The NSA has made hush-hush payments of at least $150 million to Britain’s GCHQ spying agency over the past three years to influence British intelligence gathering operations. The payouts were revealed in new Snowden leaks published by The Guardian. The documents illustrate that the NSA expects the UK’s Government Communications Headquarters, known as GCHQ, to [...]
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By Djavad Salehi-Isfahani The transition team of Iran’s President-elect Hassan Rouhani was busy last week lowering expectations for a quick economic recovery, saying that things are far worse than they had thought. At the same time, the outgoing economy minister was briefing Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei with a rosy picture. Politics aside, it is [...]
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By Suzane Mneimneh The assassination of Mohammed al-Brahmy during Republic Day celebrations on July 25th, 2013 triggered a tidal wave of protests and demonstrations across Tunisia as people took to the streets to reject this violent act, which came a mere six months after the assassination of Shokri Belaid, the secretary-general of the opposition Unified [...]
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By Vijay Sakhuja India, Maldives and Sri Lanka have recently signed an agreement on Trilateral Cooperation on Maritime Security (TCMS) to address common maritime security threats and challenges and enhance security through cooperative measures. The Outcome Document released at the end of the National Security Advisor level talks held in July 2013 highlights the intention [...]
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With the lack of jobs plaguing the United States, disproportionately hurting returning warriors from the war on terrorism, Mexican drug gangs are allegedly hiring American servicemen as enforcers for their criminal enterprises, a number of narcotic enforcement officials in the U.S. told FoxNews.com and Law Enforcement Examiner on Thursday. According to former New York State [...]
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Scottish independence would inevitably damage the UK’s international reputation. This is the conclusion of a report by Foreign Affairs Committee, House of Commons, titled Foreign policy considerations for the UK and Scotland in the event of Scotland becoming an independent country. “It is difficult to measure the impact on the remainder of the UK’s international [...]
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Here are a few headlines you might want to mull-over before you plunk 20 percent down on that $500,000 Tudor in Rancho Mirage: “Mortgage Applications Drop for Seventh Straight Week”, “Homeownership slides to 18 year low”, “Investors start to move out of housing”, “Sellers Worry Rising Rates Will Lower Demand”, “PE Scrambles To Exit Housing Market”, “Higher mortgage rates [...]
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IT IS now fashionable to say that “the two-state solution is dead”. Or: “Time for the two-state solution is running out”. Why dead? How dead? It’s one of those things that need no proof. To say it is enough. If pressed, though, the fake mourners of the two-state solution give a reason: there are just [...]
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A person playing a first-person shooter video game like Halo or Unreal Tournament must make decisions quickly. That fast-paced decision-making, it turns out, boosts the player’s visual skills but comes at a cost, according to new research: reducing the person’s ability to inhibit impulsive behavior. This reduction in what is called “proactive executive control” appears [...]
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The U.S. Senate yesterday confirmed President Barack Obama’s nominations of Navy Adm. Cecil D. Haney to take command of U.S. Strategic Command, and of Army Lt. Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti to be promoted to full general, and to take command of U.S. Forces Korea. Scaparrotti also will command United Nations Command and Republic of Korea-U.S. [...]
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(EurActiv) — The European Union will continue to import high-quality US beef from non-hormone-treated cattle at zero duty, extending an agreement for at least another two years, US authorities said on Thursday (1 August). The arrangement, originally signed in 2009, came in connection with the long-running dispute between the United States and the EU over [...]
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(EurActiv) — A ruling by Italy’s supreme court upholding a tax fraud conviction against former premier and centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi has left the fate of the country’s fragile ruling coalition resting in the balance. Just three months after centre-left Prime Minister Enrico Letta took office at the head of an uneasy coalition with Berlusconi’s [...]
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Mercedes-Benz reported Friday its best-ever July results and started the second half of the year successfully by selling 116,790 units and generating growth of 20.0%. The company said it has delivered 811,227 vehicles to customers since the beginning of the year (+8.1%). The success of its new E-Class and its new compact models contributed particularly [...]
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Brazil should ensure that qualified, independent experts are appointed to a new federal body created to combat and prevent torture, Human Rights Watch said today. The body should have sufficient resources and political support to carry out its mandate effectively. On August 2, 2013, President Dilma Rousseff signed a law that creates a National Mechanism [...]
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By Jaya Ramachandran When long forgotten African leaders set up the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in 1963, coordinating and intensifying regional cooperation in order to achieve a better life for the people of the newly liberated continent was an important item on their agenda. Fifty years later, a UN report says that efforts to [...]
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By Prof. Dr. Ludger Kuehnhardt First things first: The impressive ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) operation in Afghanistan is multilateralism at its best. The courage and commitment shown by soldiers from 48 nations affords our highest esteem. These men and women are dedicated to the peaceful stability of a secure Afghanistan. They represent the best [...]
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By Rachel Greszler and Alison Acosta Fraser Detroit’s recent filing for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection would protect the city from its creditors while allowing it to restructure its debts. The proceedings that follow will, in many respects, set precedents for the swell of municipal bankruptcies that are likely to follow. Some of these precedents will [...]
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US law enforcement is quietly applying pressure on telecommunication companies to install technology that would provide them with user data, a strategy likely to expand government surveillance into areas where users do not know they are being monitored. Hoping to expand the government’s ability to intercept pictures, text, chat logs, and other data in real [...]
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Russian authorities have cancelled the performance of a US rock band in southern Russia over the desecration of the Russian national flag by one of the band’s musicians during a concert in Ukraine. The decision has been made by Russian Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky after consultations with officials from the Krasnodar region, where the Bloodhound [...]
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With the end of the month of Ramadan approaching, Pope Francis decided to personally write to all Muslims as a sign of friendship and to promote greater respect between the two faiths. “This year, the first of my Pontificate, I have decided to sign this traditional message myself and to send it to you, dear [...]
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