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IMF Approves First Bailout Funds For Cyprus

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The IMF’s executive board approved a $1.3 billion, three-year loan to Cyprus on Wednesday, part of a larger international bailout to help the Mediterranean country avoid defaulting on its debt. Cyprus had to comply with certain conditions – including winding down its second-largest bank and imposing losses on large depositors – in order to receive [...]

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Special Ops Task Force Helps Shift Afghanistan Trend Line

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By Karen Parrish As U.S. and coalition conventional forces in Afghanistan prepare to draw down, the quiet professionals of the special operations community remain committed to a variety of missions there through the end of 2014 and beyond, the commander of U.S. and NATO special operations forces in Afghanistan said today. Army Maj. Gen. Tony [...]

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NATO Defence Chiefs Discuss Afghanistan, Partnerships And Transformation

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NATO Chiefs of Defence reaffirmed their commitment to support the ISAF Commander over the next 19 months, which will be crucial in determining the outcome of the mission. The Military Committee also discussed opportunities to deepen military-to-military cooperation with NATO Partners. Delving into transformation, they expressed support for ongoing and future initiatives, particularly Smart Defence [...]

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The Politics Of Anti-Rohingya Violence In Myanmar – Analysis

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By Zak Rose hough tension and mistrust have long existed amidst the myriad of ethnic and religious groups that comprise Myanmar’s society, they erupted with uncommon severity during the violence of last year. In May 2012, following allegations that a Muslim had raped and murdered a Buddhist woman, a series of protracted riots rocked the [...]

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Bosnia’s Dodik Urges Serbs To Unite

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By Elvira M. Jukic The president of the country’s Serb-dominated entity Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, said that Bosnia was unworkable as a state and that Serbs should unite. Dodik said on Wednesday in Belgrade that it was time for Serb political elites to get together. “Serbs as a people have two states, Serbia and Republika [...]

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David Beckham To Retire From Football

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David Beckham will retire from football at the end of this season, Belfast Telegraph said. Former England captain Beckham, 38, will call it a day after winning the French league title with Paris St Germain. Beckham said: “I’m thankful to PSG for giving me the opportunity to continue but I feel now is the right [...]

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Evidence Of Chemical Attack Allegedly Found In Syria – BBC

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A BBC journalist claims to have found proof of the use of chemical weapons by Syrian government troops, the BBC reported on Thursday. “A BBC correspondent who visited the northern town of Saraqeb was told by eyewitnesses that government helicopters had dropped at least two devices containing poisonous gas,” the report says. In April, Saraqeb, [...]

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Obama, Erdogan Promise To Increase Pressure On Syria

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President Barack Obama said Thursday that he and Turkish Prime Minister will continue to find ways to end the bloodshed in Syria. “We are going to keep increasing pressure on the {Syrian] regime,” Obama said in a White House Rose Garden news conference after late-morning talks with Erdogan. Erdogan, an outspoken critic of the Syrian [...]

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Barroso Urges ‘Credible Reforms’ In France In Return For Deficit Grace Period

New (Naya) Pakistan Or More Of The Same? – OpEd

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By Dr. Syed Abdur-Rafay Amid exuberant calls of vote-rigging and protests seen in the recent elections in Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) is poised to yet again become Prime Minister for a third time – his last two stints at the job were back in the 1990’s. Nearly 14 years after being [...]

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UNESCO Sending Fact-Finding Commission To Jerusalem

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UNESCO will send a fact-finding commission on May 20 to investigate ongoing Israeli measures in Jerusalem, the Palestinian minister of foreign affairs said Thursday. Riyad al-Malki told a news conference in Ramallah that the commission would spend five days in Jerusalem before returning to the UNESCO headquarters in Paris to submit a detailed report. The [...]

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Yemeni Kidnappers Release Red Cross Hostages

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Yemeni tribesmen released three kidnapped employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the humanitarian agency and a Yemeni security source said on Thursday. The men – a Swiss, a Kenyan and a Yemeni national – were kidnapped on Monday in the southern province of Abyan. They had been freed late on Wednesday and [...]

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The Martyrs Of Otranto – OpEd

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By Nina Shea Pope Francis celebrated his first canonizations in the course of his Mass in St. Peter’s Square last Sunday, giving the Catholic Church over 800 new saints. All but two (a Colombian nun and a Mexican nun) were the “martyrs of Otranto,” who were beheaded for their faith after Turkish Muslims invaded their [...]

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Del Ponte Remarks: Weak, But Raise Alarm On Use And Spread Of Chemical Weapons In Syria – Analysis

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By Riad Kahwaji The statement by Carla Del Ponte, lead investigator in the United Nations International Independent Commission of Inquiries (UNIICI), about the possible use of chemical weapons by Syrian rebels has caused great deal of concern and compelled a quick rebuff from her own organization and a subtle criticism from the U.S. administration. While [...]

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India And China: Strategic Partners In Global Governance Reform – Analysis

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By Mukul Sanwal China-India relations have “strategic significance” and “global impact” as both are large developing countries and emerging markets, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang told visiting external affairs minister Salman Khurshid last week, and on his return, the minister, in a press interview, said that “India and China have to collaborate for the Asian century”. [...]

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SPDC Declares Force Majeure On Gas Supplies To NLNG

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Shell Petroleum Development Company Limited, or SPDC, has declared force majeure on gas supplies to Nigeria LNG, effective 09:00 hrs (Nigerian time) on Wednesday, May 15 2013. This action is due to production deferment following a reported leak along the Eastern Gas Gathering System (EGGS-1) right-of-way (RoW) near Awoba in Rivers State. “In line with [...]

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Will There Now Be A New Phase In India-Pakistan Relations? – Analysis

Western Sahara: It’s Either Autonomy Or Nothing‏ – OpEd

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Since 1976, the Western Sahara is experiencing a conflict between the Sahrawi independence movement Polisario Front and Morocco, which claims sovereignty over the entire territory. It is no secret that Algeria, which supports and arms the Polisario Front has been seeking an opening on the Atlantic Ocean. Recently while all eyes were on Mali crisis [...]

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Pope Francis To ‘Launch’ New Mobile App

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On the Friday before Pentecost Sunday, Pope Francis is set to “unlock” a new media initiative of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States — MISSIO App. “This App is a way for the Church and our Holy Father to reach the growing number of the world’s people who have access to handheld mobile [...]

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Hagel Orders Retraining Of Recruiters, Sexual Assault Responders

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Amid a spate of allegations of criminal behavior by military recruiters and service members involved in the Defense Department’s efforts to prevent sexual assaults and help that crime’s victims, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered the services to retrain, re-credential and rescreen all sexual assault prevention and response personnel and military recruiters. In a statement, [...]

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