Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Nov 29, 2008	How many countries will emerge from the US?
By BERİL DEDEOĞLU: Izvestia Today has reported that Professor Igor Panarin, the head of the Diplomatic Academy of Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, an expert about American-Russian relations and propaganda wars, said some 10 years ago that the US would face a huge economic crisis, and...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Nov 19, 2008	Washington summit: converting G8 into G20?
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Fedyashin) - On November 14-15, 2008, Washington, D.C. hosted the G20 Leaders Summit on Financial Strategy and the World Economy. The summit achieved general agreement on how to cooperate in key areas to strengthen economic growth, deal with the...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Nov 13, 2008	Obama, expectations, realities and ‘those’ Muslims
By MUHAMMED ÇETİN: All around the world people rejoiced when Barack Obama was elected US president. Some perceive his election as a victory against "aggressive and unilateral neocon interests across the world." However, there are exaggerated expectations about the course of action...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Oct 12, 2008	Everyone is entitled to their beliefs...
Differences are as old as the saints: By KARAN MINNIS, Guardian Lifestyles Reporter - Nassau, Bahamas: In a country with over 200 churches and 15 denominations it is sometimes hard to understand and appreciate the beliefs of others. As a result, some may find it hard to understand why one...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Oct 3, 2008	The battle of hope and experience
From The Economist print edition: Will America choose the old hero who favours tax cuts for business and the rich and backed George Bush’s wars? Or the young man who promises health care for all, a swift exit from Iraq and more money for the average worker? As America’s financial system...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Oct 1, 2008	Bailout Blues
By Joseph E. Stiglitz: It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that the United States’ financial system – indeed, global finance – is in a mess. And now, with the US House of Representatives having rejected the Bush administration’s proposed $700 billion bailout plan, it is also...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Sep 19, 2008	Hydrocarbons - the formula of war
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator Ilya Kramnik) - Hydrocarbon prices, new nuclear and hydro-power plants, oil blackmail - energy is now one of the central issues discussed in the world. Even the defense sector is not immune: many analysts tend to view most 20th century wars as wars for...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Aug 26, 2008	NATO – the paper alliance
(John Laughland for RIA Novosti) - As the dust settles on the conflict in South Ossetia - and as it vanishes progressively from the headlines in the Western press - one thing has become overwhelmingly clear. It is that Georgia will now never join NATO and that the balance of power in the world...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  May 25, 2008	Martí’s Immortal Ideas
Reflections of Fidel: JUST a few days ago, a friend of mine sent me the text of a report from Gallup, the well-known U.S. opinion pollster. I started to leaf through the material with the natural lack of confidence given the lying and hypocritical information usually used against our...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Apr 5, 2008	The Chinese Victory (Part I)
Reflections of Fidel: WITHOUT some basic historical knowledge, the subject I am dealing with could not be understood. In Europe, people had heard about China. In the autumn of 1298, Marco Polo told marvelous tales about an amazing country he called Cathay. Columbus, an intelligent and...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Feb 24, 2008	Reflections by President Fidel Castro: The Republican Candidate - (Part Five and Last)
THE articles introduced in yesterday’s reflection, on February 14, were written in the last two or three days. More than two weeks ago, on January 27, 2008, the digital publication Tom Dispatch reproduced an article translated for Rebelión by Germán Leyens: "Why the Debt Crisis is Now the...... [view]