Posted by seumasach on May 28, 2014
M.K.Bhadrakumar
27th May, 2014
The US president Barack Obama has made up his mind about the American troop presence in Afghanistan beyond end-2014. The figure is 9800. But the figure will come down by half by the end of next year and by end-2016, all troops will have been withdrawn, leaving only the security squads that ensure the protection of the American embassy. (Reuters).
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Posted by seumasach on May 23, 2014
20th May, 2014
BEIRUT – A potentially important diplomatic development underway in the Middle East, according to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz Monday, is that Washington is “tending towards cooperating with the soon-to-be-formed Palestinian unity government, even if Hamas as an organization does not accept the conditions of the Mideast Quartet to recognize Israel, honor previous agreements and abandon violence.”
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Posted by seumasach on May 14, 2014
M.K.Bhadrakumar
13th May, 2014
The announcement over the weekend by the Pentagon that the chief of the general staff of China’s People’s Liberation Army Fang Fenghui is visiting the United States this week will be noted widely in the Asia-Pacific region — Hanoi, Manila and Tokyo in particular.
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Posted by seumasach on April 19, 2014
Under pressure from John Kerry, he was divested of the Syria dossier in February 2014.
17th April, 2014
Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has, by royal decree, been relieved of his duties as national security adviser and director of Saudi intelligence services. According to the national news agency, the decision was made “at his request.”
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Posted by seumasach on April 19, 2014
19th April, 2014
Ukraine’s government is prepared to conduct constitutional changes that would grant more say to local governments on budget and tax policy and give the Russian language a special status in efforts to overcome the current crisis in the country, Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk said Friday.
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Posted by seumasach on April 10, 2014
10th April, 2014
Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu has ordered government ministries to cut off high-level contacts with the Palestinians on non-security related issues, as the crisis in Middle East peace talks worsens.
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Posted by seumasach on February 17, 2014
17th February, 2014
RAMALLAH, Feb. 17 — A Palestinian official warned on Monday that the failure of thecurrent Palestinian-Israeli peace talks will lead to the collapse of the Palestinian NationalAuthority (PNA).
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Posted by seumasach on February 13, 2014
13th February, 2014
Over 100 members of the US Congress have sent a letter to President Barack Obama, expressing support for a diplomatic resolution of the dispute over Iran’s nuclear energy program.
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Posted by seumasach on February 13, 2014
13th February, 2014
The head of the European Parliament has slammed the Israeli regime for its policies toward Palestinians in the occupied territories.
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Posted by seumasach on February 6, 2014
Follow the money! There is now an unstoppable momentum behind Iran’s reintegration into the “international community”. Amidst reports of an official Iranian presence at the next round of Geneva talks, Kerry is careful not to appear to eager to embrace America and Israel’s long term bogeyman and continues to talk with forked tongue.
5th February, 2014
AFP: A visit to Iran by a 116-strong delegation of French business figures is “a bet” on the future and not “business as usual”, France’s finance minister said Wednesday, brushing off US criticism of the trip.
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Posted by seumasach on February 6, 2014
Thomas L.Friedman
4th February, 2014
RAMALLAH, West Bank — For a while now I’ve wondered why there’s been no Third Intifada.
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