Digital Journalist based in Kilkenny, Ireland, Ireland.
Joined on Mar 12, 2012
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Recent comments by Israeli Army General Haggai Mordechai suggest that the Israeli military establishment are doubtful that the situation in the West Bank will deteriorate into a Third Intifada.
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As sectarian violence leaves the highest number of bodies in its wake since June 2008 we're faced with very grim prospects for Iraq's near future.
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Today as Libyan militias brandish their weapons in clear defiance of the Tripoli government we are reminded of the salient tribal divide that exists in the North African country.
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As the United States gives Syria some $250 million worth of non-lethal military hardware the Syrian opposition demands more.
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Bahrainis protesting their governments treatment of the kingdoms Shiite majority have clashed with police when they tried to disrupt the sporting event.
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The United Nations has determined that the Syrian Civil War for all intents-and-purposes constitutes a humanitarian catastrophe.
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Aliko Dangote, the African tycoon, plans to invest up to $8 billion in a new oil refinery in Nigeria. Nigeria's output will be doubled if this refinery is built.
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Only 33 percent of Americans surveyed in a new poll think the current distribution of wealth in the United States is fair. Around 52 percent think it should be redistributed and 45 percent disagree.
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Morocco cancelled military exercises scheduled to begin this month with the US after the US called upon the UN to monitor the human rights situation in Western Sahara.
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International trade unions have called on the FIFA international soccer body to prevent Qatar from hosting the 2022 due to that country's corruption, scandals and ill-treatment of migrant workers.
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Zayed Al Zayai the chairman of the circuit that is to host the upcoming Bahraini Grand Prix says it will be absolutely safe.
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Jordan has stated that it is against military intervention into the conflict raging in neighbouring Syria shortly after the Syrian president said he was dismayed at Jordan's apparent support for the opposition forces.
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The German defense technology group Krauss-Maffei has won a $2.5 billion contract with Qatar. The Gulf nation is seeking to buy artillery systems and tanks.
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On the 30th anniversary of the Hezbollah bombing of the US embassy in Beirut back in 1983 John Kerry has taken the occasion to criticize the militia.
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The United Arab Emirates have captured seven people they say were part of an al-Qaeda affiliated terrorist cell in that country.
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China has accused Japan of increasing the tensions between the two countries over a group of disputed islands in the East China Sea.
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For the second time this year the Royal Dutch Shell company has shut down a major oil pipeline in Nigeria's south in order to repair damage that was the result of theft.
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The Supreme Court of the United States has stated that it cannot consider law suits brought against the United States by foreign countries.
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Warnings had been received by the IDF and the Shin Bet security forces that terrorist groups operating in the Sinai were planning to launch rockets at the Red Sea resort of Eilat.
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North Korea has said it will sit down and negotiate over its nuclear program if the UN sanctions leveled against it are ceased and the US and South Korea put an end to regional military drills.
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