By Rajesh Makwana There is nothing novel about the practice of sharing; people do it every day and have done since the dawn of civilisation. But on Global Sharing Day, millions of people in organisational networks that span 147 countries simultaneously voiced their support for the ‘sharing economy’ by participating in sharing workshops and activities [...]
Imagining The Ultimate Global Sharing Day – OpEd
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Clinton Says Asia Pivot Is Recognition Of Region’s Importance
The Asia Pivot of the United States is in recognition that in the coming century the region will come to play a major role in the world, said Saturday U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Clinton said that the answer to “Why is the American President spending all this time in Asia so soon after [...]
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India’s Myanmar Policy: Can It Do Even Better? – Analysis
Among all of New Delhi’s policies towards its immediate neighbours, the one that appears to have moved in the right direction without a hitch is that with Myanmar. With a transformed Myanmar, New Delhi’s steps have been bold and decisive. The four-day visit of Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Syu Kyi to India starting November [...]
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ASEAN ‘Cannot’ Press Burma On Rohingya Citizenship
By Hanna Hindstrom The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) cannot pressure Burma on the issue of Rohingya citizenship, but should step up humanitarian assistance to Arakan state or risk regional instability, Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan said on Friday. Speaking ahead of the 21st ASEAN summit in Phnom Penh, he stressed that it was not the [...]
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ASEAN MPs Urge Obama To Raise Human Rights Topic During Burma Trip – OpEd
By Zin Linn The ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC) today released an immediate press statement welcoming U.S. President Barack Obama’s plans to visit Rangoon next week. Nevertheless, the caucus urged the President to make use of his visit pressing on key demands and raise human rights concerns with the Burmese government. The statement says that [...]
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Afghanistan: Taliban Leader Arrested In Kandahar Region
An Afghan and coalition security force arrested Saturday a Taliban leader in Kandahar province, ISAF officials said. The arrested leader is believed to have coordinated the movement and storage of machine guns, weapons, and ammunition to support the Taliban insurgency. During the operation, the security force also detained one other suspected insurgent. In other International [...]
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The US – Thailand Alliance And President Obama’s Trip To Asia – OpEd
By Walter Lohman President Obama’s visit to Southeast Asia this week will take him to Cambodia, Burma, and Thailand. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders’ meetings in Phnom Penh is the occasion for the transpacific flight, and Burma will generate the most news. It is Thailand, however, that is the most strategically important [...]
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Taking EU-Peru Trade Relations To The Next Level – Speech
By Karel De Gucht, European Commissioner for Trade Ladies and gentlemen, We are together this morning at a very important moment for the relationship between Peru and the European Union. In June of this year we signed a ground-breaking free trade agreement between the European Union, Peru, and Columbia. When approved, it will deliver very [...]
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Google Putting ‘Finishing Touches’ To Maps App – Report
Google is said to be putting the “finishing touches” to a Google Maps application that will work on iPhone, following Apple’s controversial decision to drop the service this year. As Digital Spy reported citing The Wall Street Journal, a test version of the Google Maps app has been given to some individuals within the company. [...]
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‘Twilight’ Movie Theater Shooting Spree Thwarted In Missouri
A southwest Missouri man accused of plotting to shoot up a movie theater during the new “Twilight” film was charged today after his mother contacted police, telling them she worried her son had purchased weapons similar to those used during the fatal Colorado theater shooting, The Associated Press said. Blaec Lammers, 20, of Bolivar, is [...]
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Libya All In? Failed NATO Mission Exposes US Generals – OpEd
By Horace G. Campbell Carter Ham has been removed as head of the US Africa Command (AFRICOM). General Petraeus resigned from the CIA on November 9. Rear Adm. Charles M. Gaouette was reassigned on October 26 as the commander of the USS John C. Stennis strike group. These three changes at the top of the [...]
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Tibet Self-Immolations Raise Tensions, Dalai Lama Speaks
Two more Tibetans self-immolated in restive Rebgong county in Qinghai province on Saturday as protests against Chinese rule intensified, drawing heavy security presence and a warning from Tibet’s spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama said the situation in Tibet was getting “quite serious” and asked the Chinese leadership to embrace “freedom and justice” [...]
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Burma: Satellite Images Show Widespread Attacks On Rohingya
Attacks and arson in late October by ethnic Arakanese against Rohingya Muslims in Burma’s Arakan State were at times carried out with the support of state security forces and local government officials, Human Rights Watch said Saturday. New satellite imagery obtained by Human Rights Watch shows extensive destruction of homes and other property in the [...]
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Bahrain: Last Throes Of A Desperate Regime – OpEd
Since Bahrain’s uprising against absolute monarchal rule began in the wake of last year’s Arab Spring, the al-Khalifa regime has brazenly trampled over the civil and human rights of its people. This past week it stripped 31 citizens of their nationality, effectively leaving them stateless and in legal limbo. Repealing citizenship signals that increasingly desperate [...]
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What Does The Continuation Of Current Situation Imply For Syria? – Analysis
By Ali Hussein Bakeer The cost of the war will determine the future of Syria and the regime that will replace Assad will indisputably bear the brunt of these costs. It is a fact that Syria will be quite significantly damaged economically, socially and militarily should the crisis continue. In the time the armed opposition [...]
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Israel Strikes Gaza Media Building, Several Journalists Injured
An Israeli air strike hit a Gaza City media building on Sunday, injuring at least six journalists, as a separate raid in northern Gaza killed two people, Palestinian medical sources said. “At least six journalists were wounded, with minor and moderate injuries, when Israeli warplanes hit the al-Quds TV office in the Showa and Housari [...]
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Obama Reaffirms Close Links With Thailand, Previews Burma Visit
By Dan Robinson In Bangkok, President Barack Obama and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra have reaffirmed close relations between the United States and Thailand. After a visit to a royal monastery and symbol of Thailand’s Buddhist religion and culture, Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton went to a hospital in Bangkok for an audience [...]
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Israel PM Says Ready To Expand Gaza Operation
Israel is ready to “significantly expand” Gaza operation, stated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after Hamas militants fired at least nine rockets into Israel as the fifth day of Israel’s Pillar of Defense began. “The Israeli military is prepared to significantly expand the operation. The soldiers are ready for any activity that could take place”, Netanyahu [...]
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Obama Calls For More Reforms In Myanmar While On Asian Tour
US President Barack Obama said his historic trip to Myanmar on Monday would recognise and prod reform, but warned no one should harbour illusions that the long isolated state had done enough to change. Obama will be the first sitting US president to visit Myanmar, when Air Force One touches down in Yangon, and hopes [...]
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Morocco’s King Mohammed Dispatches Immediate Medical Aid To Gaza – OpEd
Following the recent tragic events in the Gaza strip and in accordance with the spirit of solidarity driving all components of the Moroccan Nation towards the Palestinian people King Mohammed gave his orders to immediately set up a Moroccan field hospital in the Gaza strip . The hospital will be composed of specialized medical units [...]
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