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Monday 17 August 2015

“Will There Be A Far-Right Coup In Israel? – OpEd” plus 10 more : Eurasia Review

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Posted: 16 Aug 2015 03:23 PM PDT
By Saleh Al-Naami* The Shin Bet has recently given the impression that a large rebel movement is on the verge of a revolt against the governing system in Tel Aviv. All that’s left is for these “rebels” to release their first statement on one of the television stations that they control. Israeli and many foreign media … Continue reading Will There Be A Far-Right Coup In Israel? – OpEd

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Posted: 16 Aug 2015 03:17 PM PDT
Three Spanish students at Columbia Business School in New York had an idea and launched a startup in early 2010. When they graduated later that year, they changed their original idea to fuel growth. And then they changed it again in 2012…. This is not a story of fickle entrepreneurs: It is the story of … Continue reading Picture This: Olapic Catches Next Wave Of e-Commerce

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Posted: 16 Aug 2015 03:09 PM PDT
Authorities in Sri Lanka should ensure that voters have safe and secure access to the polls to vote in parliamentary elections on Monday, Human Rights Watch said. Local monitoring groups have reported numerous incidents of election-related violence and campaigning irregularities in the month leading up to the nationwide polls. The Centre for Monitoring Election Violence … Continue reading Call For Sri Lanka To Ensure Safe, Secure, Free Polls

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Posted: 16 Aug 2015 03:07 PM PDT
By William Gumede* In politics, like in life generally, a window of opportunity suddenly opens up, to rapidly close thereafter. Unless, one grabs it, the moment and the opportunity pass with astonishing speed. Such a window of opportunity has opened up for Zwelinzima Vavi, the expelled Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) general secretary, … Continue reading South Africa: Why The United Front Must Immediately Form A Party – OpEd

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Posted: 16 Aug 2015 03:00 PM PDT
The ECB believes that most Eurozone banks are out of the woods in terms of non-performing assets and capital shortfalls. This column argues that small and medium-sized banks – and among them the unlisted banks – remain under considerable stress. These banks are in the worst affected Eurozone countries, and their continued stress significantly impedes … Continue reading Still Vulnerable: Eurozone’s Small And Medium-Sized Banks – Analysis

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Posted: 16 Aug 2015 02:42 PM PDT
The European Union has condemned the attack on Shuja Khanzada, Home Minister in the Punjab in Pakistan, who was killed along with several other people in a terrorist attack earlier Sunday during a jirga in Mr Khanzada’s home village. “We express our condolences to the family and friends of Mr Khanzada and others who lost … Continue reading EU Condemns Killing Of Minister Khanzada In Pakistan

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Posted: 16 Aug 2015 01:38 PM PDT
Playing Tetris for as little as three minutes at a time can weaken cravings for drugs, food and activities such as sex and sleeping by approximately one fifth, according to new research. In the first test of its kind to study people in natural settings outside of a laboratory, participants were monitored for levels of … Continue reading Playing Tetris Can Block Cravings

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Posted: 16 Aug 2015 01:32 PM PDT
Netflix just announced it’s offering paid leave for new mothers and fathers for the first year after the birth of adoption of a child. Other high-tech firms are close behind. Some big law firms are also getting into the act. Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe is offering 22 paid weeks off for both male and female … Continue reading The Fraud Of ‘Family-Friendly’ Work – OpEd

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Posted: 16 Aug 2015 01:05 PM PDT
By Finian Cunningham US President Barack Obama has given an extraordinary ultimatum to the Republican-controlled Congress, arguing that they must not block the nuclear accord with Iran. It’s either “deal or war,” he says. In a televised nationwide address on August 5, Obama said: “Congressional rejection of this deal leaves any US administration that is … Continue reading ‘Deal Or War': Is Doomed Dollar Really Behind Obama’s Iran Warning? – OpEd

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Posted: 16 Aug 2015 12:59 PM PDT
A condemned Turkish stadium harbours a dark warning of the long-term consequences of ethnic cleansing or what Turks euphemistically call the population exchange almost a century ago when Turkey and Greece expelled their respective Greek and Turkish minorities. It is a message that has not lost its urgency as Turkey fights multiple domestic and regional … Continue reading Turkish Stadium Harbours Stark Message For Multiculturalism – Analysis

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Posted: 16 Aug 2015 12:56 PM PDT
The killing of a Punjab minister in a suicide bombing shocked Pakistanis on Sunday. Two suicide attackers targeted the provincial minister, who had campaigned against militants, and at least 15 other people, after detonating a bomb at a meeting the minister was attending. “Punjab Home Minister Shuja Khanzada has embraced martyrdom,” said chief rescue official … Continue reading Pakistan: Minister’s Killing In Suicide Attack Stuns Nation

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