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Putin and Cameron hold talks ahead of G8 summit

June 16, 2013 10:26 pm | Leave a Comment |

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Russian President Vladimir Putin met with British Prime Minister David Cameron in Downing Street ahead of today’s G8 summit. Before leaving London the two leaders discussed Syria – a subject set to dominate the international get-together in Belfast.

The US decision to send weapons to Syria’s rebels has angered Putin, whose government is an ally of President Bashar al-Assad.

Referring to an unverified gory video released last month, the Russian leader said:

“I believe you cannot deny that blood is on the hands of both parties. I believe one does not really need to support the people who not only kill their enemies, but open up their bodies, eat their intestines in front of the public gaze and cameras. Are these the people you want to support? Are they the ones you want to supply with weapons?.”

It was a surprised David Cameron who responded to President Putin’s remarks:

“You can see there are very big differences between the analysis we have of what happened in Syria and who is to blame. But where there is common ground, is we both see a humanitarian catastrophe. We both see the dangers of instability and extremism. We both want to see a peace conference and a transition.”

Meanwhile waiting for them in Belfast was a group of protesters dressed up as G8 leaders pretending to cook up a recipe to end global hunger. Tax avoidance is one of the other main issues to be discussed at the two day summit in Northern Ireland.

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Egypt courts hands jail terms to 43 NGO workers, including 15 US citizens

June 4, 2013 4:44 pm | Leave a Comment |

The court sentenced Egyptian and foreign defendants, most of whom were not present at the hearing, to jail terms of one to five years. Twenty-seven defendants received five years in prison, another five – two years and 11 were given one-year terms. Judge Makram Awad gave five-year sentences in absentia to at least 15 US citizens who were not in the country. Many of the foreigners – nationals of the US, five Serbs, two Germans and three non-Egyptian Arab nationals – have already left the country. Among the Americans is Sam LaHood, the head of the Egypt office of the Washington-based International Republican Institute and the son of the US Transportation Secretary. He managed to leave the country after a travel ban against them was lifted in March 2012. All of them were initially barred from leaving Egypt. The defendants say they will appeal against the sentences, according to AFP. Besides the jail terms, the court ordered the closure of the non-governmental organizations, including the US-based International Republican Institute (IRI), chaired by Republican senator John McCain, and the National Democratic Institute (NDI), Freedom House and Germany’s Konrad Adenauer Foundation. However, the NGOs deny the charges. They insist the Egyptian government knew about their activities throughout the country. For instance, NDI claims that it was given formal permission to conduct monitoring for the country’s first democratic elections that followed the ouster of Hosni Mubarak. The NGO scandal, which has already soured relations between Egypt and the US, dates back to December 2011. At that time police conducted armed raids on 17 NGO offices across Cairo, detaining employees and seizing equipment. The Egyptian military government accused 43 employees of non-profit groups of illegally using foreign funds to instigate unrest in the country. The US characterized the raids as “inconsistent with the bilateral cooperation”. Tuesday’s verdict has already been predicted to worsen already strained relations between former allies. There was no immediate comment from Washington on Tuesday’s ruling. For more than three decades the two states cooperated with the Egyptian military receiving more than $1bn (£650m) in aid annually. In addition to the $1.3bn in US military aid, Egypt also receives about $250m in economic aid every year. Germany has responded to the verdict saying it was “outraged and highly disturbed”. Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said that Germany would support the defendants in their efforts to have the court’s decision reversed. Meanwhile, Egypt’s Parliamentarians are debating a new bill, which Human Rights Watch and 40 Egyptian rights groups fear will restrict the funding and activities of NGOs in the country. Proposed by Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, the bill is aimed at committing NGOs to the principles of transparency and striking a balance with “the openness of Egypt”, Morsi said earlier. Once signed into law, it would allow the state to control NGOs’ activities as well as their domestic and international funding. Last week the New York-based Human Rights Watch and 40 Egyptian rights groups expressed concerns that a draft law would undermine liberties in the country. Under Mubarak, local and foreign NGOs were not allowed to align themselves with political parties, involvement in politics was tightly restricted. … Read More

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Vid: CA vs. The Suburbs – Planners, Smart Growth, and the Manhattan Delusion

April 18, 2013 5:11 pm | Leave a Comment |

“If you really believe that suburbs are going to die, then let
them die, and let the market address the situation” says Joel
Kotkin, Chapman University professor and urban planning
specialist.
But letting the market work is far from ideal for California’s
regional planners and local politicians, who want almost 70
percent of new housing over the next 25 years to be multi-unit
apartment-style dwelliings, despite the facts that more than half
of Southern California households reside in a single-family home
and that
more people are leaving California than are coming in.
Watch the Reason TV video above to learn more about the
ideology, politics, and outcomes of modern urban planning. Or click
below for the full text and downloadable versions.
About 6:30 minutes.
Produced by Zach Weissmueller. Shot by Sharif Matar, Paul
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Violence in Venezuela leaves many to live in fear

April 12, 2013 7:54 pm | Leave a Comment |

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Venezuela’s soaring crime rate a major electoral issue.

As dusk approaches the streets of Caracas empty leaving the city at the mercy of the criminals. The murder rate in Venezuela is 20 times higher than that of the United States and the police are part of the problem. In 2009 former Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami said they were responsible for 20 percent of the country’s crimes.

Current vice-president and presidential hopeful Nicolas Maduro has vowed to address the issue: “One of the most serious problems, which I am committed to finding a solution, is the problem of insecurity, criminality, violence, drugs,” he said while on the campaign trail.

Opposition leader Henrique Capriles is well aware of the problem, speaking at a rally Capriles shed light on the lives of many in Venezuela: “For years now there have been people who don’t sleep, who can’t sleep because of what is going on outside their houses, who are afraid. The sounds they hear don’t come from television, but from bullets, the sounds of violence, with you I want to build a country where people can sleep calmly.”

As many 3,400 people have been killed in the country since the beginning of the year many of them young men.

Yelitza Palacios lost her son in a street shooting: “I felt the bullets hitting when I was inside my house. He was coming with his girlfriend, when the shots started I ran outside because it was going on in my street. I ran out shouting, and when I got there they told me my son was dead.”

In an attempt to combat the violence the government has created gun-free zones in public places such as night-clubs and restaurants.

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Your vacation is unethical

March 26, 2013 3:45 pm | Leave a Comment |

Spring break is almost upon us, and you know what that means: It’s easy to feel guilty.To begin with, any time you fly anywhere for the fun of it, the resultant carbon spillage pollutes your friendship with the environment. As somebody who has been writing about travel for most of the last 20 years, I’m more guilty in this area than most. And the idea of buying offsets doesn’t make me feel any less responsible. Instead, I tell myself that by traveling we widen our minds, and as Americans abroad, we might be helping spread wealth and perhaps bringing home a lesson or two.But that means paying attention when you plan a trip, and understanding where your money is going, what the local labor laws are, and how American tourism dollars might do some good. Some trips make me feel less guilty than others, and that’s usually because I’ve done some easy homework before leaving home.Let’s start right here: If you’re sleeping in a hotel, any hotel, and not tipping the maid $2 a night or more, you’re not entitled to complain about anybody’s exploitation of anybody anywhere. Wherever you are in the world, Detroit to Djibouti, you can be sure that generously tipping the maid is going to help the working poor get richer. There are no political complications, no middle man, just you, your wallet, the top of the dresser, and the person who will be dusting that dresser-top in an hour or two.Continue Reading… … Read More

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Millionaires Are–or Perhaps Aren’t–Leaving California

February 7, 2013 8:14 pm | Leave a Comment |

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Nevada and Arizona Lure Tax-Hit Businesses from California

November 30, 2012 5:40 pm | Leave a Comment |

Nevada and Arizona are trying
to capitalize on California’s latest ballot measures by
attempting to lure tax-burdened companies out of the golden
state.
According to the
Las Vegas Review Journal, ;the Las Vegas Regional
Economic Development Council (LVREDC) plans to launch a campaign to
attract businesses across state lines. ; Tom Skancke, CEO of
the LVREDC, told the paper that he “welcomed all California
businesses” and that his development staff would be reaching out to
their contacts in California in the new year.
Arizona business leaders have made a more ambitious play for
businesses fleeing tax hikes. The Greater Phoenix Economic Council
(GPEC) launched a program to fly 100 Californian chief executives
to Arizona for a tour of what the Grand Canyon state has to offer.
Speaking to the
L.A. Times, ;Barry Broome, President of the GPEC
project, questioned the continuing viability of businesses in
California

“If I were running a company in California, I would have a deep
internal debate about the direction of the state. You just have an
environment in California that isn’t good news for people who build
and run companies.”

The program has extended its initial ambitions looking to target
100 high-tech companies with 200 or more employees; double it’s
initial plans of 50. So far 11 CEOs have committed to meeting with
the GPEC. Gil Duran, a spokesman for Governor Jerry Brown
(D-Calif.), dismissed the program in an email saying; “Anybody who
tries to convince you to leave the best and richest state for some
parched desert outpost should be regarded with extreme suspicion.
Scam alert!”
The number of businesses leaving California this year is

said to be on track with last year’s figure of an estimated
254. ;However, with the increase in statewide sales tax (from
7.25 percent to 7.5 percent) brought in by Proposition 30, a boost
in income tax rates for the next seven years on incomes over
$250,000, the
newly implemented cap-and-trade program ;and an elimination
of many business tax loopholes by Proposition 39 more and more
companies may be persuaded to move states. ;

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