Archive du mois : mai 2018

Ilan Pappe: Palestinians secure now not want US for his or her statehood 0

Ilan Pappe: Palestinians secure now not want US for his or her statehood

Doha, Qatar – Prominent Israeli historian Ilan Pappe says US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital has shown the Palestinians that Washington has no interest in helping them achieve statehood.  In an interview with Al Jazeera in Qatar’s capital, Doha, Pappe also said Trump’s positions should make Palestinians realise that American intervention…

The struggles of Myanmar’s peace job 0

The struggles of Myanmar’s peace job

Myanmar’s peace process with ethnic minority groups appears to be floundering because of a deteriorating relationship between the government and its military – or, perhaps, as some would say, the military and its government. No date has been set for a third round of peace talks between the administration of State Counsellor Aung San Suu…

US, China and Saudi Arabia top checklist of militia spending 0

US, China and Saudi Arabia top checklist of militia spending

Global military spending rose last year to its highest level since the Cold War, with the United States, China and Saudi Arabia topping the list, according to a Swedish-based research institute.  In a report published on Wednesday, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) estimated that world military expenditure totalled $1.73tn in 2017, up 1.1…

Opposition chief calls for nationwide strike as crisis deepens 0

Opposition chief calls for nationwide strike as crisis deepens

Nikol Pashinyan, the Armenian opposition leader, has called for a nationwide campaign of civil disobedience after failing to be elected prime minister. The 42-year-old was the sole candidate in Tuesday’s parliamentary vote but could not secure the necessary support of 53 legislators amid a deepening political crisis following two weeks of anti-government protests. Pashinyan, who…

Demo-Be conscious in Chemnitz überwiegend ruhig – Cool gemacht, Polizei! 0

Demo-Be conscious in Chemnitz überwiegend ruhig – Cool gemacht, Polizei!

20.16 Uhr Polizeipräsidentin und Innensenator zufrieden Berlins neue Polizeipräsidentin Barbara Slowik (seit drei Wochen im Amt) und Innensenator Andreas Geisel (SPD) ziehen jetzt schon erste Bilanz: Viele Menschen hätten friedlich gefeiert, sagte Slowik am Dienstagabend im TV. Die sogenannte revolutionäre 1. Mai-Demonstration sei ohne größere Straftaten geblieben, die Teilnehmerzahl rückläufig. Die Polizei werde bei Straftaten…

Prue Leith tells of her brother’s agonising loss of life from bone most cancers 0

Prue Leith tells of her brother’s agonising loss of life from bone most cancers

Prue Leith says her brother died in agony because doctors were afraid of hastening his death under Britain’s euthanasia laws. The restaurateur and TV presenter said David Leith ‘suffered months of agony and a horrific death from bone cancer’ as doctors wouldn’t give him more morphine. Leith was speaking in support of Noel Conway who suffers from motor…

DeWine Took Funds From Individuals of Jihad-Tied Mosque in 2006 0

DeWine Took Funds From Individuals of Jihad-Tied Mosque in 2006

Mike DeWine, a GOP primary candidate for the Ohio gubernatorial race, agreed to attend a 2006 fundraiser with members of a local mosque that was tightly tied to a militant Egypt-born Islamic cleric. Internet archives show that the Noor Islamic Culture Center in Dublin, Ohio, said on its website: On Teusady, April 18Th, Senator Mike DeWine had the opportunity to meet…