Responding to call by President Morsi (ANSAmed) – CAIRO, JANUARY 28 – Mohamed elBaradei, one of the leaders of Egypt’s main opposition group, the National Salvation Front , said three conditions are essential to accept dialogue with President Mohamed… Read More ›
Escalation / Destabilization Conflict
Egypt unrest: Morsi declares emergency in three cities
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has declared a state of emergency in the cities of Port Said, Suez and Ismalia after days of deadly unrest. A daily curfew from 21:00 to 06:00 will be imposed for 30 days from Monday, he… Read More ›
Death toll rises as gun battles rage in Egypt: The protesters accuse the new president Mohammad Morsi, elected in June with the support of his Muslim Brotherhood group, of betraying the democratic goals of the revolution
Alastair Beach in Port Said is witness to further violence as the unrest escalates Alastair Beach Sunday, 27 January 2013 The streets of Port Said were convulsed by gun battles tonight as groups of civilians, some using Kalashnikov machine guns,… Read More ›
Chinese scholar warns on Japan’s ‘fast turn right’: “Today it will jeopardize China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. Tomorrow it will do the same to yours if unchecked,”
Kyodo Jan 23, 2013 HONG KONG – A scholar at a Chinese Foreign Ministry think tank warned Tuesday that Japan’s political turn to the right must be checked before its negative effects spread through the region.Ruan Zongze, vice president and… Read More ›
Diaoyutai Serves as Backdrop for Taiwan Drill
Jan. 25, 2013 – 11:50AM By WENDELL MINNICK | Members of Taiwan’s Military Journalists Association were wearing a new patch with the phrase “Diaoyutai Is Ours!”, which included the image of a Taiwan soldier planting the Republic of China flag… Read More ›
Egypt deploys troops in Suez after 9 killed on anniversary of uprising
Sat, 26 Jan 2013 02:21 GMT Reuters * Army says deployment will be temporary * Mursi says will pursue “criminals”, urges peaceful protest * Teargas, petrol bombs fly as youths clash with police * With eye on vote, Muslim Brotherhood… Read More ›
A revolution betrayed? Two years after Mubarak, Tahrir Square rises again
Protesters clash with police across Egypt, calling for end to Morsi’s Islamist government Anne Penketh Friday, 25 January 2013 Tens of thousands of boisterous protesters streamed into Tahrir Square in Cairo today denouncing Egypt’s Islamist government on the second anniversary… Read More ›
Office of Egypt’s Brotherhood torched in Ismailia
Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:23 GMT Reuters ISMAILIA, Egypt, Jan 25 (Reuters) – Offices used by the Muslim Brotherhood’s political party were set ablaze in the Egyptian city of Ismailia on Friday, witnesses said, as opponents of President Mohamed Mursi… Read More ›
Egypt protesters storm govt building in Ismailia-witnesses
Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:41 GMT Reuters ISMAILIA, Egypt, Jan 25 (Reuters) – Hundreds of protesters broke into local government offices in the Egyptian city of Ismailia on Friday during demonstrations against President Mohamed Mursi, witnesses said, as violence between… Read More ›
Egypt: January 25; tear gas fired in Tahrir square
Demonstrators try and storm cement walls around square 25 January, 12:39 Egyptian protesters try to dismantle a cement wall erected by police forces near Tahrir square, Cairo (ANSAmed) – CAIRO – Police on Friday morning resumed firing tear gas against… Read More ›
North Korea says plans nuclear test aimed at US
AFP Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 SEOUL – North Korea said Thursday it planned to carry out a third nuclear test and more rocket launches aimed at its “arch-enemy” the United States in response to tightened UN sanctions, but offered no… Read More ›
N.Korea says will boost nuclear deterrent after UN rebuke
Wed, 23 Jan 2013 03:22 GMT Reuters * North Korea space agency will now be blacklisted * Council warns North against new nuclear test * China says sanctions alone don’t work, more diplomacy needed * Pyongyang continues work on… Read More ›
Indian Kashmir advises people to prepare for nuclear war
By Parvaiz Buhkari | AFP – 12 hours ago Police in Indian Kashmir have warned residents to build underground bunkers to prepare for a possible nuclear war in the disputed region, which is on edge after a string of deadly border clashes…. Read More ›
World jobless number seen rising to record high: ILO
22 Jan 2013 GENEVA (AFP) Five years after the global financial crisis hit, unemployment numbers continue to soar, with a record 202 million people worldwide expected to be officially jobless this year, the International Labour Organization said Tuesday. Last year saw… Read More ›
N.Korea capable of building ICBM, says Seoul
Song Sang-ho The Korea Herald Publication Date : 22-01-2013 Debris also shows parts from four European countries North Korea has secured technologies to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles and key components with ranges of around 10,000… Read More ›
Japan talk of warning shots heats up China dispute
By Eric Talmadge Politics Jan. 22, 2013 – 12:40PM JST ( 5 ) TOKYO — Japan says it may fire warning shots and take other measures to keep foreign aircraft from violating its airspace in the latest verbal blast between… Read More ›
Russia to Ban US Politicians, Judges… from entering country
Sunday, 20 January 2013 Russia has prepared a “Guantanamo list” of U.S. officials who will be denied entry visas, officials in Moscow said Friday, the latest apparent retaliation for a U.S. law imposing sanctions on Russians over the death of… Read More ›
U.S. stands by Japan on island dispute with China
Politics Jan. 19, 2013 – 03:20PM JST U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida speak in Washington on Friday.AFP WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued a veiled warning Friday to China not… Read More ›
Morsi blames media : Muslim children “must be nursed on hatred. The hatred must continue!,” Morsi 2010 Quote
Morsi blames media for his ‘apes and pigs’ comment Posted By Neil Munro On 11:02 AM 01/17/2013 @ 11:02 AM In DC Exclusives – Original Reporting,World | No Comments Egypt’s moderate Islamist president is complaining to U.S. Senators that his… Read More ›
Washington warns N. Korea against ‘provocative steps
Cheng Guangjin China Daily Publication Date : 17-01-2013 The United States is pushing for tough sanctions against North Korea amid reports that the country is possibly preparing for a third nuclear test The United States is pushing for tough sanctions… Read More ›
Pakistan paralysed after court demands PM arrest
Tens of thousands stage protest in capital while Ashraf government fears coup plot Saeed Shah Tuesday, 15 January 2013 Pakistan is facing a deepening crisis after the country’s highest court ordered the arrest of the Prime Minister today, just hours… Read More ›
Queen Elizabeth may have more power than we thought
Posted By Joshua Keating Tuesday, January 15, 2013 – 11:39 AM Back in December, after Queen Elizabeth attended a Cabinet meeting — the first British monarch to do so since the American revolution — I wrote a half-serious post wondering… Read More ›
Turkish warplanes strike PKK targets in N. Iraq – media
Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:38 GMT Reuters ISTANBUL, Jan 15 (Reuters) – Turkish warplanes have attacked militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq in the first such attacks since details emerged of talks between the state and the… Read More ›
Ministry may base F-15s near Miyakojima to counter Chinese intrusions faster
Kyodo The Defense Ministry is thinking of stationing F-15 fighter jets at a remote airport halfway from Naha to Taiwan to speed up its response to airspace incursions by China near the disputed Senkaku Islands, government sources said Monday. The… Read More ›
Indian army chief warns Pakistan, saying that India would retaliate at “the time and place of its choice”
Indian army chief warns of reprisal Sri Krishna The Statesman Publication Date : 15-01-2013 Talking tough and describing as “unpardonable” the beheading of a soldier by the Pakistan Army on the Line of Control, the Indian Army Chief, Gen Bikram… Read More ›
China to survey islands disputed with Japan
Jan 15, 2013 11:17 Moscow Time Photo: EPA China is to carry out a geographical survey of islands in the East China Sea at the centre of a bitter dispute with Japan. The survey of the Diaoyu islands was… Read More ›
Indian, Pak troops trade gunfire afresh
News Desk The Statesman Publication Date : 13-01-2013 Indian Air Force chief says India may have to look at “some other options for compliance” if the ceasefire violations by Pakistan continue Indian and Pakistan troops yesterday night traded gunfire along… Read More ›
N. Korea tells China planning nuclear test: report
AFP Saturday, Jan 12, 2013 SEOUL – A North Korean official has apparently told Chinese authorities that the communist state is planning to conduct a third nuclear test in the coming week, a news report said Saturday. “We’ve heard a… Read More ›
Defence chiefs prepare new plans to defend Falkland Islands: Britain may lack sufficient resources to defend
Defence chiefs have drawn up new contingency plans designed to prevent hostile action by Argentina towards the Falkland Islands. HMS Dauntless’ sails up the Thames river Photo: EPA By Sean Rayment, Defence Correspondent 9:00PM GMT 12 Jan 2013 A series of… Read More ›
China Scrambles Fighters after two Japanese F-15s followed a Chinese military plane
China rebukes Japan after both sides’ planes fly near islands News On Japan via Reuters — Jan 12 China criticized Japan on Friday for “creating tension”, a day after China’s air force scrambled two fighters in response to a… Read More ›
France launches air strike in Mali
Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:47 GMT Reuters France’s President Francois Hollande leaves after delivering a statement on the situation in Mali at the Elysee Palace in Paris. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer * French armed forces launch Mali operation * French carry out… Read More ›
Provocation against Russia being prepared in Syria
Alexei Lyakhov, Konstantin Garibov Jan 11, 2013 17:59 Moscow Time Photo: EPA In separate interviews with the Voice of Russia broadcast on Thursday, a host of experts mentioned a new round of information warfare against Bashar Assad and… Read More ›
Kuwaitis financed Brotherhood members held in UAE
Islamists held in the United Arab Emirates accused of planning to topple the government were financed by Kuwaiti nationals, Kuwaiti media reported on Friday, lending support to UAE fears of an international plot against its rulers. The… Read More ›
Third testing of China’s anti-satellite weapons?
Jan 10, 2013 18:23 Moscow Time Photo: EPA A number of US experts in the area of strategic arms based on the information received from the US intelligence community have announced that China is getting ready for the third testing… Read More ›
“Regarding Senkaku, there is no change to my position to resolutely protect this water and territory. There is no room for negotiation on this,”
Japan PM criticises targeting of firms in China row AFP Friday, Jan 11, 2013 TOKYO – China was “wrong” to deliberately target Japanese business interests as part of a state campaign in a row over disputed territory, Japan’s hawkish new… Read More ›
Syria must be defenseless for America to illegaly invade, Rated:XXX ” Russian troops are on the ground”
John Robles Jan 9, 2013 20:31 Moscow Time Photo: EPA Poised and ready to invade Syria and continue its plans for complete global military and political domination at any cost, the US is faltering and has yet to invade Syria…. Read More ›
China and Japan step up drone race as tension builds over disputed islands
Both countries claim drones will be used for surveillance, but experts warn of future skirmishes in region’s airspace Jonathan Kaiman in Beijing and Justin McCurry in Tokyo guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 8 January 2013 11.50 EST The row between China and… Read More ›
Japan summons China’s envoy in latest escalation of tension over disputed islands
News On Japan via New York Times — Jan 09 The Japanese Foreign Ministry summoned China’s ambassador on Tuesday after Chinese ships entered Japanese-controlled waters for 13 hours, a prolonged incursion that seemed to escalate a standoff over a… Read More ›
Indian soldier ‘mutilated in Pakistan attack’
08 Jan 2013 SRINAGAR, India (AFP) Two Indian soldiers were killed in a firefight with Pakistani troops near their disputed border in Kashmir on Tuesday and one of the bodies was badly mutilated, an army spokesman said. Spokesman Rajesh Kalia told… Read More ›
Qatar steps in to ease Cairo cash crisis
Qatar has lent Cairo a further £1.25bn and donated an extra £300m in an effort to control a currency crisis prompted by Egypt’s political turmoil. Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani announced the doubling of funds… Read More ›
Riots in Belfast: 60 policemen injured
Jan 8, 2013 07:25 Moscow Time Photo: EPA The number of police officers injured in riots continues to grow in Belfast. Clashes are taking place in the capital of Northern Ireland for the fifth day in a row. The number… Read More ›
New U.S. Law Seeks Answers On Chinese Nuke Tunnels
Jan. 5, 2013 – 11:55AM By WENDELL MINNICK The U.S. military must consider both conventional and nuclear capabilities to “neutralize” China’s underground nuclear weapons storage facilities, according to a Pentagon authorization signed into law. TAIPEI — The U.S. military must… Read More ›
Poll: Two-thirds of Chinese boycotted Japanese goods over Senkakus dispute
Kyodo Two-thirds of Chinese boycotted Japanese products and almost all Chinese feel anti-Japan sentiment has intensified in the world’s second-largest economy since the government purchased three the Senkaku islets in September, a Kyodo News online survey revealed Saturday. The findings… Read More ›
Japan scrambles F-15 fighter jets after Chinese aircraft spotted near Senkakus
Jiji The Air Self-Defense Force scrambled F-15 fighter jets after a Chinese aircraft on Saturday approached the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, the Defense Ministry reported. However, the Y-12 propeller plane, operated by China’s State Oceanic Administration, did… Read More ›
Indian troops raid Pakistani military post, killing one – Pakistani army
Sun, 6 Jan 2013 06:48 GMT Source: reuters By Mubasher Bukhari ISLAMABAD, Jan 6 (Reuters) – Indian troops raided a Pakistani military post on Sunday, killing one soldier and injuring another, the Pakistani military said, an incident that could… Read More ›
Why 2013 eerily looks like the world of 1913, on the cusp of the Great War.
Eve of Disaster Foreign Policy BY CHARLES EMMERSON | JANUARY 4, 2013 The leading power of the age is in relative decline, beset by political crisis at home and by steadily eroding economic prowess. Rising powers are jostling for… Read More ›
Saudi jets ‘join US strikes against al-Qaeda in Yemen’
Saudi Arabia said to have secretly joined America’s ‘undeclared aerial war’ against terrorists in Yemen LAST UPDATED AT 09:44 ON Fri 4 Jan 2013 JETS from the Saudi Arabian air force have joined US forces in missions designed to… Read More ›
Morsi ” Israeli Jews the descendants of apes and pigs ” 2010 Video
Morsi’s ‘apes and pigs’ comments highlight Obama’s Egyptian problem, experts say Posted By Neil Munro On 1:39 AM 01/04/2013 @ 1:39 AM In DC Exclusives – Original Reporting,World | No Comments Muslims should try to force Jews out of… Read More ›
Nicolas Sarkozy DID take $50 million of Muammar Gaddafi’s cash, French judge is told
John Lichfield Wednesday, 2 January 2013 Documentary proof exists that France’s former President Nicolas Sarkozy took more than €50m from the late Libyan dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, a French judge has been told. The claim, leaked today, was made just before… Read More ›
Egypt satirist faces probe for insulting president
By Tom PerryPosted 2013/01/01 at 1:43 pm EST CAIRO, Jan. 1, 2013 (Reuters) — An Egyptian satirist who made fun of President Mohamed Mursi on television will be investigated by prosecutors following an accusation that he undermined the leader’s standing,… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 