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2010-03-21 19:09
Now Available: France Defence & Security Report Q2 2010
The implications of President Nicolas Sarkozy's sweeping White Paper on Defence and National Security, published last June, began to be felt in the last quarter when France rejoined NATO's military command. Sarkozy confirmed the move in March 2009, over 40 years after Charles de Gaulle walked out in ..
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2010-03-19 21:01
New Market Report: South Africa Defence & Security Report Q2 2010
With economic conditions dire and a large part of the population calling for greater economic justice, President Jacob Zuma will find it difficult to strike a balance: a balance between delivering on his electoral promises, and reassuring increasingly concerned foreign investors that he is going to ..
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2010-03-19 20:59
Recent Study: Turkey Defence & Security Report Q2 2010
We expect 2009 to be another year of elevated political risks for Turkey, with long existing sociopolitical divisions to be accentuated by a sharp economic downturn. Most worrying is the impact that the expected 3.3% contraction in gross domestic product will have on the labour market. Already, unem ..
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2010-03-18 19:14
Just Released: "Spain Defence & Security Report Q2 2010"
In September 2009, Spanish Defence Minister Carme Chacón announced that defence spending would be cut in 2010, with spending priorities going on overseas operations in the Middle East and Afghanistan. The cuts were required to allow the Madrid government to guarantee its commitments to social secur ..
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2010-03-18 17:30
Europe supports Taiwan’s participation in international organizations
The European Parliament expressed that it “strongly supports” Taiwan’s participation as an observer in international organizations and activities such as the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This statement ..
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2010-03-17 21:33
Libya Defence & Security Report Q2 2010" Published
Libya has, for the past few years, been reforming its image within the international community. The decision in September 2003 to lift the UN embargo, following an agreement for compensation of Lockerbie victims, has been noticed within the arms trade and political arenas. The lifting of the US and ..
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2010-03-17 20:23
Venezuela's Yukpa indians: Right to be judged by own laws divides government and opposition
VHeadline News Editor Patrick J. O'Donoghue reports:
You will inevitably find a government-opposition coalition supporting and a government-opposition alliance opposing specific issues. The demarcation of indigenous lands and the use thereof for mineral extraction in the Perija sierra in Zulia S ..
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2010-03-17 18:51
Venezuela's National Assembly could pass all six popular power laws within next six months
VHeadline News Editor Patrick J. O'Donoghue reports:
That is the personal opinion of deputy Ulises Daal, member of the Permanent citizen participation committee.
The block contains six bills, he declared, aimed at strengthening popular power and consisting of the following: law of participati ..
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2010-03-17 18:49
VENEZUELA: Intolerant TalCual editor attacks Marxist Alan Woods as Chavez' political meister
VHeadline News Editor Patrick J. O'Donoghue reports:
Petkoff kicked off on dangerous ground by calling the proud Welshman English ... forgetting perhaps that he himself is of Bulgarian-Polish stock, not Serbian or Russian.
Like in the Brazilian article, Petkoff referred to Woods as the latest ..
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2010-03-16 18:22
VENEZUELA: Henry Falcon and the PPT under the spotlight ... Chavism sans Chavez?
VHeadline News Editor Patrick J. O'Donoghue reports:
Falcon returned to Lara on Monday after attending an international city Governors' meeting in Mexico to a hero's welcome. A massive cavalcade took over the city of Barquisimeto in the afternoon in a show of support from opposition sectors, who ..
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2010-03-16 18:08
Lawmakers and Florida's Legislature Move Forward on 'Child Abduction Prevention Act'
The ‘Child Abduction Prevention Act’ bill, known in the Florida Senate as SB1862 and in Florida’s House of Representatives as adjoining bill HB787, if passed, will amend Florida Statute §61.45 by adding certain risk factors of child abduction and provides a list of preventative measures a jud ..
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2010-03-16 16:17
Recently released market study: Kuwait Defence & Security Report Q2 2010
Kuwait has been hit hard by the combination of global crisis and a downturn in the oil price. The outlook for exports and consumer spending remains bleak and we revised down our 2009 growth forecast on the back of lower export projections from our Oil and Gas team. However, we expect the economy to ..
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2010-03-16 16:14
Market Report, "United Arab Emirates Defence & Security Report Q2 2010", published
The overall defence and security environment of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) remained unchanged through late 2009. A sharp economic downturn - the result of the slippage in the oil price relative to 2008 and the collapse of the building boom in Dubai - will have little impact on the government's p ..
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2010-03-16 15:53
Recent Study: John Suffolk, UK CIO: ICT's task of supporting smarter government
The day after an early draft of the government's proposed ICT strategy was leaked, Ovum had an exclusive interview with Government CIO, John Suffolk. He outlined his thoughts on the main challenges facing government today and his vision for the new strategy which he hopes will be published in early ..
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2010-03-16 15:43
New Market Report: Net neutrality: a policy perspective
Net neutrality is a hotly debated topic around the world, and is now high on the political and regulatory agenda not only in the US but increasingly in many EU member states. It originated as a result of a debate between incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) and Internet content and service prov ..
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2010-03-15 14:09
Danish Anti-terror law imprisons Irish writer for supporting FARC and Venezuela's Bolivarian process
VHeadline News Editor Patrick J. O'Donoghue reports:
Funnily enough, the court admitted that it couldn't prove conclusively whether US$9,242 collected for the FARC and Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) reached the groups. It was enough to show that Mac Manus' group "Rebellion" ..
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2010-03-14 23:30
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez: "The class struggle must NOT be hidden..."
VHeadline News Editor Patrick J. O'Donoghue reports:
The people organized in Communes -- as a maximum expression of popular power -- should start thinking about making laws.
Congratulating the National Assembly (AN) for initiating another round of street parliamentarianism to debate draft law ..
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2010-03-14 18:03
Arthur Shaw // With neither provocation nor justification, EU bit Cuba
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/expert/infopress_page/015-70350-067-03-11-902-20100310IPR70349-08-03-2010-2010-false/default_en.htm
VHeadline commentarist Arthur Shaw writes:
The resolution also repeats a call to the Cuban Government for the "immediate and unconditional" release of all pol ..
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2010-03-13 18:33
"Saudi Arabia Defence & Security Report Q2 2010" Published
The economic outlook has worsened in Saudi Arabia, with our latest oil price and production figures having been revised down, and the global climate continuing to deteriorate. Interbank lending remains very tight, and private sector projects continue to be cancelled. However, we are relatively posit ..
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2010-03-12 22:53
"Political prisoners" getting favored status in Venezuelan opposition internal elections
VHeadline News Editor Patrick J. O'Donoghue reports:
The only problem, he mentioned, was in Carabobo because candidates had to travel to Caracas to enrol after violence and punch-ups between traditional opposition parties and opposition student movement candidates last weekend.
The decision b ..
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