texas
Thousands of gallons of oil have spilled from a pipeline in Texas, the third accident of its kind in only a week. Shell Pipeline, a unit of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, shut down their West Columbia, Texas, pipeline last Friday after electronic calculations conducted by the US National Response Center showed that upwards of 700 [...]
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White House Said No Surprise If North Korea Launches Missile
White House Spokesman Jay Carney said Friday that the United States “would not be surprised” if North Korea launches another missile. “We’ve obviously seen the reports that North Korea may be making preparations to launch a missile, and we’re monitoring the situation closely,” Carney said. “And we would not be surprised to see them take [...]
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Patrick Buchanan: Is War With North Korea Inevitable? – OpEd
“If you see 10 troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you,” said Calvin Coolidge, who ever counseled patience over the rash response. Unfortunately, the troubles presented by North Korea’s Kim Jong Un seem unlikely to run into a ditch before they reach [...]
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Hamas Elections Exclude Zahhar, Rishq
Two senior members of Hamas, Mahmoud al-Zahhar and Ezzat al-Rishq, were not re-elected in the recent elections, sources from Hamas told Ma’an on Friday. Mahmoud al-Zahhar, Ezzat al-Rishq, and Sami Khater were not re-elected in the recent elections that secured Khalid Mashaal another term as secretary-general. A source added that the excluded Hamas members were [...]
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