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• Saudi Arabia: Cleric Who Backed Protests On Trial For His Life
• Paraguay’s New President Determined To Fight Poverty And Corruption
• Carter In Afghanistan For Meetings With Officials
• Over 680 Hopefuls Register For Iran’s Presidential Election
• The Geopolitical Centrality Of Poland – Analysis
• George Soros Says Euro To Eventually Destroy European Union – OpEd
• Benghazi Talking Points Emerge From Bureaucratic Battles? – OpEd
• New Report On The Muslim Brotherhood – Analysis
• Syria Spillover Hits Turkey As Car Bombs Leave 40 Plus Dead In Border Town
• SA’s Fransman Concludes Successful Visit To Azerbaijan
• A Deadly Price For Our Clothing – OpEd
• India Needs To Review Security For Politicians – OpEd
• Will The 1Malaysia Program Be Revisited? Polarised Voting In Malaysian General Elections – Analysis
• Pakistan Election: Will A Difference Be Made? – OpEd
• Archer Daniels Midland Company Opens New Soybean Processing Facility In Paraguay
• ‘America At Its Worst’ – OpEd
• Tear Down This Wall, Mr. Netanyahu – OpEd
• Pakistan’s Sharif Declares Victory During Vote Count
• White House West Wing Evacuated
• Egypt: Mubarak Retrial Postponed
• Vote Count Under Way In Pakistani Polls Following High Turnout
• Obama: Growing The Housing Market And Supporting Homeowners – Transcript
• Lebanon Greets Special Rapporteur For Palestine, Richard Falk, With An Ear Full – OpEd
• America, The WTF Nation – OpEd
• Fearlessness Grows From The Grassroots – OpEd
• Kyrgyzstan: Bride Kidnapping Not Just A Rural Phenomenon
• Life In A Cuban Jail
• Bulgaria: Wiretapping Scandal Hijacks Election Campaign
• Pakistani Campaign Rhetoric More Bark Than Bite?
• Burma: Suu Kyi Pushes Constitutional Changes Before 2015

Saudi Arabia: Cleric Who Backed Protests On Trial For His Life Posted: 11 May 2013 03:52 PM PDT Saudi authorities should ensure a fair trial for the Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr, Human Rights Watch said today. Criminal justice authorities should make sure he gets immediate access to adequate medical care for gunshot wounds received during his arrest 10 months ago and conduct an immediate bail review, as international law requires. Authorities shot al-Nimr, [...] The post Saudi Arabia: Cleric Who Backed Protests On Trial For His Life appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Paraguay’s New President Determined To Fight Poverty And Corruption Posted: 11 May 2013 03:50 PM PDT Horacio Cartes, Paraguay’s president-elect, trumpeted again on Friday his determination to lead the war against corruption and poverty in the first 100 days of his upcoming government. In his first official speech as president-elect, Mr. Cartes promised a better country for all and “since [his] political campaign was focused on the war against poverty, [1] [...] The post Paraguay’s New President Determined To Fight Poverty And Corruption appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Carter In Afghanistan For Meetings With Officials Posted: 11 May 2013 03:47 PM PDT By Claudette Roulo Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter arrived here today for meetings with senior U.S. and Afghan officials. According to a senior U.S. defense official, among those Carter will be meeting with is Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., commander of the International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces Afghanistan. Dunford is slated [...] The post Carter In Afghanistan For Meetings With Officials appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Over 680 Hopefuls Register For Iran’s Presidential Election Posted: 11 May 2013 03:41 PM PDT A total of 686 hopefuls have registered for Iran’s presidential election due on June 14, the country’s Interior Minister Mustafa Mohammad-Najjar said on Saturday. Among candidates there are 30 women. The youngest candidate is 19 years old and the oldest one is 87 years old, the minister said. The registration for candidates in the country’s [...] The post Over 680 Hopefuls Register For Iran’s Presidential Election appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

The Geopolitical Centrality Of Poland – Analysis Posted: 11 May 2013 03:40 PM PDT As noted by Romanian philosopher and historian of religions Mircea Eliade, the man of archaic societies sought to live as near as possible to the centre of the world, often considering his country as laying at the midpoint of the earth. Residues of this conception are still visible, whereas the Chinese, for instance, call their [...] The post The Geopolitical Centrality Of Poland – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

George Soros Says Euro To Eventually Destroy European Union – OpEd Posted: 11 May 2013 03:36 PM PDT By Valentin Mândrăşescu The controversial financial speculator George Soros believes that the existence of the common European currency and the unwillingness of Germany to guarantee the debts of the poorer European countries will eventually lead to the dissolution of the European Union. George Soros, also known as “the man who broke the Bank of England”, [...] The post George Soros Says Euro To Eventually Destroy European Union – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Benghazi Talking Points Emerge From Bureaucratic Battles? – OpEd Posted: 11 May 2013 03:33 PM PDT By Glenn Kessler There have been many questions raised about the development of the administration’s talking points in the aftermath of the attack on Benghazi, Libya, that left four Americans dead, including the US ambassador. There have been allegations that the administration deliberately covered up the fact that this was a terrorist attack. We have [...] The post Benghazi Talking Points Emerge From Bureaucratic Battles? – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

New Report On The Muslim Brotherhood – Analysis Posted: 11 May 2013 03:28 PM PDT By Aron Lund for Syria Comment The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, which has a great Syria resource site, just released my new paper on the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood. They’re also about to release a second report by Raphaël Lefèvre, a French scholar who recently published a well-received book on the Syrian Ikhwan, called Ashes [...] The post New Report On The Muslim Brotherhood – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Syria Spillover Hits Turkey As Car Bombs Leave 40 Plus Dead In Border Town Posted: 11 May 2013 03:23 PM PDT (RFE/RL) — Turkey’s government is blaming Syrian forces for two car bombs that killed 40 people and wounded more than 100 in a Turkish town near the border with Syria. Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said fighters loyal to President Bashar al-Assad’s regime were the “usual suspects” behind the May 11 attack at Reyhanli. [...] The post Syria Spillover Hits Turkey As Car Bombs Leave 40 Plus Dead In Border Town appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

SA’s Fransman Concludes Successful Visit To Azerbaijan Posted: 11 May 2013 03:20 PM PDT International Relations and Cooperation Deputy Minister Marius Fransman has successfully concluded his two-day working visit to Azerbaijan, where he reviewed bilateral relations and discussed possible cooperation in the field of energy. Fransman, who held bilateral discussions with his counterpart Khalaf Khalafov Aly Oglu, exchanged views on regional and multilateral issues of common interest and looked [...] The post SA’s Fransman Concludes Successful Visit To Azerbaijan appeared first... To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

A Deadly Price For Our Clothing – OpEd Posted: 11 May 2013 03:16 PM PDT By William Gomes The deadly collapse of a building in Bangladesh late last month made news around the world and brought the country back into the Western media spotlight. On 24th April, Rana Plaza, a eight-story building housing several garment factories, and situated in Savar, 24 km outside the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, was reduced to rubble [...] The post A Deadly Price For Our Clothing – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

India Needs To Review Security For Politicians – OpEd Posted: 11 May 2013 03:09 PM PDT Mukesh Ambani being provided a ‘Z’ security cover drew a lot of flak despite having to ‘pay’ for it unlike the six new who join the sea of politicians availing ‘Z-plus’ security from the government and paid out of the exchequer’s funds. The ‘Z’ security cover provided to Reliance Industries Ltd., Chairman Mukesh Ambani recently [...] The post India Needs To Review Security For Politicians – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Will The 1Malaysia Program Be Revisited? Polarised Voting In Malaysian General Elections – Analysis Posted: 11 May 2013 03:06 PM PDT Najib Razak entered his second term as Malaysia’s Prime Minister on 6 May 2013 after closely contested general elections. The 13th General Elections reflected a trend of polarisation in voters which has become starkly obvious. Najib’s ruling Barisan Nasional retained power in Sunday’s general election by winning 133 parliamentary seats, a simple majority in the [...] The post Will The 1Malaysia Program Be Revisited? Polarised Voting In Malaysian General Elections – Analysis appeared first... To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Pakistan Election: Will A Difference Be Made? – OpEd Posted: 11 May 2013 03:01 PM PDT Today (Saturday) Pakistan went to polls to elect the next National and Provincial Assemblies, those who will rule them over the next five years. Contrary to the initial fears, polling went reasonably well, except in a few constituencies or polling stations. One could see posts on Facebook about irregularities, but mostly pertaining to a few [...] The post Pakistan Election: Will A Difference Be Made? – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Archer Daniels Midland Company Opens New Soybean Processing Facility In Paraguay Posted: 11 May 2013 02:56 PM PDT ADM opened Friday the doors of a new soybean processing factory in Villeta, Paraguay. The plant will have a capacity to process 3,500 metric tons and has opened over 160 new job position. Mr. Juan Luciano, ADM executive vice president, stated that “[they] are excited to be together with President Franco and the people of [...] The post Archer Daniels Midland Company Opens New Soybean Processing Facility In Paraguay appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

‘America At Its Worst’ – OpEd Posted: 11 May 2013 02:53 PM PDT The Boston Globe reports: The secret transport of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s body from Worcester to a small community near Richmond, Va., was set in motion by a woman who said she was upset to hear about protests to his burial and wanted to see an end to the weeklong burial saga. Martha [...] The post ‘America At Its Worst’ – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Tear Down This Wall, Mr. Netanyahu – OpEd Posted: 11 May 2013 02:51 PM PDT Bibi Netanyahu is visiting China where he’s negotiated trade deals, lobbied unsuccessfully for a tougher Chinese diplomatic stance against Iran, and likely cooked up some secret arms deals with the Chinese military. But one of the oddest of his public appearances was at the Great Wall, where he extolled its supposed virtues and promised to [...] The post Tear Down This Wall, Mr. Netanyahu – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Pakistan’s Sharif Declares Victory During Vote Count Posted: 11 May 2013 02:47 PM PDT Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif is declaring victory for his conservative Pakistani Muslim League party in Saturday’s parliamentary elections. Votes are still being counted. If official results bear him out, Sharif will likely return to the job he held twice in the 1990s. But no party is expected to win a majority of seats [...] The post Pakistan’s Sharif Declares Victory During Vote Count appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

White House West Wing Evacuated Posted: 11 May 2013 02:45 PM PDT Smoke in the White House West Wing caused officials to evacuate reporters and photographers there early Saturday. U.S. President Barack Obama and his family do not live in the West Wing area of the White House, and officials say they were not affected by the evacuation. The smoke was traced to an overheated electrical transformer [...] The post White House West Wing Evacuated appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Egypt: Mubarak Retrial Postponed Posted: 11 May 2013 02:41 PM PDT North Cairo Criminal Court Head Judge Mahmoud Kamel postponed the retrial of ousted President Hosni Mubarak, his two sons and his Minister of Interior Habib El-Adly until 8 June. “The postponement gives civil rights lawyers the chance to coordinate on the case,” said Khalaf Bayoomi, a civil rights lawyer. The prosecution and defence had appealed [...] The post Egypt: Mubarak Retrial Postponed appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Vote Count Under Way In Pakistani Polls Following High Turnout Posted: 11 May 2013 02:37 PM PDT (RFE/RL) — Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has declared victory for his center-right party hours after the vote count began in Pakistan’s parliamentary elections. Early unofficial results from the May 11 vote suggest his Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e Insaf (PTI) received strong support. Khan is seen as potentially receiving a [...] The post Vote Count Under Way In Pakistani Polls Following High Turnout appeared first on Eurasia... To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Obama: Growing The Housing Market And Supporting Homeowners – Transcript Posted: 11 May 2013 02:34 PM PDT In this week’s address, President Obama said seven years after the real estate bubble burst, our housing market is healing. The administration’s policies have helped responsible homeowners save money on their mortgages and stay in their homes, and the President’s consumer watchdog agency is working to protect consumers from being taken advantage of on their [...] The post Obama: Growing The Housing Market And Supporting Homeowners – Transcript appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Lebanon Greets Special Rapporteur For Palestine, Richard Falk, With An Ear Full – OpEd Posted: 10 May 2013 09:49 PM PDT The United Nations Special Rapporteur for Palestine, Professor Richard Falk, came to Lebanon last week on an unofficial visit to survey opinion while fact finding the condition in Palestinian refugee’s camps. It was the Professors first visit to Lebanon since the fateful summer of 1982. Back then, en route by sea to Beirut, which was [...] The post Lebanon Greets Special Rapporteur For Palestine, Richard Falk, With An Ear Full – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

America, The WTF Nation – OpEd Posted: 10 May 2013 09:44 PM PDT I used to read the news in the morning and often find myself saying “This can’t be happening!,” which is actually how this news site got its name. But if I were just getting set to create the site these days, I’d have to call our publication “WTF!?,” which is what I find myself saying [...] The post America, The WTF Nation – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Fearlessness Grows From The Grassroots – OpEd Posted: 10 May 2013 09:40 PM PDT By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers As more people see that the government represents Wall Street and concentrated wealth, instead of them; that the government continues to give the banksters who crashed the economy a break while cutting access to basic necessities, that the government continues to put big energy profits ahead of protecting the planet – more people are [...] The post Fearlessness Grows From The Grassroots – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Kyrgyzstan: Bride Kidnapping Not Just A Rural Phenomenon Posted: 10 May 2013 09:37 PM PDT By Asel Kalybekova Seven years ago Aijan was walking home from her waitressing job in central Bishkek with two girlfriends. They did not notice the three men following them. As two men tackled the other women, one dragged Aijan, 21 at the time, into a waiting car. “I was screaming, cursing, and hitting them. […] [...] The post Kyrgyzstan: Bride Kidnapping Not Just A Rural Phenomenon appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Life In A Cuban Jail Posted: 10 May 2013 09:33 PM PDT By Laura Paz Cuban reporter Calixto Ramón Martínez Arias, freed in April after six months detention without trial, has spoken of his time in prison, and the poor conditions suffered by fellow-inmates. Martínez Arias, who reports for the independent news agency Hablemos Press, was arrested in September while investigating allegations that an imported shipment of [...] The post Life In A Cuban Jail appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Bulgaria: Wiretapping Scandal Hijacks Election Campaign Posted: 10 May 2013 09:31 PM PDT By Svetla Dimitrova The results of Bulgaria’s upcoming early parliamentary elections have become even more unpredictable after citizens’ attention has been turned towards a sensational scandal involving illegal wiretapping of the country’s top politicians, analysts said. The scandal has affected the election campaign, shifting the focus away from parties’ programmes and platforms, Evgeniy Dainov, a [...] The post Bulgaria: Wiretapping Scandal Hijacks Election Campaign... To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Pakistani Campaign Rhetoric More Bark Than Bite? Posted: 10 May 2013 09:27 PM PDT By Abubakar Siddique for RFE/RL Pakistan’s parliamentary elections are historic in that they mark the country’s first democratic transition of power. But the lead-up to the May 11 vote also exposed some worrying democratic shortcomings. Islamic militants left their bloody mark on the elections through numerous bombings and assassinations intended to keep secular parties from [...] The post Pakistani Campaign Rhetoric More Bark Than Bite? appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Burma: Suu Kyi Pushes Constitutional Changes Before 2015 Posted: 10 May 2013 09:23 PM PDT Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi pushed Friday for amendments to the country’s constitution before 2015, when elections will be held in which she could be barred from becoming president. “For us, we want constitutional amendments before 2015,” the Nobel laureate told a press conference in the Burmese commercial capital Rangoon. “The sooner, the [...] The post Burma: Suu Kyi Pushes Constitutional Changes Before 2015 appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.