“Armenia And Nagorno-Karabakh: Playing ‘Elections’ – OpEd” plus 13 more : Eurasia Review |  |
- Armenia And Nagorno-Karabakh: Playing ‘Elections’ – OpEd
- USCIRF Report Won’t Reform Myanmar – OpEd
- Ralph Nader: Obama Should Debate Senator Warren On Global Economic Pact – Letter
- Burundi And The April Demon – OpEd
- Sri Lanka’s 19th Amendment: Process, Content And Consequences – Analysis
- Marriage Prolongs Man’s Life – OpEd
- Saudi-Led Coalition Used Cluster Munitions Supplied By US In Yemen, Says HRW
- Gravity Data Show Antarctic Ice Sheet Melting Increasingly Faster
- Will Britain’s Election Make Any Difference For Palestine? – OpEd
- The Smaller Middle East: The West’s New Neo-Colonialism – OpEd
- Has Peshawar Changed Pakistan’s Approach To Tackle Terrorism? – Analysis
- Lebanon: Foiled Plot To Kill Saudi Ambassador
- Ron Paul: USA Freedom Act Just Another Word For Lost Liberty – OpEd
- Texas: Two Armed Attackers Killed Outside Mohammed ‘Art Event’
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Posted: 03 May 2015 05:25 PM PDT
By Fuad Huseinzadeh Armenia is undertaking another political provocation upon the occupied territories of Azerbaijan. The so called “parliamentary elections” – farce elections – that the Armenian occupation regime is organizing in Nagorno-Karabakh is having a negative impact on the negotiating process related to the settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict. This is the reaction of Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry to the anti-constitutional attempt by the...
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Posted: 03 May 2015 05:08 PM PDT
The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has recently issued its report on Myanmar (Burma). The key findings of the USCIRF are: “In 2014, religious and ethnic minorities in Burma continued to experience intolerance, discrimination, and violence, particularly Rohingya Muslims. Bigotry and chauvinism against religious and ethnic minorities grew more pervasive, in some cases provoked by religious figures within the Buddhist community, while the Burmese government demonstrated...
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Posted: 03 May 2015 04:40 PM PDT
President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Obama: You have taken a strong across-the-board position favoring the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) nearing completion and scheduled for a fast track clearance vote in the Congress. Indeed, you have descended admirably from your presidential perch to take on the most informed critics of this agreement with Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru,...
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Posted: 03 May 2015 04:29 PM PDT
By Karl-Chris Nsabiyumva* The truth of the matter is, ethnic bias is very much alive in Burundi. It’s not just alive; it’s legal, considering that it’s in our constitution. The Hutu get 60 percent of the “power” (representation in the government and parliament) while the Tutsi get 40 percent. (In the mix, 30 percent at least must be women and the Batwa must be included somehow, although it’s not clear whom between the Hutu and the Tutsi must give up their place for them… anyway). How do they...
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Posted: 03 May 2015 04:25 PM PDT
After a prolonged struggle and negotiations among several political parties, the 19th Amendment to the constitution of Sri Lanka was enacted with an overwhelming majority on April 28, 2015. The way the process was carried out indicates that Sri Lankan political leaders still retain the capacity to negotiate and get things done. Kudos to the parties that were involved in the process because the Amendment faced the prospect of complete derailment while it was being negotiated. Process One of the...
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Posted: 03 May 2015 04:14 PM PDT
The most important health care directive ever issued came from God. In Genesis (3:18) God declares “It is not good that a male should live alone. I shall make a help mate for him.” and the Qur’an (9:71) states, “Believing men and believing women, are protectors (helpmates) of each other.” Their are many reasons why bachelorhood is bad for men. The most recent evidence comes from a study (published 10/13/11 in BMC Public Health) of 440,000 people in Norway diagnosed with...
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Posted: 03 May 2015 04:09 PM PDT
Credible evidence indicates that the Saudi-led coalition used banned cluster munitions supplied by the United States in airstrikes against Houthi forces in Yemen, Human Rights Watch said. Cluster munitions pose long-term dangers to civilians and are prohibited by a 2008 treaty adopted by 116 countries, though not Saudi Arabia, Yemen, or the United States. Photographs, video, and other evidence have emerged since mid-April 2015 indicating that cluster munitions have been used during recent weeks...
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Posted: 03 May 2015 04:06 PM PDT
During the past decade, Antarctica’s massive ice sheet lost twice the amount of ice in its western portion compared with what it accumulated in the east, according to Princeton University researchers who came to one overall conclusion — the southern continent’s ice cap is melting ever faster. The researchers “weighed” Antarctica’s ice sheet using gravitational satellite data and found that from 2003 to 2014, the ice sheet lost 92 billion tons of ice per year,...
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Posted: 03 May 2015 04:04 PM PDT
By David Cronin Support for Israel has been hardwired into Britain’s ruling elite. Both of the two parties vying to form – or more realistically, dominate – the next government bear responsibility for the suffering inflicted on the Palestinians. In 1917, the Conservatives’ Arthur James Balfour made a formal commitment, as foreign secretary, towards ensuring that the Zionist colonisers of Palestine would be accorded greater privileges than its indigenous population. Labour’s 1944 conference...
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Posted: 03 May 2015 04:01 PM PDT
A decade ago, the idea of a “greater Middle East” was in vogue, eliciting a great deal of scholarly and media attention, but today the exact opposite is true, warranting the term “smaller Middle East” in light of Western governments’ systematic efforts to break-up various Middle Eastern countries and thus harvest the benefits of a more controlled (geopolitical and geoeconomics) environment, harking back to the post WWI era. From Libya to Syria to Iraq and to Yemen,...
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Posted: 03 May 2015 03:57 PM PDT
By Rana Banerji* The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) terrorist attack on the Army Public School, Peshawar, on December 16, 2014, killing 132 children and several teachers, many from Army background, was traumatic; its intensity and cruelty shocking civil society in Pakistan, much in the same way as the public flogging of a woman by the Taliban in Swat did in April 2009, though with far more tragic consequences this time. The Operation Zarb-e-Azb in North Waziristan was undertaken from June...
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Posted: 03 May 2015 03:52 PM PDT
Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Awad Asiri confirmed on Sunday that there was an assassination attempt against him by a major terrorist group. However, he said, the Lebanese authorities had not given him details of the attempt, which also targeted the Saudi Embassy staff in Beirut. “My safety and the safety of Saudi mission are the responsibility of the Lebanese security forces,” Asiri told Al-Arabiya news channel. The ambassador’s confirmation came after Al-Shara magazine reported that the...
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Posted: 03 May 2015 03:45 PM PDT
Apologists for the National Security Agency (NSA) point to the arrest of David Coleman Headley as an example of how warrantless mass surveillance is necessary to catch terrorists. Headley played a major role in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack that killed 166 people. While few would argue that bringing someone like Headley to justice is not a good thing, Headley’s case in no way justifies mass surveillance. For one thing, there is no “terrorist” exception in the Fourth Amendment. Saying a good...
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Posted: 03 May 2015 03:39 PM PDT
Two armed suspects have been shot and killed in a parking lot outside a venue in Garland, Texas that was hosting a controversial Mohammed art event dedicated to free speech. Police and SWAT forces are checking the area for possible explosive devices. The two suspects drove up to the center and opened fire, injuring a Garland ISD security officer in his leg, the city confirmed. The officer suffered non-life threatening injuries and was soon released from the hospital. Both attackers were killed...
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