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Tuesday 9 July 2013

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“The Toppling Of Morsi Is A Blow For Secularism – OpEd” plus 29 more : Eurasia Review

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Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:08 AM PDT
By Muhammad Asim “Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black” – Henry Ford The ouster of Mohamed Morsi as President of Egypt in a coup d’état by the military will reverberate not only across the political landscape of the ancient land but that of the [...] The post The Toppling Of Morsi Is A Blow For Secularism – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:05 AM PDT
By Abdulateef Al-Muhlim In the past, whenever an American secretary of state arrived in any Middle Eastern country, it would be primetime news. He would meet the highest political figures and his/her visit would be given the maximum news coverage with everyone hoping for an end to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. John Kerry, the current US [...] The post Arab Spring: Mirror, Mirror On The Wall – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:03 AM PDT
By Luis Ramirez Defense attorneys in the court-martial of U.S. Army private Bradley Manning – accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks – have opened their case. Manning’s court-martial is in its sixth week. It is his lawyers’ chance to try to convince a panel of military jurors [...] The post Defense Opens In Manning WikiLeaks Case appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 08 Jul 2013 11:59 PM PDT
Understandably, the Muslim Brotherhood is enraged. Having won the presidency of Egypt in free and fair elections after the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak, President Mohammed Morsi has been ousted in a military coup and placed under house arrest. Brotherhood leaders, convicted of no crimes, are being rounded up. They played by America’s rules. Now, with [...] The post Patrick Buchanan: Vital Interests Vs. Democratic Ideals – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 08 Jul 2013 11:54 PM PDT
A military coup in Egypt resulted in the removal and imprisonment of the elected president, Mohamed Morsi, a closure of media outlets sympathetic to him, the house arrest of his advisors, and the suspension of the constitution. The military that overthrew Morsi is the main recipient of the $1.3 billion yearly US aid package to [...] The post Ron Paul: US-Egypt Policies Don’t Pass The Laugh Test – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 08 Jul 2013 11:48 PM PDT
Morocco should stop arbitrarily sealing private homes on the grounds that they were used to hold “unauthorized” meetings, Human Rights Watch said in a letter sent yesterday to the interior and justice ministers. Houses belonging to two members of the Islamist movement Adl wa’l Ihsan (Justice and Spirituality), including its new leader, Mohamed Abbadi, have [...] The post HRW Calls For Morocco To Stop Sealing Houses To Punish Activists appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 08 Jul 2013 11:47 PM PDT
The Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (DCENR) has approved Cairn’s farm-in as Operator with a 38% working interest (WI) in two exploration licences (FEL 2/04 and FEL 4/08) and one licensing option covering 2,753 km2 in the Porcupine Basin offshore West of Ireland. Cairn has also today entered [...] The post Cairn Receives Approval As Operator For Irish Drilling Program appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 08 Jul 2013 11:45 PM PDT
By Linda Heard This madness has to stop. Egypt is edging toward all out civil war while leaders from all sides squabble. There’s blame to go round, but Muhammad Mursi bears the brunt. He was a failed president, polarizing his nation and dragging it toward bankruptcy, even those who now support him have admitted that. [...] The post Blood Stains The Nile, What Now? – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 08 Jul 2013 11:42 PM PDT
By Kanchi Gupta The Egyptian revolution first took shape after President Hosni Mubarak stepped down in February 2011. However, the events of last week have introduced another milestone in the Egyptian revolutionary trajectory. President Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood was ousted by the armed forces following a 48-hour ultimatum to leave office. Soon after [...] The post Egypt: Continuing ‘Revolution’ Or Military ‘Coup’? – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia...

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Posted: 08 Jul 2013 11:40 PM PDT
By N Manoharan Number 13 is generally considered unlucky. In the Sri Lankan case, it is more than true. The 13th Amendment to the 1978 Sri Lankan Constitution, an offshoot of Indo-Sri Lankan Accord of 1987, has got mired into controversy since day one. It has become more contentious now. The issue is the existence [...] The post Sri Lanka And The 13th Amendment: Reconciling Differing Viewpoints – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 08 Jul 2013 11:37 PM PDT
By Veronica Khangchian In another blow to Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland – Isak-Muivah’s (NSCN-IM’s) struggle for integration of Naga areas, a June 28, 2013, report indicates states that two Naga outfits operating in Manipur – the Manipur Naga Revolutionary Front (MNRF) and United Naga People’s Council (UNPC) have merged to form a new group, [...] The post Manipur: Nagas: United Fragments – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 08 Jul 2013 11:36 PM PDT
By Mrinal Kanta Das On May 25, 2013, the Communist Party of India – Maoist (CPI-Maoist) sent shock waves across the country by attacking a Congress Party convoy in the Darbha Valley of Bastar District, Chhattisgarh, killing 26 persons, including Mahendra Karma, the controversial architect of the armed Salwa Judum anti-Maoist ‘people’s movement’ Just over [...] The post Maoists Are Back In Business In India – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 08 Jul 2013 11:33 PM PDT
By Ajai Sahni At least two monks, a Burmese and a Tibetan, were injured in a coordinated terror attack, in and around the Mahabodhi Temple (the Temple of the Great Awakening, where Buddha is believed to have attained enlightenment) Complex at Bodh Gaya in the Gaya District of Bihar on July 7, 2013. The Bihar [...] The post India: Culpable Neglect At Bodh Gaya – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 08 Jul 2013 11:30 PM PDT
The Board of Royal Dutch Shell said early Tuesdaya that Ben van Beurden will succeed Peter Voser as Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 January 2014. Peter Voser will leave Shell at the end of March 2014, marking the end of 29 years with the Company. Van Beurden, 55, has been Downstream Director since January 2013. [...] The post Royal Dutch Shell Names Ben Van Beurden As Next Chief Executive Officer appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 08 Jul 2013 11:28 PM PDT
Secretary of State John Kerry, bringing intensive Henry Kissinger-like shuttle diplomacy back into fashion to make another one of the periodic post-1948 U.S. attempts to solve the Israeli-Arab conflict once and for all, instead would better be compared to Wile E. Coyote’s attempt to catch the ever-elusive Road Runner. Will the United States and its [...] The post US Obsession With The Importance Of The Mideast And Solving The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia...

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Posted: 08 Jul 2013 11:26 PM PDT
It’s no wonder the federal government is having to spend $2 billion to build a new facility to hold 5 zettabytes of data (for context, according to Wikipedia, the entire World Wide Web contains one-half zettabyte of information). It has now been revealed that in addition to capturing and indefinitely storing everyone’s email and electronic [...] The post Neither Snow Nor Rain Nor Dark Of Night Will Prevent The Post Office From Spying On You – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 08 Jul 2013 11:24 PM PDT
By Stuart Littlewood The Palestinian embassy in London has just issued a rare media briefing. It asks “WHAT IS NEEDED FOR THE RESUMPTION OF CREDIBLE NEGOTIATIONS?” and tries to explain the Palestinian position. It says the Palestine Liberation Organization (which represents the Palestinian people to the outside world) has done everything it can to further [...] The post Quo Vadis, Palestine? – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 08 Jul 2013 11:10 PM PDT
Incompetence and negligence allowed Osama Bin Laden to live in Pakistan undetected for almost a decade, a leaked government report suggests, according to BBC News. A version of the report leaked to al-Jazeera says the killing of Bin Laden by US forces was a “criminal act of murder” ordered by the U.S. president. It also [...] The post Report On Bin Laden Reveals Pakistan Blunders appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 08 Jul 2013 11:09 PM PDT
Lenovo just outed a few new ThinkCentre machines, including the M93p, as well as a new all-in-one computer that packs Intel’s latest Haswell chips. The company also unveiled the M83 and E93 desktop towers with Haswell inside as well. All of these new machines are built for businesses and come with a corporate state of [...] The post Lenovo Rolls Out New ThinkCentre Machines appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 08 Jul 2013 11:07 PM PDT
Radioactive cesium levels in one of the observation wells at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in north-east Japan have jumped up 90 times over the past 3 days, the NHK television said Tuesday. NHK cited a report from Tokyo Electric Power Company, the plant’s operator, saying that “9,000 becquerels of cesium 134 and [...] The post Japan Reports Soaring Fukushima Groundwater Radiation appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 08 Jul 2013 09:50 PM PDT
Pakistan’s largest asset management company, National Investment Trust (NIT) announced its financial results for FY13 during this past week. The details attracted mixed reaction, but many analysts termed the performance rather subdued. However, if one looks at the details the numbers are not at all disappointing; in fact the management deserves appreciation for steering the [...] The post Pakistan: NIT The Largest AMC Posts Attractive Results appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 08 Jul 2013 08:29 PM PDT
Introduction World events and media portrayal of Islam over the last few decades has projected negative images, which are based on a total misunderstanding of Islam and the principals it encompasses [1]. Predominantly, Islam through many eyes is seen as a homogenous view of the world, where many elements of the media have stereotyped [2] [...] The post Integrating The Philosophy Of Tawhid: An Islamic Approach To Organization – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 08 Jul 2013 08:15 PM PDT
Just two days after the overthrow of President Mohamed Morsi, the new interim government in Egypt closed the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip indefinitely, and Nilesat – an Egyptian company that controls a number of Egyptian communications satellites – removed Hamas TV, Al-Quds, from the air. Hamas, the de facto government in the [...] The post Egypt And Hamas Part Company – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 08 Jul 2013 07:57 PM PDT
With the year 2014 – scheduled for US’ withdrawal from Afghanistan – approaching nearer, the confusion regarding the form and even quantum, and also the ‘after-effects’ of US’ withdrawal, is increasing in the media reports. There are now the reported lurking doubts that US may not fulfill its commitment to withdraw its military by the [...] The post Realities Relating To US’ Withdrawal From Afghanistan – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 08 Jul 2013 07:43 PM PDT
Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has confirmed that his country received a request for asylum from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden on Monday. “We received a letter requesting asylum” from Snowden, revealed Maduro, during a press conference prior to a meeting with Panama’s president, Ricardo Martinelli. The fugitive “will need to decide when he will fly here,” [...] The post Venezuela Confirms Received Asylum Request From Snowden appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 08 Jul 2013 07:40 PM PDT
Rosneft said Monday it has started field seismic operations at Fedynsky and Central Barents license areas, explored by Rosneft jointly with the project partner Eni, the major Italian oil company. 2D seismic survey is now scheduled along with the on-board gravity and magnetic measurements for 9,950 linear km in two license areas. The data will [...] The post Rosneft Starts Field Seismic Prospecting And Environment Studies With Eni In Barents Sea appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 08 Jul 2013 07:38 PM PDT
Whistle blowing has been around for as long as humanity developed the ability to communicate but technology has made it a phenomenon of truly gigantic proportions. Whistle blowing has become a formidable weapon of war. The pioneers of this level of impact that whistle blowing is imposing are none other than the WikiLeaks founder Mr. [...] The post Assange Becoming Powerful Global Figure – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 08 Jul 2013 07:31 PM PDT
At the moment, the entire world has its eyes fixed on Egypt. And rightfully so — after all, big things are happening there! However, in this article, I shall take a look at another region of the world that is not so far from the Middle East. In fact, if anything, it serves as a [...] The post Eastern Europe: The Call For Change Grows Stronger – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 08 Jul 2013 07:21 PM PDT
Mona Eltahawy, the eminent Egyptian-American journalist, mused, “Egypt is making western leaders and scholars redefine what “democracy” and “coup d’etat” are”. I replied to her tweet saying, “maybe that’s because they were trying to understand regime changes according to pol sci textbook definitions”. And, you know, regime changes don’t come by easily according to textbook [...] The post Egypt: Coup Or Revolution? What’s In A Name? – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 08 Jul 2013 07:17 PM PDT
The Road to Federal Consociationalism Given the fact that the Middle East peace process is dead, it is time to question both the aim of negotiations and the two-state solution. After more than 20 years of negotiations between Israelis and the Palestinians, Israeli officials have announced, although not officially, the end of the two-state solution. [...] The post The End Of The Two State Solution: What Is Next? – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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