Any possibility of British involvement in a military campaign in Syria has been effectively ruled out after British lawmakers voted down the prospect in parliament, costing the US the nation’s closest ally in a potential strike. By a 285 to 272 margin British MPs rejected the government’s motion to support in principle military action against […]
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The CIA has mushroomed into the largest US spy agency with a nearly $15 billion budget as it expands intelligence, cyber sabotage and overseas covert operations, secret leaked documents showed Thursday. Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden leaked the government’s “black budget” for fiscal year 2013 to The Washington Post, which published portions of […]
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By Marija Ristic The Hague Tribunal has unprecedentedly removed a judge who criticised the court from Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj’s trial, potentially putting other war crimes convictions at risk. In an unprecedented move, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, ICTY, has removed one of its judges from a case on the […]
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The Chinese government has undertaken a nationwide crackdown on dissent in an apparent campaign against perceived challenges to one-party rule, Human Rights Watch said today. Since February 2013 the government has arbitrarily detained at least 55 activists, taken into custody critics and online opinion leaders, and increased controls on social media, online expression, and public […]
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With the national — and most local — news organizations breathlessly covering President Barack Obama’s slow march to war against Syria, he managed on Thursday to find time to perform what he believes is his primary duty: not disarming Bashar al-Assad’s forces or the al-Qaeda rebels killing and maiming innocent Syrians, but disarming law-abiding Americans […]
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US authorities remain as indecisive as they did for the previous two and a half years- always one step behind Russia and Iran in position and commitment. To be fair, these two had a large head start- they were already inside and in-league with the al Assad Dynasty. But the inaction of defeating the regime […]
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By Oil & Energy Insider Analysts for OilPrice.com On 17 July, Nicaragua announced that US-based Noble Energy would invest $30 million in drilling two offshore wells in the Caribbean—launching Nicaragua’s first-ever oil exploration. The wells will be drilled in the Tyra and Isabel blocks, which have undergone nearly 5,000 kilometers of seismic surveying since 2011. […]
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Pope Francis met with King Abdullah II and Queen Rania of Jordan on Thursday morning, giving special attention to the Syrian conflict at a time when Western countries are considering military action. Their Aug. 29 meeting reaffirmed the importance of dialogue and negotiation between all groups in Syrian society, L’Osservatore Romano reports. The meeting concluded […]
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The Naga insurgency is said to be the mother of all insurgencies in the Northeastern region (NER). Its origin can be traced to the days of the Raj. For strategic reasons, the British wanted to separate the hills of the NER from the Indian mainland, known as the ‘Coupland Plan’, and create a ‘Crown Colony’. […]
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Rosneft President and Chairman of the Management Board Igor Sechin is currently on a working visit to China holding talks with the executives of Rosneft’s partner companies. During the talks with the Sinopec top managers, Rosneft President has discussed the progress in the ongoing projects, including Sakhalin-3 and the Udmurtneft joint venture, as well as […]
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In the dark heartlessness of flying bullets, the general name given to all belted forces by locals (Kashmiris) is military/security forces and the ‘Army’. Though security forces consist of various agencies like army, state police, CRPF, BSF and others but people simply address all with one collective/common name as ‘Army’ (the greatest burden of and […]
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Rafael Ramirez, Venezuela’s Minister of Petroleum, and Paolo Scaroni, CEO of Eni, met in Caracas to discuss activities and joint projects in Venezuela. During the meeting, Mr. Scaroni along with Claudio Descalzi, COO of Eni E&P, shared with Minister Ramirez the progress and future activities of development of projects related to the Perla super-giant field […]
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(EurActiv) — The European Commission will redouble efforts to promote EU-based cloud services this autumn – including the urgent drafting of a new charter – amid mounting evidence that the US Prism spying scandal may damage the global market share of US-based tech companies involved in the cloud computing sector. In June and July 2013, […]
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(EurActiv) — Prime Minister David Cameron was forced yesterday (28 August) to push back his plans for an imminent military strike against Syria in a humiliating climb-down for Britain’s leader after coming under fierce domestic and international pressure. Just a day after recalling Britain’s parliament to vote on how to respond to Syria’s suspected use […]
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Data from a NASA airborne science mission reveals evidence of a large and previously unknown canyon hidden under a mile of Greenland ice. The canyon has the characteristics of a winding river channel and is at least 460 miles (750 kilometers) long, making it longer than the Grand Canyon. In some places, it is as […]
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Is anyone surprised that brushes with the law are often related to finances? As one jailed man interviewed in a new University of Illinois study put it, “Most of us are in here because of money.” Incarcerated men know they will need better financial skills to succeed when they’re released from prison, but most distrust […]
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University of Alberta researchers have found that abundant materials in the Earth’s crust can be used to make inexpensive and easily manufactured nanoparticle-based solar cells. The U of A discovery, several years in the making, is an important step forward in making solar power more accessible to parts of the world that are off the […]
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Pakistan State Oil Company (PSO) posted profit after tax of Rs12,558 million (EPS: Rs50.84) for the financial year ended June 30, 2013 (FY13) as against net profit of Rs9,056 million (EPS: Rs36.67) for FY12, registering a growth of 39%YoY. The FY13 results were in line with market expectations. Alongside the result, PSO announced a final […]
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Demand for food is expected to increase, outpacing supply. As this situation worsens in the years ahead, the world will be burdened by the growing problem of food security. Expect more debate on this front in the years to come. By Barry Desker THE WORLD is being haunted again by the spectre of a global […]
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Last Sunday, at the MTV Video Music Awards, Miley Cyrus simulated masturbation with a giant foam finger, grabbed her crotch, rubbed herself against a man old enough to be her father, pretended the man was performing anal sex on her, and walked around in a nude latex bikini. Her mother loved it. So did her […]
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