Global News Blog / IPSFriday, May 16, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Peter Hirschberg JERUSALEM, May 16 (IPS) – A rocket attack on the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon this week has again ignited calls in Israel for an invasion of Gaza, but Prime Minister Ehud Olmert still seems more [...]
US/IRAN: Changing of the Guard Key to Talks
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Global News Blog / IPS Tuesday, April 29, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. By Omid Memarian* BERKLEY, California, Apr 29 (IPS) – A week after Senator Hillary Clinton’s harsh remarks that if hardliners in Tehran were to launch an attack on Israel, it would result in the ”total obliteration” of [...]
AUSTRALIA: Seeking a Bigger Global Role
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AUSTRALIA: Seeking a Bigger Global Role Global News Blog / IPS Tuesday, April 29, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Analysis by Stephen de Tarczynski MELBOURNE, Apr 29 (IPS) – Recent overseas trips by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd are said to have projected a more robust image of Australia onto the [...]
AFGHANISTAN: Bid to Slay Karzai Exposes Security Mess
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Global News Blog / IPS Monday, April 28, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. By Anand Gopal KABUL, Apr 28 (IPS) – Violence levels have increased in Afghanistan in the first quarter of 2008, compared to the first part of 2007, a series of newly-released studies indicate. On Sunday, Afghan President [...]
EL SALVADOR: Gangs Are ‘Perfect Scapegoats’, Say Experts
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Global News Blog / IPS April 25, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. By Raúl Gutiérrez SAN SALVADOR, Apr 25 (IPS) – El Salvador, a Central American country of 21,000 square kilometres bathed by the Pacific ocean, is the battleground of a shadowy war between mafias, street gangs and death squads, [...]
POLITICS-US: Hawks Resurgent?
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Global News Blog / IPS April 25, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Analysis by Jim Lobe* WASHINGTON, Apr 25 (IPS) – Are the latest accusations and tough language leveled against Iran, Syria, and North Korea evidence of a resurgence by the remaining hawks in the administration of President George W. [...]
EGYPT: Islamists Given Jail, and a Message
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Global News Blog / IPS April 24, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani CAIRO, Apr 24 (IPS) – A year-long military trial of 40 leading members of the Muslim Brotherhood opposition movement ended last week with stiff jail terms for most of the defendants. [...]
POLITICS-US: Petraeus Promotion Frees Cheney to Threaten Iran
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Global News Blog / IPS April 23, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Analysis by Gareth Porter* WASHINGTON, Apr 23 (IPS) – The nomination of Gen. David Petraeus to be the new head of the Central Command not only ensures that he will be available to defend the George W. Bush [...]
BOLIVIA: ALBA Closes Ranks Around Morales
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Global News Blog / IPS April 23, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. By Humberto Márquez CARACAS, Apr 23 (IPS) – A Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) summit warned Wednesday of the danger of Bolivia “exploding” as a result of the “separatist plan behind the (May 4) autonomy referendum” in [...]
VALID REASONS FOR A MILITARY TAKE-OVER IN NEPAL
Global News Blog Sunday, April 27, 2008 Copyright © B. Raman – South Asia Analysis Group www.southasiaanalysis.org By B.Raman “Ultimately, we will have to fight with the Indian army. That is the situation. Therefore, we have to take into account the Indian army. When the Indian army comes in with thousands and thousands of soldiers, [...]