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Archive for February 11, 2015
Argentina’s Tangled Web – Who Killed Alberto Nisman? And Why? – OpEd
The evidence already available about Argentine Prosecutor Alberto Nisman’s death from a gunshot to the head creates a strong presumption that he was murdered. By Gareth Porter Alberto Nisman was about to present publicly his accusation that President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her foreign minister, Héctor Timerman conspired to absolve Iran of the 1994 AMIA … Continue reading
Poroshenko Says Ready To Impose Martial Law In Ukraine If No Agreements Reached During Minsk Talks
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Wednesday that he is ready to impose martial law across the country if no agreements are reached at the summit in Minsk, TASS News Agency reports. The leaders of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine are meeting in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, on Wednesday to discuss a last-ditch attempt to negotiate a political … Continue reading
Guess What Happened The Last Time The U.S. Dollar Skyrocketed In Value Like This??
By Michael Snyder Over the past decade, there has been only one other time when the value of the U.S. dollar has increased by so much in such a short period of time. That was in mid-2008 – just before the greatest financial crash since the Great Depression. A surging U.S. dollar also greatly contributed … Continue reading
Why China Wants To Make Japan ‘Tremble': Nikkei
By Nikkei Asian Review China appears to be planning to conduct a military parade in Beijing on Sept. 3 to mark the 70th anniversary of what it calls Victory over Japan Day. Although Beijing has not made any official announcements, local media reports suggest preparations are underway. Platform for Prestige After a long lull amid … Continue reading
As Oil Remains Under Pressure, S&P Cuts Kazakhstan To BBB
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has cut its long-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings of Kazakhstan from BBB+ to BBB with a negative outlook. At the same time, the agency affirmed the country’s short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings at A-2. In addition, the agency downgraded the country’s national scale rating to … Continue reading
India Is Now Fastest Growing Economy – Overtaking China – Following GDP Rebase
India has recently revised the way that it calculates its gross domestic product (GDP), and now – based on the new calculated data – the nation’s economic growth now surpasses the traditional Asian powerhouse of China. However, the revision has been met with some criticism from economists. Two weeks ago the Indian government changed its … Continue reading
Pakistan-India: New Phase Of Nuclear Tensions
By Natalya Zamarayeva “Pakistan reserves the right to safeguard its national security interests; the operationalisation of Indo-US nuclear deal for political and economic expediencies would have a detrimental impact on deterrence stability in South Asia,” the foreign minister of Pakistan said, describing the outcome of the visit of President Barack Obama to India in the … Continue reading
