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Widespread child rape by top UN employees
Aug 19, 2018 11:52A deeply disturbing report has finally been released by the United Nations detailing the rampant sexual exploitation of children by UN employees that is widespread, throughout multiple countries.
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Why critics predicting China’s economic demise are wrong?
Aug 19, 2018 11:26It is hard to believe that highly educated Western journalists, commentators and scholars still believe the Chinese economy will be “buried under a mountain of debt,” having been wrong for more than 30 years.
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Imam Baqer’s (AS) emphasis on the holy Qur’an & definition of Shi’as
Aug 19, 2018 05:18Heartfelt condolences to you all on a very poignant occasion. Today, the 7th of the month of Zil-Hijjah is the sad day when the pilgrims were busy performing the rites of the annual Hajj in holy Mecca, the 5th Infallible Heir of the Prophet Muhammad (SAWA) was martyred in the Prophet’s city Medina by agents of the godless Omayyad regime that had seized power of the Islamic realm.
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Trump scores an own-goal in the game against Iran
Aug 18, 2018 12:55The final whistle, as dreamed by the US and Israel, is nowhere in sight for the four-decade-old Islamic Republic of Iran, which has been playing patiently against all the odds, says former Indian ambassador and foreign policy expert M.K. Bhadrakumar in his thought-stimulating article for Asia Times titled: “Trump scores an own-goal in the game against Iran”.
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US supplying LNG gas to Europe is more hot air than reality
Aug 18, 2018 12:44In his latest effort to present himself as bigger than better than all other presidents combined, in stark contrast to the likes of George Washington, Donald Trump has announced that the US will build more than 10 liquid gas ports in the EU. The trouble is, even if he did this, it would not be possible to sustain such a program.
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Armed struggle only solution to end Palestinian plight
Aug 17, 2018 17:47The chronic question of Palestine remains the most important issue of the Muslim world as the Zionist usurpers of this Muslim land continue to commit crimes against humanity, while the UN turns a blind eye to the worsening crisis, and the Saudis and Emiratis back-stab their own brethren.
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Caspian deal an antidote to Washington’s bullyboy tactics
Aug 17, 2018 17:43At a time of increased bullying of others by the United States, the five-nation Caspian Sea deal signed recently shows the importance of diplomacy for mutual benefit and security.
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World must fight against US economic dictatorship
Aug 17, 2018 17:41US President Donald Trump has kicked off trade wars with several countries, placing tariffs on everything from steel to chicken incubators. Trading partners including China, Canada, the European Union and Mexico are not sitting on their hands. They have hit the US with retaliatory tariffs in a tit-for-tat reaction.
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Is oily economy-politics behind Saudis’ crude Canadian diplomacy?
Aug 17, 2018 17:29Chile-based investigative journalist Whitney Webb, says on the current straining of ties between Saudi Arabia and Canada: For such an ugly and bizarre international fistfight to spring full-blown from a single critical tweet strains credulity. She adds: Underlying the Saudis hostile anti-Canadian actions may be a desire to signal the world to stay blind to the Riyadh regime’s internal repressions, or it may be an economic play with Canadian oil.
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American textbooks perpetuate the big lie
Aug 16, 2018 09:04This summer the world commemorated the 73d anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Most Americans are still supportive of Truman’s decision despite overwhelming historical evidence the bomb had nothing to do with the end of the war.