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- Japan PM Dissolves Parliament, Paves Way For Snap Election
- Muslims Must Reach Out To Dalits, Other Communities – OpEd
- Grand Mufti: Steer Clear Of Anti-Islamic Websites
- Threat For India: Islamic State, Al Qaeda And Taliban – Analysis
- EU Sanctions Are Vanguard In Fight Against Russian Revanchism – Analysis
- Back To The Future: China’s Defence Industry Innovation Paths – Analysis
- Germany: AfD Supporters Lean Towards Xenophobia And Fascism, Research Says
- Achieving Efficiency And Accuracy In GM Food Risk Assessments
- Biden In Ukraine Amid Reports Of Boost In Nonlethal Military Aid
- FIFA To Review Own Probe Into Alleged World Cup Bribery; Won’t Publish Report
- Will Okinawa Poll Shock Impact Abe’s National Politics And US Relations? – Analysis
- More MERS Deaths In Saudi Arabia
- Iran Frees Activist Blogger Hossein Derakhshan
- Blast On Gulf Of Mexico Platform Leaves 1 Dead, 3 Injured
- Zarif-Kerry-Ashton End Trilateral Meeting
- President Obama Address To Nation On Immigration – Transcript
- Obama Unveils Sweeping Immigration Reform
- Modi In Fiji: An Agenda Beyond The Diaspora – Analysis
- Iran Negotiations, OPEC Meeting Loom For Oil Markets – Analysis
- Northeast India: Where Is The Chinese Investment? – Analysis
- UK Selective Memory Syndrome – OpEd
- KAICIID: ‘Islam Has Nothing To Do With IS Group’s Atrocities’
- Bandgladesh: When The Dowry Culture Kills
- Jammu and Kashmir: Legacy Of Governors, But A Light In The Darkness? – OpEd
- What’s Really Tearing Ukraine Apart – OpEd
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Posted: 20 Nov 2014 08:45 PM PST
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has dissolved parliament, paving the way for a snap election, BBC News reports. Abe is seeking a new mandate for economic reforms and is delaying an unpopular increase in sales tax. But opinion polls conducted by local media indicate low support for the PM and that many people do not […] The post Japan PM Dissolves Parliament, Paves Way For Snap Election appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 20 Nov 2014 08:43 PM PST
By Aijaz Zaka Syed The Dalits or low-caste Hindus have struggled on the margins of Indian society, suffering in silence, for thousands of years. Being born at the bottom of the caste hierarchy is the ultimate sin in the ancient land. This is an issue that is as old as Mahabharata. The earliest voice of […] The post Muslims Must Reach Out To Dalits, Other Communities – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 20 Nov 2014 08:40 PM PST
Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh, grand mufti and chairman of the Standing Committee for Scientific Research and Ifta, said the cyber war waged by anti-Islamic websites are promoting division among Muslims. He called on young men and women to be cautious of these misleading sites, which seem to call for good, but are actually causing dissemination […] The post Grand Mufti: Steer Clear Of Anti-Islamic Websites appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 20 Nov 2014 08:34 PM PST
NATO’s drawdown in Afghanistan and rise of Islamic State leave India vulnerable to terrorism. By Saroj Kumar Rath On October 2, 2014, a powerful IED went off accidentally at a secret bomb- making factory of a group known as Al Jihad’ in rural West Bengal. Investigators identified the module as handiwork of Bengali, an Indian […] The post Threat For India: Islamic State, Al Qaeda And Taliban – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 20 Nov 2014 08:31 PM PST
By Paulo Gorjão “Russia is part of the problem but is also for sure part of the solution”, said the High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy1 following a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council. “Sanctions (…) are an effective tool in a broader strategy”, added Federica Mogherini […] The post EU Sanctions Are Vanguard In Fight Against Russian Revanchism – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 20 Nov 2014 08:20 PM PST
By 2030, China seeks to transform its defence industry into a leading technological innovator of major weapons platforms and systems. Will it be comparable in sophistication to global defence science and technology powers? By Michael Raska China’s political and military elites believe that a new wave of the global Revolution in Military Affairs is gathering […] The post Back To The Future: China’s Defence Industry Innovation Paths – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 20 Nov 2014 08:18 PM PST
(EurActiv) — Germany’s middle-class is shifting rightwards, according to a study by the Friedrich-Ebert Foundation, finding Eurosceptic AfD’s followers in particular supporting right-wing extremist and chauvinist ways of thinking. EurActiv Germany reports. Right-wing, extremist attitudes have lost considerable ground in Germany compared to previous years. But a study released on Thursday (20 November) by the […] The post Germany: AfD Supporters Lean Towards Xenophobia And Fascism,...
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Posted: 20 Nov 2014 08:12 PM PST
(CORDIS) — Researchers funded through the GRACE project recently conducted a 90-day feeding trial on rats to assess the safety of two different varieties of genetically modified (GM) MON810 maize. In the trial, control groups were given the non-GM parent variety or one of four conventional maize varieties as part of their diet. The results […] The post Achieving Efficiency And Accuracy In GM Food Risk Assessments appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 20 Nov 2014 08:10 PM PST
(RFE/RL) — U.S. President Joe Biden has arrived in Kyiv for a visit amid expectations he will announce an increase nonlethal military assistance to Ukraine. Reuters quotes U.S. officials as saying privately that the nonlethal aid Biden will announce in Kyiv includes Humvees from excess supplies in the Pentagon’s inventory, as well as the delivery […] The post Biden In Ukraine Amid Reports Of Boost In Nonlethal Military Aid appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 20 Nov 2014 08:08 PM PST
(RFE/RL) — World soccer’s governing body, FIFA, announced a review of its own investigation into alleged corruption during bidding by Russia and Qatar to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cup tournaments. The November 20 announcement came as FIFA faced a storm of criticism for lack of transparency and refusing to release the full report […] The post FIFA To Review Own Probe Into Alleged World Cup Bribery; Won’t Publish Report appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 20 Nov 2014 08:06 PM PST
By K V Kesavan and Vindu Mai Chotani The race for the Governor of Okinawa has finally come to an end. In the gubernatorial election held on November 16, the incumbent Governor Hirokazu Nakaima was defeated by former Naha mayor Takeshi Onaga. Onaga’s decisive victory (approximately 100,000 votes ahead of Nakaima) brings relief to the […] The post Will Okinawa Poll Shock Impact Abe’s National Politics And US Relations? – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 20 Nov 2014 08:05 PM PST
Three more Saudis have died of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), while a new case has surfaced, the Ministry of Health said on Thursday. Two of the deaths took place in Al-Kharj, 60 kilometers away from Riyadh, and the third in Taif. The latest casualties were two women aged 84 and 70 and a […] The post More MERS Deaths In Saudi Arabia appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 20 Nov 2014 08:02 PM PST
An activist known as the “blogfather” of Iran has finally been released from prison in his homeland after six years. Iranian-Canadian blogger Hossein Derakhshan has been pardoned by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. He was arrested in 2008 on suspicion of spying for Israel, then sentenced to 19 years for spreading propaganda, insulting Islam and […] The post Iran Frees Activist Blogger Hossein Derakhshan appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 20 Nov 2014 07:59 PM PST
An explosion off the US coast in the Gulf of Mexico on an oil and gas platform has killed one worker and injured three others. The blast occurred on the Echo Platform just before 3pm about 12 miles (19km) off the coast of Louisiana, according to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), as […] The post Blast On Gulf Of Mexico Platform Leaves 1 Dead, 3 Injured appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 20 Nov 2014 07:57 PM PST
Trilateral meeting among Iranian and US foreign ministers and the EU coordinator that had begun at 8:20 pm, local time here in Cobourg Hotel ended after two hours of negotiations. According to IRNA, John Kerry arrived in Vienna from Paris to join the Vienna 8 negotiations, which is supposed to be the last round of […] The post Zarif-Kerry-Ashton End Trilateral Meeting appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 20 Nov 2014 07:51 PM PST
By US President Barack Obama My fellow Americans, tonight, I’d like to talk with you about immigration. For more than 200 years, our tradition of welcoming immigrants from around the world has given us a tremendous advantage over other nations. It’s kept us youthful, dynamic, and entrepreneurial. It has shaped our character as a people […] The post President Obama Address To Nation On Immigration – Transcript appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 20 Nov 2014 07:44 PM PST
President Barack Obama has bypassed Congress on immigration reform, saying the country can no longer wait to fix a broken system. The president unveiled his plan during a televised primetime address, in which he outlined a plan to temporarily protect as many as 5 million undocumented immigrants from deportation, allowing parents whose children are U.S. […] The post Obama Unveils Sweeping Immigration Reform appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 20 Nov 2014 07:58 AM PST
On Nov 19, on the last leg of his three-nation trip, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in the the Fijian capital of Suva for a day-long bilateral visit, where he is expected to address a joint session of the Fijian parliament. He will be the first Indian prime minister after Indira Gandhi in 1981 […] The post Modi In Fiji: An Agenda Beyond The Diaspora – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 20 Nov 2014 07:54 AM PST
By Nick Cunningham As November draws to a close, there are two major events that could profoundly change the oil markets. With the clock ticking, the 5 permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (P5 plus 1) are negotiating down to the wire with Iran over its nuclear program. The two sides have […] The post Iran Negotiations, OPEC Meeting Loom For Oil Markets – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 20 Nov 2014 07:49 AM PST
By Ruhee Neog Much has been written about Chinese President Xi Jingping’s visit to India and his camaraderie with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Irrespective of the final pronouncements on the success or failure of the meeting, the areas identified as recipients of Chinese investments were found to be particularly jarring by some analysts due […] The post Northeast India: Where Is The Chinese Investment? – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 20 Nov 2014 07:47 AM PST
By Neil Berry Even before the centenary this year of the outbreak of the World War I, British people seemed to be making an ever greater emotional investment in remembering their war dead. The official days of Remembrance, Nov. 11 and the adjacent Remembrance Sunday, have become part of an extended autumn ritual during which […] The post UK Selective Memory Syndrome – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 20 Nov 2014 07:45 AM PST
Top Saudi leaders joined representatives of other faiths in condemning violence by the so-called Islamic State (IS) at a conference organized in the Austrian capital by the King Abdullah International Center for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID) on Wednesday. The KAICIID was founded in October 2011 by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah […] The post KAICIID: ‘Islam Has Nothing To Do With IS Group’s Atrocities’ appeared first on Eurasia...
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Posted: 20 Nov 2014 07:43 AM PST
Two young women were killed in the northern Mymensingh district last week in a surge of women being killed in dowry-related incidents. One was beaten to death by her in-laws in a feud over her dowry, while the other, only 19 years-old and six months pregnant, was repeatedly beaten by her husband for the same […] The post Bandgladesh: When The Dowry Culture Kills appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 20 Nov 2014 07:42 AM PST
By Dr. Fayaz Ahmad Bhat* and Ajaz Ahmad Bhat* Every State of India is headed by a Governor and every Union Territory by a Lieutenant-Governor (LG). Article 157 and Article 158 of Indian Constitution defines the eligibility criteria for the post of Governor and Lieutenant-Governor. To be eligible for the post of Governor / LG, […] The post Jammu and Kashmir: Legacy Of Governors, But A Light In The Darkness? – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 20 Nov 2014 07:23 AM PST
Putin has set his steely sights on Ukraine. That’s been the unbending belief of President Barack Obama. He emphatically accused Russia of “seeking through force to exert influence on a neighboring country.” Obama was talking, of course, about the violent 2014 crisis, ongoing as this is being written. It started with earnest street demonstrations and […] The post What’s Really Tearing Ukraine Apart – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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