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• Rand Paul Alleges CIA Smuggled Weapons Through Benghazi
• The Kim Dotcom / Megaupload White Paper – OpEd
• “Fragmentation In Middle East Would Prove Fatal To Regional Prosperity And Peace” – Interview
• The OIC: Difficulties, Reform And A Way Forward – Analysis
• Neo-Nazi Trial On German Agenda: Facts And Expectations
• Macedonia Police Deal Blow To Organized Crime And Artifact Theft
• Pakistan’s Historic Elections Need Strong Support For Freedom Of Information – OpEd
• Tunisian Man Charged In NY With Visa Fraud Related To Terrorism
• Ashton Concerned Over Increased Israel Tensions, Blast New Settlement Plans
• Libya Uncertainty Leads British Embassy To Withdraw Some Staff
• Gitmo: Where Death Is Preferable To Life – OpEd
• Sexual Assaults And Nuclear Missiles: What’s The Matter With The Military? – OpEd
• Greenland’s Dilemma And Its ‘Reluctant’ Alliance With China – Analysis
• Kosovo: More Negotiations – Analysis
• Einstein’s Prescience – OpEd
• North Korea Supreme Court Details Charges Against American Prisoner
• Kosovo Serbs, Serbian Nationalist Intellectuals, And Officials Of The Milošević Regime – Analysis
• Albania: Opposition Says Electoral Roll Contains Errors
• Malaysia: A Pyrrhic Victory For Barisan Nasional? – Analysis
• Pakistan Court Rules That US Drone Strikes Are Illegal
• Wind Power Firms Push To Extend Tax Credit
• Iran Viewpoint: Is Middle East Moving Toward Shia-Sunni War? – OpEd
• Iran Reiterates Opposed To Any Foreign Intervention In Syria
• Iran: Prisoners Moved From Solitary, End Hunger Strike
• Hagel Stresses Regional Cooperation On Middle East Issues
• South Africa Seeks To Strengthen Ties With Oil Rich Azerbaijan
• Africa’s Attitude Has Changed For The Better, Says South Africa’s Zuma
• South Africa: World Economic Forum For Africa Opens In Cape Town
• Saudi Arabia Says Zero Tolerance For Unregistered Mobile SIMs
• Elderly Nun Found Guilty Over Nuclear Site Break-In

Rand Paul Alleges CIA Smuggled Weapons Through Benghazi Posted: 10 May 2013 11:40 AM PDT Amid intensifying rumors that he’s considering a run for president, United States Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) has come down hard on the White House over last year’s tragedy at the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya. On Wednesday a Congressional committee heard testimonies from witnesses of the September 11, 2012 attack, but eight months after the [...] The post Rand Paul Alleges CIA Smuggled Weapons Through Benghazi appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

The Kim Dotcom / Megaupload White Paper – OpEd Posted: 10 May 2013 11:35 AM PDT We are proud to announce the launch of the White Paper “Megaupload, the Copyright Lobby, and the Future of Digital Rights: The United States vs. You (and Kim Dotcom). The paper is available to the public right here. The paper not only explores the numerous legal problems with the prosecution’s case, it also argues that [...] The post The Kim Dotcom / Megaupload White Paper – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

“Fragmentation In Middle East Would Prove Fatal To Regional Prosperity And Peace” – Interview Posted: 10 May 2013 11:33 AM PDT JTW interview with Assoc. Prof. Selçuk Çolakoglu, senior expert on Turkish foreign policy at USAK By John Storey Lately, the crisis in Syria has had a rightful monopoly on both print and electronic headlines around the world, especially here in Turkey where the two countries share the Turkish Republic’s longest land border. We recently interviewed [...] The post “Fragmentation In Middle East Would Prove Fatal To Regional Prosperity And Peace” – Interview appeared first on... To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

The OIC: Difficulties, Reform And A Way Forward – Analysis Posted: 10 May 2013 11:31 AM PDT By Selcuk Colakoglu As an international organization, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is second only to the United Nations (UN) in terms of geographical extent and number of member states. Whether the OIC is an effective international organization, however, is debatable. Founded in 1969, its mission is to deal with the problems of Muslim [...] The post The OIC: Difficulties, Reform And A Way Forward – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Neo-Nazi Trial On German Agenda: Facts And Expectations Posted: 10 May 2013 11:24 AM PDT By Fatma Yilmaz Elmas The trial of members of the neo-Nazi National Socialist Underground (NSU) began at Munich State High Court in Germany on May 6. The charges being brought against the main suspect, Beate Zschäpe, and four others are killing eight Turkish, a Greek, and a German policewoman between the years of 2000 and [...] The post Neo-Nazi Trial On German Agenda: Facts And Expectations appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Macedonia Police Deal Blow To Organized Crime And Artifact Theft Posted: 10 May 2013 11:20 AM PDT By Aleksandar Pavelvski Macedonian police struck a blow against organised crime and corruption with a recent operation that resulted in the arrests of 19 people on charges of theft and illegal trading of religious and historical artifacts. Seventeen of the 19 are Macedonians; the remaining two are Serbian nationals. Among those arrested was a deputy [...] The post Macedonia Police Deal Blow To Organized Crime And Artifact Theft appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Pakistan’s Historic Elections Need Strong Support For Freedom Of Information – OpEd Posted: 10 May 2013 11:18 AM PDT Reporters Without Borders has written an open letter to Pakistan’s government and political party leaders on the eve of tomorrow’s parliamentary elections, voicing concern that reporting is becoming increasingly difficult in some parts of the countries and urging the next government to protect news providers. President Asif Ali Zardari Prime Minister Mir Khazar Khan Khoso [...] The post Pakistan’s Historic Elections Need Strong Support For Freedom Of Information – OpEd appeared... To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Tunisian Man Charged In NY With Visa Fraud Related To Terrorism Posted: 10 May 2013 11:11 AM PDT A Tunisian man has been charged with fraudulently applying for a work visa in order to remain in the United States to facilitate an act of international terrorism. According to the charges of the case, which were unsealed on Thursday, Ahmed Abassi, a Tunisian citizen, was arrested on April 22, 2013, and was presented and [...] The post Tunisian Man Charged In NY With Visa Fraud Related To Terrorism appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Ashton Concerned Over Increased Israel Tensions, Blast New Settlement Plans Posted: 10 May 2013 11:00 AM PDT Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and security Policy and Vice President of the Commission is concerned by developments over the past week in East Jerusalem and the West Bank that have increased tensions on the ground and risk undermining current efforts to re-launch peace talks. According to a statement issued [...] The post Ashton Concerned Over Increased Israel Tensions, Blast New Settlement Plans appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Libya Uncertainty Leads British Embassy To Withdraw Some Staff Posted: 10 May 2013 10:52 AM PDT The British embassy is temporarily withdrawing some of its staff from Libya over concerns about political uncertainty and the risk of clashes between rival armed groups in the capital, it said on its website, according to Reuters. “Given the security implications of the ongoing political uncertainty, the British Embassy is temporarily withdrawing a small number [...] The post Libya Uncertainty Leads British Embassy To Withdraw Some Staff appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Gitmo: Where Death Is Preferable To Life – OpEd Posted: 10 May 2013 10:38 AM PDT More than 100 of the 166 detainees at Guantanamo are starving themselves to death. Twenty-three of them are being force-fed. “They strap you to a chair, tie up your wrists, your legs, your forehead and tightly around the waist,” Fayiz Al-Kandari told his lawyer, Lt. Col. Barry Wingard. Al-Kandari, a Kuwaiti held at Guantanamo for [...] The post Gitmo: Where Death Is Preferable To Life – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Sexual Assaults And Nuclear Missiles: What’s The Matter With The Military? – OpEd Posted: 10 May 2013 10:35 AM PDT After years of repeated reports of sexual assaults — and years of promises to prevent them, and then years of studies and commissions to find the best way of doing so — a Defense Department study released Tuesday estimates that some 26,000 people in the military were sexually assaulted in the last fiscal year, up from [...] The post Sexual Assaults And Nuclear Missiles: What’s The Matter With The Military? – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Greenland’s Dilemma And Its ‘Reluctant’ Alliance With China – Analysis Posted: 10 May 2013 10:30 AM PDT China is becoming increasingly interested in Greenland’s natural resources. And while the autonomous Danish territory once welcomed Chinese investment, Bhavna Singh believes Nuuk is now using domestic opposition to foreign workers to realign its diplomatic relations with Beijing and other states. By Bhavna Singh China’s growing demand for natural resources has prompted Beijing to extend [...] The post Greenland’s Dilemma And Its ‘Reluctant’ Alliance With China – Analysis appeared first on... To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Kosovo: More Negotiations – Analysis Posted: 10 May 2013 10:26 AM PDT For progress to be made, there needs to be a second set of negotiations, this time with the northern Kosovo Serbs. As long as they resist implementation, little can be done peacefully. The EU should support Belgrade in finding a negotiated result rather than continue to threaten progress on membership, whilst the US can help [...] The post Kosovo: More Negotiations – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Einstein’s Prescience – OpEd Posted: 10 May 2013 10:21 AM PDT By William T. Hathaway Albert Einstein wrote in 1939, “There could be no greater calamity than a permanent discord between us and the Arab people. Despite the great wrong that has been done us, we must strive for a just and lasting compromise with the Arab people…. Let us recall that in former times no [...] The post Einstein’s Prescience – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

North Korea Supreme Court Details Charges Against American Prisoner Posted: 10 May 2013 10:17 AM PDT North Korea’s supreme court has detailed some of the charges against a Korean-American tour operator who was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor last month for plotting to overthrow the government. A court spokesman told the North’s official Korean Central News Agency on Thursday that Kenneth Bae was arrested in the city of Rason [...] The post North Korea Supreme Court Details Charges Against American Prisoner appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Kosovo Serbs, Serbian Nationalist Intellectuals, And Officials Of The Milošević Regime – Analysis Posted: 10 May 2013 10:16 AM PDT This mobilization of the Kosovo Serbs played an important part in the political struggles in late socialist Yugoslavia. Many specialists claim that the mobilization of various groups within this community was inspired, organized, and coordinated by the officials of Milošević’s regime or by Serb nationalist intellectuals, or both. In fact, this was a grassroots mobilization. By [...] The post Kosovo Serbs, Serbian Nationalist Intellectuals, And Officials Of The Milošević Regime – Analysis... To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Albania: Opposition Says Electoral Roll Contains Errors Posted: 10 May 2013 10:09 AM PDT By Besar Likmeta The Socialist opposition says the electoral roll for the June 23 elections contains many suspected duplicate identities and hundreds of thousands of voters without exact addresses. “Our experts have found 25,874 records that are suspected of being duplications in the voters’ list for the elections,” Bledi Cuci, Socialist undersecretary for electoral affairs, [...] The post Albania: Opposition Says Electoral Roll Contains Errors appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Malaysia: A Pyrrhic Victory For Barisan Nasional? – Analysis Posted: 10 May 2013 09:10 AM PDT By Prof. V. Suryanarayan The general elections held on May 5, 2013 in Malaysia returned the ruling Barisan Nasional to power. However, strange though it may seem, the Opposition coalition, Pakatan Rakyat, polled more votes than the Barisan Nasional, both in peninsular Malaysia as well as in Malaysia as a whole. The total votes polled [...] The post Malaysia: A Pyrrhic Victory For Barisan Nasional? – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Pakistan Court Rules That US Drone Strikes Are Illegal Posted: 10 May 2013 09:08 AM PDT A high court in Pakistan has ruled that US drone strikes in the country’s tribal belt should be considered war crimes and directed the government to use force to “protect the right to life” of its citizens. The Peshawar High Court has recommended the Pakistani government advance a resolution against the attacks in the United [...] The post Pakistan Court Rules That US Drone Strikes Are Illegal appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Wind Power Firms Push To Extend Tax Credit Posted: 10 May 2013 09:00 AM PDT By Kane Farabaugh Kansas cattleman Pete Ferrell almost lost his ranch in the recent drought that ravaged much of the United States, but he credits a series of 100-meter tall wind turbines situated on his property for saving his business. “In my case, it doubled my income stream, and it helped me essentially weather the [...] The post Wind Power Firms Push To Extend Tax Credit appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Iran Viewpoint: Is Middle East Moving Toward Shia-Sunni War? – OpEd Posted: 10 May 2013 12:29 AM PDT Hezbollah Should Keep Away from Syria Crisis Interview with Hojjatollah Joudaki, analyst of Regional Issues and Iran’s Former Cultural Advisor to Egypt Perhaps, it would be no exaggeration if one claimed that the biggest war which is currently raging in the Middle East region is a war between Shia and Sunni Muslims. Not a single [...] The post Iran Viewpoint: Is Middle East Moving Toward Shia-Sunni War? – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Iran Reiterates Opposed To Any Foreign Intervention In Syria Posted: 10 May 2013 12:26 AM PDT Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has reaffirmed Tehran’s opposition to any foreign intervention in Syria, calling for a negotiated solution to the crisis in the Arab country. “We reject any foreign intervention in Syria and we don’t want Syria to plunge into crisis…,” Salehi said. “The Syria crisis and its consequences for the region [...] The post Iran Reiterates Opposed To Any Foreign Intervention In Syria appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Iran: Prisoners Moved From Solitary, End Hunger Strike Posted: 10 May 2013 12:23 AM PDT The 10 Iranian political prisoners who were moved to solitary confinement and began a hunger strike to protest that move, have ended their strike after being returned to the general ward of the prison. The Kaleme website reported on Wednesday May 8 that the prisoners are now in the general ward of the prison and [...] The post Iran: Prisoners Moved From Solitary, End Hunger Strike appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Hagel Stresses Regional Cooperation On Middle East Issues Posted: 10 May 2013 12:17 AM PDT By Karen Parrish The United States faces “astounding challenges” surrounding its strategic interests in the Middle East, but is working with allies and partners to comprehensively address the political, economic and security uncertainty, and the threats of extremism and proliferation that beset the region, America’s defense chief said today. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel traveled to [...] The post Hagel Stresses Regional Cooperation On Middle East Issues appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

South Africa Seeks To Strengthen Ties With Oil Rich Azerbaijan Posted: 10 May 2013 12:09 AM PDT Bilateral relations between South Africa and the oil rich Azerbaijan will come under the spotlight this week. International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) Deputy Minister Marius Fransman arrived in the capital Buku for the two-day official visit which will review the relations between the two countries. Fransman, according to his department, will hold discussions with his [...] The post South Africa Seeks To Strengthen Ties With Oil Rich Azerbaijan appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Africa’s Attitude Has Changed For The Better, Says South Africa’s Zuma Posted: 09 May 2013 11:53 PM PDT Africa’s attitude towards itself and how it interacts with the world has changed for the better, South Africa President Jacob Zuma said today at the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa held in the city. Speaking at the event’s main plenary session, Zuma said 50 years after the setting up of the Organisation for Africa [...] The post Africa’s Attitude Has Changed For The Better, Says South Africa’s Zuma appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

South Africa: World Economic Forum For Africa Opens In Cape Town Posted: 09 May 2013 11:48 PM PDT The fact that South Africa, in late March, hosted the Fifth Summit of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) shows just how quickly the continent is changing ,” according to President Jacob Zuma in his opening speech at the World Economic Forum in Africa that is taking place now in Cape Town Speaking [...] The post South Africa: World Economic Forum For Africa Opens In Cape Town appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Saudi Arabia Says Zero Tolerance For Unregistered Mobile SIMs Posted: 09 May 2013 11:43 PM PDT By Saeed Al-Abyad and Hussain Al-Saqqaf Unregistered SIM cards are still being sold locally despite a ban by Saudi Arabia’s Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC), the country’s telecommunications regulatory authority. The government recently introduced regulations requiring all subscribers to recharge their prepaid SIM cards by providing their identity card numbers or residency permit numbers. [...] The post Saudi Arabia Says Zero Tolerance For Unregistered Mobile... To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Elderly Nun Found Guilty Over Nuclear Site Break-In Posted: 09 May 2013 11:27 PM PDT Sister Megan Rice of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus was convicted May 8 for breaking into and causing damage at a Tennessee nuclear weapons manufacturing facility. The 83-year-old nun was accompanied in the July break-in by Michael Walli and Greg Boertje-Obed, all of whom are members of Transform Now Plowshares. The three were [...] The post Elderly Nun Found Guilty Over Nuclear Site Break-In appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.