The identity of these 16 firms has not been made public yet, but sources describe the firms as major financial institutions, many of them well-known to the general public. Their inclusion in this case would significantly expand the scope of the scandal.
Contacted by Rolling Stone today, the SEC declined to comment on the status of the case.
(04.09.) Now, there’s no doubt that, as I indicated a while back, we’ve kind of hit a wall in terms of additional progress. But I have not written off the idea that the United States and Russia are going to continue to have common interests even as we have some very profound differences on some other issues.
President Barack Obama said Wednesday that the U.S. has “hit a wall” in its relationship with Russia, pointing to disagreements over Syria and other issues as roadblocks in his efforts to work with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
„The President looks forward to discussing with the Emir a wide range of critical interests and important developments in the Gulf region and broader Middle East,“ the White House said in a statement.
Zuvor war der Resolutionsentwurf, der die US-Administration zu einem Militärschlag gegen Syrien genehmigt, vom Auswärtigen Ausschuss des Senats gebilligt worden. Die Resolution trifft in Kraft, nachdem sie auch vom Repräsentantenhaus des Kongresses gebilligt worden ist. Das Repräsentantenhaus bereitet zur Abstimmung mindestens zwei alternative Resolutionen vor.
„Ich bin weiß Gott kein Pazifist, ich bin ein alter Soldat“, sagte Schmidt. Es sei aber überhaupt nicht klar, welche Kräfte miteinander in Opposition zu Machthaber Baschar al-Assad stünden.
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In der Erklärung wird der „fürchterliche Chemiewaffenangriff“ in den Vororten von Damaskus vom 21. August scharf verurteilt. „Die Beweise verweisen klar darauf, dass die syrische Regierung für den Angriff verantwortlich ist“, heißt es weiter. „Wir unterstützen von den USA und anderen Ländern unternommene Anstrengungen, das Verbot des Chemiewaffeneinsatzes zu bekräftigen“
The two defense leaders also discussed the situation in Syria and its implications for security and stability in the region, Little said, and Hagel expressed appreciation for the defense minister’s insights.
„We‘re disappointed. The delegation isn‘t coming. I think American legislators lost an opportunity to learn at least some alternative views,“ Kislyak said at the Center for the National Interest think tank in Washington.
„They wanted to be heard and they wanted to hear,“ he said of the Russian lawmakers. „They thought it was an important issue,“ and wanted to discuss it „irrespective of the very low level of contacts between the legislatures,“ Kislyak said.
Thousands of Yemenis have rallied in the capital, Sana’a, to protest against possible US-led military action against Syria.
John Nichols:
“There’s a great deal of evidence that the American people remain very skeptical about the idea of going forward with a military intervention,” said John Nichols, a columnist at The Nation in Madison, Wisconsin.
Unfortunately this time, Obama isn’t bombing Al Qaeda, he’s bombing the people Al Qaeda are fighting. It’s as if FDR used the declaration of war after Pearl Harbor to begin fighting Russia alongside Japan on the grounds that Japanese troops had once been in Japan.
The Muslim Brotherhood affiliated Freedom and Justice Party denounces todays’ reported attack on the coup’s minister of interior, and expresses concern that the incident may be an excuse for more suppression of coup opponents.
The man killed in the Damietta town of Kafr el-Bateekh was Ibrahim Selim, 30, said Abdel Hadi Dorah, the head of the local emergency services.
The publication of the ranking of the competitiveness of countries compiled each year by the World Economic Forum has bad news for Italy. In a year, we have dropped by seven notches, going from position 42 to position 49. In reality, in absolute terms we still have the same number of points (4.4 out of 7) but other countries have overtaken us. In the ranking, we are matched by Kazakhstan and the similarities are increasing.
The M5S MPs hung a large banner that said „the Constitution is everyone‘s“.
Nobel Peace Prize laurete, Mairead Maguire tells her account of her visit to Syria. While Maguire was in Syria she discovered that the people the U.S. are funding are violent groups and do not want peace in Syria. Her her view is that Syria is being used as a proxy war by the U.S., Great Britain, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
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Jim Backus as ‚Tyler Fitzgerald‘ flies the friendly skies.
High-profile US rabbis and Jewish leaders are petitioning Congress to authorise President Barack Obama to use military strikes in response to Syria‘s use of chemical weapons.
In the 2007 interview, Misch – who worked as Hitler‘s bodyguard, phone operator and courier for five years – said: „Life in the bunker was pretty normal. Hitler was mostly very calm.“
“I’m not drawing an analogy to World War II, other than to say, you know, when London was getting bombed, it was profoundly unpopular both in Congress and around the country to help the British,” Obama asserted.
Obama also insisted that the 1999 intervention in Kosovo was also unpopular, but it was a necessary and important intervention.
OBAMA: (OFF-MIKE) thank President Putin and the people of St. Petersburg, and the people of Russia, for holding this G-20.
This city has a long and storied history, including its historic resistance and extraordinary sacrifices during the Second World War. So I want to take this opportunity to salute the people of St. Petersburg and express our gratitude for their outstanding hospitality.
President declines to say whether he would order strike if Congress rejects resolution as reprisal fears factor into decision
„We shall await the report of the inspectors just as we will await (U.S.) Congress,“ he told a news conference after a summit of G20 nations in Russia‘s St. Petersburg, referring to an expected U.S. vote on military strikes.
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday he values the strong support from French President Francois Hollande for action against Syria for a chemical weapons attack.
The BBC flagship news programmes, news channel, online news service and radio news outlets have spent several days in constant hysteria about the probability of a second vote on Syria, after parliament rejected military intervention last week. Why is the BBC obsessively attempting to answer a question only they are asking?
Der Beklagte soll ohne die Einverständnis seines Arbeitsvermittlers Aufnahmen während einiger Gespräche getätigt haben. Zwar hatte aufgrund einer Anzeige die Polizei die Wohnung des Betroffenen durchsucht und auch das Gerät gefunden, allerdings blieben die gesuchten Tonbänder unauffindbar. Nach Aussagen des Angeklagten habe dieser die Gespräche aufgezeichnet, um im Anschluss eigene Protokolle anzulegen. Weil die Behörde eines Tages die Aufnahmen untersagte, kam es zum Streit zwischen beiden Parteien. „Er weigerte sich, das Beratungsgespräch zu führen, zu dem er eingeladen war“
Warum brechen Polizisten jemandem die Rippen, gegen den sie nicht einmal Anzeige erstatten, geschweige denn seine Personalien aufnehmen? Die Gewalt bei der Räumung der Blockade gegen den NPD-Truck am Donnerstag war nicht nur sinnlos, sie wurde von der Einsatzleitung billigend in Kauf genommen – auch auf Kosten ihrer eigenen Beamten.
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The terms were signed on Thursday by the heads of both companies in the presence of Presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping ahead of the G-20 meeting in St. Petersburg; defining “the volumes, start of deliveries, payments, ‚take-or-pay‘ amendment“ and other issues for the deal, but giving no further details on the actual price.
Nonetheless, the TPP cannot have these bad effects on America unless Congress approves a final TPP agreement. However, if the American people do not rise up in firm opposition to the TPP and convince Congress to tear down the wall of secrecy built by globalists and their corporate backers seeking to shield their attack on our law and liberty from congressional oversight, and ultimately to reject any TPP agreement, then an approved TPP might finish the integration — economic and political — begun by NAFTA and it may be the last straw in the already weakened broom of American sovereignty.
“To the leaders present, to each and every one, I make a heartfelt appeal for them to help find ways to overcome the conflicting positions and to lay aside the futile pursuit of a military solution,” the Pope urged. “Rather, let there be a renewed commitment to seek, with courage and determination, a peaceful solution through dialogue and negotiation of the parties, unanimously supported by the international community.”
He said he couldn‘t honestly claim there was an imminent threat to the United States from the chemical weapons use in Syria.
Republicans and Democrats are invited to come together today at Market Square to speak out against the „absolute insanity“ of using military force in Syria.
Burt Cohen, a former Democratic state senator from New Castle, said a vigil will take place at 5:30 p.m. in Market Square. He said some Democrats are „toeing the party line“ and supporting President Barack Obama‘s request that Congress authorize a limited military mission in Syria, but many others are angered at the prospect of the nation getting involved in another war.
„I am outraged,“ Cohen said. „It can‘t bring peace or justice to attack Syria.“
Spokesmen for Leahy, Sanders and Welch said Thursday that Vermont residents who have contacted their offices in the past week have been opposed overwhelmingly to any intervention.
Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., staunchly opposes any act of force in Syria, saying „It‘s not our responsibility to act unilaterally.“ A strike, he claims, would be expensive, dangerous and wouldn‘t prevent future chemical weapon use. Jeffrey Brown talks to Grayson about other options he sees for the U.S. in the region.
„Wir liefern Waffen und kooperieren im Bereich der Wirtschaft“, sagte Putin. Auch die Lieferungen von Hilfsgütern für die zivile Bevölkerung in den betroffenen Gebieten würden ausgebaut werden.
Am 29. November 2010 startete die Nachrichtenagentur Radio Utopie. Seitdem fragen uns immer wieder Internet-Nutzer, Leser und Medienschaffende, wie sie funktioniert und übersehen gleichzeitig welche Möglichkeiten sie ihnen selbst bietet. Die Nachrichtenagentur hat nun auf ihrer Seite vier Fragen und die entsprechenden Antworten dazu veröffentlicht:
Nach Ansicht der Richter hat die EU keine ausreichenden Beweise erbracht, dass die Post Bank Iran, die Iran Insurance Company, Good Luck Shipping und die Export Development Bank of Iran zur nuklearen Verbreitung beigetragen haben. Bei Maßnahmen gegen weitere Firmen habe der Rat der EU zudem vorliegende Beweise falsch beurteilt.
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Russia “will help Syria” in the event of a military strike, Putin stressed as he responded to a reporter’s question at the summit.
“Will we help Syria? We will. And we are already helping, we send arms, we cooperate in the economics sphere, we hope to expand our cooperation in the humanitarian sphere, which includes sending humanitarian aid to support those people – the civilians – who have found themselves in a very dire situation in this country,” Putin said.
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He said „anything that is outside the U.N. Security Council is aggression, except self-defense. Now what Congress and the U.S. Senate are doing in essence is legitimizing aggression. This is inadmissible in principle.“
“It’s really, really difficult to build an international coalition on one track when you have great uncertainty over how Congress will respond,” said Heather Conley, director of the Europe program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a policy group in Washington.
„They sat down before today‘s working session, in armchairs, and had a 20-minute chat, one on one,“ the adviser, Yuri Ushakov, told Reuters. He said Syria was the main topic and said: „No, their (positions) have not come closer.“
‚Historic‘ ruling sets precedent that countries providing troops as UN peacekeepers can be held legally responsible for crimes