2 April, 2011

“Britain must abide by the UN and negotiate over Malvinas Islands issue”, says Kirchner

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Comunicas Argentina.- President Cristina Fernández expressed on Saturday her rejection “to the colonialism that still disgraces humanity in the 21st century” and asked Britain to abide by United Nations resolutions and sit down to negotiate with Argentina over the issue of sovereignty on the Malvinas Archipelago, as informed by Télam. The President spoke at the [...]

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30 March, 2011

“Military action on Libya by the USA and allies is illegal by the international law”

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Comunicas global.- On 19 March 2011, Western nations started the third international armed conflict against a Muslim country in the last decade. They went to great pains to claim that the use of force against Libya was legal, but an application of international law to the facts indicates that in fact the use of force [...]

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27 March, 2011

The United States, Libya and oil

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Comunicas United States.- Cynicism is not a healthy sentiment, and as the late Molly Ivins pointed out, it absolutely wrecks good journalism. But watching events in the Middle East unfold these days makes it a pretty difficult point of view to avoid. Let's take the current U.S bombing of Libya. The rationale behind United Nations [...]

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6 May, 2011

“Bin Laden knew his enemy”

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Comunicas United States.- The killing of Osama bin Laden is being celebrated by the U.S. media and government officials who spin it as one of the most important events since September 11, 2001. To the extent that it weakens Al-Qaeda, that would certainly be a gain. But it is worth taking a sober look at [...]

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1 May, 2011

Osama Bin Laden has been killed

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Comunicas United States.- Al-Qaeda founder and leader Osama Bin Laden has been killed by US forces, President Barack Obama has said. The US is said to be in possession of Bin Laden's body. The al-Qaeda leader was killed in a ground operation in a mansion outside Islamabad in an operation based on US intelligence, reports [...]

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10 April, 2011

Peru’s presidential: Humala and Fujimori will go to second round on 5 June

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Comunicas Peru.- Peru's presidential election will go to a second round on 5 June, pitting former army officer Ollanta Humala against Keiko Fujimori, daughter of disgraced ex-leader Alberto Fujimori. No candidate received the 50% needed to secure victory outright in the first round on Sunday. With 75% of votes counted, Mr Humala has 29.3%, while [...]

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10 April, 2011

To Libya with God on our side

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Comunicas United States.- “I will never hesitate to use our military swiftly, decisively, and unilaterally when necessary to defend our people, our homeland, our allies and our core interests. That's why we're going after al-Qaida wherever they seek a foothold… God Bless you, and may God Bless the United States of America.” Obama speech on Libya, March 28, 2011.

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