06/02/2007 |
Somalia rota. El olvido que mata
Alfonso Armada | ABC
Viniendo de las áridas tierras del norte de Somalia, la aparición de un río que se demora en cerrados meandros y de un insólito manto verde anuncia la Mesopotamia del Cuerno de África, entre los ríos Juba y Shebeli, la franja donde se alzan las ruinas de Mogadiscio (bajo las que sobreviven algo más de un millón de almas), y Jowhar, nuestro destino. ...
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05/02/2007 |
Alemania y el nuevo impulso a Europa
Angela Merkel | El Pais (Es)
Alemania asume durante medio año la presidencia de la Unión Europea. Estamos decididos a trabajar por Europa. A día de hoy, Europa se ve amenazada por el terrorismo internacional, el cambio climático y las crecientes oleadas de refugiados. En España se sabe lo que eso significa. Pero Europa también tiene éxitos en su haber. ...
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05/02/2007 |
US- '08 Candidates Make End Run Around Federal Campaign Rules
Kenneth P. Vogel | Politico.com
As the 2008 presidential campaign enters a winnowing phase in which candidates will be judged by the size of their war chests, a group of could-be, has-been and full-fledged candidates has collected $22 million that will never be reported on federal campaign filings. ...
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05/02/2007 |
'08 Fundraising Off to a Furious Start
Mike Allen | Politico.com
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has come up with the flashiest fundraising innovation in a presidential campaign in which the price of admission is estimated at $100 million, and the final tab for the contest is likely to approach $2 billion. ...
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05/02/2007 |
Edwards '08: Talking Tough
Roger Simon | Politico.com
In 2004, John Edwards rarely had an unkind word to say about his rivals for the presidency. But it isn't 2004 any more. ...
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05/02/2007 |
Renewable Energy Advocates See Democrats As Allies
Jean Chemnick | Politico.com
Advocates for renewable energy sources are feeling confident these days now that Democrats control Congress. ...
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05/02/2007 |
Nigeria: Election Season and Delta Violence
Stratfor Staff | Stratfor
Nigerian militants put 24 Philippine hostages on display Feb. 1 and demanded the release of imprisoned militant leader Mujahid Dokubo-Asari. ...
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05/02/2007 |
U.S. Climate Policy: Defining the Second Commitment Period
Stratfor Staff | Stratfor
Discussions of climate change have reached a frenzied level in Washington, D.C. The number of bills proposing different ways to address the issue is growing by the week -- four bills have been introduced since Jan. 10, and at least three more are rumored to be coming over the next two months. ...
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05/02/2007 |
Thailand: The Likely Dissolution of the TRT
Stratfor Staff | Stratfor
In a Feb. 1 speech at the Hat Yai campus of Thailand's Prince of Songkhla University, Gen. Sonthi Boonyaratglin, the head of the ruling Council for National Security, suggested that the Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra could soon be disbanded. ...
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05/02/2007 |
India: Pakistan's Exposed Intelligence-Gathering Operation
Stratfor Staff | Stratfor
Indian authorities claimed Feb. 2 to have caught a Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spy in the act of transmitting national security information to Pakistan from an Internet café in the northern Indian city of Varanasi. ...
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