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Some Takeaways From The Budapest Conference On Cyberspace – Analysis

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By Cherian Samuel Even as imagined and real cyber security threats scale new heights, the story coming out of the recently concluded Second International Conference on Cyberspace in Budapest was one of a widening gulf between countries, notwithstanding the stated intent of bridging differences through dialogue. With most countries sticking to already established positions, there [...]

Japan Braving The Quake And Tsunami Debris

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By Ramesh Jaura and Katsuhiro Asagiri While the Fukushima nuclear disaster marks yet another wake-up call to re-think energy policy, the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Tohoku, the north-eastern region of Japan, has not only left behind a trail of pain and suffering but also an indefatigable resolve of survivors to abandon despair and [...]

Of Canada, Khadr, Chief Nelson And Iran – OpEd

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By Eric Walberg After 10 years in Guantanamo, former child soldier Omar Khadr, the last Western national being held there, was finally repatriated September 29, 2012 after years of mistreatment. The illegality of the procedures used against Khadr from day one mean that the Canadian government faces a multi-million dollar law suit for damages. Various [...]

The Great Ethanol Scam – OpEd

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The rocketing costs of gasoline and the price of corn being paid worldwide are the result of U.S. government mandates requiring the inclusion of ethanol in the gasoline all Americans must use. The time has long since passed to eliminate ethanol from this primary fuel. A recent report by ActionAid USA, “Fueling the Food Crisis: [...]

Burma: Armed Group, Government To Build Model Village As Fighting Continues

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By Nang Mya Nadi The Shan State Progressive Party (SSPP) is set to partner with the Burmese government to build a model village for displaced persons and the families of soldiers in northern Shan state, despite ongoing clashes. The news comes as the rebel group concluded their latest round of peace talks with the government [...]

War Plans Secretly Made Against Syria: US Intelligence Analyst – OpEd

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By Gordon Duff Americans have been told that 150 troops have been sent to Jordan to help with refugee problems from Syria. Britain is doing the same. A hundred and fifty can be “150” or it can be 800, two countries can be a dozen. Combine this with the Turkish moves, forcing down a Syrian [...]

Turkey’s ‘Weapons Airliner’ Story Doesn’t Add Up – OpEd

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By Finian Cunningham More than 24 hours after it reached its final destination in Damascus, Turkey has yet to provide substantial justification for why it forced a civilian airliner to dramatically land in Ankara under coercion of F16 fighter jets. The Airbus A320 with 37 people onboard was on a routine flight from Moscow to [...]

The A-Class For Driving Schools: Passing The Test With Flying Colours

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Following the market launch of the new A-Class on 15 September, delivery of the model designed for use as a driving school vehicle has now commenced. Two special equipment packages are available, supplemented by the “toBE” special driving school model. But it is not only young road users looking to obtain their driving licence who [...]

Kidney Grafts Function Longer In Europe Than In United States

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hose performed in the United States. While the one-year survival rate is 90% in both Europe and the United States, after five years, 77% of the donor kidneys in Europe still function, while in the United States, this rate among white Americans is only 71%. After ten years, graft survival for the two groups is [...]

Veterans At Higher Risk Of Alcohol Abuse Relapse Due To Smoking

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In a new study published in Frontiers, Dr Timothy Durazzo and colleagues from the San Francisco VA Medical Center and University of California, San Francisco, expand upon their decade of research showing that smoking while kicking the alcohol habit impairs memory, learning and other cognitive skills–ultimately making it more difficult to weather the long storm [...]

Cindy Sheehan: Tweedle-Dumb And Tweedle-Duh, My Response To VP Debate – OpEd

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Last week, I commented on what I called, “The Greatest American Scoundrel Show,” otherwise known as the “Presidential Debates” and I gave the Socialist response to each of the questions that Scoundrel A or Scoundrel B answered—now I would like to present the same for the recent Vice-Scoundrel Debate. To me, it’s amazing that few [...]

China’s Modus Operandi For Assertion In South And East China Seas: Relevance For India – Analysis

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By D. S. Rajan To suit to its grand strategy of achieving modernization of the country by middle of the century and convey to the outside word that its rise will be peaceful , the People’s Republic of China (PRC ) is implementing a foreign policy model which, as it visualizes, would create a ‘win-win [...]

China’s Aggressive Brinkmanship Against Japan – Analysis

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By Dr. Subhash Kapila China seems to have developed a Compulsive Obsession Disorder of inflicting aggressive brinkmanship against its neighbours on territorial claims dug out and based on antiquity. For the last couple of years this aggressive brinkmanship was pointedly directed in the South China Sea region against its ASEAN neighbours. The present focal point [...]

Understanding China’s Military Diplomacy – Analysis

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By D. S. Rajan Military diplomacy in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is not new; in fact, it remains in the stage of active implementation right since the reforms drive began in 1978, as an integral part of the country’s overall foreign relations course which came to be based on a new ‘independent foreign [...]

Testing Of Galileo Satellite Navigation System Can Begin

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A significant milestone in the construction of Galileo – Europe’s satellite navigation system – was achieved Friday. Two operational satellites were launched on 12 October at 18:15 UTC from Kourou, French Guiana, using a Soyuz launcher. These two new satellites, named David and Sif1, have joined another pair of satellites that has been orbiting the [...]

Füle: Explaining Feasibility Study In Kosovo – Speech

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By Štefan Füle At the press conference following his meeting with Hashim Thaçi, Prime Minister of Republic of Kosovo in Pristina I hope I am not going to reveal any secret referring to our previous discussion when I said that not only I feel more and more comfortable being not only a spokesperson for the [...]

The Eurozone And Japan: The Way Forward – Speech

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By Jörg Asmussen, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, At the 2012 Annual Meetings of the IMF and World Bank Group, Ladies and gentleman, It is a pleasure to take part in this discussion today, and in particular to join the company of such a distinguished panel of European and Japanese colleagues. With [...]

Israeli Airstrike Kills 1, Injures 2 In North Gaza

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An Israeli airstrike on northern Gaza killed one person and injured two others on Saturday, a Ma’an correspondent said. The strike targeted a motorbike in the city of Jabalia, instantly killing one man and injuring two others. The wounded were taken to hospital for treatment, with one said to be in a critical condition. Another [...]

Catholic Bishops Say Biden Made ‘Inaccurate’ Mandate Statement

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By Michelle Bauman The U.S. bishops criticized Vice President Joe Biden for an “inaccurate statement of fact” about the HHS mandate’s impact on religious institutions during last night’s vice presidential debate. “With regard to the assault on the Catholic Church, let me make it absolutely clear,” said Biden during the Oct. 11 debate in Danville, [...]

Vietnam Hits Out At China

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Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry accused China this week of violating international law and an agreement between the two countries after some of its recent actions in the South China Sea. On September 23, Chinese press reported that China would deploy drones to strengthen surveillance of the waters in and around the Spratly Islands. On October 1, [...]
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