"The WAR on error"
Amid the prayers for peace, the Human Security Brief 2006, published just before Christmas, contains some welcome news. In spite of constant news about conflict in Iraq and parts of Africa, the overall situation reveals a diminishing number of conflicts, according to the report.
The new year is the time when Germany's political parties meet to map out their strategies for the coming year and health and labor reforms look set to dominate the political agenda in 2007.
More than 60 years after [WW2], it still comes as a surprise to many to hear that German Jews serve in the German armed forces, the Bundeswehr.
Merkel’s snuggling up to Bush makes clear that—irrespective of a few lone voices who warn against “predatory American capitalism”—the European political elite represents similar economic and social interests as the American ruling class and will resort to similar measures to advance their interests.
Belarus has halted Russian oil supplies to Poland, Germany and Ukraine after a trade row with Moscow escalated.
Supplies of Russian crude oil to refineries in Germany have halted.
Chancellor Merkel said she wanted a new cooperation agreement between the European Union and Russia to include commitments from Moscow that it would be a reliable provider of energy to Europe.
Arab press roundup for today.
If the United States wants to win this war on terrorism then getting tough with Israel would be the best step they could take. Politically, it is a hard choice, but ultimately a sensible and realistic one that would bring about true peace and justice in the Middle East.
By launching a war against Somalia's Islamists, Ethiopia says it was drawing a line in the sand against religious extremism in East Africa. But without quick diplomacy and international aid, analysts caution that the war could radicalize the region's traditionally moderate Muslims.
By its ill-judged invasion of Somalia, Ethiopia has become an accomplice in Bush's war on terror.
The Foreign Ministry spokesman said that the Islamic Republic of Iran calls for unity among Muslims. He called on the countries in the region to exercise vigilance against plots hatched by the enemies and called for thwarting such plots.
The Majlis Speaker said that the enemies intend to undermine the resistance of Islamic Ummah all over the world of Islam and underlined that Muslims' vigilance will prevent the materialization of US plots in the region.
In addition to moving additional military forces into the region, President Bush is putting into place a new political and military command team, all in preparation for an expanded war in the Middle East. The Iraq war could quickly spin into a regional war, with Israel waiting on the sidelines ready to launch an air and missile strike on Iran that could include tactical nuclear weapons.
The Israeli/neoconservative plan, of which Bush may be a part or simply be a manipulated element, is to provoke a crisis with Iran in which the US Congress will have to support Israel. Both the Israeli government and the American neoconservatives are fanatical. It is a mistake to believe that either will be guided by reason or any appreciation of the potentially catastrophic consequences of an attack on Iran. US aircraft carriers sitting off Iran’s coast are sitting ducks for Iran’s Russian missiles. The neoconservatives would welcome another "new Pearl Harbor."
For two years, the Western media has remained notoriously silent on what has already been known and documented, namely the threat of a US-Israeli sponsored nuclear holocaust. The belated report by the London Times confirms what the media has ommitted from its reports in the course of the last two years. The release of this information at this particular juncture could also serve to galvanize the support of public opinion in favour of a first US-Israeli strike nuclear attack on Iran.
By a series of stumbles and lurches, we have come closer to a nuclear conflagration than at any time since the bombing of Nagasaki. Although Israel has - thank Heaven - disavowed reports that it is planning a direct strike against Iran's nuclear facilities, there can be little doubt that Tel Aviv would authorise such attacks if the only other option were a nuclear Iran.
In response to a report on Sunday that Israel planned to attack Teheran's nuclear sites, Iran declared that any attack would provoke a reaction and that "anyone who attacks will regret their actions very quickly." "This step even comes after the Israeli prime minister's admission, which revealed the fact that the Israeli regime has nuclear weapons in its possession. Now this will convince the international community that the main threat to the world, and to our region in particular, is the Zionist regime."
Iran with nuclear weapons is unacceptable, new House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told The Jerusalem Post hours after entering the party leadership position. The Maryland Democrat said the view is shared by his party, rejecting assertions that the Democrats would be weaker than the Republicans on Iran. He also said that the use of force against Teheran remained an option.
The administration's assault on some of the nation's founding principles continues unabated.
While the November elections provided the Democratic Party a public mandate to end the war in Iraq, President Bush has signaled his intent to utilize his institutional powers as Commander in Chief to maintain and even escalate the U.S. commitment, public or congressional opinion notwithstanding.
In the citadel of privilege and power that is Washington, DC, the transfer of congressional control from the Republicans to the Democrats, notwithstanding the gaudy ceremonies and talk of “historic moments,” changes nothing essential. This particular turnover, even by the political standards of the American two-party system, will alter less than many previous transfers of power.
According to a new American Jewish Year Book survey, there are currently 6.4 million Jews in the United States - about a million more than in Israel.
America's biggest threat is largely homegrown and has already infiltrated most of our homes: unhealthy eating habits and no exercise.
Pizza lovers who don't happen to have American currency on them can still purchase their favorite pies with Mexican pesos, thanks to a Texas-based restaurant chain. Starting this week, Pizza Patrón outlets, which caters heavily to Mexicans, will offer the alternative form of payment.
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One of the greatest mysteries of the universe is about to be unravelled with the first detailed, 3-dimensional map of dark matter - the invisible material that makes up most of the cosmos.
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