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The White House was caught off guard when the thirteen hour filibuster of Senator Rand Paul sparked a national conversation about the use of drones and the United States’ warfare in the larger Middle East. The filibuster was staged against the confirmation of John Brennan as the new head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), […]
A two-year-old baby born with the HIV, in Mississippi State, appears to have been cured by US doctors, raising hope worldwide in the fight against the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or AIDS. This scientific breakthrough has been unveiled at the conference held lately in Atlanta to look into “Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections”. The infant is said […]
The free trade agreement between Korea and EU came into force on 1 July 2011. Under the FTA, the EU agreed to eliminate or phase out tariffs on 96% of goods, and Korea for 99% of goods, within three years. Within five years, 98.7% of imports would be tariff-free. Beside tariff reduction, the FTA facilitates […]
The case of the 23 year old medical student raped and battered by six men in December 2012 is still making the headlines and setting India on fire. The young woman just passed away from her injuries in a Singapore hospital, where she was treated after her assailants left her for dead on the street. […]
Libya and Tunisia have reopened lately their crossing border post of Ras Jdir which was closed over security concerns and infiltrations of armed groups that threatened the security in the two North African countries that have changed their despotic ruling regimes. The decision was made by Libyan Prime Minister Dr Ali Zidan and his Tunisian […]
The European Union is pushing the five countries of the Maghreb (Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco & Tunisia ) to enhance their cooperation and foster their integration because the two regional blocs and shores of the Mediterranean share common interests. To reach that goal, the EU High Representative and the European Commission issued a Joint document […]
The fourth ministerial meeting of the international “Friends of Syria” group meeting in Marrakech on December 12 has recognized the newly formed Syrian opposition coalition as “the legitimate representative of the Syrian people”. The recognition is announced in the declaration endorsed Wednesday by the over 100 delegations that attended the meeting, including from the US, […]
After President of Mauritania Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was wounded by gunshot last October 13 in what was officially described as a “an accidental shooting”, he appeared on his country’s State TV to reassure its countrymen that he was in good condition before being airlifted to Paris for further treatment. From that time, there were […]
Regional integration in Africa is a dream that has been cherished for decades, and more precisely since 1961, when the African founding fathers met in Casablanca and laid the cornerstone of the first Pan-African organization, the Organization of African Unity (OAU). Now is regional integration in Africa a utopia or a feasible project? The question […]
Nowadays, as prosecution and conviction determine the importance of a story, we are forced to accept the media line. The Strauss-Kahn affair shows how, by way of justice/journalism, the accused was left to the lions. In May 2011, we were the involuntary witnesses of the ex-Head of IMF’s bankruptcy [Destruction? Character assassination?]. Only a few […]