Posted by seumasach on February 9, 2012
8th February, 2012
During a telephone conversation on Wednesday, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told French President Nicolas Sarkozy that any ‘hasty and unilateral steps’ regarding the unrest in Syria had to be avoided, the Kremlin said in a statement.
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Posted by seumasach on February 9, 2012
9th February, 2012
La Ligue arabe, désavouée par les pays du golfe, va renvoyer sa mission d’observateurs en Syrie. Les médias “mainstream”, très partisans, parlent de “mission controversée”, tout en précisant honteusement et s’appuyant sur les déclarations mortifères de l’Observatoire syrien des droits de l’homme (OSDH) basé à Londres et aux yeux de lynx, que rien ne sortira de cette nouvelle mission. Une façon hystérique de juger à l’avance ce qui se fera, puisqu’ils savent qu’ils ont tort sur toute la ligne.
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Posted by seumasach on February 9, 2012
9th February, 2012
Afghan President Hamid Karzai says all the eight people killed in a US-led aerial attack on the eastern province of Kapisa were children.
“The president strongly condemned the aerial bombing by foreign troops that killed a number of children in Nejrab district on Wednesday,” a statement released by the Afghan presidential office on Thursday read.
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Posted by seumasach on February 9, 2012
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Posted by seumasach on February 9, 2012
8th February, 2012
Lebanon’s security officials say a suspicious cargo containing huge amounts of US dollars, guns, special passports and credit cards have been seized upon arrival in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, from the US and Brazil.
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Posted by seumasach on February 9, 2012
9th February, 2012
Government sources have revealed that a deal has been reached over how to find the 300 million euros in savings that the troika was demanding to prevent cuts to pensions that three parties in Greece’s coalition government were not willing to accept.
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Posted by seumasach on February 9, 2012
Yong Kwon
10th February, 2012
The Eurasian steppes historically represented a serious security dilemma for Russia’s rulers; without natural barriers to hinder the advance of invaders, the flat Russian borderlands proved nearly impossible to defend using pre-modern means. In the post-Soviet era, the new Russian Federation no longer needs to fear steppe horsemen or Western European troops marching towards Moscow, but controlling the Eurasian landmass still represents a major administrative challenge.
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Posted by seumasach on February 9, 2012
It seems that in Europe, ad hoc policy such as France and England’s naval bandwagoning with the American armada in the Persian Gulf has replaced rational defense strategies that could entertain an Iranian-European security debate and even cooperation.
Exactly. Britain and France have effectively bounced Europe into another serious own-goal. Hopefully the defeat of Sarkozy in the coming elections will lead to Britain being finally frozen out of European security policy and the subsequent adoption of a saner and more constructive policy towards Iran.
Kaveh Afrasiabi
10th February, 2012
PALO ALTO – At last week’s Munich Security Conference, there was a conspicuous absence of any meaningful discussion of the “Iran crisis” threatening global peace and security.
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Posted by seumasach on February 8, 2012
Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks staff face uncertain future after Australian owner announces UK operations shake-up
8th February, 2012
The future of more than 8,000 workers at Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks have been thrown into doubt after the pair’s Australian owner announced a major shake-up of UK operations.
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Posted by seumasach on February 8, 2012
8th February, 2012
Argentina says it will file a formal complaint with the United Nations over Britain’s “militarization” of the disputed Malvinas (Falklands) Islands.
Amid growing tensions between Buenos Aires and London, Argentina’s President Cristina Kirchner on Tuesday criticized Britain for militarizing their quarrel over the archipelago, saying she would take the case to the UN.
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Posted by seumasach on February 7, 2012
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: economic collapse, End of empire, financial fraud, paul craig roberts, US Bureau of Labor Statistics | Leave a Comment »
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