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Monday 20 May 2013

“‘Anonymous’ Hackers Convicted And Sentenced In UK” plus 26 more : Eurasia Review

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Posted: 19 May 2013 12:07 PM PDT
Four British men who belonged to a splinter group of “Anonymous,” an underground organization suspected of perpetrating cyber attacks on sensitive organizations in the United Kingdom and the United States, were imprisoned on Friday following an extensive manhunt by Britain’s Metropolitan Police in London and a plea bargain with the Crown Prosecution Service. Southwark Crown [...] The post ‘Anonymous’ Hackers Convicted And Sentenced In UK appeared first on Eurasia...

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Posted: 19 May 2013 12:03 PM PDT
A guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles has sold for $408,000 (£269,000) at auction, BBC News reported. The custom-made instrument, built in 1966 by the VOX company, was bought by an unidentified U.S. buyer in New York. Harrison played I Am The Walrus on the guitar in a scene from [...] The post John Lennon’s Guitar Auctioned For $408,000 appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 19 May 2013 12:01 PM PDT
Germans lamented their unexpectedly poor showing at the Eurovision Song Contest, blaming Chancellor Angela Merkel’s tough stance in the euro zone crisis for their failure to win any points from 34 of the 39 countries voting, Reuters said. Denmark’s Emmelie de Forest won the event, watched by around 125 million people across Europe, with 281 [...] The post Germans Blame Poor Eurovision Results On Merkel’s Stance In Eurozone Crisis appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 19 May 2013 11:53 AM PDT
Activity at local markets in North Korea has picked up in recent weeks since Pyongyang toned down threats of war against South Korea and the U.S., according to traders along the Chinese border. Both black and authorized markets had quieted down during weeks of rising tensions on the Korean peninsula in March and April, with [...] The post North Korea’s Local Markets Bustle As War Threat Fades appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 19 May 2013 11:44 AM PDT
PLO official Hanan Ashrawi on Sunday condemned the European Union’s decision to delay the labeling of settlement products following a request from US Secretary of State John Kerry. “This once again brings into question the American role in negotiations as a credible mediator,” Ashrawi said in a statement. “Rather than providing Israel with immunity, the [...] The post Ashrawi Slams EU Decision To Delay Labeling Settlement Products appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 19 May 2013 11:40 AM PDT
Residents of Manhattan will not just sweat harder from rising temperatures in the future, says a new study; many may die. Researchers say deaths linked to warming climate may rise some 20 percent by the 2020s, and, in some worst-case scenarios, 90 percent or more by the 2080s. Higher winter temperatures may partially offset heat-related [...] The post Manhattan Expected To See Rise In Heat-Related Deaths appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 19 May 2013 11:36 AM PDT
How will rainfall patterns across the tropical Indian and Pacific regions change in a future warming world? Climate models generally suggest that the tropics as a whole will get wetter, but the models don’t always agree on where rainfall patterns will shift in particular regions within the tropics. A new study, published online May 19 [...] The post Scientists Explore Roots Of Future Tropical Rainfall appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 19 May 2013 11:34 AM PDT
Israel should strengthen an announced reduction of its military use of white phosphorus munitions by banning all use of “air-burst” white phosphorus munitions in populated areas without exception. Human Rights Watch has also urged all countries to make white phosphorus illegal when used as an incendiary weapon. On May 13, 2013, the Israeli Supreme Court [...] The post Israel Should Strengthen White Phosphorus Phase-Out, Says HRW appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 19 May 2013 11:32 AM PDT
(RFE/RL) — Police in Pakistan say gunmen have killed a woman politician who was a senior member of former cricket star Imran Khan’s party. Police said Zohra Shahid Hussain was shot outside her home in the southern port city of Karachi on May 18. The gunmen escaped, and there was no immediate claim of responsibility. [...] The post Pakistan: Senior Member Of Imran Khan’s PTI Gunned Down Ahead Of Karachi Vote appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 19 May 2013 11:26 AM PDT
Algeria is competing to be the next Arab nation to witness a popular revolt. That is assuming soccer is a barometer of rising discontent in a region experiencing a wave of mass protests that have already toppled the leaders of Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and Yemen and sparked civil war in Syria. In fact, there is [...] The post Algeria: Middle East’s Next Revolt If Soccer Is A Barometer – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 19 May 2013 11:25 AM PDT
By Sarfraz Ali Pakistan’s 2013 elections have spelled doom for all banned outfits as more than its 62 election candidates who vied for 70 seats failed to clinch even a single one out of total 849 seats of national and provincial assembly constituencies in Pakistan. Through their right of franchise, more than 86 million registered [...] The post 86 Million Pakistani Voters Say ‘No’ To Extremists – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 19 May 2013 11:22 AM PDT
The Iranian government on Sunday executed two men that is claims were working for international spy agencies, Iran’s Fars news agency reported on Sunday. The two men who have been killed were allegedly passing information to the CIA, the US intelligence service, and Israel’s Mossad. Reuters named the two men as Mohammad Heidari and Kourosh [...] The post Iran Hangs Two Men Accused Of Spying For US, Israel appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 19 May 2013 10:44 AM PDT
The recent Philippine-Taiwan row over a fishing incident, which unfortunately led to one elderly Taiwanese fishermen getting killed, drew light on the growing regional fishing and maritime jurisdictional disputes coming in the wake of China’s illegal virtual occupation of Bajo de Masinloc in the West Philippine Sea. The incident, which occurred in a body of [...] The post A Maritime Nation Coming To Its Senses? – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 19 May 2013 10:36 AM PDT
North Korea has fired a short-range missile into the Sea of Japan, a Seoul military official said, one day after firing three short-range guided missiles. Meanwhile, South Korea has deployed precision-guided missiles on its border islands. Seoul has placed Israeli precision-guided missiles capable of hitting North Korean targets on its Yellow Sea border islands, Yonhap [...] The post North Korea Fires Another Short-Range Missile, Fourth In 2 Days appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 18 May 2013 11:08 PM PDT
By Stephen Zunes The worsening violence and repression in Syria has left policymakers scrambling to think of ways the United States could help end the bloodshed and support those seeking to dislodge the Assad regime. The desperate desire to “do something” has led to increasing calls for the United States to provide military aid to [...] The post Despite Horrific Repression, The US Should Stay Out Of Syria – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 18 May 2013 11:02 PM PDT
Swiss Finance Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf says a resolution may be not far off to end a long-running dispute with the United States over Swiss banks accused of helping wealthy Americans evade billions of dollars of taxes. “We are on the point of presenting a solution,” Widmer-Schlumpf told Swiss national radio on Saturday. Several points still [...] The post Swiss Minister Says End To US Tax Dispute In Sight appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 18 May 2013 11:00 PM PDT
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Araqchi says the United States’ opposition and lack of commitment to various international disarmament conventions are obstacles to advancing the issue of global disarmament. Pointing to the US’s 16-year opposition to bringing up the issue of disarmament in the UN Disarmament Conference, Araqchi said, “The US has, for all practical [...] The post Iran Says US Preventing Global Denuclearization And International Peace appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 18 May 2013 10:58 PM PDT
The eldest son of Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi has called on Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei to direct Iranian security forces to desist from “unethical and immoral” actions and “the confiscation of the personal property of dissidents.” Saham News reports that in a letter of May 17, Hossein Karroubi writes to Ayatollah Khamenei: “Did [...] The post Iran: Opposition Leader’s Son Complains To Supreme Leader Khamenei appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 18 May 2013 10:51 PM PDT
The 1998 QE2 asteroid has the physical mass to potentially deliver life on Earth a knockout punch, being 2.7km in length. It is to buzz our planet on May 31, awing the stargazing community. Officially known as Asteroid 1998 QE2, the ‘minor planet’, as astronomers refer to these space objects, is about nine times the [...] The post Asteroid 9 Times Size Of Ocean Liner To Buzz Earth On May 31 appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 18 May 2013 10:46 PM PDT
Mercedes-Benz presented its new S-Class at a special event this week at the Airbus A380 delivery center in Hamburg-Finkenwerder As “Germany’s most valuable package,” the star of the event had previously been flown from Stuttgart to Hamburg in an Airbus A300-600 freighter operated by DHL – just in time to celebrate the world premiere with [...] The post Mercedes-Benz Presents S-Class In Event At Airbus A380 Delivery Center appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 18 May 2013 10:36 PM PDT
A tiny capuchin monkey belonging to Justin Bieber won lifetime residency in Germany on Saturday after the singer’s agents said Bieber would not try to recover his confiscated pet. Mally, aged five months, is destined for an unnamed German zoo to be integrated into a tribe of capuchins. Animal welfare officials refuse to say which [...] The post Germany Grants Residency To Justin Bieber’s Monkey appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 18 May 2013 10:34 PM PDT
Saturday morning in the Vatican Apostolic Palace, the Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel was received in audience by Pope Francis, the Vatican said in a statement. Following the meeting with the Pope, Merkel met with Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, secretary for Relations with States. According to the Vatican, the conversations centered on the long history [...] The post Germany’s Merkel Meets Pope Francis At Vatican appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 18 May 2013 10:21 PM PDT
By Aijaz Zaka Syed In the run-up to what is being viewed as Pakistan’s truly historic elections, an old Pakistani reader of mine from Saudi Arabia wrote in, twice, to ask: “Not a word on Pakistan’s elections so far! Why?” Missives like these, most humbling as they are, make up for all the dull hours [...] The post Echoes Of Arab Spring In Pakistan – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 18 May 2013 10:18 PM PDT
By Alsir Sidahmed The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) meeting later this month could represent a landmark in terms of how the group will prepare to handle difficulties ahead. The difficulty arises from the fact that for foreseeable future, or fo the next five years at least, OPEC will see that whatever demand prevails [...] The post OPEC’s Renewed Challenge – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 18 May 2013 10:13 PM PDT
Denmark’s Emmelie de Forest won in the final of 2013 Eurovision, Europe’s most popular song contest, after performing her song “Only Teardrops” at the Malmo Arena in Sweden. The grand finale was held May 18 featuring 26 performers – 20 winners of the two semi-finals, as well as representatives of the host country Sweden and [...] The post Denmark’s Emmelie De Forest Wins 2013 Eurovision appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 18 May 2013 10:09 PM PDT
If the latest development in Somalia gives you the feeling of being trapped in the Twilight Zone—somewhere between relative security and renewed bloodshed—you are not alone. Due to the array of competing internal and external interest groups and the federal government’s lack of clear grand strategy or capacity to assert its authority, the formation of [...] The post Somalia And The Slippery Slope Of ‘Jubbaland’ – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 18 May 2013 10:02 PM PDT
The 17th Session of the India-Iran Joint Commission which was held on May 4 in Tehran was co-chaired by Ali Akbar Salehi, foreign minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Salman Khurshid, external affairs minister of India. Besides bilateral and regional issues of mutual interest, the matter of “reviving” Indian participation in the Chabahar [...] The post Stung By Gwadar, India Looks For Business In Chabahar – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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