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Ukraine Region Rejects Shale Gas Project

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(EurActiv) — A shale gas deal in Ukraine hit a setback yesterday (20 August) when a local council rejected the government’s draft production-sharing agreement with US energy company Chevron amid warnings by nationalists regarding likely damage to the environment. Officials told Reuters that deputies in Ivano-Frankivsk region, in western Ukraine, had sent the draft back […]

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Judge Sentences Manning To 35 Years Of Confinement

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Army Pfc. Bradley E. Manning was sentenced here today to 35 years of confinement, reduction to the lowest enlisted rank, a dishonorable discharge and forfeiture of all pay and allowances for his July 30 conviction on a variety of charges related to publication of government information on the WikiLeaks website. Army Col. Denise Lind, the […]

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Egypt: A Coup By Any Other Name Still Brings Chaos – Analysis

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By Chris Mansur As Egypt’s shaky democratic transition remains beset by chaos, worsening economic conditions, military activism, and socio-ideological division, the country runs a real risk of implosion. Egypt’s Sinai remains an increasingly lawless sanctuary for militants, more Egyptians find themselves living below the poverty line, and Morsi loyalists are relentless in their efforts to […]

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Benghazi Scandal: Four State Department Officials Cleared, Returned To Duty – OpEd

Israel Encouraged Egypt’s Junta To Smash Islamists – OpEd

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The NY Times reveals that among the parties urging Egypt’s military leaders to stand fast against both the Muslim Brotherhood and western interlocutors attempting to negotiate a way out of the impasse in Cairo, were Israel and Saudi Arabia. Both have a common interest: they hate Islamists and see them as among the greatest threats […]

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King Mohammed’s Urgent Call: “Time For A Moroccan Education System Makeover”– OpEd

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On August 20, Morocco celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Revolution of the King and the People together with the King’s birthday. On this occasion, King Mohammed gave a very powerful speech where he criticized the current Moroccan government’s failed policy to develop an educational strategy that will enable young Moroccans to integrate successfully the […]

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Moshe Machover, Israelis And Palestinians: Conflict And Resolution – Book Review

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Moshe Machover, Israelis and Palestinians: conflict and resolution, Haymarket Books, Chicago 2012, pp327, $24. This anthology of essays, written by a former Israel activist between 1962 to today, shows the work of Moshe Machover, co-founder of the Socialist Organization in Israel (Matzpen=Compass) and lifelong anti-Zionist. Covering diverse aspects of Israeli society and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, […]

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How Red Flags In Retail Sector Are Threatening US GDP Growth – OpEd

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By George Leong These days, I’m not shopping all that much unless there’s a massive discount at the stores. In fact, I only shop when the deals are significant. In my view, this is the new reality in the retail sector. And it’s not only hurting the retail sector, but it is also supporting an increase in traffic […]

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Beyond Al-Qaeda: The Real Yemen – OpEd

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By Abubakr Al-Shamahi This month’s unidentified threat that led to the closure of the United States embassy and several US drone strikes around Yemen has once again shone an international spotlight on the country. Simply put, as a Yemeni, I fear that all Yemen appears to be to the outside world is a front in […]

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Egypt: It’s Not A Zero-Sum Game – OpEd

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By Ethar El-Katatney More than 1,200 dead in 72 hours. It’s hard for that to sink in. It’s hard to try and process, let alone analyze, the sheer volume of I-wish-they-were-scenes-from-a-movie events that Egyptians have been subjected to in the past week. The police stormed my house. A cousin of mine was shot. A friend […]

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Burma’s Lower House To Discuss Amending Electronics Law

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By Shwe Aung Burma’s lower house of parliament has agreed to debate a proposal by MP Thein Nyunt to amend the controversial Electronic Transactions Law. The current law dates from 2004 but critics claim it reflects Burma’s decades of military dictatorship and extreme censorship as it has been used in the past to silence critics […]

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Fukushima Leak Located; No Answers In Sight – OpEd

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By Graham Land Radioactive water leaking from Japan’s Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant has been described by officials as a level 1 nuclear incident according to the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (Ines). Though 1 is the lowest level event and the leak is some 100 meters from the coastline, any efforts to downplay the […]

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Burma President Takes An Unwise Political Stance – OpEd

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By Zin Linn Burma’s President Thein Sein, Chairman of the Planning Commission, said that his government recognizes political reforms are essential to create development of economic reforms during ‘The third Planning Commission Meeting’ continued for a second day on 27 December at the Government Meeting Hall in the Presidential Palace in Nay-Pyi-Taw. He said his […]

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Dr. Mursi Is Like Dr. Assad – OpEd

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By Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood is trying to cash in on public sympathy of Arabs with the victims of the heinous massacre committed by Bashar Assad’s regime in East Gouta in rural Damascus, when new pictures emerged of children and women who died of poison gas. The Brotherhood in Egypt and its […]

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Myanmar’s Energy Potential: Opportunities And Challenges For Neighbouring India – Analysis


India-Pak Relations: A Line Out Of Control – Analysis

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After the election of Nawaz Sharif as prime minister of Pakistan, exchange of special envoys by the two countries, the twin visits by US Secretary of State to India and Pakistan and the fact that the current UPA government in India is in its home-run, there was an air of expectancy and hope that significant […]

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Crimes And Punishment (Or Not) – OpEd

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The military judge in Pvt. Bradley Manning’s kangaroo trial has announced his sentence, but right now I’m thinking about another soldier: William Laws Calley. A Second Lieutenant in the Army during the Vietnam War, Calley famously was convicted of slaughtering 22 innocent men, women and children, including babies, during a day-long slaughterfest in which he […]

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Convicted Manning Wants To Live As Woman, Called ‘Chelsea Manning’

Mubarak Transferred To Cairo Military Hospital

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Deposed president Hosni Mubarak has been released from Tora Prison Hospital Thursday and transferred to Cairo’s Maadi Military Hospital, judicial sources told Ahram Online. According to the sources the deposed autocrat, toppled from power after an uprising in 2011, has made a personal request to be transferred to the hospital. He was granted release Wednesday […]

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Egypt: Mass Attacks On Churches

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Egyptian authorities should take the necessary steps to protect churches and religious institutions against mob attacks, Human Rights Watch said today. Since August 14, 2013, attackers have torched and looted scores of churches and Christian property across the country, leaving at least four people dead. Authorities should also investigate why security forces were largely absent […]

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