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Arab Oil Cash To Kill Democracy In Egypt – OpEd

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By Finian Cunningham n order to determine whether the turmoil in Egypt is in the best interests of the mass of ordinary Egyptians, we should use the trusted maxim – follow the money. Within hours of the military’s arrest last week of now-deposed President Mohamed Morsi, the Persian Gulf Arab monarchies were offering their congratulations [...]

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Algeria Signs Energy Agreement With EU

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By Fidet Mansour Six months after the deadly terror attack on the Tiguentourine gas complex left doubt hanging over the future of foreign oil companies in Algeria, a deal concluded Sunday (July 7th) in Algiers put those concerns to rest. An energy partnership between Algeria and the European Union, which had been under discussion for [...]

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Five Steps To Improve Higher Education In Paraguay – OpEd

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Underdeveloped countries like Paraguay must prioritize education as an alternative for development, but strategy and implementation policies of this system must be changed to build a country heading towards development and that promotes innovation in technological and scientific research. The following are five key concepts that ought to be addressed with respect to the current [...]

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Obama: Strengthening Our Economy By Passing Bipartisan Immigration Reform – Transcript

Morsi Backers Vow To Continue Cairo Rallies

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Supporters of Egypt’s ousted president remained in Cairo’s Rabaa el-Adawiya Square on Saturday, determined to protest until Mohamed Morsi is reinstated. The Muslim Brotherhood movement has gathered at the square since Morsi’s removal from power by the Egyptian military. On Friday, tens of thousands of Morsi’s supporters rallied in Cairo. They gathered outside the Rabaa [...]

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Groundwater Depletion: Another Crisis Looming In Pakistan – OpEd

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By Sarfraz Ali The depletion of groundwater in Pakistan is likely to set an alarm bells ringing in the newly elected government which is already hit hard by massive power shortage, terrorism and economic downturn. The underground water in is running out on fast pace as per capita availability of water drops to 990 cubic [...]

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Tactical Retreat: Ultras Absent From Protests In Egypt And Turkey – Analysis

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Militant, highly politicized soccer fans who played key roles in the toppling of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, opposition to post-Mubarak military rule, and last month’s mass protests against Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan have been as organizations conspicuously absent from the dramatic scenes in Cairo with the overthrow of President Mohammed Morsi and ongoing [...]

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Hindus Want End To Walls Separating Roma In Slovakia

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Hindus have strongly criticized the reported erection of a wall in Kosice in eastern Slovakia to keep out Roma (Gypsies). Calling it a blatant sign of apartheid, Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that it clearly showed the attitude of European Union towards its most maltreated community of Roma. There [...]

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Making Sense Of India’s Nuclear Weapons – Analysis

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Introduction Under Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, India’s first nuclear test in 1974 was called ‘Operation Smiling Buddha’, a peaceful nuclear explosion test carried out for civilian purpose. By 1998, second nuclear test was conducted under Prime Minister Atal Behari which aimed to serve military purpose. This article takes a look at the reasons for India’s [...]

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Russia’s Rule Of Thugs: The Posthumous Trial Of Magnitsky – OpEd

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European Parliament: “[The trial] is a violation of international and national laws and clearly shows the malfunctioning of the Russian criminal justice system.” US Congressman James P. McGovern (D-Mass.): “Unfortunately, the ordeal of Sergei Magnitsky did not end with his death. All these malevolent moves make it clear that Russian leaders recognize that they no [...]

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Egyptian Military Plans Crackdown In Sinai

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The Egyptian military is planning a crackdown on Islamist militants in Sinai, according to media reports late Friday, following an attack which left one Egyptian police officer dead and another wounded. Attacks on security checkpoints in Sinai have occurred almost daily since the ouster of Egypt’s first democratically elected president, Islamist Mohammed Mursi. The offensive [...]

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Russia, Others Should Treat Snowden’s Asylum Claim Fairly, Says HRW

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After meeting with Edward Snowden on July 12, 2013, Human Rights Watch reiterated its call for his asylum claims to receive fair treatment. Tanya Lokshina, Russia program director at Human Rights Watch, met with the former United States National Security Agency consultant along with other rights organisations at Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow earlier on [...]

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Bernanke’s 180 – OpEd

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Well, that didn’t take long, did it? It’s been less than a month since tough-talking Ben Bernanke threatened to pull the rug out from under the stock market by scaling back on his $85 billion per-month liquidity program called QE, and now, he’s done a complete reversal without batting an eye. On Wednesday,  Chairman Flipflop [...]

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The Grand Dilemma – OpEd

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Perhaps you are facing the same moral dilemma as I am: What to think about Syria? What to think about Egypt? Let’s take Syria first. When it started, the choice for me was clear. There was this evil dictator, whose family had mistreated their people for decades. It was a tyranny with fascist overtones. A [...]

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An Impertinent Question – OpEd

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Permit me an impertinent question (or three). Suppose a small group of extremely wealthy people sought to systematically destroy the U.S. government by (1) finding and bankrolling new candidates pledged to shrinking and dismembering it; (2) intimidating or bribing many current senators and representatives to block all proposed legislation, prevent the appointment of presidential nominees, [...]

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The Anti-American Fantasy – OpEd

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Russia is often accused, and not without reason, of portraying itself as a besieged fortress, fostering a distrust among citizens of the bad intentions of other nations, requiring a strong guiding hand from a less-than-democratic state to protect them. But following a string of foreign policy failures and diplomatic bungles, Washington is indulging in similar [...]

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Why Did Muslim Brotherhood Fail? – OpEd

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By Ali Bluwi It seems as though the Muslim Brotherhood is still living in the 1960s. They wrote a historical account full of blood and lies about the Nasserite period that go beyond the mistakes committed by Nasser’s regime. They thought that theoretical religiosity alone would be enough to solve economic, social and political problems. [...]

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If George Zimmerman Goes Free – OpEd

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The corporate media have given very little attention to these extrajudicial killings. We call them ‘extrajudicial’ because they happen without trial or any due process, against all international law and human rights conventions. Those few mainstream media outlets that mention the epidemic of killings are unwilling to acknowledge that the killings are systemic – meaning [...]

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Myanmar: New Challenges Of Economic Transition – Analysis

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By Yves-Marie Rault Until a few years ago, as roaming services were inexistent, a foreign visitor who wanted to use a cell phone in Myanmar had to buy a local SIM card for the sum of USD1500. However, there are now around 500,000 tourists each year – symbol of the stupendous economic transformation of the [...]

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Zimmerman Shooting Verdict Prompts Pointed Reactions

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By Michael Bowman Passionate, but mostly peaceful protests, have erupted in several U.S. cities after a Florida man was acquitted of murder and manslaughter in the highly-publicized shooting death of a black teenager last year. Verdicts in racially-charged cases have, on occasion, triggered violence and destruction on a massive scale. The 1992 acquittal of Los [...]

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