In 2011 Paraguay was the World’s 9th exporter of Boneless meat, Menthol, Essential oils and citrus fruits. The country experienced an increase in beef exports immediately after the season of cattle disease outbreak which occurred between September 2011 and January 2012.Of the total amount of exported beef, 21,000 kilograms consisted of edible internal organs, which [...]
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The FBI, at first, claimed no knowledge of the bombing suspects but later was forced to admit having received at least two sets of intelligence reports, one from Russian officials and another from the CIA, identifying one of the suspected bombers, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, as a potential security threat -linked to a Chechen terrorist organization. Testimony [...]
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What are the causes and consequences of corruption and political violence? Today we examine what can happen if states succumb to kleptocracy and corruption, and especially how these problems induce and perpetuate war. By Mark Galeotti Had the previous regime in Mali not enthusiastically protected and assisted the drug trade, would Al-Qaeda in the Islamic [...]
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By Javier Rojo As I looked onto the tens of thousands of people proudly waving American flags at April’s immigration rally in Washington, D.C., I couldn’t help but think of my immigrant parents. Both of my parents grew up in poor farming towns in Mexico. Driven by a lack of economic opportunity and a desire [...]
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The bigger the government, the greater the opportunity to seek revenge by state action. This has been demonstrated throughout history, and now current events are teaching the same lesson. The latest example involves 52-year-old California businessman Salvatore Bevivino, who was detained after a Virgin America flight in April, 2013 for, he reports, refusing to flush [...]
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By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers This past week of economic news reveals both the ruthlessness of big finance capitalism on people and the planet and that people are working for alternative, more just and sustainable, solutions. At the top of the list is more research on austerity. The Reinhart and Rogoff study relied on [...]
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The Fed’s policy of keeping interest rates near zero is another form of trickle-down economics. For evidence, look no further than Apple’s decision to borrow a whopping $17 billion and turn it over to its investors in the form of dividends and stock buy-backs. Apple is already sitting on $145 billion. But with interest rates [...]
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The price of oil dropped to near $92 a barrel on Wednesday, May 1 after data showed a slowdown in China’s manufacturing growth and a rise in U.S. crude stocks, AP reports. By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark oil for June delivery was down $1.18 to $92.28 a barrel in electronic trading on the New [...]
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By Drazen Remikovic EU representatives and citizens in the Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) village of Budak are urging Republika Srpska (RS) authorities and the Serbian Orthodox Church to stop construction on a church that will sit next to a recently excavated mass grave, and close to the Potocari cemetery and memorial to the Srebrenica victims. [...]
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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel met with Colombian Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzón this morning at the Pentagon to discuss the close security partnership between the United States and Colombia, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said. In a statement summarizing the meeting, Little said Hagel commended Colombia for continuing to make significant progress in its campaign [...]
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The recent communal rioting in Meiktila has led critics to doubt the Myanmar government’s ability to cope with its ethnic issue. Although outside efforts have failed to pressure Myanmar to institute improvements, the government will be able to curb its ethnic tensions and prevent them from spiraling out of control, making regional instability unlikely while [...]
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Three men were arrested and charged today in connection with the Boston Marathon bombing investigation. Dias Kadyrbayev, 19, and Azamat Tazhayakov, 19, both of New Bedford, were charged in a criminal complaint with conspiracy to obstruct justice by conspiring to destroy, conceal, and cover up tangible objects belonging to suspected marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, namely [...]
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The UN human rights office has condemned force-feeding hunger strikers at Guantanamo Bay, calling it ‘torture’ and a breach of international law. At least 21 inmates out of the 100 officially on strike are being force-fed through nasal tubes. “If it’s perceived as torture or inhuman treatment — and it’s the case, it’s painful — [...]
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(EurActiv) — Azerbaijan’s choice between two pipeline projects to carry its gas to Europe must focus on obtaining the strongest commercial terms, Industry and Energy Minister Natik Aliyev said on Tuesday (30 April). The Nabucco West and Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) projects offer different routes to Europe from the Shah Deniz II field in the [...]
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(RFE/RL) — Three 19-year-old students who attended university with the surviving suspect in the April 15 bombings at the Boston Marathon have been charged in connection with the case. Dias Kadyrbaev and Azamat Tazhayakov from Kazakhstan were charged on May 1 with conspiring to obstruct justice. The third man, U.S. citizen Robel Phillipos, has been [...]
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By Kevin Jones Critics slammed the FDA’s decision to make the Plan B One-Step morning-after pill available without a prescription to teenagers as young as 15, saying the pill is dangerous for young women and can act as an abortion drug. “Once again, the health of young women is being sacrificed on the altar of [...]
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By D Suba Chandran Though there has been a plethora of books and commentaries on Pakistan, despite its strategic importance to India, Iran has never received the attention it deserves in New Delhi and the rest of country. In this background, the recently published book titled Troubling Teheran: Reflections on Geo Politics, edited by Prof [...]
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By Roomana Hukil Juxtaposing India’s per capita water availability (1.170 cum/person/year) – i.e. lowering than the global water index vis-à-vis the Chinese geo-political assertiveness against India – to undertake gigantic water resource projects raises serious security alarms in the South Asian regime. With China recently turning down India’s proposal to pursue a joint bilateral mechanism, [...]
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BG Group said Wednesday it had completed another successful drill stem test in Block 1 offshore Tanzania, with initial results from the Mzia-2 well showing better than expected properties in the deeper Cretaceous reservoir. The test on Mzia-2, the first done on a Cretaceous discovery in deep water off Tanzania, flowed at a maximum rate [...]
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The declaration of an open war by Threek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) against three political parties, ANP, MQM and PPP that ruled Pakistan for five years is an open challenge to the Government of Pakistan (GoP) as well as the citizens. A point of even bigger concern is its support for PML-N, PTI and JUI-F, but recent [...]
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