The Cambodia Center for Independent Media (CCIM) and Reporters Without Borders (RWB) said Thursday they are deeply concerned about the climate of intimidation and violence facing journalists in Cambodia, which is leading to increasing self-censorship of the media. One year on from the brutal murder of journalist Mr. Heng Serei Oudom, the failure to convict […]
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By Roomana Hukil The release of the US State Department’s report, ‘Trafficking in Persons 2013’ (TIP), showcases a premier document that underlines the status of human trafficking in the international community. The report is a country-wise assessment that sets in motion the misconstrued definitions and methodologies associated with victim identification, sex trafficking, child sex trafficking, […]
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In the past two weeks the US has reportedly begun delivering arms to militants fighting the Syrian government. Washington expects the CIA to monitor the delivery so that the aid does not end up in the hands of Al-Qaeda associates. According to the Washington Post report, after months of promises to provide aid to Syrian […]
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The United States is the clear loser in the battle to destroy the Syrian government. For the past two weeks the president and the secretary of state have publicly said that a military attack on Syria was imminent. They kept up the steady drumbeat of claims that the Syrian government committed atrocities against civilians and […]
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After decades of near self-sufficiency, China is becoming the world’s largest importer of rice. What does this mean for greater Asia? By J. Jackson Ewing and Zhang Hongzhou CHINA IS on track to overtake Nigeria as the world’s largest rice importer by late 2013. Once a major rice exporter, China is now taking a position […]
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By Michael Lombardi Automakers in the U.S. economy are getting a significant amount of attention these days because they are selling more cars. In August, total light vehicle sales by the automakers in the U.S. economy increased 17% from a year ago. They sold more than 1.5 million cars in August compared to 1.28 million cars […]
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By Pa Louis Thomasi The media in Africa had been the cornerstone of African independence and the eventual over thrower of colonialism. All over the continent, African elites, politicians and businessmen had managed to come up with newspapers in order to create awareness on the issue of nationalism and draw up a strong opposition to […]
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On 12 September in Vilnius, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius and Turkey’s Minister for EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator Egemen Bağış discussed Lithuania’s Presidency of the EU Council, prospects for the EU-Turkey accession negotiations, as well as other important issues related to the EU-Turkey relations. “In today’s global reality we can […]
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The European Parliament passed three separate resolutions on Thursday, condemning the latest outbreak of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and, the unconstitutional seizure of power in the CAR in March and calling for the respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Bahrain. Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) MEPs strongly condemned the […]
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Enhanced capacity building and increased policing information exchange at the national and regional levels have been underlined as key areas for development by senior law enforcement officials at the INTERPOL African Regional Conference in Oran, Algeria. As part of a series of recommendations endorsed at the end of the meeting, delegates agreed the African region’s […]
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One way to study criminal behavior and predict a criminal’s next move is by analyzing his or her movement. Several mathematical models have addressed this in detail, in particular, the UCLA “burglary hotspot” model, also the topic of a previous Nugget published by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). In a paper published […]
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Like many ethnic Tamils in northern Sri Lanka, for the last four years Reverend Father Regno Bernard has been waiting patiently for a sign. Not from his God—from his government. “After the war people expected a lot from the government, that there would be reconciliation, peace. But the people have been deceived,” says Father Regno, […]
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Acidification of the Arctic Ocean is occurring faster than projected according to new findings published in the journal PLoS One. The increase in rate is being blamed on rapidly melting sea ice, a process that may have important consequences for health of the Arctic ecosystem. Ocean acidification is the process by which pH levels of […]
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By Norbert J. Michel, Ph.D. September 15 marks the fifth anniversary of the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, the supposed spark that set off the financial crisis of 2008. Conventional wisdom holds that it was the federal government’s decision against bailing out this investment bank that froze credit markets and sent the economy into the “great recession.”[1] […]
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By Kanchi Gupta The Alevis constitute the largest minority group in Turkey. They are believed to form at least one-third of the Turkish population with a large and active Diaspora all over the world1 . The Alevis are also one of the most marginalised and oppressed minorities in Turkey. With the escalation of sectarian strife […]
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By Olga Yazhgunovich Syria’s reported use of chemical weapons is threatening to turn the civil war in the country into a wider conflict. But Assad’s regime Bashar may not be the only one in the region with a nerve gas stockpile. A newly discovered CIA document indicates that Israel has likely built up a chemical […]
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By Edwin Espejo There is no arguing that the Framework Agreement on Bangsamoro gave war-weary residents of southern Mindanao hopes for a final resolution to the centuries-old conflict in the southern Philippines island. The Mindanao conflict is deeply rooted in the island’s recorded history that is replete with heroic resistance as well as unprovoked violence […]
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By Charles Recknagel (RFE/RL) — Iran’s new president might seem to be taking a humble role on the world stage by debuting at a summit where Tehran only has observer status. But by attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting on September 13 in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, Hassan Rohani has an opportunity to directly […]
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A Tel Aviv district court has rejected legal claims against Palestinian officials accusing them of incitement against Israel which led to “terrorist” attacks against Israel and Israelis. Judge Dalia Gannot strictly rejected the testimony of the founder and director of Palestinian Media Watch, an Israeli media watchdog group which monitors Palestinian media outlets and publishes […]
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Syrian President Bashar Assad said on Thursday that he will not surrender his chemical weapons unless the United States stops threatening to strike his regime. “When we see the United States really wants stability in our region and stops threatening, striving to attack, and also ceases arms deliveries to terrorists, then we will believe that […]
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