2 days ago by subalternate

Corruption is one of the main factors behind the increasingly dire situation in Afghanistan. Since 2001, billions of dollars have poured in and yet, there is little to show for it. To a large extent, much of what hinders the present Afghan government is its inability to tackle systemic cronyism and ...

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2 days ago by Minotaur

Israeli newspaper Haaretz broke the story of a massive metal wall being built by the Egyptians to curb smuggling across its border with Gaza. The strip has been under an cruel Israeli siege for years which has led to a catastrophic humanitarian crisis in the Hamas-controlled territory, especially af ...

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6 days ago by responder777

Postul arab de televiziune Al-Jazeera este cunoscut in Europa sau SUA ca un intermediar al mesajelor de amenintare ale teroristilor arabi adresate Occidentului sau ale rapitorilor de ostatici. De aceea, cu atat mai surprinzatoare a fost organizarea si transmiterea, in urma cu putin timp, de catre po ...

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7 days ago by Walter Russell Mead

As President Obama basks in the glow of his Nobel Peace Prize, many of the usual suspects are complaining that he hasn’t done enough to earn it. How much has really changed in the world of American foreign policy since President Obama took the oath? One place to start thinking about this question mi ...

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8 days ago by Antony Loewenstein

This week’s news from the wonderful blog Gaza Gateway ( here’s last week’s edition): It’s become almost common knowledge that on any given day, anywhere from 40-50 million liters of untreated or partially treated sewage flow from Gaza’s sewage treatment plants into the Mediterranean Sea, and an addi ...

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9 days ago by GRB

AKI, Terrorism: Al-Qaeda tape claims kidnapping of four Europeans, 8 Dec 09 "Al-Qaeda's North African branch on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the kidnapping last month of three Spanish aid workers in Mauritania and a French citizen in Mali. The Al-Qaeda Organisation in the Islamic Maghreb's spo ...

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9 days ago by Sumantra Maitra

* Swiss leftists. They are there, still, to protest the ban on minarets in Switzerland. A group of twenty intellectuals,(intellectuals who I presume watch movies made by Roman Polanski) formulated action plan to tackle the ban against minarets, even though it was passed by a margin of 57% vote. And ...

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11 days ago by Nitrocario

“Under pressure of a few superficially powerful countries … the International Atomic Energy Agency passed an illegal resolution against the Iranian nation,” Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday in a televised speech in the central city of Isfahan.” http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/12/20091 ...

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14 days ago by subalternate

University of Texas economics professor James Galbraith appeared on Al Jazeera today to discuss his vision for economic recovery. The first priority, said Galbraith, is to fill state budget gaps. While concern over of the growing deficit and the national debt is an important, ultimately, “unless the ...

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14 days ago by Richard Brennan

Zouhair Makhlouf, the editor of opposition daily El-Mawkif, has been sentenced to three months in prison for allegedly publishing photos without content, AfricaNews reports. On October 21st, Makhlouf was arrested regarding a video report he made on the state of the environment in Nabeul,northeast Tu ...

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