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Jeton Kelmendi’s Verses: Exploring The Intricate Path Of Life – Review


Obama And The Housing Boondoggle – OpEd

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“Today, seven years after the real estate bubble burst, triggering the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and costing millions of responsible Americans their jobs and their homes, our housing market is healing. Sales are up.  Foreclosures are down.  Construction is expanding.  And thanks to rising home prices over the past year, 1.7 million [...]

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Hamas, The Arab Spring And The West – OpEd

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By Dr. Ahmed Yousef The “Arab Spring”, as we now have come to know it, has seemingly changed the nature of politics and the balance of power in the Middle East forever. The West was caught off guard and after initially grappling with the new situation, are now dealing with Islamist parties whom they had [...]

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HRW Visit To Syria Reveals Torture Chambers

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Government security branches in Raqqa city hold documents and potential physical evidence indicating that detainees were arbitrarily detained and tortured there while the city was under government control. Human Rights Watch researchers visited the State Security and Military Intelligence facilities in Raqqa, now under the de facto control of local armed opposition groups, in late [...]

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The IRS And The Real Scandal – OpEd

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“This systematic abuse cannot be fixed with just one resignation, or two,” said David Camp, the Republican chairman of the House tax-writing committee, at an oversight hearing Friday morning dealing with the IRS. “This is not a personnel problem. This is a problem of the IRS being too large, too intrusive, too abusive.” David Camp [...]

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Argentina: Videla’s Death And The Thirst For Justice – Interview

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“In Argentina it is not yet possible to speak of reconciliation, and Jorge Videla is also responsible for this,” said Alberto Barlocci, coordinator of the Latin American Catholic journal , ‘Ciudad Nueva’, reacting to news of the death of Videla, who was the first hierarch of the dictatorship to be dealt a life imprisonment sentence [...]

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Croatia Works To Erase Phantom Voters Ahead Of Sunday Elections

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By Drazen Remikovic As Croatia prepares to take its place in the EU, officials say they have purged voter registration rolls of more than 700,000 phantom voters and those who do not have permanent residences in the country as the government addresses the two-decade-old problem of establishing accurate voter lists. Experts and election watchdogs welcomed [...]

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Georgia Patriarch Calls For Calm After Orthodox Groups Thwart Gay Rights Rally


Women Of The Wall – OpEd

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THERE WAS this Israeli man who from time to time put a slip of paper in the cracks between the stones of the Western Wall, asking God for favors – as Jews have been doing for centuries. They believe that the gates of heaven are located directly above the Wall, making it easy for their [...]

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Obama To Nominate Scaparrotti To Replace Thurman In Korea

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By Jim Garamone President Barack Obama intends to nominate Army Lt. Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti to receive his fourth star and to succeed Army Gen. James D. Thurman as the commander of U.S. Forces in Korea, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced today. Thurman, who assumed his post in July 2011, is retiring. Scaparrotti currently serves [...]

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Georgia: Anti-Gay Riot Rocks Tbilisi Capital

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By Tina Zhvania An attempt to hold a march against homophobia in the Georgian Tbilisi ended in rioting as hostile protesters attacked participants and police lines crumbled. Dozens of people were injured, including journalists and police officers trying to escort people away from the trouble. Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili condemned the May 17 violence, saying, [...]

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Egypt Prepares For Subsidy Shake-Up – Analysis

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The Egyptian government has taken tentative steps towards reducing the roughly US$20 billion subsidy system that supporters say provides vital aid to the one-in-four Egyptians in poverty, and critics say is unsustainable and enriches the corrupt. “Most of the subsidies do not go to the people who really need them,” said Osama Kamal, who until [...]

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Will President Obama Emphasize R2P On Thein Sein? – OpEd

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America’s new Burma policy adopted by the Obama administration, a combination of increasing engagement and maintaining economic sanctions, was the prime mover in urging Thein Sein to introduce reforms after more than half a century of repressive military rule, when he became an elected head of state in 2011 November. Obama became the first sitting [...]

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FBI Probes Exiled Chechen Rebel For Link To Boston Bombing Suspect

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By Fatima Tlisova (RFE/RL) — Federal investigators in the United States have learned that the main suspect in last month’s Boston Marathon bombings met with an exiled former Chechen rebel fighter in Manchester, New Hampshire less than a month before carrying out the attack that killed three people and wounded more than 260. Police in [...]

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Russia Developing ‘Terrorist-Killer Robots’

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Russian experts are developing robots designed to minimize casualties in terrorist attacks and neutralize terrorists, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Friday. Robots could also help evacuate injured servicemen and civilians from the scene of a terrorist attack, said Rogozin, who oversees the defense industry. Other antiterror equipment Russia is developing includes systems that [...]

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Iraq: Trouble On The Other Side Of The Euphrates – Analysis

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By Daniel DePetris Millions of Iraqis made national history last month when they voted in provincial elections secured entirely by the Iraqi army and police. For a country that was in the depths of a vicious sectarian civil war only six years ago, merely defending a nationwide vote is a big accomplishment. But to say [...]

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Burma Frees More Political Prisoners Ahead Of State Visit To US

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By John Zaw Myanmar released more than 20 political prisoners on Friday just hours ahead of President Thein Sein’s departure for a state visit to the United States, according to a government official. Ye Aung, a member of the government’s political prisoners scrutiny committee and a former political prisoner, welcomed the amnesty but said all [...]

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China Ignores Sanctions And Sends Aid To North Korea

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China is providing large amounts of fertilizer to its ally North Korea and plans to send food aid to the impoverished nation, according to sources inside the country, despite backing international sanctions meant to punish the regime for pursuing its nuclear weapons program. North Korean sources told RFA’s Korean Service that Beijing had delivered fertilizer [...]

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The China-Japan Clash: What Is Behind It? – Analysis

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By Gilbert Rozman As observers struggle to predict the future of East Asia, they face a familiar choice among three schools of thought — realist theorists, who foresee the danger of conflict over the balance of power; liberal theorists, who have argued for economic integration resulting in shared values; and constructivist theorists, who focus on [...]

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US ‘Lead From Behind’ Policy Failing Syria – Analysis

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By James Phillips One negative implication of the Obama Administration’s “lead from behind” efforts on the worsening Syria crisis is that U.S. allies have independently stepped forward to advance their own interests by backing various rival groups within the ad hoc Syrian opposition coalition. These external aid efforts, often pursued with little coordination, have bolstered [...]

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