Day: November 15, 2011

Science & Technology

iPhone Outsells All Android Competitors.

According to CNET, the top selling phones in the US for the third quarter of 2011 are: 1. Apple iPhone 4 2. Apple iPhone 3GS 3. HTC EVO 4G 4. Motorola Droid 3 5. Samsung Intensity II   The iPhones by Apple run the iOS operating system while the rest of the field operates under […]

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Violence Against Bashar al-Assad’s Regime Intensifies in Syria.

According to Al Jazeera at least 70 people have been killed in the “bloodiest day” in the uprising against Bashar al-Assad’s government, many of the victims in the province of Deraa. Syrian Security Forces are responsible for the majority of the killings according to human rights groups in Syria. Regional condemnation of Assad’s regime continues, […]

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Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitri Rogozin Asks for UK’s Help with Proposed Missile Defense Shield.

Russian ambassador to NATO Dmitri Rogozin has been making the rounds to the alliance’s member states in an effort to persuade them to pressure the U.S. to change its stance with regard to the proposed European missile defense shield. In London last Friday, Rogozin tried to persuade the U.K. to use its special relationship with […]

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European Pessimism and German Ambitions: Reasons for Worry?

The recent financial crises spreading throughout debt heavy European sovereigns has called into question the viability of the common currency and the whole European project. In its initial stages, the European Coal and Steel Community was proposed by French foreign minister Robert Schuman on May 9, 1950 as a way to prevent future war from […]

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Der Spiegel Interview with Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi.

Der Spiegel interviewed Iran’s Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi regarding Iran’s reported nuclear weapons program and its deteriorating relations with the U.S. and Israel. In refuting the International Atomic Energy Agency report, Salehi cites Ayatollah Khamenei’s fatwa on nuclear weapons that declared them ‘haram’ or forbidden according to Islamic law. Yet Der Spiegel does not […]

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