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Welcome to Oceania! Britain and Canada to share embassies

Posted by seumasach on September 24, 2012

Britain and Canada will establish joint diplomatic missions and share embassy offices abroad, William Hague will announce later today.

Telegraph

24th September, 2012

Mr Hague is due to disclose more details of the plans when he meets hisCanadian counterpart, John Baird, in Ottawa later today, a Foreign Office spokesman said.

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UK’s deficit ‘could be bigger than Greece’s’

Posted by seumasach on September 23, 2012

Britain could be heading for a bigger budget deficit next year than crisis-hit Greece and Spain, according to research by Morgan Stanley.

Telegraph

23rd September, 2012

Economists at the investment bank calculated that Britain’s budget deficit could total £126bn, or 7.8pc, of gross domestic product in 2013-14.

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Syria opposition figures meet in Damascus, reject foreign interference

Posted by seumasach on September 23, 2012

Al-Manar

23rd September, 2012

As they called for regime change in Syria, some 15 opposition parties rejected foreign interference in the ongoing crisis in the countryDuring the “National Conference for Rescuing Syria” which was held on Sunday in the capital, opposition figures discussed peaceful ways to end the conflict and help unite the fragmented opposition.

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Turkish oppositionist: Erdogan’s Syria policy undermines Turkish national security

Posted by seumasach on September 23, 2012

CHP: Erdogan’s Support to Terrorism In Syria Threatens Turkey’s National Security

SANA

22nd September, 2012

ANKARA, (SANA) – Secretary-general of the Turkish Republican People’s Party (Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, CHP) Kemal Kilicdaroglu on Friday said that the support of the Prime Minister Recep Tayyib Erdogan’s government to the terrorist acts in Syria poses threats on the Turkish national security.

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Syria internal opposition urges peaceful solution to end unrest

Posted by seumasach on September 23, 2012

PressTV

23rd September, 2012

Members of Syria’s internal opposition are holding a conference in the capital Damascus to find ways to end months of bloody unrest in the country.

The meeting dubbed the “Syria Salvation Conference” was organized by the National Coordination Body (NCB). Iranian, Russian and Chinese envoys also attended the Friday meeting.

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Saudi judges resign in protest at regime pressure

Posted by seumasach on September 23, 2012

PressTV

23rd September, 2012

At least 50 Saudi judges have resigned in protest at the pressure exerted on them by the Riyadh regime to sentence political activists, Press TV reports.

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Unity movement launched at mass rally to counter Egypt’s Islamists

Posted by seumasach on September 22, 2012

Al-Ahram

22nd September, 2012

Dozens of banners lined the edges of the central avenue of Cairo’s historic downtown Abdeen Square late on Friday as hundreds upon hundreds converged to show their support for the newly-established political coalition: the Egyptian Popular Current.

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UK government borrowing rises to record August high

Posted by seumasach on September 21, 2012

Blow for George Osborne as latest figures mean deficit has widened 22% so far this year – compared with target of 4.6% reduction

Guardian

21st August, 2012

George Osborne’s debt reduction plans took another blow last month as government borrowinghit its highest on record for any August.

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On Syria and way beyond

Posted by seumasach on September 21, 2012

Lars Schall

Asia Times

22nd September, 2012

One of Europe’s most outstanding experts on the Middle East, Professor Guenter Meyer, addresses in this exclusive in-depth interview for Asia Times Online the Syrian civil war and its international dimensions.

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National Day of Action Against Smart Meters: October 4, 2012

Posted by seumasach on September 21, 2012

Mieux Prevenir

18th September, 2012

The Wireless Radiation Protection Coalition – a newly formed national coalition seeking protection from and elimination of electromagnetic radiation hazards and cybersecurity threats – is calling for a National Day of Action October 4th Against “Smart” Meters being deployed by utility companies. A wave of demonstrations around the country will be held in the middle of ” GridWeek” a ”smart” grid conference in Washington, DC – October 2-4, 2012.

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Obama stalking Africa’s resources

Posted by seumasach on September 21, 2012

Professor Soul Gaika Kuni

Pan African News

20th September, 2012

The presidential election campaign is reaching fever pitch in the United States, but for Africans the zeal, pomp, zest and funfair over Barack Obama’s prospects of winning is non-existent. Unlike Obama’s first election campaign, Africans have nothing to celebrate about, for, they now know Obama as just another American president, pushing the same natural resources exploitation agenda.

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