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- Bomb Found At Aparecida Shrine Ahead Of Pope Francis Visit
- NSA Can Locate Cell Phones Even When They Are Turned Off
- US-Afghan Pact Possible By October, Dempsey Says
- Evolution Picks Up Hitchhikers
- Large US Cities Safer Than Rural Counterparts
- Taraji Fall To Angola, Mauritania Makes History
- Gulf Rivalries Spill On To The Soccer Pitch – Analysis
- Is Egypt Back To Square One? – Analysis
- How To Avoid Middle-Income Traps? Evidence From Malaysia – Analysis
- Canada’s Midterm Blues: The Harper Government Hits Rocks – Analysis
- Brazil: Extractive Capitalism And The Great Leap Backward – Analysis
- Obamacare: All Your Intimate Information Available To (Almost) Anyone – OpEd
- West Throws Syrians To The Wolves – OpEd
- Ron Paul: Bernanke’s Farewell Tour – OpEd
- US To Hold New Hearings For 71 Guantanamo Detainees
- Kate Middleton Gives Birth To A Royal Boy
- EU Agrees To Designate Hizballah A Terrorist Group
- Over 500 ‘Al Qaeda Militants’ Escape Iraq’s Abu Ghraib Prison
- European Union Should Seek Stability In Middle East, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Says
- Vietnam: President’s Visit To Washington Puts Rights In Spotlight, Says HRW
- The Fight Against Corruption – OpEd
- Egypt: A Democratic Coup – OpEd
- Motorola’s Moto X Smartphone Specs Leak Online – Report
- Guus Hiddink Resigns As Anzhi Coach
- First Quarter Of 2013 Compared With Fourth Quarter Of 2012 Euro Area Government Debt Up To 92.2% Of GDP
- Strengthening EU-China Cooperation In Field Of Agriculture
- EU And Georgia Conclude Talks On Deep And Comprehensive Free Trade Area
- Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talk Charade – OpEd
- Mineral Rich Australia May Contain World’s Next Major Oil Find – Analysis
- Shell To Boost Deepwater Production In Brazil
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Posted: 22 Jul 2013 11:54 PM PDT
The Brazilian military discovered an improvised bomb in a parking garage bathroom at the shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida July 22, which Pope Francis is due to visit on Wednesday, July 24. “It was a homemade device with little potential to cause fatalities,” according to a statement of the Brazilian Air Force. “It is [...] The post Bomb Found At Aparecida Shrine Ahead Of Pope Francis Visit appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jul 2013 11:51 PM PDT
Never mind the non-stop collection of metadata and other sneaky surveillance tools being implemented by the NSA: a new report has revealed that the National Security Agency’s spy powers allow the government to grab location data on just about anyone. In an article published by the Washington Post over the weekend, journalist Dana Priest detailed [...] The post NSA Can Locate Cell Phones Even When They Are Turned Off appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jul 2013 11:47 PM PDT
By Jim Garamone The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff came away from a meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai today convinced that the United States and Afghanistan can sign a bilateral security agreement between now and October. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey gave his assessment during a roundtable with Western and Afghan media [...] The post US-Afghan Pact Possible By October, Dempsey Says appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jul 2013 11:42 PM PDT
In a twist on “survival of the fittest,” researchers have discovered that evolution is driven not by a single beneficial mutation but rather by a group of mutations, including ones called “genetic hitchhikers” that are simply along for the ride. These hitchhikers are mutations that do not appear to have a role in contributing to [...] The post Evolution Picks Up Hitchhikers appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jul 2013 11:41 PM PDT
Large cities in the U.S. are significantly safer than their rural counterparts, with the risk of injury death more than 20 percent higher in the country. A study to be published online tomorrow in Annals of Emergency Medicine upends a common perception that urban areas are more dangerous than small towns (“Safety in Numbers: Are [...] The post Large US Cities Safer Than Rural Counterparts appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jul 2013 11:37 PM PDT
By Monia Ghanmi and Mohamed Foily Esperance Tunis lost away to Recreativo Libolo 1-0 in an Orange CAF Champions League Group B qualifier. A substitute striker for the Angolan hosts scored the lone goal five minutes into stoppage time. Two-time Champions League winners and four-time finalists EST are the only Maghreb side to make it [...] The post Taraji Fall To Angola, Mauritania Makes History appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jul 2013 11:33 PM PDT
The battle between Iran and various Gulf state for the identity of the energy-rich region has spilled onto its soccer pitches. It’s the Persian Gulf League vs. the Arabian Gulf League. The struggle erupted when the United Arab Emirates, alongside Saudi Arabia, the Gulf’s most fervent opponent of political Islam, recently renamed its premier league [...] The post Gulf Rivalries Spill On To The Soccer Pitch – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jul 2013 08:48 PM PDT
By Ravi Joshi The recent events in Cairo, on June 30 and July 3, first the Army issuing an ultimatum to the democratically elected leader to bring order to the escalating civic unrest or else face dismissal and second, its eventual removal of the President raises the question as to whether the ‘Tahrir Square Revolution’ [...] The post Is Egypt Back To Square One? – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jul 2013 08:44 PM PDT
Many developing countries are stuck in the middle-income gap. Focusing on Malaysia, this column argues that countries trapped in the middle-income conundrum will need to expand their ‘modern’ sectors. Traditional sectors with low productivity must shed labour, and high-productivity modern sectors (be they in goods or services) must hire more labour if they want to [...] The post How To Avoid Middle-Income Traps? Evidence From Malaysia – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jul 2013 08:37 PM PDT
By David T. Jones Canadian activity has an entr’acte (intermission) quality. We are in a period of pause, more confident of what has gone before in federal government action, politico-military affairs, and Quebec politics than what is to come. The Harper/Tory government has suddenly found itself hip deep in scandal, affecting them more psychologically than [...] The post Canada’s Midterm Blues: The Harper Government Hits Rocks – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jul 2013 08:31 PM PDT
Brazil has witnessed one of the world’s most striking socio-economic reversals in modern history: from a dynamic nationalist industrializing to a primary export economy. Between the mid 1930’s to the mid 1980’s, Brazil averaged nearly 10% growth in its manufacturing sector largely based on state interventionist policies, subsidizing, protecting and regulating the growth of national [...] The post Brazil: Extractive Capitalism And The Great Leap Backward – Analysis appeared first on...
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Posted: 22 Jul 2013 08:15 PM PDT
Does it bother you that a 29 year-old high school drop-out and former security guard could “wire-tap” all of your email and phone communications basically on his own authority? Will it bother you when almost anyone can access your name, birth date, Social Security number, gender, ethnicity, family size, Indian status, incarceration status, veteran status, [...] The post Obamacare: All Your Intimate Information Available To (Almost) Anyone – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jul 2013 08:13 PM PDT
By Linda S. Heard Syria’s devastation is yet another example of the evils of foreign interference in a nation’s internal affairs. A popular “Arab Spring” uprising morphed into a bloody civil war due to Bashar Assad’s arrogance who disingenuously termed the opposition “criminals,” “terrorists” and “foreign agitators” from the outset. Sadly, it wasn’t long before [...] The post West Throws Syrians To The Wolves – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jul 2013 08:11 PM PDT
Last week Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke delivered what may well be his last Congressional testimony before leaving the Federal Reserve in 2014. Unfortunately, his farewell performance was full of contradictory comments about the state of the economy and the effects of Fed policies on the market. One thing Bernanke inadvertently made clear was that [...] The post Ron Paul: Bernanke’s Farewell Tour – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jul 2013 08:07 PM PDT
The U.S. says it plans to hold new hearings on whether 71 of the 166 suspected terrorists held at its prison at Guantanamo Bay are still a threat to the United States. U.S. President Barack Obama ordered the reviews more than two years ago, but it has taken officials since then to arrange the hearings [...] The post US To Hold New Hearings For 71 Guantanamo Detainees appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jul 2013 01:02 PM PDT
Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton delivered a baby boy into the world. Prince William and Kate’s baby is the Queen’s third great-grandchild and Prince Charles’ first grandchild. The boy is automatically in line to the throne. Kate Middleton was admitted to London’s St. Mary’s Hospital at about 6 am (05:00 GMT) this morning. William and [...] The post Kate Middleton Gives Birth To A Royal Boy appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jul 2013 12:41 PM PDT
(RFE/RL) — European Union governments have agreed to designate the military wing of the Lebanese Shi’ite group Hizballah as a terrorist organization. The decision was made unanimously on July 22 by foreign ministers of the 28 EU nations at a meeting in Brussels. The designation means visa bans will be imposed on individuals and the [...] The post EU Agrees To Designate Hizballah A Terrorist Group appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jul 2013 12:39 PM PDT
A manhunt is underway in Iraq for hundreds of convicts, including senior al Qaeda terrorists, who broke out of Abu Ghraib prison after a military-style raid to free them, authorities said on Monday. Between 500 to 1,000 prisoners have escaped as a result of the attack, “most of them were convicted senior members of al [...] The post Over 500 ‘Al Qaeda Militants’ Escape Iraq’s Abu Ghraib Prison appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jul 2013 12:37 PM PDT
As EU foreign ministers agreed to list the military wing of Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation on 22 July in Brussels, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius stressed that regional stability remains important EU interest and the EU should continue political dialogue with Lebanon and provision of aid. “We should name names, [...] The post European Union Should Seek Stability In Middle East, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Says appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jul 2013 11:46 AM PDT
Vietnam’s intensifying crackdown on free expression should be a top agenda item during Vietnam President Truong Tan Sang’s summit with President Barack Obama this week, Human Rights Watch said today. Sang will be in the United States from July 24 to 26 and Obama will host him at the White House on Thursday, July 25, [...] The post Vietnam: President’s Visit To Washington Puts Rights In Spotlight, Says HRW appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jul 2013 11:40 AM PDT
By Ihsan Bal Transparency International has just issued another reminder about a chronic problem which has troubled us for years. Turkey does not get good marks on corruption indexes. There’s no need to go back into ancient history, but our country has long been afflicted by this malady. Once upon a time we suffered from [...] The post The Fight Against Corruption – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jul 2013 11:38 AM PDT
By Ali Hussein Bakeer If you are following the discourses in Egypt, it is easy to notice that accounts of recent events in Egypt display severe ideological bents. This leads to acute polarization and deep division in Egyptian society, erasing the common ground between the parties. This environment, consequently, renders a solution to the country’s [...] The post Egypt: A Democratic Coup – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jul 2013 11:20 AM PDT
Motorola’s Moto X smartphone has appeared in yet more purported leaked photographs ahead of its release, Digital Spy said. The latest pictures of the handset appeared on Android Police, along with what is claimed to be hardware specs for an AT&T variant dubbed ‘ghost’. The report claims that the device features a 4.5-inch screen, a [...] The post Motorola’s Moto X Smartphone Specs Leak Online – Report appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jul 2013 11:18 AM PDT
Dutchman Guus Hiddink on Monday, July 22 resigned as coach of wealthy Russian football team Anzhi Makhachkala after a year and a half on the job, the team said, according to RIA Novosti. Hiddink, 66, leaves just two games into the new Russian Premier League season, of which Anzhi drew one and lost the other. [...] The post Guus Hiddink Resigns As Anzhi Coach appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jul 2013 11:15 AM PDT
At the end of the first quarter of 2013, the government debt to GDP ratio in the euro area (EA17) stood at 92.2%, compared with 90.6% at the end of the fourth quarter of 2012, according to data released Monday by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In the EU27 the ratio increased [...] The post First Quarter Of 2013 Compared With Fourth Quarter Of 2012 Euro Area Government Debt Up To 92.2% Of GDP appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jul 2013 11:11 AM PDT
The European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Dacian Cioloș is in Beijing, China, 22-24 July, to strengthen EU-China cooperation in the areas of agriculture and rural development. “Agriculture is of strategic importance for both the EU and China in our efforts to address challenges such as ensuring food security, fighting climate change, and achieving [...] The post Strengthening EU-China Cooperation In Field Of Agriculture appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jul 2013 11:09 AM PDT
The European Union and Georgia concluded Monday negotiations for a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA), as part of the Association Agreement between them. The Association Agreement, together with the DCFTA, will provide for the close political association and economic integration of Georgia with the EU. The EU is Georgia’s biggest trading partner. Bilateral [...] The post EU And Georgia Conclude Talks On Deep And Comprehensive Free Trade Area appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jul 2013 11:06 AM PDT
I’ve held off writing about John Kerry’s shuttle diplomacy attempting to restart the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, because I thought there was “no there, there” and figured it might collapse of its own weight. But developments in the past 24 hours indicate that while this is still likely, all parties have already been guilty of bad [...] The post Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talk Charade – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jul 2013 11:04 AM PDT
By John C.K. Daly Australia’s massive mineral exports allowed it to weather the global recession, which began in 2008, quite nicely. The U.S. government’s Energy Information Administration noted in its country’s analysis for Australia, “Australia, rich in hydrocarbons and uranium, was the world’s second largest coal exporter in 2011 and the third largest liquefied natural [...] The post Mineral Rich Australia May Contain World’s Next Major Oil Find –...
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Posted: 22 Jul 2013 11:00 AM PDT
Shell, and its partners, are expecting to boost production with two new deepwater projects at Parque das Conchas (BC-10) and the Bijupirá/Salema fields. “Offshore Brazil is a key part of our plans to grow our deepwater portfolio – a key component of our global strategy,” said John Hollowell, Executive Vice President for Deep Water, Shell [...] The post Shell To Boost Deepwater Production In Brazil appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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