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• ACLU Sues FBI Over Surveillance Of News Organizations
• Catholic Church Sees Numbers Increase Across Global South
• ISAF Says Not Seeing Mass Group Of Insurgents In Helmand
• Global Action Needed To Fight Organized Crime Links To Illegal Wildlife Trade
• EU Threat To Visa Regime Worries Macedonia
• Fear And Loathing In Kosovo – Analysis
• Kyrgyzstan May Not Renew US Lease On Manas Air Base
• Afghanistan: Radio Station Technician And Host Murdered In Kapisa Valley
• Uzbek Radical Arrested On Terrorism And WMD Charges In Northwest US
• Afghanistan Sees Sharp Increase In Women Jailed For ‘Moral Crimes’
• Drone Strikes In Pakistan Won’t Eliminate Jihadi Threat
• Bolivia: Morales To Run For President Third Term
• US Continues Crackdown On Bitcoin
• Using Gold Nanoparticles To Fight Ovarian Cancer
• India: Protest Meeting Demands Punishment Of Media House Attackers
• Mother Nature’s Message To Mankind‏ – OpEd
• Global Capital And The Nation State – OpEd
• Bhutan: Is Democracy A Reality? – Analysis
• Sri Lanka: Why Are The Tamil Refugees Not Returning? – Analysis
• India, China And The American Pivot: Should New Delhi Reassess Its Strategy? – Analysis
• Bhutan: Democratically Challenged? – Analysis
• Nepal: Deciphering Prachanda’s ‘Trilateral’ Strategy To Balance India And China – Analysis
• Algeria Energy Profile: Important Provider Of Natural Gas To Europe – Analysis
• Deadly SARS-Like Virus Spreads To Tunisia: 3 Cases Confirmed, 1 Death
• Patrick Buchanan: The Spectator President – OpEd
• Oklahoma Tornado Death Toll Lowered To 24
• 85,000 US Veterans Treated For Sex Abuse In 2012
• Oil Prices Rise As Investors Await Federal Reserve’s Latest Views On US Economy
• HRW Says No Progress In Sri Lanka Four Years On
• Promoting International Joint Investigations To Counter Terrorism In South-East Asia – OpEd

ACLU Sues FBI Over Surveillance Of News Organizations Posted: 21 May 2013 01:03 PM PDT The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said Tuesday it has sued the FBI in a freedom of the press lawsuit on behalf of two editors at a libertarian online magazine. According to the ACLU, after learning that their Bay Area-based site, Antiwar.com, was the subject of FBI surveillance, Eric Garris and Justin Raimondo sought the [...] The post ACLU Sues FBI Over Surveillance Of News Organizations appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Catholic Church Sees Numbers Increase Across Global South Posted: 21 May 2013 12:49 PM PDT By Alessandro Speciale (Religion News Service) — Gains in Asia and Africa are making up for losses in Europe among the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics, according to Vatican statistics released May 13, signaling a shift of the church’s center of gravity toward the Global South that was heralded by the election of the first Latin [...] The post Catholic Church Sees Numbers Increase Across Global South appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

ISAF Says Not Seeing Mass Group Of Insurgents In Helmand Posted: 21 May 2013 12:14 PM PDT The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan denied Tuesday media reports of a massive group of insurgents attacking checkpoints in Helmand, Afghanistan. While admitting that there have been reports of some attacks on police checkpoints, Col. Thomas Collins, an ISAF spokesperson, said the numbers that have been reported are exaggerated. “The International Security Assistance [...] The post ISAF Says Not Seeing Mass Group Of Insurgents In Helmand appeared first on... To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Global Action Needed To Fight Organized Crime Links To Illegal Wildlife Trade Posted: 21 May 2013 12:06 PM PDT There is a need for a more systematic and global approach to information gathering in the fight against the illegal trade in wildlife, according to INTERPOL. INTERPOL argued for the changes Tuesday at a conference hosted by The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge, and which was convened by The Prince’s International Sustainability [...] The post Global Action Needed To Fight Organized Crime Links To Illegal Wildlife Trade appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

EU Threat To Visa Regime Worries Macedonia Posted: 21 May 2013 11:58 AM PDT By Sinisa Jakov Marusic In a bid to head off moves to reassess the visa-free regime, Macedonia says the number of asylum seekers in the EU from the Balkans is falling. Macedonia’s Foreign Ministry says numbers of asylum seekers heading for the EU from the region are falling. The ministry spoke out following reports of [...] The post EU Threat To Visa Regime Worries Macedonia appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Fear And Loathing In Kosovo – Analysis Posted: 21 May 2013 11:53 AM PDT The conflict over the north has been – and remains – zero sum. No matter what the Kosovo Albanians say to their internationals, the local Serbs do not believe that they will be allowed to remain in possession of the land, water and border with Serbia in the north should they be forced to accept [...] The post Fear And Loathing In Kosovo – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Kyrgyzstan May Not Renew US Lease On Manas Air Base Posted: 21 May 2013 11:51 AM PDT The Kyrgyz government has penned a bill that would see the closure of the US-leased Manas air base in July next year. The country will lose $60 million for not extending the contract. The US has maintained a presence at Manas International Airport near the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek since 2001. The base has been a [...] The post Kyrgyzstan May Not Renew US Lease On Manas Air Base appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Afghanistan: Radio Station Technician And Host Murdered In Kapisa Valley Posted: 21 May 2013 11:10 AM PDT Reporters Without Borders said Tuesday that it is saddened to learn that the body of Mohammad Hassin Hashemi, a 30-year-old employee of local radio Nadjhrab in the northeastern Kapisa Valley, was found near his home Monday, 18 days after he disappeared. Hashemi was apparently shot in the head the day after he went missing. His [...] The post Afghanistan: Radio Station Technician And Host Murdered In Kapisa Valley appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Uzbek Radical Arrested On Terrorism And WMD Charges In Northwest US Posted: 21 May 2013 10:10 AM PDT By John Storey Fazliddin Kurbanov, a man with no known criminal record besides two traffic violations, was arrested by U.S. federal agents last Thursday at his home in Boise, Idaho after being indicted on charges related to weapons of mass destruction and terrorism. Two separate federal grand juries in Utah and Idaho indicted Kurbanov on [...] The post Uzbek Radical Arrested On Terrorism And WMD Charges In Northwest US appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Afghanistan Sees Sharp Increase In Women Jailed For ‘Moral Crimes’ Posted: 21 May 2013 10:05 AM PDT There has been a sharp rise in Afghanistan of women and girls being imprisoned for ‘moral crimes,’ warned Human Rights Watch this Tuesday. Upon that backdrop, HRW is urging the Afghan government to take urgent steps to halt what it describes as an alarming increase of these detentions, although it notes senior government officials in [...] The post Afghanistan Sees Sharp Increase In Women Jailed For ‘Moral Crimes’ appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Drone Strikes In Pakistan Won’t Eliminate Jihadi Threat Posted: 21 May 2013 09:52 AM PDT Drone strikes alone will not eliminate the jihadi threat in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), but rather the extension of Pakistani law and full constitutional rights to the region is the only long-term solution. This is the main argument of the International Crisis Group, in its latest report, Drones: Myths and Reality in Pakistan, which [...] The post Drone Strikes In Pakistan Won’t Eliminate Jihadi Threat appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Bolivia: Morales To Run For President Third Term Posted: 21 May 2013 09:36 AM PDT While in the Andean nation the mobilization called by the COB (Bolivian Workers Center) main trade union demanding reform of the pension law continues, the government approved a constitutional amendment to allow President Evo Morales to run for a third term in 2014. The amendment was signed into law by Vice President Garcia Linera in [...] The post Bolivia: Morales To Run For President Third Term appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

US Continues Crackdown On Bitcoin Posted: 21 May 2013 09:01 AM PDT By Valentin Mândrăşescu Bitcoin, the digital cryptocurrency, is starting to attract the attention of the US government. It seems that the American authorities would like to destroy the digital currency before it could become a widespread alternative to the US dollar. The Department of Homeland Security has closed Mt.Gox, the biggest Bitcoin exchange in America, [...] The post US Continues Crackdown On Bitcoin appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Using Gold Nanoparticles To Fight Ovarian Cancer Posted: 21 May 2013 08:57 AM PDT Positively charged gold nanoparticles are usually toxic to cells, but cancer cells somehow manage to avoid nanoparticle toxicity. Mayo Clinic researchers found out why and determined how to make the nanoparticles effective against ovarian cancer cells. “This study identifies a novel mechanism that protects ovarian cancer cells by preventing the cell death or apoptosis which [...] The post Using Gold Nanoparticles To Fight Ovarian Cancer appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

India: Protest Meeting Demands Punishment Of Media House Attackers Posted: 21 May 2013 08:54 AM PDT A protest meeting of media at Guwahati Press Club on Tuesday (May 21, 2013) has urged Tripura chief minister Manik Sarkar to take appropriate actions to punish the assailants, who killed three newspaper employees in Agartala on last Sunday (May 19). The meeting also resolved in demanding the Communist party ruled State government to compensate [...] The post India: Protest Meeting Demands Punishment Of Media House Attackers appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Mother Nature’s Message To Mankind‏ – OpEd Posted: 21 May 2013 08:40 AM PDT After a tornado tore through Moore, Oklahoma in 1999, people returned and rebuilt their homes and other structures destroyed by it. Many of the homes, instead of including a basement, were rebuilt on concrete slabs that offer no protection when high winds tear them loose. The elementary school was believed to be strong enough to [...] The post Mother Nature’s Message To Mankind‏ – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Global Capital And The Nation State – OpEd Posted: 21 May 2013 08:38 AM PDT As global capital becomes ever more powerful, giant corporations are holding governments and citizens up for ransom — eliciting subsidies and tax breaks from countries concerned about their nation’s “competitiveness” — while sheltering their profits in the lowest-tax jurisdictions they can find. Major advanced countries — and their citizens — need a comprehensive tax agreement [...] The post Global Capital And The Nation State – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Bhutan: Is Democracy A Reality? – Analysis Posted: 21 May 2013 08:35 AM PDT By Kunkhen Dorji According to the government of Bhutan, the first historical election on 24 March 2008 was a huge success, and democracy is on the right track in the Himalayan kingdom. But many are critical of such analyses and assert that it is a controlled democracy and the monarchy still calls the shots. Why [...] The post Bhutan: Is Democracy A Reality? – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Sri Lanka: Why Are The Tamil Refugees Not Returning? – Analysis Posted: 21 May 2013 08:30 AM PDT By Prof. V. Suryanarayan A few years ago, Kasi Ananthan, the Poet Laureate of Tamil Eelam, wrote, “How long may we stay in another man’s land?” He added, “The parrot and the woodpecker may return to their nests without hindrance, but we, the Tamil refugees, may not”. Four years have elapsed since the decimation of [...] The post Sri Lanka: Why Are The Tamil Refugees Not Returning? – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

India, China And The American Pivot: Should New Delhi Reassess Its Strategy? – Analysis Posted: 21 May 2013 08:28 AM PDT By Anu Krishnan India has been playing a passive role in the US pivot. Does the recent incursion in Ladakh by China alter this role? Should India perceive the American pivot as an opportunity and use it to its advantage? Will such a strategy antagonize China further? Implications of the American Pivot for India’s Interests [...] The post India, China And The American Pivot: Should New Delhi Reassess Its Strategy? – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Bhutan: Democratically Challenged? – Analysis Posted: 21 May 2013 08:24 AM PDT By Marian Gallenkamp There are a number of analysts and activists who would strongly reject the question mark at the end of this commentary’s title, and instead replace it with an exclamation mark. Then there are others, whose romanticised vision of a last ‘Shangri La’ cloud their perspective on the, not so romantic, reality of [...] The post Bhutan: Democratically Challenged? – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Nepal: Deciphering Prachanda’s ‘Trilateral’ Strategy To Balance India And China – Analysis Posted: 21 May 2013 08:16 AM PDT By Sohan Prasad Sha Last month, Nepal’s top Maoist leader made two widely reported trips to China and India in quick succession. The trips by Pushpa Kumar Dahal – better known by his nom de guerre Prachanda – sought to whip up support for his idea of a ‘trilateral cooperation’ between Nepal, India, and China, [...] The post Nepal: Deciphering Prachanda’s ‘Trilateral’ Strategy To Balance India And China – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Algeria Energy Profile: Important Provider Of Natural Gas To Europe – Analysis Posted: 21 May 2013 08:13 AM PDT Algeria is the largest natural gas producer and second largest oil producer, after Nigeria, in Africa. It became a member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in 1969, shortly after it began oil production in 1958. Currently, the country is heavily reliant on its hydrocarbon sector, which accounted for almost 70 percent [...] The post Algeria Energy Profile: Important Provider Of Natural Gas To Europe – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Deadly SARS-Like Virus Spreads To Tunisia: 3 Cases Confirmed, 1 Death Posted: 21 May 2013 08:07 AM PDT A 66 year-old Tunisian man has died from the coronavirus, following a visit to Saudi Arabia, according to a Health Ministry statement. The man’s two children were also diagnosed with the virus but have since undergone treatment and recovered. It’s the first case of the SARS-like virus in Tunisia and shows how the virus is [...] The post Deadly SARS-Like Virus Spreads To Tunisia: 3 Cases Confirmed, 1 Death appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Patrick Buchanan: The Spectator President – OpEd Posted: 21 May 2013 08:03 AM PDT No, this is not Watergate or Iran-Contra. Nor is it like the sex scandal that got Bill Clinton impeached. The AP, IRS and Benghazi matters represent a scandal not of presidential wrongdoing, but of presidential indolence, indifference and incompetence in discharging the duties of chief executive. The Barack Obama revealed to us in recent days [...] The post Patrick Buchanan: The Spectator President – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Oklahoma Tornado Death Toll Lowered To 24 Posted: 21 May 2013 08:01 AM PDT Officials in Oklahoma have revised to 24 the number of bodies recovered after a tornado devastated the town of Moore, in the central U.S. state of Oklahoma. Earlier, 51 people were reported killed. Officials attributed the higher number to counting bodies twice in the chaos following the storm that struck late Monday. They said additional [...] The post Oklahoma Tornado Death Toll Lowered To 24 appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

85,000 US Veterans Treated For Sex Abuse In 2012 Posted: 21 May 2013 07:58 AM PDT More than 85,000 US veterans received medical treatment for sex abuse trauma in 2012, while only 4,000 applied for disability benefits. The numbers portray the shocking long-term consequences of sex abuse, days after the Pentagon acknowledged the problem. The data shows the long-term financial and emotional costs of sexual assault in the military for both [...] The post 85,000 US Veterans Treated For Sex Abuse In 2012 appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Oil Prices Rise As Investors Await Federal Reserve’s Latest Views On US Economy Posted: 20 May 2013 10:58 PM PDT The price of oil rose toward $97 per barrel Tuesday, May 21, but gains were checked as investors waited for the Federal Reserve’s latest views on the U.S. economy, The Associated Press reported. Benchmark crude for June delivery was up 16 cents to $96.87 per barrel at midday Bangkok time in electronic trading on the [...] The post Oil Prices Rise As Investors Await Federal Reserve’s Latest Views On US Economy appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

HRW Says No Progress In Sri Lanka Four Years On Posted: 20 May 2013 10:54 PM PDT Respect for basic rights and liberties has declined in Sri Lanka in the four years since the government defeated the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). This week marks the fourth anniversary of the brutal civil war’s end. Since the end of the 26-year-long civil war, the Sri Lankan government of President Mahinda Rajapaksa has [...] The post HRW Says No Progress In Sri Lanka Four Years On appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Promoting International Joint Investigations To Counter Terrorism In South-East Asia – OpEd Posted: 20 May 2013 09:59 PM PDT By Mike Smith Terrorism continues to pose a grave threat to the political stability, economic progress and security, not just of individual States, but of entire regions. It is therefore essential that States work to strengthen their cooperation and afford one another the greatest measure of assistance in connection with criminal investigations and proceedings in [...] The post Promoting International Joint Investigations To Counter Terrorism In South-East Asia – OpEd appeared first on... To continue reading this article, click on the headline.