Iraq PM: Bahrain Crisis Could Lead To Regional Sectarian War
Posted: 26 Mar 2011 03:58 AM PDT
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has said the nature and background of the demonstrations that took place in Bahrain are different from those in Egypt or in Libya, warning that the events in Bahrain could spark a sectarian war in the region. Maliki said in an interview with the BBC television that the situation is [...]
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Libyan Rebels Regain Key City After Air Strikes
Posted: 26 Mar 2011 03:52 AM PDT
(RFE/RL) — Libyan rebels have regained control of the city of Ajdabiyah after international air strikes on Moammar Qadaffi’s forces. Correspondents report that on the road into the city — which lies west of the rebel stronghold of Benghazi — at least eight blackened Qadaffi tanks lay on the ground. The international military action against [...]
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Military Ground Operations Qualify As Occupying Libya – Russia NATO Envoy
Posted: 26 Mar 2011 03:31 AM PDT
Any foreign military ground operations in Libya will be considered as occupying the country, Russia’s envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin said on Saturday. “Holding [military] ground operations will be qualified as occupying Libya and that directly contradicts the resolution adopted by the UN Security Council,” Rogozin told RIA Novosti. The UN Security Council imposed a [...]
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Finding The Balance In Libya – OpEd
Posted: 26 Mar 2011 03:29 AM PDT
By Wim Roffel Our Libya operation is getting out of hand. First we were told that the rebels were sure to win. Then they needed air support as Gaddafi was so evil to use his air fore against his own population. Then they needed also support against tanks and artillery. Already we are talking about [...]
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Indian Military’s Modernisation: A Threat To Strategic Stability Of South Asia – Analysis
Posted: 26 Mar 2011 03:24 AM PDT
India is on course to revamp its military machine in next few years to compete with China and coerce Pakistan. India is spending about 2.5 percent of its GDP on defense, which is a huge amount as compared to the other South Asian states. India’s defence budget for the year 2010-11 is $32 billion, and [...]
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Japan: High Radiation Levels Found In Seawater Near Fukushima Nuclear Plant
Posted: 26 Mar 2011 03:08 AM PDT
Radiation levels in seawater near Japan’s troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have soared to 1,250.8 times above legal limit, the government’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said Saturday. In a test by plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) on Friday morning, radioactive iodine-131 in excess of 1,250.8 times legal standards was found in [...]
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Posted: 26 Mar 2011 03:04 AM PDT
Libyan rebels, backed by a barrage of Western airstrikes, seized control Saturday of the strategic eastern oil town of Ajdabiya from Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s forces. Ajdabiya is about 160 kilometers south of the rebel stronghold of Benghazi. Libyan officials are pursuing diplomatic efforts to resolve that country’s crisis, as international coalition forces pound government [...]
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International Law And The Libya Intervention – OpEd
Posted: 25 Mar 2011 05:57 PM PDT
The whirlwind process by which the international community, ranging from the Arab League, European Union, and, most critically, the United Nations, laid the legal foundations approving the military intervention in Libya is nothing short of breathtaking. The adoption of Resolution 1973 on March 17 by the United Nations Security Council (which notably was not vetoed [...]
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Obama To Deliver Speech Monday On Libya
Posted: 25 Mar 2011 05:55 PM PDT
U.S. President Barack Obama will give a speech to the nation Monday explaining his decisions on the conflict in Libya. A White House official says Mr. Obama will deliver the address from a U.S. military education institution in Washington. On Friday, Mr. Obama briefed congressional leaders from both major political parties on what has been [...]
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Japan: Thyroid Tests On Children Don’t Show Dangerous Radioactive Levels
Posted: 25 Mar 2011 05:51 PM PDT
Tests on children for possible radioactive exposure near Japan’s damaged Fukushima nuclear plant show no initial dangerous doses, according to the IAEA. Japanese authorities have informed the IAEA that on March 24, examinations of the thyroid glands in 66 children (14 of which are infants) were conducted near the evacuation area around the Fukushima nuclear [...]
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Japan: IAEA Lastest Briefing On Fukushima Nuclear Crisis
Posted: 25 Mar 2011 05:42 PM PDT
On Friday, 25 March 2011, Graham Andrew, Special Adviser to the IAEA Director General on Scientific and Technical Affairs, provided the following information on the current status of nuclear safety in Japan. 1. Current Situation There has not been much change at the Fukushima Daiichi plant over the last 24 hours. Some positive trends are [...]
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Japan: Radiation 10,000 Times More Than Normal Level Found In Water
Posted: 25 Mar 2011 05:39 PM PDT
Water in which three workers were exposed to at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant contained radioactive materials 10,000 times the normal level, plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Friday, reports QNA. According to QNA, this latest news underlines the possibility that part of the fuel in the No. 3 reactor of the plant, or [...]
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Iran Slams Appointment Of UN Human Rights Investigator
Posted: 25 Mar 2011 05:31 PM PDT
Iran says the resolution recently passed by UN Human Rights Council calling for closer scrutiny of the state of human rights in the country “has no legal validity and is completely disqualified.” Alaeddin Boroujerdi, the head of Iran’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, told Mehr News Agency: “The Islamic Republic should not accept the [...]
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EU’s Ashton Calls For ‘Immediate And Unconditional Release’ Of Green Leaders
Posted: 25 Mar 2011 05:27 PM PDT
The European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, expressed on Thursday that explanations provided by Iranian ambassadors to the European countries regarding the house arrest of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahdi Karroubi were “unconvincing.” Ashton who is also the Vice-President of the Commission called for the “immediate and [...]
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Corporations And The Arab Net Crackdown – Analysis
Posted: 25 Mar 2011 05:22 PM PDT
By Timothy Karr and Clothilde Le Coz Springtime in the Arab world is looking bleaker now that despots in Libya, Bahrain, and Yemen and reactionary elements in Egypt have gained an upper hand against the pro-democracy protesters who have inspired the world. And the Internet, hailed sometimes in excess as a potent tool for these movements, has itself come [...]
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Ethiopia: The Great Land-Grab Debate
Posted: 25 Mar 2011 05:16 PM PDT
Ethiopia has little time for critics of its large-scale land-leasing policy, insisting the millions of dollars of foreign investment will create jobs, improve domestic agricultural expertise and reduce both poverty and the country’s chronic food insecurity. The policy, part of a five-year Growth and Transformation Plan, has led to the cheap leasing of thousands of [...]
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Israeli Apartheid Week in Gaza – OpEd
Posted: 25 Mar 2011 05:09 PM PDT
By IAW Organizing Committee – Gaza Israeli Apartheid Week took place in Gaza City and was a huge success with many attendees from Gaza of all ages benefitting from a mix of events including talks from some of the most renowned and visionary scholars and activists, films and interactive video conferences. These were held over [...]
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Witnesses Say Syrian Troops Fire On Protesters As Regional Unrest Rages
Posted: 25 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT
(RFE/RL) — Witnesses and activists say Syrian troops opened fire on protesters today in and around the flashpoint city of Daraa, as thousands massed to demand reforms and mourn dozens killed in earlier demonstrations. A resident of the city told the Associated Press that troops began shooting after crowds set fire to a bronze statue [...]
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Obama Signs Oregon Disaster Declaration Following Tsunami
Posted: 25 Mar 2011 04:58 PM PDT
US President Obama today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Oregon and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by a tsunami wave surge on March 11, 2011. Federal funding is available to State and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a [...]
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UN: Rights Body Acts Decisively On Iran, Ivory Coast
Posted: 25 Mar 2011 04:56 PM PDT
The United Nations Human Rights Council’s decisive action on Iran and Cote d’Ivoire sends a clear message that ongoing violations in those countries should end, Human Rights Watch said today. The council agreed in its session ending on March 25, 2011, to establish new mechanisms to increase scrutiny of human rights conditions in both countries. [...]
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Ivory Coast: Up To 1 Million People Driven From Homes By Violence
Posted: 25 Mar 2011 04:54 PM PDT
As many as 1 million people have been driven from their homes in Côte d’Ivoire in the months-long turmoil stemming from the outgoing president’s refusal to leave office, with violence mounting and his loyalists using heavy weapons against civilians, a top United Nations official said today. “The deteriorating security situation and the escalation in the [...]
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Trafficking On The Rise In Nepal – OpEd
Posted: 25 Mar 2011 04:51 PM PDT
By Rupa Rai Economic woes are boosting trafficking of human beings in Nepal. Rising inflation, low economic growth and conflict within political parties has led to an increase in the number of women, boys and girls and men being trafficked for multiple forms of exploitation. While there is no data on internal trafficking occurring within [...]
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Syria: UN Human Rights Office Voices Concerns
Posted: 25 Mar 2011 04:46 PM PDT
The United Nations human rights office today spoke out over the worsening situation in Syria, saying it will be closely monitoring the pledge of the country’s Government to introduce political and economic reforms. Rupert Colville, a spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), told reporters in Geneva that the [...]
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