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  • Foreign policy impotence gripping U.S. Foreign policy impotence gripping U.S.

    In an article published May 15, 2013, American historical social scientist Immanuel Wallerstein wrote, "Nothing illustrates more the limitations of Western power than the internal controversy its elites are having in public about what the United States in particular and western European states should be doing about the civil war in Syria." Those limitations are palpable in both language and ...

  • Obamas drones Gitmo speech welcomed in Pakistan Yemen

    President Barack Obama's speech on the use of drones and the fate of Guantanamo prisoners has been welcomed by two key countries affected by the policies - Pakistan and Yemen. At the same time, Pakistani officials criticized Obama for not announcing an end to drone strikes against Islamic militants in the country in his landmark speech on Thursday, as they have long demanded. According to the ...

  • UN agency calls on Syrias neighbours to keep borders open for refugees UN agency calls on Syrias neighbours to keep borders open for refugees

    24 May 2013 150 The United Nations refugee agency today called on countries around Syria to keep their borders open for refugees, while also stressing the need for "urgent and robust" international support for host countries and aid agencies. There are already over 1.5 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and Iraq, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). ...

  • African dreams of Egypt-like revolt

    All over Africa, the dramatic events in Tunisia and Egypt are followed, with opposition groups and dissidents hoping the same could happen in their country. Mostly, these are only dreams, but some could come ...

  • IDF protective gear against rocks considered riot dispersal equipment

    [Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA: "This suit provides a wider possibility for the soldier to approach and even to run, and it gives the soldiers more confidence". Along with this we have "thousands of individual riot shields that are capable of linking up to create a defensive wall". Is the idea to stand around until the Arabs get tired of throwing rocks etc. under the ...

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The Incredibles [Blu-Ray]

The Incredibles [Blu-Ray]

Brad Birds The Iron Giant was one of the best animated films of the last decade, which made its being so criminally overlooked in the clogged summer of 1999 that much more of a travesty. It was an ambitious film, one that told an emotionally driven story with a medium that is often e ... ...

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  • Jordan king says extremism grown fat on Israel-Palestinian conflict

    SOUTHERN SHUNEH, Jordan - Jordan's King Abdullah II says extremism has "grown fat" off of the longstanding conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. "Good faith talks must get going," he said in Saturday remarks at the opening of a two-day meeting of the Geneva-based World Economic Forum on the shores of the Dead Sea. He pointed to an Arab peace initiative that ...

  • If Egypt can we can do it too - Swazi opposition

    "Tunisia and Egypt are a big 'we can do it too,' not just for Swaziland, but for the rest of the African continent and the repressed Arab world," according to the Swazi ...

  • Dozens of tanks and heavy military equipment cross Suez Canal on way toNorth Sinai

    Dozens of tanks and heavy military equipment cross Suez Canal on way to North Sinai Ismailia - Khaled Lotfy AlAhram 20-5-2013 | 09:48 [Google translation] http://bit.ly/19TTI7c An official security source said that that dozens of tanks and heavy equipment of the army crossed the Suez Canal en route to the northern Sinai. The source told Al Ahram that the contingent that included tanks, ...

  • Syrias madness and ours

    By Spengler "Syria's Descent into Madness" is the cover story of the May 27 Time magazine, recounting the act of ritual cannibalism by a Syrian rebel commander that transfixed the West last week. The sort of atrocities viewable on YouTube - ...

  • Emirates NBD launches Bank on Wheels initiative

    Emirates NBD said it is now operating a fully secure vehicle equipped to offer cash and cheque deposit services and driven by a dedicated customer service ...

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