tagged w/ Foreign Affairs
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"Congres is cooperating: foreign governments reluctant."
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Iranian nuclear challenge becomes clearer; people look to Obama
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"the embassy denies it uses Blackwater"
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letter warns investigation may impact on foreign cooperation.
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"...pleasing peaceniks but upsetting hawks"
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Venezuela spent $6 billion dollars on Russian fighter jets, military helicopters, tanks, submarines, using loans over $2.2 billion from Russia.Venezuela spent $6 billion dollars on Russian fighter jets, military helicopters,... more
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seeing military coffins brings home a visual message. amount of deaths does not seem to be in line with 'peacekeeping and reconstruction'seeing military coffins brings home a visual message. amount of deaths does not seem... more
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Committee to Protect Journalists issues report placing Russia, just after Iraq, and Algeria.Committee to Protect Journalists issues report placing Russia, just after Iraq, and... more
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Tonight on Max and Jason: Still Up
The insanity/genius of foreign politics featuring:
Russia's Most Wanted
As Putin's Russia seems to be evermore in the news, Nick Leader gets unprecedented access to this notorious Russian political refugee
http://current.com/items/76393742_russias-most-wanted.htm
Fighting For Your Beliefs
Turning eighteen in Israel means growing up very quickly and becoming a soldier. Two Israeli teenagers have very different views about military service in their country. Both of them have to fight for their beliefs.
Omri is part of a new Israeli movement called Refuseniks. These are people who refuse to military service on political grounds. There is currently no exemption from military service on political grounds. You can be exempt if you are a pacifist, but you have to object to all warfare and not just Israel's own conflicts. Omri paid a high price for his beliefs and aged eighteen was imprisoned. After five days solitary confinement he was released and then re-draughted. Again he refused and was imprisoned. This process was repeated until eventually Omri was released on medical grounds.
Uri was initially refused entry into the army because of a medical condition with his eyes. For Uri military service in Israel is a rite of passage. Not only are you doing your duty for your country but you are also securing a better future for yourself. Job opportunities are more restrictive to those who have not done their military service. As well as complusory draughting, the Israeli Defence Force run a volunteering scheme. These recruits will not see combat. Uri having been accepted as a volunteer, had just finished his basic training.
http://current.com/items/89310699_fighting-for-your-beliefs.htm
Catch the whole show. Tune in every weeknight at midnight/11 central for Max and Jason: Still Up.
http://current.com/max-and-jason-still-up/
Original air date: 08/19/09Tonight on Max and Jason: Still Up
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The Chinese Government has reacted angrily to an Australian parliamentary delegation's visit to meet Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in India.The Chinese Government has reacted angrily to an Australian parliamentary delegation's... more
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Sulla linea di confine tra Israele ed Egitto gli ufficiali di frontiera hanno aperto la notte tra martedì e mercoledì il fuoco su sei uomini che cercavano di entrare in Israele.
Si trattava di Eritrei e Sudanesi. Secondo le fonti militari israeliane è stata inevitabile aprire il fuoco dopo che gi uomini non si sono fermati allo stop degli agenti.
Circa 25 uomini sono stati uccisi dall'inizio del 2008 sul confine israeliano.Sulla linea di confine tra Israele ed Egitto gli ufficiali di frontiera hanno aperto... more
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Arriva ossigeno in Ucraina dalle casse del Fondo Monetario Internazionale. Fonti dell'FMI hanno annunciato, ieri, che ci sarà un prestito verso Kiev di 16,5 miliardi di dollari per risollevare l'economia locale devastata dalla crisi finanziaria gloabale.
L'Ucraina è infatti uno dei tasselli strategici nella lotta per l'egemonia tra Washington e Mosca sullo scacchiere delle repubbliche ex-sovietiche.Arriva ossigeno in Ucraina dalle casse del Fondo Monetario Internazionale. Fonti... more
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Altre morti civili in Afghanistan sotto il fuoco amico. "Sono incidenti di guerra" dice il presidente afghano Karzai che poi denuncia l'alto bilancio di vittime sotto il fuoco dell'alleato Washington.Altre morti civili in Afghanistan sotto il fuoco amico. "Sono incidenti di guerra"... more
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Tzipi Livni's centrist Kadima party has the upper hand on Netanyahu's right wing party so far. Livni is trying to negotiate a peace settlement to set up a Palestinian state but Netanyahu . Livni is seen as a new kind of corruption-free politician.Tzipi Livni's centrist Kadima party has the upper hand on Netanyahu's right wing party... more
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China is today resisting calls from European leaders to take a lead role in efforts to combat the credit crisis that threatens to bring on a world
recession.China is today resisting calls from European leaders to take a lead role in efforts to... more
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The world is upset that the US government failed to pass the legelsation to shore up the economy. Some are calling our economy "casino capitalism" as smaller countries quickly realize the effects on their markets. "Even staunch U.S. allies like Colombian President Alvaro Uribe blasted the world's most powerful country for egging on uncontrolled financial speculation that he compared to a wild horse with no reins. 'The whole world has financed the United States, and I believe that they have a reciprocal debt with the planet,' he said".The world is upset that the US government failed to pass the legelsation to shore up... more
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For the followup interview, McCain accompanied Palin, apparently for damage control. Their talking point du jour was "gotcha journalism". When confronted about a comment Palin made to a voter that was strikenly similar to Obama's view on Pakistan, McCain interrupted Couric's line of questions and said Palin was a victim of "gotcha journalsim."
"Gotcha journalism" is frighteningly simplistic and dismissive of Palin's incoherent answers to many if not most of Couric's questions. Clearly the campaign is shifting blame from Palin's severe lack of knowledge and experience, to the media, a move politicians love to make when they are in trouble. They argue, "It's not my fault, it's the media... big bad evil liberal media." I'm not fooled. Are you? For the followup interview, McCain accompanied Palin, apparently for damage control.... more
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Sen. Barack Obama made a stinging attack on the Bush administration's economic management Friday night — and, by extension, Sen. John McCain's ties to Bush — and McCain countered by painting Obama as a typical tax-and-spend liberal during the first debate of the general election campaign.
Both men offered qualified support for the financial bailout plan being discussed in Congress, saying the nation had to take action to shore up the economy but that certain conditions needed to be attached to the plan.
"This is a final verdict on eight years of failed economic policies, promoted by George Bush, supported by Sen. McCain," Obama, the Democratic presidential nominee, said at the debate, which was almost called off because of the crisis. "A theory that basically says that we can shred regulations and consumer protections, and give more and more to the most, and somehow prosperity will trickle down."
McCain, the Republican nominee, countered by calling Obama the most liberal member of the Senate. "It's hard to reach across the aisle from that far to the left," he said.
The forum — held as the two men stood at lecterns on a red-carpeted stage at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss. — provided the first opportunity for tens of millions of America to watch Obama and McCain side by side, laying out both their positions and their differences, at a moment when polls show that their race for the presidency is still close.
Sen. Barack Obama made a stinging attack on the Bush administration's economic... more
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Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin will meet next week with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in New York, on the sidelines of the opening of the U.N. General Assembly, according to Afghan officials in Washington. Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin will meet next week with Afghan... more
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What Chevron does with the it's.. 'human energy'.
The largest environmental class action lawsuit has been filed against Chevron, formerly Texaco, for the dumping of over 18 billion gallons of toxic waste water directly upon the Ecuadorian Amazon rain-forest floor..
Since the court's environmental remediation estimate came in at a whopping $8-16 Billion dollars, Chevron has been shaking in their penny loafers and employing a few old tricks
(Chevron has hired former Republican Senator Trent Lott to lobby the Bush Administration to pull Ecuador’s special trade preferences unless Ecuador dismisses the $16 billion lawsuit against the company." -Amazon Watch)
Luckily for the 'little indians', they just might have Obama on their side..What Chevron does with the it's.. 'human energy'.
The largest environmental class... more
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