Eni And Rosneft Sign Completion Deed For Joint Exploration In Russian Barents Sea And Black Sea

June 21, 2013, 8:34 pm

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Rosneft’s President and Chairman of the Management Board, Igor Sechin, and Eni’s CEO, Paolo Scaroni, in the presence of the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, signed Friday, at the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum, a Completion Deed relating to the agreements for the joint development by the two companies of exploration activities in the Russian Barents [...]

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Egyptian Soccer Matches Threaten To Foreshadow Mass Anti-Government Protest – Analysis

June 21, 2013, 8:37 pm

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Controversial soccer matches this weekend constitute a potential walk-up to a watershed mass anti-government demonstration on June 30 that has Egyptians of all political stripes bracing themselves for political violence and increased uncertainty The soccer matches and mounting tension in advance of the protest are likely to be seen by militant, highly politicized, violence-prone and [...]

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Hindus Urge Canada To End Widespread Poverty Among Its Indigenous Children

June 21, 2013, 8:39 pm

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Forty percent of Indigenous children live in poverty in Canada, according to a new report “Poverty or Prosperity: Indigenous Children in Canada” by Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that it was immoral and a sin to watch these Indigenous children of Canada languish [...]

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Nepal: The View From The Top Is Not Pretty – OpEd

June 21, 2013, 8:47 pm

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By Sufyan bin Uzayr With the exception of Mt. Everest, Nepal has very little that the mainstream media finds newsworthy. You cannot really blame the Western media though — this small land-locked country of South Asia does not get much coverage in regional Asian press either. Naturally, anything that is hidden from the eye tends [...]

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How Institutions Become Psychotic – Analysis

June 21, 2013, 9:03 pm

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Introduction Peoples’ perceptions and views of the world are influenced by both conscious and unconscious phenomena. The world is a totally socially constructed reality where the people make sense of it from their culture, experience and learning. Within the bounds of culture and experience, each person has some unique interpretation of the environment and understanding [...]

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Patrick Buchanan: The Palin Doctrine – OpEd

June 21, 2013, 9:27 pm

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On U.S. military intervention in Syria’s civil war, where “both sides are slaughtering each other as they scream over an arbitrary red line ‘Allahu akbar’ … I say let Allah sort it out.” So said Sarah Palin to the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference. And, as is not infrequently the case, she nailed it. Hours [...]

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Obama: Time For Congress To Pass Commonsense Immigration Reform – Transcript

June 22, 2013, 8:19 pm

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In this week’s address, President Obama discussed the bipartisan legislation being debated in the United States Senate that would take important steps towards fixing our broken immigration system, while growing our economy and reducing the deficit. The President urges Congress to pass immigration reform so that we can live up to our traditions as a [...]

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Obama Pushes US Senate To Pass Immigration Reform

June 22, 2013, 8:21 pm

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U.S. President Barack Obama is calling on lawmakers to support legislation that he believes will fix the nation’s “broken” immigration system. In his weekly address Saturday, Obama said the immigration bill being debated in the Senate is a “compromise” that will strengthen border security, increase penalties against traffickers and create a pathway for earned citizenship [...]

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NSA Leaker Petition Hits 100,000-Signature Threshold In Under 2 Weeks

June 22, 2013, 8:24 pm

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A White House petition demanding a full pardon for NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has reached over 100,000 signatures since its creation on June 9, meaning the Obama administration has to review the petition’s demands and issue a response. The petition states that: “Edward Snowden is a national hero and should be immediately issued a full, [...]

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Bolivia: 10 Killed, 14 Injured In Tanker Truck Blast

June 22, 2013, 8:25 pm

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At least 10 people were killed and 14 were injured when a tanker truck loaded with alcohol exploded in Bolivia. The tragedy occurred on the road linking the country with neighboring Peru. Authorities say the explosion damaged or destroyed 11 vehicles. Preliminary data from the investigation indicate that the driver of the truck lost control [...]

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Paraguayan President-Elect Upholds National Dignity – OpEd

June 22, 2013, 8:28 pm

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The national Paraguayan newspaper, ABC COLOR, published an article June 22 focused on Paraguay’s future status of membership to the MERCOSUR, considering that Asuncion has illegitimately been expelled from MERCOSUR in the June 29, 2012, Mendoza Summit. According to ABC COLOR, Paraguayan President-elect Horacio Cartes stated that “if Paraguay is not admitted in a way [...]

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Transitional Justice In Morocco : A Successful Human Rights Experience‏ – OpEd

June 22, 2013, 8:31 pm

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In Morocco, a truth and reconciliation commission (the IER) was set up in 2004 to examine the state-sanctioned abuses that occurred between 1956 and 1999. This was the first commission of its kind in the Arab-Islamic world. It has been criticized on the basis that there have been no prosecutions and so no punishment for [...]

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Death Of A Jew In Israel: A Case Of Paranoia – OpEd

June 22, 2013, 8:35 pm

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For years I have been complaining about the gung-ho, trigger-happy mentality of the Israeli security forces in the occupied territories of Palestine. The latest episode on Friday involving the murder of an unarmed visitor, who happens to be Jewish, once again highlights the problem. Doron Shlus, a 46-year old Jewish visitor at Jerusalem’s Western (Wailing) Wall, [...]

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India: Stigma And Fear Of Isolation Triggers Suicides – OpEd

June 22, 2013, 8:45 pm

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Hindi film actress Jiah Khan’s death brings to fore the scourge of suicide which is the second highest cause of death in the nation. Mumbai is among top five Indian cities with the most suicides. Among the more recent suicides, it was Bollywood actress Jiah Khan’s which brought to fore, the rate at which suicides [...]

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Karzai’s Visit To India: Guns And Wishes – Analysis

June 22, 2013, 8:49 pm

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Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai was in India for a three day visit from 20th May. He held discussions with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh regarding the situation in the region including conveying Afghanistan’s keenness to enhance defence cooperation with India and get a commitment for supply of “lethal and non-lethal” weapons. While there was no official [...]

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Pakistan: Terrorists Enjoy Free Days – OpEd

June 22, 2013, 8:59 pm

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Friday can be termed one of the blackest days in Pakistan, when terrorists were able to leave a blood bath in different cities of the country. Various groups have either claimed responsibility for these attacks or some of the groups can be alleged to be responsible. The worst point is that while the rampage continues [...]

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Making Strategy Out Of Sense: The US, India And The Dialogue – Analysis

June 22, 2013, 9:02 pm

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By Manohar Thyagaraj When John Kerry arrives in India to meet with Salman Khurshid in the next edition of the US-India Strategic Dialog, one thing that won’t be in short supply from both sides is the soaring rhetoric of good sense. For, everything nice and positive that can be said about the relationship has been [...]

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Global Rescue Plan – OpEd

June 22, 2013, 9:05 pm

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When the wealthy nations of the world meet as the G8 or in any other gathering, it’s interesting to imagine what they would do if they followed the golden rule, valued grandchildren, disliked unnecessary suffering, or wished to outgrow ancient forms of barbarism, or any combination of those. The United States alone is perfectly capable, [...]

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Precautionary Double Standards – OpEd

June 22, 2013, 9:16 pm

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Wind turbines kill birds and harm people. Why doesn’t the “precautionary principle” apply? By Rich Kozlovich Jessica Marszelek, federal politics reporter for Australia’s News Limited Network, recently posted an article titled, “Australia: Wind power ‘terrorising’ rural communities.” Some 150 people turned up for a three-hour rally at Canberra’s Parliament House, she reported, to express their [...]

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Russia: Wife Confesses To Killing Husband With Crossbow

June 23, 2013, 1:30 pm

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The wife of a factory co-owner, who was killed earlier this month with a shot to his back, has confessed to shooting him with a crossbow while he was fixing a gazebo at their home in southern Russia, a law enforcement official said Saturday, adding that the couple fought regularly throughout their seven-year marriage and [...]

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