By Sarosh Bana US President Obama was hard pressed to play the pacifist at a rather fractious ASEAN summit in Cambodia, where discussions on the maritime disputes of some of the grouping’s 10 members with China boiled over. The three-day annual summit of the Association of South-East Asian Nations concluded on 20 November without resolving [...]
Towards An Asia-Pacific Alliance – Analysis
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How Foreign Companies View Spain
Foreign companies continue to play a decisive role in the Spanish economy, providing 1.3 million jobs. In 2011, their net investment reached $29 billion, an increase of 20 percent over 2010. These figures make Spain the world’s ninth-highest receiver of FDI and reflect the relative attractiveness of the country in the eyes of foreign investors, [...]
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The European Union And The Emerging Asian Powers Of China And India – Analysis
The rise of China and the emergence of India pose intellectual, technological, organisational and political challenges for the European Union and for the West in general, but also provide opportunities. By Rajendra K. Jain The rise of China and the emergence of India have profound implications for the world’s economy and politics. Both consistently registered [...]
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White House: Consumer Spending Will Decline Unless Congress Averts Fiscal Cliff
By Mil Arcega It was a blockbuster weekend for retailers, as Americans took advantage of big discounts to ring in the holiday shopping season. But you wouldn’t know it from the reaction on Wall Street. Financial markets were sharply lower Monday after White House economists warned that consumers could put the brakes on spending if [...]
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Patrick Buchanan: Who’s Afraid Of The Fiscal Cliff? – OpEd
Were the average Republican asked for a succinct statement of his views on taxation, he or she might respond thus: “U.S. tax rates are too high for the world we must compete in. The tax burden — federal, state, local, together — is too heavy. We need to cut tax rates to free up our [...]
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Albania Parties In Honour Of Century Of Independence
By Besar Likmeta Albanians are marking the 100th anniversary of their country’s independence with concerts, exhibitions, fairs and new monuments in the capital, Tirana, and in Vlora. The festivities in Tirana began on Monday with the inauguration of a mosaic of the Albanian flag, with stones collected from battlefields linked to the struggle for independence [...]
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Obama Crucified – OpEd
Michael D’Antuono is a left-wing artist known for exploiting racial tensions (e.g, depicting George Zimmerman as a Klansman and Trayvon Martin as a generous child). But now he has succumbed to a new low. D’Antuono’s painting of President Barack Obama with outstretched arms wearing a crown of thorns, against the backdrop of the Seal of [...]
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Israel: Tzipi Livni Unveils Her New Political Party
Israel’s former foreign minister, Tzipi Livni, publicly unveiled her new political party, “The Movement”, on Tuesday. The recently-formed group will contest seats for the Knesset in Israel’s upcoming elections, to be held in January. She has said she will campaign on a platform of peace negotiations with Palestinians. Livni served as foreign minister from 2006 [...]
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Perpetual Conflict By Israeli Design – OpEd
And so for a moment or two the slaughter of Palestinian civilians and the destruction in Gaza City has ceased; the oppression, intimidation and terror throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territories though continues unabated. The ‘Pillar of Cloud’ has done its destructive work and blown over, until the next time Israel feels the urge to wreak [...]
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Eni Launches Prototype Photovoltaic Plant Based On Luminescent Solar Concentrators
Eni launched Tuesday the first prototype photovoltaic shelter developed by Eni researchers based on a new solar energy technology which allows to generate electricity through luminescent solar concentrators. The plant, which will be used as an outdoor laboratory for the testing of the new devices, is a dedicated parking facility for electric vehicles and allows [...]
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Hindus Concerned At Swaha Ad For Rupa Thermocot
Hindus are concerned about the new Rupa Thermocot Swaha television commercial, which they say trivializes the sacred Hindu terminology. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement Tuesday, said that Rupa, which claims to be “India’s largest hosiery brand”, should have shown maturity in handling terms revered by Hindus. Zed, who is President of Universal Society [...]
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France To Back Palestinian Bid For Observer Status At UN Assembly
France has announced it will vote in favor of recognition of Palestine as a non-member observer state at the UN General Assembly later this week. The French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told parliament that France “will respond ‘yes’” when the issue is put on a vote at the UN General Assembly. France, a permanent UN [...]
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Advocating Israel Talk To Hamas Is Criminal Offense – OpEd
If you’re a much-decorated IDF general advocating the radical step that Israel recognize Hamas and negotiate with it you’ll merit a front page article in Haaretz. That’s what Gen. Giora Eiland, a former national security advisor, did during the height of last week’s fighting. Sure, some of your fellow generals and pals in intelligence, not [...]
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The Commander In The Field And The Maroon Berets’ Cross-Border Operation – Analysis
By Hasan Selim Ozertem Two brigades from the Special Forces Command, known popularly as the “Maroon Berets” and composed of crack troops from the Turkish Armed Forces, have started operations on Turkey’s border with Iraq that have become one of the most important events currently happening in Turkey. The Special Forces personnel are structured as [...]
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“Maliki Wants To Increase Iraq’s Control In Autonomous Region of Kurdistan” – OpEd
By Harriet Fildes The recent increase of Iraqi troops in resource-rich contested areas is fuelling fears that the subsequent escalation of tension could develop into full-scale war between the Shiite Iraqi government and the area known as Iraqi Kurdistan. Iraqi encroachment on the city of Kirkuk is one of the reasons for the recent escalation [...]
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Interview: A Woman President For Afghanistan?
By Anushka Shah The withdrawal of NATO troops in 2014 and the Presidential elections in Afghanistan continue to spark interest the world over. Gateway House interviews Fawzia Koofi, a Presidential candidate in Afghanistan who provides an overview of the upcoming elections and the changing dynamics in the country. After Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai’s visit to [...]
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China’s 18th Party Congress: Change Of Guards, But No Change In Policy – Analysis
By D. S. Rajan It is undeniable that the transfer of power to the fifth generation leadership at the 18th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) (Beijing, 8-15 November 2012) has been smooth and orderly; especially the rule providing for retirement of cadres above the age of 68 has been adhered to. As anticipated, [...]
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India-Japan Strategic Partnership: An Agenda – Analysis
By Mohammed Badrul Alam “Japan and India enjoy deep mutual understanding and are fully committed to enhance the strategic and global partnership for peace and prosperity.” — Prime Ministers, Yoshihiko Noda and Dr.Manmohan Singh, Joint Statement, December 28, 2011 The currency of power and security objectives is clearly evident in the 21st century globalised world [...]
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NATO To Prep Turkish-Syrian Border For Missiles
NATO experts have arrived in Turkey to scout the area for Patriot missile-battery sites along the Syrian-Turkish border. The group consisting of U.S., Dutch and German officers, which represent the three countries in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization who have Patriot surface-to-air missiles, will survey the border for deployment of the missiles due to be [...]
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Chavez Back To Cuba For Treatment
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will have further medical treatment in Cuba, where he had months of specialist therapy for cancer. Chavez, who was re-elected in October, is due to be sworn in for a third term in January. Venezuelan congress president Diosdado Cabello said Chavez would have hyperbaric oxygen therapy and physiotherapy. He said the [...]
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