Posted by smeddum on October 27, 2010
27/10/10
MOSCOW — Russia’s foreign ministry on Wednesday called for “clemency” for former Iraqi deputy premier Tareq Aziz after he was sentenced to death by hanging for murder and crimes against humanity. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on October 27, 2010
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(Note: Inside the Vatican will organize a small pilgrimage to visit the Vatican and attend the November 20 consistory and meet several of the new cardinals. For further details see the end of this newsflash.)
The Catholic at Saddam’s Side to Be Executed
Aziz has been in prison since his arrest in 2003, when Saddam’s regime was overthrown.
Before he was imprisoned, Aziz spent the last weeks of his life as Saddam’s deputy in a vain search for a negotiated peace in attempt to stave off the imminent invasion of his country.
“The position of the Catholic Church on the death penalty is known,” Father Federico Lombardi, S.J. (photo) head of the Vatican Press Office, said yesterday after hearing of the Iraqi high court decision.Posted in Iraq | Leave a Comment »
Posted by smeddum on October 27, 2010
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Posted by seumasach on October 27, 2010
By making the US dependent on her in Afghanistan, Russia is defanging the US. At the same, on its western flank, Russia pursues the greatest prize of all, prizing Europe out of the Atlanticist block- the final piece in the multipolar jigsaw.
M.K. Bhadrakumar
28th October, 2010
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) officials have revealed their proposal with Moscow regarding a vastly stepped up Russian involvement in the Afghan war is in the final stages of negotiation and they are hopeful of formal agreement being reached at the alliance’s two-day summit in Lisbon from November 19.
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Posted by seumasach on October 27, 2010
Pepe Escobar,
28th October, 2010
The neo-conservatives always contended that the United Statesinvaded Iraq to bring “democracy” (from the barrel of a gun). Seems like if not democracy, at least the greatest hits of the US judicial system are indeed being implemented in (still occupied) Iraq; torture (as WikiLeaks has amply demonstrated) and the death penalty. Talk about liberation.
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Posted by seumasach on October 27, 2010
26th October, 2010
Latin America may suffer severe consequences as global heavy-weights China and the U.S. wage their currency war.
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Posted by seumasach on October 27, 2010
27th October, 2010
Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming expressed his concern over the unfavorable environment for China’s foreign trade, particularly the excessive minting of U.S. dollars and the soaring commodity prices on the world market.
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Posted by seumasach on October 27, 2010
27th October, 2010
His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI,
His Grace The Archbishop of Canterbury,
His Grace the Archbishop of Westminster,
The Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon., David Cameron,
The Deputy Prime Minister, The Rt., Hon., Nick Clegg,
The Foreign Secretary, The Rt. Hon., William Hague.
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Posted by seumasach on October 27, 2010
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Posted by smeddum on October 26, 2010
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By Arailaisy Rosabal García / Radio Cadena Agramonte.
26/10/10
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For Cuba October is a month full of important historical dates. In this month our people began to write the glorious pages of their wars for the independence, which would last nearly one century until the Revolution triumphed in 1959. Since 1992, the tenth month pleases us on two accounts because it is when the U.N. General Assembly votes the resolution to put an end to the 50 year long economic war unleashed by the White House against the island nation. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by seumasach on October 26, 2010
Gareth Porter
27th October, 2010
A newly released WikiLeaks document on Iraq and the new political alignment between Shi’ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki both provide fresh evidence that General David Petraeus’s war against Shi’ite militias in 2007-2008 was a futile exercise.
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In These New Times 