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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 ...

  • 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). ...

  • US and allies step up war preparations against Syria Lebanon Iran

    The United States and its allies continue to escalate their military aggression against Syria, behind the smokescreen of a proposed international peace conference scheduled for June in Geneva.In official public discourse, the conference is seeking a political solution to end Syria's civil war, involving a negotiated settlement between the Ba'athist regime and the Islamist-dominated ...

  • Lebanon Hezbollah shouldnt spark sectarian conflict

    Daily Star reported him saying in reference to Hezbollah fighting in neighboring Syria. "How can a nation [like Lebanon] provide such a wonderful example of resistance and sacrifice, while at the same time promoting sectarian differences?" Suleiman was quoted as ...

  • America turns screw on Israel over peace process delay

    Abbas were ready to re-engage after meeting the two leaders, although he said both were "extremely focused".He added: "I don't think we are in a position to say that necessary compromises have already been made . . . (But) after many discussions, clearly we are getting nearer now to everyone having to decide whether they are going to be really serious about this. And that ...

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La bête humaine [DVD]

La bête humaine [DVD]

Rarely has the title of a film been more seemingly blunt in denoting its view of humanity than Jean Renoirs La bte humaine, which translates as The Human Beast. However, the film is not nearly as complete in its dark view of human nature as the title or the source novel by mi ... ...

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  • Islamic fascism fears in Turkish booze crackdown

    Istanbul 's central Beyoglu district, famed for its boozy nightlife, described the ban as "Islamic fascism".Erdeniz Ucan (28) accused the government of being "anti-secularist" and wanting to "manipulate society"."Smoking is bad, drinking alcohol is bad, praying is good? . . . I think they will continue brainwashing people with these regulations," he ...

  • Kerry calls for a revival of Israel-Palestine peace talks upon Mideast visit

    Kerry said before meeting with Israeli President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem and then traveling to Ramallah in the West Bank to meet with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and his aides."The next 18 to 24 months are essential to agreeing on key steps forward in the peace process and the creation of an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel", Kerry said, adding that ...

  • 17 Palestinians transferred to Nauru

    A GROUP of 17 Palestinian men seeking asylum have been transferred to a detention centre on Nauru. Department of Immigration said the group arrived at midday (AEST) on Saturday and were accompanied by detention centre staff, interpreters, doctors and Australian Federal Police officers. They are the seventeenth transfer to Nauru but the first group of Palestinian nationals. The federal government ...

  • Row on arming Syria rebels divides EU

    The 27 EU nations, which have split into three groups over the question of whether to arm Syrian rebels, must agree a joint position by ...

  • Suicide bomber kills 7 in northern Syria

    A total of seven Syrian soldiers were killed and 10 others wounded Friday when a suicide car bomber rammed his booby-trapped vehicle at a military post in the northwestern province of Idlib, the pro-government Sham FM ...

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