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Scoop of the day: Iran, Russia, China, Syria to Stage Biggest Joint Wargames in Middle-East
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Scoop of the day. Tuesday, 19 June 2012. Iran, Russia, China, Syria to Stage Biggest Joint Wargames in Middle-East. Outlets reported on Tuesday that Iran. Russia, China and Syria are to conduct joint military exercises in Syria next month. The semi-official Fars News. Outlet, which has ties to the Iranian government, cited "certain unofficial sources" in its report but did not say what those sources were. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Subscribe Now: Feed Icon. Subscribe in a reader.
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Scoop of the day: The Accidental Empire
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Scoop of the day. Saturday, 9 June 2012. It is now clear that the main cause of the euro crisis is the member states’ surrender of their right to print money to the European Central Bank. They did not understand just what that surrender entailed – and neither did the European authorities. The eurozone is now replicating how the global financial system dealt with such crises in 1982 and again in 1997. In both cases, the international authorities inflicted hardship on the periphery in order to protect ...
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Scoop of the day: May Day
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Scoop of the day. Tuesday, 1 May 2012. Noam Chomsky, Reader Supported News. If you're a serious revolutionary, then you are not looking for an autocratic revolution, but a popular one which will move towards freedom and democracy. That can take place only if a mass of the population is implementing it, carrying it out, and solving problems. They're not going to undertake that commitment, understandably, unless they have discovered for themselves that there are limits to reform. Reader Supported News is t...
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Scoop of the day: China's Tianhe-2 retakes fastest supercomputer crown
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Scoop of the day. Monday, 17 June 2013. China's Tianhe-2 retakes fastest supercomputer crown. A China-based supercomputer has leapfrogged rivals to be named the world's most powerful system. Tianhe-2, developed by the government-run National University of Defence Technology, topped the latest list of the fastest 500 supercomputers, by a team of international researchers. They said the news was a "surprise" since the system had not been expected to be ready until 2015. 4 K computer (Japan). It has said it...
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Scoop of the day: Smashing the Spinning Plates
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Scoop of the day. Thursday, 19 July 2012. Smashing the Spinning Plates. Supporters of the Syriza party wave flags at a rally outside a university building following an expected second place in the general election on June 17, in Athens. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images). June 29, 2012. How long can the Eurocrats in Brussels keep the dinnerware in motion? CNN’s Richard Quest recently offered a metaphor for this dream when he compared the European officials to:. So why does Brussels impose these plans?
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Scoop of the day: Rundle: Greece is now the cutting edge of the world
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Scoop of the day. Friday, 18 May 2012. Rundle: Greece is now the cutting edge of the world. Wednesday, 16 May 2012. Six months ago, Greece really was starting to fray — due to the determination of the two major parties, PASOK and New Democracy, to impose the austerity measures of the EU “memorandum” no matter how stupid or self-defeating — and the deep frustration of the public at the impasse between the political system and popular feeling. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Subscribe Now: Feed Icon.
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Scoop of the day: A new form of European union
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Scoop of the day. Wednesday, 13 June 2012. A new form of European union. Here is the biggest question about the eurozone: can we envisage a set of reforms that are not only politically feasible and economically workable, but would let it prosper, as it is. If so, what might they be? And a legacy of unaffordable debt. Furthermore, the forces driving those imbalances generated divergences in competitiveness. These also need to be redressed, as quickly as possible. Will the strategy work? A good way to thin...