05.10.2012 Branko Ilic , Serbian FBReporter Source: Beta BUCHAREST — Radical Islamist leader Omar Bakri has warned that terrorist attacks would be launched against Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, and other countries in the region. Sheikh Omar Bakri (in picture), a Syrian Islamic leader.Bakri led the Al-Muhajirun movement, close to al-Qaeda, until 2004, which was involved in the bomb attacks
Read moreBy our reporters 5 October 2012 Since the outbreak of the economic crisis in 2008, unemployment in Spain has risen from 8 percent to nearly 25 percent, over double the European Union average. Amongst young people it has risen from 22 percent to 53 percent. In the poorer regions, including Extremadura, the Canary Islands and southern Andalucia, the unemployment rate
Read moreBy Patricia Grogg Sandra Ramírez on Havana’s malecón, or seaside drive. Credit: Patricia Grogg/IPS HAVANA, Sep 27 2012 (IPS) – It’s hard to imagine her in guerrilla fatigues, carrying a 25-kg backpack and firing shots to repel an enemy attack, or diving for cover from aerial bombardment. She is known as Sandra Ramírez, and she has left the field of
Read moreBy Christoph Dreier 5 October 2012 Last weekend, representatives of the troika—the European Central Bank (ECB), European Commission (EC) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)—returned to Athens to discuss a third package of budget cuts with the Greek government. Officially, the troika has the task of preparing a report on Greece’s budgetary situation for the European Union (EU) and IMF
Read moreBy Countercurrents.org 04 October, 2012 Other than ecotourism, there are varieties of tourism including village tourism, development tourism, pro-poor tourism, slum tourism, outer space tourism, tiger tourism, learning from people tourism, education tourism, and war tourism. Climate crisis tourism, civil war tourism and military intervention tourism may follow. Whatever it’s, it fetches money. The distribution of tourism money is a
Read more04.10.2012 Branko Ilic , Serbian FBReporter Sourse : Reuters (Reuters) – President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing U.S. support for rebels seeking to depose Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his government, U.S. sources familiar with the matter said. Obama’s order, approved earlier this year and known as an intelligence “finding,” broadly permits the CIA
Read more4 October 2012 The US Census Bureau reported this week that between 2001 and 2010, the average number of doctor visits by individuals aged 18 to 64 fell by nearly 20 percent, from 4.8 visits to 3.9 visits. The report is the latest evidence of a sharp decline in access to health care for millions of Americans. The economic situation
Read moreBy Estrella Gutiérrez Arely Domínguez, right, and other members of El Guapo at the inauguration of the bankomunales exhibit. Credit: Estrella Gutiérrez/IPS CARACAS, Oct 2 2012 (IPS) – “We were used to losing, so a group of us said to ourselves: let’s lose something here,” said Carmen Caravallo, describing the start of a “bankomunal”, a self-managed microfinance fund based on
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Read more1 October by Eric Toussaint Since 2010, in the stronger countries of the eurozone most political leaders supported by mainstream media have flaunted their so-called generosity towards the Greek people and other weaker countries in the eurozone that are currently in the limelight (Ireland, Portugal, Spain…). In this context, measures that further destroy the economy of recipient countries and
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