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- South Africa Energy Profile: Coal Deposits Used To Meet Most Energy Needs – Analysis
- Will The Real Iran Please Stand Up? – Analysis
- Assessing 2014 Oil And Gas Company Financials – Analysis
- How Did US Go from ‘Constructive Engagement’ To Containing China? – OpEd
- Rohani Says Sanctions Regime Against Iran Is Collapsing
- Saudi Arabia: Lost In The Sands Of War – OpEd
- Space Station Supply Ship Misses Orbit
- Brazil: Over 200,000 Cases Of Dengue Fever In Sao Paolo State
- Chile: Bachelet Announces Political Reform To Fight Corruption
- Using Organic Farming To Reverse Agriculture Ecosystem From Carbon Source To Carbon Sink
- Is Quality Or Cost More Essential In International Cellphone Market?
- Dipping Into Cultural Barriers To ‘Social’ Media – Interview
- No Arab Bolivars: As Region Implodes, Arab Socialism Fizzles Out – OpEd
- Cindy Sheehan: Take This Survey And Shove It – OpEd
- Andrew Napolitano Speaks On Unjustifiable Killings Of Americans In Baltimore And Overseas – OpEd
- Emerging Need For Nepali Ecological Task Force (ETF) Units – Analysis
- Saudi Arabia: King Salman Empowers Next Generation
- Conflicts, Violence And Bloodshed: Predicaments That Overshadow Future And Relevance Of UN Peacekeeping – Analysis
- Why The US Should Worry About Oil Sector Jobs – Analysis
- Thinking About Military History In An Age Of Drones, Hackers And IEDs – Analysis
- Wars Rarely Advance Freedom: Baltimore Riot Hints That Applies Even To The Civil War – OpEd
- Tesla Could Be Changing Dynamics Of Global Energy – Analysis
- Indian Embassy In Washington DC Starts Yoga Series
- Role Of Youth In Countering Violent Extremism – OpEd
- Weather And Trade Depress US First Quarter GDP – Analysis
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Posted: 29 Apr 2015 06:09 PM PDT
South Africa has a large energy-intensive coal mining industry. The country has limited proved reserves of oil and natural gas and uses its large coal deposits to meet most of its energy needs, particularly in the electricity sector. South Africa also has a sophisticated synthetic fuels industry, producing gasoline and diesel fuels from the Secunda […] The post South Africa Energy Profile: Coal Deposits Used To Meet Most Energy Needs – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 29 Apr 2015 05:56 PM PDT
Iranians are eager to end sanctions, but a divided bureaucracy could block deal to curb the nuclear program. By Robert A. Manning* To call it cognitive dissonance would be oversimplification – all at once Iran tries a Washington Post reporter for spying, also known as journalism, and continues to fuel chaos in Yemen and fights […] The post Will The Real Iran Please Stand Up? – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 29 Apr 2015 05:53 PM PDT
A review of the cash flow statements for 75 global oil and natural gas companies finds that annual cash flow in 2014 was similar to 2013 and 2012, which is not unexpected given that North Sea Brent crude oil prices in 2014 averaged close to their levels in 2012 and 2013 despite a sharp decline […] The post Assessing 2014 Oil And Gas Company Financials – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 29 Apr 2015 05:48 PM PDT
Admit it: the American question on “Contain China” has been changed from “Should?” to “How?” in view of the brewing consensus that the ‘constructive engagement’ policy since President Nixon was a mistake [Note 1]. In an originally titled “Wake up America, China must be contained” article and their March 2015 report issued by Council on […] The post How Did US Go from ‘Constructive Engagement’ To Containing China? – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 29 Apr 2015 05:44 PM PDT
Iranian President Hassan Rohani says the sanctions regime put in place against the Islamic Republic is collapsing. The Iranian president said Iran’s enemies have created two crises. “First, they accused us and said we are after nuclear weapons; and second, they created a wrong mechanism to cripple our banking system, to prevent foreign investment in […] The post Rohani Says Sanctions Regime Against Iran Is Collapsing appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 29 Apr 2015 05:40 PM PDT
By René Wadlow* For the moment, the aggression of Saudi Arabia against Yemen has changed its name from “Operation Decisive Storm” to “Operation Restoring Hope”, probably on the advice of the public relations firm which advises the US Pentagon on the name of its operations. The 28 days of bombing from the air of cities […] The post Saudi Arabia: Lost In The Sands Of War – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 29 Apr 2015 05:36 PM PDT
Russia was forced to postpone the docking of an unmanned cargo ship with the International Space Station on Tuesday because of a problem receiving data from the supply craft. The Progress M-27M should have docked with the orbiting station about six hours after its launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan early on Tuesday but […] The post Space Station Supply Ship Misses Orbit appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 29 Apr 2015 05:34 PM PDT
Over 222,000 cases of haemorrhagic Dengue fever have been confirmed in 645 cities of the southern State of Sao Paulo since the start of 2015, marking a historic record based on data released by the Epidemiological monitoring center (CVE). Just in the first three weeks of April, 32,472 suspected cases were reported, 10,902 of which […] The post Brazil: Over 200,000 Cases Of Dengue Fever In Sao Paolo State appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 29 Apr 2015 05:32 PM PDT
Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet announced a series of measures aimed at guaranteeing correctness and transparency in the political scene, curbing corruption and certain influences that have also hit her administration. In a bid to overcome a record drop in popularity caused by corruption scandals, in an address to the nation Bachelet announced administrative measures and […] The post Chile: Bachelet Announces Political Reform To Fight Corruption appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 29 Apr 2015 05:30 PM PDT
Approximately 35% of global greenhouse gases (GHGs) come from agriculture. It’s on that backdrop that some pundits argue that humans can reverse global warming by sequestering several hundred billion tons of excess CO2 through regenerative, organic farming, ranching and land use. Increasing the soil’s organic content will not only fix carbon and reduce emissions, it […] The post Using Organic Farming To Reverse Agriculture Ecosystem From Carbon Source To Carbon Sink appeared...
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Posted: 29 Apr 2015 05:25 PM PDT
As businesses move into international markets, they often do so with a “one size fits all” customer satisfaction strategy. But factors as basic as how consumers prioritize pricing and quality can differ sharply across cultures and economic systems, according to a new study in the Journal of International Marketing. Success will depend in part on […] The post Is Quality Or Cost More Essential In International Cellphone Market? appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 29 Apr 2015 05:23 PM PDT
For the past two years, and with support from the UPLOAD project, Dr Koen Leurs has been interviewing young Londoners to generate data about how the social media generation deals with cultural differences. With racism being a particularly worrying trend in recent times, observing youth’s relationship with multiculturalism is probably as close as experts can […] The post Dipping Into Cultural Barriers To ‘Social’ Media – Interview appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 29 Apr 2015 05:18 PM PDT
A student group recently asked me to address socialism in the Arab world. This with the assumption that there is indeed such a movement capable of overhauling inherently incompetent and utterly corrupt regimes across the region. But today such a group, or configuration of socialist groups, exists only in name. I recall a talk I […] The post No Arab Bolivars: As Region Implodes, Arab Socialism Fizzles Out – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 29 Apr 2015 05:15 PM PDT
In 2007, to much hoopla and derision from what passes for the left in the USA, I publicly exited (Stage Far Left) the Democratic Party. So, imagine my surprise today when I got a letter from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) asking me “as a party leader” to participate in the Official 2015 Democratic Party […] The post Cindy Sheehan: Take This Survey And Shove It – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 29 Apr 2015 05:07 PM PDT
By Adam Dick You can hear a high level of outrage in the voice of Judge Andrew Napolitano when he discusses on the Alan Colmes Show on Tuesday the death of an American in police custody in Baltimore, Maryland and the use of United States drones to kill three more Americans overseas. Napolitano expresses outrage […] The post Andrew Napolitano Speaks On Unjustifiable Killings Of Americans In Baltimore And Overseas – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 29 Apr 2015 05:02 PM PDT
By P. K. Gautam The disaster assistance being provided by India (Operation Maitri) and other countries in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake is an essential first step to help Nepal cope with the disaster. However, the tragedy in Nepal not only requires short-term disaster relief action but also the long-term reconstruction of dwelling units, […] The post Emerging Need For Nepali Ecological Task Force (ETF) Units – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 29 Apr 2015 04:52 PM PDT
The Cabinet reshuffle announced by Saudi Arabia’s Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman on Wednesday has now started the process of passing the reins of the country’s government to the next generation, particularly the grandsons of the Kingdom’s founder. King Salman relieved Crown Prince Muqrin, deputy premier, of his position, at his request, […] The post Saudi Arabia: King Salman Empowers Next Generation appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 29 Apr 2015 04:42 PM PDT
By Andrew Edward Tchie* “The planning of peacekeeping operations is the ultimate challenge because you never know where you have to operate; you never know what they want you to do; you don’t have the mandate in advance; you don’t have forces; you don’t have transport; and you don’t have money! We always have to […] The post Conflicts, Violence And Bloodshed: Predicaments That Overshadow Future And Relevance Of UN Peacekeeping – Analysis appeared first on...
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Posted: 29 Apr 2015 04:35 PM PDT
By Michael McDonald Outside of individual’s holding oil stocks, damage to the economy from the fall in oil has been pretty minimal so far. Indeed, the price cut in home heating oil and gasoline has probably outweighed the damage from lower oil prices… so far. Unfortunately, this situation may not last. Analysts are starting to […] The post Why The US Should Worry About Oil Sector Jobs – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 29 Apr 2015 04:00 PM PDT
By Paul J. Springer* We live in a transitional period in the history of human conflicts. Military robotics and cyber capabilities constitute a Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) that will permanently alter the nature of warfare. The United States, which leads in the creation and adoption of these forms of technology, has the unique opportunity […] The post Thinking About Military History In An Age Of Drones, Hackers And IEDs – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 29 Apr 2015 03:48 PM PDT
The tragic irony of the recent rioting in Baltimore after alleged police brutality on an African American man is that the violence is a legacy of the American Civil War, which had its first violent deaths in the same location 154 years before. Some of the rioting occurred near Camden Yards, which now is a […] The post Wars Rarely Advance Freedom: Baltimore Riot Hints That Applies Even To The Civil War – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 29 Apr 2015 03:23 PM PDT
By Michael McDonald Tesla’s announcement last week about creating a new line of batteries for use by businesses, consumers, and the electrical grid at large is a game-changer for the industry. Currently, when individuals or companies need back-up power, they usually rely on generators. Effective battery storage for large amounts of energy would be a […] The post Tesla Could Be Changing Dynamics Of Global Energy – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 29 Apr 2015 03:18 PM PDT
India’s Embassy in Washington DC organized a talk by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on ‘Nurturing Peace Through Yoga and Meditation’ on April 29, 2015, which began a series of curtain-raiser yoga events to welcome the First International Day of Yoga (June 21, 2015). Sri Sri Ravi Shankar emphasized the relevance of Yoga in today’s world. […] The post Indian Embassy In Washington DC Starts Yoga Series appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 29 Apr 2015 03:10 PM PDT
By Gholamali Khoshroo* Today, young people are in a paradoxical situation in relation to Islam and the West. This critical situation is rooted in two realities that are seemingly contradictory but inherently complementary. On the one hand, we witness the expansion of extremism and terrorism which could be observed as much in some western capitals […] The post Role Of Youth In Countering Violent Extremism – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 29 Apr 2015 07:40 AM PDT
US GDP grew at just a 0.2 percent annual rate in the first quarter, considerably worse than most analysts had expected. Even this weak number was inflated by an accumulation of inventories. Final sales actually shrank at a 0.5 percent annual rate in the quarter. Weaker inventory accumulation will be a drag on growth in […] The post Weather And Trade Depress US First Quarter GDP – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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