When towering Paul Volcker speaks, people tend to listen. Formerly the no-nonsense chairman of the Federal Reserve, he proposed measures after the Wall Street crash of 2008 to deal with the “too big to fail” intimidations of the giant banks. With fewer gigantic banks after the Crash, Congress and Obama listened, in some measure, to […]
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By Zarah Louis On 26th April 2013, the BBC reported on its website that Israel was going to stop using white phosphorous in its shells and replace it with a gas. This important declaration was largely ignored by the British media as the timing of Israel’s announcement came whilst they and the public were fixated […]
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A leader of the minority Rohingya Muslim community in western Myanmar’s restive Rakhine state has called for a meeting between representatives of his group, local ethnic Buddhists and the government to put an end to deadly clashes in the region. Abu Tahay, chairman of the Union Nationals Development Party (UNDP), said the three groups should […]
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By Michael Bowman After a week-long vacation, U.S. President Barack Obama will focus on proposals to strengthen the still-recovering American economy. The agenda includes implementation of his signature – and politically polarizing – initiative to reform the nation’s health care system. The Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare as some call it, expands federal health care […]
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WikiLeaks has released a trove of encrypted “insurance” data on Twitter and Facebook. The data can’t be read without an encryption key, but the movement’s supporters say that could be published later in case anything happens to leading WikiLeaks figures. The whistleblowing organization published links for a massive 400 gigabytes worth of encrypted data it […]
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Pakistan’s government should revoke its decision to resume executions and renew its moratorium on the death penalty, Human Rights Watch and the International Commission of Jurists said in a joint letter to the Pakistani government today. “After a five-year unofficial moratorium on executions, Pakistan’s new government has said it intends to resume the heinous practice […]
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By José Elosegui Twenty years after La Vía Campesina International was founded, the global network of rural organizations has agreed to a new worldwide action plan based on small-scale farming and agro-ecology, food sovereignty, and self-determination of communities. At the same time, the group is reaffirming its stance against transnational corporations, industrial agriculture and agri-business. […]
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By Bhaskar Roy Whenever the Chinese propaganda machinery emphasizes all is well, problems burst out despite their best efforts to hide them. The world remained uninformed when the disasters created by Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward (1958-60), and the Cultural Revolution (1966-76). Millions of Chinese people dying of starvation and the excesses of Mao’s political […]
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By Kazi Anwarul Masud The line of control along Jammu & Kashmir is being violated repeatedly. India accuses Pakistan of the violations that is denied by Pakistan. In recent weeks the beheading of an Indian soldier and killing of five Indian soldiers- four from Bihar and one from Maharashtra-resulted in fury of the common people […]
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By Eudias Kigai Used in Nairobi’s lucrative ‘begging industry’, Tanzanian children are transported through major bus routes, such as the Tanzania Namanga route, to Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. The journey can take up to nine hours. Once inside the borders, bribes must be paid to Kenyan immigration officers, and both Tanzania and Kenya revenue authority officers, […]
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King Mohammed VI held a telling phone conversation on August 18 with Tunisian president Moncef Marzouki, a statement from the royal office. During the phone call, the two heads of state discussed friendship and cooperation ties between Morocco and Tunisia. They also talked about initiatives and projects that would reinforce bilateral ties to match the […]
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The Israeli mayor of Upper Nazareth, Shimon Gaspo, is an honest man. As part of his bid for re-election in the town which overlooks the ancient Palestinian city of Nazareth, he has launched a well-orchestrated political campaign. During the first stage, which began early in August, he furtively posted billboards which quoted left-wing politicians—including Haneen […]
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South Korea and the United States are set to begin annual joint military exercises on Monday, South Korean media have reported citing the Combined Forces Command (CFC). North Korea’s attitude toward the drills has been low-key even though the country strongly condemned them in the past, the Yonhap news agency reported Sunday. The computer-aided drills, […]
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Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy slammed the government for deploying troops, tanks and armored vehicles in the capital Phnom Penh, saying it was aimed at intimidating the people following his call for mass protests if widespread election irregularities were not investigated. Speaking on his return home after a weeklong visit to the United States, he […]
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A group representing American newsmen and newswomen on Friday angrily condemned the Egyptian government’s violence that has escalated to the point that at least four journalists were killed this week and others were subjected to shootings, beatings, and detention by the police, the military and the pro-Morsi protesters. The “Inside the Beltway” non-profit group is […]
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By Manoj Joshi The news may be gloomy from all across the country, but, for the Indian Navy, things are looking good. In this past week, they have crossed two significant milestones. First, the nuclear reactor in the Arihant nuclear ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) went critical and the boat is now ready for sea trials. […]
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By N Sathiya Moorthy Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s recent response to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa that India would work towards ensuring that the Tamils “masters of their own destiny within the framework of a united Sri Lanka” has to be seen in perspective. So should be his reiteration that India had for “long advocated […]
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By Christopher S. Ljungquist On Monday July 15th, 2013, reports were confirmed that operatives of the Mexican Navy, hailed by the United States as the most effective and non-corrupt fighting force in the country, arrested the Zetas’ supreme leader Miguel Angel Treviño Morales, alias “Z-40,” some 17 miles southwest of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas state. As […]
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By Jennifer Bisgaier On July 6, an unmanned freight train carrying 72 cars filled with crude oil spun off its tracks and crashed into the center of the small Quebec town of Lac-Megantic. The tragic accident raised serious questions regarding Canada’s dependence on oil. While the tragic train derailment, which killed 47 people and destroyed […]
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By Stefania Summermatter Albert Serra has been awarded the main prize in the international competition of the 66th Locarno Film Festival for his film Historia de le Meva Mort, bringing to a close the first festival with Carlo Chatrian at the helm. The continuity of the festival was praised by the critics, although they found […]
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