4th November, 2013
Rebel forces massacred 45 Christians in the west-central Syrian town of Sadad, according to Syrian Orthodox Archbishop Selwanos Boutros Alnemeh.
Largest massacre of Christians in Syrian conflict
Posted by seumasach on November 4, 2013
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Turkish MP- Change policy on Syria
Posted by seumasach on November 4, 2013
Turkish MP Calls on Erdogan Gov’t to Change Policy on Syria
3rd November, 2013
TEHRAN (FNA)- Most of the advocates of military aggression against Syria have accepted the necessity for the political settlement of the Syrian crisis, a Turkish legislator said, urging the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to change its hostile policies towards Syria.
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Iran negotiating with China to unblock EUR 22 billion of assets
Posted by seumasach on November 3, 2013
3rd November, 2013
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iran and China will reach an agreement to unblock up to EUR 22 billion of Iranian assets, mainly from oil export revenues, as a result of Iranian parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani’s high-profile visit to China last week, Iranian media are reporting.
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Can Congress, hawks and the Israel lobby wreck the US-Iran talks?
Posted by seumasach on November 3, 2013
30th October, 2013
The Obama administration is working hard to head off a wrecking ball from Congress and the Israel lobby aimed at sabotaging negotiations between Iran and the P5+1. The talks, which resume in November, also include direct talks between the United States and Iran. The key issue: members of the House and Senate are trying to force-feed the administration yet another round of anti-Iran sanctions, at the very worst possible moment.
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Remove all sanctions against Iranian people!
Posted by seumasach on November 3, 2013
12th October, 2013
Editor’s note: This statement has been issued ahead of the new round of the 5+1 group with Iran jointly by the following NGO’s: Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran, Organization for Defending Victims of Violence, Society for Chemical Weapons Victims Support, Tehran Peace Museum
The comprehensive US/EU sanctions attacking the lifeline of Iranian economy is a criminal war of choice against the Iranian population. Far from the claims of sanctions as diplomacy aimed at the resolution of the conflict over Iran’s nuclear programme, sanctions are inflicting, both by design and default, unendurable pain and destruction on Iranian people, Iran’s infrastructure and civil society institutions.
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White House Expected to ease sanctions targeting Syria …Iran to follow?
Posted by seumasach on November 3, 2013
1st November, 2013
Pressure on Obama from Putin as part of the ‘price tag’ for Russia’s role with bailing out the American president with the chemical weapons ‘redline’ which became a canard is one reason. Another reason is that the White House believes that it needs to communicate to Damascus that prospects for better relations and even some cooperation are not completely destroyed as a result of the 32 month crisis still raging in the Syrian Arab Republic.
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Obama administration presses Senate on Iran sanctions
Posted by seumasach on November 3, 2013
Obama administration presses Senate to hold off on new round of Iran sanctions
31st October, 2012
WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden and senior Obama administration officials convinced a number of senators on Thursday to hold off on another round of Iran sanctions as Western powers test Tehran’s willingness to scale back its nuclear aims.
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Radiation from Japan nuclear plant arrives on Alaska coast
Posted by seumasach on November 3, 2013
2nd November, 2013
Scientists at the University of Alaska are concerned about radiation leaking from Japan’s damaged Fukushima nuclear plant, and the lack of a monitoring plan.
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Russia wants India, Pakistan in SCO
Posted by seumasach on November 2, 2013
Russia wants India, Pakistan to be in Shanghai Cooperation Organization – Lavrov
2nd October, 2013
Russia believes the Shanghai Cooperation Organization should satisfy an application from India to join the SCO, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday, reports VoR’s Polina Chernitsa.
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Ignored reality is going to wipe out the human race
Posted by seumasach on October 31, 2013
Paul Craig Roberts
29th October, 2013
To inform people is hard slugging. Everything is lined up against the public being informed, or the policymakers for that matter. News is contaminated by its service to special interests and hidden agendas. Many scientists or their employers are dependent on federal money. Even psychologists and anthropologists were roped into the government’s torture and occupation programs. Economists tell lies for corporations and Wall Street. Plant and soil scientists tell lies for agribusiness and Monsanto. Truth tellers are slandered and persecuted. However, persistence can eventually win out. In the long-run, truth sometimes emerges. But not always. And not always in time.
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Breakthrough in Afghan peace process
Posted by seumasach on October 31, 2013
The role of the US bases remains unclear. I would expect the SCO to play a major role in stabilising Afghanistan but perhaps there is an as yet undeclared US-Russian agreement here.
M.K.Bhadrakumar
30th October, 2013
There has been swift follow-up on the talks in Washington on September 23 between President Barack Obama and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif regarding the urgency of kickstarting the peace talks with the Taliban. The meeting in London earlier today hosted by Prime Minister David Cameron brought together Sharif and the Afghan President Hamid Karzai, which is leading to a breakthrough.
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