Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

“Lebanon At The Edge Of Precipice – OpEd” plus 29 more : Eurasia Review

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• Lebanon At The Edge Of Precipice – OpEd
• Troubled North Caucasus: The Challenges Of Integration
• Middle East Disagreements Abound Over WMD-Free Middle East – Analysis
• Where’s Joe The Plumber When You Need Him? – OpEd
• Malala Yousafzai And The Other Half Of Muslim History – OpEd
• India: Archbishop Among 55 Issued Notice On Kandhamal Violence‏
• Sri Lanka Must Eliminate Eelaam Ideology For Reconciliation To Succeed – OpEd
• Haj 2012 Begins, Pilgrims Start Moving Into Mina
• Haiti: Clinton Remarks At Caracol Industrial Park Opening Ceremony
• 135 International Journalists To Attend Edward R. Murrow Program In US
• IDF To Double Unit 8200 Cyber-War Manpower – OpEd
• Kosovo: Belgrade Plays Smarter But Still With Nowhere To Go? – Analysis
• Georgia: Ivanishvili’s Incoming Government’s Program – Analysis
• Vatican Butler Harmed Pope, Church, Court Says
• Mercedes-Benz Concept Style Coupe To Make Debut In Taiwan
• Google To Unveil LG Nexus 4 At Next Week’s Android Event
• Italy: Pistols, Ammunition Hidden Behind Naples Church Altar
• Protesters Gather In Pristina After Kosovo-Serbia Meeting
• The 9/11 Trial: Torturing Justice – OpEd
• BBC Chief Testifies Before Parliament – OpEd
• Misgivings About Namo Begin To Subside In West – Analysis
• Obama-Romney: Who Can Better Manage The Same Old World? – Analysis
• Former CIA Officer Pleads Guilty To Disclosing Classified Information About CIA Officer
• Iran Threatens To Stop Oil Exports, Considers Anti-Europe Sanctions
• Lance Armstrong And Jimmy Savile: How Government Surrended Charity To Celebrity – OpEd
• Iran Says It Can Live Without Oil Money
• Obama And Romney: War Is Peace – OpEd
• Syria: Despite Denials, More Cluster Bomb Attacks
• Several Labourers Injured After Thai, Burmese Nationals Clash
• Obama’s Betrayals: First The Base, Then The Party – OpEd

Lebanon At The Edge Of Precipice – OpEd Posted: 23 Oct 2012 10:33 PM PDT By Osama Al Sharif Not since the February 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in downtown Beirut has Lebanon been pushed so close to the edge of a precipice. But last Friday’s murder of Gen. Wissam Al-Hassan, intelligence chief of Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces (ISF), in a devastating car blast that killed seven [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Troubled North Caucasus: The Challenges Of Integration Posted: 23 Oct 2012 10:28 PM PDT Russia’s North Caucasus region is Europe’s deadliest conflict today, with some 574 deaths already this year, and the killing is unlikely to end soon. The simultaneously-released first two reports in the International Crisis Group’s new project examine the sources of conflict in the region and the challenges Russia faces in integrating it into the broader [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Middle East Disagreements Abound Over WMD-Free Middle East – Analysis Posted: 23 Oct 2012 10:17 PM PDT By J C Suresh Negotiations for a proposed conference on ridding the Middle East of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction would be difficult and the path would be long, but the “prize” – the security of the region and the world – would be worth the time and effort, the United Nations General [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Where’s Joe The Plumber When You Need Him? – OpEd Posted: 23 Oct 2012 10:12 PM PDT By Sam Pizzigati Four years ago, a chance encounter between Barack Obama and Samuel “Joe the Plumber” Wurzelbacher injected inequality right into the heart of the 2008 presidential race. Obama explained to the then-unknown Wurzelbacher that “when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.” GOP nominee John McCain immediately jumped on Obama’s remark, [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Malala Yousafzai And The Other Half Of Muslim History – OpEd Posted: 23 Oct 2012 10:08 PM PDT By Asma Afsaruddin As someone who writes and lectures about women and gender in Islam, I am often asked if women had any role in the making of the Islamic tradition. Happily, the answer is always yes. There were in fact many prominent women in the early history of Islam. At the top of the [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

India: Archbishop Among 55 Issued Notice On Kandhamal Violence‏ Posted: 23 Oct 2012 10:05 PM PDT Retired Archbishop Raphael Cheenath of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar is among 55 people asked to appear before a government-appointed commission probing the killing of a Hindu religious leader in Odisha, eastern India. The one-man commission headed by the Justice A S Naidu has asked them to appear either personally or through lawyers to record their statements on the [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Sri Lanka Must Eliminate Eelaam Ideology For Reconciliation To Succeed – OpEd Posted: 23 Oct 2012 09:55 PM PDT By Shenali Waduge The subjugation mentality as a result of over 500 years of occupationist colonial rule continues to haunt natives of these former colonies. Why, because they continue to or are made to think the white man has all the answers to the world’s ills. Unfortunately, despite coining all international laws, starting international humanitarian [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Haj 2012 Begins, Pilgrims Start Moving Into Mina Posted: 23 Oct 2012 08:59 PM PDT By Siraj Wahab Hundreds of thousands of white-clad believers, in buses, cars and on foot and all of them chanting “Labbaik Allahumma Labbaik” (“Here I am, O Allah, here I am”), began their trek last night to the nearby tent city of Mina in the first leg of the annual pilgrimage. Nearly 2 million pilgrims [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Haiti: Clinton Remarks At Caracol Industrial Park Opening Ceremony Posted: 23 Oct 2012 08:56 PM PDT By Hillary Rodham Clinton, US Secretary of State Good afternoon, and what an extraordinary honor and pleasure it is to be here with all of you today to celebrate Haiti’s progress with three presidents. It’s a little unusual, don’t you think? (Applause.) I want to begin by thanking President Martelly for his leadership and his [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

135 International Journalists To Attend Edward R. Murrow Program In US Posted: 23 Oct 2012 08:39 PM PDT The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs will welcome next week approximately 135 emerging international journalists from 90 countries for the seventh annual Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists. The Murrow program is a public-private partnership between the U.S. Department of State, the Aspen Institute, and nine leading U.S. schools of [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

IDF To Double Unit 8200 Cyber-War Manpower – OpEd Posted: 23 Oct 2012 08:20 PM PDT The Israel’s Channel 2 reports (Hebrew) that the IDF intends to double the manpower of its Unit 8200, which is charged with waging  cyber-war on Israel’s enemies.  It plays a role akin to the NSA here in the U.S. and was responsible for creating Stuxnet, Flame and the other cyber-viruses which have decimated Iran’s nuclear [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Kosovo: Belgrade Plays Smarter But Still With Nowhere To Go? – Analysis Posted: 23 Oct 2012 08:15 PM PDT The EU-led “dialogue” between Belgrade and Pristina will stall at some juncture because of the failure of the Quint and Pristina to accept a real compromise over the north, one that keeps it within Kosovo but also functionally part of Serbia. By Gerard M. Gallucci The EU managed on October 19 to get the prime ministers [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Georgia: Ivanishvili’s Incoming Government’s Program – Analysis Posted: 23 Oct 2012 08:11 PM PDT (Civil.Ge) — Georgia’s PM-designate Bidzina Ivanishvili and his cabinet plans to carry out “large-scale reforms in all strategic directions” ranging from constitutional reform to structural changes in the law enforcement agencies, according to incoming government’s program. (pdf file in Georgian). The Parliament is expected to confirm incoming government and its program “for Strong, Democratic, United Georgia” [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Vatican Butler Harmed Pope, Church, Court Says Posted: 23 Oct 2012 08:05 PM PDT The pope’s butler’s theft and leaking of confidential documents harmed the pontiff and the entire Catholic church, the Vatican court which convicted him has declared, according to Belfast Telegraph. The three-judge tribunal issued its written explanation of how it reached its October 6 ruling against Paolo Gabriele, who was convicted of aggravated theft and sentenced [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Mercedes-Benz Concept Style Coupe To Make Debut In Taiwan Posted: 23 Oct 2012 08:03 PM PDT Mercedes-Benz Taiwan announced Tuesday that Taipei will be the first city in Asia to set off the artistic campaign by Mercedes-Benz with Avant/Garde Diaries, a part of a series of festivities that premiered in Berlin earlier last year, and continued on to Copenhagen, Los Angeles, and London. Mercedes-Benz Taiwan has invited superstar A-MIT to be [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Google To Unveil LG Nexus 4 At Next Week’s Android Event Posted: 23 Oct 2012 07:59 PM PDT The LG Nexus 4 smartphone will be unveiled at next week’s Android event, it has been confirmed, according to Digital Spy. Amit Gujral, head of mobile with LG, revealed that the Google-branded device will be unwrapped at the New York press conference on October 29. “Google will unveil the LG Nexus on October 29 and [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Italy: Pistols, Ammunition Hidden Behind Naples Church Altar Posted: 23 Oct 2012 07:57 PM PDT Seven pistols and more than 250 rounds of ammunition were found hidden behind the altar of a Naples church last week, ANSA reported. Carabinieri police found and seized the weapons at the Maria Santo Spirito degli Angeli di Miano church near a neighborhood where a feud between the Via Anella Grassi gang and a splinter [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Protesters Gather In Pristina After Kosovo-Serbia Meeting Posted: 23 Oct 2012 07:51 PM PDT By Igor Jovanovic and Linda Karadaku Politicians from Serbia and Kosovo spoke the language of diplomacy on Friday (October 19th) after formal discussions with EU representatives in Brussels, but protests against the meeting by a Kosovo nationalist movement turned violent on Monday in Pristina. Members of Kosovo Movement Vetevendisje clashed with Kosovo police in front [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

The 9/11 Trial: Torturing Justice – OpEd Posted: 23 Oct 2012 07:48 PM PDT The last time the US government wheeled out Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the four other men accused of initiating and being involved in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 was in May this year, and, as is usual, the mainstream media turned out in force. That occasion was the formal arraignment of the men, [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

BBC Chief Testifies Before Parliament – OpEd Posted: 23 Oct 2012 07:45 PM PDT George Entwistle, the new director-general of the BBC, told members of Parliament today that there was no cover-up of the Jimmy Savile scandal, and that no pressure was put on “Newsnight” editor Peter Rippon to cancel a documentary on Savile last December; Rippon has “stepped aside” from the BBC for his role in this matter. [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Misgivings About Namo Begin To Subside In West – Analysis Posted: 23 Oct 2012 07:28 PM PDT The misgivings entertained till now in the West regarding the advisability of doing business as usual with Shri Narendra Modi, the Chief Minister of Gujarat, are showing signs of subsiding. That is the message that comes out loud and clear from the visit of Mr. James Bevan, the British High Commissioner to India, to Gujarat [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Obama-Romney: Who Can Better Manage The Same Old World? – Analysis Posted: 23 Oct 2012 07:24 PM PDT The third and the last US Presidential debate, a fortnight before the polling day, was held on Monday evening in the US. It was supposed to have been devoted almost exclusively to foreign policy, but economic issues kept intruding into the debate quite often and sometimes in a substantive manner. Even before the debate, it [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Former CIA Officer Pleads Guilty To Disclosing Classified Information About CIA Officer Posted: 23 Oct 2012 07:15 PM PDT Former CIA Officer John Kiriakou, 48, of Arlington, Virginia, pleaded guilty Tueday to disclosing to a journalist the name of a covert CIA officer and also admitted to disclosing information revealing the role of another CIA employee in classified activities. Kiriakou pleaded guilty to one count of intentionally disclosing information identifying a covert agent. As [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Iran Threatens To Stop Oil Exports, Considers Anti-Europe Sanctions Posted: 23 Oct 2012 07:08 PM PDT Iran warns that it could stop exporting oil, driving global crude prices up, should the US and allied Europe tighten sanctions further. For such a case, Tehran says, it has a contingency strategy to carry on without oil revenues. ­“If you continue to add to the sanctions, we will stop our oil exports to the [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Lance Armstrong And Jimmy Savile: How Government Surrended Charity To Celebrity – OpEd Posted: 23 Oct 2012 05:16 PM PDT Society should be asking the question; who should be charged with the caring for the mentally ill and the disabled? Should the responsibility of funding; the up keep, the treatment and the management of the weak and vulnerable be left in the hand of perverts and publicity-seekers. By Salim Fredericks Remarkable rises succeeded by dramatic [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Iran Says It Can Live Without Oil Money Posted: 23 Oct 2012 05:09 PM PDT Iran says it may stop exporting oil if international sanctions against it are intensified, adding that it has a contingency plan for running the country without oil revenues. According to Reuters, Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Ghassemi told reporters in Dubai on Tuesday October 23: “If sanctions intensify, we will stop exporting oil.” “We have prepared [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Obama And Romney: War Is Peace – OpEd Posted: 23 Oct 2012 05:04 PM PDT In last night’s presidential debate, both candidates claimed to run on a promise of peace and against the policies of George W. Bush. Obama criticized the Republicans for going to war in Iraq and took Romney to task for his bellicose rhetoric. A bit more surprisingly, Romney congratulated Obama on executing bin Laden but then [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Syria: Despite Denials, More Cluster Bomb Attacks Posted: 23 Oct 2012 04:55 PM PDT Mounting evidence shows that Syria’s air force is continuing to drop cluster bombs on towns across five governorates despite the Syrian army’s denial that it is using them, Human Rights Watch said today. Data compiled by Human Rights Watch shows an important increase in the use of cluster bombs in the past two weeks. The [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Several Labourers Injured After Thai, Burmese Nationals Clash Posted: 23 Oct 2012 04:52 PM PDT By Nang Mya Nadi Several people were seriously injured after violence erupted between Thai and Burmese labourers near a construction site in Thailand’s Ayutthaya province on Sunday. Tensions between Thai and Burmese nationals hired to help construct a power plant in in Ayutthaya’s Phachi district overflowed when a brawl between an estimated 800 people erupted [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Obama’s Betrayals: First The Base, Then The Party – OpEd Posted: 23 Oct 2012 04:49 PM PDT We know that there isn’t much “Hope” for “Change” — at least for progressive change — should President Obama win a second term as president. Even when he had the chance, with Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress during the first two years of his presidency, and with a solid mandate from the voters [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.