Erstmals seit sieben Monaten zeigte sich der Diktator wieder in der Öffentlichkeit: Er attackierte den Westen, die arabischen Nachbarn und die Opposition. Zurücktreten will er nicht.

Mit Hagel würde zum ersten Mal ein im Kampf mehrfach verwundeter und mit dem Tapferkeitsorden „Purple Heart“ dekorierter Veteran an die Spitze des Pentagon gelangen.

little attention has been paid to another recent failure of statesmanship by both of those branches of government: the perpetuation of laws and policies that undermine civil liberties and government transparency in the name of the „war on terror.“

In the memoir, which is due out on Monday, General Stanley McChrystal writes that tension was evident from the outset, with conflict largely focusing on the „decision making process on Afghanistan“. In excerpts reported by the US media, the general said the effects of the disconnect between the White House and the department of defense had been „costly“.

Don‘t waste too much of your time paying attention to a possible „united bloc“ of the center-left. A. Because this is mostly spin aimed at getting more votes from within the bloc.

“I was very happy to hear Livni’s statements,” Yachimovich said Saturday, adding that she is happy that her announcement form Thursday has “made waves.”

Israels Ministerpräsident Benjamin Netanyahu hat Pläne zum Bau eines elektrischen Zauns an der Grenze zu Syrien angekündigt, um den jüdischen Staat vor „Terrorismus“ zu schützen.

Ihm zufolge wurde der Konflikt in Syrien absichtlich geschaffen, um, einerseits, das Regime in Damaskus zu schwächen und, andererseits, die genannten Terroristen loszuwerden.

„The second stage: First, the current government calls for a comprehensive national dialogue conference for reaching a national charter that adheres to the Syrian sovereignty, its unity and territorial integrity.

It also rejects foreign interference and renounce all types of terrorism and violence, as this charter would draw the political future of Syria and propose the constitutional and judicial systems and depict the political and economic features, in addition to the agreement on new laws for parties, elections, local administration and others.

Secondly, the national charter is to be presented for a popular referendum.

Thirdly, a broadened government is established where the Syrian components are represented, as it is tasked to implement the items of the national charter.

Fourth, the constitution is presented for referendum“

President al-Assad : Out of Womb of Pain, Hope Should Be Beget, form Bottom of Suffering Important Solutions Rise

A rare appearance by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad appears to go out of control when he is mobbed at the Damascus opera house.

Israel‘s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appealed in a rare interview on Sunday to his right-wing base to cast ballots for his list, rather than hawkish alternatives, to prevent his being unseated by a potential center-left coalition.

Lapid wrote on his Facebook page, „Instead of ignoring the likely possibility that Netanyahu will form the next government, let‘s join it together and then instead of a haredi government“

In India, people are on the streets against widespread sexual violence and the equally widespread and deep-seated culture of victim-blaming and misogyny that makes it difficult for rape survivors to get justice.
We need you to tell the Government of India to prohibit, without any further delay, the misogynist and degrading medico-legal practice of inserting two fingers in the vagina to check if the rape survivor is ‚habituated to sex.‘ This practice, inherited by India from colonial times, is nothing but medical ‚re-rape‘ of the rape survivor. It contributes to India‘s low conviction rates for rape, by allowing the survivor‘s past sexual history to undermine her testimony.

A day after he sparked a controversy by saying that rapes happen in India not Bharat, right-wing Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh‘s (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has done it again

Brave dad Badri, 53, told The Sunday People: “We want the world to know her real name.

“My daughter didn’t do anything wrong, she died while protecting herself.

“I am proud of her. Revealing her name will give courage to other women who have survived these attacks. They will find strength from my daughter.”

Indische Medien haben der 23-Jährigen in der Berichterstattung symbolische Namen wie Nirbhaya (angstlos) oder Amanat (Schatz) verliehen. In Indien ist aber eine Debatte darüber entbrannt, ob der Klarname nicht veröffentlicht und ein neues Gesetz zum Schutz von Frauen nach dem Opfer benannt werden sollte.

The political world is very similar to the financial world. The “stock exchange” of the political world is elections. The value of the stocks – the political parties – is actually determined by a number of parameters. There is the stock’s current value: how many people voted for the party in the previous elections.

Bennett is advocating annexation of those parts of Judea and Samaria (the „West Bank“) where Jews live, while granting autonomy to the Palestinian-dominated areas. He says the creation of a sovereign and independent Palestinian Arab state in Judea and Samaria is out of the question.

The Salafist party included the ultra-conservative Muslims who asked for applying the Sharia (Islamic Law) strictly, while the Satanists hadnt‘ involved in the political field before the Jan. 25 uprising.The new party was participated by Hazem Abou Ismael, former presidential nominee and head of the Free Watan Alliance party ( FWA), and several prominent Islamic figures.

Very few of the secularists saw Hazem Abu Ismael coming, and even fewer understood his real power and reach, but everybody in the Islamist camp did, and watched with increasing alarm as his followers grew all over the country and across all kinds of segments, but especially with the Youth. (…)

Between his reach amongst the population, the amount of AlQaida members that have joined his movement, and the murmurs about his dealings with the Syrian “revolutionaries” who pay him to send his members to fight with them, it’s safe to say that he is planning to be a force to be reckoned with. And no one, not a single soul amongst them, can rein him in. So, they must approve and support his actions, no matter how insane they seem. They can’t afford to have dissent showing amidst the ranks now, especially that so much of it exists thanks to that stupid MB constitution.

Die von Obama eingesetzte Arbeitsgruppe will Waffenkäufe weit stärker kontrollieren als bisher angekündigt. In der Nähe von Newtown findet derweil eine Waffenmesse statt.

In etwa zwei Monaten sollen die Ägypter ein neues Parlament wählen. Dabei droht dem islamistischen Präsidenten ein Denkzettel.

to President Mohammed Morsi, the unknown Cairo University professor El Morsi El Sayed Hegazy was the right choice to replace Mumtaz El Saeed, an advocate of the $4.8 billion International Monetary Fund loan. El Saeed had been one of a few ministers to retain his position since his appointment to Kamal Ganzouri’s interim government in December 2011.

Israel’s prime minister says he will erect…

(6. Juli 2006) ..Bin Laden said in an audio message that a man by the name of Abu Hamza al-Muhajir was the new leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq.

Mr Ismail says no-one has heard of al-Muhajir.

He adds that the names being released by the Americans and Bin Laden, are probably part of disinformation campaigns from both sides

“I came out of prison less than a year ago after spending 15 years there. Since then, I have not left Egypt,” he told the state-run newspaper al-Ahram in Cairo.

The brother of the head of al-Qa’ida is reported to have been captured by regime forces in Syria. Mohamed al-Zawahiri is said to have been seized in Deraa in the south-west where he was meeting opposition activists.

Assad forderte, der Wandel in Syrien müsse sich „nach den Vorgaben der Verfassung“ vollziehen.

Syrian President Bashar Assad has outlined a new peace initiative that includes a national reconciliation conference and a new constitution.

„This is a conflict of those who wanted to take revenge against the people to fragment Syria. Those are the enemies of the people and the enemies of God. And the enemies of God will go to hell,“ the president told a packed auditorium of supporters.

„At play inside Netanyahu,“ Diskin complained, and not for the first time, „is a mix of ideology, a deep sense that he is a prince of a ‚royal family‘ from the Jerusalem elite, alongside insecurity and a deep fear of taking responsibility.“ Netanyahu, he added pointedly, „has no strong core, no tough kernel about which you can say, ‚Know what? In an extreme situation, in a crisis situation, I can follow him. I can trust him.'“

His new criticism was potentially more potent given that Shin Bet duties include vetting civil servants‘ psychological fitness for security posts, though there was no indication Diskin was citing any official assessment of the prime minister.

The former head of Israel’s internal security service said Friday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was wavering and weak in an unusually personal condemnation of the right-winger, who enjoys a strong lead in polls ahead of the Jan. 22 election.