Posted by seumasach on March 20, 2012
15th March, 2012
The Cold Response 2012 exercise taking place in Northern Norway on the border to Russia is a provocation and a sign of NATO wanting to strengthen its geopolitical and diplomatic efforts with military might, two Russian military experts say.
Posted in New Cold War, Oceania | Tagged: the high north | 1 Comment »
Posted by seumasach on March 20, 2012
14th May, 2012
A PETITION lodged by two councillors from Rutherglen and Cambuslang to review conditions for granting phone mast applications has been backed by a committee at the Scottish Parliament.
Posted in Ecological and Public Health Crisis | Tagged: EM radiation health hazard | Leave a Comment »
Posted by seumasach on March 20, 2012
21st March, 2012
MOSCOW – India’s proposal to set up a bank of the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) will top the agenda at the summit of the group in New Delhi on March 28.
Posted in Multipolar world | Tagged: brics bank, BRICS(Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa), new financial architecture | Leave a Comment »
Posted by seumasach on March 20, 2012
Chris Cook
21st March, 2012
On the evening of Friday, March 16, Reuters broke the news that Saudi Arabia was chartering 11 Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) tankers to deliver some 22 million barrels of crude oil in the last few days of March and early April.
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Posted by seumasach on March 19, 2012
15th March, 2012
In its January 2012 issue, LEAP/E2020 signalled the current year as that of the world geopolitical swing. The first quarter 2012 has, to a large extent, started to establish that an era was in fact coming to an end with, in particular, the Russian and Chinese decisions to block any Western attempt at interference in Syria (1); their stated desire, associated with India (2) especially, to ignore or circumvent the oil embargo fixed by the United States and the EU (3) against Iran; the increasing tensions in relations between the United States and Israel (4); the acceleration of the policy of diversification out of the US Dollar led by China (5) and the BRICS (but also by Japan and Euroland (6)); the premise of change in Euroland’s political strategy at the time of the French electoral campaign (7); and the intensification of actions and statements fuelling the rising strength of trans-bloc commercial wars (8). In March 2012, we are far from March 2011 and the “hustling” of the UN by the USA/UK/France trio to attack Libya. March 2011 was still the unipolar world of after 1989. March 2012 is already the post-crisis multipolar world hesitating between confrontations and partnerships.
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Posted by seumasach on March 19, 2012
19th March, 2012
Further job losses in the banking sector are on the way, a report said today, after the eurozone debt crisis, compensation costs and higher taxes have slashed the combined profits of the UK’s five biggest banks.
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Posted by seumasach on March 19, 2012
17th March, 2012
The Afghan investigation team of legislators investigating the Kandahar killings submitted a chilling report to the Afghan parliament in Kabul earlier today, which alleges that the killings were not the rampage of a rogue sergeant, as Pentagon claims, but a planned massacre involving many troops and even US army helicopters. The team also alleged that two Afghan women were sexually assaulted by the US troops before they were shot. The team claimed that 15 to 20 American troops were involved and it was a case of revenge killing following some insurgent activity in the area.
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Posted by seumasach on March 19, 2012
“The bonds, a haven for investors fleeing Europe’s debt crisis last year, are losing their appeal as the euro region starts to contain its turmoil.’
19th March, 2012
Sweden, last year’s best-performing long-term government bond market, has turned into a loser for creditors as the biggest Nordic economy shrink
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Posted by seumasach on March 19, 2012
M.K.Bhadrakumar
20 th March, 2012
Despite the insistence by Washington that the Kandahar killings a week ago were a “rampage” by an “apparently deranged” or “probably deranged” American sergeant, Afghan people believe in the finding by their parliamentarians that up to 15 to 20 US troops were involved. The Afghan president Hamid Karzai also agreed the US version is “not convincing.”
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Posted by seumasach on March 19, 2012
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: "War on Terror", bush blair war crimes, kuala lumpar war crimes tribunal | Leave a Comment »
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