Posted by seumasach on December 16, 2014
15th December
Ignore the economists quibbling whether public spending is returning to the era of George Orwell. If you want to see the future of your local public services, it’s already here: in the north London suburb of Barnet. I visited last week – and it’s not pretty.
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Posted by seumasach on December 15, 2014
10th Decmber, 2014
Brazil and Uruguay have switched to settling bilateral trade with local currency to stimulate turnover, bypassing the US dollar.
Posted in Currency Wars, Multipolar world | Tagged: South American integration, Union of South American nations (Unasur) | Leave a Comment »
Posted by seumasach on December 15, 2014
US isolated, BRICS to get greater voting power at IMF
13th December, 2014
Months after the formation of new financial institutions like the $100 billion BRICS Bank and the China-led Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank, Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said Friday that the organization is ready to discuss IMF voting reforms without the United States to give BRICS and emerging countries greater voting power.
Posted in Multipolar world | Tagged: BRICS(Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa), IMF reform, new financial architecture, new global financial system | Leave a Comment »
Posted by seumasach on December 15, 2014
14th December, 2014
Thousands of Germans have staged a protest rally to express their anger at the West’s warmongering policies against Russia over the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.
At least 3,500 people took part in the protest, organized by the German Peace Movement, in the capital Berlin on Saturday.
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Posted by seumasach on December 14, 2014
Moscow in touch with US
10th December, 2014
Damascus (AFP) – President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday met a top Russian envoy who said Moscow is hoping to relaunch peace talks for the war-torn country and could host a Syria-US meeting.
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Posted by seumasach on December 14, 2014
20 deals in 24 hours: Russia-India relations given $100 billion-worth boost
12th December, 2014
The economic burden of Western sanctions has pushed Russia to the east in search of business opportunities. Judging by the outcome of President Putin’s visit to India – 20 high-profile deals struck – Moscow’s ‘pivot to Asia’ is getting a warm welcome.
Posted in Multipolar world | Tagged: BRICS(Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa), Modi's agenda, Putin's Asia pivot, russia india strategic partnership, Russian diplomacy | Leave a Comment »
Posted by seumasach on December 14, 2014
14th December, 2014
Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim Jafari says that his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, has made an offer to help Iraq fight Islamic State militants. Beijing has volunteered to assist with airstrikes, though it will not join the US-led coalition against ISIS.
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Posted by seumasach on December 13, 2014
M.K.Bhadrakumar
13th December, 2014
There is delightful irony that the US state department has advised the Indian leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that it is not the right time for “business as usual” with Russia.
The US spokesperson Marie Harf reportedly said at a briefing in Washington on Friday, “We’ve seen press reporting on India concluding business, nuclear and defence deals with Russia, but not confirmation of those agreements or specifics of what those agreements would entail. Our view remains that it’s not time for business as usual with Russia.”
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Posted by seumasach on December 13, 2014
Putin: nuclear deals set Russia, India on new course for partnership
11th December, 2014
NEW DELHI, December 11. /TASS/. Long-term partnership between Russia and India lies ahead in the wake of major deals in nuclear engineering, Russian President Vladimir Putin said after talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Thursday.
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Posted by seumasach on December 13, 2014
American War Plans Would Fail if Europe Stumbles
8th December, 2014
This week Minsk hosts another four-party meeting on Ukraine, bringing together representatives from Kiev, south-east regions, Russia and OSCE – organization for security and cooperation in Europe.
Days before the meeting the US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly in favor of an anti-Russia resolution “strongly condemning the actions of the Russian Federation, under President Vladimir Putin, which has carried out a policy of aggression against neighboring countries aimed at political and economic domination.” A number of western analysts described the document as a US declaration of war on Russia.
On the other hand, French President Francois Hollande made a sudden stop in Moscow to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin. Mr. Hollande said his meeting with Putin “came at the right time, in good circumstances, and will undoubtedly lead to some results in the coming days” – a peacemaker statement, in a stark contrast with the US rhetoric…
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Posted by seumasach on December 11, 2014
Brian Cloughly
11th December, 2014
On March 19, 2011, the United States led NATO countries in a blitz of aircraft and missile strikes against the government of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya’s batty dictator who was visited in 2004 and 2007 by British prime minister Tony Blair, in 2007 by French president Nicolas Sarkozy, in 2008 by US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, and in 2009 by Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, all of whom cordially assured him that relations between their countries and his were comfortable.
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