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‘No sense in NATO’ – Serbian president-elect in RT exclusive
Posted by seumasach on May 28, 2012
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Oops, BBC: Iraq photo to illustrate Houla massacre?
Posted by seumasach on May 28, 2012
28th May, 2012
With the shock of the Houla tragedy ringing across the world, the BBC has released a story with a harrowing picture of rows and rows of children’s bodies awaiting burial… But isn’t that post-Saddam Iraq?
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UN Security Council issues statement condemning Houla Massacre
Posted by seumasach on May 28, 2012
27th May, 2012
The UN Security Council has issued a statement condemning “in the strongest possible terms” the massacre of civilians in the Syrian village of Houla, during which more than 100 people are reported to have been killed.
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Welfare to work ‘fraud scandal’
Posted by seumasach on May 27, 2012
23rd May, 2012
Written evidence submitted to Parliament by a former chief auditor at A4e shows how an “unethical culture” led to “systemic fraud” at the company, which holds major government contracts. When concerns were raised about wrongdoing with senior managers, little was done to address the widespread abuse of taxpayers’ money, the whistleblower alleged.
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Biden vows to confront rising power of China
Posted by seumasach on May 27, 2012
This should be viewed in the context of significant concessions to Chinese banks to operate in the USA , the revaluation of the Yuan as repeatedly demanded by the US and the visit of the Chinese Defence Minister accompanied by 27 Chinese generals to the Pentagon
27th May, 2012
The US Vice President Joe Biden says Washington has devised a new policy in a bid to counter the rising power and influence of China.
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Greece hopes for boost from EU leaders’ summit
Posted by seumasach on May 23, 2012
23rd May, 2012
Greece’s caretaker Prime Minister Panayiotis Pikrammenos has met European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso ahead of an EU leaders’ summit in Brussels, during which they are expected to discuss growth, the fiscal pact and the euro crisis.
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Tehran seeks to reset relations
Posted by seumasach on May 15, 2012
“A trend in Europe is that compliant right-wing politicians who have forfeited European national security into American hands are on their way out, and a more self-assertive EU is on the rise that could detach itself from the American-Israeli militaristic modus operandi.”
Kaveh Afrasiabi
16th May, 2012
In the current tumult of diplomatic maneuvers ahead of the crucial Baghdad talks on Tehran’s nuclear program between Iran and the P5+1 nations scheduled for May 23, reflected in multiple “cold” signals from the West, Iran and France are poised to reset their troubled relations if certain conditions are met.
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Pulling off the American emperor’s clothes thread by thread
Posted by seumasach on May 14, 2012
Wayne Madsen
12 May, 2012
The United States, which sought to capitalize politically, militarily, and financially from the break-up of the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, Sudan, and Czechoslovakia and now seeks to reap the benefits from the similar potential fracturing of the Russian Federation, China, Libya, and Iraq, may receive a taste of its own medicine.
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Party leaders face final attempt to agree unity deal
Posted by seumasach on May 13, 2012
Inconsistencies in the public comments made by SYRIZA officials over the past few days led to Democratic Left leader Fotis Kouvelis issuing a statement on Saturday asking his the leftist coalition to clarify its position on a number of issues.
Chief among these was whether the party advocates a unilateral rejection by a government it will participate in of the terms of the EU-IMF loan agreement. Kouvelis also asked SYRIZA to explain what it would do following new elections that are unlikely to give any party a clear majority. He also called for SYRIZA to respond to written opinions from members of 10 parties that are part of its coalition, which advocate that Greece returns to the drachma.
As a coalition of disparate groups it is unlikely SYRIZA can arrive at a coherent policy position even if any of its components were able to do so. It is essentially a rejectionist front formed from those ideological currents which emerged from the World Social Forum and the Occupy Movement superimposed on older Trotskyist, Eurocommunist and workerist currents. It is unlikely that SYRIZA could cope with or survive political power falling into its lap and it is as well that the Greek electorate as made aware of this before giving them more votes. The Democratic Left is trying to force SYRIZA to clarify its positions but I would be very surprised if they get a satisfactory response.
13th May, 2012
President Karolos Papoulias is due to meet the heads of Greece’s three leading parties at noon on Sunday in a final attempt to secure a deal for the formation of a government, as Athens comes under increasing pressure about its future in the eurozone.
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Failed Qatari coup attempt in Kuwait
Posted by seumasach on May 10, 2012
9th May, 2012
Kuwaiti police arrested a group of Qatari agents charged for overthrowing Emir Al-Sabah IV.
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Looking for answers to Greece’s impossible multiple choice
Posted by seumasach on May 10, 2012
Nick Malkoutzis
10th May, 2012
Greece is trying to complete a multiple-choice test in which all the answers are wrong. Sunday’s elections could have hardly produced a more fragmented result, one from which you can add up the numbers any way you want but not get the response you’re looking for. Efforts to form a unity government are due to fall flat — barring a last-minute successful intervention from President Karolos Papoulias. They seemed doomed to failure because none of the parties are taking on board constructive messages from the election result.
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