The risk of deportation prevents many migrant women who experience domestic violence in Belgium from getting the protection they need, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Thursday. The report was released in advance of Women’s Day in Belgium, November 11, 2012. The 57-page report, “‘The Law was Against Me’: Migrant Women’s Access to [...]
Belgium: Abused Migrant Women Fear Deportation
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Obama And The Looming Foreign Policy Minefield – OpEd
To be fair to President Barack Obama, one cannot deny that he inherited a bad economy from his predecessor Mr. George Bush. It became worse partly due to lack of energetic handling by his economic team and partly due to the global economic melt-down during his first term. The cumulative effect was a seemingly bad [...]
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Obama-II And Afghanistan-Pakistan: Worst Is Yet To Come? – Analysis
By D Suba Chandran Immediately after his re-election, Obama was quoted saying the best is yet to come, during his second term as the President. Is it true, for the Af-Pak region? Or will it get worse, as the US is preparing for its exit from Afghanistan in 2014? Exit Afghanistan 2014: Will Obama Relook? [...]
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IEA Initiates Dialogue On Energy-Security Impacts Of Climate Change
A select group of companies from the energy and manufacturing sectors met with officials from the International Energy Agency Thursday for the first time for an exploratory discussion on the threats to energy systems from climate change. The meeting, which had been scheduled for several months, comes a week after Hurricane Sandy caused tens of [...]
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Newfound ‘Super-Earth’ Could Support Life
Astronomers have discovered another potentially habitable planet – and it’s at least seven times the mass of Earth. Dwarf star HD 40307g hosts a system of six planets, and one of those is believed have the potential to support human life. The newfound exoplanet was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of [...]
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Meddling In Mali – OpEd
The United States is meddling in another internal civil war to prevent a “terrorist haven” from developing. This time it’s not in Somalia or Yemen but instead in the West African country of Mali. The United States and France are concerned that Islamists have taken over northern Mali, and the two countries are heavily leaning [...]
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Why John Boehner May Have More Leverage Over Tea Partiers In Congess – OpEd
“If there’s a mandate in yesterday’s results,” said House Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday, “it’s a mandate to find a way for us to work together.” Republicans, he said, were willing to accept “new revenue under the right conditions,” to get a bipartisan agreement over the budget. We’ve heard this before. The Speaker came close [...]
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Tunisia Arrests Salafist Imam
By Houda Trabelsi Tunisian security forces Tuesday (November 6th) arrested outspoken salafist imam Bilel Chaouachi on charges of incitement to violence. “Bilel Chaouachi is suspected of involvement in the September 14 events of the attack on the embassy and the American school, but before that there is another case pending against him for incitement to [...]
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Iranians Attacked U.S. Drone Over International Waters, Says Pentagon
By Army Sgt. 1st Class Tyrone C. Marshall Jr. A recent Iranian attack on a U.S. drone occurred over international waters, but the aircraft suffered no damage and returned safely to base, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said Thursday. Speaking to Pentagon reporters, Little said the Iranian aircraft fired on the drone and followed it [...]
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Obama To Visit Burma, Thailand, Cambodia
(RFE/RL) — U.S. President Barack Obama’s first foreign visits since being re-elected will be to Burma (aka Myanmar), Thailand, and Cambodia. The White House announced the visits on November 8, saying Obama would travel to Burma on November 17 to meet with President Thein Sein and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a sign [...]
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Turkmenistan: Still Waiting For The Digital Age – OpEd
By Serdar Aytakov Turkmenistan’s leader, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, has tried to give the Central Asian country a modern gloss by touting the Internet’s ability to make life simpler. The initiative, however, has become the butt of jokes and derision among Ashgabat residents. One such anecdote goes like this: Getting anything accomplished on the web is about [...]
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A Siachen Resolution: Why Now? – Analysis
By Ramesh Phadke There is a buzz in the strategic community that something is afoot on the Siachen issue. While no one really knows, it seems that when most analysts were busy remembering the 1962 war with China, some ‘do-gooders’ were busy throwing a lifeline to Kayani. Track II experts are apparently close to resolving [...]
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China: Already Reelected, Govenment Continues With Censorship And Harassment Of News Providers
The next generation of China’s leaders will be named during the 18th congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that opened Thursday in Beijing. They include the party’s general secretary, who will also be China’s president, the prime minister and the chairman of the National People’s Congress. Disturbed by the increased control of news and [...]
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Marriage Not Necessarily A Path Out Of Poverty
Policy makers often claim that marriage is a way out of poverty for Americans striving for the middle-class. As Governor Mitt Romney said during the second presidential debate, “…to tell our kids that before they have babies, they ought to think about getting married to someone — that’s a great idea because if there’s a [...]
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Repsol Makes Gas Discovery In Algeria
Repsol said Thursday it has made a gas discovery in the Illizi basin, in the south east of Algeria. The find in the Tihalatine South-1 well (TIHS-1) is the first made in the Sud-Est Illizi block in the current exploration campaign. The consortium led by Repsol won the Sud-Est Illizi block in 2010. Repsol is [...]
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Kazakhstan: Total Acquires 75% Interest In Two Onshore Exploration Blocks
Total announced Thursday the acquisition of a 75% interest in two Kazakhstan’s Concessions, the “North” and “South” blocks, previously operated by Kazakh Company Nurmunai Petrogas LLP. These two onshore blocks cover an area of approximately 14,500 square kilometers and are located in southwestern Kazakhstan. The transaction, which was recently approved by the Kazakh authorities, broadens [...]
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Achieving Malala Yousafzai’s Dream For Education In Pakistan – OpEd
By Rabia Alavi In an interview with Al Jazeera last year, the young Pakistani peace activist Malala Yousafzai said, “If this new generation is not given pens, they will be given guns by terrorists.” Yousafzai, who was shot by the Taliban on 9 October, is now recovering at a hospital in London. She has defied [...]
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Rise And Fall Of Chinese Economic Diplomacy – Analysis
By Binay Srivastava Iran is reported to have cancelled a $2 billion contract given to a Chinese firm to build the world’s tallest 1,500 megawatt hydroelectric dam in its western province of Lorestan. Perhaps it symbolises the growing evidence of China’s rupturing relations with its erstwhile nation friends. Scarborough Shoal, some 120km west of the [...]
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Provocation Above The Persian Gulf – OpEd
Suppose Iranian drones were spotted flying in international airspace close to New York City and U.S. air force jets were sent to intercept them. Would the drones simply be kept under surveillance so long as they remained outside U.S. territory? Or might warning shots be fired? Or might they simply be shot down? Whichever of [...]
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A New Middle East Agenda For Obama – OpEd
By Adil E. Shamoo In his first term, President Barack Obama’s vision for the Middle East failed to materialize. Because he failed to deliver on his promise to redefine America’s relationship with the Islamic world, he alienated Arabs and Muslims. Because he proved unable or unwilling to press the case for peace in Israel-Palestine against [...]
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