By NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen I congratulate all parties for their constructive approach to finding a lasting solution in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina. And I commend Baroness Ashton for helping them find a mutually beneficial outcome. I am very happy for NATO to contribute to the conclusion of an historic agreement. [...]
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By Cheryl Pellerin Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s first official trip to the Middle East will underscore U.S. security relationships there and finalize agreements on an unprecedented release of military capabilities to Israel and other partner countries, senior defense officials said today. Tomorrow, the secretary begins a six-day trip that includes meetings with counterparts and officials [...]
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The abrupt suspension of the genocide trial of former de facto head of Guatemala, Efraín Ríos Montt, raises serious concerns about victims’ access to justice, Human Rights Watch said today. On April 18, 2013, as the four-week trial was nearing its conclusion, Judge Carol Patricia Flores – who had been suspended from the case in [...]
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By Arturo Lopez-Levy With a post-Castro Era looming on the horizon, the Obama administration should muster the political will to prepare the United States for February 2018, when neither Fidel nor Raul Castro will remain at the helm of the Cuban state. In 1960, when Cuba’s new first vice president Miguel Diaz-Canel was born, Fidel [...]
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By J C Suresh Experts from more than 50 nuclear and non-nuclear countries have stressed the need for enhancing safety and security culture with a view to preventing the occurrence and minimizing the consequences of accidents in nuclear power plants. The call emerged from a four-day conference hosted by the Canadian government in Ottawa. This [...]
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Fitch Ratings said Friday it has downgraded the United Kingdom’s Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) to ‘AA+’ from ‘AAA’. Nevertheless the ratings company said the outlook is stable. Fitch said the rating actions follow the conclusion of the review of the UK’s sovereign ratings initiated on 22 March and resolve the [...]
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By Nikita Sorokin The redeployment of a US armoured division to Jordan testifies to the Syrian conflict turning into a regional catastrophe. Fearing for its Middle East allies, the US is trying to prevent the worst scenario of events. The presence of the US troops in Jordan is capable of further aggravating the Syrian crisis, [...]
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Turkey-EU-USA relations are a part of an important equation, although being mostly overlooked. While Turkey fits well into the US’s European vision, Turkey’s cooperation with the US reflects on its relations with the EU due to the quality of Turkey’s activism in its region. By Fatma Yilmaz Elmas There are opinions, suggestions and discussions on [...]
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Higher rates of Albanian participation in the political institutions of the 1970s federation would suggest that ethnic Albanians accepted the political system and that they enjoyed rights similar to those of other nations and national groups in Yugoslavia. This argument, however, ignores other factors like equality of employment, economic status, and the viability of cultural [...]
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The two individuals believed to be responsible for the Boston Marathon bombings on Monday have been positively identified as Tamerlan Tsarnaev, now deceased, and Dzhokar Tsarnaev, now in custody, the FBI said late Friday. The FBI noted that the two are brothers and residents of Massachusetts. Tamerlan Tsarnaev was a legal permanent resident and Dzhokar [...]
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By Ana Lovakovic EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule told Bosnia and Herzegovina’s (BiH) main political parties’ leaders that the third round of high-level dialogue for the country’s EU accession will be cancelled, and analysts now warn of dire existential consequences unless politicians act. Fule said BiH needs to implement the European Court for Human Rights [...]
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Panama and Paraguay om 2013 are celebrating twenty years of bilateral cooperation, which has been significantly strengthened and intensified especially in the last five years. Paraguay’s friendly relations with Panama have produced tangible results such as, among others, COPA’s direct flights between Asuncion and Panama City, thanks to an agreement signed by both governments in [...]
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In his weekly address, President Obama spoke to the American people about the act of terror at the Boston Marathon that wounded dozens and killed three innocent people on Monday, and said that through it all, Boston’s spirit remains undaunted and Americans have proven they refuse to be terrorized. This past week, first responders, race [...]
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By Dan Robinson After the dramatic conclusion to the manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, President Barack Obama has praised the work of the Boston police and the FBI. Obama pledged a thorough and fair ongoing investigation. Obama spoke after a long day monitoring developments in Boston, and the final dramatic conclusion in which [...]
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A magnitude 6.6 earthquake in southwestern China has left 160 dead and more than 5,700 people injured. The Chinese army has stepped in to deal with the debris of collapsed houses and public building as death toll continues to rise. The disaster has struck the country’s south-western Sichuan province at 00:02 AM GMT (8:02 AM [...]
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Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has announced that a ministerial reshuffle is to be expected “soon.” According to leaks reported by Al-Ahram Arabic news website from President Morsi’s taped interview with Qatari-owned Al-Jazeera news network, expected to be aired Saturday evening, reports on the ministers’ performance are currently being conducted. President Morsi reportedly told Al-Jazeera’s Khadija [...]
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By Kazi Anwarul Masud Margaret Thatcher is dead. While her departure from this earth was not universally mourned in England which the Iron Lady ruled for eleven years some have credited her along with her friend Ronald Reagan for initiating the beginning of the end of the cold war. One of her admirers Professor Schrezade [...]
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Paraguay will hold on Sunday presidential and general elections from which will emerge a new head of state and government, congress members and seventeen governors across the nation. The winning political party and its elected candidates will rule the country for the next five years. The Colorado Party, currently the largest opposition party, is expected [...]
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Paraguay’s business leaders met April 19th with the President of Paraguay to begin a new initiative on how to better prioritize public policies for the betterment of the nation’s image abroad. Proponents believe that the proceedings started by the current government have significantly attracted interest from foreign investors, in recognition of the country’s competitive advantages [...]
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By Umm-E-Habiba A perpetual transition is one of the prominent attributes of the international political system. The conversion occurs because of the interplay of several factors. The alterations in the characteristics of revisionist and status quo powers nonetheless play significantly in this endless change. Consequently, states directly experience impact of international political order on their [...]
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