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- Morocco: Islamic State Using Prostitution Networks
- Jordan Airstrikes Reportedly Kill 55 Islamic State Militants
- Niger Forces Clash With Boko Haram Near Border With Nigeria
- Sirisena Invites China To Invest More In Sri Lanka
- Sri Lanka To Set Up Special Presidential Task Force On Reconciliation
- Mexico: Land Rights Activist Salgado Assassinated In Morelos
- Japan And China: South China Sea Dispute Heating Up?
- Survey: 80% Of Turkish Public Don’t Want Presidential System
- Burma: Prisoner Committee Should Not Be Smokescreen, Says HRW
- Press Speculates About Putin’s Health
- Israel Elections: Over Bottled – OpEd
- The Fallujah Option For East Ukraine – OpEd
- Alternative To War In Ukraine: EU Embargo On Oil Imports From Russia – OpEd
- US Economy Adds 257,000 Jobs In January – Analysis
- World War II: Time To Mark India’s Contributions – Analysis
- Japan-UK Ties And The Quiet Revolution In Japanese Foreign Policy – Analysis
- Islamic State Claims US Female Hostage Killed In Airstrike
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Posted: 06 Feb 2015 06:55 AM PST
By Mawassi Lahcen A Moroccan expert is warning against the growing threat of the Islamic State (ISIS) using women in terrorist operations. In the last weeks of 2014, the Moroccan and Spanish security authorities dismantled a cell specialized in recruiting women and sending them to ISIS. The cell was based in Barcelona and had extensions […] The post Morocco: Islamic State Using Prostitution Networks appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 06 Feb 2015 06:46 AM PST
Jordanian fighter jets flew over the hometown of a pilot killed by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group and the capital Amman on Thursday after completing a mission, state television said without giving the location of their sortie, Reuters reported. However, Iraqi media said that the Jordanian airstrikes have killed 55 ISIS militants […] The post Jordan Airstrikes Reportedly Kill 55 Islamic State Militants appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 06 Feb 2015 06:45 AM PST
Niger’s armed forces engaged in fighting with Islamist Boko Haram fighters Friday morning in Bosso, a town on the border with Nigeria, the provincial governor Yacouba Soumana Gaoh said, reports MISNA. Based on this reconstruction, the clashes began this morning at around 9:00am. Chadian troops are also deployed in the area, but did not participate […] The post Niger Forces Clash With Boko Haram Near Border With Nigeria appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 06 Feb 2015 06:42 AM PST
While expressing hope that China would assist Sri Lanka in its development endeavors in the future too, President Maithripala Sirisena invited Chinese government as well as private companies to increase investment in Sri Lanka when the Chinese President’s Special Envoy and Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Liu Jianchao called on the President today. Minister […] The post Sirisena Invites China To Invest More In Sri Lanka appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 06 Feb 2015 06:40 AM PST
The Sri Lanka Cabinet on Thursday approved the setting up of a Special Presidential Task Force on Reconciliation as per a cabinet paper presented by President Maithripala Sirisena, Cabinet Spokesman and Health and Indigenous Medicine Minister Dr Rajitha Senaratne said. Addressing the Cabinet press briefing at the auditorium of the Government Information Department yesterday, the […] The post Sri Lanka To Set Up Special Presidential Task Force On Reconciliation appeared first on Eurasia...
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Posted: 06 Feb 2015 06:38 AM PST
The decapitated body of the activist Gustavo Salgado, 32, militant of the People’s Revolutionary Front (FPR), was found a long a road of the Mototepec village, in the central State of Morelos. He had many enemies due to his strenuous battle in defence of the ‘sem terra’, for the right to housing of landless migrants […] The post Mexico: Land Rights Activist Salgado Assassinated In Morelos appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 06 Feb 2015 06:35 AM PST
By Burak Dağkuş Political tensions between the world’s second and third largest economies continue to increase in the South China Sea as Japan and China face increasing uncertainty in the sovereignty dispute over the Senkaku/Dioyu group of uninhabited islands. Japanese Defence Minister Gen Nakatani relayed to reporters on Tuesday that even though Japan does not […] The post Japan And China: South China Sea Dispute Heating Up? appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 06 Feb 2015 06:32 AM PST
Kadir Has University announced the results of its Social and Political Trends Survey carried out in December 2014. The nationwide survey derived its data from 1,000 people living in 26 cities across Turkey. The report includes several findings about top political debates on both Turkey’s domestic and foreign policy. One of the questions was about […] The post Survey: 80% Of Turkish Public Don’t Want Presidential System appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 06 Feb 2015 06:27 AM PST
A Burmese government committee reconstituted to deal with “prisoners of conscience affairs” should resolve remaining prisoner of conscience cases, be inclusive, independent, transparent, and designed to tackle growing numbers of politically motivated arrests, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said in a joint open letter to the committee’s new chair. The 28-member Prisoners of Conscience […] The post Burma: Prisoner Committee Should Not Be Smokescreen, Says HRW appeared...
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Posted: 06 Feb 2015 06:26 AM PST
By Tom Balmforth (RFE/RL) — If you believe the Kremlin’s PR, President Vladimir Putin is an alligator-wrestling action hero. But if you believe the deluge of rumors about his health in recent years, he’s an ailing and psychologically disturbed man. Here’s a rundown of some of the rumors that have surfaced regarding Putin’s physical and […] The post Press Speculates About Putin’s Health appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 06 Feb 2015 06:16 AM PST
EVERYBODY KNOWS what the Israeli elections are about. The choice is stark: on the one side, the dream of a Greater Israel “from the sea to the river”, which would in practice be an apartheid state; on the other side, an end to the occupation and peace. Some would add a social choice: on the […] The post Israel Elections: Over Bottled – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 06 Feb 2015 06:13 AM PST
“I want to appeal to the Ukrainian people, to the mothers, the fathers, the sisters and the grandparents. Stop sending your sons and brothers to this pointless, merciless slaughter. The interests of the Ukrainian government are not your interests. I beg of you: Come to your senses. You do not have to water Donbass fields […] The post The Fallujah Option For East Ukraine – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 06 Feb 2015 06:09 AM PST
By Andreas Umland* The recent debate about possible Western arms deliveries to Ukraine has demonstrated the vagaries and insecurities entailed, for EU and US leaders, in a military involvement, of the West, in the Russian-Ukrainian war – even if only through support with technology, logistics and training. Surprisingly, the main non-military instrument of pressure on […] The post Alternative To War In Ukraine: EU Embargo On Oil Imports From Russia – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia...
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Posted: 06 Feb 2015 06:05 AM PST
The US Labor Department reported that the economy added 257,000 new jobs in January. With upward revisions to the prior two months’ data, this brings the average over the last three months to 336,000 jobs. The unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 5.7 percent. Adjusting for changes in population controls, the household survey still showed […] The post US Economy Adds 257,000 Jobs In January – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 06 Feb 2015 06:02 AM PST
By C. Raja Mohan* Little noticed in the joint statement issued by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj earlier this week in Beijing along with her Chinese and Russian counterparts was a brief paragraph urging all nations to mark the 70th anniversary of Allied victory in the Second World War. On the face of it, the […] The post World War II: Time To Mark India’s Contributions – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 06 Feb 2015 05:54 AM PST
Shinzo Abe’s foreign policy has raised concerns about Japan’s seeming remilitarization. For John Hemmings, these concerns miss the point. Tokyo’s growing confidence abroad and commitment to liberal internationalism now make it an ideal partner for Britain and Europe. By John Hemmings* On 21 January 2015, Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Defence Minister Gen Nakatani […] The post Japan-UK Ties And The Quiet Revolution In Japanese Foreign Policy – Analysis appeared first...
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Posted: 06 Feb 2015 05:45 AM PST
The Islamic State group released a statement on Friday saying a female American hostage held by the group was killed in a Jordanian airstrike in Raqqa, Syria. The claim was made through a media account linked to the group. The SITE Intelligence Group, who have been following jihadist activities, broke the news. The US State […] The post Islamic State Claims US Female Hostage Killed In Airstrike appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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