How do I know China wrecked the Copenhagen deal? I was in the room | The Guardian

Posted by Matt in December 23rd, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Climate, Barack Obama, China, Copenhagen, Disaster, Environment, Fly, Fly On The Wall, guardian, LOST, Mark Lynas, Recriminations, Spin, Truth About, Wall Account, Western Leaders

As recriminations fly post-Copenhagen, one writer offers a fly-on-the-wall account of how talks failed
Copenhagen was a disaster. That much is agreed. But the truth about what actually happened is in danger of being lost amid the spin and inevitable mutual recriminations. The truth is this: China wrecked the talks, intentionally humiliated Barack Obama, and insisted [...]

Obama’s nuclear spring | The Guardian

Posted by Matt in November 24th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Middle East, Air Operations, Air Shields, Benny Morris, Bomb, guardian, haaretz, Iran Nuclear, iranians, Israel, Led, Medium Range, Missile, Nuclear Weapons, Obama, rockets

The talk in Israel, explicit and open – including in the country’s leading daily, Haaretz, last week – is about a war in the coming spring or summer. The skies will have cleared for air operations, Israel’s missile shields against short- and medium-range rockets will at least be partly operational, and the international community, led [...]

Report: Hezbollah rearming, says ‘Israelis coming soon’ – Israel News, Ynetnews

Posted by Matt in November 8th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Middle East, Group Commander, guardian, hezbollah, Interception, Iran, Israel, Israel News, Israelis, Jewish State, Lebanon, New War, Nuclear Facilities, Rockets And Missiles, Ynetnews

Despite interception of Iranian arms shipment destined for Lebanon, senior Shiite group commander tells The Guardian, ‘We have far more rockets and missiles than we did in 2006′
Senior Hezbollah commanders told The Guardian that the Shiite group is rapidly rearming in preparation for a new war with Israel, fearing that the Jewish state [...]

Brazil crime wars: Spiderman’s story of drugs and Jesus in Rio’s slums | World news | The Guardian

Posted by Matt in November 7th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Brazil, Crime, Brazil Crime, Candy, Drugs, guardian, Guided Tour, Jesus, Killings, Lucrative Drug, Militia, Olympic City, Outsiders, Preachers, Rio, Slum, Slums, Solitude, Tide, Underworld, Violence, Young Men

How evangelical preachers are trying to stem the tide of killings in the Olympic city
What would happen if we ran into the police? “They would open fire,” Spiderman replied bluntly, his mouth half full with fluorescent pink candy. Welcome to the inner-sanctums of a murky underworld of murder, violence and solitude that is rarely seen [...]

Iran tested advanced nuclear warhead design – secret report | World news | The Guardian

Posted by Matt in November 5th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Nuclear, Atomic Energy Agency, bombs, Diplomatic Solution, Evidence Suggesting That, Existence, Explosive Components, Fears, guardian, International Atomic Energy, International Atomic Energy Agency, International Atomic Energy Agency Iaea, Iran Nuclear, Missiles, Nuclear Crisis, Nuclear Experts, Nuclear Warhead Design, Scientists, tehran, Urgency, Watchdog

You should be worried about nuclear developments in the Middle East. They mean that the Middle East is going to blow up in a few years.
Exclusive: Watchdog fears Tehran has key component to put bombs in missiles
The UN’s nuclear watchdog has asked Iran to explain evidence suggesting that Iranian scientists have experimented with an advanced [...]

Turkish PM: Iran is Our Friend – Israel National News

Posted by Matt in October 26th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Turkey, Close Ties, guardian, Iran News, Iranian President Mahmoud, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Islamic Republic, Israel National News, Israel News, Israelis, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Middle East, News Israel, No Doubt, Nuclear Technology, Nuclear Weapons, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Prime Minister

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed his country’s increasingly close ties with Iran on Monday in an interview with British newspaper The Guardian. Of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Erdogan said, “There is no doubt he is our friend.”
Relations between Iran and Turkey are “very good,” Erdogan reported, even as many Israelis see Turkey increasingly [...]

The rise of China and India | The Guardian

Posted by Matt in October 16th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, India, beijing, Chinese Communist Party, Countryside, Economy China, Environmental Problems, Foreign Markets, Form Of Government, Generations, Global Economy, Governments, guardian, Indian Prime Minister, Jonathan, Jonathan Watts, New Decade, Reliance, Rise Of China, Social Inequality, Speedy Growth, Turbulent Times

Speedy growth also brought rising social inequality, worsening environmental problems and the potentially unsettling shift of hundreds of millions of people from countryside to city. But, on the surface at least, both governments remained stable. For the first time in more than 40 years, an Indian prime minister served a full term and was re-elected. [...]

Iran: US behind missing scientist | World news | The Guardian

Posted by Matt in October 8th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Disappearance, Geneva, guardian, Iran News, Missing Scientist, News Iran, News Today, Nuclear Scientists, Principle, Profession, Religious Pilgrimage, Saudi Authorities, Saudi Kingdom, Saudi-Arabia, tehran, Uranium Deal, World News

Iran today accused the US of being behind the disappearance of an one of its nuclear scientists in Saudi Arabia and called into question a uranium deal agreed in principle in Geneva last week.
Shahram Amiri vanished during a religious pilgrimage to the Saudi kingdom in May. Tehran has previously complained to the Saudi authorities but [...]

IAEA secret report: Iran worked on nuclear warhead | World news | The Guardian

Posted by Matt in September 18th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, guardian, Iran News, Iran Nuclear, Iranian Nuclear Threat, Islamic Republic, Nuclear Warhead, Nuclear Weapon, Urgency, World News

The urgency of dealing with the Iranian nuclear threat was underscored today when a leaked report revealed that the UN inspection agency believes the Islamic republic has “sufficient information” to make a nuclear weapon and has “probably tested” a key component.
IAEA secret report: Iran worked on nuclear warhead | World news | The Guardian

The war? Nothing to do with Stalin, says Russia’s president, Dmitry Medvedev | The Guardian

Posted by Matt in August 30th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Russia, 70th Anniversary, Ahead, Baltic States, Dmitry Medvedev, Eclipse, European Capitals, European Leaders, Fingering, Gdansk, guardian, Hitler And Stalin, Neighbours, Poland, Russia News, Second World War, World News

It is a debate that has raged in European capitals ahead of the 70th anniversary on Tuesday of the beginning of the second world war on 1 September 1939. Who, apart from Hitler, was actually responsible for starting it?
This summer the Baltic states have blamed Hitler and Stalin equally. Russia, meanwhile, is fingering Poland.
Ultimately, however, [...]