At least 17 soldiers were killed and several wounded in a car-bomb blast today at an army base in the city of Agadez, according to Niger’s Defence minister Mahamadou Karidjo. According to some media sources, the attack was claimed by the Movement foe Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO), an Islamist group active mostly [...]
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A prosecutor who requested a six-year sentence for Italy’s former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been sent threats including a letter with two bullets, her office says, according to BBC News. Ilda Boccassini also asked that Berlusconi be banned for life from public office for allegedly paying for sex with a 17-year-old dancer. Both the [...]
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The Kenyan authorities should promptly investigate and prosecute those responsible for shootings by the police in Kisumu on March 30, 2013, said Human Rights Watch. Five people died and at least twenty-four were injured. The shootings occurred in the wake of demonstrations against the Kenyan Supreme Court ruling on March 30 upholding President Uhuru Kenyatta’s [...]
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“The US kill rate in the 1950-53 Korean War equaled more than one 9-11 every day… for the whole 1,100 day war…The US may have killed 20% of the population of Korea, said General Curtis Lemay, who was involved in the US air war on Korea. If so, that is a higher rate of genocidal [...]
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By Aryaman Bhatnagar Trilateral meetings involving Afghanistan and Pakistan in a third country, and the optimism that follows, have become regular features of late. In the past six months alone, three such meetings have been held -Istanbul, London and Brussels. The latest of these, the Afghanistan-Pakistan-US meeting in Brussels, held at the end of April, [...]
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Although oil and natural gas exploration has been going on for decades in various East African countries, there has been limited success until recently. In the past there were doubts about the amount of recoverable resources in the region, along with regional and civil conflicts that presented challenges and risks to foreign companies. Consequently, exploration [...]
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By W. Alejandro Sánchez Cesare Battisti, a member of Italy’s Armed Proletarians for Communism (PAC), lives comfortably in Brazil, thanks to former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The iconic former head of state signed a decree on his last day as president in December 2010, which stated that Battisti could not be extradited to [...]
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Pyongyang “is willing” to accept China’s advice to restart dialog with “relevant parties” on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, China’s Xinhua news agency said on Thursday citing a senior North Korean official who is on a visit to China. Choe Ryong Hae, the special envoy to DPRK leader Kim Jong Un, met with Liu [...]
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Sri Lanka with a Theravada Buddhist civilization that protected and fostered Buddhism has much to introspect. With over 70% of the population being Buddhists it is a national shame that we continue to forget the very basic teachings of the Buddha whose message to us was to treat non – human sentient beings with compassion [...]
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In a review of Finnish energy policies launched today, the International Energy Agency praised Finland for its commitment to a sustainable energy future. With its energy-intensive industries and its cold climate, Finland’s energy consumption per capita is the highest in the IEA. Yet the IEA noted that Finland’s energy policy framework was broad and coherent, [...]
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By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers Finally – it’s over. The goal of Simpson and Bowles has been met, the deficit is shrinking rapidly. And the intellectual underpinning for deficit reduction, based on the study by Rogoff and Reinhart, has been destroyed. Phew! Glad that is behind us. Now, can we actually try to fix [...]
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apanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should make improving the human rights situation in Burma a top priority during his visit to the country this week, Human Rights Watch said today. Abe’s three-day visit, which begins May 24, 2013, will be the first by a Japanese leader to Burma in 36 years. Dozens of major Japanese [...]
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he Boy Scouts of America voted on Thursday to lift a century-old ban on openly gay scouts in a major victory for gay rights activists, but the decision means a sea of change for an organization that depends heavily on faith-based groups. More than 60 percent of the group’s National Council, comprised of some 1,400 [...]
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The Boy Scouts of America Statement: “For 103 years, the Boy Scouts of America has been a part of the fabric of this nation, with a focus on working together to deliver the nation’s foremost youth program of character development and values-based leadership training. “Based on growing input from within the Scouting family, the BSA [...]
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A move is afoot in Congress to change the 2001 law that kicked off what became the “war on terror” (although the Obama administration has dropped the now politically incorrect term). The administration, however, opposes changing the statute, because, as one Pentagon official said, “As of right now, it suits us well.” Naturally the administration [...]
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Josh Barro is the latest in a long line of left-of-center critics who fault Republicans for not being real partners in the health care debate. He writes: Liberals are tired of being lectured by conservatives about what’s wrong with their approach to health policy because conservatives haven’t been a productive partner in seeking a fix. [...]
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The strategy is a comprehensive framework for dealing with the legacy of human rights violations and war crimes, to build the foundations of a peaceful future in Bosnia and Herzegovina. By Dr. Goran Šimić Ethnic and conflicting interpretations of the legacy of human rights violations and war crimes between 1992 and 1995 continue to burden political [...]
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Authorities in western Myanmar’s Rakhine state have introduced a local regulation setting a two-child limit on Rohingya families in a bid to restrict population growth among the Muslim minority group, according to a government spokesman. Officials announced the measure—part of a directive that also enforces a ban on polygamy—this month but have not said how [...]
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The Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee [MPC] has kept the repo rate unchanged at 5 percent as expected by the market. “The MPC has therefore decided to leave the repurchase rate unchanged at 5 percent per annum. The MPC is ready to act appropriately in either direction in the event of material changes in the [...]
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(EurActiv) — The new eurosceptic government in Iceland has announced a halt to the country’s EU accession talks, until Icelanders vote in a referendum within the next four years on whether they want membership negotiations to continue. Iceland’s next prime minister, Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson, said Wednesday (22 May) that his cabinet intended to halt his country’s [...]
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