Aleksandar Vucic can expect a ratings boost from the detention of Delta’s powerful boss – but the real test will be the follow-up in the courts. By Gordana Andric The arrest of tycoon Miroslav Miskovic is a major coup for Serbia’s governing Progressive Party and its combative leader, Aleksander Vucic, commentators agree. But while Vucic [...]
Miskovic Arrest Adds To Serbian Deputy PM’s Lustre – Analysis
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Irish Presidency “Spring Forward” Must Be Key For EU Date – Rapporteur
An appeal for patience in Skopje but impatience in Brussels has come from the European Parliament Rapporteur for the country’s EU accession, in response to today’s (Friday 14 December) European Council Conclusions on Enlargement. Richard Howitt MEP is calling for intense diplomatic activity from the forthcoming Irish EU Presidency, using the new European Commission report [...]
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Syria, Iran And The Future Of The CSTO – Analysis
In May 2007, secretary general of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Nikolai Bordyuzha invited Iran to join the alliance, stating that “the CSTO is an open organization. If Iran applies in accordance with our charter, we will consider the application.” Although the CSTO was already dealing with Tehran on several collective security tasks – [...]
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Iran: Cleric Wants Protesters Barred From Election
Senior Cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati says those who protested against the 2009 presidential election result in Iran should not be allowed to participate in the 2013 election. Iranians will go to the polls in June 2013 to choose a new president. The reformists were heavily suppressed following the 2009 election, and the two reformist candidates [...]
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No Post-Mubarak Thaw: Former President’s Assets Frozen
Spanish officials say they have frozen $24.6 million in cash and investments in Spain belonging to toppled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his family. A number of luxury properties belonging to Mubarak and his family were also seized, the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph reported. Using U.N. anti-corruption conventions, Egypt asked Spain to find and [...]
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Elephants Stranded In Siberia Saved By Vodka
What do you do if you are stuck with two elephants on a Siberian highway, the elephant-transporting truck burning and the pachyderms freezing in minus 40 degrees Celsius? The correct answer is, you make them jog and give them vodka. Problems started when the two Indian elephants, owed by a traveling Polish circus, were transported [...]
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Vietnam-India Strategic Partnership 2012: A Contextual Analysis
By Dr Subhash Kapila “ In the current context, cooperation in this field(strategic ties) should be enhanced to cope with challenges, such as terrorism, transnational crimes, maritime security and safety, including the increased friendly exchanges between the two armed forces”. — Vietnam President Truong Tan Song, October 09, 2011 Introductory Observations The year 2012 is [...]
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Maldives’ Relations With India And China – Analysis
The decision of the Government of President Mohammad Waheed of the Maldives to terminate the contract given to a consortium headed by an Indian company to run the Ibrahim Nasser International Airport of Male has given rise to speculation that China might have nudged the Maldivian Government to terminate the contract and that Beijing might [...]
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Sri Lanka: President Prevaricates On Axing Chief Justice – Analysis
By Dr. Kumar David It was widely believed that President Mahinda Rajapakse, or more likely the four Rajapakse siblings as a team, were determined to get rid of Chief Justice Mrs Shirani Bandaranaike (no relative of the better known Bandaranaike dynasty) by hook or by crook. A Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) has returned a verdict, [...]
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Hindus Ask For Diwali Holiday In Harrow Schools In England
Hindus want all schools in Harrow area of England (United Kingdom) to add Diwali, the most popular Hindu holy day, to the holiday calendar. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, urging Harrow schools to announce Diwali as school holiday, said that it was important for Hindu families to celebrate Diwali [...]
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Connecticut School Shooting: 27 Dead, Including 18 Children
A gunman bursting into an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, has killed 27, including 18 children, and wounded at least three people. One of the wounded people is a teacher. He is now in hospital with a leg wound. Arriving police officers shot dead the attacker. Reports say he was armed with two handguns and [...]
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Kazakhstan: Growing Crackdown On Free Speech
The Kazakh government should end its crackdown on independent media outlets and opposition groups, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities appear to be targeting media and opposition groups that most extensively covered violence a year ago in Zhanaozen, in western Kazakhstan, and its aftermath. On December 16, 2011, police opened fire on striking oil [...]
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Europe And The Arab Spring That Never Sprung – OpEd
By Anis Bajrektarevic By correlating hydrocarbons with the present political and socio-economic landscape, scholar Larry Diamond revealed that there are currently 22 states in the world which earn over 60% of their respective GDP from oil (and gas), and are ruled by non-democratic, authoritarian regimes. All of them are characterized by disparity, steep socio-economic cleavages, [...]
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Shooter Kills 26 In Connecticut School Shooting
News reports in the northeastern state of Connecticut say 26 people – most of them young children – were killed in a mass shooting at an elementary school. Connecticut State Police lieutenant J. Paul Vance told reporters the fatalities included students and staff, and that the gunman involved also was dead. The officer did not [...]
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President Obama’s Emotional Statement On Connecticut School Shooting
By President Barack Obama This afternoon, I spoke with Governor Malloy and FBI Director Mueller. I offered Governor Malloy my condolences on behalf of the nation, and made it clear he will have every single resource that he needs to investigate this heinous crime, care for the victims, counsel their families. We’ve endured too many [...]
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The Doha Wealth Redistribution Process Moves On – OpEd
Climate alarmists didn’t get all they wanted – but they put us on a very slippery slope By David Rothbard and Craig Rucker The eighteenth Conference of Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP-18) has ended. It was the latest chapter in the interminable negotiations over wealth redistribution and control of energy use and economic growth [...]
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US: Connecticut School Shooter Killed 20 Children And 6 Adults
Police have confirmed that 18 children were killed at the Newtown, Connecticut elementary school shooting early Friday, with an additional two children dying in hospital. Six adults were also killed. It is reported that the suspected gunman — who is dead — was Ryan Lanza, however officials said they cannot confirm his name yet. This [...]
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Egypt: Clashes Ahead Of Constitution Vote
Clashes have erupted in Alexandria in front of the Qaed Ibrahim mosque and along the nearby corniche between several thousand opponents and supporters of the draft constitution. The fight extended to the surrounding Azareeta neighbourhood with anti and pro constitution groups exchange slogans and rock throwing. Stones are being exchanged between the two groups and [...]
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Gunman Who Killed 27 In U.S. School Shot His Own Parents
27 people, including 18 children, were killed when a gunman burst into an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. At least three people were wounded in the incident. According to some reports, the shooter was Ryan Lanza. Other reports say the shooter was a brother, Adam Lanza. Among those killed was his mother, who worked at [...]
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Obama Faces Calls For Action After Connecticut Shootings
By Dan Robinson Friday’s mass shooting at an elementary school in the state of Connecticut – the second worst such incident in U.S. history – was the latest to occur during President Barack Obama’s first term. The entrance to a shopping center in Tucson, Arizona in 2011… a crowded movie theater in Aurora, Colorado last [...]
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