By Ali al-Gattani Members of Libya’s Amazigh community stormed the General National Congress (GNC) last Tuesday (August 13th) to protest what they say is their marginalisation, AFP reported. The Amazighs, who make up about 10 per cent of Libya’s population, are demanding that their language, ethnicity and culture be recognised in the future constitution. Amazighs […]
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Nelson Mandela serves as an excellent example for business leaders of how to turn around a sclerotic, conservative, internally divided, failing corporate culture, using the power of persuasion and negotiation. Mandela himself is the quintessence of great leadership. John Carlin, whose book on Mandela inspired the Clint Eastwood film Invictus, joined IESE Prof. Paddy Miller […]
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By Licinia Simao Relations between the European Union (EU) and Georgia have evolved significantly since the establishment of the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) in 2004. Considering the limited scope of political, economic and security relations during the 1990s, the ENP represented an important framework for the development of a new partnership between the two actors. […]
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By Sarah Gold Since deposing the country’s democratically elected government and rounding up supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s military has launched several bloody assaults on Islamist protesters and supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi. Its notorious August 14 attack on Islamist protest encampments alone left over 500 people dead. Although some openly state that […]
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When enough raindrops fall over land instead of the ocean, they begin to add up. New research led by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) shows that when three atmospheric patterns came together over the Indian and Pacific oceans, they drove so much precipitation over Australia in 2010 and 2011 that the world’s ocean […]
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Saudi Arabia said on Monday that Arab and Islamic countries will step in to help Egypt if Western nations cut aid packages to Cairo over a crackdown on extremists. “To those who have announced they are cutting their aid to Egypt, or threatening to do that, (we say that) Arab and Muslim nations are rich… […]
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On 6 August 2013, Japan launched its largest warship since World War II in a fresh demonstration of Tokyo’s steadily expanding naval capabilities. The unveiling of the destroyer — with a conspicuously large flight deck — has drawn flak from its neighbors, especially long standing regional rival China, which in the past decade has embarked […]
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By Sandip Kumar Mishra After seven rounds of talks between North and South Korea on the issue of reopening of Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC), finally both parties agreed on a five-point agreement. There has been concord to restart the KIC and both have pledged not to close it in future in any untoward circumstances. Both […]
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By Jamel Arfaoui Confessions made by captured terrorist Mohamed Habib Al-Omri have caused a major shock for Tunisians unaccustomed to al-Qaeda’s ruthless violence. Al-Omri provided details of the bloody terrorist attack that killed eight Tunisian army commandos in Jebel Chaambi during Ramadan, according to an August 12th report by Attounissia. The 23-year-old reportedly confessed that […]
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(CORDIS) — A bluetooth application that gives tourists real-time city information on their smartphones has been developed through a pan-European initiative. An updated iPhone app was released in time for the summer, providing visitors with guided smartphone tours, along with a mix of historical archived photos and up-to-date pictures taken on smartphones. The new app, […]
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(CORDIS) — A new image processing technique has been developed that allows viewers to watch 3D television while moving freely around the room, without the need for special glasses. This could lead to superior 3D television viewing at a competitive cost. In recent years, 3D technology has been filtering through from the research lab into […]
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By Menekse Tokyay President Abdullah Gul’s recent appeal to focus on EU accession and abandon political polarisation offers a chance to revive the reform process, experts told SETimes. Gul, an ardent supporter of EU membership, said in his Eid message that Turkey’s future is in Europe. “It is crucial from now on that everyone realise […]
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(CORDIS) — a specific stimulus, uses ‘predictive coding’ to create a mental expectation about what is going to happen next. In other words, the brain uses information from the recent past to predict what will happen in the future. Scientists would like to know exactly how the brain does this. Led by Dr Uri Hasson […]
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(EurActiv) — The ability of Europe’s forests to absorb carbon dioxide is heading towards saturation point, threatening one of the continent’s main defences against global warming, a study showed yesterday (18 August). Forests from Spain to Sweden are getting older, packed with trees less able to soak up CO2 emissions, which are blamed for rising […]
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By Jim Garamone Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Chinese Minister of National Defense Gen. Chang Wanquan today announced that their countries will take a series of steps to improve military-to-military relations. Speaking to reporters at a Pentagon news conference, both leaders said that close U.S.-China relations will provide stability and security for the Asia-Pacific region […]
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By Jim Garamone What happens in Egypt is up to the Egyptian people, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said here today. “All nations are limited in their influence in another nation’s internal issues,” Hagel said during a Pentagon news conference with China’s Minister of National Defense Gen. Chang Wanquan. The United States has influence with Egyptian […]
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A newly announced Palestinian youth movement, said to be based in the Gaza Strip, released a statement and a video Sunday calling on all residents of Gaza to protest on Nov. 11. They urged protests against rivalries, exclusion, single-handedness, injustice, oppression and the violation of the inalienable rights of the people of Gaza. “We can’t […]
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By Mohamed Yousry and Michael Gasper In the immediate aftermath of the coup that deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, it looked as though the Muslim Brothers had decided to embrace all options, including violence, to regain their footing and demand Morsi’s reinstatement. In the heat of the moment, some Brotherhood members and their supporters waved […]
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Dr. Kregg Hetherington is a social anthropologist whose work focuses on environmental politics, bureaucracy and international development in Paraguay. He holds a PhD from the University of California, Davis, and currently works at Concordia University in Montreal. He is the author of Guerrilla Auditors: the politics of transparency in neoliberal Paraguay, as well as numerous […]
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Thailand’s government should release ethnic Rohingya from Burma who are detained under inhumane and unsafe conditions, and ensure their protection needs are met, Human Rights Watch said today. On August 13, 2013, the Thai cabinet considered a plan to transfer 1,839 Rohingya who have been held in immigration detention facilities and social welfare shelters across […]
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