President Barack Obama has invited Pakistan‘s prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, for a meeting at the White House on Oct. 22, the U.S. National Security Council said on Sunday. The invitation came during a visit to Islamabad on Saturday and Sunday by National Security Adviser Susan Rice to meet with Sharif and senior officials, the NSC said in a statement.
Daily Archives: 30. August 2015
Libyas NOC, Central Bank woo oil majors in London in struggle for contracts
The head of the Tripoli-based NOC, Mustafa Sanallah, said he and Tripoli-based Central Bank Chairman Saddek El-Kaber held meetings with 26 oil firms over the course of three days in London, including Britain‘s BP and U.S. major ExxonMobil, as well as OMV, Motor Oil Hellas, Hellenic Petroleum and Vitol.
Deported Al-Jazeera journalist: Verdict a blow for Egyptian press freedom
„The only conclusion that we can come to is that it is a politically motivated verdict. I think it is devastating for press freedom in Egypt. I have always believed that our arrest was intended to send a message to the press in Egypt.“
Da fällt mir ein – was sind denn unsere Passwörter, Herr Minister? Naaa? Hehehe…
(30.8.2015)
Auch de Maizière wendet sich gegen Verschlüsselung
(21.Januar 2015) Nach Großbritanniens Premier Cameron und US-Präsident Obama hat nun auch der Bundesinnenminister gefordert, dass Sicherheitsbehörden in die Lage versetzt werden müssen, verschlüsselte Kommunikation einsehen zu können. Das diene dem Kampf gegen den Terror.
@flexi_bell @schroeder_k Du lässt noch unsere Tarnung auffliegen..
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@schroeder_k Grundgesetz spricht von Recht auf Asyl. Grundgesetz ist also linksextrem!
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Swift Response rapidly builds combat power
Over the two days, 43 separate aircraft landed at the Short Takeoff and Landing, or STOL, strip in Hohenfels, Germany. To conduct this exercise, the aircraft would land on the STOL, rapidly unload their cargo, and within 20 minutes depart again for Ramstein Airbase in western Germany to reload and return to Hohenfels for another round.
Bundeswehr-Soldaten proben in Israel Häuserkampf
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BND: ex-Chef zu geheimen Terror-Beratungen in Israel
(Nov. 2006) laut Medienberichten war Innenstaatssekretär Hanning im Auftrag Schäuble´s in Israel zu geheimen Gesprächen über Anschläge in Deutschland
Egypt launches English blog to counter ‚inaccurate reports‘ by foreign media
Ministry spokesperson Ahmed Abou Zeid took a harsher tone in a statement in Arabic, saying the website comes amid “smear media campaigns adopted by some foreign media outlets regarding political, economic and security issues in Egypt.”
Kenyan Copyright Collection Society Shockingly Found To Be Paying Artists Very Little
The very existence of copyright collection societies, those organizations that try to find any way to squeeze any amount of money of any businesses that in any way do anything with any music, is predicated on one excuse: they do all of this for the artists. Yes, throughout the world, benevolent money-changers are digging through the pockets of mostly small business owners, just trying to get some coin for song-writers and musicians. Nevermind that they‘ll occasionally jack up the fees they collect when they find they actually have to do the job of protecting artists. Nevermind that the disease of corruption appears to find these collection societies to be particularly good hosts. It‘s for the artists, maaaan.
„Mal wieder 20 plus x einfahren“: Gabriels Berater wünschte sich SPD-Pleite – n-tv-
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#Kabul: #Steinmeier verspricht #Afghanistan noch lange Unterstützung
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Syrian rebels: Turkey tipped al Qaida group to U.S.-trained fighters
(24.August) The kidnapping of a group of U.S.-trained moderate Syrians moments after they entered Syria last month to confront the Islamic State was orchestrated by Turkish intelligence, multiple rebel sources have told McClatchy.
The rebels say that the tipoff to al Qaida’s Nusra Front enabled Nusra to snatch many of the 54 graduates of the $500 million program on July 29 as soon as they entered Syria, dealing a humiliating blow to the Obama administration’s plans for confronting the Islamic State.
Türkei fliegt Angriffe gegen IS in Nordsyrien
Die USA spielten dabei eine undurchsichtige Rolle. Man kann annehmen, dass sie darauf drängten, dass sich die Türkei mit den Angriffen auf IS-Stellungen der Kritik entziehen, die auch ein ungutes Licht auf die Abmachungen zwischen der USA und der Türkei werfen.
NASA’s New Horizons Team Selects Potential Kuiper Belt Flyby Target
NASA has selected the potential next destination for the New Horizons mission to visit after its historic July 14 flyby of the Pluto system. The destination is a small Kuiper Belt object (KBO) known as 2014 MU69 that orbits nearly a billion miles beyond Pluto.
#China: Chinas Interesse am Euro Warum China gezielt die Eurozone unterstützt
(6.März)
Bank of China, Axiom Bank of Iran discuss cooperation
In a meeting with Iran’s Bank Saderat President Ali Saleh Abadi, Bank of China Middle East Director Chai Chunyan said Bank Saderat is Iran’s third most powerful bank, IRIB news agency reported August 30.
He also called for information exchange in order to present a more precise and effective marketing.
Iran’s imprisonment of Jason Rezaian is an affront to justice
(21.August) Iran has now illegally detained an innocent man for 13 months. His arrest by Revolutionary Guards was arbitrary and illegal, taking place in the middle of the night with no indication of the charges brought against him until months later. The conditions of his detention at Evin Prison are also illegal. Rezaian has been subjected to long periods of solitary confinement, a tactic that was designed to extract a forced confession. This practice is in direct violation of Article 38 of the Iranian constitution.
Iran imprisons two on charges of espionage for US, Israel
Ejei did not say the names of the two people. However, one of them is likely to be Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian.
Italien: Sieben alte Übel lodern weiter, hinzu kommt ein neues
Denn ein neues Übel hat fast alle Kräfte jenseits der Regierung erfasst: die Ablehnung Europas. Einst waren die Italiener ein europa-enthusiastisches Volk. Weil sie Rom misstrauten, setzten sie auf Brüssel. Nun trauen viele Bürger keinem mehr. Die EU erscheint ihnen als von Deutschland beherrschtes Zwangssystem, in dem Italien darbt. Renzis Gegner tun alles, diese Stimmung anzuheizen.
French PM booed by young Socialists as party split over pro-business policy
Young Socialist Party members booed the French prime minister at a party dinner on Saturday, calling for the resignation of his economy minister, whom they accuse of favoring business over Socialist ideals, participants said on Sunday.
Frankreichs Grüne verlieren zwei wichtige Köpfe
Die Grünen machen heute vor, was dem ganzen linken Lager in den kommenden Monaten droht: Erbitterte Flügelkämpfe zwischen einem wirtschafts-liberalen Lager und einer konservativen Linken, welche die Wahlerfolge der rebellischen Linkspopulisten in Spanien und Griechenland kopieren will.
Das ist eine Entwicklung, welche die regierenden Sozialisten in Frankreich auf jeden Fall verhindern wollen.
Europe Ecologie Les Verts (EELV): Frankreichs Grüne brechen auseinander
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India‘s Modi accepts defeat on contentious land decree, will change law
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will let an executive order making it easier for businesses to buy land lapse on Monday after failing to win support from opposition parties in a major blow to his economic reform agenda.
Konzert gegen Rechts – Die Toten Hosen überraschen Dorf mit Geheimauftritt
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