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Who really wants peace in Yemen?
Dec 09, 2018 05:40When US Secretary of War Jim Mattis called on October 30 for “ceasefire” in Yemen, did he really mean it? He said he wanted to bring about an end to hostilities and hoped that all parties could be brought to the negotiation table by the end of November.
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What America has done to its young people is appalling
Dec 08, 2018 15:52Critics are perhaps too quick to judge America’s young people, citing declining SAT scores, obesity, drug overdoses, and addiction to smart phones, bizarre alterations of personal appearance and high rates of mental illness. We are perhaps too quick to condemn the crazed behavior of young protesters in recent years without fully considering what our government, society and culture have done to these poor souls.
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Climate crisis made worse by presidential misleadership
Dec 08, 2018 15:49Throughout this century, even though the climate science was clear, presidential leadership has escalated the dependence on oil and gas, built infrastructure for pipelines and compressor stations, encouraged fracking in the US and around the world and prevented a global response to reducing carbon gas emissions.
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Abadeh, global city of wood-carving
Dec 08, 2018 15:44Fars province has been the cradle of training skilled artists and industrialists for centuries and the city of Abadeh and wood-carving have been registered in the list of Iran’s impalpable cultural legacy. This small city has 150 active workshops of wood-carving and there are 5000 artists working in them.
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Saudi-Indonesia ties boil over migrant’s execution
Dec 08, 2018 15:42Saudi Arabia’s recent execution by beheading of Indonesian maid Tutu Tursilawati defied President Joko Widodo's repeated entreaties to King Salman bin Abdul Aziz for leniency, says John McBeth in his article for Asia Times titled: “Saudi-Indonesia ties boil over migrant’s execution.”
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All Eyes on Iraq for Formation of Broad-Based Government
Dec 08, 2018 06:47It is unfortunate that due to trivial political differences, aggravated by the US and Saudi Arabia, the Iraq people have been unable to form a unity cabinet.
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Australia’s misguided turn inward
Dec 08, 2018 06:45A decade of political self-indulgence is leaving the country without a credible voice in Asia, says Australian journalist George Megalogenis, the author of “Australia’s Second Chance.” In his article, titled: “Australia’s Misguided Turn Inward”.
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MBS – the New Saddam (2)
Dec 07, 2018 15:52Mohamed bin Salman, or more properly MBS, as this mass murderer is known, imposed himself as Heir Apparent to his ailing and senile octogenarian father, King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz, in early 2017. He has since indulged in a string of bloodcurdling crimes and state terrorism that places him in the list of West Asia’s notorious tyrants.
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China reaching deeper and deeper into Nepal
Dec 07, 2018 15:49A planned Himalayan railway connecting China to Nepal will give the landlocked latter nation a vital new trade route but also stir security concerns in neighboring India.
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High school students and ambulance drivers join ‘Yellow Vest’ protests in France
Dec 07, 2018 15:47With a fourth consecutive Saturday of mass demonstrations against French President Emmanuel Macron’s regressive taxes planned this weekend, tens of thousands of high school students throughout France have staged demonstrations at their school buildings.