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Back to homepageMERCOSUR, integración y desarrollo regional 0
Views: 20 Los miembros del Mercado Común del Sur (MERCOSUR) concluyeron 2010 con acuerdos y noticias económicas halagüeñas, así como proyectos de propiciar para el próximo año la aceptación de nuevos integrantes y una mayor integración regional. El XL Consejo
Read MoreThe self determination issue of Iraqi Kurds and its reflections in Iraq 0
Views: 37 SERHAT ERKMENORSAM The two vital issues were discussed in Iraq politics recently. One of them is the question that Nouri al Maliki will achieve the task of forming government and meet the deadline. Nouri al Maliki has had
Read MoreWikiLeaks: The Impact on Turkish-U.S. Relations and Turkey’s Domestic Politics 0
Views: 31 AMBERIN ZAMAN GMF ON TURKEY Is the leaking of confidential US diplomatic cables by WikiLeaks another dastardly Zionist/neo-con plot to undermine Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and his ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party)? The steady stream
Read MoreTurkish economy to continue growing in 2011 0
Views: 23 FARUK ?EN* The projects undertaken by the Housing Development Administration of Turkey boosted the economy, allowed a million people to live in more modern and resilient houses and also curtailed the rise of slums at least to
Read MoreDemocratic autonomy offers draconian, Marxist-style rules for Kurds 0
Views: 33 AY?E KARABATANKARA The Democratic Society Congress presented the first comprehensive draft of its “Democratic Autonomous Kurdistan Model” at a conference in Diyarbak?r last Sunday. While last week’s debate on autonomy and bilingualism for the predominantly Kurdish region of
Read MoreIvorian leader handed ultimatum 0
Views: 17 West African regional bloc tells Laurent Gbagbo he must stand down as president or expect to face “legitimate force” The army’s support for Gbagbo is seen as one of the main reasons he has been able to defy calls to
Read MoreAmnesty International slams Binayak Sen’s life term 0
Views: 31 LONDON Amnesty International said Saturday that the life sentence handed down to Indian rights activist Binayak Sen for his alleged Maoist links violates “international fair trial standards”. It is also “likely to enflame tensions in the conflict-affected area”
Read MoreThe difficult life of the media in Turkey 0
Views: 25 190 people, 75 of whom are journalists, are being tried for violations of freedom of thought and expression, 138 people are being sued under the Anti-Terror Law (TMY). Six journalists are in jail for their writings. The European
Read More¿Quién sostiene a Assange/Wikileaks? 0
Views: 35 Ernesto Carmona Después del alborozo unánime que celebró las espectaculares revelaciones de WikiLeaks (WL) del 28 de noviembre se ahonda la polémica entre periodistas y medios serios respecto a probables segundas intenciones de Julian Assange/WL y, sobre todo,
Read MoreDmitry Medvedev welcomes US nuclear arms treaty 0
Views: 28 Russian president says country is ready to ratify the arms reduction pact with the US Tom Parfitt in Moscow Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian president, has welcomed New Start, the nuclear arms reduction treaty with the US. Photograph: Konstantin
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