By Zachary Fillingham The next rulers of China will be revealed this week, but a clear picture has yet to emerge as to whether the new Politburo Standing Committee will be dominated by the Xi Jinping ‘princeling’ faction, or the Communist Youth League ‘tuanpai’ clique that has rallied around outgoing President Hu Jintao. Whichever it [...]
Next Chinese Government: Conservative Princelings Or Reform-Minded Tuanpai? – Analysis
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Syrian Uprising: US Inaction Contributes To Wider Regional Conflict – Analysis
By Steven P. Bucci, Ph.D., Morgan Lorraine Roach and James Phillips American policy toward the Syrian uprising has been an unmitigated failure. President Obama’s glacially slow and overly cautious policies that were intended to avoid turning the Syrian uprising into a wider regional affair have had exactly the opposite effect. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s [...]
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Monsanto Patents Expire In Brazil And Paraguay
The US multinational biotech company Monsanto announced in mid-October the temporary suspension of royalty collections on the transgenic soy crop Roundup Ready (RR) in Brazil after a court in the central-western state of Mato Grosso ruled that the patent expired in 2010. The ruling favored a group of farmers who said the patents on RR [...]
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Agrarian Reform Should Be One Of Brazil’s Priorities – Interview Archbishop Of Manaus
By Paolo Moiola Interview with Monsignor Luiz Soares Vieira, Archbishop of Manaus The Amazon is being destroyed in the name of development. In Brazil, the sixth largest economy in the world, injustice and corruption reign supreme, according to the Archbishop of Manaus, Monsignor Luiz Soares Vieira, former bishop of Macapá (state of Amapá) for more [...]
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US Hispanics At High Risk For Heart Attack Or Stroke
Hispanic adults living in the United States are at high risk for heart attack or stroke. This risk is highest in men and in older people, born in the US or that have lived in the US more than 10 years, that prefer to speak English, are lower income, or never finished high school, according [...]
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Ecuador: Limits To Information Access And Press Freedom – Analysis
By Suncica Habul Access to information and the freedom of the press are internationally recognized human rights. These rights are essential for the public’s participation in government decision-making, the maintenance of government accountability, and the defense of basic guarantees.1 These two rights have roots in the world’s first freedom of information act adopted by the [...]
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Serbia, Macedonia Addressing False Asylum Issue
By Klaudija Lutovska Serbia and Macedonia are intensifying efforts to reduce the number of fake asylum seekers in the EU, following threats from Germany that the Union may revoke the visa regime if asylum applications continue. “Macedonia has initiated more cases to investigate citizens who had falsely promised asylum in some EU countries. We make [...]
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We Have Too Many Problems: The US, Iraq, North Africa, Afghanistan And Syria – Analysis
By Joaquín Roy The general consensus on the November 2012 US presidential election campaign is that foreign policy will not play a major role. Both candidates know that what concerns the voters is the economy and related issues on social and religious aspects of life in the US. Based on Mitt Romney’s statements when he [...]
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Abbas Congratulates Obama, Hamas Urges End To Israel Bias
President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday congratulated US President Barrack Obama after he defeated his Republican challenger. Abbas expressed hope that Obama would continue his efforts to achieve peace in the Middle East, the Palestinian Authority news agency Wafa reported. PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat expressed hope that Obama would stand by the Palestinian decision to gain [...]
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US: California Voters Limit “Three-Strikes” Statute
California voters approved Tuesday Proposition 36, which limits the reach of that state’s “three-strikes” statute. Human rights groups are applauding the result, saying it is an important step toward a more humane sentencing system in California. Proposition 36 amends California’s 1994 three-strikes law by eliminating its imposition of extremely harsh sentences for nonviolent crimes. Previously, [...]
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US Foreign Policy After Obama’s Reelection ‘Won’t Be Plain Sailing’– OpEd
Obama’s reelection is not being met with euphoria around the world as with his first win four years ago, but rather a resigned acceptance that he is a known entity and a lesser evil, as US foreign policy is expected to chart the same course. Moscow and Washington: The sharp edges of the Oval Office [...]
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Prince Saud Attends GCC Meeting In Manama
Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal yesterday attended a GCC ministerial council meeting, which is expected to discuss major regional and international issues. Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa opened the session, thanking the efforts exerted by Prince Saud during his presidency last year. Shaikh Khalid hoped for next successful session of the [...]
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Georgia: Arrest Of Akhalaia And Two Senior Army Commanders
(Civil.Ge) — Georgia’s new authorities have arrested formerly influential government member and President Saakashvili’s one of the closest allies, Bacho Akhalaia, and two senior army commanders in connection to alleged case of abusing soldiers a year ago. Bacho Akhalaia, who was defense minister in 2009-2012, was arrested after about four hours of questioning in the [...]
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Activist Sattar Beheshti Dies Under Torture In Iran’s Evin Prison
Exactly a week after his arrest by Iran’s cyber police, labour activist Sattar Beheshti has died as a result of torture at the hands of his captors, according to opposition reports. Kaleme, a site close to Green Movement leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, said on Tuesday that Beheshti had died under torture. The Beheshti family were [...]
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Don’t Despair – OpEd
If ever a president had to go, it’s Barack Obama. His progressive fascism has prolonged the recovery for four solid years in a row. From Dodd-Frank and the auto bailouts to stimulus spending and Obamacare, he is easily the most economically interventionist president since the LBJ-Nixon years. In addition to this, he is one of [...]
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ISAF Arrest Taliban Leaders, Make Large Opium Bust
An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban attack facilitator during a security operation in Logar province Wednesday. The detained facilitator is believed responsible for mortar, indirect fire and IED attacks against Afghan and Coalition forces. The security force also detained six suspected insurgents and seized a rocket propelled grenade and associated equipment, RPG [...]
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Sugar Boosts Self-Control
To boost self-control, gargle sugar water. According to a study co-authored by University of Georgia professor of psychology Leonard Martin, a mouth rinse with glucose improves self-control. Martin’s study looked at 51 students who performed two tasks to test self-control. The first task, which has shown to deplete self-control, was the meticulous crossing out of [...]
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Australia Taxi Industry Warns Customers Not To Use Rogue Smartphone Apps
With the busy Christmas period approaching, the Australian Taxi Industry Association (ATIA) has warned customers they will be putting their personal safety at risk by using rogue smartphone apps to book taxis or private hire cars. ATIA spokesperson Benjamin Wash said the industry is stepping up its campaign to protect the public following increased publicity [...]
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US: GOP Loss Result Of Listening To News Media, Say Analysts – OpEd
On Wednesday, the day after President Barack Obama won reelection as President of the United States and Commander in Chief, there were many pundits on both sides of the political spectrum offering their insight into what went wrong for Republican Party. However, several experts in law enforcement, the military and the intelligence community told Law [...]
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Moroccans Will Continue To Stand Against Extremism – OpEd
Last week Moroccans authorities thwarted an attempt by a terror cell to carry out attacks on strategic sites in the kingdom. The Interior Ministry said that eight members of the Ansar Al-Al Sharia were arrested. Members of the cell are suspected of trying to contact with members of the Al-Qaeda international terrorist network in northern [...]
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