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Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 13:02
This weekend, I will be in San Salvador to honor the lives and work of six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her daughter. They worked at the University of Central America (UCA) and they were murdered 25 years ago, on November 16, 1989, in a coordinated operation of the Salvadoran military by members of the Atlacatl Battalion.
Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 09:29
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Jose Miguel Insulza, took note of Proclamation No. 1 of 2014, dated November 10, 2014, in which President Donald Ramotar prorogued the Tenth Parliament of Guyana with immediate effect for a maximum period of six months and observed that the prorogation of the Parliament of Guyana issued by President Ramotar has occurred within the framework of the country’s constitution.
Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 07:51
The Russian military suffered years of neglect after the Soviet collapse and no longer casts the shadow of a global superpower. However, the Russian armed forces are in the midst of a historic overhaul with significant consequences for Eurasian politics and security.
Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 07:22
Pentagon contracting officers failed to follow a key interim Federal Acquisition Regulation rule on managing cost-reimbursement contracts, risking overspending on 411 contracts worth $31.7 billion, an audit found.
Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 07:19
Fiscal matters, foreign policy issues, and residual partisan haggling await lawmakers in the lame-duck session that starts this week, with the elephant in the room being that Republicans will shortly take over the Senate and full control of Congress.
Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 07:16
The departure of Alasania, popular at home and widely respected abroad, has raised questions about the durability of Georgia’s pro-Western foreign policy. But although Alasania spearheaded badly needed reforms in the Defense Ministry and was regarded as a guarantor of pro-Western policies within the coalition, his departure is unlikely to disrupt Georgia’s foreign policy—for now.
Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 07:08
Russia will supply Syria with S-300 long-range air defence systems and other advanced weaponry that will enable the country to defend itself against the United States, according to Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem.
Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 07:07
Three American kids allegedly were slaughtered by the so-called Hercules Group, which claimed to use special weapons and tactics just like many cops north of the border.
Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 07:06
Egypt is drafting a law tightening restrictions on media coverage of the armed forces, government and judicial sources said, alarming journalists who believe this would end three years of relative press freedom.
Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 07:06
The Colombian government and the FARC rebels have been in Havana, Cuba, since 2012, negotiating a deal to end the country’s 50-year armed conflict. The two sides have already agreed upon three of the five points on the agenda of the peace talks: rural land reform, political participation, and illicit drugs.