28 Sep, 2011
Goldman Sachs rules the world: UK trader
“For most traders, we don’t really care that much how they’re going to fix the economy, how they’re going to fix the whole situation, our job is to make money from it,” he said. “Personally I’ve been dreaming of this moment for three years. I have a confession, which is I go to bed every […]
more…28 Sep, 2011
Asian powers start key dialogue – chinadaily.com.cn
BEIJING – China and India launched a Strategic Economic Dialogue on Monday in a sign that both Asian powers are seeking closer economic ties despite differences over issues such as South China Sea disputes. Analysts said that the dialogue will strengthen economic development and their sway over international affairs, such as the European sovereign debt […]
more…28 Sep, 2011
Debate over GPS devices on suspects’ cars spurs ‘Big Brother’ concerns – Inside Bay Area
A legal case with implications that some say spring straight from the pages of George Orwell’s “1984” is headed to the Supreme Court in November, and its outcome could have a major effect on one of the Bay Area’s biggest murder cases in the past decade. Justices are being asked to decide whether law enforcement […]
more…27 Sep, 2011
Rules for a new world order – chinadaily.com.cn
the nature of the international system today is vastly different from what it was in the aftermath of the Cold War. China, India, Brazil, South Africa and other countries whose strong growth rates, sweeping internal economic transformations and considerable impact on global trade have elevated them as “emerging powers” have breached the walls of this […]
more…27 Sep, 2011
BRICS could give crucial aid to debt-laden Europe – People’s Daily Online
The BRICS countries started cooperation amid doubts and concerns from the West and have established a sound consultation and cooperation mechanism among Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Westerners used to think that BRICS was just an unconventional term coined by Goldman Sachs. Certain Westerners must find it hard to believe that the BRICS […]
more…27 Sep, 2011
Europe replaces US as new source of financial crisis – People’s Daily Online
The collapse of the dominos will be spread to the entire world through investment institutions. The investors who made losses in Europe will sell off their sound assets to offset the losses, resulting in price drops in other commodity and monetary markets, such as gold and oil. In a word, the global financial market has […]
more…27 Sep, 2011
Disturbing, dangerous week at the UN | Jordan Times
With the US having lost its ability to lead and the Palestinian petition still to be considered, diplomats began scrambling to find a way forward. What followed was as pathetic as it was ironic. At stake was an effort to help the US avoid vetoing the Palestinian submission – since it was feared that a […]
more…27 Sep, 2011
Inside the Wall Street Protests: An Eyewitness Account of Police Crackdown on Peaceful Demonstrators — AlterNet
This is the one-week-old occupation of Wall Street, located at Liberty Plaza Park. A group of protestors from the camp ventured outside the park and marched on Union Square Saturday morning, and around 100 of them were arrested. Police sprayed peaceful protestors in the face with pepper spray, threw them to the ground and assaulted […]
more…26 Sep, 2011
Rethinking the TSA: No Longer Accepting Police Repression in Exchange for Safety | Truthout
Everyone who travels by air in the United States has a depressing story to tell about airport screening. Media stories of a gravely ill 95-year-old grandmother forced to remove her adult diaper before being allowed on a plane and viral videos showing terrified children being intimately touched by TSA agents are more than depressing. They […]
more…25 Sep, 2011
Americans Want Leaders to Follow Public’s Views More Closely
Seventy-seven percent of Americans in Gallup’s Sept. 8-11 survey say the nation would be better off if leaders followed public opinion more closely, about the same as in 2005 and 2001, and higher than the 67% who felt that way in 1975, when Gallup first asked the question. One in five Americans say the nation […]
more…24 Sep, 2011
Majority Rates Obama Same or Worse Compared With Bush
Asked to compare Barack Obama with George W. Bush, Americans are more inclined to say Obama has been a better (43%) rather than a worse (34%) president, with 22% seeing no difference between the two. Obama compares much less favorably to Bill Clinton, with half saying Obama has been worse than Clinton and 12% saying […]
more…24 Sep, 2011
Poll: 70% of Israelis say Israel Should Accept Palestinian State
Israel should accept the decision if the UN recognizes a Palestinian state, about 70 percent of Israelis answered in a recent Hebrew University poll. The poll, which was conducted jointly by the Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Palestinian Center for Policy and […]
more…24 Sep, 2011
9-11 Cop Breaks Silence | American Free Press
The New Jersey police officer responsible for capturing five Israelis who filmed and celebrated while the World Trade Center towers burned has broken his silence, agreeing to a Sept. 16 exclusive interview with AMERICAN FREE PRESS. As AFP readers are no doubt aware, these are the same Israelis who were working under the direction of […]
more…24 Sep, 2011
Carry on the fight against racism — chinadaily.com.cn
It is important to note that the 10th anniversary is not meant to single out any country for criticism or to pour salt in anyone’s wounds. Rather, it provides a platform for all nations to confirm their commitment to the values and principles of equality and non-discrimination and the measures by the international community to […]
more…24 Sep, 2011
Vanishing patience — chinadaily.com.cn
The unjust “ease answers” will add to the domestic difficulties of policymakers in rallying enough public support to overhaul their troubled financial and economic systems with necessary and shared sacrifice from everyone. Worse, some politicians in the debt-laden developed countries have irresponsibly blamed other countries for their domestic economic woes, further undermining global efforts to […]
more…23 Sep, 2011
Overseas students get easier entry, working visas
ENTRY requirements for foreign students will be relaxed and short-term visas will be available for those who wish to work after completing their university studies in an overhaul intended to revive the tertiary sector announced yesterday. The government response to Michael Knight’s report, Strategic Review of the Student Visa Program 2011, aims to increase Australia’s […]
more…23 Sep, 2011
Schoolboy was beaten ‘for being a Muslim’
A SCHOOLBOY from Sydney’s north was brutally bashed and verbally abused by more than 20 students for being Muslim, the boy has claimed. Hamid Mamozai, 15, was allegedly hit up to a dozen times by two fellow students at Asquith Boys’ High School on Wednesday as several more cheered and hurled racial abuse from the […]
more…22 Sep, 2011
The Muslim World Brings Forth a Counter-Jihad – Book Review – Truthdig
From Wright’s perspective, Americans’ view of Muslims and Islam hasn’t caught up to the reality. In spite of developments in the Middle East and elsewhere in the Muslim world, she argues, the past decade here in the United States was “shaped largely by fear of everything from a global clash of civilizations to a new […]
more…22 Sep, 2011
Obama’s Contradictory U.N. Speeches – Truthdig
On Wednesday, President Obama gave a speech to the United Nations General Assembly. His message—that Palestinians should return to the peace negotiations of 1979—seemingly contradicted his speech from a year ago, when critics say he argued in favor of a Palestinian state. He’s not completely inconsistent, though. At least he remembered to wear the same […]
more…22 Sep, 2011
Palestinians justified in moving to UN — chinadaily.com.cn
The Palestinian move at the UN is going ahead despite pleas from the US and threats from Israel. The two countries have warned that doing so would set back Israeli-Palestinian negotiations for many years. But it is precisely because the many years of negotiations have resulted in nothing but frustration for the Palestinians that they […]
more…22 Sep, 2011
Just response to war on terror — chinadaily.com.cn
In the regional context, though not really successful, the US has tried using media power to exploit certain violent incidents to create misgivings between China and Pakistan as part of its strategy for creating a “de-link” between Beijing and Islamabad. It is evident from the above analysis that the US has not been successful in […]
more…21 Sep, 2011
BRIC nations sign Beijing Consensus – chinadaily.com.cn
BEIJING – The BRICS countries, including China, Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa, signed the Beijing Consensus on Wednesday, stating that coping with the financial crisis and promoting long-term, steady and relatively rapid economic growth are their shared tasks. The consensus, signed at the second BRICS International Competition Conference, called on all countries and regions […]
more…19 Sep, 2011
Imran Khan: ‘America is destroying Pakistan’ | The Guardian
“The war on terror is the most insane and immoral war of all time. The Americans are doing what they did in Vietnam, bombing villages. But how can a civilised nation do this? How can you can eliminate suspects, their wives, their children, their families, their neighbours? How can you justify this? “When I came […]
more…19 Sep, 2011
Why does US block Palestine’s bid for entering UN – People’s Daily Online
Some analysts believe that even if the United States succeeds in keeping Palestine from acquiring the formal membership, it will still face a major diplomatic failure in history because this will make the efforts made by the United States since Barrack Obama took office to repair its ties with the Arab world in vain, and […]
more…18 Sep, 2011
Op-Ed: Israel should support the Palestinian statehood push | JTA – Jewish & Israel News
While the Palestinians are unlikely to get the Security Council’s approval because of the U.S. veto, they will get the support of the General Assembly. Legally a General Assembly vote means little, but it doesn’t matter. As far as the world goes, Palestine will have achieved statehood. The new State of Palestine will be recognized […]
more…18 Sep, 2011
THE DAILY STAR : U.S. democracy is no model for Arabs
I know better now why most Arabs have totally given up on expecting anything positive or fair to emerge from the United States when it comes to the Middle East. Democracy is a great and noble venture and a most utilitarian governance system; but it also has a dark and ugly side that is very […]
more…18 Sep, 2011
Israel’s cluster bombs continue to kill and maim in Lebanon | The Electronic Intifada
Although Lebanon has been plagued by landmines since its 1975-1990 civil war and subsequent Israeli occupation, it faced unprecedented contamination levels from cluster munitions after Israel launched a 34-day war in July 2006. According to Human Rights Watch, Israel’s use of the weapons was the most extensive anywhere in the world since the 1991 Gulf […]
more…18 Sep, 2011
How civil society pushed Turkey to ditch Israel’s war industry | The Electronic Intifada
Here, the popular mood is similar to Egypt’s. For a long time, the Turkish government has been aware of the unpopularity of its support of the Israeli war industry and the occupation of Palestine. The people in Turkey have consistently shown overwhelming solidarity with Palestine, most notably with their mobilization for the 2010 Gaza Freedom […]
more…18 Sep, 2011
Time for people power to open Rafah crossing | The Electronic Intifada
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that: (1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state. (2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country. International law is not against the opening of the Rafah crossing, and […]
more…18 Sep, 2011
US needs a wake-up call, says new Friedman book – Arab News
Faced with stagnating unemployment numbers, an historic credit downgrade by S&P, and partisan rancor over how to reduce the US debt, the two foreign policy columnists tap into public hunger for answers. “People are getting more and more concerned. When you see the polls, you find a large majority feels the country is on the […]
more…18 Sep, 2011
Fear incorporated – Listening Post – Al Jazeera English
Last week we looked at the performance of the US news media in decade following the 9/11 attacks. A big part of that story was the role the media played in creating a climate of fear in the US. This week we go a step further and look at the phenomenon of Islamophobia in the […]
more…17 Sep, 2011
Asia Times Online : To King Sarkozy, the spoils
To the sound of Apache helicopters patrolling the Mediterranean, and escorted by dozens of riot police, King Sarko felt the need to tell an unsuspecting world, “What we did was for humanitarian reasons. There was no hidden agenda.” But just in case – and with Tripoli’s top two hotels swarming with multilingual contractors/vultures – the […]
more…17 Sep, 2011
New General Assembly PresidentCall to Action on United Nations to ‘Rethink’ Way It Does Business
“We come together at a critical juncture,” said the incoming General Assembly President Nassir Abdulaziz al-Nasser, as he opened the 193‑member body’s sixty-sixth session with a call to action on the United Nations to rethink the way it did business in the wake of ongoing global economic turmoil, popular protests that were upending once-stable Governments […]
more…17 Sep, 2011
Despite Increased Attempts to Stifle Dissent, Jewish Criticism of Israel’s Policies Grows – Media Monitors Network (MMN)
To the dismay of the organized American Jewish community, and despite its increasingly strident efforts to silence dissent, Jewish criticism of Israel’s policies continues to grow. Even the slightest hint of concern about the treatment of Palestinians by the Israeli occupation is met with the harshest assault. In an article in the June 2011 issue […]
more…17 Sep, 2011
Leaked Documents Reveal Major Speculators Behind 2008 Oil Price Shock: Hedge Funds, Koch, Big Banks, Oil Companies | Truthout
As experts from Stanford University, Rice University, the University of Massachusetts, and authorities have concluded, rampant oil speculation was the prime driver of the record high prices for crude oil three years ago. Notably, the top speculators are noncommercial players, meaning they are companies that simply and buy and sell crude contracts with no interest […]
more…17 Sep, 2011
Can We Increase Gross National Happiness? | Truthout
When I first heard of Bhutan’s goal of maximizing its people’s happiness, I wondered if it really meant anything in practice, or was just another political slogan. Last month, when I was in the capital, Thimphu, to speak at a conference on “Economic Development and Happiness,” organized by Prime Minister Jigme Y. Thinley and co-hosted […]
more…17 Sep, 2011
Some real Shock and Awe: Racially profiled and cuffed in Detroit | Stories from the Heartland
Someone shouted for us to place our hands on the seats in front of us, heads down. The cops ran down the aisle, stopped at my row and yelled at the three of us to get up. “Can I bring my phone?” I asked, of course. What a cliffhanger for my Twitter followers! No, one […]
more…17 Sep, 2011
World Bank, IMF Face Shifting Development Paradigm – IPS ipsnews.net
Amid a global financial crisis that has shown little signs of reversing, next week’s fall meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank are crucial in setting the tone for rebounding world markets, to which leaders of the Bretton Woods institutions offered optimistic, yet ultimately vague, solutions in speeches this week. Robert Zoellick, president […]
more…17 Sep, 2011
Erdoğan: Turkey Stands Hand-in-Hand, Shoulder-to-Shoulder With Libya – Tripoli Post
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, told Libya that Turkey stands hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder with it. He also hailed the sacrifice of the Libyan people in order to obtain their freedom. After attending Friday prayers at Tripoli’s Martyrs’ Square, in a joint news conference with Mustafa Abdul-Jalil at Tripoli’s Rixos Hotel, […]
more…17 Sep, 2011
Remembering the Sabra-Shatila Massacre – Tripoli Post
Not a mention of the anniversary of this serious incident has been reported by the media of the imperialist countries that spends hours on end of its air time and spaces in the press to remember the victims of 9/11. The Tragedy, of Sabra-Shatila refugee camp was not an isolated incident. To date, Israel continues […]
more…16 Sep, 2011
Japan: Over 730 ads for overstayers, fake marriages uncovered : DAILY YOMIURI
Many ads encouraging criminal behavior such as working illegally and entering into fake marriages have been carried by free newspapers aimed at foreigners, according to a police survey. The survey, conducted by the National Police Agency in May and June, said 736 harmful ads were found in papers distributed in commercial and entertainment districts around […]
more…16 Sep, 2011
China’s growth a world opportunity – chinadaily.com.cn
China’s path of development has been widely discussed as the newly emerging economic power has become an important global player and, together with other emerging economies, it is changing the current world political landscape. Some politicians in foreign countries fear China’s development might become a threat to the world, as it might become “more assertive” […]
more…16 Sep, 2011
China’s investments boost US economic recovery – People’s Daily Online
The rapidly growing amount of Chinese investments in the United States have not only helped the United States ease the impact of the U.S. debt crisis, create more job opportunities and emerged from the economic downturn, but also enabled Chinese enterprises to expand the U.S. market. Chinese enterprises already paid nearly 12 billion U.S. dollars […]
more…15 Sep, 2011
Rising concerns about macro-economic issues challenging Australian SMEs
Sydney, NSW (PRWEB) September 15, 2011 — Recent research conducted by Bankwest has found that small to medium enterprises (SMEs) across Australia are facing more challenges compared to 12 months ago. The Bankwest Business Challenges Survey found that 80% of SMEs are finding it tougher with the biggest challenge cited as the general economic environment […]
more…15 Sep, 2011
‘Adult Dependents’ Cost UK Parents £34 Billion in Past Year – Research
London, United Kingdom (PRWEB) September 15, 2011 — Adult-children have cost their parents £34 billion in loans and financial gifts in the past year, according to new research(1) completed for Sainsbury’s Life Insurance. The findings reveal that that this generation of financially-strapped adults, dubbed the ‘adult-dependants’ by Sainsbury’s Finance, is still financially dependent on their […]
more…15 Sep, 2011
Survey: U.S.Pastors Want Taxmen Out of Churches, Churches Out of Politics
Nashville, TN (PRWEB) September 15, 2011 — Protestant pastors overwhelmingly agree government should not attempt to regulate pastor’s sermons through reevaluation of a church’s tax exemption, according to a new survey by LifeWay Research. The research, which was sponsored by the Alliance Defense Fund, followed a related study conducted by LifeWay Research in October 2010 […]
more…13 Sep, 2011
U.S. in a Bind Over Palestine’s Bid for U.N. Recognition – IPS ipsnews.net
Barring some last-minute breakthrough that would revive negotiations or otherwise advance their national aspirations, Palestinian officials appear bent on seeking, at a minimum, recognition as a nonmember state from the U.N. General Assembly. That would allow “Palestine” to join a variety of international bodies and conventions and use them to oppose policies connected with Israel’s […]
more…13 Sep, 2011
THE DAILY STAR : A decade on, does the U.S. quite get it?
The security- and war-dominated, American-led over-reaction to 9/11 led to two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and increased political and technical support to Arab security services – exactly the two phenomena that led to the birth and growth of Al-Qaeda in the first place. It is critical to any useful analysis of Al-Qaeda terror to […]
more…13 Sep, 2011
The Hindu : Opinion / Lead : Ideology, facts and the push to the right
Capitalistic thoughts are now well-entrenched habits, which accept the inequity produced by free markets as a given. The belief in the success of trickle-down economics is delusional. Reminders about the prevalent extreme poverty, significant unemployment, massive under-nutrition and chronic hunger are mere annoyances and irritations. There is a split in the India question. Should India’s […]
more…13 Sep, 2011
Left-wing extremism ‘most violent movement’ in India: Chidambaram
The Home Minister said deficits in governance and development cannot be addressed unless trust deficit is addressed. “If villagers think that Naxals are their friends and the established government is their adversary, you cannot win the battle,” Mr. Chidambaram said. He said Left-wing extremism has killed ten times more people this year than those killed […]
more…13 Sep, 2011
All-pervasive rot – Arab News
One of the many unintended consequences of the Arab Spring has been the exposure of world powers in their true colors. Having long been in the business of Machiavellian realpolitik, Britain was the first to change horses midstream, effortlessly switching its patronage from the tottering Egyptian regime to the pro-democracy protesters when the Tehrir Square […]
more…13 Sep, 2011
No end in sight 10 years on — chinadaily.com.cn
The War on Terror has lasted longer than World War I and World War II and terrorism still has not been completely eradicated despite the combined might of the US’ hard and soft power. Al-Qaida has not been destroyed and has indeed spread to more regions in the world, such as Somalia, Yemen and Pakistan. […]
more…13 Sep, 2011
China’s new voice is heard — chinadaily.com.cn
For Western audiences, traditional Chinese instruments are most often associated with Peking Opera and the occasional martial arts film. But with the release of Viva Girls’ debut album, Inspiration, in the United States, the all-female Chinese classical pop group hopes to redefine the sound and scope of Chinese instrumental music. The album was to be […]
more…13 Sep, 2011
Will China have to face down the US? – People’s Daily Online
Verbal attacks on China before presidential elections, as seen in recent years, are leading the public to thinking that China should be regarded as an opponent or even an enemy. If this thinking becomes mainstream in the US, we cannot rule out the possibility that China might be forced to become an enemy of the […]
more…12 Sep, 2011
The Free World must not use fear and rage to fight terrorism – Haaretz
A general War on Terror makes no more sense than a general War on Illness. We all want terror to stop – and we all want illnesses to be vanquished. But anyone who would declare war on illness would be looked at as totally irrational: You can research cancer (actually, many different forms of it), […]
more…12 Sep, 2011
End of innocence: a world-changing event – Ramesh Thakur
Terrorism is an extreme denial of the most basic human right, namely to life, and it creates an environment in which people cannot live in freedom from fear and enjoy their other rights. But the threat of terrorism can be used by governments to enact laws that curtail civil liberties and political freedoms. Without new […]
more…12 Sep, 2011
Cagle Post » 9/11 And Its Great Transformations
Cheney, as much or more than anyone else in the post-9/11 period, used the loopholes in our system, the lack of nerve in Washington and fear created by that day to transform this nation slowly into something we would not have recognized as recently as the late 90s or dawn of the 2000s. We became […]
more…12 Sep, 2011
Chris Hedges: A Decade After 9/11: We Are What We Loathe – Truthdig
Because few cared to examine our activities in the Muslim world, the attacks became certified as incomprehensible by the state and its lap dogs, the press. Those who carried out the attacks were branded as rising out of a culture and religion that was at best primitive and probably evil. The Quran—although it forbids suicide […]
more…12 Sep, 2011
Let’s Put 9/11 Behind Us and End the Blank Check it Has Become for America’s Endless Wars | AlterNet
Ask yourself this: ten years into the post-9/11 era, haven’t we had enough of ourselves? If we have any respect for history or humanity or decency left, isn’t it time to rip the Band-Aid off the wound, to remove 9/11 from our collective consciousness? No more invocations of those attacks to explain otherwise inexplicable wars […]
more…10 Sep, 2011
Empire of Chaos: How 9/11 Shaped the Politics of a Failing State | AlterNet
Shortly after the attacks, the historian Immanuel Wallerstein suggested the American hegemony could go down one of two paths. The first was managing a soft decline. The other was a crash landing. It’s not hard to see which path we’ve been on since 9/11. via Empire of Chaos: How 9/11 Shaped the Politics of a […]
more…10 Sep, 2011
Noda apologizes for gov’t response to Fukushima | Majirox News
FUKUSHIMA (majirox news) — Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda apologized Sept. 8 for the national government’s inadequate response to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis. Noda bowed deeply in apology before a meeting with Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato, telling him that a visit to the radiation-spewing plant earlier in the day had showed him the enormity of […]
more…10 Sep, 2011
Sea radiation ‘3 times higher than thought’ : The Daily Yomiuri
The total amount of radioactive substances released into the sea as a result of the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is believed to have been three times the initial estimate by the plant’s operator, according to the Japan Atomic Energy Agency. A team led by senior researcher Takuya Kobayashi estimated the […]
more…10 Sep, 2011
When attacked, US ‘will come and get you’: Panetta | DAWN.COM
WASHINGTON: America’s response to 9/11 shows that “you don’t mess” with the United States and that when attacked, “we will come and get you,” Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Friday. Panetta — who as former CIA director oversaw the raid that killed Al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden on May 2 –said the hijackers underestimated […]
more…10 Sep, 2011
Plain packets would cut number of women smokers, says report – The Independent
Wrapping cigarettes in plain packaging and banning the sale of colourful, branded packs could help to reduce tobacco consumption among smokers, especially young women who smoke, a study has found. Researchers found a marked reduction in tobacco consumption among a group of 48 smokers who were given dummy, plain packs of cigarettes to use over […]
more…10 Sep, 2011
Google emits around 1.5m tonnes of CO2 per year, about the same as the UN – The Independent
Google’s carbon footprint is larger than those of 61 states and islands, it has been revealed after the company released its environmental figures for the first time yesterday. The internet giant said it emits around 1.5 million tonnes of CO2 per year, approximately the same amount as the United Nations. But it says that its […]
more…10 Sep, 2011
Our legacy of 9/11 was a dictatorial and dysfunctional government – Andreas Whittam Smith, The Independent
Ten years after 9/11, it is time to establish how it was that the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, was able to take us to war on his own say-so. The answer, which couldn’t be foretold beforehand, was that Mr Blair would govern more like a president than a prime minister. Under British constitutional arrangements, there […]
more…10 Sep, 2011
Perhaps Israelis need humiliation to respect others – Haaretz
The Israeli response that has followed the harassment of Israeli Turkish Airlines passengers who experienced detention and intrusive body searches upon their arrival at Istanbul airport on Monday, borders on hysteria and hypocrisy. The incident was blown out of all proportion and immediately became an additional and unnecessary chapter in the friction between Turkey and […]
more…9 Sep, 2011
China to help firms investing abroad – chinadaily.com.cn
XIAMEN, Fujian – Chinese firms need a more “open and convenient” global investment climate and the government will introduce measures to help companies invest internationally, the country’s top commerce official said on Thursday. The government will launch more measures to aid companies investing overseas and create a win-win situation for both China and other countries, […]
more…9 Sep, 2011
New western colonialism emerges in Libya – People’s Daily Online
France has long viewed its active interference in Libya’s military conflicts as “investments in the future.” Even the United States, which was unwilling to take the lead in interfering in the conflicts, has changed its attitude and dispatched a high-level delegation led by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to the conference in Paris to discuss […]
more…9 Sep, 2011
The unlearnt lessons of 9/11 today – People’s Daily Online
A decade after 9/11, it appears that those sentiments of rage and revenge are the ones that have won out. A quick glance at any newspaper or news website tells you that the level of violence in the world is on the rise, not decreasing. Certainly, rage is an appropriate emotional response when something as […]
more…9 Sep, 2011
9/11 marked turning point in world landscape – People’s Daily Online
East Asia is a priority for the America’s “back to Asia” strategy. Apart from showcasing “muscles” in the region, the United States is more inclined to adopt the so-called “smart power.” It sows seeds of discord to stir up trouble, lets other nations make trouble or even backs up both opposition sides at the same […]
more…8 Sep, 2011
Libya’s Next Fight: The West | Truthout
While Libyans fought against brutality, guided by a once distant hope of freedom, democracy and liberation from the grip of a clownish and delusional dictator, NATO calculations had nothing but a self-serving agenda in mind. In his brilliant and newly released book, “Postmodern Imperialism: Geopolitics and the Great Game,” Eric Walberg astutely charts NATO’s role […]
more…7 Sep, 2011
Asia Times Online : Was there an alternative?
By Noam Chomsky We are approaching the 10th anniversary of the horrendous atrocities of September 11, 2001, which, it is commonly held, changed the world. On May 1, the presumed mastermind of the crime, Osama bin Laden, was assassinated in Pakistan by a team of elite US commandos, Navy SEALs, after he was captured, unarmed […]
more…7 Sep, 2011
What a Difference a Decade Makes: Ten Years of “Homeland Security” | Truthout
On August 5, 2002, President George Bush declared, “We’re fighting … to secure freedom in the homeland.” Strikingly, he did not use the word “nation,” or “republic,” but instead adopted a term, with its Germanic overtones of blood, roots and loyalty going back generations, for a country that is not the ancestral home of most […]
more…7 Sep, 2011
America, Protect Your Own Interests, Not Israel’s – Media Monitors Network
“The Palestinians’ bid for statehood in the United Nations is not in the United States’ interests,” a U.S. State Department official said to me in a closed meeting a few months ago. “Therefore, the United States cannot support the Palestinian move.” What a sham. Last month, this same State Department sent out messages to over […]
more…7 Sep, 2011
UN Panel of Inquiry shows Israel is an ‘Untouchable’ Rogue State – Media Monitors Network
After months of waiting, the UN’s panel of inquiry has come up with a report reviewing Israel’s May 31, 2010 raid on a Turkish-based flotilla that was trying to bring humanitarian aid to the Palestinians of Gaza. The report assailed Israel for the way in which the nine passengers were killed and scores of others […]
more…7 Sep, 2011
The Future of the Libyan revolution – by Dr. Mohamed Elmasry
My two personal contacts with Libya have been at airports and both were shocking. The first was at Tripoli airport seven years ago. The airport was in a very bad shape considering I was at the capital of an oil rich country. I wondered then why few billion dollars were not spent on the facility. […]
more…7 Sep, 2011
For the Love of Israel: Congresswoman’s Misguided War on the UN – By Ramzy Baroud
From an Israeli point of view, Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is the ideal American politician. Although many in the US government aspire to her level of commitment to Israel, few can measure up to a dedication that extends beyond the very interests of her own country. “Lawless extremists infest Congress like crabgrass besets lawns. House Foreign […]
more…7 Sep, 2011
The Hindu : “Print media expanding its presence in South Asia”
The newspaper industry is invested with the resilience of 400 years, and the belief that it is in a crisis is misleading, Jacob Mathew, president, WAN-IFRA, said on Tuesday. Speaking at the inaugural of WAN-IFRA India 2011, 19th annual conference held here, Mr. Mathew said the print media was expanding its presence in the South […]
more…6 Sep, 2011
Croatia Chalks up Summer Success but Mexico Lifts Crown for Growth
Croatia is the only destination to feature in Post Office® Fastest Growing Currencies summer top ten for three years running · Mexico hits the holiday top spot with growth of 144 per cent · Thailand recovers from troubles but Egypt’s currency sales slump With demand fuelled by low-cost all-inclusive deals and direct BA flights to […]
more…6 Sep, 2011
China’s ODI up 21.7%, 5th worldwide — chinadaily.com.cn
XIAMEN – China’s outbound direct investment (ODI) surged 21.7 percent year-on-year to $68.81 billion in 2010, growing for the ninth straight year and recording an average annual growth rate of 49.9 percent, according to a government report issued Tuesday. Non-financial ODI climbed 25.9 percent to $60.18 billion last year, while the country’s overseas investment in […]
more…6 Sep, 2011
US dollar depreciation will not fix debt dilemma – People’s Daily Online
As the U.S. debt dilemma evolves, market players speculate that the United States will try to solve its debt issue by depreciating the U.S. dollar once again. Will the United States launch the third round of quantitative easing? The Chairman of U.S. Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke has postponed the answer to this question until the […]
more…6 Sep, 2011
No end in sight for crisis of Western capitalism – People’s Daily Online
Recently a series of shocking incidents have happened successively in the West. The US credit rating was downgraded for the first time in a century. The European sovereign debt crisis keeps worsening. A shocking terrorist attack hit in Norway. A serious riot of a kind not seen since the early 1980s broke out in England. […]
more…5 Sep, 2011
San Francisco Chinese Medicine College President to Speak at WFCMS International Congress on Sustainable Harvest of Ingredients
Addressing the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies (WFCMS) at its 8th International Congress in London next month, Lixin Huang, president of the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ACTCM) will present an overview of the San Francisco Chinese medicine college’s groundbreaking work on issues of sustainability in Chinese herbal medicine, as well as the […]
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The Axis of Evil – 10 years on | DAWN.COM
It’s nearly a decade since President Bush first used the term Axis of Evil to describe Iran, Iraq and North Korea. So widely reported, it provoked a flurry of other axes. A couple of months later, US diplomat, John Bolton tagged on Libya, Syria and Cuba to the mix in his “Beyond the Axis of […]
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US harms self, others with trade protectionism – People’s Daily Online
Recently, the U.S. Department of Commerce preliminarily judged that it would impose high tariffs on a part of steel wheel hubs and galvanized steel wires imported from China to offset the subsidies given by the Chinese Government to the exporters. Earlier, the U.S. Department of Commerce also imposed anti-subsidy duties on the drill pipes and […]
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It’s time to end the war on terror — Slate Magazine
Days after 9/11, President Bush declared a war on terror that would “not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped and defeated.” At first, his rhetoric served as an empowering battle cry for an enraged, disillusioned public. Ten years later, his words are a poignant reminder of the thousands of […]
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The true cost of 9/11 – By Joseph E. Stiglitz, Slate Magazine
The Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks by al-Qaida were meant to harm the United States, and they did, but in ways that Osama Bin Laden probably never imagined. President George W. Bush’s response to the attacks compromised America’s basic principles, undermined its economy, and weakened its security. The attack on Afghanistan that followed the 9/11 […]
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The price we paid for the war on terror – The Washington Post
We stopped investing in our infrastructure — think what $3 trillion could do for roads, research, education or even private investment, if part of that sum had simply been left in taxpayers’ pockets — and we missed the chance to rethink our national energy policy. After Sept. 11, the president could have declared an emergency […]
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Dozens of Israelis questioned at length upon landing in Turkey – Haaretz
Some 40 Israelis on board a Turkish Airlines flight from Tel Aviv to Istanbul were separated from the rest of the passengers upon arrival in Turkey on Monday and were questioned at length by Turkish police, marking a highly unusual event against the backdrop of a deepening diplomatic crisis between Turkey and Israel. Turkish police […]
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Turkey citizens routinely humiliated at Israel’s airport – Haaretz
Foreign Ministry officials told Haaretz on Monday that over the past year, there were dozens of complaints on the part of Turkish citizens who claimed they were humiliated by Israeli security personnel at Ben-Gurion airport. The officials also said that almost every Turkish citizen who arrives at Ben-Gurion airport undergoes a routine procedure of extensive, […]
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Racism on the rise in Europe – Opinion – Al Jazeera English
In the wake of the atrocities in Norway perpetrated by Anders Behring Breivik, it is still unclear whether he was part of a wider conspiracy, but alarm bells are now ringing across Europe about the threat from far-right extremist groups. With no end in sight to the economic crisis afflicting many nations, the growing fear […]
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Revealed: Australians at the console of Kill TV, when drone strikes take out Afghan targets
Special forces are involved in this silent and deadly form of 21st century warfare, their commander confirms to Rafael Epstein. Australia’s special forces commander has defended his troops’ use of US drones to kill insurgent leaders in southern Afghanistan, a deadly military tactic that gives the enemy no chance to surrender. Major-General Peter ”Gus” Gilmore […]
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‘Twitter terrorists’ face 30 years in jail for inciting mass panic – SMH
A former teacher turned radio commentator and a maths tutor who lives with his mother are facing possible 30-year sentences for terrorism and sabotage in what may be the most serious charges ever brought against anyone using a Twitter social network account. Prosecutors say the defendants helped cause a chaos of car crashes and panic […]
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Will US do the right thing? | Opinion | DAWN.COM
WINSTON Churchill once quipped that the US always does the right thing — after trying everything else first. Well, when the right thing comes this time, it will be a long time coming. The US is a country obsessed with instant gratification, defying patience. It likes to indulge in gluttony of all kinds almost tempting […]
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Chinese Police dog patrols lead to fewer crimes — chinadaily.com.cn
BEIJING – An 8 million yuan ($1,252,000) investment in dog patrols in Daxing district is already paying off with crime figures down and residents saying they feel much safer. Zhou Yucong is happy to see police officers with dogs patrolling the area where she lives. “I feel much safer going home late,” said 23-year-old Zhou […]
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More Chinese children flying solo | chinadaily.com.cn
Eleven-year-old Guo Yongyi quickly finds her place in row 38 on the three-hour morning flight from Beijing to Shenzhen, Guangdong province. She takes the window seat and calls for the flight attendant to ask for a blanket, places her purple backpack under the seat in front of her and fastens her seat belt. Guo has […]
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Central Asia caucus calls for Free Trade Pact | Economy | chinadaily.com.cn
URUMQI – High-ranking officials from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member nations and experts on Friday called for the establishment of a massive free-trade area (FTA) across the region to facilitate trade among one-fourth of the world’s population. “China believes the relevant parties should make full use of the current mechanism and discuss the feasibility […]
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Chinese PM calls for sustainable use of land, resources – People’s Daily Online
BEIJING, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) — Premier Wen Jiabao called for more sustainable usage of land and natural resources during his Friday inspection of the Ministry of Land and Resources. Wen urged improvements in the management of China’s land and mineral resources, as well as more accurate mapping of geographical information, in order to better promote […]
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Despite obesity, Chinese turn out to be healthier – People’s Daily Online
BEIJING – Even as more and more of the Chinese population is becoming overweight and elderly, residents’ health has improved steadily since 2005, according to a recent report. After studying the health of 231,925 adults for 19 months, the State General Administration of Sport announced the results of its third national physical condition survey on […]
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