„We are preparing a side event for March 19 or 20 in the framework of the 28th Session of the Human Rights Council to deal with the case of Mr Assange, together with a team of lawyers directed by Dr Baltazar Garzon and a friendly NGO [non-governmental organization],“ Espinosa said.

Etwa hundert Sympathisanten des griechischen Regierungschefs Alexis Tsipras haben am Montag dem schweren Schneetreiben getrotzt und sich auf dem Ballhausplatz versammelt, um Tsipras willkommen zu heißen. Sie hoffen, dass Bundeskanzler Werner Faymann (SPÖ) sich gegenüber den griechischen Hoffnungen auf eine Entschuldung offen zeigt und auch auf Deutschland einwirkt.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned on Sunday the decision of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to demolish around 400 European Union-funded Palestinian structures in Area C of the West Bank, under complete Israeli jurisdiction.

Earlier Friday, Netanyahu instructed his Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon to move forward with a plan to demolish some 400 Palestinian structures built in the West Bank through European funding, according to Israeli media sources.

Mohamed Soudan, Foreign Relations Secretary of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP, the Muslim Brotherhood‘s political arm), said the Anti-Coup Pro-Legitimacy National Alliance never stopped active, peaceful revolutionary action since the coup, despite the junta‘s arbitrary arrests, extremely exaggerated rulings and sentences, and the prosecution‘s and the judiciary‘s treatment of demonstrators in an unprecedented repressive manner.

Units of the army and the armed forces on Sunday continued large-scale military operations against the takfiri terrorist organizations across the country, killing large numbers of them.

Am Morgen trifft die Kanzlerin weibliche Führungskräfte aus Wirtschaft und Politik zu einem Frühstück. Im Anschluss wird sie zum Weißen Haus fahren und dort von US-Präsident Barack Obama empfangen. Nach einem gemeinsamen Gespräch ist eine Pressekonferenz geplant.
Am frühen Nachmittag wird die Kanzlerin ein Gespräch mit dem Präsidenten der Weltbankgruppe, Jim Yong Kim, führen.

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QUESTION: How do you assess the current state of bilateral relations between Russia and Egypt following the revolutionary events in Egypt in 2011-2013? What is your vision of their prospects, particularly in light of the outcomes of the visit of Abdel el-Sisi, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, to Russia in August 2014?

PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA VLADIMIR PUTIN: Egypt is a long-time and trusted partner of Russia. The history of modern diplomatic relations between the two countries that dates back to the year of 1943 has been eventful and colorful. For more than seven decades, both our countries and the international arena have seen numerous transformations. And yet, our desire to work together towards the development of Russia and Egypt as well as ensuring international and regional security has remained unchanged.

(30.5.2014) Russlands Präsident Wladimir Putin und der türkische Regierungschef Recep Tayyip Erdogan haben sich in einem Telefongespräch am Freitag für eine politische Beilegung des andauernden Syrien-Konfliktes eingesetzt und vor Kontakten mit Al Qaida und anderen radikalen Gruppen in dem kriegsgebeutelten Land gewarnt.

(24.1.) CDA deputy Pieter Omtzigt said his party acquired the confidential documents in November and shared them with Dick Schoof, the National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism (NCTV). According to the report, the documents are duplicates from an ongoing criminal investigation in Turkey into the 2014 interception and search on three Syria-bound trucks that belonged to the National Intelligence Organization (MİT).

(15.1.) Secret official documents about the searching of three trucks belonging to Turkey‘s national intelligence service (MIT) have been leaked online, once again corroborating suspicions that Ankara has not been playing a clean game in Syria. According to the authenticated documents, the trucks were found to be transporting missiles, mortars and anti-aircraft ammunition. The Gendarmerie General Command, which authored the reports, alleged, „The trucks were carrying weapons and supplies to the al-Qaeda terror organization.”

Fidan, who according to press reports may be given a top government job after the June polls, has been in the driving seat of peace talks with Kurdish rebels as well as Turkey‘s campaign against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is dissatisfied with the resignation of Hakan Fidan, head of the National Intelligence Organization (MIT) of the country, Milliyet newspaper quoted the president as saying on Feb.9.

#ApartheidJusticeSystem

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The two presidents will discuss ways to advance bilateral relations, in addition to regional and international issues of mutual concern. They will also exchange views regarding the developments in the Middle East, the situations in Syria and Libya and how to push forward the peace process between the Palestinians and Israelis.

In this seaside city once ruled by the Greeks and Phoenicians but now largely populated by Russians, the talk in the caviar-stocked delis and jewelry stores is of upcoming elections and Israel‘s powerful Russian vote.

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(7.5.2010) Kontrollen. Zwangshaushalt. Angesichts der unfassbaren Absurdität der ganzen Situation wurde der eigentliche Vorgang in der deutschen Informationsindustrie systematisch vernebelt. Litaneienhaft wurde von “Hilfen” an Griechenland gesprochen, welches man gerade faktisch seiner staatlichen Souveränität beraubt hatte. Die Pasok-Regierung spielte ihre Rolle als Abrißbirne der eigenen Republik in dieser grausame Komödie bis zur letzten Konsequenz mit und sagte ihren Text auf. Der griechische Finanzminister Giorgos Papakonstantinou:

“Griechenland hat nicht um eine Schuldenübernahme gebeten”

Es war keine Farce mehr, es war ein geistiges Gemetzel. Doch in Deutschland begriff wieder einmal niemand irgendetwas und wer es tat, der schwieg oder kollaborierte.

Wie von Sinnen hetzte man im Zuge des Tauziehens um die Macht über Griechenland in der deutschen Informationsindustrie gegen das gesamte griechische Volk. Bis auf´s Blut sollten die Griechen gereizt werden, um jede nur denkbare Auseinandersetzung und jeden möglichen Konflikt zwischen den ahnungslosen und grundnaiven Völkern anheizen.

“Officials of an important Italian institution approached me and told me that they are in solidarity with our country, but they cannot tell the truth as Italy is threatened by bankruptcy and they fear from the German consequences. In recent years, a cloud of fear has covered throughout Europe. We risk to become worse the the former Soviet Union.

Varoufakis said further:

“I want to tell you that we, Greeks, do not have the monopoly on truth. What we can do for the rest of Europe and especially for Italy, is to open a small door to the truth. We can not find the truth on our own, but we can open a door and move so you can support us. In this way, we all can move from the darkness of today’s austerity to the light of European rational, logical discussion. “

Here we go again. A new study on Italian Jews from a British institute on Jewish policy completely conflates anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism, and says that the greatest anti-Semitic threat is from the left. And what is the nature of leftwing antisemitism? Well, it is a “spillover” from events in the Middle East.

Under immense pressure but his Euro-zone partners, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is to reveal the policy program of the SYRIZA-Independent Greeks coalition government.

Greek media have been reporting earlier Sunday, that the Greek coalition does not intend to bow to EZ-pressure to stick to strict austerity and the commitments signed by the previous government.

Gen. Allen did not specify which countries he intends to go to.

Allen also told Petra that in the coming weeks, the anti-IS coalition plans to provide support to the Iraqi forces, which will launch a ground campaign against IS militants in the near future.

Members of the international coalition are currently providing training to Iraqi soldiers.

We’ve dropped the ball on this for a week, but it’s still important, Gideon Levy’s column in Haaretz last Sunday saying that it would be better for everyone if Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud coalition is reelected because if the “Zionist camp” of Isaac Herzog and Tzipi Livni win (Labor and Hatnua), the world will take the pressure off Israel in the belief that there’s been change. But there will be no change, Herzog will maintain the occupation through years of more pointless peace talks. Better that Netanyahu stay in the hot seat and Europe imposes sanctions.