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- India: Meeting The Maoist Challenge – Analysis
- Pakistan: The Counter-Productiveness Of Military Courts – Analysis
- Is Another Euro Crisis At Hand? – OpEd
- Study Links Birth Control Shot To Moderately Increased Risk Of HIV Infection
- Study Casts Doubt On Mammoth-Killing Cosmic Impact
- Swiss Banks Reject EU Finance Fusion
- Their Unpardonable Crime Is That They Are Syrian – OpEd
- Islamic State Forces Had Advanced To Just 40 Km From Iranian Border
- Mali: Rise In Terrorist Attacks Alarms UN
- Charlie Hebdo Or Who Is To Blame? – OpEd
- Baluchistan Conundrum – OpEd
- The Real Cause Of Low Oil Prices: Interview With Arthur Berman
- Afghanistan: Unaccomplished Mission, Uncertain Future – Analysis
- South Africa Business Confidence Index Drops In December
- Deaths In Paris: Refining The Post-9/11 Model – Analysis
- Two US Air Force F-35 Squadrons To Be Based At UK’s Lakenheath
- Dempsey Hosts Israel’s Lt. Gen. Gantz For Talks At Pentagon
- Denazification Urgently Needed In Europe – OpEd
- The Cuban Opening And Struggles For New Social Order – OpEd
- French Imams, Vatican: ‘Without Freedom Of Expression, The World Is In Danger’
- China, Russia And US Juggle Soft And Hard Power – Analysis
- Lithuanians Getting Used To Euro As Changeover Period Ends Jan 15
- Attacks Silence Bosnian Imam Who Took On Islamists
- Demonizing Muslims Won’t Help – OpEd
- Charlie Hebdo Perverts Freedom – OpEd
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Posted: 08 Jan 2015 03:59 PM PST
By Gurmeet Kanwal* and Bibhu Prasad Routray* In a spectacular strike on the security forces, cadres belonging to the CPI-Maoist ambushed a large team of police and paramilitary forces and killed 14 personnel of the CRPF in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh in December 2014. Ironically, two days before the attack, Chief Minister Raman Singh had […] The post India: Meeting The Maoist Challenge – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 08 Jan 2015 03:55 PM PST
By D Suba Chandran* Of all the coups, overt and covert since 1947, the military in Pakistan should be smiling at the invitation by the Parliament to set up military courts. As a phenomenon and institution, the military courts are not new in the democratic history of nations; numerous countries have gone through this process […] The post Pakistan: The Counter-Productiveness Of Military Courts – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 08 Jan 2015 03:52 PM PST
If you have any spare cash laying around and need of a vacation, Chevy Chase would probably recommend that you go to Europe. The euro currency has dipped to a nine-year low against the dollar. That is good for tourists going to Europe, but is not good for European economic prospects in the long term. […] The post Is Another Euro Crisis At Hand? – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 08 Jan 2015 03:48 PM PST
A large meta-analysis of 12 studies in sub-Saharan Africa found that women who used a type of injectable birth control had a moderately increased risk of becoming infected with HIV. The contraceptive, depot medroxyprogesterone acetate, is sold under the brand name Depo-Provera, and it is administered as a shot every three months. The findings, published […] The post Study Links Birth Control Shot To Moderately Increased Risk Of HIV Infection appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 08 Jan 2015 03:45 PM PST
Rock soil droplets formed by heating most likely came from Stone Age house fires and not from a disastrous cosmic impact 12,900 years ago, according to new research from the University of California, Davis. The study, of soil from Syria, is the latest to discredit the controversial theory that a cosmic impact triggered the Younger […] The post Study Casts Doubt On Mammoth-Killing Cosmic Impact appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 08 Jan 2015 03:42 PM PST
A consortium of domestically-focused banks has warned against a financial services agreement between Switzerland and the European Union, as advocated by the recent Brunetti Report into the Swiss financial centre. The consortium – made up of cantonal banks, the Raiffeisen group, Migros Bank and smaller regional banks – said that while a fusion of Swiss […] The post Swiss Banks Reject EU Finance Fusion appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 08 Jan 2015 03:37 PM PST
The sign placed by Lebanese General Security and Tourism officials on the western side of the Masnaa border crossing from Syria to Lebanon greets arrivals. It reads: “WELCOME TO BROTHERLY LEBANON.” Well, at least it used to. That was until some obvious miscreant recently defaced the fine sign and wrote with a red magic marker: […] The post Their Unpardonable Crime Is That They Are Syrian – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 08 Jan 2015 03:35 PM PST
The head of Iran’s security forces said on Thursday January 8 that extremist forces of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria had advanced as close as 40 kilometres from the Iranian border near Qasr-e Shirin in the Iranian province of Kermanshah, however their advance was repelled. Esmail Ahmadi Moghaddam said developments in Iraq have […] The post Islamic State Forces Had Advanced To Just 40 Km From Iranian Border appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 08 Jan 2015 03:32 PM PST
By Bakary Gueye Northern Mali is seeing a spike in terrorist attacks, abductions and clashes among armed groups. In just the last week, al-Qaeda terrorists slaughtered 8 Malian troops Nampala, an attack on a convoy killed the mayor of Aderanboukane, and another attack occurred the same day in Tinefewa, in the Timbuktu region. The UN […] The post Mali: Rise In Terrorist Attacks Alarms UN appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 08 Jan 2015 03:30 PM PST
Two Muslim killers wiped out the whole editorial team of the satirical weekly “Charlie Hebdo” at noontime in Paris on Wednesday, January 7, 2015. This cold-blooded murder is an indefensible crime. The killers allegedly claimed that they have “avenged the Prophet Mohammad”. And Allah was considered “great”. Have they committed their heinous crime in the […] The post Charlie Hebdo Or Who Is To Blame? – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 08 Jan 2015 03:21 PM PST
By Saima Afzal* Baluchistan is the largest province of Pakistan; it is a gateway to central Asia, South Asia and Middle East. It is also bordered by Afghanistan, Iran and Persian Gulf and rich in natural resources of copper, oil, gas, gold and coal reserves. Unfortunately, Baluchistan could also be considered as the most neglected […] The post Baluchistan Conundrum – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 08 Jan 2015 03:12 PM PST
By James Stafford With all the conspiracy theories surrounding OPEC’s November decision not cut production, is it really not just a case of simple economics? The U.S. shale boom has seen huge hype but the numbers speak for themselves and such overflowing optimism may have been unwarranted. When discussing harsh truths in energy, no sector […] The post The Real Cause Of Low Oil Prices: Interview With Arthur Berman appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 08 Jan 2015 03:09 PM PST
By Pir-Mohammad Mollazehi* NATO’s combat mission in Afghanistan has officially ended, but the United States and other member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization have not ended their military presence in this country and have only changed its appearance. Continued presence of 13,500 US troopers in five military bases has been made possible according […] The post Afghanistan: Unaccomplished Mission, Uncertain Future – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 08 Jan 2015 03:05 PM PST
The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) says the business confidence index (BCI) shed 2.5 index points in December 2014, coming in at 88.3. The BCI declined from 90.8 in November 2014 and is 3.6 points below the December reading of 2013. “The 88.3 is the lowest level since July 2014 when the […] The post South Africa Business Confidence Index Drops In December appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 08 Jan 2015 02:59 PM PST
Just like Al Qaeda’s audacious attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon in Washington on September 11, 2001, the raid by suspected jihadist militants in Paris on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo will have far-reaching repercussions on multiculturalism. The pursuit of multiculturalism was an attempt by European nations to […] The post Deaths In Paris: Refining The Post-9/11 Model – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 08 Jan 2015 02:54 PM PST
Two operational squadrons of US Air Force F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter jets will be permanently stationed at the Royal Air Force Lakenheath facility in the United Kingdom starting in 2020, Defense Department officials announced Thursday. According to DoD officials, a considered and deliberative process led to RAF Lakenheath’s selection as the first European […] The post Two US Air Force F-35 Squadrons To Be Based At UK’s Lakenheath appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 08 Jan 2015 02:51 PM PST
By Lisa Ferdinando The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff hosted Thursday the Israel Defense Forces chief of the General Staff at the Pentagon for talks on regional security and bilateral cooperation. U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey and Israeli Lt. Gen. Benjamin Gantz met with reporters today after more than an hour of […] The post Dempsey Hosts Israel’s Lt. Gen. Gantz For Talks At Pentagon appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 08 Jan 2015 02:46 PM PST
There is a claim constantly circulating the EU: ‘multiculturalism is dead in Europe’. Dead or maybe d(r)ead?… That much comes from a cluster of European nation-states that love to romanticize their appearance thought the solid Union, as if they themselves lived a long, cordial and credible history of multiculturalism. Hence, this claim is of course […] The post Denazification Urgently Needed In Europe – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 08 Jan 2015 02:41 PM PST
By Horace G. Campbell* When the Cuban revolutionaries took power on 1 January, 1959, the political leaders of the United States were initially ambivalent towards the Castro leadership but after the leadership nationalized foreign capital and set about major land reforms for the majority of the population there was total opposition to the Cuban Revolution. […] The post The Cuban Opening And Struggles For New Social Order – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 08 Jan 2015 02:36 PM PST
By Andrea Gagliarducci French imams visiting the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue released Thursday a joint communique condemning the attack on Charlie Hebdo and calling for freedom of expression. “Without freedom of expression, the world is in danger,” the Jan 8. statement reads. It also asked that the media provide information which is “respectful of […] The post French Imams, Vatican: ‘Without Freedom Of Expression, The World Is In Danger’ appeared first on...
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Posted: 08 Jan 2015 02:32 PM PST
As the global balance of power shifts, more countries try out hard power. By Alistair Burnett* This year has seen marked resurgence in the use of hard power by states in pursuit of national interests. The US return to military action in Iraq and direct intervention in Syria, Russia’s annexation of Crimea and destabilization of […] The post China, Russia And US Juggle Soft And Hard Power – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 08 Jan 2015 02:29 PM PST
The euro changeover in Lithuania is reaching its final stage. Once the dual circulation period will come to an end on January 15, 2015, cash payments may no longer be made in Lithuanian litas. Pursuant to a European Commission survey, most cash payments in shops were made entirely in euro and all customers received their […] The post Lithuanians Getting Used To Euro As Changeover Period Ends Jan 15 appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 08 Jan 2015 02:25 PM PST
By Elvira M. Jukic A Bosnian Imam, or Muslim cleric, in the northwestern village of Trnovi, has said he is withdrawing from public debates about radical Islamists, which have brought him nothing but trouble. “I am withdrawing from all debates on social networks. I simply have no strength to debate and explain myself to anyone […] The post Attacks Silence Bosnian Imam Who Took On Islamists appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 08 Jan 2015 10:41 AM PST
By S.N.M. Abdi By dressing up “militants” as Muslims wearing skullcaps in a mock anti-terror drill, Indian police exposed not only communal mentality but low IQ and poor general knowledge negating Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of SMART — Strict and Sensitive, Modern and Mobile, Alert and Accountable, Reliable and Responsive, Techno savvy and Trained […] The post Demonizing Muslims Won’t Help – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 08 Jan 2015 10:37 AM PST
Bill Donohue comments on reactions to his news release from yesterday [click here] on the murder of 12 people in Paris. Being misrepresented is commonplace for public figures. Sometimes it reflects an honest misreading; other times it is a willful distortion. I don’t have the time now to address all of these instances, but I […] The post Charlie Hebdo Perverts Freedom – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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