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The Arab League lauded the West's new onslaught on the Middle East and volunteered a blessing to unspecified “peacekeeping forces” that would be dispatched to Syria to dislodge Assad. Who, under the scenario, would take his place? Either the Arab League is moving too fast while the Western intelligence services are unprepared to offer a candidate or those leave it entirely to the Arab League to dispose of Assad... Unlike the Arab League, Damascus has no chance to get heard in the West. Considering that Syria was among the founders of the League, it would be interesting to get an idea from whose name the group might be speaking under current circumstances...
Elena PUSTOVOITOVA | 21.02.2012 |
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Several days ago, representatives of 55 Venezuelan NGOs called the international community to rise to the defense of democracy in the country at a media event in Miami, charging Hugo Chavez with threatening democracy, neglecting human rights, and igniting a civilian conflict in Venezuela. The participants of the event pledged that the campaign built around the demand to put the Venezuelan leader on trial would continue in order to keep Chavez's regime under permanent pressure, and its coordinator Carlos Fernandez announced that an appeal had been supplied to the Hague Tribunal to make Chavez face justice over nothing less than alleged crimes against humanity...
Nil NIKANDROV | 20.02.2012 |
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The UN General Assembly voted on the Syria draft resolution on February 16 in New York... The Syrian ambassador emphasized the resolution didn’t mention the need for the Syrian opposition to disassociate themselves from the armed groups and condemn terrorist acts what goes to show true intentions of the draft co-authors... The gist of the resolution becomes clear in the clause «c» of paragraph 6 that envisages that the Syrian government «withdraw all Syrian troops and armed forces from cities and towns, and return them to the original home barracks». This is the most bloodthirsty condition aimed at making civilian deaths numbers as great as possible against the background of mass terror against peaceful population. Everyone who voted «yes» should understand it...
Alexander MEZYAEV | 19.02.2012 |
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The two-day trilateral summit of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran, which concluded in Islamabad on Friday, has exposed the fault lines in the Afghan peace process... There is recognition today that the Barack Obama administration’s Afghan ‘surge’ at best produced patchy results that are not sustainable and the Afghan forces’ capacity to shoulder the responsibility for security is in doubt... To be sure, Taliban sense victory. And so does Pakistan...
Melkulangara BHADRAKUMAR | 19.02.2012 |
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Iran’s state-run Press TV announced on February 15 that in response to the EU sanctions Tehran was suspending oil deliveries to France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Portugal and the Netherlands. On the same day Iran`s oil ministry denied the report... The opposing sides are testing each other`s ability to demonstrate a strong political will. Actually, what we see now is a virtual fight but just a single wrong gesture can turn it into a real one...
Vadim VIKHROV | 18.02.2012 |
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In 2011, Germany’s exports to the countries of the euro-zone rose by 8.6%, total exports - by 11.4%, exports to Russia - by 30%; the imports were: 12.9%, 13.2% and 26% respectively... This means that the trade with Russia is growing much faster than the trade with the euro-zone and other countries... The head of the Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations Eckhard Cordes wished the current Russian Prime Minister success with the upcoming elections and said that his nomination as the candidate was an encouraging piece of news...
Natalia MEDEN | 18.02.2012 |
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The USA has been the biggest arms supplier in the Middle East the recent 20 years, about half of US weapons and equipment export goes to the region... Militant terrorist groups are the main force of those who apply efforts to destroy Syria after doing the same thing in Libya. The Report of the League of Arab States Observer Mission to Syria... made public in January 2012 and ignored by the West, says there is no government organized repression against peaceful protesters leading to losses of live but the armed gangs explode transport, state offices, bridges and communications. They are directly responsible for civilian deaths...
Leonid SAVIN | 17.02.2012 |
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In his time then Prime Minister of Great Britain Winston Churchill proved the fact that a gap between a public politician and a public call girl could be narrowed to minimum... The spiritual successors of Churchill appear to never leave the Western political kitchen. Their motto is – play a dirty trick and do it as elegantly as you can. That’s what brings indefatigable UN Secretary Ban Ki-moon into the focus of international observers attention more and more often. Just recently speaking at the final 2011 results wrap up press conference he surprised the audience with his eloquence praising those who bombed Libya... Now Ban Ki-moon turned to Syria...
Dmitriy SEDOV | 17.02.2012 |
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The currently tense situation in Syria and around it has galvanized the propaganda clichés that the West is using to stigmatize Russia for the so-called “Circassian question”. The Circassians is a general terms for the kindred languages and cultures of the Kabardians, the Cherkess, the Ubykh people, the Adygs and the Shapsugs of the North Caucasus. Individual members of the Circassian diaspora in different countries have repeatedly manifested their wish to be repatriated to their historical homeland, - to Russia, and Circassians in Syria are no exception... That is why the US is trying to have the Circassian issue “entwined” with the “lining” of the Syrian problem...
Vladislav GULEVICH | 16.02.2012 |
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There are regular cases of unchained fantasy flights among high positioned personalities of world politics. It may make you stunned and wonder at first glance. Then it becomes clear it not just visions of a troubled mind but rather well prepared speeches serving the interests of certain political elements... Now we have a medical case of a high standing official’s fantasy flights. This time it’s UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon who steps into focus...
Dmitriy SEDOV | 16.02.2012 |
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