By Humberto Márquez Venezuela is studying the use of nanotechnology as a means of reducing emissions of greenhouse gases caused by the oil industry. Nanotechnology operates at the sub-microscopic scale: a nanometer is a unit of measure equal to one billionth of a meter. “We are seeking to use nanoparticles of metallic salts, such as [...]
Nanotechnology Could Lighten Venezuela’s Oil Footprint
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Puerto Rico Knocks On The Door Of Statehood – Analysis
By Isabella Troconis On Tuesday, November 6, while the world turned their eyes to America’s presidential election, Puerto Ricans were simultaneously holding both a referendum on its political status as well as its own gubernatorial election. While Governor Luis Fortuño, who has persistently shown his support for Puerto Rico’s estatidad (annexation to the United States), [...]
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OIC Head Talks Religion And Politics In Egypt – OpEd
By H.A. Hellyer When Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), visited Cairo a few days ago, I jumped at the opportunity to get his opinion on the current situation in Egypt. In particular, I wanted to get his opinion on some of the fears and challenges facing the country and [...]
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What To Expect From China’s New Leadership – Analysis
By Zachary Fillingham A new leadership rollover in Beijing is a big deal, as these are the people who will have to grapple with the considerable economic, political, and military challenges facing China in the next decade. Even though the dust has yet to settle on the transition, say nothing of the imprecise nature of [...]
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Telling The Truth: UN Failed 20 Million Sri Lankans Not The Ghost Estimates – OpEd
By Shenali Waduge Exactly what is the UN’s game plan in continuously subjecting Sri Lanka to the wave of harassment it has been subject to increasing as a result of eliminating a terrorist organization when UN in 30 years had done pittance to bring the peace it is mandated to do? Are these reports coming [...]
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U.S. House Backs Normal Trade With Russia And Moldova, Magnitsky Sanctions
By Richard Solash for RFE/RL The U.S. House of Representatives has voted in favor of extending permanent normal trade relations to Russia and Moldova, but only alongside legislation to sanction Russian officials implicated in the death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky and in other perceived rights violations. By a vote of 365-to-43, lawmakers supported exemption for [...]
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Obama: Working Together To Extend Middle Class Tax Cuts – Transcript
By President Barack Obama Hi, everybody. Four years after the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes, our economy is growing again and creating jobs. But we have much more to do. Our task now is to build on that progress. Because this nation only succeeds when we’ve got a growing, thriving middle class. That’s what [...]
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Petraeus: Terrorists Perpetrated The Attack On Benghazi Consulate – OpEd
Former CIA Director David Petraeus testifying before lawmakers on Friday, claimed that classified intelligence strongly suggested the deadly raid on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was a terrorist attack, but that the Obama administration withheld the suspected role of specific al-Qaeda affiliates. Petraeus, a decorated four-star Army general, resigned on Friday, November 9, as [...]
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Lame Black Christian Cop-Out – OpEd
A black Christian Obama voter called me after the election. For years, I have informed him of Obama’s attacks on Christianity and anti-Christian agenda. He praised Romney for saying in his concession speech that we need to pray for our president. Then he added, “I prayed that God will bind everything in Obama that is [...]
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Anonymous Hack Hundreds Of Israeli Websites, Delete Foreign Ministry Database In Support Of Gaza
Hacker group Anonymous has launched a massive attack named #OpIsrael on almost 700 Israeli websites, protesting against Operation Pillar of Defense in Gaza. Israeli media confirmed the group’s move. The hackers reportedly took down websites ranging from high-profile governmental structures such as the Foreign Ministry to local tourism companies’ pages. The biggest attack as of [...]
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Over 100,000 French Protesters March Against Same-Sex Marriage, Adoption
More than 100,000 people rallied across France on Saturday to protest a government bill that would grant marriage and adoption rights to same-sex couples. In Paris alone, 70,000 people turned out at one rally, said police – organisers put the figure at 200,000 – while another 22,000 protested in the southeastern city of Lyon, said [...]
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Israel Destroys Gaza Government Building
The headquarters of the Hamas government in Gaza has been completely destroyed Saturday morning by an Israeli airstrike, said the Hamas government. Another strike hit the house of a Hamas leader in the Jabalia refugee camp, in northern Gaza, injuring at least 35 peope, medical sources said. The government headquarters was targeted by four strikes [...]
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Croatia Celebrates War Crimes Verdict; Serbia Stunned
By Drazen Remikovic and Ivana Jovanovich Two Croatian generals convicted last year of war crimes and the killings of ethnic Serbs had their sentences overturned on Friday (November 16th), triggering joyful celebrations in Croatia and disbelief in Serbia. A war crimes court in The Hague ordered the release of Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markac, who [...]
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Israel Redeploys ‘Iron Dome’ Missile Screen To Tel Aviv
The Israeli Defense Force has redeployed a fifth battery of its Iron Dome anti-rocket air-defense systems to protect the city of Tel Aviv, Palestinian rockets apparently landed close by, the IDF said. The military and Israeli police have not found any firm evidence that Palestinian rockets have landed close to Israel’s commercial and business capital, [...]
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Israel At “Highest State Of Readiness” For Gaza Ground Invasion – OpEd
Sheera Frenkel reports in the Times of London that a senior IDF officer told her the army has been moved to its “highest state of readiness.” In IDF jargon, this is called P+1, which means the entire army must be ready for combat on one hour’s notice. Israel will not invade Gaza during Shabbat (too [...]
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David Petraeus: The General Of E-Mails – OpEd
By Ali Bluwi THERE are key issues that can explain the removal of David Petraeus from his position as the head of the CIA. Not surprisingly, the American intelligence agency usually fights any leader coming from the US Army regardless of his potentials and capabilities. In some cases, they are not fully loyal to him. [...]
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Half-Truths Prevail In The Middle East – OpEd
By Julio Godoy Late last August, during the conference of the non-aligned countries in Tehran, the Iranian press quoted the Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi saying that the government of Bahrain, given its dismal human rights record, had lost whatever legitimacy it had. Nothing surprising in this quote: The regime of Bahrain has indeed a dismal [...]
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China To Launch Satellite For Sri Lanka: India’s Missed Opportunity? – Analysis
By Ajey Lele Sri Lanka’s first communication satellite is expected to be launched on November 22, 2012 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in China. This geostationary satellite would get operational by mid-2013 for commercial purposes. The satellite is partly owned by a private company, Sri Lanka’s first Satellite Company called SupremeSAT. The cost of [...]
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Japan-China Spat Over The Senkakus Shows No Sign Of Abating – Analysis
By Pranamita Baruah The recent spat between Japan and China which erupted after the nationalization of the Senkaku islands shows no signs of abating. In September 2012, the Noda Administration in Japan purchased three of the five Senkaku islands—Uotsurijima, Kita-kojima and Minami-kojima—and then nationalised them. Beijing opposed the nationalisation and claimed its ‘indisputable sovereignty’ over [...]
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Human Rights: The People Vs The UN – OpEd
The recent death of Iranian dissident blogger Sattar Beheshti in police custody was a sad event. All human life is precious. “If anyone kills a person unless in retribution for murder or spreading corruption in the land – it is as if he kills all humanity,” states the Quran. An investigation by the Tehran prosecutor, [...]
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