‘From the Regional Powers’ Archives
Advani: India’s Talks with Pakistan a “Self-Inflicted Insult”
Indian Express | By Agencies | 2 March 2010 Govt's U-turn on Indo-Pak talks was at US nudge: Advani Terming the UPA's stand on Indo-Pak talks as a "self-inflicted insult", he said the only outcome that seemed to have emerged from the recent Foreign Secretary-level talks was that they will stay in touch. "Our Foreign Secretary called the [...]
Afghanistan is just a chessboard to politicians
Rossiyskaya Gazeta | By Vladimir Snegiryov | 2 March 2010 Vladimir Snegiryov believes that all Afghan troubles stem from the fact that many top politicians continue to regard Afghanistan merely as an arena of geopolitical competition. In December 2009, the world was close to seeing a political sensation. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, secretary [...]
Another Indian-American chosen by Obama administration
Times of India | 2 March 2010 WASHINGTON: In yet another appointment of Indian-Americans in the Obama administration, an eminent attorney from the community has been chosen for the US President's Advisory Committee on the Arts. Obama has appointed eminent Indian-American attorney, Amy K Singh, as President's Advisory Committee on the Arts [...]
Occupied Iraq: The Silence is Deafening
Pravda.ru | By Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey | 24 February 2010 The Truth About Iraq: The Country is Out of Control Has anyone noticed how suddenly there is little or no news coming out of Iraq? Have the “insurgents” simply melted away, have they all been paid off? With the British and US troops cowering in massive military bases outside the [...]
Le Parisien Exposes French Nuclear Tests in Algeria in the 1960s
Pravda.ru | 25 February 2010 French Army Performed Nuclear Explosions in Africa to Test Radiation Effects on Humans Read the original in Russian France is in the midst of the discussion of a publication in Le Parisien newspaper. The newspaper published a secret document that throws light on the French nuclear tests in the Sahara Desert [...]
China Shifting from U.S. Treasuries to Gold
Pravda.ru | 25 February 2010 China To Purchase Half of IMF's Gold China has confirmed the intention to purchase 191.3 tons of gold from the International Monetary Fund at an open auction, Finmarket news agency said. World central banks started to increase their gold reserves after prices on gold began to climb in 2001. The IMF sells gold [...]
Russian Weapons, Already Used by Taleban, may also be given to NATO
RIA Novosti | 19 February 2010 Russia may send weapons to Afghanistan, but no troops HELSINKI -- Moscow is considering a request to send weapons to Afghanistan but will not send troops, Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on Friday. "We have received a request to supply weapons to Afghanistan and we are currently examining it," [...]
Japan Overtakes China as Top Foreign Financier of U.S. Wars
China Daily | By Li Jing | 18 February 2010 China's holdings of US Treasury debt slashed China sold $34b in bonds in Dec; Japan becomes biggest foreign holder China drastically slashed its holdings of United States government debt last December, allowing Japan to retake its place as the largest foreign holder of US Treasury bonds. China [...]
Indians See Gain in U.S. Induced Rift between Pakistan Army and Afghan-Taleban
Times of India | 20 February 2010 Pak crackdown on Taliban with eye on Af role? NEW DELHI: The alacrity with which Pakistan has acted against the Taliban in the past few weeks, leading to the arrest of Mullah Omar’s number two Mullah Abdul Baradar among several others, has left many wondering if this is just a ploy by Islamabad to assert its [...]
US Demonizing and Destabilizing Venezuela
Pravda.ru | By Lisa Karpova | 10 February 2010 US Attempts to Demonize and Destabilize Venezuela Will Not Work The United States has been conducting a strident program of disinformation about Venezuela, all aimed at a repeat performance of their 2002 attempt at a coup against the democratically elected government of Hugo Chavez and Venezuela. [...]
