A few days ago, the media reported that a Gaza youth leader, Alaa Miqbel, was headed to a U.S. State Department-hosted conference in Ramallah. The event was designed to inform Palestinians NGOs how to promote technology and communication of their mission to the public. It was part of a stale U.S. diplomatic initiative meant to […]
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By David Wildman and Phyllis Bennis The threat of a reckless, dangerous, and illegal US or US-led assault on Syria is looking closer than ever. The US government has been divided over the Syria crisis since it began. Some, especially in the Pentagon and some of the intelligence agencies, said direct military intervention would be […]
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William Kristol called Barack Obama a “born again neo-con” after the president sought his advice when making the case for the over throw of the Libyan government in 2011. Kristol certainly ought to know who his compatriots are but the statement isn’t quite true. No one becomes president who isn’t a true believer in the […]
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When NASA’s Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration (LLCD) begins operation aboard the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission managed by NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., it will attempt to show two-way laser communication beyond Earth is possible, expanding the possibility of transmitting huge amounts of data. This new ability could one […]
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Research by environmental scientists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) brings bad news to the western United States, where firefighters are currently battling dozens of fires in at least 11 states. The Harvard team’s study suggests wildfire seasons by 2050 will be about three weeks longer, up to twice as smoky, […]
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What moved me to write was the fact that very serious events will be happening very soon. In our times, our species hardly spend ten or fifteen years without facing a true risk of disappearing. Neither Obama nor anybody else could ensure otherwise. I say this from a realistic perspective, since only the truth could […]
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Reversing inflammation in the fluid surrounding the brain’s cortex may provide a solution to the complex riddle of Parkinson’s, according to researchers who have found a link between pro-inflammatory biomarkers and the severity of symptoms such as fatigue, depression and anxiety in patients with the chronic disease. Lena Brundin of Michigan State University’s College of […]
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The Israeli cabinet authorised on Wednesday, August 28 a partial call-up of army reservists amid growing expectations of a foreign military strike on neighbouring Syria, army radio reported, according to AFP. The unspecified number of troops are attached to units stationed in the north of the country, which borders both Lebanon and the Golan Heights, […]
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JTW team has conducted an interview with Assoc. Prof. Süleyman Özeren from UTSAM (International Center for Terrorism and Transnational Crime) on the recent developments in Syria. How do you evaluate the recent developments in Syria? Approximately 1200 people died after the chemical attacks in Syria. Ahmet Davutoglu gave a speech in Berlin mentioning that the […]
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Panasonic has confirmed that it will showcase a 20-inch tablet capable of displaying 4K imagery at the IFA trade show next month, Digital Spy said. The Japanese manufacturer claims that the slate will be the lightest and thinnest of its kind, but has divulged scant details of its hardware capabilities. Panasonic unveiled a 20-inch tablet […]
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By Hanna Hindstrom Two US-based journalists have been blacklisted by the Burmese government after they visited conflict-struck western Arakan state to cover the ongoing persecution of the Rohingya Muslim minority, DVB has learned. The reporters, who work for an independent photography agency, say they were verbally told by officials at the Burmese embassy in Washington […]
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By Zin Linn Vice-President Dr. Sai Mauk Kham, Head of the Union Level Peacemaking Implementation Committee, is going to meet with the Rehabilitation Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) and the Karen National Union (KNU) in Nay Pyi Taw on August 31 for a Peace talk, Eleven Media Group reported. The Union Level Peacemaking […]
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During his appearance on Fox News Channel Wednesday morning, former Central Intelligence Agency officer and former Bush administration consultant, Wayne Simmons, accused President Barack Obama of supporting the wrong people in the Syrian conflict. He stated that he agreed with an assessment of a reliable source who visited Syria and met with the rebels — […]
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By Tillmann Dietrich We recently marked the 68th anniversary of the most destructive acts in the history of human warfare, the atomic bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima, August 6, 1945, and Nagasaki, August 9, 1945. The World Security Network Foundation met First Lieutenant Jacob Beser, the only man who witnessed both bombings. At […]
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A few days ago I had breakfast with a man who had been one of my mentors in college, who participated in the struggle for civil rights in the 1960s and has devoted much of the rest of his life in pursuit of equal opportunity for minorities, the poor, women, gays, immigrants — and also […]
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By Abdallah Schleifer There is a reason to be cautious. Both sides in the Syrian civil war have committed atrocities and both sides have misrepresented photos and falsified reports. But the burden appears to be on the government’s side. Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF), which is above partisanship as well as devoted to saving lives, has […]
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By Anurag Tripathi As the drawdown deadline inches closer, the United States (US) appears to have begun to appease its ‘ally’ in the war against terror, to ensure support for a safer passage to its troop as they return home. Crucially, US drone operations in Pakistan have been considerably scaled down. This is a significant […]
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By S. Binodkumar Singh With less than three months left for the second Constituent Assembly (CA) Elections scheduled to be held on November 19, 2013, dilemmas about the elections still persist, with opposing parties further hardening their respective stands. The three major parties – the Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-M), the Nepali Congress (NC) […]
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Upon the end of World War II, communist regimes in all Balkan countries were assisted by the Soviet and Yugoslavian Military Assistance in liberating their respective territories from the Nazi army who had invaded the peninsula during the second half of the war. Only Albania managed to liberate its own territories while loosing more than […]
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The U.S. National Football League has agreed to a $765 million settlement with thousands of former players who sued the league for negligence involving concussion injuries. In an unprecedented agreement Thursday, the NFL agreed to provide medical benefits and injury compensation for retired players or their families. It also agreed to fund medical and safety […]
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