EDITORIAL: Reagan: A statement, not an apology - Washington Times
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Ronald Reagan won the Cold War, but to achieve victory he had to convince some squishes that the war was still on. Reagan's detractors habitually dismissed him as a "cold warrior," an elderly kook frightfully and dangerously behind the times. Fortunately for the cause of freedom, the Gipper wasn't a...
EDITORIAL: Egypt’s blood on Obama’s hands? - Washington Times
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President Obama is signaling the Egyptian opposition that their time has come. In a terse statement last night, Mr. Obama announced a "moment of transformation" had arrived in Egypt, "the status quo is not sustainable" and a new government must begin to form "now." An administration official later r...
World food prices hit record high
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World food prices rose to an all-time high in January, according to the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
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Adriaan Zef : We need the set of rules that can stem the speculation in commodities markets. If we fail to address the structural causes and imbalance of international agricultural system, then in the coming years there will be an increase of prices and erratic changes. The world is on the brink of food crisis, because of state subsidies and tariffs on agricultural trade plays an important role in destabilizing the balance between supply and demand.
Adriaan Zef : Browse:
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► http://www.euronews.net/2011/01/25/food-crisis-warning-from-fao/
► http://e.nikkei.com/e/fr/tnks/Nni20110125D24JFA06.htm
Cisca Zarmansyah : I browsed on http://www.isil.org/towards-liberty/08-food-crisis.php from my last post
India PM: Inflation Threatening Growth Momentum
Inflation poses a serious threat to India's growth momentum and needs to be tackled urgently, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said, indicating the pressure on New Delhi to take tougher steps to bring prices under control.
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday warned that high inflation was threatening India's rapid economic growth and needed to be brought under control with "great urgency".
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Protesters gather for largest crowd since demonstrations in Sanaa calling for Saleh to resign began, more expected in rallies across country.
Day Of Departure, Feb. 4, 2011: Crowd To Call For Mubarak To Resign
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Opposition parties called for Feb. 4 to be a "Day of Departure" earlier this week, AllVoices reports. The plan: to come together in massive numbers and in one voice demand President Hosni Mubarak to step down once and for all.
Day Of Departure, Feb. 4, 2011: Crowd To Call For Mubarak To Resign
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Opposition parties called for Feb. 4 to be a "Day of Departure" earlier this week, AllVoices reports. The plan: to come together in massive numbers and in one voice demand President Hosni Mubarak to step down once and for all.
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said Thursday in an interview with ABC television that he was "fed up" with the presidency and would like to resign, but fears that doing so would allow Egypt to "sink into chaos".
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Police have arrested a Pakistani teenager accused of writing insulting comments about Muslim prophet Mohammed in a school exam, a senior police official said.
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A Muslim Conservative councillor has received death threats after taking up the case of a Christian woman sentenced to death in Pakistan for blasphemy.
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Toll mounts as pro-democracy supporters apparently come under attack from Mubarak loyalists in the Egyptian capital.
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak bent to a week of deadly anti-government unrest, announcing in a nationwide speech that he would not seek reelection this year but that he intended to stay in power
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Indianapolis - A wintry blast of ice, sleet and snow made travel treacherous Monday, but forecasters say the worst yet to come. After a break Tuesday morning, freezing rain if forecast for Tuesday afternoon into Tuesday evening.
EDITORIAL: The Egyptians hate us - Washington Times
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The Egyptian people are reentering history. The masses have awakened, swarming in the streets against autocracy, chanting “Yes we can!” It’s too bad they hate America.
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Israelis are watching events in Egypt with uncertainty as they debate how they will impact regional politics.
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No, couples who are not married should not live together. Even though secular society advocates such sinful behavior, the Bible teaches us that when a man and woman live together it should be because they're married. The sexual union is for marriage only and is not to be casually had for the sake.
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Find the recipe for Caipirinhas and other fruit juice recipes at Epicurious.com
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Egypt protesters step up pressure | PRI's The World
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Tens of thousands are protesting in central Cairo for a seventh day, defying the start of a new curfew and calling for a general strike. President Hosni Mubarak has now announced a new cabinet that removes Interior Minister Habib al-Adly, who is widely despised by protesters. They want the president....
Egypt protesters vow to step up pressure
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Tens of thousands of people have gathered in central Cairo for a seventh day of protest, calling for a general strike.
Egypt protesters step up pressure
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Thousands of Egyptians gathered in central Cairo on Monday, joining many who had spent the night sprawled on the grass or in colorful tents. (Jan. 31)
Egypt gears up for gigantic protest
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Organisers plan "million-man-march" on Tuesday in a bid to oust president Mubarak while the army vows not to use force.
We remember what liberals said and what they really think about Ronald Reagan - Washington Times
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President Ronald Wilson Reagan's 100th birthday is coming up early next week, and it is no coincidence that President Obama's admirers in the media are trying to compare Mr. Obama to the late Mr. Reagan.
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EDITORIAL: Obama Channeling Jimmy Carter - Washington Times
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As Egypt’s regime totters on the verge of collapse, President Obama is looking less like Ronald Reagan and more like the Gipper’s predecessor, Jimmy Carter. The turmoil in Egypt is markedly similar to the revolution that gripped Iran 33 years ago. Egypt may be to Mr. Obama what Iran was to Mr. Carter
Bloody Sunday to be remembered with final march
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Thousands of people are expected to march in Northern Ireland on Sunday to commemorate the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre of local people by British troops.
Washington Post Finally Describes Waterboarding As Torture (When Someone Else Does It)
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Lawmakers in military-dominated Myanmar are gathering for the opening of the country's first parliamentary session in 22 years.
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Naypyitaw, Myanmar - Myanmar s new parliament opened Monday morning amid tight security that presaged the advent of discipline-flourishing democracy in the military-led country.
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Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei joined thousands of protesters massing in Cairo's main square Sunday, dramatically upping the pressure on embattled President Hosni Mubarak."What we have...
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Ronald Reagan was one of this newspaper’s earliest and most ardent supporters since its inception in 1982. He read this paper every day during his two terms in office. We knew Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan was a friend of ours. Mr. Obama, you’re no Ronald Reagan.
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak acknowledged his citizens' discontent and attempted to defuse the crisis in Egypt Friday night by announcing that a new government is on the way. But the embattled president gave no indication that he himself planned to step down.
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Egypt's government disrupted Internet service and deployed an elite special operations counterterrorism force Friday, hours before anti-government protesters prepared for a new wave of mass rallies.
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Hundreds of anti-government protesters have returned to Cairo's central Tahrir Square, chanting slogans against Hosni Mubarak just hours after the Egyptian president fired his cabinet but refused to step down.
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Washington - The US space agency paused to remember the deadly explosion of the space shuttle Challenger 25 years ago on Friday.
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FAO wants price curbs and warns of food crisis - report - swissinfo
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The Taliban in Pakistan: We've got a bigger problem now
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In a recent trip to Pakistan to report on the recent spike in the region's violence and bloodshed, I heard over and over the same sentiment from people on the ground; America's war on terror is falling flat on its face.
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Pakistani Taliban leader Qari Hussain Mehsud, whose notoriety includes allegedly recruiting children as suicide bombers, is being targeted by the United States, the State Department announced Thursday.
Obama urges cooperation and innovation
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President Barack Obama called for sweeping bipartisan "investments" in science, education and infrastructure in his State of the Union address Tuesday night — all without increasing government spending.
EDITORIAL: Obama's spaced out speech - Washington Times
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President Obama's announcement on Tuesday that "this is our generation’s Sputnik moment" came across as puzzling. Had al Qaeda sent a suicide bomber into space? But it turned out to be just a clumsy metaphor.
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EDITORIAL: Obama finally notices the troops - Washington Times www.washingtontimes.com
On Monday, President Obama unveiled a comprehensive plan to coordinate and promote government efforts to assist military families and veterans in need. The president praised his own administration's "unprecedented commitment" to the issue. The commander in chief added that first lady Michelle Obama.
US sentences Guantanamo detainee
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In Lebanon, protests erupt as prime minister is named
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Grass-roots fury rippled across Lebanon on Tuesday as a Hezbollah-backed politician got the nod to be the fractious country's new prime minister.
Mubarak forces government to resign; Obama urges him to deliver on promises
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Documents include handwritten notes of 2005 exchange between PA and Israel on plan to kill Palestinian fighter in Gaza.
Expelling Israel's Arab population?
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Israeli negotiators, including Tzipi Livni, proposed "swapping" some of Israel's Arab villages into a Palestinian state.
EDITORIAL: Obama's crony capitalism - Washington Times
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President Obama is continuing his outreach to American business, though the principal business he wants to reach out to is General Electric. Mr. Obama seems to have decided that what's good for GE is good for America, or at least for himself.
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Chronicle of nationwide demonstrations over the country's unemployment crisis.
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Jared Loughner Pleads Not Guilty at Arraignment
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Jared Loughner Pleads Not Guilty at Arraignment
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Ex-policeman jailed for child sex attacks
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The Moscow Airport Bombing: How Will Putin Respond?
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The second big suicide bombing in the capital in less than a year has shaken not only the city but also Russian confidence in the government's ability to provide security.
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A suicide bomber carrying a suitcase walked into Moscow's busiest airport and set off a huge explosion Monday, killing 35 people and wounding 180.
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Iranian authorities have hanged two men convicted of taking part in protests following the disputed presidential election in 2009. Iranian prosecutors said Jafar Kazemi and Mohammad Ali Hajaghaei had taken photos and footage of the protests and distributed them on the internet. They were also found...
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas defended his handling of peace talks with Israel after the publication of leaked documents that appear to show Palestinian negotiators offering far-reaching concessions to Israel on the conflict's most sensitive issues.
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As it slides further into open and violent racism, Israel offers the Western world a reflection of itself.
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A Brazilian man was rescued after being buried for 16 hours by a landslide that swept away his home near Teresopolis, AOL is reporting.
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Introducing The Palestine Papers
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Palestine Papers: Al Jazeera, Guardian Release Documents On Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
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Today, Al Jazeera and the Guardian released the first of more than 1,600 documents related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The document dump comes just hours after The Associated Press reported that Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is drafting plans for a provisional Palestine.
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Arab media networks, Al Jazeera issued hundreds of secret documents about the details of Middle East negotiations. The document, among others, stated the Palestinian Authority by tacitly has allowed the Israel to occupy much of East Jerusalem illegally. Negotiations between Israel and Palestinians currently stalled for weeks because of Israel's refusal to stop building Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem area. But this secret document said that Palestinian leader had indeed been prepared to provide large area (that has been occupied by Israel since 1967) in exchange for an agreement. The most controversial topic in the Middle East conflict was Jerusalem, claimed by Israel and the Palestinians as the capital. The document also mentioned the Palestinian negotiators prepared to discuss sensitive issues, including access to Mosque of Omar at Al Aqsa Mosque compound. Over the years, the same Paletina leaders held talks with Israel and United States, but no results were achieved. Palestinians themselves have often protested, especially in a number of important places such as East Jerusalem. Residents protested the expansion of Israeli and criticized the weakness of Palestinian leaders in addressing this problem.
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Valentino Vie: Lieberman was working on a temporary peace plan, which would enable the establishment of a Palestinian state with temporary borders lines. But, Palestinians rejected it, they continued to push the final peace agreement. According to a report quoting Israeli officials, the Palestinians would be given between 40 to 50% of West Bank areas, and additional areas would be handed over to Palestinians, according to the negotiations in future result. News about peace plan of Lieberman came just days after UN security council began to discuss a draft resolution, but.... yeah, ... for the umpteenth time I think it will probably not qualify, because it will be vetoed by America.
Cisca Zarmansyah : Welcome to the hotel California, dahling .... errr... Shepherd!
Valentino Vie : it only adds to the tension, baby. But it's not the tension that I need right now! haha...
Cisca Zarmansyah : Shh...this isn't helpful to the peace process.
Adriaan Zef : It would cause a turmoil among Palestinians and the wider Arab world. Thousands of documents pages contain more than a decade of negotiations between Israel and US!
Fairuz Azalia : Do you know what will be disclosed by Guardian? Thanks for info.
Adriaan Zef : ... The documents obtained by Al-Jazeera and distributed exclusively by Guardian.
Fairuz Azalia : Can it be investigated independently?
Adriaan Zef : Not yet. Some of the documents issued are in a very tight control by editors board of Guardian and Al-Jazeera, even a few dates and discussions won't be released because they contain specific information.
Fairuz Azalia : Sure. As the first owner of the documents, Al jazeera will not show it in order to protect the sources who leaked it. But the Guardian (as partners) will release it, ... how many? 8 documents may be issued each day?
Adriaan Zef :
Fairuz Azalia : Is that including a very sensitive issue ?... I mean about the return right of Palestinian refugees.
Adriaan Zef : Yes, including the closeness of cooperation between Israel security forces and Palestinian government, the central role of British intelligence in a secret plan to destroy Hamas in Palestine territories and how the leaders of Palestinian government secretly gave information to Israel during 2008-2009 massacre of Gaza.
CieL- FreYa Ceastle : I wonder! the most controversial is PLO also proposed the establishment of a joint committee to take over the holy sites of Haram al Sharif in Jerusalem old city. It's an issue that renders the Camp David talks in 2000, after Yasser Arafat refused to hand over sovereignty in vicinity of Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa Mosque, isn't it?
Fairuz Azalia : Adriaan, thank you for info
Adriaan Zef :Yes, the offer was delivered in 2008-2009, at the beginning of George Bush's Annapolis conference and has received support from Palestinian negotiator's chief (Saeb Erekat) to resolve it, one of the most difficult conflicts parsed in the world. Israel leaders (with US government support) said it was less. Intensive efforts to revive the talks has been conducted by Obama administration last year, related to Israel's refusal to extend the freezing of illegal construction for 10 months. But things became uncertain amid speculation that the solution for two parties in conflict could no longer be achieved.
CieL- FreYa Ceastle : can the documents be authenticated?
Adriaan Zef : Most of the leaked 1600 document was authenticated by Guardian and reinforced by a number of participants in the talks, as well as a number of intelligence and diplomatic sources. Guardian's coverage was supported by treating WikiLeaks wire originating from US consulate in Jerusalem and US embassy in Tel Aviv. Israeli officials also kept the separate notes about dialogue which may vary with Palestinian record.
CieL- FreYa Ceastle : including the concessions granted by Palestinian leaders to Israel to annex East Jerusalem in May 2008?
Adriaan Zef : It was never published. All Israeli settlements built on land occupied in 1967 war was declared by the international law as illegal.
CieL- FreYa Ceastle : you mean... it could undermine the credibility of Palestinian government when compared with Hamas?
Adriaan Zef : You can say that. Last night, Erekat denied and stated the meeting was "a lie and half truth. " But former of Palestinian negotiator (Diana Buttu) asked Erekat resigned after it was revealed.
Cisca Zarmansyah : There are two conflicting concepts between positive and negative if one is treated to a choice, "Want to be a fighter or a loser of peace principle?" The series of Palestinian history events are complicated. The origin land - that is not too broad, but has a high historical value - difficult to completely re-mastered. That land is always be a cauldron of conflict between Palestinians and Israel over the centuries. Sometimes it also involves smaller neighbors around it, like Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. Interference from big countries are sometimes looks friendly, but sometimes also hostile. This is reflected in Western press news. It's difficult to make generalizations about a history period which we become the observers as well as its products. To realize an ideology, it takes an action program. Then it requires thinkers who can interpret history and ensure the program in line and in accordance with world symptoms. If the program is successful, then obtained a utopia. If the program fails, the chaos is ready to wait. It's clear, every movement needs organizing and norms development that can be obeyed, because the movement can only work if its identity is clear. Who can do this? Maybe this is too idealistic. But the life or death of an ideology depends on thinker in a reading its mood. If we consider the global human culture, it's not wrong if we assume, wherever, thoughts and traditional habits gradually begin to be abandoned by a group of people who will determine human lifestyle in the future. This occurs in developed countries or underdeveloped countries. By using that opinion as a reference, then there's hope Middle East will break away from its chaos and get some fresh air with new vision. Palestinian leadership is expected to bring reform vision. Human life is determined by human mind itself. Human mind has power dynamic that could make it into or out of certain situations. There are strong signs that humans would be exactly as envisaged about themselves. We could be hurt by our own minds and can also be cured by our mind itself. It's more able for our mind creates a condition than a condition creates our mind. So, we could change our life if we would change our mental attitude. Si vous pensez que vous aussi!
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Pranay Suresh :... Hopefully it's soon reached, Memsahib. Peace achievement in Middle East will also make the world community to be calm.
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Cisca Zarmansyah : Holly....what?? ehehehee...
Lakshmi Lavanya : land or wood?
CieL- FreYa Ceastle : Is he delivered enough?... hey but "Obama" shoes in Iraq were booming for nearly 3 months, though they were sold on the city streets and made in China.
Adriaan Zef : Yes, we can!
CieL- FreYa Ceastle : is it true that he had surrendered in dealing with the middle east conflict?
Adriaan Zef : Hollywood!
Adriaan Zef : All have been followed up with a meeting of Jewish leaders at White House Lobby.
CieL- FreYa : Ceastle But they openly reject the concept of "two states" Palestine-Israel, right?
Adriaan Zef : For more details you should interview George Mitchell.
Cisca Zarmansyah : We've to admit it, Zef.
Valentino Vie : You're right, baby. The most crucial issue is government policy of "extreme right", it's a combination of Likud with Yisraeli Beiteinu which continues to expand Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem and West Bank into two regions and make it as a colony of Israel permanently.
Almira Izzati : their attitude like fighting over a lover, with a very classic threat: Choose! us or them! ........
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