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Khashoggi's Murder: Saudi Prosecutor Will Seek Death Penalties In Khashoggi Case
Saudi Arabian prosecutors will seek the death penalty for five of the 11 suspects detained over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi...- khashoggi
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North Korea Warns Of 'New Path', But Options Limited
In his New Year address on Tuesday, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned he might take a “new path” if Washington maintains sanctions...- north korea
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Bolsonaro Takes Office
From my favourite author on BRIC. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2018/12/31/on-new-years-day-a-right-wing-president-takes-over-a-greatly-weakened-brazil/#11d1428f157c- Marina Schwarz Replied
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Obrador's tax cuts for U.S. border region
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador issued an executive order on Monday lowering taxes in municipalities along the U.S.-Mexico border. Can anyone see a point...- JohnAtronis Replied
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Too Many Vested Interests Against Peace With Russia
https://tsarizm.com/opinion/2018/12/18/too-many-vested-interests-against-peace-with-russia/- russia
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Venezuela O&G assets next target? China prepares to seize Kenya's port of Mombasa
China's predatory lending to corrupt African countries may bear dividends soon. With all of the predatory loans that China has made to Venezuela's government, it...- Tom Kirkman Replied
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Vainly? Merkel, Macron Demand Russia Release Ukrainian Seame
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron demanded on Friday that Russia release Ukrainian sailors who were seized along with their ships...- Pavel Replied
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Does Any one has Boos Allen Hamilton report
Hi Guys does Any one have a copy of Boos Allen Hamilton 2005 report about china. I tried to Find it couldn't. it's for...- Udara Hemachandra Replied
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Protests in Sudan
I have always said that things and issues in Sudan and also in South Sudan are far from being over, either between both states...- sudan
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Dissolution of Parliament in Israel, call for elections
Just released, Israel will call for elections and dissolution of the Knesset, and Prime Minister Netanyahu under investigations under charges of corruption, which surely...- israel
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Face-off Venezuela EXXON over Guyana
Just a few days ago, according to local and international news outlets, a ship of venezuelan navy had a face off with an exploration...- jose chalhoub Replied
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Mexico And The War Against Corruption?
Public outrage over corruption helped put Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador into office, but his campaign to clean up the country’s government hasn’t...- mexico
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China Accuses Britain, EU Of Hypocrisy Over Canada Detention Concerns
China accused Britain and the European Union of hypocrisy on Monday for expressing concern about China’s detention of two Canadian citizens, saying they had...- damirUSBiH Replied
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From bad to worse: Latin America And The Year That Was And The Year To Come
Without any doubt, 2019 will be a crossroad for many Latin American countries. Let’s paraphrase Shakespeare and Hamlet: To be, or not to be?...- latin america
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Comrade Putin: Russia's President Accuses U.S. Of Raising Risk Of Nuclear War
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused the United States of raising the risk of nuclear war by threatening to spurn a key arms control...- 50 shades of black Replied
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Saudi Arabia not paying its bills for new armor; internal money problems suspected
Is Saudi Arabia in cash difficulties? Could be. The Kingdom has a huge contract for what is known in military-speak as "light armored vehicles,"...- saudi arabia
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"Brothers" in Arms: Kremlin Presses On With Turkey Missile Contract
The Kremlin said on Wednesday Russia was pressing ahead with a contract to deliver advanced S-400 missile air defense systems to Turkey despite the...- rainman Replied
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Instead Of A Withdrawal, An Initiative: Iran Hopes To Agree With Russia And Turkey on Syrian Constitution Forum
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said he hoped to reach an agreement on Tuesday with Russia and Turkey on the composition of a new...- ThunderBlade Replied
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Water. The new oil?
https://www.dr.dk/tv/se/kampen-om-det-rene-vand/-/kampen-om-det-rene-vand-2-3#!/ Interesting documentary. And interesting take on some conflicts around the world.- Rasmus Jorgensen Replied
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Contradictory: Euro Zone Takes Step To Deeper Integration, Key Issues Unresolved
European Union leaders took a step toward deeper euro zone integration on Friday to help prevent future crises, but deep disagreement left key issues...- 50 shades of black Replied
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Sanctions Push Iran to Advance Crypto Efforts
US sanctions accelerate Iran’s blockchain drive I'm the last person to claim they understand anything about blockchain and cryptocurrencies but this sounds like a serious...- Marina Schwarz Replied
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U.S. Senate Advances Resolution To End Military Support For Saudis In Yemen
According to Reuters, the U.S. Senate voted on Wednesday to advance a resolution to end U.S. military support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen’s...- ThunderBlade Replied
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Rage Without Proof: Maduro Accuses U.S. Official Of Plotting Venezuela Invasion
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Wednesday, without providing evidence, that U.S. national security adviser John Bolton was leading a plan to invade the...- PavelP Replied
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Congrats: 4 journalists and a newspaper are Time’s Person of the Year
Time magazine named four journalists and a newspaper on Tuesday as its 2018 Person of the Year for what it said was standing up...- rainman Replied
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Alberta furious; no money for rail tankcars, but Ottawa takes $20 billion to hand to other provinces
Canada has this bizarre extra-tax system to enable the Federal Govt to hand out so-called "equalization payments." The whole idea originally was to give...- Jan van Eck Replied
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Whatever happened during GCC forum in Saudi Arabia?
Another summit took place of a bloc that was supposed to be a very strategic one with decisions to be solidly considered and heard...- gcc
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Venezuela continues to sink in misery
I sadly report that the situation in Venezuela continues to collapse into unreal despair and the country sinks ever farther into the abyss. Two...- Jan van Eck Replied
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Venezuela assumes the presidency of OPEC. Consolation prize.
Venezuela will assume from January 2019 the presidency of OPEC as a mere symbolic consolation prize ( of course its known that it corresponds...- jose chalhoub Replied
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Iran Hopes Iranian-EU Oil Trade Mechanism To Start Working By Year-End
https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Iran-Hopes-Iranian-EU-Oil-Trade-Mechanism-To-Start-Working-By-Year-End.html#join-discussion A breaking news article that shows what Trump's the greatest mistake of his presidency will be using the $ as a weapon and that it...- jaycee Replied
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CDU to Merkel- "Danke", Merkel to CDU- "It's been an honour"
Angela Merkel bowed out as leader of her Christian Democrats on Friday with an emotional speech to her conservative party as it met to...- ThunderBlade Replied
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