Archive du mois : mars 2018

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Russian elections: Who’s running in opposition to Vladimir Putin?

On February 18, the Central Electoral Commission in Russia announced the final list of approved candidates for the March 18 presidential elections. Beside President Vladimir Putin, seven other candidates were allowed to run the race. Two of them – Vladimir Zhirinovsky and Grigory Yavlinsky – have run against Putin in the past. Opposition leader Alexei…

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MBS: Saudis will pursue nuclear weapons if Iran does

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince has announced his country’s readiness to develop nuclear weapons in the event that Iran heads in that direction. The kingdom has expressed alarm at what it views as creeping Iranian influence in the region and has stepped up its efforts to contain what it considers Iran’s expansion through proxy conflicts and direct…

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‘No Survivors’: Vietnam’s My Lai Massacre

The My Lai massacre was one of the worst atrocities of the Vietnam War. Ten years ago, Al Jazeera journalist and Faultlines host Josh Rushing, a former marine himself, visited My Lai as a US veteran returned to the site of the massacre for the first time to meet survivors and set the record straight.…

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Russia’s elections: ‘Unheard of fight for turnout’

On March 18, Russians will head to the polls to vote in the seventh presidential election since the collapse of the Soviet Union in December 1991. Eight candidates are running in the race, including the incumbent president, Vladimir Putin, who seems poised to win his fourth term in the Kremlin. While the Russian president is…

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Over $60 billion wiped off cost of cryptocurrencies in 24 hours as bitcoin dash continues

A number of factors have weighed on the price of cryptocurrencies. The first major one was selling by the trustees of collapsed Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Mt.Gox. It closed in 2014 and filed for bankruptcy after losing around 850,000 bitcoins. Its founder Mark Karpeles, recently pleaded not guilty to charges of embezzlement. A trustee of the…

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Right Madrid in for Alisson

Real Madrid have made Roma’s Alisson their top goalkeeper target, according to reports in Spain. Los Merengues are keen to secure an upgrade for Keylor Navas, and have been heavily linked with Manchester United’s David De Gea for several seasons. Chelsea shot-stopped Thibaut Courtois is another option, but Mundo Deportivo reports that their top target…

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Small food allowed to enter Syria’s besieged Japanese Ghouta

Some 25 trucks of food aid have entered the town of Douma in Syria’s besieged Eastern Ghouta, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).  The convoy, facilitated by the ICRC as well as the United Nations and the Syrian Red Crescent crossed into Douma on Thursday through the al-Wafideen crossing. The ICRC…