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- Why The US May Go To War In The South China Sea – OpEd
- Three Elections In Three Continents – OpEd
- Are Atheist Journalist’s Papal Interviews Reliable? – OpEd
- Large-Scale Reclamation Projects In South China Sea: China And International Law – Analysis
- India: No Justice For 1984 Anti-Sikh Bloodshed, Says HRW
- European Court Rules: You Can’t Walk Naked In Public
- Zimbabwe: Mugabe Excludes Stepping Down, Slams Feuding In Party
- Emergency Palestine-Israel UN Meeting: UN Admonishes Israeli Settlement Activity
- China In Sri Lanka – Analysis
- Why Peace In Afghanistan Means Peace In Pakistan – OpEd
- Occupy Central/Sunflower: Popular Resistance In Greater China – Analysis
- Bioterrorism, ISIS And Ebola Mania – OpEd
- Ashin Wirathu: Five Reasons For His Rise – Analysis
- Google Data Collection Worries Americans More Than NSA
- Federal Reserve Ends Quantitative Easing Bond-Buying Program
- San Francisco Giants Win Baseball World Series
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Posted: 29 Oct 2014 07:06 PM PDT
Tension in the South China Sea may make policy makers on both sides think about going to war. As China seeks to exercise its control over disputed islands and maritime waters it may seek to block US warships and military aircraft from crossing through large swathes of the South China Sea. This restriction will prove unpalatable […] The post Why The US May Go To War In The South China Sea – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 29 Oct 2014 07:01 PM PDT
By Gwynne Dyer Last Sunday was a busy day: Three elections, in three different continents, all of them offering at least the hope of better times. First, Brazil, where President Dilma Rousseff eked out a second-round victory with 51.6 percent of the votes versus 48.4 percent for the challenger, Aecio Neves. But Neves was quick […] The post Three Elections In Three Continents – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 29 Oct 2014 06:58 PM PDT
By Andrea Gagliarducci Following the publication of a new text by Italian journalist Eugenio Scalfari in ‘La Repubblica’ suggesting that Pope Francis believes in relativism, the Holy See spokesman has questioned whether Scalfari is advancing his own views. In a recent op-ed in the leftist Italian newspaper, Scalfari mentioned one of his recent conversations with […] The post Are Atheist Journalist’s Papal Interviews Reliable? – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia...
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Posted: 29 Oct 2014 06:55 PM PDT
Several of the reefs occupied by China in the Spratly Islands are being greatly expanded through land reclamation. China’s reclamation activities cannot enhance its claim to sovereignty over the reefs or change the legal status of the reefs under international law. By Robert Beckman THE INTERNATIONAL media has reported that China is undertaking large-scale reclamation […] The post Large-Scale Reclamation Projects In South China Sea: China And International Law – Analysis appeared...
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Posted: 29 Oct 2014 06:52 PM PDT
Successive Indian governments’ failure to prosecute those most responsible for killings and other abuses during the 1984 anti-Sikh violence highlights India’s weak efforts to combat communal violence. The new Indian government should seek police reforms and to enact a law against communal violence that would hold public officials accountable for complicity and dereliction of duty. […] The post India: No Justice For 1984 Anti-Sikh Bloodshed, Says HRW appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 29 Oct 2014 06:51 PM PDT
A man known as the Naked Rambler has lost his case at the European court of human rights, where he claimed he had a right to bare all in public. Former marine Stephen Gough, from Eastleigh, Hampshire (England), had alleged that his repeated arrest, prosecution, conviction and imprisonment for being nude in public and his […] The post European Court Rules: You Can’t Walk Naked In Public appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 29 Oct 2014 06:50 PM PDT
“Some are saying Mr Mugabe is old so he should step down”, but “No, when my time comes I will tell you”, said Zimbabwe’s ninety year-old President Robert Mugabe blasting internal feuding in the ruling party and excluding his resignation as leader of the nation and ZANU-Pf. “Some war is going on in my party. […] The post Zimbabwe: Mugabe Excludes Stepping Down, Slams Feuding In Party appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 29 Oct 2014 06:48 PM PDT
PLO Ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour told the Security Council on Wednesday that, at the request of PA President Mahmoud Abbas, he would present a draft resolution that “contain[s] elements of parameters [of withdrawal] with a time frame to end the occupation.” Jordan called the emergency session to discuss the Middle East and the […] The post Emergency Palestine-Israel UN Meeting: UN Admonishes Israeli Settlement Activity appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 29 Oct 2014 06:45 PM PDT
By C. Raja Mohan Reports that India has objected to Sri Lanka hosting a Chinese submarine last month are not surprising. In September, a submarine of the Chinese navy docked at the Colombo port just days before President Xi Jinping arrived in Sri Lanka. Last December, there were reports that a Chinese nuclear submarine had […] The post China In Sri Lanka – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 29 Oct 2014 06:42 PM PDT
Pakistan’s prime minister adviser on foreign Affairs Mr. Sar Taj Aziz paid a visit to Kabul on Sunday to assure the new government of the support of the Pakistan government. The trip also aimed to repair ties with the new Afghan government led by Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai after many of the setbacks in the relations […] The post Why Peace In Afghanistan Means Peace In Pakistan – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 29 Oct 2014 06:39 PM PDT
By Tom Gold Since early October, many of us have been mesmerized by scenes of the student-led “Occupy Central” or “Umbrella Movement” demonstrations in the government compound and throughout Hong Kong. Earlier this year, similar events occurred in Taipei in what became known as the Sunflower Movement. Coincidentally, as the Occupy Central movement was getting […] The post Occupy Central/Sunflower: Popular Resistance In Greater China – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 29 Oct 2014 06:36 PM PDT
Does demagoguery have an inventive side? Only if you assume semi-literacy is virtuous, and that imagination lies in the name of the manipulative. The combination of both Ebola and terrorism are the evil twins of the same security dilemma. It is manufactured. It is a confection. And it is, at the end, worthless in what […] The post Bioterrorism, ISIS And Ebola Mania – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 29 Oct 2014 06:34 PM PDT
By Aparupa Bhattacherjee U Ashin Wirathu, the Buddhist monk, is seen as the face of Buddhist extremism in Myanmar by the world. The 969 movement led by him aims to save Myanmar from the perceived threat of the rising number of Muslims within the country. Both Wirathu and the 969 movement have a huge number […] The post Ashin Wirathu: Five Reasons For His Rise – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 29 Oct 2014 06:32 PM PDT
Americans may not like the fact that the National Security Agency is collecting data on their phone calls and emails, but it turns out they are even more concerned over another surveillance threat: Google. In a survey conducted by the consumer feedback service Survata, the company asked internet users just how angry they would be […] The post Google Data Collection Worries Americans More Than NSA appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 29 Oct 2014 06:30 PM PDT
The Federal Reserve has officially announced an end to its quantitative easing bond-buying program, but economists are split over whether the central bank’s decision will help or hinder post-recession recovery. As expected, the Fed said Wednesday afternoon that it’s third and most recent round of quantitative easing, QE3, would come to an end. “The Committee […] The post Federal Reserve Ends Quantitative Easing Bond-Buying Program appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 29 Oct 2014 06:28 PM PDT
The San Francisco Giants have defeated the Kansas City Royals 3-2 in the deciding seventh game to win the Major League Baseball World Series. Giants ace pitcher Madison Bumgarner threw five scoreless innings in relief Wednesday night to close out the game and cement Most Valuable Player honors for the series. The championship is the […] The post San Francisco Giants Win Baseball World Series appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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