(RFE/RL) — Tribal elders and shopkeepers in northwestern Pakistan have banned women from shopping in bazaars without a male relative present. Local clerics in the Karak district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province have urged shopkeepers not to allow women to enter stores and markets without a male relative accompanying them. The clerics said the presence of [...]
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By Shahin Abbasov Just like the protagonist in the eponymous opera, the Nabucco pipeline, the one-time leading option for carrying natural gas from Azerbaijan to Europe, has been outmaneuvered and knocked from its preeminent perch. In the opera, Nabucco is a king of Babylon who is outwitted by a group of palace conspirators and temporarily [...]
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By Cheryl Pellerin Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter began a weeklong trip today that will take him first to Israel and then to Uganda and Ethiopia in sub-Saharan Africa. During Carter’s first official trip to Israel as deputy secretary, he will meet with senior Israeli defense officials to discuss issues of mutual strategic importance and [...]
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By Cheryl Pellerin The director of the National Security Agency said he has proof that terrorist groups are benefitting from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden’s public disclosure about agency data-gathering efforts. Army Gen. Keith B. Alexander, also commander of U.S. Cyber Command, spoke Thursday with Pete Williams, chief justice correspondent for NBC News, at the [...]
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In the wake of the Cold War, the EU acted decisively and brought a group of fragile, newly-independent states into the European Community in a geopolitical gamble that paid off big. Now, as Ukraine finds itself between an increasingly menacing Russia and a lethargic Brussels, it is time to act once again. Back in the [...]
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Discernment of the probable form of the political transition of Afghanistan is one of the focal points of concern of the governments and public of Afghanistan, Pakistan and US, besides the regional countries and US’ major ISAF partners. The recent breakdown of the dialogue between US and Taliban – the two major ‘contenders’ in the [...]
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By Vikram Sood A former colleague remarked the other day that the Abbottabad inquiry report revelations reminded him of the Hamoodur Rehman Commission report that had indicted the Pakistan Army for the 1971 debacle. Both the reports show the Pakistan Army in a poor light, even decrepit. The important news is not that Osama is [...]
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Egypt’s military-backed interim president has selected legal experts to rewrite the Egyptian constitution, which the military suspended this month by ousting the previous Islamist president who ratified the charter. In a decree issued Saturday, interim leader Adly Mansour appointed 10 judges and law professors who will have one month to propose constitutional amendments as part [...]
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On the heels of a Colorado town’s announcement that it was floating the idea of legalized drone hunting, the Federal Aviation Administration has warned that the practice could result in prosecution and fines. The small town of Deer Trail, Colorado is currently weighing an ordinance that would grant residents permits to shoot down unmanned aerial [...]
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The Italian government is being encouraged to not allow alleged abuses by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) go unpunished, despite Panama’s decision on Friday to release a former CIA station chief in Milan, who is wanted by Italy’s federal law enforcement, according to a major non-governmental agency (NGO) for human rights. News organizations [...]
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By Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi for Syria Comment Introduction In a post for Jihadology, I identified how the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) was playing an important role in the fighting on the outskirts of the city of Aleppo and in the surrounding countryside. Since that time, it has become apparent that the group [...]
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Campaign officially kicked off on July 4 for elections to Japan’s Upper House of the Diet on July 21. A total of 367 candidates are schedule to run for half of the total 242 seats for which elections will be held. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), headed by Shinzo Abe, and its junior coalition [...]
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This Policy Paper is a joint publication of the Elcano Royal Institute and PISM and follows the Polish–Spanish roundtable “Poland and Spain: Working Together in a Europe in Flux” held on 27 May 2013 in Warsaw, organised by PISM, the Elcano Royal Institute and the Spanish embassy. The contributors to this publication include Kinga Brudzińska, [...]
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U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is expected in India Monday for a four-day visit meant to focus on diplomatic ties and economic issues. Biden is expected to meet with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi before moving on to Mumbai to address economic issues with business leaders there. In an interview published Monday by [...]
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By James M. Dorsey The Saudi-supported military overthrow of Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi on 3 July 2013 following massive demonstrations against him throughout Cairo and Egypt presented the United States with a dilemma. The Obama administration was hard-pressed to deflect the perception of US’ tacit support for the coup while calling for an inclusive electoral [...]
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Commentating on the publication of the independent report into Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP), DHI Chairman Luca Volontè said, “I am most encouraged by the recommendations of the report, namely to abolish Liverpool Care Pathway. Whilst there may have been good intentions behind the formation of the practice, the disturbing reality has been one of patient [...]
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Ramadan is a good time to reflect on what Islam has to say about two of Canada’s burning problems—our penchant for environmental destruction and Prime Minister Harper’s attempt to return to a blatant assimilation policy for Natives. Canada has become an international embarrassment from an ecological point of view. One of Harper’s most shameful acts [...]
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By Narayani Basu At the end of June 2013, China launched its fifth manned space mission from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert. Atop a Long March 2F rocket, the Shenzhou 10 spacecraft transported three astronauts to the Tiangong 1, a Chinese space station. What does the event say about how far [...]
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By S. Binodkumar Singh On July 17, 2013, the International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2) awarded the death sentence to Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) ‘secretary general’ Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed. The prosecution had stacked seven charges against him, including the killing of eminent journalist Serajuddin Hossain in Dhaka; mass killings at village Baidyadangi in Faridpur District; confinement of Ranjit [...]
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Cancer is more common than flu in the Iraqi city of Najaf, a local medics told RT. While doctors say the government discourages them from talking openly to the press on the disease, local families are scared of having more kids with birth defects. Rates of leukemia and birth defects “rose dramatically” due to use [...]
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