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The New World Order is not turning out as planned. Instead of all power emanating from London and Washington, new power centres are emerging to the South and East: a new global equilibrium raises the possibility of a new post-imperial age of peace and equality between nations.
Posted by seumasach on October 1, 2010
People’s Daily
19th September, 2010
An increasingly vocal movement is rising in America to force China to appreciate the RMB. Hundreds of congressmen jointly wrote a letter to the Obama Administration calling for action. The U.S. Congress held a two-day public hearing to discuss legislation to “punish” China. Various interest groups were waving flags and shouting battle cries. U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner also made an unprecedented tough gesture. Furthermore, congressmen all united behind the banner of protecting American jobs. But, is this what they are really thinking of?
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Posted by smeddum on September 28, 2010
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Posted by seumasach on September 27, 2010
Dilip Hiro
Middle-East Online
24th September, 2010
In whole regions of the world, U.S. power is in flux, but on the whole in retreat. The United States remains a powerful nation with a military to match. It still has undeniable heft on the global stage, but its power slippage is no less real for that — and, by any measure, irreversible. Whatever the twenty-first century may prove to be, it will not be the American century, says Dilip Hiro.
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Posted by smeddum on September 19, 2010
RICKEY SINGH
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Jamaica Observer
A communiqué was expected to be issued yesterday on the Third Caribbean Community-Cuba Ministerial Meeting that concluded in Havana on Friday. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on September 18, 2010
2010-09-11
CRI English
A special performance of the Cuban National Ballet here Friday night marked the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the People’s Republic of China and Cuba.
The groupe performed “Dancers” and other classical programs at the Grand Theatre Gracia Lorca. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by seumasach on September 18, 2010
Haaretz
18th September, 2010
Russia plans to go ahead with its sale of advance anti-ship rockets, state news agency RIA Novosti quoted Russian Defense Minster Anatoly Serdyukov as saying on Friday, despite recent attempts by U.S. and Israeli officials to thwart the planned deal.
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Posted by smeddum on September 16, 2010
Irrawaddy
11/9/2010
Economist Jeffrey Sachs calls China “the most successful development story in world history.” Since its “awakening” following Deng Xiaoping’s 1978 “black cat, white cat” speech urging the Chinese government to focus on economic development and let facts—not ideology—guide its path, China’s miraculous economic turnaround over the past three decades has awed and inspired the world. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by seumasach on August 31, 2010
Guardian
29th August, 2010
The Kenyan government defended its failure to arrest Sudan’s president while he was in Nairobi on Friday, citing strategic interest in the neighbouring country.
Richard Onyonka, an assistant foreign minister, said today that arrestingOmar al-Bashir may have risked adversely affected peace in Sudan.
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Posted by seumasach on August 29, 2010
Pepe Escobar
Asia Times
27th August, 2010
Hollywood executives and Washington policymakers are suckers for Russophobia. Considering the appalling level of political discourse in both these capitals of mass entertainment, certainly one cannot expect their “opinion leaders” to have read Professor Paul Kennedy’s recent expose of European history packaged as a crash course to Americans about the inevitable downsizing of the US in the emerging, multipolar new world order.
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Posted by seumasach on August 2, 2010
Jian Junbo
Asia Times
31st July, 2010
China and Germany are moving toward a closer and friendlier partnership, a process that seemed highly unlikely just three years ago and which could provide Beijing with an influential ally on the world stage.
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Posted by smeddum on July 21, 2010
LONDON April 27 (Reuters) – After the dynamic growth of the BRIC countries in the last decade, a batch of six more countries — the CIVETS — will be the ones to watch in the next 10 years, HSBC’s (HSBA.L) (0005.HK) chief executive predicted. Read the rest of this entry »
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