(Civil.Ge) — Bidzina Ivanishvili starts on November 12 his first foreign trip after becoming Georgia’s Prime Minister with a three-day visit to Brussels where he will hold talks with NATO and the European Union leadership. On November 12 PM Ivanishvili will meet President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy; President of the European Commission [...]
Georgia: Ivanishvili Visits Brussels On First Foreign Trip As PM
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Picking Next US Secretary Of State
By Scott Stearns U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she will step down from her job as President Barack Obama prepares for his second term. Secretary Clinton announced her decision earlier this year, telling State Department employees that she needs a break. “I will certainly stay on until the president nominates someone and that [...]
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Salt Of Life Dries Up In Vietnam – Analysis
Your LCD TV screen was made with it; your brain does not function well without it. Meet iodine, a multifunctional chemical element found in soil and seawater that when mixed with table salt, is the most effective way to thwart preventable brain damage. Consumed in too-small quantities by millions of children globally, iodine deficiency disorder [...]
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Apple, HTC Settle “Patent War”
Apple and Taiwanese phonemaker HTC have settled all their outstanding disputes over patents, ending a fight that began in March 2010, BBC News said. The two firms also signed a 10-year licence agreement that will extend to current and future patents held by one other. HTC competes with Apple, Samsung and others in phones and [...]
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Azerbaijani Mercenaries Fighting In Syria
Azerbaijani citizen Hasin Khazli was killed in Syria during neutralization of an armed group of terrorists, RFE/RL reported on October 19, citing Syrian news agency SANA. Ghazli was reported to have infiltrated Syria through Turkish-Syrian border as a part of a group of militants. The fact that Azerbaijan offers support to Syrian rebels was no [...]
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The Obama Ground Operation 2012 – OpEd
By Horace G. Campbell Barack Obama was re-elected President of the United States on November 6, 2012. His campaign organisation defeated the candidate of the Republican Party, Mitt Romney. The process of the election of the US presidency is mediated through an 18th century institution called the Electoral College. Under this system a candidate needs [...]
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Arab Spring Economies To Recover Slowly In 2013 – IMF
Most economies hit by the Arab Spring uprisings will recover slowly next year, grappling with high inflation and rising unemployment due to poor global conditions, the International Monetary Fund predicted in a report yesterday. In its outlook for the Middle East and North Africa, the global lender said a partial return of political stability could [...]
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Asian Giants Poised To Outshine USA And Europe – Analysis
By Jaya Ramachandran The economies of China and India are poised to outshine those of the United States and Western Europe over the next half century, though an overwhelming majority of the Chinese and Indians are unlikely to attain the living standards of citizens in the rich industrial countries, predicts a new study. Titled Looking [...]
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Uncertainty Hangs Over Post-Meles Ethiopia – Analysis
By Jerome Mwanda Some three months after the death of Ethiopia’s strogman Meles Zenawi, uncertainty prevails over the country’s political stability and economic development under his successor Hailemariam Dessalegn, says a new study by the British Institute of Development Studes (IDS). In particular, Ethiopia’s economic challenges are dominated by the need to find secure livelihoods [...]
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Greece Passes 2013 Budget Targeting New Budget Cuts
The Greek government has passed a 2013 budget stipulating new rounds of harsh budget cuts. It comes just after Greece announced the passage of more austerity measures, triggering violent clashes in Athens. The budget was approved with 167 voting in favor and 128 opposed, while 5 abstained. The recent austerity package, passed in a narrow [...]
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EU Joins US In Condeming Iran Over Death Of Blogger Beheshti
The European Union has joined the U.S. in condemning Iran over the death of blogger and labor activist Sattar Beheshti (35), who is reported to have died while being tortured in Evin Prison. Beheshti was arrested by Iran’s cyberpolice on October 30, 2012, when they raided his mother’s home in Robat Karim, 25 kilometers outside [...]
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Syria: At Least 118 Killed In Fighting Sunday
At least 118 Syrians were killed Sunday in fighting, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). The The dead include 42 civilians, 25 rebel soldiers and 29 regular soldiers. SOHR noted that 22 people were killed as rebels bombed, with rockets and mortars, the only regime controlled neighborhood in the town of Harem, [...]
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Iran Viewpoint: Is Obama’s Reelection Bad News For Netanyahu? – OpEd
By Habib Fowzi Tel Aviv is the first important point in the United States foreign policy where political observers try to assess the consequences of the recent US presidential election which was held on November 6, 2012. The high-ranking officials of Israel are wondering what approach will Obama take as the dominant approach of the [...]
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Climate Change Issues For 2012 – OpEd
By Marc Morano of CFACT’s Climate Depot 1) CO2 is a greenhouse gas and it has been rising steadily. How can you deny global warming? The Earth has warmed – and cooled – over the past 50 years. We’ve also experienced periods of “unusual” weather and “normal” weather, more frequent and intense storms and droughts, [...]
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U.S. Re-Elected To U.N. Human Rights Council
The United States was re-elected Monday to another three-year term on the United Nation’s Human Rights Council. A total 18 countries were elected Monday to serve on the Human Rights Council for a period of three years beginning on January 1, 2013. Members of the Council serve for a period of three years and are [...]
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Beware Advice From Foes – OpEd
In the wake of the election, practicing Catholics and Protestants of a traditional orientation have been inundated with advice from their liberal brethren. The advice generally goes like this: to win future elections, conservative Christians need to moderate their views on abortion, gay marriage, immigration, and other issues. In other words, they need to move [...]
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North America Leads Shift In Global Energy Balance, IEA Says
The global energy map is changing in dramatic fashion, the International Energy Agency said as it launched the 2012 edition of the World Energy Outlook (WEO). The Agency’s flagship publication, released Monday in London, said these changes will recast expectations about the role of different countries, regions and fuels in the global energy system over [...]
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Iran: Dead Blogger’s Interrogators Arrested
An Iranian website linked to the Islamic Republic News Agency reported today, Monday, that three of Sattar Beheshti’s interrogators have been arrested in connection with the probe into the prisoner’s death while in custody. “Following the firm orders from the head of the judiciary for a speedy probe into the case of Sattar Beheshti’s death, [...]
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The Western Balkans: A Threat To The EU? – Analysis
By Brig. Gen. (Rtd) Dr. Muhammad Aslam Khan Simmering geopolitical environments in Middle East (ME), characterised by violence and conflicts have posed a challenge as well as a threat to the security, peace and stability of Western Balkan Region (WBR). The EU woke up to a surprise when a wave of instability swept across ME [...]
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UN: Noncompetitive Elections Weaken Rights Council, Says HRW
Limited competition in elections for the United Nations Human Rights Council undermines membership standards set for the body by the UN General Assembly, Human Rights Watch, FORUM-ASIA, and the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project said today. Although the General Assembly elected 18 countries to the Human Rights Council on November 12, [...]
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