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- Russia Mulls Cutting Oil Output In 2015
- Pakistan’s ‘Other’ Insurgents Face Islamic State
- CIA Torture Report: Will South Africa Own Up? – OpEd
- ‘Dubious’ Websites Incite Saudis To Join Terrorists
- Iran: Mousavi Responds To Public Attacks
- Samsung Starts Production Of First 8-Gigabit LPDDR4 Mobile DRAM
- Increasing Importance Of Education For Global Citizenship – Analysis
- Globetrotters’ Robert ‘Showboat’ Hall Dies
- UN’s Ban Ki-Moon Condemns Sudan Decision To Expel UN Officials
- US Launches Blimp To Defend Washington D.C. Air Space
- Cuba In The American Imagination – OpEd
- Iran, Russia Consider Facilitation Of Ruble-Rial Exchange
- Sri Lanka: JHU Fingerprints All Over Constitutional Proposal – OpEd
- Palestinian Problems – OpEd
- Sri Lanka: Rajapaksa Says Committed To Safeguard Country For Unborn Future Generation
- Azerbaijan: How Will Baku Handle Oil Price Slide? – Analysis
- Bosnia: European Values Must Come From Within – OpEd
- China: Woman Detained After Trying To ‘Bring Gospel’ To President Xi Jinping
- Philippines: Peace Talks To Begin Again – OpEd
- Syria: 2014 Roundup And 2015 Predictions – Analysis
- Tunisia Prepares For Libya Spillover From Unrest
- Addressing The Plight Of Assam – OpEd
- Spain Welcomes Entry Into Force Of Conventional Arms Trade Treaty
- India: Held Back By Hindutva – Analysis
- Russia Bolstering Presence In Central Asia: Threats And Opportunities For Iran – Analysis
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Posted: 27 Dec 2014 02:50 PM PST
Russia may cut its oil output due to low global oil prices and the lack of investment into the country’s energy industry, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said Thursday. Given the pessimistic scenario, Russia’s oil output could shrink by 10 percent in the next two or three years, which will not produce serious effects on […] The post Russia Mulls Cutting Oil Output In 2015 appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 27 Dec 2014 02:37 PM PST
By Karlos Zurutuza* The media tend to portray Balochistan as “troubled”, or “restive”, but it would be more accurate to say that there´s actually a war going on in this part of the world. Balochistan is the land of the Baloch, who today see their land divided by the borders of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan. […] The post Pakistan’s ‘Other’ Insurgents Face Islamic State appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 27 Dec 2014 02:30 PM PST
By Iqbal Jassat* During the era of Nelson Mandela’s first cabinet in post-apartheid South Africa, a controversial report on so-called Muslim terrorism marked “top secret” emerged. While the government at the time denied any knowledge of its existence and sought to distance itself from it, the malicious intent of whoever may have commissioned it was […] The post CIA Torture Report: Will South Africa Own Up? – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 27 Dec 2014 02:27 PM PST
Terrorists are increasingly resorting to the Internet to lure young men to their organizations, sources told local media on Saturday. They said terrorists do not only offend their home country, but often leave their families behind with little or no ways to sustain themselves. In some cases, youth choose to escape to places of unrest, […] The post ‘Dubious’ Websites Incite Saudis To Join Terrorists appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 27 Dec 2014 02:24 PM PST
With a rising number of accusations against the opposition leaders being spread in the media, MirHosein Mousavi has responded, calling those attacks “slander and insults”. The Kaleme website reports that he has repeatedly demanded the right to be put on trial where he could “tell the truth” but the authorities have refused. “I and (Zahra) […] The post Iran: Mousavi Responds To Public Attacks appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 27 Dec 2014 02:19 PM PST
Samsung Electronics has started mass producing the industry’s first 8 gigabit low power double data rate 4 mobile DRAM based on the company’s 20-nanometer process technology. LPDDR memories are the most widely used “working memory” for mobile devices worldwide. “By initiating production of the 20nm 8Gb LPDDR4, which is even faster than the DRAM for […] The post Samsung Starts Production Of First 8-Gigabit LPDDR4 Mobile DRAM appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 27 Dec 2014 02:12 PM PST
By Jaya Ramachandran When United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched the Global Education First Initiative in September 2012, “fostering global citizenship” was one of his three priorities, along with “putting every child in school” and “improving the quality of learning”. Ban said: “Education is much more than an entry to the job market. It has […] The post Increasing Importance Of Education For Global Citizenship – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 27 Dec 2014 02:05 PM PST
Robert “Showboat” Hall – one of the most revered showmen in the history of the Harlem Globetrotters – passed away on Dec. 24 in his hometown of Detroit. Hall played his first season as a Globetrotter in 1949 and succeeded Reece “Goose” Tatum as the team’s top showman in 1955. Hall played in over 5,000 […] The post Globetrotters’ Robert ‘Showboat’ Hall Dies appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 27 Dec 2014 01:52 PM PST
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned Sudan’s decision to expel two senior UN officials from the embattled nation. Ordered to leave the country are UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Ali Al-Za’tari, and UN Development Programme (UNDP) Country Director Yvonne Helle. In a statement released by his spokesperson, Mr. Ban said the sanctioning of UN […] The post UN’s Ban Ki-Moon Condemns Sudan Decision To Expel UN Officials appeared first on...
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Posted: 27 Dec 2014 01:48 PM PST
The U.S. Army has lofted a blimp equipped with a new cruise-missile and drone-fighting radar system high above rural Maryland. The system, made by Raytheon Company and known as JLENS, consists of two helium-filled aerostats, or tethered blimps, that float 10,000 feet above the ground and carry powerful radars. “JLENS is strategically emplaced to help […] The post US Launches Blimp To Defend Washington D.C. Air Space appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 27 Dec 2014 01:27 PM PST
On December 17, 2014, the Obama administration announced changes in relations with Cuba which broke with over fifty years of foreign policy decisions. The United States will open an embassy in Havana for the first time since 1961. All of the Cuban Five political prisoners are now free. While Congress must approve a complete end […] The post Cuba In The American Imagination – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 27 Dec 2014 01:23 PM PST
By Fatih Karimov Iran and Russia discussed facilitation of ruble-rial exchange as a means to boost bilateral trade in 2015. In a meeting between Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov and Iranian Ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanaei, the two sides announced facilitating ruble-rial exchange and opening a joint account for boosting the trade in 2015, […] The post Iran, Russia Consider Facilitation Of Ruble-Rial Exchange appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 27 Dec 2014 11:03 AM PST
By Dr Kumar David Mr Sirisens’ Election Manifesto released in mid-December caused consternation and disappointment among those who had trusted his pledge to rescind the autocratic executive presidency and replace it with a democratic parliamentary system. Now he offers “an essentially Executive” presidency wrapped in a honeyed sentence about an alliance with “Parliament through Cabinet”. […] The post Sri Lanka: JHU Fingerprints All Over Constitutional Proposal – OpEd appeared first...
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Posted: 27 Dec 2014 10:54 AM PST
Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority (PA) seems to be riding high. Over the past few months he has witnessed declarations of support for a Palestinian state in the parliaments of country after country: Ireland, Britain, Spain, France, Sweden – and most recently the EU parliament. In addition the PA seems determined to force […] The post Palestinian Problems – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 27 Dec 2014 10:50 AM PST
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa said he is committed to safeguard the country for even the unborn future generation. Rajapaksa claimed that some factions are trying to cut the free education, according to the Sri Lanka government website. “I will never allow anyone to destroy the country’s free education system,” Rajapaksa, said, while additionally promising […] The post Sri Lanka: Rajapaksa Says Committed To Safeguard Country For Unborn Future Generation...
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Posted: 27 Dec 2014 10:24 AM PST
“Azerbaijan is not afraid of $60 per barrel,” a headline on the pro-government Azerbaijani news site Trend proclaimed recently. But with Brent crude oil, the benchmark for the oil market, now hovering around $60 a barrel, Baku might well have something to fear. Baku’s 2015 state budget was calculated based on an oil price of […] The post Azerbaijan: How Will Baku Handle Oil Price Slide? – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 27 Dec 2014 10:21 AM PST
By Zoran Pajić* The general election in Bosnia and Herzegovina is long over and the votes counted. So now what? Although a few new political parties and a few fresh faces made it past the threshold for election on October 12 and are now involved in coalition talks and in bargaining over ministerial positions, there […] The post Bosnia: European Values Must Come From Within – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 27 Dec 2014 10:14 AM PST
Authorities in China’s capital have detained a Christian believer from the northeast of the country after she tried to put up placards outside government headquarters in the heart of Beijing in a bid to “spread the gospel” to President Xi Jinping and his wife. Zhou Jinxia, from the port city of Dalian in Liaoning province, […] The post China: Woman Detained After Trying To ‘Bring Gospel’ To President Xi Jinping appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 27 Dec 2014 10:11 AM PST
By Edwin Espejo* Both the Philippine government and the communist rebel movement said the stalled peace process could resume as early as January next year following a series of backdoor talks that culminated in the visit of special government envoy Hernani Braganza to the Mindanao rebel camp of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Surigao […] The post Philippines: Peace Talks To Begin Again – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 27 Dec 2014 10:07 AM PST
By Aron Lund* for Syria Comment Lots of things happened in 2014, but the single most important development was the rise of the Islamic State as an independent actor in Syria and as a global bogeyman, shifting the terms of Western and Arab Syria debate. The split between the Islamic State and the rest of […] The post Syria: 2014 Roundup And 2015 Predictions – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 27 Dec 2014 09:51 AM PST
By Monia Ghanmi Tunisia is moving to keep the chaos in Libya from bleeding across the border. Ansar al-Sharia has set up training camps along the shared frontier, Interior Minister Lotfi Ben Jeddou told Al Aan television on Tuesday (December 23rd). Abou Iyadh (aka Seif Allah Ben Hassine) and other Tunisian members of the terror […] The post Tunisia Prepares For Libya Spillover From Unrest appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 27 Dec 2014 09:46 AM PST
By Priyanshu Vaidya* Violence has reared its ugly face again in the Indian state of Assam sparked by the motiveless militant NDFB’s carnage against minority aboriginal Adivasis, followed by retaliatory violence. The plight of Assam can be postulated under the following broad reasons. First, the state government was found ill-prepared or rather lacked sustained political […] The post Addressing The Plight Of Assam – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 27 Dec 2014 08:11 AM PST
Spain has welcomed the entry into force, on 24 December, of the Conventional Arms Trade Treaty that will ban States from transferring conventional weapons to other countries if it is known they will be used to commit or facilitate the commission of crimes against humanity, war crimes of genocide. Spain, which ratified the Treaty on […] The post Spain Welcomes Entry Into Force Of Conventional Arms Trade Treaty appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 27 Dec 2014 08:08 AM PST
By C. Raja Mohan* In his frequent travels across the world over the last few months, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has continually affirmed that India can re-emerge as the “Vishwaguru”. Modi’s global dream for India, however, is at odds with the deeply divisive religious agenda and the anti-modernism that have been unleashed by the RSS […] The post India: Held Back By Hindutva – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 27 Dec 2014 08:05 AM PST
By Hassan Beheshtipour* the increased presence of Russia in Central Asia region can entail both opportunities and special threats for the Islamic Republic of Iran. 1. Political threats to Iran resulting from Russia’s presence in Central Asia Russia has been habitually critical of the United States’ unilateral policies in the region. On the outward, Russia […] The post Russia Bolstering Presence In Central Asia: Threats And Opportunities For Iran – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia...
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