My Way News - Iran displays missiles on anniversary of Iraq war
My Way News reports: "Iran is marking the 31st anniversary of the start of the Iraq-Iran war with a military parade and a display of the country's steadily growing arsenal of short and medium range ballistic missiles [...] The missile, with more than 1,250 miles (2,000 kilometers) in range, could pose a threat to Israel and U.S.-allied Arab nations, including some that are home to American military bases."
Thursday, September 22, 2011
My Way News - Remote India villages reached; quake toll hits 106
My Way News reports: "Rescuers on Thursday finally reached some of the villages in India's remote northeast that were cut off by a powerful earthquake in the Himalayan region last weekend, as the death toll in the disaster climbed past 100."
My Way News reports: "Rescuers on Thursday finally reached some of the villages in India's remote northeast that were cut off by a powerful earthquake in the Himalayan region last weekend, as the death toll in the disaster climbed past 100."
My Way News - Global leaders struggle to calm recession fears
My Way News reports: "Finance officials of the Group of 20 major economies issued a statement late Thursday saying they were committed to a strong and coordinated response to renewed challenges coming from the European debt crisis and weak economic growth in the United States and other countries."
My Way News reports: "Finance officials of the Group of 20 major economies issued a statement late Thursday saying they were committed to a strong and coordinated response to renewed challenges coming from the European debt crisis and weak economic growth in the United States and other countries."
My Way News - AP: BP oil not degrading on Gulf floor, study says
My Way News reports: "The study concluded that mats of oil - not weathered tar, which is harder and contains fewer hydrocarbons - are still submerged on the seabed and could pose a long-term risk to coastal ecosystems."
My Way News reports: "The study concluded that mats of oil - not weathered tar, which is harder and contains fewer hydrocarbons - are still submerged on the seabed and could pose a long-term risk to coastal ecosystems."
My Way News - US 'no' on Taiwan arms seen as sign of China clout
My Way News reports: "A U.S. decision not to sell Taiwan new F-16 fighter jets is being seen by many U.S. allies in Asia as a sign of China's growing clout [...] they still see Washington's refusal to make the F-16 sale - privately confirmed by congressional aides Sunday and then made public Wednesday - as showing a new deference to Chinese interests."
My Way News reports: "A U.S. decision not to sell Taiwan new F-16 fighter jets is being seen by many U.S. allies in Asia as a sign of China's growing clout [...] they still see Washington's refusal to make the F-16 sale - privately confirmed by congressional aides Sunday and then made public Wednesday - as showing a new deference to Chinese interests."
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Haaretz - Obama to Abbas: U.S. will veto Palestinians at UN
Haaretz reports: U.S. President Barack Obama told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday that UN action would not achieve a Palestinian state and the United States would veto any Security Council move to recognize Palestinian statehood, the White House said.
DEBKAfile - No big UN showdown on Palestinian state this week. West Bank flare-up close
DEBKAfile reports: Accounts of the big diplomatic showdown facing the United Nations when the Palestinian bid for statehood is filed Friday, Sept. 23 have been blown up and overdramatized . Neither the Security Council nor the UN General Assembly will be making any immediate decisions this week and US President Barack Obama will not be called on as yet to veto the Palestinian application. Therefore the dispute over which side can muster the magic majority of nine members is premature.
Yahoo! News - Palestinians to push U.N. bid despite Obama
Yahoo! News reports: U.S. President Barack Obama told the United Nations on Wednesday there was no short cut to Middle East peace but Palestinians said they would press on with a request for U.N. recognition of their nascent state.
Haaretz reports: U.S. President Barack Obama told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday that UN action would not achieve a Palestinian state and the United States would veto any Security Council move to recognize Palestinian statehood, the White House said.
DEBKAfile - No big UN showdown on Palestinian state this week. West Bank flare-up close
DEBKAfile reports: Accounts of the big diplomatic showdown facing the United Nations when the Palestinian bid for statehood is filed Friday, Sept. 23 have been blown up and overdramatized . Neither the Security Council nor the UN General Assembly will be making any immediate decisions this week and US President Barack Obama will not be called on as yet to veto the Palestinian application. Therefore the dispute over which side can muster the magic majority of nine members is premature.
Yahoo! News - Palestinians to push U.N. bid despite Obama
Yahoo! News reports: U.S. President Barack Obama told the United Nations on Wednesday there was no short cut to Middle East peace but Palestinians said they would press on with a request for U.N. recognition of their nascent state.
Haaretz Daily Newspaper - Turkey's Erdogan calls Israel's offshore gas drilling 'madness'
Haaretz reports: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan described offshore gas drilling by estranged ally Israel and Cyprus as "madness" on Wednesday, raising the stakes in a confrontation over potentially huge deposits in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Haaretz reports: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan described offshore gas drilling by estranged ally Israel and Cyprus as "madness" on Wednesday, raising the stakes in a confrontation over potentially huge deposits in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
My Way News - Obama aims to salvage Mideast crisis aversion plan
My Way News reports: "The U.S. and its allies changed tactics Tuesday on how to avert a crisis over a Palestinian statehood bid, as the White House announced that President Barack Obama would meet Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. At the same time, U.S. officials conceded they could not stop Abbas from officially launching his case for the Security Council's approval of the statehood effort. But they hoped to contain the fallout by urging Abbas not to push for an actual vote in the Council, where the U.S. has promised a veto, to give international peacemakers time to produce a statement that would be the basis for resumed Israeli-Palestinian negotiations."
Comment: Let's be honest, either way, it's not good for Israel. If the Palestinians move forward it will galvanize world opinion against Israel and make the situation on the ground much more problematic. If the Palestinians back down in favor of the Quartet's latest peace plan, it means Israel faces much more intense pressure to reach a quick deal, and that means more land for peace. After Gaza, does anyone really think the Palestinians want land for peaceful purposes? Developments are moving quickly, keep watching!
Monday, September 19, 2011
Yahoo! News - Clinton: Still hope for a Palestinian compromise
Yahoo! News reports: "The Obama administration insisted Monday there was still time to avert a divisive showdown over Palestinian statehood, ignoring President Mahmoud Abbas' defiant pledge to take his government's case to the United Nations and reaching out to Western allies in the hopes of a last-ditch compromise."
Comment: This looks like it could be an epic week for Mideast peace developments. Stay tuned!
Yahoo! News reports: "The Obama administration insisted Monday there was still time to avert a divisive showdown over Palestinian statehood, ignoring President Mahmoud Abbas' defiant pledge to take his government's case to the United Nations and reaching out to Western allies in the hopes of a last-ditch compromise."
Comment: This looks like it could be an epic week for Mideast peace developments. Stay tuned!
My Way News - Yemen protesters storm elite military base; 50 die
My Way News reports: "Thousands of protesters backed by military defectors seized a base of the elite Republican Guards on Monday, weakening the control of Yemen's embattled president over this poor, fractured Arab nation. His forces fired on unarmed demonstrators elsewhere in the capital, killing scores, wounding hundreds and sparking international condemnation."
My Way News reports: "Thousands of protesters backed by military defectors seized a base of the elite Republican Guards on Monday, weakening the control of Yemen's embattled president over this poor, fractured Arab nation. His forces fired on unarmed demonstrators elsewhere in the capital, killing scores, wounding hundreds and sparking international condemnation."
Wired News - Cash Advanced: Google Wallet Is Tomorrow’s Billfold
Wired News reports: "Google’s newest offering replaces an accessory we’ve carried since man first stripped hide from beasts: Our wallet. Google Wallet is a service that eliminates the traditional notion of the leather carrying case, allowing you to store digital versions of your credit cards on your smartphone. Basically, Wallet lets you use your phone to pay for purchases at physical point-of-sale machines."
Comment: This looks like a great advance in mobile-commerce, just don't lose your phone.
Wired News reports: "Google’s newest offering replaces an accessory we’ve carried since man first stripped hide from beasts: Our wallet. Google Wallet is a service that eliminates the traditional notion of the leather carrying case, allowing you to store digital versions of your credit cards on your smartphone. Basically, Wallet lets you use your phone to pay for purchases at physical point-of-sale machines."
Comment: This looks like a great advance in mobile-commerce, just don't lose your phone.
Yahoo! News - 4 earthquakes rock Guatemala, 1 confirmed dead
Yahoo! News reports: "Four earthquakes struck the southeastern part of Guatemala in less than two hours Monday afternoon, causing at least one death as some walls collapsed, authorities said. At least three people were reported missing."
VOA - Indian Quake Kills 7, Injures 22 in Tibet
The Voice of America reports: "Chinese state media say at least seven people were killed and 22 injured in southern Tibet by a powerful earthquake that struck in the Indian state of Sikkim."
Yahoo! News reports: "Four earthquakes struck the southeastern part of Guatemala in less than two hours Monday afternoon, causing at least one death as some walls collapsed, authorities said. At least three people were reported missing."
VOA - Indian Quake Kills 7, Injures 22 in Tibet
The Voice of America reports: "Chinese state media say at least seven people were killed and 22 injured in southern Tibet by a powerful earthquake that struck in the Indian state of Sikkim."
CNN.com - More than 6,000 struck with dengue fever in Pakistan
CNN.com reports: "Dengue fever has killed 25 people and affected more than 6,000 over the past two months in Lahore, Pakistan, a health department spokesman said Monday."
CNN.com reports: "Dengue fever has killed 25 people and affected more than 6,000 over the past two months in Lahore, Pakistan, a health department spokesman said Monday."
Saturday, September 17, 2011
My Way News - Magnitude-6.6 quake shakes Japan
My Way News reports: "A magnitude-6.6 earthquake shook the east coast of Japan off Honshu early Saturday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. No tsunami warning was issued, and no damage or casualties were immediately reported."
My Way News reports: "A magnitude-6.6 earthquake shook the east coast of Japan off Honshu early Saturday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. No tsunami warning was issued, and no damage or casualties were immediately reported."
Friday, September 16, 2011
My Way News - Palestinian leader will ask for full UN membership
My Way News reports: "The Palestinian president said Friday he would ask the U.N. Security Council next week to endorse his people's decades-long quest for statehood but emphasized that he did not seek to isolate or delegitimize Israel."
China paper warns US against Palestinian UN veto - Yahoo! News
Yahoo News reports: "A Chinese state-run newspaper on Friday warned of a spike in tensions in the Middle East if the United States vetoed the Palestinian bid for membership of the United Nations next week."
My Way News reports: "The Palestinian president said Friday he would ask the U.N. Security Council next week to endorse his people's decades-long quest for statehood but emphasized that he did not seek to isolate or delegitimize Israel."
China paper warns US against Palestinian UN veto - Yahoo! News
Yahoo News reports: "A Chinese state-run newspaper on Friday warned of a spike in tensions in the Middle East if the United States vetoed the Palestinian bid for membership of the United Nations next week."
My Way News - Israel calls Egypt envoy over treaty revision talk
My Way News reports: The Israeli Foreign Ministry summoned the Egyptian ambassador for a talk Friday after Egypt's prime minister said his country's 1979 peace treaty with Israel could be amended, a ministry spokesman said. The spokesman, Paul Hirschson, would not give details of the conversation.
My Way News reports: The Israeli Foreign Ministry summoned the Egyptian ambassador for a talk Friday after Egypt's prime minister said his country's 1979 peace treaty with Israel could be amended, a ministry spokesman said. The spokesman, Paul Hirschson, would not give details of the conversation.
My Way News - Hand-drawn St. John's Bible completed, on display
My Way News reports: "The Benedictine monks at St. John's Abbey and St. John's University in Collegeville, Minn., commissioned the Bible in 1998 to celebrate the beginning of a new millennium [...] the St. John's Bible, believed to be the only handwritten and illuminated Bible commissioned by a Benedictine monastery in the more than 500 years since the invention of the printing press."
My Way News reports: "The Benedictine monks at St. John's Abbey and St. John's University in Collegeville, Minn., commissioned the Bible in 1998 to celebrate the beginning of a new millennium [...] the St. John's Bible, believed to be the only handwritten and illuminated Bible commissioned by a Benedictine monastery in the more than 500 years since the invention of the printing press."
Thursday, September 15, 2011
My Way News - Defying US, Palestinians press forward with UN bid
My Way News reports: "In a direct challenge to the United States, the Palestinians said Thursday they will ask the Security Council next week to accept them as a full member of the United Nations, even though Washington has promised to veto the measure."
My Way News reports: "In a direct challenge to the United States, the Palestinians said Thursday they will ask the Security Council next week to accept them as a full member of the United Nations, even though Washington has promised to veto the measure."
My Way News - Magnitude-7.2 quake shakes Fiji
My Way News reports: "A magnitude-7.2 earthquake rattled Fiji in the Pacific Ocean on Friday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. No tsunami warning was issued, and no damage or casualties were immediately reported."
The Washington Post - Earthquakes hit California, Cuba and Japan
The Washington Post reports: "As if we haven’t been shaken and stirred enough lately, three separate earthquakes hit California, Cuba and Japan on Wednesday night and Thursday morning."
My Way News reports: "A magnitude-7.2 earthquake rattled Fiji in the Pacific Ocean on Friday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. No tsunami warning was issued, and no damage or casualties were immediately reported."
The Washington Post - Earthquakes hit California, Cuba and Japan
The Washington Post reports: "As if we haven’t been shaken and stirred enough lately, three separate earthquakes hit California, Cuba and Japan on Wednesday night and Thursday morning."
My Way News - Arctic sea ice shrinks to second lowest level
My Way News reports: "Arctic sea ice melted this summer to the second lowest level since record-keeping began more than 50 years ago, scientists reported Thursday, mostly blaming global warming."
My Way News reports: "Arctic sea ice melted this summer to the second lowest level since record-keeping began more than 50 years ago, scientists reported Thursday, mostly blaming global warming."
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