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Video: 45 killed: Gloom engulfs LAHORE following twin SUICIDE don’t give up now!

45 killed: Gloom engulfs LAHORE following twin SUICIDE Don’t give up now! Don’t be confused people you are squeezing them, they are on the run and getting desperate, now is the time to step harder. This is coming together. White House Weighs (...)

17 Mar. 2010 | | James Joiner

Forward Thinking Telecoms

Executives from the telecoms industry have just met at the closed-door NGT20 meeting to discuss the vision for the future and key growth markets. 2010 so far has been un-momentous in the telecoms industry, but this is about to change if we are to believe (...)

10 Mar. 2010 | | Emma Naylor

Goodbye to ’Churchillism’: from Munich and Suez to the Iraq war

Goodbye to 'Churchillism': from Munich and Suez to the Iraq war

Gordon Brown’s role in the Iraq war will come under focus today when he gives evidence to the Chilcot inquiry. By Gerry Hassan. The Iraq war is the point where Tony Blair lost his political touch, and became ‘Bliar’ in the eyes of many (...)

5 Mar. 2010 | | openDemocracy

Canada : Rocco Rossi pokes fun at Smitherman and talks policy at the Board of Trade

Rocco Rossi delivered the second major speech of his campaign on Wednesday, in which he focused on the city’s finances and gave new details about his plans for the TTC. The speech was held in front of a sold out crowd as part of the (...)

5 Mar. 2010 | 1 comment | BlogTO

Yemen’s Push Into the Gas Sector Fails to Stimulate Great Excitement and Raises Disturbing Questions

Yemen's Push Into the Gas Sector Fails to Stimulate Great Excitement and Raises Disturbing Questions

With Yemen’s oil revenues plunging, the government’s push into the gas market seemed like an economic saving grace for a state wracked by poverty and terrorism, but analysts warn more thought should be given to carving out the country’s (...)

4 Mar. 2010 | 1 comment | Staffjam

Renewed Battle for the Falkland Islands Suits the Embattled British, Argentine Leaders, and Others

Renewed Battle for the Falkland Islands Suits the Embattled British, Argentine Leaders, and Others

The artificially-engendered revival of the dispute, which began in February 2010 between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, has been portrayed as a posturing by embattled Argentine Pres. (...)

2 Mar. 2010 | 1 comment | Staffjam

New Framework for European Geothermal Industry Encourages exploration companies to investigate new resources

New Framework for European Geothermal Industry Encourages exploration companies to investigate new resources

I’ve received a copy of a new regulation framework for geothermal energy in Europe. Handed to me by a colleague last week, whose associate led the drafting of the document. Geothermal is still an infant industry. In many countries, governments lack (...)

2 Mar. 2010 | 1 comment | Staffjam

China’s Ambitions Reshaping South Asia as it Surges into India’s backyard

China's Ambitions Reshaping South Asia as it Surges into India's backyard

It’s a truism that the 21st century future of not just Asia, but the entire world, will be significantly determined by the relationship between the globe’s two fastest-growing large economies, China and India. As most observers know, there (...)

1 Mar. 2010 | 1 comment | Staffjam

A very discrete Turkey Season in France

A very discrete Turkey Season in France

Don’t know what I mean by Turkey season? Don’t you worry, surely you are not on your own, The ‘Year of Turkey’ – also commonly referred to as Turkey Season in France started in July 2009 and ends in a few weeks on the 31st of (...)

1 Mar. 2010 | 1 comment | Arzum Karasu

In November I asked: Natanz, Qom, Arak, Isfahan, Bushehr, how many more nuclear facilities? How will this end?

In November I asked: Natanz, Qom, Arak, Isfahan, Bushehr, how many more nuclear facilities? How will this end?

Israel unveils drone that ’can reach Iran’. We are finding out how more every day and it isn’t good as Iran ’to build 2 new nuclear enrichment sites’ and Israel unveils drone that ’can reach Iran’. Iran ’to (...)

25 Feb. 2010 | 1 comment | James Joiner

Tide Turns As Kurds Push For Oil Law Amid South’s Sudden Bright Future

Tide Turns As Kurds Push For Oil Law Amid South's Sudden Bright Future

For a long time, the northern Kurdistan region was seen as the most attractive oil market in the country but the latest bid rounds in December and subsequent contract signings in the south have made it suddenly “less clear that Baghdad actually (...)

25 Feb. 2010 | 1 comment | Staffjam

Remedying Consumer Trust – Pharma Execs Unite

Remedying Consumer Trust – Pharma Execs Unite

An elite gathering of the leading Pharmaceutical Executives will be meeting to discuss how they plan to rebuild consumer trust ahead of the NGP EU summit hosted by GDS International It has been no secret that consumer trust in the pharmaceutical industry (...)

25 Feb. 2010 | 1 comment | Emma Naylor

More Mobile than Banking

More Mobile than Banking

Finance leaders across the US will meet to discuss Mobile Banking Growth. Mobile companies are now jumping on the Finance bandwagon, Nokia have just announced the launch of a mobile financial service which they plan to roll out next year. The growth (...)

23 Feb. 2010 | 1 comment | Emma Naylor

Britain alleges Brit tortured by Pakistan at US behest: That was not torture, you tell me!

Britain alleges Brit tortured by Pakistan at US behest: That was not torture, you tell me!

UK Document Calls US Actions Torture, it gets worse but should it? Okay lets talk torture! Water boarding we have discussed many times. That most definitely is torture and there is no gray area there. However sleep deprivation? I can handle that. If (...)

16 Feb. 2010 | 2 comments | James Joiner

Eurozone vanity

Eurozone vanity

Latest word is that the eurozone group is holding an emergency video conference this afternoon to discuss Greece’s economic situation and possible ways to go ahead with a much anticipated (read: much feared) bailout of the country. This (...)

11 Feb. 2010 | 3 comments | Blogactiv Team

Congress Pushing for Radical Steps to Shake up Iran with New Energy Sanctions

Congress Pushing for Radical Steps to Shake up Iran with New Energy Sanctions

U.S. lawmakers are toughening their stance on Iran’s energy industry with new economic penalties, but experts doubt the Islamic regime will pay much attention and is more likely to open the doors even wider to other players eager to replace fleeing (...)

10 Feb. 2010 | 3 comments | Staffjam

Europe’s role in losing Ukraine

Europe's role in losing Ukraine

On the eve of the crucial run-off in Ukraine’s presidential election, Fabrizio Tassinari argues that enlargement fatigue in the EU has meant that since the Orange Revolution Ukraine has been offered no real prospect of joining Europe. By Fabrizio (...)

5 Feb. 2010 | 3 comments | openDemocracy

Wind Power and Renewables Under Fire over Corruption and Shortcuts

Wind Power and Renewables Under Fire over Corruption and Shortcuts

Wind energy business comes under fire over subsidies and corruption. We also look at the Obama administration’s geothermal program, climategate and renewable energy issues. In a global economic scene dominated by continuing uncertainty, one of the (...)

4 Feb. 2010 | | Staffjam

Mediflights Transporting Critical Haitian Patients to the US have been Suspended for Questionable Reasons

Mediflights Transporting Critical Haitian Patients to the US have been Suspended for Questionable Reasons

MediVacFLights have been suspended from Haiti Since Wednesday, this was not made public until Late Friday Night.And the Whitehouse Spokesperson and the Governor of Florida are giving very different accounts of the situation. More Importantly this (...)

1 Feb. 2010 | 2 comments | Enigma4ever

Despite the Biased rhetoric I got I was right as without a doubt, Iran has both civilian, military nuke programs!

Despite the Biased rhetoric I got I was right as without a doubt, Iran has both civilian, military nuke programs!

’Without a doubt, Iran has both civilian, military nuke programs’ I have been saying for years that they are stalling us until they achieve their goal of attaining nuclear weapons. I knew their civilian program was a cover for their long term (...)

29 Jan. 2010 | 3 comments | James Joiner

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