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BBC News – Boko Haram ‘seizes army base’ in Nigeria town of Baga
BBC News – Boko Haram ‘seizes army base’ in Nigeria town of Baga. Officials in Nigeria say the Islamist group Boko Haram has seized a town and a military base used by a multinational force set up to fight the insurgents. The senator for Borno North said troops abandoned the base in the town of […]
Iran ‘thwarts Mossad attempt to assassinate nuclear scientist’ — RT News
Iran ‘thwarts Mossad attempt to assassinate nuclear scientist’ — RT News. Iran claims it has foiled an assassination attempt against one of its nuclear scientists by the Israeli intelligence service, Mossad. A senior Iranian security official said the Revolutionary Guards thwarted the attempt. “In the last two years, the Zionist enemy (Israel) was trying hard […]
India-Pakistan border clashes turn deadly – Central & South Asia – Al Jazeera English
India-Pakistan border clashes turn deadly – Central & South Asia – Al Jazeera English. Indian and Pakistani troops have traded fire along their tense border, killing four people including a teenage girl and forcing hundreds to flee their homes in the latest round of deadly clashes. The violence on Saturday came a day after India […]
UK’s Cameron will move EU referendum forward if possible | Reuters
UK’s Cameron will move EU referendum forward if possible | Reuters. (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron said on Sunday he would like to bring forward a planned referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union from 2017 if possible. Under pressure from Eurosceptic members of his own party and the rise in popularity of […]
‘Premier of war’: Czech president says Yatsenyuk not seeking peaceful solution for E. Ukraine — RT News
‘Premier of war’: Czech president says Yatsenyuk not seeking peaceful solution for E. Ukraine — RT News. Czech President Milos Zeman has slammed Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk, calling him “a prime minister of war” because he is unwilling to peacefully solve the civil conflict in the country. “From the statements byPM Yatsenyuk, I think […]
Russian sanctions starting to bite into Canadian export outlook – Business – CBC News
Russian sanctions starting to bite into Canadian export outlook – Business – CBC News. Canadian exporters stung by Russia’s currency crisis and its retaliatory sanctions against the West wonder what 2015 will hold for a market filled with promise less than 12 months ago. Companies from farm-equipment manufacturers to pork producers spent much of 2014 […]
The Outlook for the New Year — Paul Craig Roberts – PaulCraigRoberts.org
The Outlook for the New Year — Paul Craig Roberts – PaulCraigRoberts.org. The Outlook for the New Year Dear Readers: The conflict that Washington has initiated between the West and Russia/China is reckless and irresponsible. Nuclear war could be the outcome. Indeed, Washington has been preparing for nuclear war since the George W. Bush regime. […]
The Gloves Come Off: Germany Says Grexit “Manageable” As Tsipras Demands Greek Debt Writeoff | Zero Hedge
The Gloves Come Off: Germany Says Grexit “Manageable” As Tsipras Demands Greek Debt Writeoff | Zero Hedge. With just three weeks until the Greek snap elections on January 25 in which Tsipras’ Syriza is virtually assured of victory (unless somehow G-Pap’s “new and improved” political party manages to steal enough votes to prevent this, although one wonders […]
Do Economic Sanctions Work? by Kenneth Rogoff – Project Syndicate
Do Economic Sanctions Work? by Kenneth Rogoff – Project Syndicate. CAMBRIDGE – With Western economic sanctions against Russia, Iran, and Cuba in the news, it is a good time to take stock of the debate on just how well such measures work. The short answer is that economic sanctions usually have only modest effects, even […]
Oil Price Plunge Could Take a Bite from Arms Budgets
Oil Price Plunge Could Take a Bite from Arms Budgets UNITED NATIONS, Jan 02 (IPS) – In a satirical piece titled ‘An Unserious Look at the Year Ahead’ in the Wall Street Journal last week, Hugo Rifkind predicts the price of a barrel of oil will fall so low that people across the world […]
2015 Will Be All About Iran, China and Russia
2015 Will Be All About Iran, China and Russia Upcoming 2015 year will be all about further moves towards the integration of Eurasia as the US is progressively squeezed out of Eurasia, Pepe Escobar believes. BEIJING, December 31 (Sputnik) — Fasten your seatbelts; 2015 will be a whirlwind pitting China, Russia and Iran against what I have described as the Empire of Chaos. So yes – it […]
Peak Irony in No-Exit Union: As Grexit Chaos Resurges, Lithuania Joins
Peak Irony in No-Exit Union: As Grexit Chaos Resurges, Lithuania Joins On January 1, 2015, the Eurozone quietly welcomed a new member, Lithuania, to its fold. The former Soviet satellite became the 19th EU Member State to have joined the increasingly beleaguered currency union. According to an opinion poll conducted by Berent Research Baltic on […]
1000s rally in Hungary, accuse govt of drifting away from EU (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
1000s rally in Hungary, accuse govt of drifting away from EU (PHOTOS, VIDEO) Thousands of people have flooded on to the streets of Budapest to protest against the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Protesters accused him of drifting away from the EU and strengthening ties with Russia. The protesters carried banners, saying “Game Over” and “Delete Viktor […]
U.S. Media Dangerously Regurgitated Government Claims About North Korea and Sony – Truthdig
U.S. Media Dangerously Regurgitated Government Claims About North Korea and Sony – Truthdig. By reflexively and uncritically repeating the Obama administration’s unsubstantiated claim that North Korea was behind the hack of Sony Pictures, the U.S. establishment press once again revealed itself to be a mouthpiece for—rather than a check on—power, and thus a danger to […]
Louis Freeh’s Latest Investigation: Billionaire Businessman Accused of Bribing African Government – The Intercept
Louis Freeh’s Latest Investigation: Billionaire Businessman Accused of Bribing African Government – The Intercept. Louis Freeh, the former FBI director whose wife was deeded half of a $3 million beachside penthouse by a businessman–just nine days after Freeh cleared that same businessman of wrongdoing–is onto a new job: Helping exonerate a billionaire businessman accused of […]
