(RFE/RL) — The U.S. State Department says 18 of 19 U.S. diplomatic posts across the Muslim world that have been closed during the past week due to a terrorist threat will reopen on August 11. The U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen will remain closed amid continuing reports of a potential Al-Qaeda terrorist attack plan. Most […]
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AVRAHAM BURG (58) was a member of the Labor Party and for some time the Chairman of the Knesset. His late father was a long-time cabinet minister and a leader of the National-Religious Party, before it became a rabid messianic mob. The relations between Burg sr. and me were quite friendly, largely because we were […]
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The Sri Lankan government should stop issuing misleading information and promptly create an independent and transparent inquiry into the deaths of protesters at Weliweriya on August 1, 2013, Human Rights Watch said today. At least three people were killed and several injured after security forces fired live ammunition at protesters who were demanding access to […]
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On an invitation from President Barack Obama, the Vietnamese President Truong Tan Song visited the US from July 23-26, 2013. Though President Tan Song was accompanied by a large delegation ranging from economics, trade and defence and even a senior religious clergy for interaction with US groups raising contentious issues of Vietnam’s human rights records, […]
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The Foreign Minister of Vietnam, Pham Binh Minh, visited India in mid-July to participate in the 15th Vietnam-India Commission meeting and to review bilateral ties. Surprisingly, as compared with the Chinese media, the Indian media did not give the kind of coverage that Binh Minh’s visit deserved. A significant development in Vietnam’s foreign policy has […]
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In this week’s address, President Obama said that the housing market is starting to heal, and now it’s time to build on that progress by creating a better bargain for responsible, middle class homeowners. The President announced steps he will take to strengthen the housing market, and now Congress must act to help make homeownership […]
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U.S. President Barack Obama says the housing market is beginning to heal and now is the time to build on that progress. The president said in his weekly address Saturday that Congress should give every American the chance to refinance their mortgages at today’s low rates and should help qualified families with mortgages to buy […]
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The NSA has alleged it monitors only 1.6 percent of web traffic, contradicting claims of a sweeping spy network. A report released by the White House justifies NSA snooping as essential for national security, but neglects to expand on any details. The Obama Administration released a seven-page document on Friday intended to justify the NSA’s […]
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will undergo a hernia operation, his office said late on Saturday, a procedure that appeared unlikely to disrupt plans to advance peace talks with the Palestinians next week. A statement said Netanyahu, 63, would be hospitalised overnight for the surgery after he complained of abdominal pain. The procedure was expected […]
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The fear of an Ethiopian Spring has to be factored in the internal security matrix of a dictatorial regime such as Ethiopia’s, since the populist “spring” events in the MENA region have proven to be a potent means of removing dictatorships in North Africa. The lesson is powerful. It is evident that the Ethiopian security […]
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The recent sentencing in the United Arab Emirates of scores of dissidents on charges of plotting to overthrow the government and UAE support for the military coup that ousted Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi has sparked assertions that the country is using its acquisition of Manchester City and a franchise to establish a New York-based Major […]
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The visit to Canada on the week of August 5, 2013, by representatives of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is a major step toward accountability for the murders and disappearances of indigenous women in British Columbia, Human Rights Watch said. The landmark visit and mounting international attention to violence against indigenous women and girls […]
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By Iranga Kahangama Despite US Secretary of State John Kerry’s reinvigorated foreign policy approach to Pakistan, the likelihood of a recently mentioned potential civilian nuclear deal remains doubtful. Talks of a nuclear deal with Pakistan are often mentioned in comparison to the Indo- US civilian nuclear deal. This logic is flawed however, as the circumstances […]
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By D Suba Chandran Hassan Rouhani took over the as the new President of Iran early this week. Perhaps the real challenge for Rouhani starts only now, after winning the elections, especially in terms of dealing with the rest of the region and the larger international community. Nor will it be easier for the immediate […]
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With the E 200 Natural Gas Drive, Mercedes-Benz is adding a particularly economical and environmentally friendly variant to the E‑Class family featuring bivalent drive. It can run on both petrol and affordable, environmentally friendly natural gas. The benefits of running the car on natural gas include a 20 percent reduction in CO2 emissions compared with […]
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(EurActiv) — African nations have called for continent-wide action to staunch the import of electronic waste, including old computers and mobile telephones from Europe where stringent environmental laws make exporting used goods cheaper than disposing of them at home. In a document released this week, African countries that adopted an international convention on hazardous waste […]
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By Linda Karadaku Albania’s new government will include six women ministers, representing a drastic change not only in the country, but also setting a positive example in the region. “Having six women in the government is a positive step for Albania and the region towards achieving gender equality standards and the intended democracy,” Blerina Metaj, […]
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“I called for a thorough review of our surveillance operations before Mr. Snowden made these leaks,” President Obama claimed Friday in a press conference at the White House. Oh really? Was this in a classified memo? Was it going to be a secret review whose findings would never be made public? And if Obama was […]
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Shaun Casey has been named to head the State Department’s new Office of Faith-Based Community Initiative. In the New York Times August 7 obituary on Robert Bellah, it credited the sociologist with inviting a discussion on the role of civil religion in American society. He described civil religion as “a set of beliefs, symbols and […]
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An Islamist militant group said on Saturday, Aug 10, four of its members were killed in an Israeli drone strike in Egypt’s North Sinai region, according to Reuters. “Our heroes became martyrs during their jihadi duties against the Jews in a rocket attack on occupied lands,” the Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis group said on a jihadist […]
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