Posted: 16 Sep 2012 09:42 PM PDT
By
Ernest Corea Eleven years after the murderous events that made
“nine-eleven” an universally recognized description of a date of
tragedy, another 9/11 has seen actions that caused destruction, public
commotion and tragic loss of lives. This year’s disturbances which began
in Egypt and Libya took the form of violent demonstrations directed at
American diplomatic [...]
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Posted: 16 Sep 2012 07:10 PM PDT
Two
things about the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) are increasingly
clear: (1) seniors have been singled out and forced to bear a
disproportionate share of the cost of a new entitlement for young people
and (2) the states are administratively just not ready to implement the
new program in time for its January 1, 2014, [...]
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Posted: 16 Sep 2012 07:00 PM PDT
The
anti-Muslim film produced by Christian extremists may have sparked the
violence that spread across the Middle East and South Asia this week.
But the core issues in the following days of protests were unemployment,
politicizing religion and the deep resentment against the United States
for its wars that cost thousands of innocent lives in [...]
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Posted: 16 Sep 2012 06:53 PM PDT
By
Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed Ideas on how acts of inciting religious hatred
and abuse of religious creeds could be reined in are plenty. These ideas
are circulated with the objective of getting rid of any clash between
followers of different religions. It has also been observed that
proposals for a ban on statements and acts [...]
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Posted: 16 Sep 2012 06:50 PM PDT
Vice
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Prince Salman yesterday received a
written message from Turkish President Abdullah Gul. It was handed to
the prince by Arshad Harmozlo, senior adviser to the president, during a
meeting at the Ministry of Defense. The meeting was attended by Prince
Muhammad bin Salman, special adviser, Gen. Hussein Al-Qubail, [...]
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Posted: 16 Sep 2012 06:44 PM PDT
By
Bedrana Kaletovic Bosnia and Herzegovina’s state investigation and
protection agency (SIPA) initiated an operation Wednesday (September
12th) that they said is the biggest undertaking against organised crime
in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and the region. Hundreds of police
participated in arresting 25 people suspected of being involved in at
least six unsolved murders and [...]
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Posted: 16 Sep 2012 06:41 PM PDT
By
Monia Ghanmi Tunisia’s interior ministry on Saturday (September 15th)
vowed to apprehend those involved in the Friday attack on the US embassy
in Tunis. “Anyone closely or marginally involved in the events outside
the American embassy in Tunis will be punished,” national security
spokesman Mohammed Ali Aroui said in an interview with Mosaique FM.
[...]
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Posted: 16 Sep 2012 06:37 PM PDT
By
David Trilling Tajikistan’s President Imomali Rahmon has promised he
will soon visit Gorno-Badakhshan, the mountainous eastern region where
government security forces carried out a secretive military operation
this summer. If the trip goes off as planned, Rahmon will confront one
the most stubborn political challenges of his tenure, trying to win over
regional residents [...]
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Posted: 16 Sep 2012 06:34 PM PDT
The
government of Burma should immediately release all remaining political
prisoners and lift travel and other restrictions on those freed, Human
Rights Watch said today. Independent international monitors should be
permitted unhindered access to Burma’s prisons to provide a public
accounting of all remaining political prisoners. Burmese President Thein
Sein has issued three amnesties to [...]
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Posted: 16 Sep 2012 06:32 PM PDT
Iran’s
religious 15 Khordad Foundation has raised its reward for the killing
of British writer Salman Rushdie by $500,000 to $3.3 million, the ISNA
news agency reported on Sunday. Rushdie, an Indian-born British writer,
was condemned to death in 1989 by Iran’s late religious leader Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini, over his novel “The Satanic Verses.” The [...]
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Posted: 16 Sep 2012 06:29 PM PDT
In
a dramatic FBI sting, US agents arrested an 18-year-old American who
attempted to detonate a fake car bomb outside a popular Chicago bar on
Friday night. The teen was arrested immediately after he pushed the
button on the dummy explosives. Suspect Adel Daoud planned the attack
for months, telling undercover agents he was interested [...]
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Posted: 16 Sep 2012 04:04 PM PDT
By
Jen Alic People often ask me why the West doesn’t attempt a Libya-style
intervention in Syria. After all, things are going so well in Libya.
Oil production is up. But oil production is merely a mirage, as is
security in Libya, which was doomed from the day one PG (post-Gaddafi)
because of the way [...]
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Posted: 16 Sep 2012 03:40 PM PDT
The
head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps has confirmed the presence of
Qods Force members in Syria, adding, however, that “this does not mean
that Iran has a military presence in that country.” At a press
conference in Tehran, Mohammad Ali Jafari said: “Everybody knows that
the IRGC has a unit called Islamic Movements, which [...]
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Posted: 16 Sep 2012 03:36 PM PDT
(RFE/RL)
— Israel’s prime minister says a policy of containment for Iran will
not work because Tehran is guided by a “leadership of fanaticism.”
Netanyahu made the comments in an interview with the U.S. television
network NBC, which will be aired on September 16. Netanyahu also said he
disagrees with those who argue that going [...]
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Posted: 16 Sep 2012 03:29 PM PDT
The
US Navy is leading its largest-ever war games in the Persian Gulf, with
warships from 25 countries being deployed in the region. Tehran, in
return, is preparing for its biggest air defense war game in the history
of Islamic Republic next month. The countries that deployed the largest
number of warships for the 12-day [...]
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Posted: 16 Sep 2012 03:22 PM PDT
Hundreds
of Pakistanis protesting an anti-Islam video produced in the United
States have clashed with police as they tried to march toward the U.S.
Consulate in the southern city of Karachi. Police fired tear gas and
water cannon at the demonstrators Sunday as they approached the heavily
guarded consulate. Karachi police chief Iqbal Mehmood said [...]
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Posted: 16 Sep 2012 03:20 PM PDT
Officials
in northwestern Pakistan say a roadside bomb blast has hit a van,
killing 14 people, including two children. Authorities say at least 10
passengers were wounded in the explosion Sunday in the Lower Dir tribal
area near the Afghan border. Police officials say the bomb was detonated
by remote control. Officials say they do [...]
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