“Congress doesn’t have a whole lot of core responsibilities,” said Barack Obama last week in an astonishing remark. For in the Constitution, Congress appears as the first branch of government. And among its enumerated powers are the power to tax, coin money, create courts, provide for the common defense, raise and support an army, maintain […]
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The United States has postponed a meeting with Russian officials scheduled for later this week to discuss the situation in Syria, as Washington weighs its response to allegations that Syrian forces used chemical weapons last week. The talks Wednesday in the Hague were due to be the latest in the U.S.-Russian bid to find a […]
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White House officials say the United States may launch a limited military strike on Syria as early as this Thursday as the intelligence community prepares to release a report justifying action and allies are rallied. Senior officials in the Obama administration told the Washington Post for an article published on Tuesday that the White House […]
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By Bhaskar Roy It is very important for Indian foreign policy makers to pay serious attention to a lengthy article written recently (August 16, 2013) by Chinese State Councillor Yang Jiechi on China’s foreign policy. The article titled – “Innovations in China’s Diplomatic Theory and Practice under New Conditions” hints at a few things, gives […]
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By Sinisa Jakov Marusic The Enlargement Commissioner said Monday’s conclusion of an inquiry into the so-called ‘incidents’ in the Macedonian parliament will be reflected in the next European Commission report. Stefan Fuele said that the positive conclusion of the inquiry “will be reflected in the forthcoming Progress Report” by the Commission on Macedonia, which is […]
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The death toll in the derailment of a cargo train carrying migrants in southern Mexico rose to nine after authorities found three bodies inside a freight car, officials said Tuesday. The train known as “The Beast,” which carries Central American migrants who pay smugglers to sit atop freight cars, careened off the track in a […]
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By Dan Robinson U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday there is no doubt that the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad carried out last week’s chemical attack in Damascus, and must be held accountable. The remarks came as President Barack Obama continues to assess options for a response with key allies. Amid preparations for […]
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The Bandar-Zionist lobby collaboration, currently the cocktail party talk of many in Washington, is not a case of strange bedfellows given three decades of mutual cooperation which started during Prince Bandar’s long tenure as Saudi ambassador in Washington. Based in Washington, but with a palace out west and up north, Bandar developed almost familial relationships […]
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Religious intolerance continues to bedevil Indonesia. Although the Indonesian constitution is committed to protecting religious freedom, there are certain laws and official actions that do not. Policymakers need to be proactive to build education, political and law enforcement capabilities to deal with religious intolerance. By Jennifer Yang Hui INDONESIAN PRESIDENT Susilo Bambang Yudyohono’s invocation of […]
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On Tuesday, just hours after Secretary of State John Kerry warned the Syrian regime about war crimes, including the alleged use of chemical weapons, during that nation’s violent and devastating civil war, representatives of the United States and the European Union met in Jordan and held what is in effect a “war council” to plan […]
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Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Libya and Israel’s attack on Sudan, where millions died as a result all had pretexts of different textures but always the end was the same and now Syria is under threat of the same fate; this trend has to have an end and if insanity prevails this might just be the catalyst […]
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By Dan Dicker It’s time to step out from my ‘normal’ role as the ‘energy expert’ and make a comment or two on the markets in general, just as a professional trader who’s seen quite a bit in his almost 3 decades of daily experience with capital markets and the way they act. Patterns emerge […]
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By Nile Bowie The military buildup in the Mediterranean indicates that Assad’s opponents intend to militarily intervene in Syria under cover of “humanitarian intervention,” a disingenuous narrative that could not be further from the truth. Pictures and videos that have surfaced following the alleged use of chemical agents in the eastern suburbs of Damascus are […]
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“The Criminal Code of Canada explicitly prohibits any form of euthanasia – and with good reason. For the province of Quebec to seek to circumvent its own national law with a manipulative exercise of semantics is nothing short of a betrayal of society’s most vulnerable, who shall surely end up the victims of this bill.” […]
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government has announced a series of measures to prevent soccer stadiums and university campuses from becoming major protest venues as the football season and the academic year begins. In doing so, Mr. Erdogan is taking a leaf out of the playbook of Egyptian military strongman Gen. Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi […]
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A recent survey about greed culture in Wall Street showed an alarming tendency: despite much effort by governments to strengthen regulation and supervision of finance, greed and corrupt practices might not be declining. By J. Soedradjad Djiwandono THE CULTURE of greed in finance was popularly depicted in a 1987 movie “Wall Street” by the behaviour […]
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By Ranjan Solomon The media is at it once again. They have put on the cloak of jury and judge. Syria is on the dock and they have declared Assad guilty without so much as a shred of evidence. This was only to be expected because Obama had warned the Syrians that the use of […]
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It is not difficult to conclude that Western imperial powers are mapping out their war master plan for economic and political domination across regions. They are openly and covertly interfering in domestic affairs, they are now even openly arming opposition groups, their motive is to destabalize governments that do not follow their policies and their […]
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We spend about twice as much as other developed countries as a fraction of national output. Yet our results are mediocre. Public and private spending is growing much faster than our income ― putting us on a course that is clearly unsustainable. It appears we are buying quantity instead of value. Outcomes vary wildly from […]
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By Neena Bhandari Even as the nuclear-armed countries continue to amass new warheads and build and modernise ballistic missiles, bombers and submarines to launch them, the campaign for nuclear abolition is growing from strength to strength. International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons’ (ICAN) Paper Cranes Project – symbolizing support for nuclear disarmament – is urging […]
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