TEHRAN (FNA)- The nearly 100-year-old tribal struggle between Al-Saud dynasty from Anza and Al-Thani dynasty from Tamim in the region of Najd in the Arabian Peninsula, has become part of the fault line of the strategic axis of the world’s politics.
What will come of the Saudi-Qatari feud?
Posted by seumasach on March 21, 2014
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Germany and UK diverge on Russia sanctions
Posted by seumasach on March 20, 2014
19th March, 2014
BRUSSELS – EU countries are heading into a summit on Thursday (20 March) nowhere near a consensus over what to do about Russia’s annexation of Crimea and on how far economic sanctions should go.
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Les Néo-cons à Paris
Posted by seumasach on March 20, 2014
Jean Paul Baquiast
17th March, 2014
Ce terme désigne, non les c…proprement dits, qui ont toujours été très présents à Paris, sous quelle que forme que ce soit, mais les conservateurs les plus à droite du parti conservateur américain. Au pouvoir depuis des années, ils sont responsables des véritables catastrophes qui ont plongé l’Amérique dans des déficits et des pauvretés en chaine.
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Fabius prend la tête de la guerre froide anti Poutine
Posted by seumasach on March 20, 2014
Jean Paul Baquiast
18th March, 2014
Hier, au mépris du droit international et du simple droit commercial, il a menacé la Russie d’une non livraison des deux BPC de type Mistral presque achevés à Saint Nazaire, et déjà payés par les Russes. Il condamne ce faisant toute coopération militaire avec la Russie, renvoyant des milliers de travailleurs français au chômage.
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Bulgaria opposes immediate EU sanctions on Russia
Posted by seumasach on March 20, 2014
“Bulgarian socialists appear to be supportive of Russia’s intervention in Crimea. Alexander Simov, a journalist from the Socialist daily Duma who was sent to Crimea as an observer, said yesterday he believed that the referendum vote was legitimate.
“I am going to watch the whole process. To see … that it is a legal referendum,” he said. “So I think it is going to be very legal,” Simov said, as quoted by the Voice of America. Simov’s name appears on the list of the BSP candidates for the European elections.”
17th March, 2014
The Bulgarian foreign minister, Kristian Vigenin, has been instructed by his ruling Socialist party “not to haste with harsh measures” against Russia following the Crimea referendum, as EU ministers gather in Brussels in an attempt to impose sanctions on Moscow.
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India won’t support Western sanctions against Russia
Posted by seumasach on March 19, 2014
19th March, 2014
New Delhi: India will not support Western sanctions against Russia over the annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, government sources have told NDTV.
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Russia calls on Ukraine to become a federal state
Posted by seumasach on March 17, 2014
17th March, 2014
MOSCOW—Russia’s foreign ministry is calling on Ukraine to become a federal state and call fresh elections.
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Russia ready to cooperate with partners for resolving crisis in Ukraine
Posted by seumasach on March 17, 2014
17th March, 2014
TEHRAN (FNA)- Moscow urges contact group to ensure Ukraine’s non-bloc status fixed in the UN Security Council resolution, Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
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US, Russia kick Ukraine can down the road
Posted by seumasach on March 16, 2014
“The MFA statement also gave the impression that Washington is receptive to the deep anxiety felt in Moscow regarding the ascendancy of ultranationalist Ukrainian groups.”“Lavrov sought Washington’s intervention with the authorities in Kiev to curb these radical groups and Kerry apparently responded that the US was acting and its efforts would yield results. Lavrov and Kerry agreed to maintain further “working contacts” on Ukraine.”
M.K.Bhadrakumar
15th March, 2014
As I wrote in my blog earlier, contrary to the media reports to the effect that the five-hour meeting between the foreign ministers of Russia and the United States in London on Thursday regarding the Ukraine crisis had floundered, the two diplomats have opened a track of serious negotiations.
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Et tu, Jackass
Posted by seumasach on March 16, 2014
Events in Ukraine and behind scenes, immediate threats from Ukraine, strategic threats from Ukraine
14th March, 2014
Interview with Jim Willie
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Yarosh: sabotage Russian pipelines!
Posted by seumasach on March 16, 2014
Right Sector leader: Kiev should be ready to sabotage Russian pipelines in Ukraine
16th March, 2014
The leader of ultranationalist group Right Sector, Dmitry Yarosh, has threatened to destroy Russian pipelines on Ukrainian territory if a diplomatic solution is not reached with Moscow.
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