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Prime suspect in Nemtsov murder
has alibi – lawyer. http://rt.com/news/line/2015-03-17/#83961
The prime suspect in
the murder of Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov, Zaur Dadaev, who
previously confessed to the murder, now states that he has an alibi. According
to his lawyer, Dadaev claims to have been “somewhere else” at the time
of the murder. The defense team says they will officially declare the alibi to
court if Dadaev's claim is proven to be true. At the moment the layers are
checking the credibility of he alibi. The existence of an alibi was previously
voiced by another suspect involved in the case – Tamerlane Eskerhanov.
According to him, on the night of the murder, he was in a nightclub.
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ZERO HEDGE
"Colossal
Defeat" For Obama As Australia Joins China's Regional Bank.
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/16/2015. Having
attacked its "closest ally" UK for "constant accomodation"
with China, we suspect President Obama will be greatly displeased at yet
another close-ally's decision to partner up with the Chinese-led Asian
Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). As The
Australian reports, "make no mistake," the decision by
Australia's Abbott government to sign on for negotiations to join China’s
regional bank, foreshadowed by Tony Abbott at the weekend, "represents
a colossal defeat for the Obama administration’s incompetent, distracted,
ham-fisted diplomacy in Asia." It seems de-dollarization continues...
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California
Is Turning Back Into A Desert And There Are No Contingency Plans. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/16/2015. Once upon a time, much of the state of California was
a barren desert. And now, thanks to the worst drought in modern
American history, much of the state is turning back into one. Back in
early 2014, California Governor Jerry Brown declared a drought emergency for
the entire state, but since that time water usage has only dropped by 9
percent. That is not nearly enough. The state of California has
been losing more than 12 million acre-feet of total water a year since 2011,
and we are quickly heading toward an extremely painful water crisis unlike
anything that any of us have ever seen before.
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Neil
Howe: What To Expect From The Fourth Turning We're Now In. by
Adam Taggart via PeakProsperity.com, Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/16/2015. "History’s fourth turnings are full of
Hobson’s choices, full of grim choices. I think that the what the
Fed got into -- back in 2000 as well 2009, 2010 and then with QE -- they got
into that with a feeling of they had no choice; this is crisis intervention.
And crisis intervention became a habit... I just think that the full
consequences of it have not yet been fully perceived, and I think they will be
when the financial markets ultimately reflect the damage that has been done to
the economy as a whole. And I think that will happen probably over the next
year and a half -- if it even takes that long."
Fourth turnings
are characterized by a growing demand for social order, yet supply of it
remains weak. The emergence
of the surveillance state, a perpetual war machine, increased intervention in
the markets by the central planners, greater government control of critical
systems like health care and the Internet -- all of these are classic signs
that we are well into a fourth turning now:
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China
Becomes World's Third Largest Weapons Dealer. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/16/2015. China overtakes Germany to become the world's
third largest arms exporter just as Western military spending outside the
US fails to keep pace with China and Russia. More than 68 percent of Chinese exports went to Pakistan,
Bangladesh and Myanmar. Beijing also sold major arms to 18 African states.
Analysts say Chinese-made equipment has found eager buyers among countries at
odds with the United States and its allies. SIPRI
notes, exporting weapons is increasingly tied to maintaining Lockheed
Martin, Raytheon, and Northrop’s bottom lines rather than to maintaining
security:
The volume of US exports of major weapons rose by 23 per cent between
2005–2009 and 2010–14. The USA’s share of the volume of
international arms exports was 31 per cent in 2010–14, compared with 27 per
cent for Russia. Russian exports of major weapons increased by 37 per cent between
2005–2009 and 2010–14. During the same period, Chinese exports of major arms increased by 143
per cent, making it the third largest supplier in 2010–14, however
still significantly behind the USA and Russia.
‘The USA has long seen
arms exports as a major foreign policy and security tool, but in recent years exports are increasingly needed to help the US arms industry
maintain production levels at a time of decreasing US military expenditure’,
said Dr Aude Fleurant, Director of the SIPRI Arms and Military Expenditure
Programme.
Here are the top 10 exporters by country…
...and here is the trend…
[In my opinion this is the nasty business of the new cold war
era .. just in time when several world
concern need attention and inversion .. is there another way of dumping the old
empire? ]
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New
York Fed Propaganda: "The Story Of The Federal Reserve System" In
Cartoons. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/16/2015. To truly understand what The Fed does, we go to the
source... "The Fed is best known for its influence in money and
credit conditions in the economy in order to help the US economy experience
strong growth in output and income, high employment, and stable prices."
So factory output growth is now negative, income stagnant, the percentage of
employed people in the population is catastrophic, and prices (oil collapse?
stock explosion? record beef and beer prices?) are anything but stable.
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The
Best "Democracy" Money Can Buy: For Every Dollar Spent Influencing US
Politics, Corporations Get $760 Back. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/16/2015. Between 2007 and 2012, 200 of America’s most
politically active corporations spent a combined $5.8 Billion on
federal lobbying and campaign contributions. What they gave pales compared
to what those same corporations got: $4.4 Trillion in federal
business and support. Here is the visual representation of this stunning
finding: for every dollar spent on influencing politics, the nation’s most
politically active corporations received $760 from the government. [is this democracy or
plutocracy ?.. OR scum ? ]
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As
Israel Votes, Meet The "Anyone But Bibi" Coalition. Submitted
by Tyler Durden on 03/16/2015. Israelis will
elect a new parliament March 17. As
WaPo notes, the main contest pits the right-wing Likud party of Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against a surprisingly strong challenge from the
Zionist Union, a center-left political alliance led by Isaac Herzog of the
Labor party. Polls place Herzog's bloc ahead of Likud, but that's no guarantee
of victory. Since Israel's first election in 1949, no single party has ever
won an outright majority in the 120-seat Knesset, the name for the Israeli
parliament. That means smaller political parties -- and there are 26 in total
-- play a significant role in shaping the ruling coalition that forms the
Israeli government after the ballots get counted. There appear to be three
main scenarios for Israel's next coalition...
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What Saudi Arabia Told The Bank Of England About Why Oil Crashed And Where It Is Headed Next. Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/16/2015. "Ladies and gentlemen.
Now a special challenge for Zero
Hedge readers: spot the number of lies uttered by the advisor in the text
below. Please, exclude his repeat
denials of the "conspiracy theories" - those don't count.
Complete text, here
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-03-16/what-saudi-arabia-told-bank-england-about-why-oil-crashed-and-where-it-headed-next
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A few weeks ago, in Riyadh, I was at a small, private
function along with the British central bank governor, Mark Carney. Mr Carney
asked me two questions.
First, why did the oil price drop? And the second, where is the price heading? I will tell you today what I said to him then."- Ibrahim Al-Muhanna, Advisor to the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources for Saudi Arabia:
First, why did the oil price drop? And the second, where is the price heading? I will tell you today what I said to him then."- Ibrahim Al-Muhanna, Advisor to the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources for Saudi Arabia:
I do not believe the fundamentals of supply and demand
justified the sudden and rapid price fall during the second half of last year.
The market was balanced, and commercial stocks were within their normal range.
Yes, supply was starting to increase, but demand remained strong and there was
not a very sudden rise in commercial stocks.
I believe the price fall can be put down to expectation
and speculation. It was not about fundamentals. ... The recent price fall was due largely to
expectation and perception about future supply and demand. Also similar is the
wrong assumptions of changing Saudi oil policy, and the ever-present – and
incorrect – belief in conspiracy theories.
Saudi Arabia is, and remains, committed to stable oil prices
that are fair for producers and consumers, and fair for the global industry and
global economy. We want a transparent and balanced oil market. We seek to
meet the demands of our customers. We have a long-term view, and we do not make
knee-jerk reactions to headlines.
Thank you for listening.
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Read the complete article .. And now a special challenge for Zero Hedge readers: spot the
number of lies uttered by the advisor in the text above. We exclude his repeat
denials of the "conspiracy theories" - those don't count.
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Crude
Plunge Sends Energy Stocks Soaring. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/16/2015 The new "paranormal"...
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Putin
Warns "We Were Ready" To Use Nukes To Secure Crimea. Submitted
by Tyler Durden on 03/16/2015 THIS ARTICLE ACCOUNT FOR WAR MONGERISM &
DISTORTION OF FACTS AGAINST RUSSIA. It was CNN who used the words “Putin Ready To Use Nukes To Secure Crimea”
and AP validate such lie as true the next day. AP& CNN work together in this
“art” of war mongerism & distortion of facts against Russia. Attributing to
Putin what belong to AP-CNN is a nasty
distortion that may uncover the US plan to attack Russia and blame them for
starting the conflict. Read it:
“AP reports that a documentary which aired last night (CNN) shows Putin
explaining that Russia was ready to bring its nuclear weapons into a state
of alert during last year's tensions over the Crimean Peninsula “… What is
added by AP is an incoherent mix of two dates : last year’s tensions with last Sunday statement. CNN & AP do not
show any evidence of Putin saying “ready to use nukes” neither last year nor
las Sunday. It was written this way: As
AP reports, “Russia was ready to bring its nuclear weapons into a state of
alert during last year's tensions over the Crimean Peninsula and the overthrow
of Ukraine's president, President Vladimir Putin said in remarks aired on
Sunday”. MEANING: here we have not only war
mongerism against Russia, but a nasty distortion of facts intending to accuse
Russia of starting a nuclear war] http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-03-16/putin-warns-we-were-ready-use-nukes-secure-crimea
. Here an honest article on the same topic and in
zero-hedge too: Putin
Reappears, Puts 40,000 Troops On Full Alert As Part Of "Snap-Readiness
Exercises"
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Caught
On Tape: State Department's Psaki Smirks About US Policy Supporting Coups. by
Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/16/2015 When even
the propagandists smirk at their own propaganda, you know Washington has
reached 'peak contempt' for its citizenry...
In case you weren’t aware, Venezuelan authorities recently accused the
U.S. of attempts to overthrow its government. In a press conference,
U.S. State Department spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, vehemently denied such
claims and then went ahead and spouted talking points so ridiculous, only a
complete ignoramus could believe them. She said: “ As a
matter of long-standing policy, the United States does not support political
transitions by non-constitutional means”.
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Germany
Has Had It With Greece: Schauble Says "Doesn't Know What To Do With Greece
Now". Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/16/2015. In his fiercest
rhetoric yet, Germany's angry Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble unloaded at a
CDU event today:
SCHAEUBLE SAYS
DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH GREECE NOW, NEW GREEK GOVERNMENT HAS DESTROYED ALL
THE TRUST THAT HAD BEEN REBUILT
He went on to explain that "no one I talk to sees how Greek
approach can work," which perhaps explains why Greek 3Y bond
yields spiked back above 20% for the first time since the election today.
[What seems clear is that Germany and its
allies are trying to force Syriza into accepting conditions that will undermine
its support in Greece and demoralize anti-austerity movements in other
countries. … But the key to a solution is exploding the myth.
That
has already begun. Over the past few weeks,
demonstrators in Greece, Spain, Italy, Germany,
Portugal, Great Britain, Belgium and Austria have poured into the streets to
support Syriza's stand against the Troika.
In the
end, the grasshoppers might just turn Aesop's fable upside down. Said Conn Hallinan in Lies and
myths about Greece and Europe’s debt. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article41243.htm
Another critical thinker said that all this crisis
is a simulacrum well calculated by Germany and its close allies. They do not
need the EU nor euros .. they know what is coming .. they are ready to dissolve
the EU .. and perhaps joining the Eurasian project lead by China-Russia .. they
have a future in such block.. not with NATO-US-London .. So, we have to wait a
little bit..]
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Varoufakis'
Latest Fiasco: FinMin Claims "Middle Finger To Germany" Clip Fake;
Germany Disagrees. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/16/2015. It was a tough weekend (again) for Greece's
embattled FinMin Yanis Varoufakis. After walking
out on a CNBC interview when asked if he was a liability (after his photo
shoot caused a storm in Greece), a
video surfaced showing the outspoken minister giving the middle finger to
Germany saying "solve the problem yourself." He has come out
swinging this morning, as The
Telegraph reports, Varoufakis exclaims, "That video was
doctored. I've never given the finger, I've never given the middle finger
ever." However, the user who uploaded it to YouTube denied it was
a fake and, based on The Telegraph's poll, 67% believe Varoufakis did it.
Furthemore, the German talk-show that aired the clip has confirmed "no
evidence of manipulation or falsification," and, for the first
time, a majority of Germans now want Greece out of the union.
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Oil
Tumbles Under $43 As Key Support Breached; Fresh 6 Year Lows. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/16/2015. What may be causing it: well, aside for "more
sellers than buyers", and a rumor that Genscape reporting another major
inventory build at Cushing, a breach of a key support line may be the reason.
BofA explains.
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The
Last Time This Happened, The Fed Launched QE 2. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/16/2015. The prospects of a rate hike by the Fed are looking
increasingly shaky and downright laughable, not just because the start to 2015
for the US economy has been the worst in "negative surprises" terms
since Lehman, or because the Atlanta Fed Q1
real-time GDP forecast is about to go negative (consensus originally
expected this print to be 3.5% if not higher), but because the last time this
happened, the Fed launched QE2. What is "this"? Bank of
America explains.
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US
Manufacturing Output Falls For 3rd Month - Worst Since Lehman. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/16/2015. Along with a massive revision for January (from +0.2%
to -0.3%), February's Factory Output fell 0.2% (missing expectations for
the 3rd month in a row). This is the 3rd drop in a row for factory output - the
worst run since 2009. Overall industrial production missed for the 3rd month in
a row but managed a meager 0.1% rise on the back of the biggest rise in utility
output ever. Auto vehicles and parts production tumbled 3.0% MoM.
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Empire
State Manufacturing Misses: New Orders Slide To 16 Month Lows, Capex Plunges. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/16/2015. At 6.90, Empire State Manufacturing missed
expectations of 8.00 (and dropped from the previous 6.9 print) for the 2nd
weakest print in 11 months. While New Orders tumbled back into the red
(and 16-month lows), average workweek and number of employees rose markedly
(making this survey once again seem a total farce). "Hope" for the
future improved (though remains lower than most of the last year's prints) but new
order expectations, tech spend, and capex all plunged.
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Putin
Reappears, Puts 40,000 Troops On Full Alert As Part Of "Snap-Readiness
Exercises". Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/16/2015. After disappearing for ten days from the public's
eye, theories surrounding his absence ranged from the tabloidy (fathering a
baby with a Russian gymnast), to the trivial (lower back issues), to the
bizarre (another putsch in the Kremlin), to the idiotic (dead). All that can be
cast aside when moments ago we saw with our own eyes that the Russian president
simply wanted some time away and has now reappeared for his meeting with the
Kyrgyz president. But while Putin may have kept a low visibility profile,
he was very well heard, and as reported earlier today, the Russian president
ordered nearly 40,000 troops in northern and western Russia to be put on full
alert early Monday as part of snap-readiness exercises.
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Where
The Money Is Going: Global Fund Flows Heatmap. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/16/2015 Curious where the global money has been flowing in the
past quarter? Then the following Deutsche Bank global heat-map showing the
3-month flows into equity funds (including ETFs) should help answer that
question. [ It look like that most of the money is going to Eurasia .
See the map below]:
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/16/2015 - 07:38
- Germans Tired of Greek Demands Want Country to Exit Euro (BBG)
- Weak euro powers European stocks to new highs (Reuters)
- Siemens Cheers Euro Slump as Emerson Eases Dollar’s Sting (BBG)
- A Police Gadget Tracks Phones? Shhh! It’s Secret (NYT)
- If Economists Were Right, You Would Have a Raise by Now (BBG)
- iWatch: who’s going to pay $17K for a device that will be obsolete in two years? (Barrons)
- Ferguson Suspect Said to Claim He Wasn’t Firing at Police (BBG)
- Why Bankers Are Leaving Finance for No-Salary Tech Jobs (BBG)
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FUTURE
FAST FORWARD
When
It Becomes Serious, First They Lie--When That Fails, They Arrest You .
By Charles Hugh Smith
When lying is no longer enough to gain compliance, then the organs of security are unleashed on dissent and resistance.
By Charles Hugh Smith
When lying is no longer enough to gain compliance, then the organs of security are unleashed on dissent and resistance.
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The
Not So Land of the Free
By Kathy Kelly
U.S. state and federal prison populations have risen, since 1988, from 600,000 to an estimated 1,600,000 in 2012.
By Kathy Kelly
U.S. state and federal prison populations have risen, since 1988, from 600,000 to an estimated 1,600,000 in 2012.
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Top
Ten Arguments for Raising the Minimum Wage
By Bill Quigley
"No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country." - President Franklin Roosevelt.
By Bill Quigley
"No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country." - President Franklin Roosevelt.
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The
Origin of the ‘New Cold War’
By Eric ZUESSE
Which nation, then, is actually seeking to control the world? Should any nation?
By Eric ZUESSE
Which nation, then, is actually seeking to control the world? Should any nation?
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GLOBAL RESEARCH
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PRESSTV
Hillary
co-author of ISIL: Pushkov. Tue
Mar 17, 2015 Hillary Clinton is responsible for the disaster in Syria, says
Russia’s Alexei Pushkov. At parliament hearings in the State Duma on Monday,
Pushkov referred to the American Senator
as “a co-author of the ISIL” terrorists. He stated that Obama’s successors are
“either well known to us, like Hillary Clinton who, in my opinion, is the
author of the disastrous crisis in Syria and a co-author of the ISIL, or are
totally insane people from the Republican Party." Last November, Paul Craig Roberts, a former
Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury and Associate Editor of the Wall Street
Journal, said Clinton’s presidency “would mean war with Russia”. “As Michel
Chossudovsky and Noam Chomsky have written, the war would be nuclear,” Roberts
added. More INFO: Hillary
Clinton mocks Vladimir Putin ; US
militarizing ‘areas around Russia’
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US
to keep Russia sanctions in place . Tue Mar 17, 2015 The US has vowed
to continue with anti-Russia sanctions as long as the Crimean Peninsula remains
under the rule of Moscow. In a Monday statement, US State Department
spokeswoman Jen Psaki called on the Kremlin to end what she called the
occupation of the peninsula, describing the vote as “sham”. More INFO: Russia's
annual inflation hits 11.4% ; US
threatens Putin with arms in Europe; Russia
and China mock divide and rule.
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‘Germany
to do utmost for Iran deal’ . Tue Mar 17, 2015 Germany says it will
leave no stone unturned to bring about a deal between Iran and P5+1 nations. Germany’s
foreign minister says his country will “leave nothing untried” in the coming
weeks and months to help a potential nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1
countries.
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'Minsk
deal not yet implemented'. Mon Mar 16, 2015 The German chancellor
insists the Minsk ceasefire deal between the Ukrainian government and
pro-Russia forces is yet to be fully implemented.
More INFO: Merkel
urged to press Kiev over crisis ; Russia
slams US plans to arm Kiev ; ‘1,500
Russian troops in Ukraine’ , Heavy
fighting rages in east Ukraine ; Russia
exclusion from SWIFT last resort
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US
policy rife with ‘double-talk’ .
Mon Mar 16, 2015 US foreign policy involves many “lies and double-talk” in
order to appeal to world public opinion, a US activist says
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Settlement
policy to continue: Bibi. Mon
Mar 16, 2015 Netanyahu vows to continue settlement construction in East al-Quds
if he wins the upcoming election. [ Palestinians may
need it if a united Federation arise after the psychopath is over.]
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Petrobras
mire sucks in more people. Mon Mar 16, 2015 The scandal surrounding
Brazil’s Petrobras company leads to issuance of arrest warrants against more
people. [la corrupción burocrática es una pandemia que
devino aún mas grave cuando los neoliberales llegaron al poder con Reagan,
Clinton, Bush y Obama. Cual es mas grave, la del Estado o la de los bribones
del norte, los buitres del vulture capital y los banqueros mafiosos de Londres,
NY y otros? . Para mi estos últimos .. por que? porque a los de un Estado se los puede liquidar con
otro Estado.. pero a las mafias de las grandes corporaciones .. se necesitarÃan
muchos estados y/o comandos revolucionarios articulados a nivel global para
liquidarlos]
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‘US
neocons fueling fear over Iran’ Mon Mar 16, 2015 Republicans in the US
Congress are seeking to sabotage the Iran nuclear talks, an international
lawyer in Indonesia says.
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Russia
kicks off massive Arctic drills. Mon Mar 16, 2015 Russia is conducting
sweeping military drills in the Arctic region and other areas.
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‘Iran
bans must be scrapped all at once’. Mon Mar 16, 2015 Iranian lawmakers
urge the removal of all sanctions as a condition for any nuclear deal with the
P5+1.
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Dems
breaking with Obama on Iran Mon Mar 16, 2015 Several Democratic
senators have expressed support for Republican legislation that would impose
new sanctions on Iran, according to a report.
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EU
warned not to supply arms to Ukraine. Mon Mar 16, 2015 A Russian deputy
foreign minister warns the European Union (EU) against supplying lethal arms to
Ukraine.
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US
says won’t negotiate with Assad. Mon Mar 16, 2015 The US State
Department says Washington would never negotiate with Syrian President Bashar
al-Assad.
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Syria
army, Hezbollah hit militants . Mon Mar 16, 2015 The Syrian army forces
and Hezbollah fighters clear areas in southwestern Syria of Takfiri militants.
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‘Greece
will not go back to austerity’. Mon Mar 16, 2015 Greek Prime Minister
Alexis Tsipras says Athens will not accept any return to austerity policies.
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Russia
orders Northern Fleet on alert. Mon Mar 16, 2015 Russian President
Putin orders the Navy's Northern Fleet to be on full alert for military drills.
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