Posted by seumasach on November 27, 2013
‘Don’t humiliate Ukraine’: President defiant over EU deal proposals
RT
27th November, 2013
Ukraine’s president voiced irritation at the European Union over its push to get his country sign a trade deal, calling the pressure ‘humiliating’. Kiev postponed the move citing vulnerability of its economy and triggering massive pro-EU protests.
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Posted by seumasach on November 27, 2013
GMOs linked to gluten disorders plaguing 18 million Americans
RT
26th November, 2013
Genetically modified foods such as soy and corn may be responsible for a number of gluten-related maladies including intestinal disorders now plaguing 18 million Americans, according to a new report released on Tuesday.
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Posted by seumasach on November 27, 2013
This will be a disappointment to the British “anti-war” left who have seen fit to shun all contacts with Assad and anyone suspected of supporting him i.e. most of the Syrian population. However, Obama’s retreat from empire is gaining unstoppable momentum. After reaching a deal on Syria he will move onto the thorny question of an Israel-Palestine settlement. The left’s hopes in a new front against China are also likely to be disappointed as Obama is merely involved in a sort of rough-wooing: invest in America or we’ll bomb the hell out of you! The Chinese, however, are already only to eager to invest in America. Obama is also keen to trumpet the charge as he retreats on all fronts.
Jason Ditz
Antiwar.com
25th November, 2013
Geneva II, the peace talks scheduled for June and repeatedly delayed, finally have a date, and both the Assad government and opposition Syrian National Council (SNC) have agreed to take part on January 22.
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Posted by seumasach on November 26, 2013
M.K.Bhadrakumar
Indian Punchline
26th November, 2013
The tough-talking, no-nonsense US National Security Advisor Susan Rice met her match at the presidential palace in Kabul Monday evening over a “working dinner”. One would have loved to be a fly on the wall. But there was no need, because no sooner than the pomegranates and grapes were eaten after the rich meal of pilav and kebabs and Rice reported back to Washington her conversation with President Hamid Karzai, which lasted several hours, the White house released a curtly worded readout on what transpired.
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Posted by seumasach on November 26, 2013
Jim Lobe
Asia Times
26th November, 2013
WASHINGTON – Despite strenuous objections by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and mostly Republican lawmakers here, the new accord between the Iran and the US and five other major powers on Tehran’s nuclear program appears to be gaining support here and abroad.
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Posted by seumasach on November 25, 2013
PressTV
25th November, 2013
It would have been a “grave error” for western countries to walk away from the negotiating table with Iran, William Hague has told MPs.
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Posted by seumasach on November 25, 2013
Cailean Bochanan
25th November, 2013
It’s not clear why Britain’s Stop the War group invited Mother Agnes of the Mussalaha initiative (Reconciliation) to their annual conference. They must have known that any viewpoint other than that of Aljazeera, the BBC and Human Rights Watch would stir controversy in its ranks. Two luminaries of the left duly decided to boycott the conference if she was present on the grounds that she was an agent of the Assad “regime” and that she had questioned, some might say debunked, the official account of the the chemical weapons attack at Ghouta implicating the Syrian government.
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Posted by seumasach on November 25, 2013
A REVIEW OF THE RESEARCH LITERATURE
A REPORT TO THE STAFF AND DIRECTORS OF THE EUGENE WATER AND ELECTRIC BOARD
Sky Vision Solutions
4th June 2013
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Posted by seumasach on November 24, 2013
Bloomberg
21st November, 2013
The People’s Bank of China said the country does not benefit any more from increases in its foreign-currency holdings, adding to signs policy makers will rein in dollar purchases that limit the yuan’s appreciation.
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Posted by seumasach on November 24, 2013
by Abbas Edalat (interview with Kourosh Ziabari) (source: CASMII)
Campaign Iran
23rd November, 2013
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