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UK And Spain Between A Rock And A Hard Place – OpEd

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By Linda S. Heard According to legend, if the apes desert Gibraltar (derived from its Arabic name Jebel Tariq in honor of the Umayyad commander Tariq bin Ziyad), so will the British. So when the numbers of Barbary Macaques began dwindling during World War II, Sir Winston Churchill swiftly sent off for replacements and ensured […]

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Obama: Syrian Chemical Weapons Use Threat To US Interests

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By Kate Pound Dawson U.S. President Barack Obama said Friday he has not made a final decision on attacking Syria, but made clear he thinks doing so would be in the interest of national security. Syria has become a threat to the United States, he said, “by violating well established international norms against the use […]

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Drug Cartel Underboss Nabbed By Cops In Mexico

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A US drug enforcement officer reported Friday that a suspected Sinaloa Cartel underboss, who claims he is retired, was nabbed by Mexican police officers and charged with being involved in more than 350 killings with many of those victims found in various mass graves. According to a narcotics officer, Det. Benjamin Castro, police officers in […]

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Is The Big Money Exiting Housing? – OpEd

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According to a report by Goldman Sachs, approximately 57 percent of the homes that were purchased in the first quarter of 2013 were all-cash deals. In 2005, the peak of the bubble, all cash buyers represented a mere 19 percent of all transactions. The amount of investor capital pouring into housing is unprecedented. Moneybag speculators […]

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Canadian Israeli Lobby’s ‘Good Cop, Bad Cop’ – OpEd

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Two recent events, while not of any great significance in themselves, reveal much about the state of Canadian foreign policy. *B’nai Brith Canada, Canada’s oldest Jewish service organization, founded in 1875, hosted Brigadier-General Eden Attias, Canada’s first Israeli defense attache (only the US and Canada have ‘Israeli defense attaches’), at the Asper Jewish Community Campus […]

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In Pakistan: Prison-Breaks Or Prisons Delayed? – OpEd

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It certainly lacked the wit and unruffled panache of Tim Robbins from ‘The Shawshank Redemption’, but it also lacked the undaunted resilience of Wentworth Miller from the popular series “Prison Break”. The early hours of 30th July 2013 were not so peculiar for what it had brought for the provincial law enforcement agencies and country’s […]

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Malaysia: Desperately Needing A New National Narrative – Analysis

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The ritualistic month long celebration of Merdeka (independence) activities have largely lost their meaning. Discussion about the roles that different groups played in the road to independence has largely been rewritten to support the current rulers of today. The celebration of 31st August, the day Malaya gained independence from the British as the major national […]

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Indonesia’s Democratic Evolution: Political Engineering Post-Reformasi – Analysis

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Indonesia’s General Elections Commission recently passed a law specifying electoral ground rules. How has recent legislation changed the electoral landscape? This is the second article in the Indonesia Programme’s series on the 2014 Election Watch. By Jonathan Chen and Adhi Priamarizki THE ELECTORAL landscape in Indonesia has undergone a whirlwind transformation under the banner of […]

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UN Urges Massive Turnout In Kosovo Elections

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By Marija Ristic The success of the local elections in Kosovo on November 3 pose a crucial test both for Belgrade and Pristina, UN officials said. Speaking at the UN Security Council meeting dedicated to the latest report on Kosovo, Farid Zarif, head of the UN mission in Kosovo, UNMIK, said Belgrade and Pristina have […]

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Maldives: Election Trends – Analysis

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By Dr. S. Chandrasekharan. The Election Commission has finally announced the final list of eligible voters and this comes to a figure of 239, 593. Though a few are still left out, most of the names that were sought to be included have been accommodated. The second round (if necessitated) of presidential elections will take […]

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China: Another Top Level Party Purge? Zhou Yongkang To follow Bo Xilai? – Analysis

Obama’s Impeachment Trap – OpEd

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The irony of the Obama presidency may hinge on whether he attacks Syria.  He began his presidency prematurely winning the Nobel Peace Prize and could end it being impeached for starting an illegal war without congressional or UN approval – violating both domestic and international law. Yesterday 163 Members of Congress sent letters to President Obama telling […]

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A View From Tehran – OpEd

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Truth told, it’s a bit intense these days in Tehran as in most other countries in this region, and this observer fairly soon may be on what just might be the last Tehran-Damascus flight for some time in light of what could occur in the coming days. Not that one is in any hurry to […]

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Obama Considering ‘Limited’ Military Action Against Syria

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President Barack Obama said Friday that he has not yet decided what action, if any, will be taken by the United States military against the regime of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad. Following a Friday afternoon press conference in which Secretary of State John Kerry said Pres. Assad’s regime used chemical gas last week to kill […]

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Defense Ministers End Brunei Meeting With Joint Declaration

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By Cheryl Pellerin Eighteen defense ministers from nations throughout the Asia-Pacific region sat together after their meeting, each in turn signing a joint declaration that reaffirms their commitment to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and to working together peacefully and cooperatively for a better future. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel was among them, having traveled […]

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Hagel Praises ‘Unbreakable’ US-Philippine Alliance

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By Cheryl Pellerin On the last stop of what he called a “very productive” trip to four countries in Southeast Asia, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel met today with Philippine government and defense leaders and later paid his respects to U.S. troops laid to rest at the Manila American Cemetery. The secretary left Washington, D.C., Aug. […]

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Arrest Of Yasin Bhatkal: All Those Vantage Point Descriptions‏ – Analysis

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Several divergent descriptions have emerged explaining the circumstances leading to the arrest of Yasin Bhatkal, one of the founders of the Indian Mujahideen (IM), along with one of his close associate, Asadullah Akhtar. Given that media personnel scurrying for information during such ‘big time’ events are generally expected and encouraged to be quite imaginative in […]

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Robert Reich: Why Walmart’s Response To My Petition Is Brutally Irrelevant – OpEd

Bo’s No-Show Trial – OpEd

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The recently concluded trial of former top party official Bo Xilai has offered us a unique glimpse inside the little-understood world of Chinese power politics. Far from a typical open-shut Chinese trial, the party leadership was clearly seeking to accomplish something beyond its predetermined verdict with this carefully scripted performance. Officially, Bo was charged with […]

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Patrick Buchanan: Will Boehner Stop Our Rogue President? – OpEd

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The next 72 hours will be decisive in the career of the speaker of the House. The alternatives he faces are these: John Boehner can, after “consultation,” give his blessing to Barack Obama’s decision to launch a war on Syria, a nation that has neither attacked nor threatened us. Or Boehner can instruct Obama that, […]

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