Posted by seumasach on January 13, 2015
Interview with Umberto Pascali – For Voice of the People, TV Sonce, Skipje, Macedonia
Global Research
10th January, 2015
Question: Mr. Pascali, an unprecedented drama is developing in France under our eyes. After marked terrorists killed 12 people at the offices of the Charlie Hebdo, new terrorist acts are striking France. Hostages have been taken in a Paris store after a murder, two suspects are surrounded by the French police with the prospect of a long siege.
Confusing and terrifying news are coming from the field and from the press wires. One of the suspects for the Charlie Hebdo massacre give himself up to the police claiming to have been in school at the moment of the massacre. The media report that the suspect authors of the massacre have been for several years on a US and British Terrorist Database and, thus, they were well known and had been even previously arrested. The video of the terrorists killing a policemen in front of the Charlie Hebdo building, and the scared reaction of the civilian population are creating the climate of what has been called the European September 11. What is going on?
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Posted by seumasach on January 13, 2015
This is rather reminiscent of the Obama administration’s boycott of the funeral of Margaret Thatcher.
RT
12th January, 2015
President Barack Obama and other US officials are receiving criticism for not attending Saturday’s ‘Unity March’ in Paris. The rally included more than 40 world leaders who showed solidarity with 17 victims of multiple attacks last week.
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Posted by seumasach on January 13, 2015
Things have taken a sudden reverse after Hollande’s and vice-chancellor Sigmar Gabriel’s dramatic anti-sanctions statements only a week ago.
RFERL
13th January, 2015
The foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia, Germany, and France have failed to agree on terms for a summit later this week aimed at defusing the crisis in eastern Ukraine.
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Posted by seumasach on January 10, 2015
After all the expectations raised by Hollande’s interview on Monday, as well as statements by the German vice-chancellor, which showed a dramatic shift towards a pro-Russian position, here is Merkel pouring cold water over any suggestion of breaking with the NATO consensus.
Reuters
8th January, 2015
(Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday that Europe could not consider lifting sanctions against Russiauntil all elements of a 12-point peace agreement signed in September between Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels were fully implemented.
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Posted by seumasach on January 7, 2015
Right Sector units refuse to obey orders of Ukrainian Defense Ministry
TASS
6th January, 2015
KIEV, January 6. /TASS/. Units of the radical organization Right Sector have refused to obey orders of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, presidential adviser Yury Biryukov said on TV Channel 5 on Tuesday, Ukrainian media reported.
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Posted by seumasach on January 7, 2015
By characterising the divisions within the US elite as between “one favourable to the imperialist division of the world with China and possibly Russia (President Obama’s position) and, on the other hand, the expansionist imperialists (gathered around Hillary Clinton and General David Petraeus)” Meyssan reveals the utter confusion on the left concerning imperialism. On the one hand, the imperial project requires the destruction of Russia and China and on the other there are no anti-expansionist imperialists: empire is all or nothing. The confusion arises from Lenin’s “economic” interpretation of imperialism as a stage in the development of “capitalism”(See my article Globalisation: Multipolar World or New World Order? Although the left cannot concede it, Obama is, in fact, embracing the multipolar world order, as shall soon become quite evident to all. This article is, however, of the highest interest in pinpointing the foci of opposition to him inside the US elite and confirms his prescience in sidelining Petraeus and Clinton.
Thierry Meyssan
Voltairenet
6th January, 2015
The Syrian crisis, which had already been solved by the first conference in Geneva in June 2012, continues despite all the agreements negotiated with the United States. Clearly, the Obama administration does not obey its leader, but is divided between two political lines: one favourable to the imperialist division of the world with China and possibly Russia (President Obama’s position) and, on the other hand, the expansionist imperialists (gathered around Hillary Clinton and General David Petraeus).
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Posted by seumasach on January 7, 2015
German Vice-Chancellor Is Strongly Against More Russia Sanctions
Russia Insider
5th January, 2015
his article originally appeared at German Economic News (Deutsche Wirtschafts Nachrichten). It was translated by Google Translate
Federal Minister Sigmar Gabriel has a surprisingly strong opposition to new sanctions against Russia.
A few months ago Gabriel had appeased, and now he even says that the isolation of Russia “for the whole world highly dangerous” could be.
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Posted by seumasach on January 6, 2015
Between Moscow And Beijing With Travel Time Of 48 Hours
IBTimes
5th January, 2015
Russia will build a high speed railway line between Moscow and Beijing. This will cut down the travel time to about 48 hours. The existing travel time is seven days, and it will be a revolution when it will be cut to two days.
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Posted by seumasach on January 6, 2015
What Mr. Putin wants is that Ukraine not become a member of NATO. The idea of Mr. Putin is to not have an army at Russia’s borders.”
French Leader Urges End to Sanctions Against Russia Over Ukraine
NYT
6th January, 2015
MOSCOW — Western nations should stop threatening Russia with new sanctions and instead offer to ease off on existing restrictions in exchange for progress in the peace process in Ukraine, PresidentFrançois Hollande of France said in an interview on Monday.
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Posted by seumasach on January 5, 2015
Czech leader condemns ‘Nazi torchlight parade’
RT
4th January, 2015
The chilling slogans and a flagrant demonstration of nationalist symbols during the neo-Nazi march in Kiev reminded the Czech President Milos Zeman of Hitler’s Germany. He said something was “wrong” both with Ukraine and the EU which didn’t condemn it.
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Posted by seumasach on January 4, 2015
Chinese auto industry looking to strengthen ties with Detroit automakers, parts suppliers
Detroit Free Press
13th June, 2014
China’s automotive industry needs to increase its spending on research and development and strengthen its joint venture ties with U.S. automotive manufacturers, a top Chinese automotive official said today in Troy.
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