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“A Muslim Cartoonist Draws Lessons From Charlie Hebdo Massacre – OpEd” plus 24 more : Eurasia Review

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• A Muslim Cartoonist Draws Lessons From Charlie Hebdo Massacre – OpEd
• Deworming Programs In Animal, Human Populations May Have Unwanted Impacts
• DeFazio Blasts Republican Passage Of Keystone XL Bill
• War Begets War: It’s Not About Islam; It Never Was – OpEd
• Mercedes-Benz Posts Historic Sales
• Discovered Most Earth-Like Planet Beyond Our Solar System
• Spain Delivers Patriot Air Defense Systems To Turkey
• Sri Lanka: Pope Francis Visit Solidifies Peace After Brutal Civil War
• China’s Infrastructure Investment Bank’s First Loan – Analysis
• Correcting A Mutual Ignorance: Rediscovering Philippines As Gateway To ASEAN – Analysis
• Sri Lanka: Sirisena Pledges Crusade For Socio-Economic And Political Transformation
• Let’s Stop Playing Into Hands Of Islamophobes And Extremists – OpEd
• Chitosan A Sustainable Alternative For Food Packaging
• The ‘Oil Price’ Is Not The Price Of Oil – OpEd
• Mosquitos: A Viable 21st-Century Soft Power Tool – Analysis
• Development Bank In Latin America: Towards So-Called Radical Emancipatory Project? – Analysis
• France Calls Emergency Counter-Terrorism Meeting On Sunday, Spain To Attend
• Pakistan Boat Operation: Was There Any Other Option With Coast Guard? – Analysis
• Iran Calls On Venezuela To Help With Falling Oil Prices ‘Plot’
• Half Of Shas – OpEd
• Jamaat Ansar Al-Islam In Syria Joins The Islamic State? – Analysis
• Islamic State Attracts Moroccans
• 2015 Crucial For A Nuclear Weapon Free World – Analysis
• Public Democracy – Analysis
• Call For Saudi Arabia To Free Blogger Who Was Publicly Flogged

A Muslim Cartoonist Draws Lessons From Charlie Hebdo Massacre – OpEd Posted: 10 Jan 2015 02:37 PM PST By Khalil Bendib As a political cartoonist who happens to be both American and Muslim, I often find myself at the intersection of media curiosity: Muslim, with all the stereotypical notions attached to that, but also a freedom-loving artist and a humorist. I’m not just the butt of jokes, but a purveyor of them — […] The post A Muslim Cartoonist Draws Lessons From Charlie Hebdo Massacre – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Deworming Programs In Animal, Human Populations May Have Unwanted Impacts Posted: 10 Jan 2015 02:34 PM PST A study of the effects of worming medications on infectious disease in wildlife herds showed an unexpected and alarming result – although it helped reduce individual deaths from a bovine tuberculosis infection, it hugely increased the potential for spread of the disease to other animals. The findings, from one of the first field studies ever […] The post Deworming Programs In Animal, Human Populations May Have Unwanted Impacts appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

DeFazio Blasts Republican Passage Of Keystone XL Bill Posted: 10 Jan 2015 02:28 PM PST Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) has blasted the House Republican Leadership for passing legislation that bypasses federal agencies to allow construction on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. DeFazio helped lead Democratic opposition to the legislation, which has been considered by the House ten times. “Under this legislation, […] The post DeFazio Blasts Republican Passage Of Keystone XL Bill appeared first on Eurasia... To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

War Begets War: It’s Not About Islam; It Never Was – OpEd Posted: 10 Jan 2015 02:24 PM PST It is still not about Islam, even if the media and militants attacking western targets say so. Actually, it never was. But it was important for many to conflate politics with religion; partly because it is convenient and self-validating. First, let’s be clear on some points. Islam has set in motion a system to abolish […] The post War Begets War: It’s Not About Islam; It Never Was – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Mercedes-Benz Posts Historic Sales Posted: 10 Jan 2015 02:22 PM PST Mercedes-Benz said it sold more cars than ever before in 2014, delivering 1,650,010 vehicles to customers (+12.9%) and achieved the fourth record year in a row. Record sales were posted in every month of the year 2014 – including in December with 163,171 units sold (+17.2%), the company said. The past year ended for the […] The post Mercedes-Benz Posts Historic Sales appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Discovered Most Earth-Like Planet Beyond Our Solar System Posted: 10 Jan 2015 02:15 PM PST The futuristic movies of the past painted 2015 and beyond as a time of flying cars, hovercrafts and alien contact. While we may not be zooming down sky highways just yet, discovering life beyond Earth may not be outside our reach in the coming years. In fact, 2015 had barely begun when scientists at the […] The post Discovered Most Earth-Like Planet Beyond Our Solar System appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Spain Delivers Patriot Air Defense Systems To Turkey Posted: 10 Jan 2015 02:12 PM PST Ships carrying Patriot air defense systems belonging to Spanish military approached the port in Turkish Aegean province of Hatay’s İskenderun district Jan.9, RIA Novosti news agency reported with reference to the Anadolu agency. Spanish Patriots, which will be positioned at Incirlik military base in southern Adana province within NATO task in place of Netherland’s missile […] The post Spain Delivers Patriot Air Defense Systems To Turkey appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Sri Lanka: Pope Francis Visit Solidifies Peace After Brutal Civil War Posted: 10 Jan 2015 02:10 PM PST By Elise Harris Falling just five years after the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war, Pope Francis’ visit to the country is seen as a sign of reconciliation, a message expected to be shown through his gestures more than his words. “We are going to have (Pope Francis) in an atmosphere in which we have […] The post Sri Lanka: Pope Francis Visit Solidifies Peace After Brutal Civil War appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

China’s Infrastructure Investment Bank’s First Loan – Analysis Posted: 10 Jan 2015 02:00 PM PST China’s Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank will make its first loan this year. Nothing would have a greater impact than funding a Pan-Asian Gas Pipeline. By Stewart Taggart* A Pan-Asian Gas Pipeline could connect a series of Joint Development Areas in the South China Sea. These in turn would develop the region’s offshore oil, gas and […] The post China’s Infrastructure Investment Bank’s First Loan – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Correcting A Mutual Ignorance: Rediscovering Philippines As Gateway To ASEAN – Analysis Posted: 10 Jan 2015 12:08 PM PST The centre of Asian growth –ASEAN and East Asia– has strong commercial links with the EU, the US and Japan. But Philippines and Spain have shared four centuries of colonial experiences and this should have translated into a robust post-colonial relation. Paradoxically, the mutual ignorance of the business communities of the two countries has aggravated […] The post Correcting A Mutual Ignorance: Rediscovering Philippines As Gateway To ASEAN – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia... To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Sri Lanka: Sirisena Pledges Crusade For Socio-Economic And Political Transformation Posted: 10 Jan 2015 11:42 AM PST Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena announced Friday that he will crusade for an economic, social and political transformation as pledged in his election manifesto. The new president, while stressing that he does not have any intention to run for a second term of office, added that he is committed to building a society where freedom, […] The post Sri Lanka: Sirisena Pledges Crusade For Socio-Economic And Political Transformation appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Let’s Stop Playing Into Hands Of Islamophobes And Extremists – OpEd Posted: 10 Jan 2015 11:33 AM PST By Jan Agha Iqbal* The recent terrorist attack on the office of Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in Paris on January 7, 2015 which claimed many lives once again underscored the need to combat terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. Terrorists do not follow any religion. In fact, Islam and Muslims have been the prime […] The post Let’s Stop Playing Into Hands Of Islamophobes And Extremists – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Chitosan A Sustainable Alternative For Food Packaging Posted: 10 Jan 2015 11:21 AM PST Food items are covered with plastic films to make them last longer and protect them from microbes. The environment, however, is seriously affected by the use of this material. The plastic bottles and films present everywhere in our civilization take between 100 and 400 years to degrade. So the quest for alternative materials to plastics […] The post Chitosan A Sustainable Alternative For Food Packaging appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

The ‘Oil Price’ Is Not The Price Of Oil – OpEd Posted: 10 Jan 2015 11:17 AM PST By Sel Graham* Will Rogers said, “Everyone is ignorant; just on different subjects.” What others don’t know can and does hurt you. Everyone seems ignorant (1) that “The oil price” seen and heard in the media is, in fact, the guess of Wall Street speculators (gamblers) on the New York Mercantile Exchange on the commodity […] The post The ‘Oil Price’ Is Not The Price Of Oil – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Mosquitos: A Viable 21st-Century Soft Power Tool – Analysis Posted: 10 Jan 2015 11:11 AM PST By Mary Raum and Kathleen J. McDonald Militaries and soft power have been interlinked since Alexander the Great began assisting the populations his armies conquered by rebuilding infrastructures and distributing food and first aid. Humane gestures by armies were considered important to winning loyalties. During the Napoleonic wars, military altruism had become customary enough to […] The post Mosquitos: A Viable 21st-Century Soft Power Tool – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia... To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Development Bank In Latin America: Towards So-Called Radical Emancipatory Project? – Analysis Posted: 10 Jan 2015 11:02 AM PST By Clemént Doleac* Mainstream lenders such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), and the World Bank (WB) have proposed in regional loans that development projects to Latin America being made.[1] These loans and projects proposed to Latin American countries associated with international lenders are mostly based in Washington, D.C., and […] The post Development Bank In Latin America: Towards So-Called Radical Emancipatory Project? –... To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

France Calls Emergency Counter-Terrorism Meeting On Sunday, Spain To Attend Posted: 10 Jan 2015 10:53 AM PST Spain’s Minister for Home Affairs, Jorge Fernández Díaz, will travel to Paris on Sunday, January 11, to attend an emergency meeting called by the French authorities, which will also be attended by the Home Affairs Ministers of the European countries most affected by terrorism, together with the United States, the counter-terrorism coordinator for the European […] The post France Calls Emergency Counter-Terrorism Meeting On Sunday, Spain To Attend appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Pakistan Boat Operation: Was There Any Other Option With Coast Guard? – Analysis Posted: 10 Jan 2015 10:48 AM PST By Vikram Sood* These must be tense days for the security forces and intelligence agencies. There is heightened cross-LOC firing, repeated attempts at intrusion as Pakistan desperately looks for a diversion from Peshawar. If the social media is any indication, then their aim is to somehow pin all blame on India for whatever has gone […] The post Pakistan Boat Operation: Was There Any Other Option With Coast Guard? – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Iran Calls On Venezuela To Help With Falling Oil Prices ‘Plot’ Posted: 10 Jan 2015 10:44 AM PST The President of Iran Hassan Rouhani has called on Venezuela and other aligned OPEC countries to join forces in defusing the plot of a number of countries to decrease oil prices, Iranian news agency FARS reports on Saturday. “Undoubtedly, cooperation among the aligned countries in the OPEC can both defuse the plots of certain powers […] The post Iran Calls On Venezuela To Help With Falling Oil Prices ‘Plot’ appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Half Of Shas – OpEd Posted: 10 Jan 2015 10:42 AM PST THE SHAS party has split into two. Opinion polls show that both parts are hovering around the 3.12% threshold which is now necessary for entering the Knesset, after the minimum was raised by the last Knesset. Many people in Israel would be glad if both parts do not make it, and Shas would disappear once […] The post Half Of Shas – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Jamaat Ansar Al-Islam In Syria Joins The Islamic State? – Analysis Posted: 10 Jan 2015 10:39 AM PST By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi for Syria Comment As outlined previously and elsewhere in my writings, Jamaat Ansar al-Islam (JAI) is a jihadi group that originated in Iraq and expanded into Syria in 2011 thanks at least in part to the efforts of one Abu Muhammad al-Muhajir (an Iraqi himself who was later killed near Mosul […] The post Jamaat Ansar Al-Islam In Syria Joins The Islamic State? – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Islamic State Attracts Moroccans Posted: 10 Jan 2015 10:31 AM PST By Imran Binoual As jihadist recruiters stake out northern Morocco and the kingdom witnesses an unprecedented spike in security threats, Magharebia visits Fnideq to see why and how young people leave home to join the Islamic State terror organization. Border towns vulnerable “The Fnideq area is known for the participation in the ISIS jihad of […] The post Islamic State Attracts Moroccans appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

2015 Crucial For A Nuclear Weapon Free World – Analysis Posted: 10 Jan 2015 10:26 AM PST By Jamshed Baruah 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and promises to be a crucial year for moving toward a world without nuclear weapons. While indications are that the global movement for banning the bomb is gaining strength, attempts to open a new chapter in nuclear arms race […] The post 2015 Crucial For A Nuclear Weapon Free World – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Public Democracy – Analysis Posted: 10 Jan 2015 10:23 AM PST The concept of representative democracy, after assuming a novel version of democratic legitimacy, came to dominate our lives in the 21st century through a practice which is commonly referred to as ‘public democracy’. Behind this convention lies the respect for people’s free will and convictions as individuals. By Ozdem Sanberk** Over the last couple of […] The post Public Democracy – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Call For Saudi Arabia To Free Blogger Who Was Publicly Flogged Posted: 10 Jan 2015 10:20 AM PST King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia should overturn the lashing and prison term for a blogger imprisoned for his views and immediately grant him a pardon, said Human Rights Watch on Saturday. Saudi authorities lashed Raif Badawi 50 times on January 9, 2015, in front of a crowded mosque in Jeddah, part of a judicial sentence […] The post Call For Saudi Arabia To Free Blogger Who Was Publicly Flogged appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.