By Jaime Daremblum Even though Venezuelan authorities have promised to conduct an electronic audit of their April 14 presidential election, the outcome is not seriously in doubt: The National Electoral Council (CNE) has indicated that Nicolás Maduro’s paper-thin victory will be allowed to stand, with one CNE official declaring the election results “irreversible.” This was [...]
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Two stand-by oil spill response vessels were launched at the Zvezda Shipyard (the city of Bolshoi Kamen) in the Primorsky Territory (Russia’s Far East). The vessels: RN Askold and RN Posiet – were ordered by Rosneft. The vessels are operated by Rosnefteflot, the Company’s subsidiary that developed the project and supported vessels’ manufacturing. According to [...]
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By Dusan Babic Serbian President, Tomislav Nikolic has experienced vitriolic attacks for his speech that was delivered at the United Nations General Assembly meeting held in New York, on April 10, 2013, and which was initiated and called for by Vuk Jeremic, president of the UN General Assembly, to debate the war crime tribunals. President [...]
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Turkish and Israeli officials have come “close” to a deal on compensation for the Jewish state’s deadly 2010 raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla after talks in Jerusalem on Monday, May 6, the Israeli premier’s office said, according to AFP. “The meeting was positive,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in a statement “The two teams [...]
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Last week, several polls came out assessing U.S. public opinion on intervention in Syria. According to the Huffington Post poll, Americans oppose U.S. air strikes on Syria by 3-to-1. They oppose sending arms to the rebels by 4-to-1. They oppose putting U.S. ground troops into Syria by 14-to-1. Democrats, Republicans and independents are all against [...]
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Last week at its regular policy-setting meeting, the Federal Reserve announced it would double down on the policies that have failed to produce anything but a stagnant economy. It was a disappointing, but not surprising, move. The Fed affirmed that it is prepared to increase its monthly purchases of Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities if things [...]
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All warring parties in northern Mali are obligated to abide by the laws of war in the event of a Malian military offensive against opposition armed groups in the Kidal region, Human Rights Watch said today. Past abuses have heightened concerns about the need for all armed forces to minimize harm to civilians and ensure [...]
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The Department of Defense released Tuesday the fiscal 2012 Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military and announced a series of actions to prevent and respond to sexual assault in the armed forces. In fiscal year 2012, there were a total of 3,374 reports of sexual assault involving service members as victims or subjects, [...]
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By Alex Lantier In a series of interviews, UN investigator Carla del Ponte said that sarin gas used in Syria was fired by the US-backed opposition, not the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Her account explodes the lies on which Washington and its European allies have based their campaign for war with Syria, according to [...]
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By Dan Robinson After White House talks, U.S. President Barack Obama and South Korean President Park Geun-Hye have called on North Korea to end provocative behavior, and commit to meaningful steps to de-nuclearize. Park’s visit to Washington came as the United States and South Korea continue to observe the 60th anniversary of their mutual defense [...]
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An arts institution in the German capital has decided to showcase 28 artworks created by Mir Hossein Mousavi, an Iranian opposition leader currently under house arrest for more than two years. The Akademie der Künste (Academy of the Arts) in Berlin, the oldest and one of the most prestigious cultural institutions in Germany, says it [...]
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An Algeria-based al Qaeda offshoot said in an online video on Tuesday, May 7 that Muslims have an obligation to attack French interests around the world because of France’s military intervention in Mali, the Associated Press reported. In a message posted on YouTube, Abou Obeida Youssef Al-Annabi, a notable in the Al-Qaeda in the Islamic [...]
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King Mohammed VI is a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad and his family has ruled Morocco for close to 400 years. He is also constitutionally the Amir al Mu’minin, or Commander of the Faithful thereby combining religious and political authority. King Mohammed VI is lauded for his domestic reform policies and pioneering efforts in [...]
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The appointment of the president of Angola’s new sovereign fund, Armando Manuel, as Minister of Finance is one of the most significant changes of the first cabinet shuffle in Angola after last year’s legislative elections. Manuel shall replace the outgoing Carlos Alberto Lopes A note, published by state news agency Angop, President José Eduardo dos [...]
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By Arturo Lopez-Levy Each spring, the U.S. State Department releases a report indicating which countries the United States considers “State Sponsors of Terrorism.” Currently the list consists of four countries: Cuba, Iran, Sudan, and Syria. This year, John Kerry’s ascent to U.S. Secretary of State generated a discussion about taking Cuba off the list. Given [...]
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By Laith Hammoudi With no resolution in sight, the conflict in Syria is causing all sorts of headaches in neighbouring Iraq, where a Shia-led government is concerned at the prospect of regime change while its Sunni Arab opponents back the rebels. Caught between the Iran to the east and Tehran’s ally Bashar al-Assad to the [...]
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An authoritative Central Asia-focused news website has defeated attempts to silence it in Kyrgyzstan: authorities have unblocked it. Yet under the prevailing interpretation of a parliamentary resolution, the website, Fergana News, still appears to be banned in the Central Asian nation. The nationalist-leaning parliament voted unanimously to block Fergana News (Fergananews.com, formerly Ferghana.ru) back in [...]
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By Theodore R. Bromund, Ph.D. and Andrew Robert James Southam The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has given an interim ruling that Britain cannot extradite Haroon Aswat to the United States. Aswat has been indicted in the U.S. on conspiracy charges related to the establishment of a terrorist training camp for radical Islamists in [...]
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(CORDIS) — Radioactivity as a result of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster in the 1980s is still present in the environment. But 17 national emergency management organisations and 33 research institutes have come together to prevent or minimise the impact of such a thing happening again. Their objective has been to ensure that Europe [...]
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(CORDIS) — The EU-funded HERMIONE project (‘Hotspot Ecosystem Research and Man’s Impact on European Seas’) has contributed much needed data on the complexity of deep-sea ecosystems. This in turn has created a community of scientists who continue to work together to better understand the remarkable world of the deep sea and its vast diversity of [...]
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