Category: World

Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez dies aged 58
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez has died aged 58, after 14 years in power.

Why Do Senators Boxer and Wyden Want to Bomb Iran?
Huffingtonpost: Remember when we pilloried John McCain for singing about bombing Iran? Wouldn’t it be a scandal if it turned out that California Senator Barbara Boxer…

Jalili: ‘P5+1 Proposals More Realistic This Time’
Iranian top negotiator, Saeed Jalili told the reporters after the talks that the P5+1 finally addressed some of the demands Iran had made during Moscow talks 6 months ago.

Second Day of Nuclear Talks held in Almaty (Updated)
The second day of nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 is held in Almaty while the two sides agreed to have a technical meeting in Istanbul and then another political meeting in Almaty, Kazakhstan. no date specified by Iran’sView source.

Al-Monitor discloses details from P5+1 proposal
As the new round of nuclear negotiations started in Almaty, a source close to talks told Al Monitor that P5+1 new proposal includes only a slight relief of the sanctions on gold trade, petrochemical industry, and to a lesser extent on banking.

P5+1 Sends Different Signals One Day Ahead of Iran Talks
With less than a day before the beginning of the new round of nuclear negotiations between Iran and P5+1, there seems to be no clear consensus over the senario of the negotiation among the members of the group.

Son of an Israeli General: ‘Peace can only come without a Jewish state’
Born in 1961 in Jerusalem and to a father who served as a prominent general in the Israeli army during the Six-Day-War, Miko Peled is a Peace activist and an advocate for Palestinians’ rights. The author of “The General’s Son, Journey of an Israeli in Palestine,” has openly criticized the apartheid Israeli regime everywhere in his speeches and called for coming down of the Separation Wall and establishing a democracy in the Palestinian land.