A fire in a clothing factory in Dhaka has killed at least eight people, police and an industry association official said on Thursday. An investigation was launched into incident that occurred overnight. The fire erupted at a factory belonging to the Tung Hai Group, a large garment exporter, after most workers had gone home, police [...]
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By Nicolai Due-Gundersen Norway has always been known as a stable welfare state, with hydrocarbon wealth allowing for generous socio-economic benefits. Although recent debate has seen a call within Norwegian politics for a scaling back of government interventionism, the reality is that Norway remains an interventionist state, relying on hydrocarbon wealth rather than a structural focus on [...]
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Robert E. Hunter, a former U.S. ambassador to NATO, writes: [T]he president can be said to have painted himself into a corner with Syria on two occasions, initially as early as August 2011, and repeated since, by declaring that “Assad must go.” Of course, Assad has not gone, thus demonstrating once again the first rule [...]
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What do Libya, Somalia, Yemen, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan have in common? Although it’s true that the United States has conducted recent military interventions in all of them, the more fundamental answer is that they are all artificial countries. That is, they are each made up of feuding ethno-sectarian groups or tribes. And perhaps the instability [...]
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If you ask a hospital in your neighborhood to give you a package price on a standard surgical procedure, you will probably be turned down. After the suppression of normal market forces for the better part of a century, hospitals are rarely interested in competing on price for patients they are likely to get as [...]
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By Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed There is a big difference between fearing for the unity of Syria and threatening to disassemble it. And this is not the first time that Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has issued threats. The Russian minister’s speech shows the conviction of its failure (and Iran’s) to support the Assad regime and [...]
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Spanish energy company Repsol reported Thursday that CCS adjusted net income in first quarter 2013 was 676 million euros and CCS adjusted operating income amounted to 1.314 billion euros, up 47% and 22%, respectively, in comparison with the same year-ago quarter. The key factors contributing to this growth were the improvements recorded in LNG thanks [...]
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With unemployment approaching 27 per cent, Spain has seen no shortage of huge demonstrations – the latest of which led over half of the country’s teachers in a nationwide strike over austerity. Organizers for Thursday’s demonstrations, which led to mass actions in the capital Madrid as well as Barcelona, Seville, Valencia and Zaragoza, reported up [...]
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UK PM David Cameron claims there is no evidence the Syrian opposition used chemical weapons. This comes after a UN representative voiced ‘concrete suspicions’ that the rebels used nerve gas, even as the world powers were trying to resolve the conflict. “Our assessment is that chemical weapons use in Syria is very likely to have [...]
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Nicolas Maduro, the recently elected President of Venezuela is ready to become the next MERCOSUR President Pro-Tempore and to bring “new dynamism” to the consolidation of MERCOSUR, a regional trade organization that is deemed to expand its influence in the region and international markets. President Maduro made these statements during his official visit in Uruguay, [...]
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The grandson of famed civil-rights activist Malcolm X was murdered in Tijuana, Mexico on Thursday during an alleged robbery, according to a family friend on Twitter. “I’m confirming, per US Embassy, on behalf of the family, the tragic death of Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of Malcolm…” — Terrie M. Williams (@TerrieWilliams) May 9, 2013 The 28-year-old [...]
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Philippine authorities should ensure that those who planned and financed the killing of an environmental activist in 2011 are arrested and prosecuted, Human Rights Watch said today. In the first conviction for an extrajudicial killing since President Benigno S. Aquino III came to office in 2010, a court in Palawan on May 7, 2013, sentenced [...]
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As the prison-wide hunger strike continues at Guantánamo, the danger — following President Obama’s news conference last week, when he finally deigned to talk about Guantánamo — is that the mainstream media will think, as they did in 2009, that merely talking about the prison in a critical manner is equivalent to closing it. The [...]
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1. Introduction: In search of the truth, “I want to believe”1 Sustainability can be seen through a number of paradigms but it is most commonly associated with the environment and issue of global warming. This association has appeared to hijack the agenda, leaving the notion of sustainability undefined. Thus the sustainability (climate change) debate has [...]
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On May 9 President Obama and King Mohammed spoke by phone and reaffirmed the historic relationship between the United States and Morocco. The two leaders discussed the importance of continuing to deepen Morocco-US bilateral cooperation, especially on regional security matters of mutual concern. The President invited King Mohammed to Washington and said he looked forward [...]
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By James M. Dorsey and Amir Khalinejad World soccer body FIFA’s newly established anti-racism committee has its work cut out for it in the Middle East and North Africa where ironically only Israel and Iran have taken some, albeit too few, steps to counter discrimination based on color, religion, ethnicity or sex. In countering racism [...]
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While China can initiate a limited border war with India in future to leverage its superior air power, India can take advantage of better support facilities at bases along the border. However it needs to develop its minimum deterrent capability. By V. K. Bhatia The unresolved border issue between India and China prompts the security [...]
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Hindus are pleased at American actress/singer Selena Gomez not wearing bindi in sexy music video for her latest single “Come & Get It”, which premiered on May seven night, as bindi did not make it to the actual video. Hindus had termed Selena’s debut performance of “Come & Get It” at MTV Awards ceremony in [...]
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As they spoke to a BBC correspondent in their run-down room which they call home in Dhaka, Bangladesh, a man sobbed as his 12-year-old daughter sat close to him. His face, wrinkled before its time, was a picture of utter anguish. It could only be understood by a parent whose child was dying under giant [...]
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ArcelorMittal, a leading integrated steel and mining company, today announced results for the three month period ended March 31, 2013. The company reported an EBITDA of $1.6 billion in 1Q 2013 as compared to $1.6 billion in 4Q 2012 (which included $0.5 billion of gains from asset disposal and CO2 credit sales). Net debt decreased [...]
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