Posted by seumasach on March 23, 2013
M.K.Bhadrakumar
22nd March, 2013
The interview released today by Russian state news agency Itar-Tass with President Vladimir Putin regarding the forthcoming BRICS summit meeting at Durban (March 26-27) reaffirms the high priority Moscow attaches to the regional grouping. There are no surprises here. BRICS is a Russian initiative.
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Posted by seumasach on March 23, 2013
20th March, 2013
Voted 19 March 2013 at the French National Assembly (Lower House), an amendment of the law stipulates that the establishment of the digital educational program foreseen by the text favors “wired” connections, that is, Ethernet, rather than Wi-Fi, in order to protect children.
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Posted by seumasach on March 22, 2013
If Obama is suggesting that Assad should stay until he has cleaned up the mess caused by Obama then we are in complete agreement
22nd March, 2013
President Barack Obama says he’s very concerned about Syria becoming an enclave for extremism after the rule of President Bashar Assad is over.
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Posted by seumasach on March 22, 2013
Mr Gilmore said more guns would lead to more casualties, and that EU ministers should focus on a political solution to the crisis.
He said: “I think further militarisation in Syria would certainly not be helpful. The more guns, the more arms that go into Syria, the more casualties there will be.”
Now is the time for wiser heads to prevail. Young Hague has proven to be something of a hothead on this issue alongside his French counterparts. This is a timely intervention by the Irish.
22nd March, 2013
Britain is hoping to avoid a split over Syria as EU foreign ministers meet in Dublin.
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague said he was focused on avoiding a split over whether an arms embargo on Syrian rebels should be lifted.
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Posted by seumasach on March 22, 2013
Rare indeed, but there’s progress for you!
22nd March, 2013
The UN Security Council on Friday overcame differences on the Syria conflict to agree on a rare statement condemning a suicide bomb attack on a Damascus mosque.
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Posted by seumasach on March 22, 2013
Russia Welcomes UN Decision to Launch Probe into Incident of Chemical Weapons Use in Syria
21st March, 2013
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Gennady Gatilov, expressed Russia’s welcome of the decision taken by the UN Secretary General to conduct inquiry into the use of chemical weapons in Syria.
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Posted by seumasach on March 22, 2013
19th March, 2013
Though President Morsi’s fondest Western cultural creations are apparently “Good Morning America” and the original (1968) version of Planet of the Apes, to observe Muslim Brotherhood practice since the revolution one cannot help but be reminded of the Bard himself: “We at the height are ready to decline. There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries.”
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Posted by seumasach on March 22, 2013
21st March, 2013
Washington wants to continue dialogue with Moscow on its planned European missile defense shield, says Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister. However, Russia’s causes for concern over the project have not been removed, he underlined.
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Posted by seumasach on March 22, 2013
Jim Lobe
WASHINGTON – Ten years after reaching the height of their influence with the invasion of Iraq, the neo-conservatives and other right-wing hawks are fighting hard to retain their control of the Republican Party.
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Posted by seumasach on March 22, 2013
21st March, 2013
US President Barack Obama appealed directly on Thursday to the Israeli people to put themselves in the shoes of stateless Palestinians and recognise that Jewish settlement activity in occupied territory hurts prospects for peace.
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Posted by seumasach on March 21, 2013
John Helmer
21st March, 2013
MOSCOW – The United States, Germany, Turkey and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies think they have almost all the ordnance required to produce regime change in Syria, as they had in Libya. But they don’t appear to have the 5 billion euros (US$6.5 billion) required to do the trick in Cyprus, after the regime change the Cypriots themselves had voted into power a month ago.
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