Iranian customs says imports into the country were down sharply last month compared to the same period in 2012. According to the report, imports fell from $3.3 billion in April of 2012 to $1.3 billion in April of 2013. Meanwhile, the export of petroleum products has also dropped by $312 million in the first month [...]
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The South African government has called on the international community to respect the sovereignty of Syria and let them decide their future without any interference. South Africa — which has been calling for the immediate end to all forms of violence and for parties without any pre-condition to enter into dialogue that would assist them [...]
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Bolivia President Evo Morales has appealed his supporters to “defend democracy” in the face of massive protests organized by the Bolivian Workers Central (COB) union, which has been demanding a reform on the pension law for the past 11 days. The COB, which promoted a strike that was progressively subscribed by various sectors, “even went [...]
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By Annie Robbins Mandy Patinkin is to receive an award from the American friends of an Israeli medical center at their gala at the Harvard Club in New York next month, and the award is rankling the right guard. The Jewish Press– the same Jewish Press that published Lori Lowenthal Marcus’s bizarre rant about Dustin [...]
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Introduction In its recent report-“Securing the Future of Afghanistan,” the UK House of Commons Defence Select Committee calls for measures to help establish a “peaceful and functioning” Afghanistan. The report, which pays tribute to the service and sacrifices of British troops, focuses on an issue that is engaging most NATO/ ISAF countries at this moment [...]
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By Jeremy Salt While all options are said to be still on the table, Barack Obama is clearly backing away from any deeper involvement in Syria now it is clear that nothing but direct intervention is going to bring down the government in Damascus. In the past few months alone the armed groups have lost [...]
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By Clive Hambidge Integrated Systems In Wikipedia we find this, concerning an overview of the meaning ‘integrated systems’ “A system is an aggregation of subsystems cooperating so that the system is able to deliver the overarching functionality. System integration involves integrating existing often disparate systems. System integration is also about adding value to the system, [...]
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Burma Campaign UK has criticized the Burmese President Thein Sein for once again using political prisoners’ releases as an image building exercise before his official visit to the USA. The London based rights body slammed Mr Sein for taking this decision just hours before leaving for America, where he is scheduled to meet the US [...]
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In early May, BBVA Bank Paraguay presented its Latin American economic growth outlook for 2013 and 2014, predicting the economies that will lead global growth. BBVA estimates that the pace of global development in 2013 will be 3.3 percent, only a tenth of the estimated growth in 2012. In 2014 it will reach rates close [...]
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I received a postcard in yesterday’s mail. The first paragraph reads: “The City of Tallahassee’s Office of Cross-Connection Control monitors actual or potential backflow via cross connections with non-approved water sources. We are committed to the quality of water delivered to our customers, and your drinking water remains clean and free of contaminants [sic]. Our [...]
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By John Storey Over the past year, tensions between ethnic Chechens and the Ingush of Russia’s North Caucasus region have increased dramatically. The provocative de jure annexation of parts of Ingushetia, Russia’s smallest republic, by Chechnya in February was soon topped in audacity by an unexpected “visit” of 300 or so Chechen officials (many of [...]
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Leftist leader and lawmaker Javier Diez Canseco passed away on May 4 without Congress having complied with the Supreme Court’s ruling that forces it to reinstate him to his seat after having been unjustly suspended last November. Diez Canseco, leader of the Socialist Party (PS), was elected to Congress in 2011 through the Peru Wins [...]
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By Ramesh Ramachandran Energy rivalry took India and China first to Central Asia and then to Africa. Now, they are scrambling for resources and attendant benefits on the icy slopes of the Arctic. On 15 May 2013, the two Asian giants were made observers in the Arctic Council, an intergovernmental forum, to provide a means [...]
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The Prime Minister of China Li Keqiang who assumed office in March is arriving in India from May 19 to 21 as part of his first round of overseas visits after becoming Prime Minister. He also travels to Pakistan, Switzerland and Germany. He clubbed his visits to India and Pakistan on his way to Europe [...]
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(RFE/RL) — Former Serbian and NBA basketball star Predrag Danilovic has been stabbed and seriously injured in a bar fight. Danilovic was stabbed at a cafe in the Serbian capital, Belgrade, early on May 18. Danilovic, 43, was hospitalized with serious injuries to his head, arms, and abdomen. Doctors said he was stable following surgery. [...]
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A new study says that undocumented immigrants to the U.S. tend to be more Christian than the general population, while new legal permanent residents tend to be less Christian. The Pew Research Center estimated that 83 percent of undocumented immigrants are Christian, with most coming primarily from Latin America and the Caribbean. As of 2011, [...]
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The Philippines advised its nationals living in Taiwan to stay at home or commute directly to and from work to avoid “hate assaults.” Amadeo Perez Jr., head of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office in Taiwan, said that “tension is high” after the shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine Coast Guard last week. [...]
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By R. Nastranis While scientists and environmentalists watch the Arctic as a bellwether of global climate change, and nations and corporations seek to exploit its oil, gas and mineral reserves as well as new shipping routes, rapid and even abrupt changes occurring on multiple fronts across the polar region are threatening to cause irreversible impact [...]
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By Vijay Sakhuja China’s long wait for a ‘permanent observer’ status in the Arctic Council, a top-level intergovernmental regional body, is finally over. At the Eighth Ministerial Meeting in Kiruna in Sweden, the Arctic Council (five Nordic countries, Russia, Canada, and the US) finally agreed to invite China, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and Italy [...]
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The top U.S. military officer says Russian missile shipments to Syria are “ill-timed” and “very unfortunate.” The remarks by General Martin Dempsey were the first U.S. confirmation that Russia made the sale of so-called ship-killer cruise missiles to Syria. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Friday the missiles will embolden President [...]
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