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- Stop The Killing – OpEd
- Germany: Police Arrest IS Supporters, Raid Properties
- Obama’s Dumb War – OpEd
- Switzerland: Tax Breaks For Rich Foreigners Under Fire – Analysis
- Spanish Nurse Tests Negative For Deadly Ebola Virus: Family Spokesperson
- China: Use ‘Rule Of Law’ Plenum To Reduce Abuses, Says HRW
- US Troops Surge In Afghanistan, Repetition Of Mistake Committed In Iraq – Interview
- Major Breakthrough Could Help Detoxify Pollutants
- Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement: The Larger Picture – Analysis
- The Politics Of Empire: The US, Israel And The Middle East – Book Review
- Pandora’s Box Is Opened: Pro-Democratic Occupy Central Protest On Verge Of Turning Into A Riot – Op-Ed
- Ron Paul: National Service Is Anti-Liberty And Un-American – OpE
- What Kashmir Means To Pakistan – Analysis
- ‘Serious DNA Error’ In Jack The Ripper Identity Discovery
- Pope Francis’ Closing Synod Speech Received With Standing Ovation
- Improved Electricity Access Has Little Impact On Climate Change
- Oxfam: Ebola Could be ‘Disaster Of Our Generation’
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Posted: 19 Oct 2014 02:30 PM PDT
On August 9, 1983, three people dressed as U.S. soldiers saluted their way onto a U.S. military base and climbed a pine tree. The base contained a school training elite Salvadoran and other foreign troops to serve dictatorships back home, with a record of nightmarish brutality following graduation. That night, once the base’s lights went […] The post Stop The Killing – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 19 Oct 2014 02:23 PM PDT
German police have arrested two men suspected of supporting Islamic State and raided properties across the country of another 13 suspected supporters of militant Islamist groups, prosecutors said on Saturday, Oct 17, Reuters reported. The two men were arrested in the western city of Aachen and identified as a 38-year-old Tunisian, Kamel Ben Yahia S., […] The post Germany: Police Arrest IS Supporters, Raid Properties appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 19 Oct 2014 02:10 PM PDT
By Peter Certo If Barack Obama owes his presidency to one thing, it was the good sense he had back in 2002 to call the Iraq War what it was: “dumb.” Now, with scarcely a whisper of debate, Obama has become the fourth consecutive U.S. president to bomb Iraq — and in fact has outdone […] The post Obama’s Dumb War – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 19 Oct 2014 02:07 PM PDT
By Samuel Jaberg Lump sum taxation, the tailor-made measure tax regime designed to attract wealthy foreigners to Switzerland, is facing a crucial test as voters head to the polls on November 30 to decide whether or not to abolish the system for good. Proponents of the initiative say lump sum taxation is unfair and opaque, […] The post Switzerland: Tax Breaks For Rich Foreigners Under Fire – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 19 Oct 2014 02:03 PM PDT
The latest test, conducted on a blood sample of Spain’s nurse Teresa Romero, who is the first person in Europe to contract Ebola virus, showed no traces of the deadly disease, a family spokesperson Teresa Mesa said Sunday. “Her blood sample tested negative for the virus,” Mesa said, adding as much had been revealed to […] The post Spanish Nurse Tests Negative For Deadly Ebola Virus: Family Spokesperson appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 19 Oct 2014 02:01 PM PDT
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) should make its upcoming Plenum meeting meaningful by taking steps to address human rights abuses, Human Rights Watch said in a letter today to CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping. The Plenum, which is to focus on the “rule of law,” will be held in Beijing on October 20-23, 2014. “Under […] The post China: Use ‘Rule Of Law’ Plenum To Reduce Abuses, Says HRW appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 19 Oct 2014 01:59 PM PDT
Afghanistan has not been a safe and stable country for several decades, and its security conditions have deteriorated gravely after the first American and NATO troops set foot into its cities. The U.S. war on Afghanistan, which was launched by former President George W. Bush with the purported aim of eradicating terrorism from the country, […] The post US Troops Surge In Afghanistan, Repetition Of Mistake Committed In Iraq – Interview appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 19 Oct 2014 01:56 PM PDT
Scientists at The University of Manchester hope a major breakthrough could lead to more effective methods for detoxifying dangerous pollutants like PCBs and dioxins. The result is a culmination of 15 years of research and has been published in Nature. It details how certain organisms manage to lower the toxicity of pollutants. The team at […] The post Major Breakthrough Could Help Detoxify Pollutants appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 19 Oct 2014 01:53 PM PDT
The Sunflower Movement suggests difficult times ahead for Taiwan’s politics and cross-Strait relations By Ivan Lidarev* The outbreak of the student-led Sunflower Movement in March provoked a political earthquake in Taiwan. Directed against the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement (CSSTA) between the PRC and ROC, the movement ushered three weeks of tense standoff with the ruling […] The post Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement: The Larger Picture – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 19 Oct 2014 01:41 PM PDT
James Petras, The Politics of Empire. The US, Israel and the Middle East, Clarity Press, Atlanta 2014, 196 pp., $18.95. The Israeli military went again on a rampage against the ghettoized people in the Gaza strip. The last time, they “visited” the walled-in strip at the turn of the year 2008/09, they slaughtered 1,400 Palestinians. […] The post The Politics Of Empire: The US, Israel And The Middle East – Book Review appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 19 Oct 2014 01:35 PM PDT
The Umbrella Movement, as the pro-democratic Occupy Central Protest in Hong Kong is called, is now on the verge of turning into a riot. Last night, a serious confrontation, never seen before, was mounted by the crowd gathering in the Mongkok area as the Hong Kong Police force was determined to clear the streets of […] The post Pandora’s Box Is Opened: Pro-Democratic Occupy Central Protest On Verge Of Turning Into A Riot – Op-Ed appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 19 Oct 2014 01:30 PM PDT
Former Clinton Administration Labor Secretary Robert Reich recently called on the government to force young people to spend two years either “serving” in the military or performing some other type of government-directed “community service.” Neoconservative Senator John McCain has introduced legislation creating a mandatory national service program very similar to Reich’s proposal. It is not […] The post Ron Paul: National Service Is Anti-Liberty And Un-American – OpE appeared first...
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Posted: 19 Oct 2014 07:17 AM PDT
By Manoj Joshi There should be some things clear about the Kashmir issue. However convinced we may be of our case, the international community views the state of Jammu & Kashmir to be disputed territory. We need not repeat the long and sorry story of how this came about, but as of now, that is […] The post What Kashmir Means To Pakistan – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 19 Oct 2014 07:12 AM PDT
The scientist who conducted a DNA analysis of the shawl found near the body of one of Jack The Ripper’s victims allegedly made a basic error, which means the identity of one of history’s most notorious killers is in doubt again. At the beginning of September, armchair detective Russell Edwards declared that 23-year-old Polish immigrant, […] The post ‘Serious DNA Error’ In Jack The Ripper Identity Discovery appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 19 Oct 2014 07:08 AM PDT
Pope Francis’ address at the conclusion of the Synod on the Family, delivered Saturday, was responded to with a four-minute standing ovation on the part of the bishops attending the Vatican meeting. In the Oct. 18 speech, the Pope thanked the bishops for their efforts, and noted the various temptations that can arise in such […] The post Pope Francis’ Closing Synod Speech Received With Standing Ovation appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 19 Oct 2014 07:04 AM PDT
Improving household electricity access in India over the last 30 years contributed only marginally to the nation’s total carbon emissions growth during that time, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change. “Energy access is fundamental to development: it brings improvements to all aspects of life, including education, communication, and health,” […] The post Improved Electricity Access Has Little Impact On Climate Change appeared first on...
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Posted: 19 Oct 2014 07:02 AM PDT
The international aid agency Oxfam is appealing to European Union foreign ministers to do more to fight Ebola; a disease Oxfam says could be the “definitive humanitarian disaster of our generation.” The chief of the British charity, Mark Goldring, called for more troops, funding and medical staff to be sent to Sierra Leone, Guinea and […] The post Oxfam: Ebola Could be ‘Disaster Of Our Generation’ appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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