Overgrazing by millions of sheep and goats is the primary cause of degraded land in the Mongolian Steppe, one of the largest remaining grassland ecosystems in the world, Oregon State University researchers say in a new report. Using a new satellite-based vegetation monitoring system, researchers found that about 12 percent of the biomass has disappeared […]
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Speaking in Rome for his hopes of a genuine political effort to end the Syrian conflict, Luca Volontè said, “The proposals for outside military intervention currently debated within Western media circles and the corridors of power promise an increase to the kill count whilst offering no applicable roadmap to a cessation of the conflict. The […]
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By Matthew Barber for Syria Comment Ma’loula (or Maaloula) is one of those unique places you may be lucky to visit—or perhaps were lucky to have visited, were you fortunate enough to have been in Syria before the conflict began. An ancient town in a hollow encircled by mountain cliffs descending from their heights to […]
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The US has intercepted an order from Iran to militants in Iraq to attack US interests in Baghdad in the event of a strike on Syria, officials said, amid an expanding array of reprisal threats across the region, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The American embassy in Baghdad was a likely target, according […]
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Iran’s Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has warned the US against attacking Syria, saying Washington will certainly pay the price for such a venture. “We believe that the Americans are committing a folly and mistake in Syria and will accordingly take the blow and definitely suffer,” Ayatollah Khamenei said. The Leader […]
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By Suzane Mneimneh The West has taken one step closer towards military action against Syria after France and the United States warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that there would be a serious response to last month’s chemical attack in Syria. Now, as rifts continue to widen during the G20 summit in St. Petersburg, the UK […]
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The United States and Australia need to adopt a calibrated approach in extending military assistance to the new leadership in Myanmar. Without such a calculated framework, Washington’s efforts at building partner capacity will be much less effective. By Christine M. Leah SINCE 2012 the United States, followed by Australia, has extended military assistance and relaxed […]
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Every winter of each year the International Film Festival of Marrakesh is held for a stretch of four days. It is renowned for its prestige in terms of cinematographic production and is comparable to the Cannes film festival in the south of France. The Marrakesh Film Festival was established in 2001 and has become Morocco’s […]
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The US Labor Department reported the economy added 169,000 jobs in August, largely in line with expectations. The unemployment rate also edged down to 7.3 percent, the lowest level since December of 2008. However the larger picture in both surveys was not as bright. Downward revisions of 74,000 to the prior two months’ data in […]
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By Luke Rodeheffer The European Union’s Eastern Partnership was dealt a major blow as Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan made a surprise announcement that his republic will join Russia’s Customs Union during a visit to Moscow in early September. E.U. leaders expressed shock and dismay at the surprise about-face, while members of the Armenian opposition protested […]
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Wednesday, John Kerry told the Senate not to worry about the cost of an American war on Syria. The Saudis and Gulf Arabs, cash-fat on the $110-a-barrel oil they sell U.S. consumers, will pick up the tab for the Tomahawk missiles. Has it come to this — U.S. soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen as the […]
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US Navy destroyers in the Mediterranean are “fully ready” to launch cruise missiles into Syria as part of a US military campaign that would not involve “extraordinary” monetary costs, a top admiral said Thursday. Admiral Jonathan Greenert said that the US was considering using Tomahawk missiles against Syria at a cost of $1.5mn each. His […]
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In 1984, Richard Rahn and I wrote an editorial in the Wall Street Journal in which we proposed a savings account for health care. We called it a Medical IRA. That same year, Singapore instituted a related idea: a system of compulsory Medisave accounts. Through the years, my colleagues and I at the National Center […]
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By Geethanjali Nataraj and Rohit Sinha The 8th G20 Summit kick-started in the Russian city of St. Petersburg on Friday (September 6). Major differences over military intervention in Syria threaten to overshadow the discussions on important economic issues. This gives us an opportunity to debate the need for a permanent secretariat to handle the G20 […]
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After both great wars of the last century nations got together to create organizations that would ensure that large conflicts would not occur again. After World War I, it was the League of Nations. When Woodrow Wilson (who was reelected in 1916 after promising to keep the U.S. out of the war in Europe) tried […]
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By Farouk Luqman Mumbai, known not very long ago as Bombay, home to the Indian version of Hollywood is once again making headlines but for all the wrong reasons. Apart from the negativity surrounding those events, Mumbai is undoubtedly one of the greatest cities of the world. The credit also goes to the long British […]
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As President Obama announces plans for another war, adding Syria to the ongoing and recent wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Yemen and elsewhere, a profound gap has emerged between the highly militarized state and US public opinion. A Reuters/IPSOS poll taken August 19-23 (2013) revealed that 60 percent of Americans surveyed stated that the United […]
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By Carolyn Weaver After 12 years of Michael Bloomberg, New York City is getting ready to elect a new mayor. Front-runner Bill de Blasio, a middle-class Democrat now serving as the city’s public advocate, could hardly be less like the billionaire Democrat-turned-Republican-turned-Independent Mayor Bloomberg. In recent weeks, polls have found, support for de Blasio has […]
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Following in the footsteps of other tech giants, Yahoo has published its first ever transparency report revealing how often governments request data about its users. According to the information, the majority of requests came from the US. The report presents information on global government data requests that Yahoo received between January 1 and June 30 […]
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Angelina Jolie is to receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, BBC News reports. The honorary Oscar is one of several statuettes handed out by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Governors Awards in November. Veteran actress Angela Lansbury, Steve Martin and costume designer Piero Tosi will also be honored. The awards […]
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