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NATOSource

Aug 8, 2011

Former Finnish Prime Minister Harri Holkeri, international peacemaker, dies at age 74

By the AP

From the AP:  Former Finnish Prime Minister Harri Holkeri, who brokered peace talks in Northern Ireland in the late 1990s and headed the U.N. administration in Kosovo, died Sunday. He was 74.

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

NATOSource

Aug 7, 2011

Italy Demands NATO Probe Over Libya Boat Migrants

By Alessandra Rizzo and Frances D’Emilio, the AP

NATOSource

Aug 7, 2011

NATO Secretary General’s statement on helicopter tragedy in Afghanistan

By NATO

From NATO:  I am deeply saddened by the death of US service members and Afghan soldiers in today’s helicopter incident. My thoughts and condolences are with their families and loved ones. In this tragic moment I would like to stress NATO’s strong solidarity with the American and the Afghan people as well as with their […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Aug 7, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on August 5

By NATO

New Atlanticist

Aug 6, 2011

Life in the AA+ League: What a Debt Downgrade Means to You

By Alexei Monsarrat

How bad is it going to be with a AA+ credit rating?  The answer to that question depends on what you’re concerned about.  The economy: If you’re worried that economic ruin is now upon us, then you can breathe easy (for now).  Traders and economists broadly agree that the impact on borrowing rates for the U.S. […]

Economy & Business United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Aug 6, 2011

S&P Downgrades USA; Time to Downgrade S&P?

By James Joyner

Standard & Poor’s judges that the American political system is a mess and that there should be long-term concern about its public debt. It’s hard to argue with that. But would investors really be better off buying Liechtenstein’s bonds than America’s? On what basis? S&P says the downgrade “reflects our opinion that the fiscal consolidation plan that […]

Economy & Business United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Aug 6, 2011

Crisis? What Crisis? How to Save a Debt-Drowning Planet

By Julian Lindley-French

In late 1979, with the public service unions on strike and with the national debt spiraling out of control, Britain began to resemble a toilet. Prime Minister Jim Callaghan returned from a ‘summit’ in Guadeloupe (they never seem to hold summits in Rotherham or Detroit). The Sun, one of Britain’s Murdoch tabloid newspapers, famed for […]

Economy & Business

NATOSource

Aug 5, 2011

Canada begins annual arctic sovereignty exercise, Operation Nanook

By Canada’s Ministry of Defense

From Canada’s Ministry of Defense:  Operation Nanook commenced today when a combined Naval Task Group set sail from St. John’s, Newfoundland, towards Canada’s Eastern and High Arctic, where other personnel and equipment from the Army, Air Force, and Canadian Rangers will converge over the month of August.

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Aug 5, 2011

Ales Byalyatski, 2011 Atlantic Council Freedom Awardee, Arrested in Belarus

By The Editors

On August 4, Belarusian authorities detained Ales Byalyatski, Chairman of the Human Rights Center “Viasna,” and a recipient of a 2011 Atlantic Council Freedom Award. In June, Byalyatski accepted the Council’s Freedom Award for Viasna’s extraordinary work and in recognition of his long-time struggle for human rights in Belarus. Representatives from Viasna, the Belarusian Association […]

NATOSource

Aug 5, 2011

Rogozin: NATO plans campaign in Syria, tightens noose around Iran

By RIA Novosti

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy