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“Of Myth And Man: The Legacy Of Bob Marley – OpEd” plus 28 more : Eurasia Review

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• Of Myth And Man: The Legacy Of Bob Marley – OpEd
• Russia To Write Off $500 Million From Kyrgyzstan For Military, Energy Deals
• Honda Aims To Double Global Auto Sales
• Google To Close China Music Download Service
• Mercedes-Benz Style And Silver Arrows Marine Create 14-Metre Motor Yacht
• Morocco: Sports Minister Comes Under Fire
• Tunisia: Interior Minister Rejects Resignation Call
• Serbia: Programmes To Help Impoverished Roma
• Eurozone Crisis: Will Reforms Be Enough? – Analysis
• Wake Up: Reject The Two-Party Plutocracy – OpEd
• Ralph Nader: Not A Gaffe, But The Real Romney – OpEd
• Israel To Allow Some Exports From Gaza
• Backgrounder: The Rohingya Of Myanmar
• South China Sea Disputes: Reflecting China’s Evolving Political System? – Analysis
• China-Japan Tensions: Heading For The Rocks? – Analysis
• Anti-American Violence Should Provoke Rethink – OpEd
• Obama: Anti-Islamic Film Used As ‘Excuse’ For Attacks
• US, Allies Slam Iran Over Military Aid To Syria
• A Day In The Life: ‘The King of Sous” – OpEd
• India Reconfirms Its Entry Into Elite Missile Club – Analysis
• ExxonMobil To Increase Production And Acreage In Bakken Oil Shale Region‏
• India: Where A Media Trade Union Body Owns A Liquor License
• Pakistan: Three Journalists Injured When Protesters Ransack And Torch Press Club‏
• Lord Shiva Statue In Wales Christian Church
• Netanyahu Shilling For Romney In Florida TV Ad – OpEd
• Why Does US Pay Honors To Myanmar’s Opposition Leader? – OpEd
• Albania: Muslims Give Anti-US Protests A Miss
• Monsanto GM Corn Caused Tumors In Rats
• Syria: Blast Kills At Least 30 In North

Of Myth And Man: The Legacy Of Bob Marley – OpEd Posted: 20 Sep 2012 11:47 PM PDT By David Cupples With Jamaica having recently celebrated its Big 5-0 — fifty years of independence from Mother England — it’s natural to think of those things for which the tiny Caribbean island is famous. Fast sprinters and Olympic bobsledders. Patch-eyed pirates raiding the Spanish Main. Winter getaways to tropical beaches. A lyrical way of [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Russia To Write Off $500 Million From Kyrgyzstan For Military, Energy Deals Posted: 20 Sep 2012 11:33 PM PDT Russia agreed on Thursday, September 20 to write off nearly $500 million in debt due from Kyrgyzstan in exchange for a package of deals that will extend Moscow’s military and energy footprints on the volatile fringes of the former Soviet Union, Reuters said. As Kyrgyzstan confirmed plans to close a U.S. base used to fly [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Honda Aims To Double Global Auto Sales Posted: 20 Sep 2012 11:30 PM PDT Honda is aiming to double its global auto sales to more than 6 million vehicles over the next five years as the Japanese automaker gears up for ambitious growth after bouncing back from last year’s disasters, The Associated Press reports. “We have now reached the stage of going on the offensive,” Honda Motor Co. President [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Google To Close China Music Download Service Posted: 20 Sep 2012 11:26 PM PDT Google said on Friday, Sept 21, it will shut its once-popular China music download service next month, in a sign of how far the fortunes of the world’s biggest search engine have fallen in China, according to Reuters. Launched in 2009 with a local partner, the Google Music Search was meant to be a legal [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Mercedes-Benz Style And Silver Arrows Marine Create 14-Metre Motor Yacht Posted: 20 Sep 2012 11:24 PM PDT More than 125 years after Gottlieb Daimler built the first motorised boat and cruised up the River Neckar, Mercedes-Benz Style and Silver Arrows Marine are presenting designs for a luxury motor yacht against the backdrop of the 2012 Monaco Yacht Show. The 14-metre-long seagoing Granturismo combines design elements typical of Mercedes-Benz automobiles with innovations hitherto [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Morocco: Sports Minister Comes Under Fire Posted: 20 Sep 2012 11:18 PM PDT By Siham Ali Moroccan Youth and Sports Minister Mohamed Ouzzine had to answer some tough questions from parliamentarians. The minister addressed the MPs just four days before the national football federation (FRMF) terminated the contract of coach Eric Gerets. The decision, announced on Saturday (September 15th), came in response to the 2-0 CAN qualifier loss [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Tunisia: Interior Minister Rejects Resignation Call Posted: 20 Sep 2012 11:15 PM PDT By Houda Trabelsi Tunisian Interior Minister Ali Larayedh dismissed calls to resign on Wednesday (September 19th) following criticism from parliamentarians over deadly Islamist protests. “I don’t see it as courage to give up my responsibilities in such a situation and in the face of such challenges; my resignation now is not in the best interests [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Serbia: Programmes To Help Impoverished Roma Posted: 20 Sep 2012 11:09 PM PDT By Bojana Milovanovic The Serbian government has initiated numerous projects to improve life for the estimated 500,000 Roma in Serbia, but critics said the results are far from satisfactory as many Roma continue to live in poverty and be disproportionately affected by unemployment. “In the past few years, the state secured between 50 and 70 [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Eurozone Crisis: Will Reforms Be Enough? – Analysis Posted: 20 Sep 2012 10:52 PM PDT The Economic and Monetary Union launched in Europe in 1999, was an experiment amongst countries with diverse economic structures. A number of reforms have since been initiated to address the flaws in its design. Will these reforms be enough to save the euro? By Pradumna B Rana GIVEN THE raft of gloomy economic data from [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Wake Up: Reject The Two-Party Plutocracy – OpEd Posted: 20 Sep 2012 10:41 PM PDT Here we go again. Millions of Americans will soon vote for either the Republican or Democratic presidential candidate not because they deeply believe that he is absolutely the best possible president the country needs and can have. No, they will know that they are compromising and choosing the lesser of two evils, mainly because most [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Ralph Nader: Not A Gaffe, But The Real Romney – OpEd Posted: 20 Sep 2012 10:36 PM PDT There was something missing from the release of a tape showing Mitt Romney pandering to fat cats in Boca Raton, Florida with these very inflammatory words: “There are 47 percent who are with him, (Obama) who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Israel To Allow Some Exports From Gaza Posted: 20 Sep 2012 10:29 PM PDT An Israeli official said Thursday that military authorities have approved the entry of 100 million shekels from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip to assist with a liquidity crisis, amid a host of measures to facilitate the entry and exit of goods at Gaza crossings. The Gaza Strip is under an Israeli land and [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Backgrounder: The Rohingya Of Myanmar Posted: 20 Sep 2012 10:24 PM PDT By Zak Rose The  are an ethnic and religious minority of South Asia, mostly living in Myanmar. Their numbers are disputed, as are their origins in the region, but traditional animosities between the Rohingya and other ethnic groups, the Buddhist majority of Myanmar in particular, have resulted in considerable conflict over the years. A renewed wave [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

South China Sea Disputes: Reflecting China’s Evolving Political System? – Analysis Posted: 20 Sep 2012 10:18 PM PDT China’s growing assertiveness in the South China Sea disputes underscores its nation-state interests and rising global power. There are geopolitical ramifications for Southeast Asia. By Victor R Savage CHINA’S INCREASING assertiveness in the South China Sea (SCS) underscores its evolving political system and leadership. China’s strategic approach to the SCS disputes has wider geopolitical ramifications. [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

China-Japan Tensions: Heading For The Rocks? – Analysis Posted: 20 Sep 2012 10:14 PM PDT Spiralling tensions between China and Japan over the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands are the most serious manifestation of weakened leadership and transition politics across Northeast Asia. The resulting drift towards militant nationalism poses a great threat to regional security. By Euan Graham TOKYO’S NATIONALISATION of the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands has been provocative to China and Taiwan, though it [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Anti-American Violence Should Provoke Rethink – OpEd Posted: 20 Sep 2012 10:09 PM PDT The attack on the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, which killed four U.S. diplomats, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens, is the latest example of tragic blowback from the U.S. government’s interventionist foreign policy in the Islamic world. That it happened on the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, an even more severe example of such [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Obama: Anti-Islamic Film Used As ‘Excuse’ For Attacks Posted: 20 Sep 2012 10:06 PM PDT Extremists used scandalous film “Innocence of Muslims” as a pretext to carry out worldwide attacks against interests of the United States, President Barack Obama said. “What we do know is that the natural protests that arose because of the outrage over the video were used as an excuse by extremists to see if they can [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

US, Allies Slam Iran Over Military Aid To Syria Posted: 20 Sep 2012 10:02 PM PDT By Margaret Besheer The United States, Britain and France said Thursday that Iran’s supply of weapons to the Assad regime in Syria is unacceptable and must stop. U.N. ambassadors for the three powers also criticized the Islamic Republic for failing to stop enriching uranium and not seriously engaging with them and others in talks on [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

A Day In The Life: ‘The King of Sous” – OpEd Posted: 20 Sep 2012 10:23 AM PDT By Melkam Lidet One of the first things I noticed on my very first day in Ramallah was old and young men, walking around the main Manara square, wearing a flamboyant red and golden costume, carrying a golden flask on their backs and selling a dark brown liquid which at that brief moment I thought [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

India Reconfirms Its Entry Into Elite Missile Club – Analysis Posted: 20 Sep 2012 09:44 AM PDT India said that it has successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable strategic ballistic missile Agni-IV with a strike range of about 4000 km with the help of a mobile launcher from a test range at Wheeler Island off the eastern coast of an Indian state Orissa on September 19. Quoting a defense official leading Indian daily Times [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

ExxonMobil To Increase Production And Acreage In Bakken Oil Shale Region‏ Posted: 20 Sep 2012 09:34 AM PDT Exxon Mobil Corporation announced Thursday an agreement that will significantly increase its production acreage in the prolific Bakken oil shale region in the U.S. states of North Dakota and Montana. ExxonMobil and its subsidiary, XTO Energy, signed an exchange agreement with Denbury Onshore, LLC, a subsidiary of Denbury Resources Inc., to acquire 100 percent of [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

India: Where A Media Trade Union Body Owns A Liquor License Posted: 20 Sep 2012 09:25 AM PDT By T Navajyoti Licenses of a liquor bar in the press clubs are omnipresent in India. The press club, which on principle does not function as a trade union body, is basically a place of recreations for media persons. But the journalists union or associations try to raise voices for the benefit of media persons [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Pakistan: Three Journalists Injured When Protesters Ransack And Torch Press Club‏ Posted: 20 Sep 2012 09:22 AM PDT A large crowd protesting against a controversial US-produced film ridiculing the Prophet Mohammed yesterday ransacked and set fire to the Press Club in Wari, in the Upper Dir district of the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, injuring three journalists. “We condemn such acts of violence against journalists and the premises they use,” Reporters Without Borders [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Lord Shiva Statue In Wales Christian Church Posted: 20 Sep 2012 09:20 AM PDT There is reportedly a bronze Shiva statue in the medieval St Peter Ad Vincula Church in Pennal village of north-west Wales (United Kingdom), founded in sixth century CE. According to reports, Shiva statue, which has been inside this church for few years and has kind of become a permanent fixture, was taken out by a [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Netanyahu Shilling For Romney In Florida TV Ad – OpEd Posted: 20 Sep 2012 09:19 AM PDT Now, I’ve seen everything.  Back in the day, an Israeli prime minister wouldn’t breathe a word about his personal political preferences regarding U.S. presidential races.  Israel’s leaders knew that they’d need to work with whoever became president, and for them discretion was the better part of valor.  There was a certain humility in recognizing that [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Why Does US Pay Honors To Myanmar’s Opposition Leader? – OpEd Posted: 20 Sep 2012 09:14 AM PDT By Boris Volkhonsky Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi made a visit to the US, where she was welcomed almost like the head of the state. She met US State Secretary Hillary Clinton and US president Barack Obama and received the prestigious Congressional Gold Medal from the US Congress. Aung San Suu Kyi used [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Albania: Muslims Give Anti-US Protests A Miss Posted: 20 Sep 2012 09:10 AM PDT By Besar Likmeta Dismssing rumours to the contrary, Albania’s League of Imams said they had no plans to stage any public protests against the notorious film that has caused such unrest in the Islamic world. Masked Palestinians throw stones towards Israeli security forces, during clashes that erupted after a demonstration against an anti-Islam film called [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Monsanto GM Corn Caused Tumors In Rats Posted: 20 Sep 2012 09:07 AM PDT French scientists have revealed that rats fed on GMO corn sold by American firm Monsanto, suffered tumors and other complications including kidney and liver damage. When testing the firm’s top brand weed killer the rats showed similar symptoms. The French government has asked its health and safety agency to assess the study and had also [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Syria: Blast Kills At Least 30 In North Posted: 20 Sep 2012 09:04 AM PDT A Syrian rights group says a blast in northeast Syria has killed at least 30 people and wounded dozens of others. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights quotes witnesses as saying the blast occurred when an air strike hit a fuel station in al-Raqqa province Thursday. The group’s director, Rami Abdelrahman, says witnesses told [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.