Posted by seumasach on August 19, 2013
[This is very interesting coming from a source which Fox News describes as “a virtual mouthpiece for the administration”. Is Obama’s new direction leading to the inevitable clash with Wall Street?]
“Detroit’s problems are a reminder of broader challenges, identified but still unmet: protecting pensions; protecting municipalities from Wall Street; and, at long last, revoking the obscene privileges of banks that allow them to prosper on the failings of others.”
Editorial Board
New York Times
15th August, 2013
The Detroit bankruptcy case has been cast as a contest between bondholders and pensioners that can be resolved only by shared sacrifice.
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Posted by seumasach on August 19, 2013
Archbishop of Sebastia: Those, who set fire to churches in Egypt also destroy Syria
Syria News
18th August, 2013
The Archbishop of Sebastia from the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Theodosios (Atallah Hanna) of Sebastia, made several statements about the current violence and chaos in Egypt as well as about the Syrian conflict and the gruesome deeds of the Takfiri groups in both Arab states in a meeting with figures from the occupied area of Jerusalem (al-Quds).
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Posted by seumasach on August 19, 2013
Al Ahram
18th August, 2013
A 10-member technical committee entrusted with amending Egypt’s 2012 constitution has almost finished its task. The committee was formed under Article 28 of the constitutional declaration issued by Interim President Adly Mansour 8 July and is headed by Mansour’s legal advisor, Ali Awad.
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Posted by seumasach on August 19, 2013
Breitbart
16th August, 2013
As the situation in Egypt escalates, a source with very close ties to the Egyptian government tells Breitbart News that the country is preparing to send a diplomatic mission to Russia. While the Obama Administration sends conflicting messages about the conflict, Russia, China and Saudi Arabia have issued strong statements in support of the government’s crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood. America’s influence in the region is waning.
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Posted by seumasach on August 19, 2013
[Firstly, they tried to knock out the Euro. Then they tried to knock out gold. In both cases they have failed and there is nothing left to support the dollar.]
Gold Bears Retreat as Prices Reach Two-Month High
Bloomberg
19th August, 2013
Speculators cut bullish and bearish bets on gold simultaneously for the first time in two months as prices advanced to the highest since mid-June on signs of strengthening physical demand.
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Posted by seumasach on August 19, 2013
The Rebel Campaign, which spearheaded the 30 June mass protests, calls for the restoration of Egyptian sovereignty in petition targeting foreign aid and Camp David
Al Ahram
18th August, 2013
The Rebel Campaign (Tamarod) has launched on its official website a petition to demand the cancellation of both US aid and the Camp David peace treaty between Egypt and Israel.
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Posted by seumasach on August 18, 2013
Al Ahram
17th August, 2013
As violence continues in Egypt following the dispersal of sit-ins by supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi, several groups in Egypt hold the Muslim Brotherhood responsible for the chaos, while others protest what they describe as foreign intervention.
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Posted by seumasach on August 17, 2013
[The FSA, increasingly controlled by the US via Saudi Arabia, is now engaged in battle against jihadists formerly supported by the US via Turkey and Qatar.This reformed FSA will presumably attend the Geneva2 conference representing “the rebels” although not the ones they’re now eliminating.]
Middle East Online
15th August, 2013
BEIRUT – A jihadist group has expelled rebel Free Syrian Army fighters from their positions in the northern city of Raqa, a watchdog reported on Wednesday.
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Posted by seumasach on August 17, 2013
[Although widely unnoticed the shift in US policy in the region is deep and far-reaching. This back down by Turkey is one result of it, the marginalisation of Qatar, Hamas and the the Muslim Brotherhood is another. The stage is being set for the Geneva 2 conference.]
Voice of America
16th August, 2013
ISTANBUL — Earlier this month, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan openly criticized al-Qaida-linked terrorist groups operating in Syria. Previously, Turkey’s government had been reluctant to criticize such groups, and has been frequently accused of supporting them tacitly, if not openly. But Ankara now appears to be distancing itself from them.
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Posted by seumasach on August 13, 2013
M.K.Bhadrakumar
Indian Punchline
The best outcome of the ‘2 plus 2′ — foreign ministers plus defence ministers — Russian-American meeting in Washington on Friday could be, arguably, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s disclosure that the US side “confirmed” at the meeting that President Barack Obama did not cancel but merely postponed his ‘bilateral’ with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, which was expected to take place in Moscow early September during his Russia visit in connection with the G20 at St.Petersburg.
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Posted by seumasach on August 11, 2013
PressTV
10th August, 2013
Food banks users have been doubled this summer as British households struggle to feed their children during school holidays, charity says.
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