After departing from Russia the plane of Bolivian President Evo Morales was forced to landing in Austria Wednesday morning over suspicions that NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden was on board, a claim Bolivian and Austrian officials refuted. Snowden had requested asylum from Bolivia, which has yet to answer; he also petitioned Austria but was rejected. Reports [...]
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With food and hunger being basic human issues, there is an urgent need to extensively work at grass-root levels like neighborhood and community-based support projects that would help in achieving a hunger free and sustainable world in a short period of time. By Qureish Raghib Disturbingly provocative as it may sound, it is amazing how [...]
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King Mohammed’s frequent trips to Africa offered an opportunity to reenergize Morocco’s engagement on a continent where economic opportunities are rising, tough security challenges endure. Recently, The King traveled to Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire and Gabon. His objective was to signal to African governments and citizens that the Morocco remains an important and interested Africanl partner, [...]
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By Raquel Elizabeth Iglesias On Tuesday, June 25, the Paraguayan Ministry of Public Service, signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Universidad Columbia del Paraguay. The objective of this agreement is to develop academic programs, mutual technical and scientific research initiatives as well as the implementation of various training projects for public servants. The Ministry [...]
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By Arwa Ibrahim The debate about multiculturalism resurfaced after the recent Boston bombings, Woolwich attack and Stockholm protests. Many now feel justified in saying that multiculturalism across Europe and the West has failed miserably. It’s easy to feel that cultures are boundaries, incapable of coexisting. But history has proven otherwise. Recognizing the multiple cultural influences [...]
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By Ali Hussein Bakeer The story begins with the constitution of the Islamic Republic: according to Article 12,“the official religion of Iran is Islam of the Jafari 12 Imam sect and this article is inalterable in perpetuity.” This article prescribing the Jafari sect as the center of gravity is the basis for Articles 115, 144, [...]
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Hundreds of thousands of expatriates and Saudis breathed a sigh of relief across the country yesterday as Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah extended the amnesty period until Nov. 3. The royal order extending the original three-month amnesty, which ends today, was cited in a Ministry of Interior statement carried by the Saudi [...]
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By Osama Al Sharif Few expected Egypt’s armed forces to step in so quickly, less than 24 hours after millions of Egyptians took to the streets and squares of the country’s cities and towns demanding the ouster of Islamist President Muhammad Mursi. But Monday’s stern televised statement by the army gave the president and the [...]
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By Lisa Lerer When President Obama met Chinese President Xi Jinping last month in California, the relaxed setting beside man-made lakes shimmering in the desert heat was intended to herald an era of cooperation between the leaders of the world’s two largest economies. Today, those images of solidarity are more like a mirage. The abrupt [...]
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Concerns over the rule of law in Bulgaria were raised in a debate with Council and Commissioner Reding on Tuesday afternoon, after the debate on Hungary. The Bulgaria debate, added to the agenda at the request of the EPP group, took place in the aftermath of the 12 May elections there. Controversial appointments made by [...]
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More than a year and a half after the Commission presented a proposal amending the EU Staff Regulations with the aim of making savings and modernising the EU civil service, Council and Parliament reached an agreement which Parliament has ratified today. In order to respond to the current crisis, staff remuneration and pensions will not [...]
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More than half of the Moldovan citizens are dissatisfied with the socio-economic and political situation in the country, according to a public opinion poll conducted by the Institute of Marketing and Social Research IMAS from 10 to 26 May 2013. The main problems, according to the Moldovans, are unemployment, political instability and poverty — so [...]
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By Nadeem Mumtaz Qureshi In 2008 when the Pakistan Peoples Party government of President Asif Zardari took office, Pakistan’s total foreign debt was about $ 40 billion. Today, at the end of the PPP government’s term, it is $ 60 billion. Twenty billion dollars of new debt has been added. As the government of Nawaz [...]
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President Mahmoud Abbas said Tuesday that US Secretary of State John Kerry proposed useful and constructive suggestions to return to negotiations. Abbas said he met with Kerry three times in recent days, and he will return to the region next week. They discussed issues related to the Israeli-Palestinian relations, he added. “We are committed to [...]
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Portugal’s Foreign Minister Paulo Portas has resigned, the president’s office said on Tuesday, July 2 in a further blow to the center-right coalition that has kept the country’s international bailout on track, Reuters reported. Finance Minister Vitor Gaspar, the architect of the spending cuts and tax hikes required by the bailout, resigned on Monday citing [...]
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John Paul II could be declared a saint this year after a Vatican committee approved a second miracle attributed to the Polish pope’s intercession. The Congregation for the Causes of Saints ruled an “inexplicable recovery” on 1 May 2011 was due to the late Pope’s intercession, BBC News reported citing Ansa. Earlier that same day [...]
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Arizona fire officials said the Yarnell Hill fire that killed 19 firefighters on Sunday is now eight percent contained. They said firefighters were able to make progress against the fast-moving blaze when powerful winds died down. About 500 firefighters, as well as military air tankers and helicopters, are battling the fire that has burned 8,400 [...]
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Advertising campaigns for raising the number of Facebook fans cost the US State Department’s Bureau of International Information Programs (IIP) $630,000, according to a report which also suggests the PR game was likely not worth the effort. Each of the four English language Facebook pages hosted by the Bureau of International Information Programs saw their [...]
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Reporters Without Borders and the Cambodian Centre for Independent Media (CCIM) have drafted a list of recommendations for the authorities for improving respect for freedom of information in Cambodia, where the campaign for parliamentary elections on July 28 has just begun. “Freedom of information in Cambodia has declined steadily during the past two years,” Reporters [...]
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To adapt W S Gilbert’s well-known lyric: “They themselves have said it, And it’s greatly to their credit…” “They” are the 22 members of the Arab League (21 since last November, when Syria was suspended), but speaking now – according to their own website – for all 57 Muslim majority states, including Iran, Pakistan and [...]
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