By Marija Ristic Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said he was “begging” on his knees for forgiveness for crimes committed by Serb forces in Bosnia during the 1990s conflict. Nikolic made his apology “for all war crimes committed in the name of the Serbian people and Serbia by any individual” during an interview with Bosnian TV [...]
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The Security Council unanimously adopted on Thursday a resolution renewing the mandate of MINURSO until 30 April 2014, without extending its mission to monitor human rights in the Sahara. According to a French well-informed source, “King Mohammed VI sent a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama.” “The intervention of the King was crucial and decisive [...]
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Pakistan’s largest oil and gas exploration entity, Oil and Gas Development Company (OGDC) has posted profit after tax of Rs75.7 billion (EPS: Rs17.59) for 3QFY13 (July2012-March2013) period as compared to Rs69.2 billion (EPS: Rs16.10) for 3QFY12 (July2011-March2012), this depicts a decent earnings growth of 9% YoY. For 3QFY13 (January-March 2013), the company has posted a [...]
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(EurActiv) — European Union plans forcing companies to change accountants regularly were watered down on Thursday (25 April), providing some relief for the “Big Four” auditors that check most large company books. A European Parliament’s legal affairs committee backed allowing companies to keep the same accountant for up to 25 years, significantly diluting original proposals [...]
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By Sarfraz Ali Religious extremist groups and banned outfits have fielded 62 candidates for the upcoming polls– considered to be a high ratio in Pakistan’s electoral history — facing charges of sectarian killings, terrorism and anti-state activities under 4th schedule of anti-terrorism act. They have kicked off their election drive after getting clean chit from [...]
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Dealing with Iran and its nuclear programmes challenges the skill and ingenuity of American intelligence and policymakers. Crafting a successful policy requires understanding Iran, but such judgments are politically as well as intellectually difficult. By Robert Jervis NO ISSUE is receiving more attention in American intelligence and policy-making circles than Iran, particularly its nuclear programme. [...]
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The Obama Administration’s policy of “rebalancing” to the Asia-Pacific appears to be a nascent attempt to contain China. It would behoove US policymakers to recognise a key distinction between Washington’s current proto-containment of China and its successful containment of the Soviet Union during the Cold War. By Evan Resnick OBAMA ADMINISTRATION officials have emphatically denied [...]
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Investigators believe the two Boston bombing suspects had planned to set off bombs in New York’s Times Square, law enforcement and national security sources said on Thursday. One source said this was based on information that surviving suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev told investigators in a Boston hospital, where he is recovering from wounds. Mayor of New [...]
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IMF First Deputy Managing Director David Lipton called on European policy makers Thursday to take decisive and sustained actions to strengthen the continent’s prospects for growth and avoid the risk of stagnation. In a speech in London, he praised “the important steps taken by the euro area” to address the crisis and urged further reforms [...]
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Ten Uighurs, three Hans and two Mongols working for the Ministry of Public Security in Xinjiang and six Uighur separatists were killed on the morning of April 23, 2013, in an incident in the Selibya Township in the Bachu county, in the Kashgar area of China’s Xinjiang province. The area of the incident is near [...]
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(RFE/RL) — Kurdish rebels have announced they will begin withdrawing from Turkey on May 5. Firat News, a website linked to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), quotes the group’s current leader Murat Karayilan as saying, “The withdrawal is planned to be done gradually in groups and targeted to be completed in the shortest possible time.” [...]
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A one-count indictment was unsealed Thursday in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia charging Marta Rita Velazquez, 55, with conspiracy to commit espionage. The charges against Velazquez stem from, among other things, her alleged role in introducing Ana Belen Montes, now 55, to the Cuban Intelligence Service (CuIS) in 1984; in facilitating Montes’s [...]
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By Lisa Bryant Madrid continues to see protests as new employment figures show Spanish unemployment shot up to a record 27.2 percent in the first quarter of this year. Joblessness also increased at alarmingly high levels in France, with the number of documented job seekers rising by 1.2 percent in March from February to 3,224,600. [...]
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By Ayyaz Gulzar While Pakistan’s political parties struggle to continue their campaigns amid the current volatile, militant atmosphere, the difficulties are doubled for members of religious minorities. The woman who chairs the Christian Progressive Movement pointed this out in stark terms at a press conference at Lahore Press Club yesterday. After presenting the party manifesto [...]
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By Dr. Ashok Sharma For almost 12 years, there has not been a single terrorist attack in the US homeland after the 9/11 terror attacks. The US counter-terrorism measures were able to protect its homeland from terrorist attacks and made it almost invincible. It became a catchphrase and was considered as exemplary by many nations [...]
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By C. Raja Mohan As China’s lone aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, gets ready to sail in blue waters this year, Asia and the world must come to terms with Beijing’s emerging capabilities to project military power far beyond its shores. Delhi is having enough trouble dealing with the impact of China’s rapid military modernisation on [...]
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Every year, 4,600 Americans are killed in work place related accidents. Every 28 hours a black person is killed by police, corrections officers, security guards or vigilantes. Every year more than 30,000 people are killed by gun violence in this country. The odds of being killed by a terrorist are only 1 in 20 million. [...]
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By Jim Garamone There is evidence that the Syrian government used chemical weapons on its own people, but the world needs “clear evidentiary facts” before acting, a White House official said today. The official spoke to reporters on background after the release of a White House letter to Senate leaders saying that “our intelligence community [...]
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Expressing shock at the reported illegal spring bird hunting and trapping in Malta, Hindus have urged immediate intervention of European Union (EU). Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that the world did not understand why the Malta Government was allowing it to continue, which reportedly included killing of some protected, [...]
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Christians should not be frightened of the final judgment but should let it affect how they live, Pope Francis told the 100,000 pilgrims who filled St. Peter’s Square. “Human history begins with the creation of man and woman in the image and likeness of God and concludes with the final judgment of Christ. We often [...]
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