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Sunday, 25 August 2013

“Poland Braces For UN Climate Conference – Analysis” plus 29 more : Eurasia Review

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Posted: 24 Aug 2013 09:34 PM PDT
By Anna Rutkowski “We need to be prepared for nine billion people on this planet, as we all deserve a decent and secure life. By being creative, the world can reduce greenhouse gas emissions while creating jobs, promoting economic growth and ensuring better living standards. Where there is a will, there is a way!” says […] The post Poland Braces For UN Climate Conference – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 24 Aug 2013 09:16 PM PDT
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who succeeded founder Bill Gates in the job, will retire within the next 12 months, Belfast Telegraph said. The world’s biggest software company did not name a successor. Microsoft Corp’s stock shot up 9% in pre-market trading following the news. Ballmer, 57, first met Microsoft founder Bill Gates in 1973 while […] The post Steve Ballmer To Retire As Microsoft CEO appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 24 Aug 2013 09:15 PM PDT
Mobile games publisher Rovio has confirmed that its Angry Birds Star Wars II game will be available on iOS, Android and Windows Phone when it launches on 19 September, and that it will be a paid game costing $0.99 (£0.69), The Guardian said. That follows the pattern laid down by the first Angry Birds Star […] The post Angry Birds Star Wars II To Launch For iOS, Android And Windows Phone appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 24 Aug 2013 09:14 PM PDT
UK football club Chelsea have upped their efforts to sign Samuel Eto’o from Anzhi Makhachkala, offering the Cameroonian star 6 million euros per year to lure him to Stamford Bridge, Sky Sports reported Saturday. While that would represent a possibly unprecedented 14 million euro cut in wages for reportedly the world’s best-paid player, it is […] The post Chelsea Ups Eto’o Salary Offer To 6M Euros – Report appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 24 Aug 2013 09:12 PM PDT
By John Robles The latest revelation being credited to Edward Snowden attributed to the top-secret U.S. Government documents that he leaked to the Guardian is that the U.S. Government paid the tech companies participating in the PRISM program millions of dollars to make them compliant. This fact further brings into question the true “independence” of […] The post Julian Assange: Google’s Agenda Inextricable From US Government’s – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 24 Aug 2013 09:08 PM PDT
By Erl Murati Plastic cans, empty cigar packs and banana skins litter the sand of Shengjin beach, making unattractive company for thousands of tourists who have invaded this shore of Adriatic Sea, some 45 kilometres from Tirana. Pigs sift through rubbish alongside the road. “It is the second time I come to Albania to spend […] The post With Only Two Dumps, Albania Far From EU Standards appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 24 Aug 2013 09:07 PM PDT
By Walid Ramzi Algerian security forces have recently thwarted several terrorist attacks on security headquarters and other government buildings carried out by groups affiliated with al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). Through these operations, AQIM is trying to lift a siege imposed on the eastern border with Tunisia, where terrorist groups suspected of being behind […] The post Algeria Thwarts Terrorist Attacks appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 24 Aug 2013 09:05 PM PDT
Iranian president Hassan Rohani condemned the use of chemical weapons in Syria, expressing grave concern for that country’s people. “That the conditions dominating Syria led to the martyrdom of innocent people through chemical weapons is very distressing,” Rohani said. “The use of chemical weapons is unacceptable, and the Islamic Republic government, which has been a […] The post Iran’s Rohani Condemns Chemical Weapons Use In Syria appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 24 Aug 2013 09:03 PM PDT
By Jamal Harwood From Charles Hugh Smith oftwominds.com [website] “Correspondent C.G.D. recently asked what I consider a very profound question: why isn’t there a demonstrably correct economic theory? “My wife has asked me a ‘simple’ question that I can not answer. After 2000 years, why do we not know which economic theory is correct: Keynesian […] The post Why Isn’t There A Demonstrably Correct Economic Theory? – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 24 Aug 2013 08:57 PM PDT
(Civil.Ge) — Presidential candidate Nino Burjanadze’s party Democratic Movement-United Georgia (DMUG) has recently claimed that disillusioned by current government’s policies, “hundreds” of activists and members of Georgian Dream coalition are quitting PM Ivanishvili’s party and joining Burjanadze’s DMUG. PM Ivanishvili’s Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia (GDDG) party says that although there have been only few cases of […] The post Georgia: Burjanadze And Ivanishvili’s...

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Posted: 24 Aug 2013 08:54 PM PDT
By Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed During the past few days, the US media have gone berserk over the Saudi role in the region. In the past, they concluded that the Kingdom does not play any role outside its borders. So what happened? Are they dismayed that the Kingdom is overtly supporting the regime change in Egypt? […] The post Spotlight On Saudi-US Ties – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 24 Aug 2013 08:52 PM PDT
Saudi Arabia intends to become a leader in renewable energy by building 16 nuclear reactors with a combined capacity of 22GW, which is about half of the Kingdom’s current electricity output. The project is estimated to cost of more than $100 billion. Abdul Ghani bin Melaibari, coordinator of scientific collaboration at King Abdullah City for […] The post Saudi Arabia Says 16 Nuclear Reactors To Be Ready By 2030 appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 24 Aug 2013 08:50 PM PDT
This article, by FPRI Senior Fellow Abdallah Schleifer, originally appeared on alarabiya.net on August 21, 2013. Writing from Cairo, Schleifer is Professor Emeritus of Journalism at the American University in Cairo and has covered Egypt for Arab and Western media for nearly half a century. By Abdallah Schleifer Many years ago, when I was a […] The post How Al-Jazeera Skews Its Coverage Of Egypt – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 24 Aug 2013 08:46 PM PDT
By Pamela F. Izaguirre The arrest on August 17 of the leader of Cártel del Golfo (Gulf Cartel), Mario Ramirez Treviño, better known as X-20 as well as the capture this past July of the leader of Los Zetas (The Zetas), Miguel Ángel Treviño Morales, the Z-40, are nothing more than superficial achievements for Mexican […] The post Narco-Politics: How Mexico Got There And How It Can Get Out – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 24 Aug 2013 08:38 PM PDT
Existing urban water systems are at the end of their design lifetimes. New, innovative solutions are needed, and these must combine technology and engineering with an understanding of social systems and institutions. The current issue of Environmental Engineering Science, the Official Journal of the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors, focuses on Re-inventing Urban […] The post Can We Save Our Urban Water Systems? appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 24 Aug 2013 08:02 PM PDT
One detail in the following report that I regard as suspect is that a U.S.-led training operation for FSA rebels would involve Israelis. I don’t think the Israelis would want to be involved and I don’t think the U.S. or Jordanians would welcome their presence. Why provide fodder for the Assad regime and those outside […] The post Did Assad Use Chemical Weapons In Response To ‘External Aggression’? – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 24 Aug 2013 07:56 PM PDT
By Ravi Joshi The recent turn of events in Egypt raise many questions. The most immediate question, however, is whether this is the end of Muslim Brotherhood (MB) or is it also the end of the ‘Egyptian Spring’? No, I am not suggesting, even for a moment that the MB is the real heir to […] The post Is It The End Of Egyptian Spring? – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 24 Aug 2013 07:52 PM PDT
While collecting data Edward Snowden was able to evade all safeguards at the NSA, leaving the agency puzzled at how he did it, according to new report. Officials worry that the ease with which he covered his tracks means another breach could happen. Information logs exist to tell the government who tried to view or […] The post Snowden Tricked NSA And They Don’t Know How He Did It appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 24 Aug 2013 07:50 PM PDT
Deposed Chinese regional leader Bo Xilai on Saturday said he accepted some of the blame over a scandal that erupted after his police chief entered a US consulate and led to his wife’s murder conviction. Bo said he was guilty of “serious misjudgement” and his actions had “affected the reputation of the party and the […] The post Deposed Chinese Leader Bo Xilai Accepts Blame Over Murder Scandal appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 24 Aug 2013 07:42 PM PDT
By Mohamed Yousry and Michael Gasper In the immediate aftermath of the coup that deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, it looked as though the Muslim Brothers had decided to embrace all options, including violence, to regain their footing and demand Morsi’s reinstatement. In the heat of the moment, some Brotherhood members and their supporters waved […] The post Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood: Reform Or Relapse? – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 24 Aug 2013 07:39 PM PDT
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Western sanctions will fail to force the Islamic Republic to change its foreign policy principles. “Sanctions put people under pressure but they will not force a change in foreign policy. The West should understand this. This is not the right way to deal with Iran,” Zarif said. He […] The post Iran Says Sanctions Fail To Force It To Change Foreign Policy appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 24 Aug 2013 07:35 PM PDT
(RFE/RL) — Adel Borghei has worked as a tennis referee in more than a dozen countries. The 32-year-old umpire thought the U.S. Open would be his next international tournament. Borghei says the United States Tennis Association (USTA) sent him confirmation in May that he had been accepted to work at the U.S. Open, which takes […] The post US Sanctions Derail Iranian Tennis Referee’s Tournament Plans appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 24 Aug 2013 07:31 PM PDT
By Michael Lombardi Finally, some good news for the U.S. economy? The National Association of Realtors (NAR) just reported July existing-home sales increased in the U.S. housing market to an annual rate of 5.39 million homes—up 17.2% from July of 2012. (Source: National Association of Realtors, August 21, 2013.) And those companies that are closely related to the […] The post What Those Collapsing Homebuilder Stocks Are Trying To Tell Us – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 24 Aug 2013 07:26 PM PDT
By Fuad Ferhavi At the start of the month the Turkish Embassy in Mogadishu was the target of a suicide car-bombing. A Turkish policeman lost his life in the attack and three others were wounded. The extremist movement al-Shabaab (The Youth), an off-shoot of al-Qaeda, claimed responsibility for the attack. The attack raised a number […] The post Terrorism, Petrol And International Competition: Turkey In Somalia – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 24 Aug 2013 07:22 PM PDT
Top U.S. military and national security advisors have presented President Barack Obama with a detailed set of options for responding to the Syrian government’s alleged use of chemical weapons. The White House, in a statement Saturday, said the meeting was called to set an action plan — if it is determined Syrian forces used chemical […] The post Obama, National Security Team Meet On Syria appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 24 Aug 2013 10:22 AM PDT
An Indian navy submarine Sindhurakshak with about 18 sailors on board caught fire after an explosion on last Wednesday. While the exact cause of the explosion on-board Sindhurakshak is still to be determined, but it puts a spotlight on the spate of incidents involving naval vessels. Since 2005, at least 10 serious incidents have been […] The post Another Incident At Sea – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 24 Aug 2013 10:18 AM PDT
Activists have stepped up calls for a boycott of the 2022 World Cup if Qatar fails to bring conditions for its majority foreign work force in line with international labor standards. The campaign seeks to exploit potential Qatari vulnerability at a time that world soccer body FIFA gears up to decide whether to move the […] The post Pressure For Labor Reform In Qatar Increases Amid Calls To Move World Cup To Winter – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 24 Aug 2013 10:10 AM PDT
Some 3,600 Syrians showed “neurotoxic symptoms” within the first three hours following an alleged chemical weapons attack on Wednesday, three Damascus-area hospitals reported to Doctors Without Borders (Medicins Sans Frontieres). Of the patients that arrived on August 21, 355 reportedly died, the charity said in a statement released Saturday. “The medical staff gave us detailed […] The post Syria: 3,600 Persons With Neurotoxic Symptoms In Hospitals, 355 Dead appeared first on...

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Posted: 24 Aug 2013 10:08 AM PDT
Thousands of Bahrainis took to the streets in a march for democratic reform outside the capital Manama, 10 days after a police crackdown on a similar demonstration organized online by activists inspired by the Egyptian protests. The protesters marched west of the capital on Friday, protesting against the stringent new laws that prohibit public dissent. […] The post Thousands Take To Streets In Bahrain To Protest For Democracy appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 24 Aug 2013 10:02 AM PDT
The U.S. defense secretary has strongly suggested that the U.S. is moving naval forces into place in anticipation of any decision by President Barack Obama to order military action on Syria after apparent chemical weapons use. Chuck Hagel told reporters traveling to Malaysia with him Friday Obama has asked the Defense Department for a range […] The post Hagel: US Weighs Military Options For Syria appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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