U.S. President Barack Obama has called peace in Northern Ireland a “blueprint” for those living in conflict zones around the world. During remarks Monday to a young audience in Belfast, Obama said “The terms of peace may be negotiated by leaders, but the fate of peace is up to you.” The American president arrived in [...]
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By Rahul Bhonsle Iran’s Presidential elections held on 14 June 2013 saw a land slide victory for Hassan Rouhani, the lone reformist candidate. Rouhani surged ahead of five conservative rivals to win 18,613,329 votes which were 52.49% of the votes cast. A candidate has to get over 50 percent of the votes to be declared [...]
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The Afghan Taliban are to open an office in the Qatari capital Doha on Tuesday, Al Jazeera reported. The armed group will open the office with the aim of having a base from which to facilitate peace talks. In March, Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, met the emir of Qatar to discuss plans for the [...]
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By Elvira M. Jukic Thousands of people paid tribute to a baby who died after her hospital treatment was delayed because political disputes meant she could not get an identity document to leave the country. Several thousand people gathered outside the Bosnian parliament in Sarajevo on Sunday and placed dozens of lighted candles, children’s toys [...]
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By Paul Ciocoiu A special law on the Nabucco gas pipeline project, passed by the Romanian parliament in May, was enforced following a Bucharest meeting of the Nabucco Committee. The project is a major EU energy effort to diversify gas supply routes for Eastern and Central Europe, and decrease the dependence on Russian resources. The [...]
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Erdogan’s lack of anger management might not only cost him the presidency but also damage Turkey’s growth projections in an increasingly volatile region. His last meeting with the Taksim Solidarity Movement delegation might have been a positive sign that Erdogan finally is arriving at the same conclusion, but his insistence on the use of violence [...]
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By Rana Banerji An era may be inexorably drawing to a close with the passing of Bahukutumbi Raman, one of India’s most brilliant Intelligence operatives and a doyen of the country’s strategic security community. An officer of the 1961 batch of the Indian Police Service, B. Raman was assigned to the Madhya Pradesh cadre where [...]
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By Anu Krishnan The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz won Pakistan’s landmark elections of 2013, securing an iron grip on Punjab province. Nawaz Sharif’s decisive victory in his native Punjab was marked by his popularity with the rural population as a competent businessman. The numbers ensure that Nawaz Sharif can form a government without an unruly coalition. [...]
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By Jonathan Cook For much of the past two years Israel stood sphinx-like on the sidelines of Syria’s civil war. Did it want Bashar al-Assad’s regime toppled? Did it favor military intervention to help opposition forces? And what did it think of the increasing visibility of Islamist groups in Syria? It was difficult to guess. [...]
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By Sanchita Bhattacharya On June 10, 2013, at least 15 people were injured and many vehicles vandalised in Dhaka city during the nationwide hartal (general strike) enforced by Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS). JeI-ICS had called the strike in protest against the punishment meted out to three of its leaders [...]
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By Fakir Mohan Pradhan Kanhu Charan Madhi (25), a Special Police Officer (SPO) posted in the District headquarters town of Malkangiri, was shot dead by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres at his home in Kattakonda village under the Kalimela Police Station area of the District on May 24, 2013. He was on the Maoist [...]
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By SAAG Director Mr. B. Raman one of the main contributors to SAAG passed away last evening. His demise is a loss not only to me personally and the South Asia Analysis Group, but also to the intelligence community as well. When I planned to have a “virtual think tank” way back in 1998 ( [...]
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By Col R Hariharan The Maoist attack on Dhanbad-Patna Intercity Express at Jamui – one of Bihar’s seven Maoists-hit districts on May 13 killing three persons, is a rude reminder that the state is yet to win its war against Maoist extremism, despite winning many battles on other fronts. The attack comes even as the [...]
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By Abdul Rahman Al Rashed Will Iran change because of the replacement of the ultra-conservative Ahmadinejad by the moderate conservative Hassan Rohani? That remains a million dollar question. Surely, we should not judge the president-elect Rohani on the mandate alone. He may have the opportunity to achieve what we have longed for, ending the longest [...]
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(RFE/RL) — Georgian investigators say they have found several caches filled with weapons, explosives, drugs, and documents targeting opponents of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili’s party. Interior Ministry’s spokeswoman Nino Giorgobiani told journalists on June 17 that materials were found buried in barrels in Georgia’s western province of Samegrelo. The spokeswoman said the caches contained photos [...]
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Pope Francis met Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday, June 17, for the first time since Maduro won a narrow and disputed election victory to succeed late Socialist leader Hugo Chavez, Reuters reported. The men discussed poverty, the fight against organized crime and drug trafficking, and regional issues including a dispute between Venezuela and Colombia, [...]
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By Dr. Kumar David The government successfully deflected attempts to move the Commonwealth Heads Meeting (CHOGM) scheduled for November out of Colombo, and secured promises of participation from UK’s Cameron and India’s Singh. This was a diplomatic success in the aftermath of the setback at the UN Human Rights meeting in Geneva in March. CHOGM [...]
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By Portia B. Conrad Despite Karachi being a city battered by violence and militancy there was a comparatively high voter turnout. The people of Karachi stood for hours to participate in the democratic process. Of those who left, many came back later in the day to rejoin the lines of voters. However, several voters complained [...]
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About 64 percent of Russians identify themselves as belonging to the Russian Orthodox Church, but many of them have never read the Bible and rarely go to church or pray, a recent poll showed. Some 52 percent of Russian self-identified Orthodox Christians said that they have never read the New Testament, the Old Testament or [...]
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The election of the moderate-reformist candidate Hassan Rohani in the first round, with an absolute majority of votes in a free election with a turnout of 70%, overturned predictions and forced the West to reflect on internal affairs in the Islamic Republic. MISNA discussed the issue with Riccardo Redaelli, Professor of History and Islamic institutions [...]
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