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IMF: South Africa, Nigeria to see slower growth in 2017
Strong data from mining and manufacturing helped boost the South African economy in Q2 [Xinhua]
Low commodity prices, policy uncertainty and weak investor confidence have pushed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to lower its 2017 economic growth forecasts for Africa’s two largest economies.
In its World Economic Outlook Report, the IMF brought South Africa’s forecast GDP expansion for next year down to 0.8 per cent, compared with the 1 per cent it had originally anticipated in July. -
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Vladimir Putin addressed State Duma October 5th, 2016
The President spoke at the first meeting of the State Duma of the seventh convocation. October 5th, 2016 President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Members of the State Duma, friends, It gives me great pleasure to welcome you and congratulate you on the opening
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Why Deterring ‘Unprecedentedly Terrible Nuclear Attacks’ Is Now on the Pentagon’s Agenda
By Yuriy RUBTSOV | Strategic Culture Foundation | 05.10.2016 Speaking at Minot Air Force Base (North Dakota) on Monday, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter accused Russia of «nuclear saber-rattling» and argued that even though the Cold War is long over, the US Army still needs nuclear weapons to deter Russia and other potential aggressors from […]
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Ignorance and Dishonesty: Trump, Hillary, and Nuclear Genocide
Should the United States reject the “first use” of nuclear weapons? That question was put to Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump during their first debate. Colonel (retired) Andrew Bacevich asks us to take their answers seriously in his latest insightful essay at TomDispatch.com, which I urge you to read here in full.
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Thomas Campbell: Men will weep for him when many a guilty martial fame is dim
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Russian position on OPCW-UN JIM report on Syria
Ambassador’s view | RT | October 5, 2016 The OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) has recently presented the UN Security Council with its third report, in which it alleges the Syrian Armed Forces were involved in two uses of chemical weapons in Syria. While appreciating the significant amount of work done by the JIM and […]
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The Syrian War To Free Itself From The Evil US/Israel/NATO Criminal Cabal: Battle Of Aleppo Is End Of History In The Middle East
I am continuing to keep track of the situation in Syria.... Even as I type this report, the good guys, the Syrian government forces and their Arabic and Russian allies, are continuing to squeeze what is left of the so called "rebels" holed up in eastern Aleppo city into an ever smaller pocket.... These fraud "rebels" and US bought and paid for murderous mercenaries are now fully cut off from any more supplies of weapons and their numbers are being reduced by the hundreds on a daily basis....
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Did The UN Truly Confirm Aleppo Aid Convoy Attack Was an Air Strike? No!
If you were headline skimming today, you could be forgiven for thinking there was some real hard evidence of an airstrike. Especially with headlines claiming "UN Expert" employing a big fat, appeal to authority, logical fallacy.
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Covert strikes on Assad back on US table to prevent ‘fall of Aleppo’ – report
RT | October 5, 2016 Top Washington officials are set to discuss striking positions of the Syrian military without a UN Security Council resolution. Bombing air force runways with missiles fired from coalition planes and ships is being considered, according to a report. “One proposed way to get around the White House’s objection to striking […]
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Colloque AGP : « le financement du terrorisme » (samedi 22 octobre)
Date : Samedi 22 octobre 2016, de 14h à 19h
Lieu : La Sorbonne, ParisL’Académie de Géopolitique de Paris organise le 22 octobre 2016, de 14h à 19h à la Sorbonne un colloque international intitulé : « L’oubli du paramètre géopolitique au Moyen-Orient : le cas du financement du terrorisme »
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IMPORTANT: Possible disruptions of the Saker blog in the next couple of days
Dear friends, First, as you have already noticed, we are having some problems with our servers. This is why the blog was unreachable during most of Tuesday. The person in
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“Israel” Worried about Russian S-300 Missiles
Al-Manar – October 5, 2016 The deployment of Russian SE-23 missiles to Syria undermines the Israeli deterrence against the Syrian military force and Hezbollah, and enhances the power of Iran indirectly, Zionist daily Yadiot Aharonot reported Wednesday. “All of this gets here at a time where there is no confirmation that the Americans will take […]
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The Unmourned Plutonium Disposal Deal
Exclusive: An apparent casualty of the New Cold War was a U.S.-Russian agreement for eliminating weapons-grade plutonium but the deal’s death is not being mourned by either side, as Jonathan Marshall explains. By Jonathan Marshall Despite America’s constant demonization of…Read more →
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Who's Been Mean To Trump So Far This Week?
Yesterday the Washington Post pointed out that Trump's self-proclaimed expertise includes knowing more than anyone about the military, taxes, bankers, debt, renewables, social media, money...
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Iran denies US claim over Houthi missile
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi Press TV – October 5, 2016 The Iranian Foreign Ministry’s spokesman has denied claims made by a US official that a missile used by Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah fighters to destroy an Emirati military vessel was made by Iran. Bahram Qassemi added on Tuesday that the US should take a […]
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Saudi Arabia: Investigations into War Crimes in Yemen “Prohibited”
Al-Manar – October 5, 2016 Saudi Arabia rejected a request by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Bin Al-Hussein to form an international commission of inquiry into war crimes committed in Yemen. “Riyadh does not support the call of the High Commissioner to form an international investigation committee,” Saudi Minister of […]
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Are the Russians Really Coming?
On May 22, 1949 the first US Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, who avidly promoted Russophobia and anti-Russian hysteria in American society, stepped out the window, with the last words from his mouth being: “The Russians are coming“.
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Who is Driving Tensions on the Korean Peninsula?
October 5, 2016 (Joseph Thomas - NEO) - With North Korea's recent nuclear weapon test, it appears the East Asian state is transitioning from possessing a demonstration capability toward hosting a functional nuclear arsenal.
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Our wor(l)d is beautiful
Editor-in-chief Seán Dagan Wood introduces issue 87 of Positive NewsThe post Our wor(l)d is beautiful appeared first on Positive News.
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CHINA, RUSSIA, AND SYRIA
4.85/5 (20) Forget about a unipolar solution to the mess in Syria. Not only has Mr. Putin intervened in the country, but China is…
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As Syrian Forces Make Gains in Aleppo, the US Intends to Escalate
Events in northern Syria have taken a dramatic turn in recent days, beginning with an unprecedented US airstrike on Syrian army positions in Deir ez-Zor. US officials have said they were aiming for ISIS targets but struck Syrian army positions accidently, killing 62 soldiers and exposing the remaining survivors to an Islamic State offensive.
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Why did I sign the 20/2/2015 Eurogroup agreement? What is DiEM25’s strategy for democratising Europe?
Yanis Varoufakis responds to Alexis Cukier and Patrick Surain, who challenged him on his time as Greek finance minister, the feasibility of reforming existing EU structures, and a left-wing exit from the EU. Read ‘the challenge’ here. Friends, Thank you … Continue reading →
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Impressive list of elected DiEM25 Coordinators & Advisors has been announced
Leading activists, artists, scholars and political figures take central role in DiEM25 Linguist Noam Chomsky, novelist Elif Shafak, artist/musician Brian Eno, activist Zoe Gardner and fashion designer/environmental activist Vivienne Westwood are amongst those elected by DiEM25’s members to coordinate the movement’s activities. (See full announcement at DiEM25.org).The teams that will … Continue reading →
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Robotlivet. Risker och möjligheter med artificiell intelligens
Människa och minneskortKarim Jebari, Dorna Behdadi och Stefan Fölster resonerar om vad den nya och allt smartare tekniken innebär för vår tillvaro.Självkörande bilar och obemannade drönare. Det är två exempel på nya saker som håller på att utvecklas till att bli alltmer skickliga på att utföra sina uppgifter utan att den mänskliga faktorn lägger näsan i blöt. Men vem är ansvarig om de själva klantar till det - om den självkörande bilen krockar eller den obemannade drönaren bombar civila?Den nya tekniken skapar nya förutsättningar för vår tillvaro, och väcker inte bara etiska frågor.
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Yahoo Caves in to NSA, FBI and Secretly Monitors its Email Accounts for US Government
21st Century Wire says…
This will rank as one of the most egregious miscarriages of consumer trust in US history.
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What We Talk About When We Don’t Want To Talk About Nuclear War
Originally posted at TomDispatch. You may have missed it. Perhaps you dozed off. Or wandered into the kitchen to grab a snack. Or by that point in the proceedings were checking out Seinfeld reruns. During the latter part of the much hyped but excruciating-to-watch first presidential debate, NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt posed a […]
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The Colombian Conundrum
The narrow rejection of the Colombian referendum that was supposed to have approved a peace accord between the government and the FARC guerrilla group should have surprised exactly no one. That’s because the conflict that has wracked Colombia goes all the way back to 1948: imagine if our Civil War had lasted nearly seventy years. […]
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America’s Outdated Special Relationship With Saudi Arabia
The current US presidential campaign debate on Middle East policy has focused disproportionately on the US response to the Islamic State (ISIS or IS). This series will focus instead on five alternative Middle East policy challenges facing the next president. This fourth part discusses the US-Saudi special relationship. See part one on Iraq, part two […]
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Why is a Hong Kong "Activist" in Bangkok?
Joshua Wong's arrest at a Bangkok airport is portrayed as a slight against "democracy," yet the US-funded and backed agitator undermines his own principles of "self-determination" by meddling in another nation's politics. Joshua Wong.October 5, 2016 (The New Atlas) - Thai PBS in its article, "
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LIONEL PODCAST: The Fix Is In —Trump’s Throwing It
He’s throwing the election. You know it. And so do I. With an opponent as horrid and profoundly corrupt as Hillary Clinton with the steamer trunk baggage that she has, you mean to tell me Trump’s resorted to his petulant and juvenescent brand of fat shaming name-calling as a legitimate vehicle of campaigning? No, Sparky, he’s throwing the election. The fix is in.
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Trump Live Tweet of Veep Debate Upstages Pence
United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Tuesday, October 4, 2016 Assange Disappoints Myrmidons by Failing to Deliver Promised Anti-Clinton Scandals; Eichenwald Reveals GOP Candidate’s Preference for Chinese Steel; State Department Unwisely Suspends Syria Talks with Russia, but Russian-American Division of Labor Against Terrorism May Be Emerging; Beware Brand X Polls; Shift of [...]
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Polling Conducted After September 26 First Presidential Debate Shows Increasing Leads for Clinton over Trump Nationally and in Most Battleground States
United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Monday, October 3, 2016 Contest May Be Breaking Open in Favor of Democrats; GOP Standard-Bearer Increasingly Erratic, Antagonizing Veterans, Taxpayers, Latinos, Women; His Edge Among White Voters Starting to Erode; Will Tuesday’s Vice Presidential Debate Moderators and Fact Checkers Let Mike Pence Conceal His Subservience to [...]
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Son of Former Deputy PM Assassinated; 144 Killed in Iraq
Gunmen killed the son of a former deputy PM of Iraq.
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Who is Driving Tensions on the Korean Peninsula?
With North Korea’s recent nuclear weapon test, it appears the East Asian state is transitioning from possessing a demonstration capability toward hosting a functional nuclear arsenal. While analysts believe North Korea has yet to miniaturise its nuclear weapons to fit in rocket-launched warheads, the frequency and size of the nation’s nuclear tests indicate expanding capabilities in both research and development as well as in fabrication and deployment.
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Russian Business Interests in China
Russian President, Vladimir Putin, was the key player at the G20 Summit that took place in September 2016 in China. This was due to not only political reasons: the Russian leader managed to garner extra popularity with international media outlets all because of an unexpected gift – a box of Russian ice cream, which Mr Putin personally presented to the President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping.
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WND VIDEO See Hillary's Libyan Jihadi Atrocities by Dr. Jerome Corsi
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Is He From Mars? Pence Will Have To Try To Make This Sound Normal Tonight
The other day, Keith Olbermann recorded a telling little segment about dogs and Trump. To anyone who's ever been a friend of a dog-- and who, besides Trump, hasn't been?-- it's bad enough on it's own. But when you look at it in a broader context, Trump's psychological unfitness for leadership, it becomes even more interesting.
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5 Stories the Media Ignored While Reporting on the Kim Kardashian Robbery
Here's what they should have been talking about instead.
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The NYT’s Neocon ‘Downward Spiral’
By Robert Parry | Consortium News | October 4, 2016 The New York Times’ downward spiral into a neoconservative propaganda sheet continues with another biased lead article, this one on how the Syrian war has heightened U.S.-Russia tensions. The article, bristling with blame for the Russians, leaves out one of the key reasons why the […]
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Syria UN envoy: Israel supporting terror in occupied Golan Heights
Press TV – October 4, 2016 Syria’s Ambassador to the UN Bashar al-Jaafari says Israel’s occupation of the Syrian Golan Heights is a direct threat to regional stability and security. Jaafari made the remarks while addressing the 71st session of the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday. He noted the Israel’s support for […]
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U.S. Troops Being Deployed to Iraq May Face Violent Resistance From Iraqi State Militias
My belief is, we will, in fact be greeted as liberators.
– Dick Cheney on NBC’s Meet the Press, March 16, 2003
Late last week, we learned President Obama was sending additional “boots on ground” to Iraq in order to push ISIS out of Mosul.
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