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Blake Brunner: Russia and Iran: Cooperation and Competition
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Sunday, March 8, 2009. Russia and Iran: Cooperation and Competition. This report was also published in an altered form in The ISCIP Analyst. A publication of Boston University's Institute for the Study of Conlict, Ideology, and Policy, 19 Feb 2009.]. In a different twist, Russia may find itself competing against Iran in the former Soviet republics of Central Asia, where Iran has invested in energy-generation infrastructure. As noted in The ISCIP Analyst. Vol XIV No. 10, Iran is financing two hydropow...
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Blake Brunner: Russia and Turkey: Relations between Equals?
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Sunday, March 8, 2009. Russia and Turkey: Relations between Equals? This report was also published in an altered form in The ISCIP Analyst. A publication of Boston University's Institute for the Study of Conlict, Ideology, and Policy, 05 March 2009.]. Prime Minister Erdogan: Thank you very much. Thank you very much. I don't think I will come back to Davos after this. (1). Cautioned that “neither Israel nor Turkey could run the risk” of “spoil[ing] their relationship.” (4). President Medvedev’s comm...
americanpundit.blogspot.com
Common Sense Conspirator: July 2008
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Hypocrisy, hate, disillusionment, uneducated masses, ungratefulness, and misinformation. While these exist in the world around us, there are those who support and appreciate the values, culture, power, and freedoms that we have. This blog aims to expose the contradictions, absurdities, and greatness of the world we live in. Wednesday, July 23, 2008. Sandeela vs. Caylee OR Ratings vs Real News. Is an excellent example. Caylee Anthony. Is another. Madeleine McCann. However, why do we hear about these.
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Common Sense Conspirator: December 2008
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Hypocrisy, hate, disillusionment, uneducated masses, ungratefulness, and misinformation. While these exist in the world around us, there are those who support and appreciate the values, culture, power, and freedoms that we have. This blog aims to expose the contradictions, absurdities, and greatness of the world we live in. Wednesday, December 03, 2008. There has been a long delay in posting. apologies. Work transitions have made my life a little hectic. Posted by Diomedon at 6:41 PM.
incoherenci.blogspot.com
(In)Coherent: 2010-11-21
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Saturday, November 27, 2010. Saudi Arabia Prepares to Hand Power to a Younger Generation. Posted by James M. Dorsey. Links to this post. Friday, November 26, 2010. Elections in Egypt to test Western commitment to democracy. By James M. Dorsey. Egyptians head to the polls on November 28 to vote for their next parliament amid criticism of systematic repression. Will Western nations step up their support for political reform or simply stand on the sidelines? They will take that as a sign of whether the US a...
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(In)Coherent: 2010-12-05
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Friday, December 10, 2010. Judicial Reform in Saudi Arabia: A Battle of the Fatwas. A spate of recent religious opinions and court rulings ranging from the bizarre to endorsement of mutilation issued by prominent Saudi sheikhs and judges highlight the difficulty King Abdullah faces in clamping down on fatwas and codifying the kingdom's largely unwritten Islamic legal regulations. James M. Dorsey reports. Restructuring of the court system. Opposition to the principle of retribution. The preacher, Sheikh Y...
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(In)Coherent: 2010-12-26
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Monday, December 27, 2010. UAE Central Bank Orders Hike Saad and Gosaibi Provisions. The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates has required UAE lenders with exposure to feuding Al Saad Group and Ahmad Hamad al Gosaibi and Brothers to increase their loan loss provisions from 50 to 80 percent. The requirement issued in a circular to all UAE lenders is designed to protect UAE financial institutions from a worst case fallout of the dispute between the two groups. The Central Bank circular asked banks to m...
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(In)Coherent: 2010-10-31
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Friday, November 5, 2010. Awal Bank Asks US Court For Deadline Extension. Charles Russell LLP, the Bahrain-appointed administrator of Awal Bank BSC, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s embattled Saad Group owned by Saudi billionaire Maan al-Sanea, has asked a U.S. court for an extension of the deadline to file schedules of assets and liabilities and a statement of financial affairs in the bank’s application for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Defaults on loans last year by Awal Bank as well as Saudi conglom...
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Politics & Soccer: Important events
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So a pretty important event happened recently which is pretty central to the topics that this blog addresses. Accordingly I'll blow the dust off my blogging keyboard and blog about it. And then we ate some Pho, went home, and, while checking my phone before bed, saw on Twitter that Usama bin Laden was killed. I guess that is kind of important too. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Looking at insurgencies and data selection. AQIM/GSPC kidnaps two in Tunisia. Looking at the surge. A scenario for Iraq.
