Archive for October, 2013

Netanyahu urges Obama to continue financial aid to Cairo

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked US President Barak Obama not to cut or delay American aid to Egypt amidst fears that the Camp David peace treaty may collapse. Israeli newspaper Maariv reported on Thursday that one of the key issues Netanyahu discussed with Obama when the two met at the White […]

Geneva II unlikely to be held on time

Arab and Western officials have ruled out that the Geneva II Conference on Syria would take place on schedule because of clear differences between Washington and Moscow. Washington and Moscow have not agreed on how the Syrian opposition should be represented at the conference. Meanwhile, Arabs have their own view about the most […]

Iraqi PM in Washington to discuss Syrian crisis and security

Iraq’s Prime Minister is in Washington for meetings with the administration about the crisis in Syria and other issues. Having met Vice President Joe Biden and Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday, Nuri Al-Maliki is set to sit with senior US generals to discuss security and intelligence affairs. He said that the need for additional […]

Israelis kill Palestinian in Jenin

Israeli occupation forces have killed an unarmed Palestinian in clashes with civilians near the occupied West Bank city of Jenin. The incident took place when a large Israeli military contingent entered Qabatiya, 6km south of the city centre. Medical sources said that Ahmed Tazaz’a, 20, was rushed to hospital where he was treated […]

Why ObamaCare Must Be Stopped

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Obama’s Hunger Games Is a Prelude to Martial Law

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Abyei votes to join South Sudan

Luka Biong, the spokesman for the Abyei Referendum High Committee, said on Thursday that the official results indicated that the number of people “who have chosen to become part of South Sudan is 99.9 percent of the vote.” Tim Flatman, an independent observer in Abyei, said that 63,433 of the 64,775 registered voters participated […]

Vote counting underway in Abyei

People in Abyei, mostly from Ngok Dinka tribe, went to polls on October 27 in a three-day long referendum, which closed on Tuesday. The referendum had been organized by a civic group. It lacked the official backing of the governments of Sudan and South Sudan. Organizers believe that the majority of 65,000 registered […]

African migrants found dead in Niger

Nigerien security sources said that the corpses of seven men, 32 women and 48 children were found in the Sahara on Wednesday. They said the immigrants, who were trying to reach Algeria, had died in early October. Almoustapha Alhacen, from local aid organization Aghir In’man, confirmed the deaths and said, “The corpses were decomposed; it […]

Egypt sees more pro-Morsi demos

The protesters on Wednesday chanted slogans against what they called a coup by the Egyptian military against Morsi. Demonstrators also expressed opposition to the military rule through an unelected government. On the same day, large crowds of al-Azhar University students in Cairo held a demonstration on campus to renew their demand for the reinstatement […]

Congo army captures M23 stronghold

The Congolese army, the FARDC, retook the town of Bunagana on Wednesday after the March 23 movement (M23) abandoned it, leaving civilians to celebrate in the streets. The UN peacekeeping mission in Congo, known as MONUSCO, said that “several dozen” M23 rebels had surrendered to the UN peacekeepers. On Monday, UN special representative Martin Kobler […]

CIA may have operated jail in Poland

The hearing was planned by the court in Strasbourg for December 3 to hear arguments in the cases of two individuals, Saudi-born Abu Zubaydah and Saudi national Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, who say they were kept in a CIA-operated prison in Poland. A spokeswoman for the European court said the Polish government has presented a request […]

Spain secret services worked with NSA?

According to a recent report by El Mundo, the documents leaked by American whistleblower Edward Snowden showed that Spanish agents were aware of the NSA spying activities in Spain and also facilitated those activities. Based on an NSA document entitled, Sharing computer network operations cryptologic information with foreign partners, it is reported that Washington is […]

Vatican also targeted by NSA spying

Italy’s weekly magazine Panorama reported on Wednesday that the US spy agency listened in to phone calls to and from the Vatican. The NSA also wiretapped the pope, the report added. The NSA intercepted calls included those of the Vatican accommodation housing cardinal, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, before he was elected Pope Francis. The Panorama report […]

EU lawmakers condemn US spying

The nine-member European Union (EU) delegation met with US officials on Wednesday to seek a response to allegations of the US National Security Agency (NSA)’s massive cyber espionage activities against EU citizens and governments, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The European officials met in the White House with senior US government and intelligence officials, including […]

Pro-Palestinian rally held in Paris

The protest rally was held on Wednesday in front of the Palace of Justice as four of the activists appeared in court over charges of inciting racial hatred and violence. The activists had participated in a campaign called Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) which seeks to increase pressure on the Israeli regime to stop […]

Blacks express outrage over racial bias

The protesters, organized by a local pastor, were angry at what they called racial profiling by the New York Police Department (NYPD) and two department store chains in New York. The two retailers, Barneys and Macy’s, along with the NYPD, are accused of racial profiling and wrongly detaining some black customers after they made luxury […]

US blasts Germany economic policies

US officials are worried that Germany and some European nations are using the Euro currency to increase exports and undermine the American economy by making US products more expensive abroad. The US Treasury Department said Germany should focus more on boosting domestic growth and reduce dependence on exports in order to make the world economy […]

Obama interrupted by KXL protesters

As Obama started his healthcare speech at Boston’s Faneuil Hall, two protesters chanted in unison urging the president not to approve the controversial pipeline project that links Canada to Texas. “Mr. President, reject Keystone XL! Stop climate change! For our generation, stop the pipeline!” the protesters chanted, according to 350.org, the climate group that […]

Obama accused of breaking promise

Insurance companies have informed hundreds of thousands of Americans that their health insurance policies are being canceled as of Dec. 31. The Republicans argue that this contradicts the president’s promise, according to The Washington Post. “The real problem is that people weren’t told the truth,” New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said Tuesday on […]

DHS buys pepper spray for riot control

In an announcement of a no bid contract posted on the Federal Business Opportunities website, the federal agency signals its intention to purchase nearly 240,000 pepper spray projectiles, 100 pepper spray launchers, as well as 36 “riot expansion kits”. The PepperBall TAC-700 pepper spray launcher “features full auto, semi-auto, or 3 round burst providing up […]

Russia condemns Israel settlement plan

“Israel has announced its plans to build 1,500 homes in the Ramat Shlomo housing development in East Jerusalem and on the West Bank of the Jordan River. One cannot help but be seriously concerned over these plans and their fulfillment,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. “Russia and other members of the international community […]

‘West backing al-Qaeda in Syria’

Pointing to a recent report by French newspaper Le Figaro that after Saudi Arabia, the US was second in line to lead al-Qaeda forces fighting against the Syrian government, Franklin Lamb said on Wednesday that the revelation was “credible.” “I think that even if we accept that Turkey and Qatar and Saudi Arabia, and […]

Syria destroys ‘all CW installations’

The international chemical weapons watchdog made the statement in a document obtained by Reuters on Thursday. According to the document, Syria has completed the destruction of equipment for producing chemical arms, meeting a deadline set for its disarmament program. “The OPCW is satisfied it has verified, and seen destroyed, all declared critical production/mixing/filling equipment from […]

‘Only Syrians can decide country’s fate’

He made the remarks in a meeting with UN-Arab League Special Envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi in Damascus on Wednesday. “The Syrian people are the only ones who have the right to decide on Syria’s future, and any solution or agreement must have the acceptance of the Syrian people, and reflect their desires,” Assad said, […]

China to boost security amid US spying

On Thursday, China Daily referred to a report by German magazine Der Spiegel that China has fallen victim to massive US espionage activities. The German magazine added that the US intelligence has been running a global network of 80 special collection services, including “listening posts” in several Chinese cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu. […]

Japan mayors slam US plutonium test

The mayors sent two separate protest letters to US President Barack Obama on Wednesday. The United States carried out atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II. More than 140,000 people were killed in Hiroshima and 70,000 others in Nagasaki in August of 1945. Kyodo news agency quoted Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui […]

Pakistan gives odd data on drone deaths

The Defense Ministry said on Wednesday that about 67 civilians were among the 2,160 people killed in nearly 320 US assassination drone attacks since 2008. The three-percent civilian casualty rate presented by the Pakistani Defense Ministry stands lower than the rate reported by other departments of the Pakistani government as well as independent groups, which […]

US terror drones kill 3 in NW Pakistan

Early on Thursday, a US drone fired two missiles into a compound near Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan, killing three people and injuring several others, according to a Pakistan security official. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media. The official added that […]

Three killed in N. Afghanistan clashes

According to Afghan officials, the fighting began after a convoy of the Afghan troops was struck with a roadside bomb in Kohistanat district of Sar-e-Pol Province on late Tuesday. Eyewitnesses and local residents say the intense battle continued for several hours. The Taliban militant group has claimed to kill several soldiers during the […]

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