Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Tuesday 21 May 2013

“Burma’s Thein Sein White House Visit Is Reward For Reforms” plus 29 more : Eurasia Review

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Posted: 20 May 2013 01:54 PM PDT
Burmese President Thein Sein is visiting the White House, becoming the first leader of his nation to do so in nearly half a century. It marks the latest U.S. effort to reward him for introducing reforms after decades of military rule. The White House meeting with President Barack Obama also represents a rapid diplomatic boost [...] The post Burma’s Thein Sein White House Visit Is Reward For Reforms appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 20 May 2013 01:48 PM PDT
The US State Department released Monday its 2012 International Religious Freedom Report, which notes that religious freedom is declining in many parts of the world. Speaking at its presentation, Secretary of State John Kerry said the report, “shines light on the challenges that people face as they seek nothing more than the basic religious freedom, [...] The post US State Department Releases 2012 International Religious Freedom Report appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 20 May 2013 01:13 PM PDT
Chinese authorities in Inner Mongolia are investigating fresh clashes between ethnic minority Mongolian herders and Han Chinese settlers over land, as Beijing continues to expand farming and mining in the area, an official source said on Monday. A dozen Mongolian herders in were “severely beaten” while defending their grazing lands after “more than a hundred” [...] The post China: Police Probe Fresh Clashes In Inner Mongolia appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 20 May 2013 12:56 PM PDT
By Yulia Zamanskaya Despite giving lip service to the problems of global warming and climate change in its new National Strategy for the Arctic Region, the new document largely focuses on how the US can exploit the region’s vast untapped oil, gas and mineral resources while paying little to no attention to the values of [...] The post US Arctic Strategy A Hazard To Us All – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 20 May 2013 12:52 PM PDT
By Roberto Savio The European Union has asked its citizens to brace for further economic misery. In a report on European economic prospects released on May 3, the European Commission said that further deterioration is expected to last at least until 2015. But, as every such report says, things will then get better! Unemployment in [...] The post The European Dream Fading Away – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 20 May 2013 12:32 PM PDT
By Jim Garamone The United States continues to call on North Korean leaders to exercise restraint and abide by their international obligations, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said today. North Korea fired five short-range missiles in the past three days, and reporters asked Little if this is a North Korean return to the provocative behavior [...] The post US Eyes North Korean Missile Launches appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 20 May 2013 10:53 AM PDT
By Husain Abdulla More than two years after peaceful demonstrators took to the streets to demand reforms, Bahrain’s uprising has not abated. Activists and opposition groups continue to demand the basic human rights and political reforms promised to them by their government. Rather than meet the opposition’s calls for reform, the government of Bahrain has [...] The post In Bahrain An Uprising Unabated – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 20 May 2013 10:43 AM PDT
By Faisal Kutty A tipoff from a prominent Toronto imam more than a year ago appears to be at the heart of arrests at the end of April in the alleged VIA Rail terror plot in Canada. In fact, counterterrorism police began their press briefing by thanking Muslim leaders. Even in the Boston marathon tragedy, national and local Muslim organizations have condemned the bombings. [...] The post Muslims And The War On Terror – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 20 May 2013 10:19 AM PDT
“What do you expect when you target the President?” This is what an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agent allegedly said to the head of a conservative organization that was being audited after calling for the impeachment of then-President Clinton. Recent revelations that IRS agents gave “special scrutiny” to organizations opposed to the current administration’s policies [...] The post Ron Paul: The IRS’s Job Is To Violate Our Liberties – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 20 May 2013 10:16 AM PDT
North Korea launched another two short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan on Monday, marking the third straight day of firings, South Korea’s defense ministry said, Yonhap reported. Both appeared to be KN-02 surface-to-surface missiles, a ministry official said. “We are closely watching the movements of the North’s military in case of further launches,” he [...] The post North Korea Fires Missiles For Third Day In Row appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 20 May 2013 09:40 AM PDT
By Muhamet Brajshori By launching a free trade regime with the EU, as part of its Stabilisation Association Agreement, Kosovo is hoping to increase the amount of agricultural products that it exports to the 27 member countries in order to improve revenues. Arta Istrefi, an advisor to the trade minister of Kosovo, said that the [...] The post Kosovo Looks To EU Trade Agreement appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 20 May 2013 09:38 AM PDT
By Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Last week, thousands of mourners gathered at the remains of the Rana Plaza factory complex in Bangladesh to pray for the 1,127 people who died when it collapsed on 24 April. The poignant remembrance of the victims of this dreadful tragedy came amid a succession [...] The post Bangladesh: Industry And Human Rights – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 20 May 2013 09:20 AM PDT
On 11 May 2013, only minutes before the deadline, a surprise candidate registered himself to stand in the Iranian presidential elections due to be held on 14 June. The current incumbent – the controversial Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – has served his statutory two terms, although whether he was in fact entitled to his second period in [...] The post Iran: New President, New Direction? – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 20 May 2013 09:08 AM PDT
By Prof. B. R. Deepak Wealth (fu) and power (qiang) has remained the dream of China throughout its long history. The best manifestation of this is reflected during the modern period when China was down and out with the defeats it suffered at the hands of foreign powers starting from the Opium War (1840). The [...] The post Li Keqiang’s India Visit: Why Trade And Not Border High On Agenda – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 20 May 2013 09:06 AM PDT
Russia and Peru will sign a contract to upgrade Lima’s fleet of Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters by the end of May, Konstantin Biryulin, deputy head of Russia’s Federal Military-Technical Cooperation Service, said on Monday, May 20, according to RIA Novosti. Belarus sold around twenty of the fighter jets to Peru in 1997. According to defenseindustrydaily.com, [...] The post Russia, Peru To Sign MiG-29 Jet Upgrade Contract appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 20 May 2013 09:02 AM PDT
By Dr. Subhash Kapila Introductory Observations The South China Sea region has been converted into a militarily turbulent one due to the illegal claims by China declaring sovereignty over the entire South China Sea. China in the process has not only resorted to escalated military brinkmanship but also resorted to use of armed force and [...] The post South China Sea: Indian Defence Minister Makes Strong Assertions – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 20 May 2013 08:59 AM PDT
By Florian Franze Foreign minister Guido Westerwelle expressed hopes that Serbia’s deal with Kosovo would be properly implemented so that Belgrade will get a start date for EU accession talks. Westerwelle said that if tangible results are achieved in the implementation of the Belgrade-Pristina deal, he could send a positive signal to his country’s parliament [...] The post German Foreign Minister Encourages Serbia’s EU Progress appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 20 May 2013 08:56 AM PDT
By Lucia Pivetta Another fishing incident has recently sparked friction in the seas off China’s coast, this time in the South China Sea, drawing attention to the volatility and militarisation of the region. On 15 May, the island of Taiwan, which is claimed by China, imposed sanctions on the Philippines. This occurred when the Philippines [...] The post Another Hotspot In The Chinese Seas – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 20 May 2013 08:54 AM PDT
There is a link between use of anabolic-androgenic steroids and reduced mental health later in life. This is the main conclusion of a new study on elite male strength athletes that researchers from the University of Gothenburg recently published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Twenty per cent of the subjects in the study [...] The post The Use Of Anabolic steroids May Affect Future Mental Health appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 20 May 2013 08:50 AM PDT
By David Swanson There’s a contradiction built into every campaign promise about transparent government beyond the failure to keep the promises.  Our government is, in significant portion, made up of secret operations, operations that include warmaking, kidnapping, torture, assassination, and infiltrating and overthrowing governments.  A growing movement is ready to see that end. The Central [...] The post CIA: An Idea Whose Time Has Gone – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 20 May 2013 08:18 AM PDT
By Giriraj Bhattacharjee On April 19, 2013, an Inspector of a commando unit of the Assam Police, identified as Lohit Sonowal, two militants of the ‘Independent’ faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA-I), and one civilian, were killed in an encounter at Kordoiguri village in Tinsukia District. The militants killed in the encounter [...] The post India: Assam Troubled Again? – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 20 May 2013 08:15 AM PDT
By Fakir Mohan Pradhan Inflicting significant losses on the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), the Greyhounds commando Force of the Andhra Pradesh Police (AP), on April 16, 2013, shot dead at least nine Maoists in a fierce encounter at Puvarti village in the Sukma District of Chhattisgarh, close to the Inter-State border with Andhra Pradesh. [...] The post India Anti-Maoist Operations: Vital Intelligence – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 20 May 2013 08:13 AM PDT
Saudi Arabia, under domestic and international pressure to grant women sporting rights, is creating separate stadium sections so that female spectators and journalists can attend soccer matches in a country that has no public physical education or sporting facilities for women. The move announced by the recently elected head of the Saudi Football Federation, Ahmed [...] The post Saudi Arabia To Allow Women Into Stadiums – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 20 May 2013 08:09 AM PDT
Two militants who were planning terrorist attack were captured today during the special operation performed by FSB in the suburban town of Orekhovo-Zuevo “In the course of the operation one FSB officer was injured”, says the National Anti-Terrorism Committee of the Russian Federation. Earlier, NAC reported that during the special operation a group of three [...] The post Two Militants Captured In Moscow, Planning Terrorist Attack appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 20 May 2013 08:06 AM PDT
Two al-Qaeda militants were killed in an American drone strike in central Yemen on Monday, AFP reported. The attack took place in the Khobza area of the central province of Baida, the agency quoted an unnamed official as saying. Yemen’s defense ministry reported that “two members of Al-Qaeda as they as they left a farm [...] The post US Drone Strike In Yemen Kills Two Suspected Al-Qaeda Members appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 20 May 2013 08:01 AM PDT
It was the time to go to the barricades, not just unionized labor but the rest of America’s middle class that union activism had helped create. It was the time to reverse the ill-advised globalist course in which Reagan and Bush Sr. had taken the nation. And, as it later proved out, it was to [...] The post Remembering Perot: Last Chance For Americans Against Globalization – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 20 May 2013 07:55 AM PDT
America’s ticking debt bomb has been reset. Washington has suspended the debt ceiling, setting a date, and not a concrete dollar sum as a deadline, an unprecedented first in US history. Citing ‘extraordinary measures’, the US Treasury has further delayed tackling America’s debt, and will wait until Labor Day, September 2nd, to revisit the burgeoning [...] The post Debt Ceiling Suspended As US Takes On $300bn In New Debt After Hitting $16.7 Trillion appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 20 May 2013 07:52 AM PDT
By Scott Stearns U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry travels Monday to the Middle East for talks on holding a Syrian peace conference. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said he doubts the U.S./Russian initiative can stop the fighting. The latest effort to end Syrian violence aims to bring together for the first time envoys from [...] The post Kerry Travels To Mideast For Syria Talks appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 19 May 2013 09:52 PM PDT
By Andy Dabilis Greece Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said the sale of gambling monopoly OPAP shows that Greece is serious about making reforms as a condition of rescue aid. The deal, which will give Czech-Greek consortium Emma Delta a 33 percent stake in the gambling monopoly, will bring in 712 million euros. “It is important [...] The post Analysts Support Greek Sale Of Gambling Monopoly appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 19 May 2013 09:50 PM PDT
By Mohamed Saadouni and Hassan Benmehdi Morocco should update its methods for gathering intelligence on extremists and give its security services the tools needed for this, participants in a recent Kenitra seminar agreed. The goal of the May 10th meeting held by the National Security Directorate General (DGSN) was to co-ordinate national security efforts to [...] The post Morocco Looks To Modernise Counter-Terror Methods appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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