As he inaugurated the 8th World Economic Forum on Latin America the president of Peru, Ollanta Humala, advocated the regional economic growth while respecting social inclusion. He was joined by the Presidents of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto and Panamá, Ricardo Martinelli. Humala stated in front of over 600 participants that “Today we also need to [...]
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As Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, stood before the UN General Assembly last November and asked them to upgrade Palestine to a “non-member observer state”, 41 nations withstood the intense pressure of world opinion in favour of the bid, and abstained. The world’s media concentrated on the fact that 138 members voted for the upgrade, but [...]
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By Jayantha Dhanapala In his farewell address on January 17, 1961 – at the height of the Cold War – President Eisenhower, speaking with the combined experience of a US Army General and a two-term elected President of the most powerful country in the world, warned his country of the danger of the military-industrial complex. [...]
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In April 19th, El Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes, had an official meeting in Washington, D.C. with the US Secretary of State, John Kerry. Funes is the first Latin American Head of State to meet with the newly appointed head of US Diplomacy. The President and the Secretary of State discussed the economic growth partnership, regional [...]
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Nigerian lawmakers on Wednesday called for a Judicial Commission of Inquiry to investigate the massacre of about 200 civilians at Baga, a commercial border town in the northeast near Chad and Niger. The victims died in the weekend crossfire between Nigerian government security forces and the Boko Haram Islamic terrorist group in Baga bordering Lake [...]
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A rancher* friend of ours—fancying himself a free man, self-sufficient, and disinclined to outsiders’ meddling—was stopped in airport security not too long ago, found guilty of carrying a fancy pocketknife: the Mini Leatherman at right, in fact, a handy all-in-one tool just right for a working man. Not taking kindly to the suggestion that he [...]
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Introduction The importance of Defence White Papers lies in providing a broad understanding of politico military direction together with the plans for modernization of the armed forces. The aspects include an understanding of Chinese political leadership’s thinking on emerging security environment, political and security challenges that emanate with anticipated areas of conflict; and above all [...]
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By Onur Isci and Sevin Elekdag Every year on April 25, Turks join with Australian and New Zealand friends to commemorate ANZAC Day. On this day 98 years ago, with the Allies at their side, the newly formed Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZACS) landed on the Gallipoli peninsula to invade the Ottoman Empire’s [...]
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Igor Sechin, Rosneft President, Chairman of the Management Board visited GE Offshore and Underwater Hydrocarbon Production Department in the city of Aberdeen, Scotland as part of a series of Rosneft delegation visits to GE production and engineering facilities. During the visit Rod Christie, Vice President, Subsea Systems, GE Oil & Gas and Ron Pollett, President [...]
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By Bawono Kumoro During a ceremony at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, where he received an honorary doctorate, President Yudhoyono tackled the global perception that Islam and democracy could not work together. The president said that he believed Indonesia was a good example to highlight how democracy, modernization and Islam worked hand in hand. Furthermore, President [...]
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Tunnel vision prevails on opposite shores of the Gulf where governments execute policies based on perception rather than reality. They run the risk of being incapable of managing tensions that could threaten shipping through the strategic Strait of Hormuz as well as create domestic turmoil in both Gulf states and Iran. By James M. Dorsey [...]
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Pakistan State Oil (PSO) topline has grown to Rs930 billion during first nine months of the current financial year from Rs862 billion for the corresponding period last year, registering growth of 7.8 per cent. For the period under review, profit after tax also witnessed significant improvement and increased to Rs9.31 billion as compared to Rs8.97 [...]
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The 43rd President of the United States George W. Bush will step back into the spotlight in Dallas on Thursday to dedicate his presidential library and museum. It’s going to be a big and rare event as all five living presidents – President Barack Obama and ex-presidents Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Jimmy [...]
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South Korea on Thursday, April 25 warned of an unspecified “grave measure” if North Korea rejects talks on a jointly run factory park shuttered for nearly a month – setting up the possible end of the last remaining major symbol of inter-Korean cooperation, The Associated Press reports. In a televised briefing with reporters, Unification Ministry [...]
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The late British songstress Amy Winehouse will be the subject of a documentary film from director Asif Kapadia and Universal Music. Focus Features International announced the project Wednesday and said it will shop the untitled project to foreign buyers at the Cannes Film Market in May, TheWrap said. Winehouse rose to international fame with her [...]
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By Mehmet Hecan On Saturday, 20 April 2013, provincial council elections were held in Iraq. These local elections were important in the sense that they were the first elections that Iraqis conducted by themselves in the aftermath of US military withdrawal. The elections are also seen as a test case for the parliamentary elections to [...]
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By Rahul K Bhonsle Come summer, local stand offs between Indian and Chinese troops on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) have been common in the past. There was some hope of a change given ongoing rapprochement between the Indian and Chinese leadership. While Indian Prime Minister Dr Man Mohan Singh had his first meeting [...]
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By Cheryl Pellerin The U.S. intelligence community assesses with varying degrees of confidence that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons — specifically the nerve-agent sarin — on a small scale in that violence-torn nation, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said in Abu Dhabi. On the last evening of his five-nation inaugural trip to the Middle East [...]
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U.S. officials say the oldest of the two brothers suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings was placed on a counterterrorism list in late 2011. The officials say the CIA asked that Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s name be placed on the list after it was contacted by the Russian government with its concerns that he had become a [...]
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The hacktivist group Anonymous claimed they have taken down the website of the Spanish parliament. The attack came as Spaniards gathered in Madrid for a mass protest. The distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack jammed the parliament’s servers, rendering the site inaccessible to the public, sources in the legislative body confirmed to El Mundo newspaper. [...]
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