Niger Crisis escalating after EU suspends all aid to the Country.

By, Uwe Paschen. E.U. Suspends all aid to Niger and freezes all accounts. After Failure of the Niger Government to comply with EU demands as reported in an earlier post. (See links at the end of this post.)...

China showing no mercy to African Nationals smuggling drugs

China is showing no mercy to African Nationals when it comes to drug smuggling. Those convicted are being sentenced to death. " On April 23, Chibuzor Ezekwem, a Nigerian national, was executed for trafficking hard...

Cuba Condemns Israeli Aggression on the Gaza Strip

Cuba's Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque said, Cuba's solidarity with the cause of Palestine and all Arab nations is permanent, firm and militant. "We condemn the latest Israeli military aggression on the...

Dutch protest Britain's Wilders ban

The END of free speech in the EU? "The Dutch foreign minister has protested Britain's refusal to allow right-wing lawmaker Geert Wilders into the country to show his anti-Islam film "Fitna."   Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen says he "deeply regrets" the British...

Hamas leader praises Iran's help in Gaza 'victory'

Considering the outcome of the Gaza war, Hamasneeded much more helpthan it got from Iran."Iran has supported Hamas during and since the 22-day Israeli military operation, which ended more than a week ago after...

Hezbollah, Hamas and Iran cooperate to provoke conflict

"  Egypt aired its grievances against Iran, the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas and the Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah, saying they worked together in the fighting over Gaza to provoke conflict in...

Livni: No Agreements With Terrorists

.This is the viewpoint of theIsraeli government.  It will be hard to reach an agreement withHamas."Unlike Hamas, Foreign Minister Livni noted that "Israel makes a distinction between Hamas and the civilian...

Niger Government may be involved in UN R. Fowler's disappearance.

By, Uwe Paschen.Last December 14th 2008 Robert Fowler and Louis Guay disappeared in Niger, Their Car was fund 45 Km from the Capital City Niamey the following day.No ransom demands have been made since nor has...

Livni: Israel will no longer show restraint when attacked

. Restraint is good and should be applied but when rockets fall on civilians with no  pretense at military targets, then it is time to end the threat with whatever force necessary. "Foreign Minister Tzipi...

Russian and US Rhetoric intensifies on Georgia

These two statements from the Russian and US foriegn Ministers appear to represent irreconcilable differences.  From the Russian side we get this:""One can forget about any talk about Georgia's territorial integrity because, I believe, it is impossible to persuade South...

Will Israel Attack Iran's Nuclear Facilities Before the End of the Bush Admin...

Nouriel Roubini has successfully predicted many things well before they happened or were even seen as plausible.   For this reason, his recent post is particularly ominous."I had the pleasure to meet and...

Minister Maxime Bernier resigns cabinet

This tabloid-perfect story has rocked Harper's government.Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier has just resigned his cabinet position under allegations of security breach involving cabinet documents."Mr. Harper told...

President Yudhoyono in NY for UN general assembly

"Next the president will meet Iraqi Premier Nouri Kamil Al Maliki at 12.35 local time. And later at 16.30 President Yudhoyono is also scheduled to have a similar meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyep...

Yudhoyono to meet World Bank President over Soeharto`s wealth

"The launching of the StAR Initiative was attended by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, World Bank president Robert B Zoelick, the director of the UN office for Drugs and Crimes, Antonio Maria Costa, and a number...

FM Wirajuda denies Singapore parliament has ratified DCA

""The claim made by many (that the Singapore parliament has ratified the DCA) turns out to be untrue," Wirajuda said after attending a limited cabinet meeting at the presidential office here on Wednesday. He said...

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