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Apr 23, 2013

Doublespeak Beyond Boston: Revealing the Brotherhood’s Arabic Rhetoric

By Jayson Casper

As the world community condemned the recent bombings in Boston, the Muslim Brotherhood’s political arm joined the chorus. “The Freedom and Justice Party categorically rejects as intolerable the bombings committed in the US city of Boston,” reported Ikhwanweb, the official English website of the Muslim Brotherhood. “The FJP offers heartfelt sympathies and solemn condolences to the American people […]

NATOSource

Apr 23, 2013

Germany’s Minister of Defense warns that if Britain left the EU, ‘it would weaken NATO’

By Nick Hopkins, Guardian

From Nick Hopkins, Guardian:  Britain’s standing as a leading military power with the ability to influence events beyond its own borders will be jeopardised if the country leaves the European Union, the German minister of defence has warned.

European Union International Organizations

MENASource

Apr 23, 2013

Top News: Morsi Vows to Respect Judicial Independence; Mekki to Reconsider Resignation

By Egypt Source

 Minister of Justice Ahmed Mekki said he would reconsider his resignation if he were to receive an official written decree promising no one would interfere in the affairs of the judiciary. Prior to Mekki’s comments, President Mohamed Morsi’s office issued a statement late Monday night regarding his meeting with members of the Supreme Judicial Council. Morsi expressed his concern to protect […]

NATOSource

Apr 23, 2013

U.S. and Lithuania sign agreement on countering nuclear smuggling

By Department of State

From Department of State:  Today, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius strengthened their countries’ partnership to combat nuclear terrorism by signing an agreement to advance protection against nuclear and radiological smuggling.

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Apr 23, 2013

NATO condemns ‘in the strongest possible terms… North Korea’s provocative actions’

By NATO

MENASource

Apr 23, 2013

Reform of Energy Subsidies in the Arab Countries

By Svetlana Milbert

Energy subsidies have been an integral part of domestic pricing policies in most Arab countries for decades, but are increasingly unsustainable because of their economic, social, and environmental impact. Out of twenty Middle East and North African (MENA) countries, twelve have energy subsidies amounting to at least 5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). A […]

Energy & Environment Middle East

NATOSource

Apr 23, 2013

U.S. warns European allies that they risk ‘collective military irrelevance’

By Steven Erlanger, New York Times

From Steven Erlanger, New York Times:  Alarmed by years of cuts to military spending, the NATO secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, issued a dire public warning to European nations, noting that together they had slashed $45 billion, or the equivalent of Germany’s entire military budget, endangering the alliance’s viability, its mission and its relationship with […]

Economy & Business European Union

MENASource

Apr 22, 2013

Syria: Defending the Indefensible

By Frederic C. Hof

Recent testimony by US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey illustrated quite nicely one outcome of a troubled interagency national security system: US senators seemed to be more perplexed about American policy toward Syria after the hearing than they were before.

Syria United States and Canada

NATOSource

Apr 22, 2013

EU-U.S. trade deal seen reaping rapid benefit

By Philip Blenkinsop, Reuters

Economy & Business

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Apr 22, 2013

Barroso: Alliance ‘between Europe and US is not against’ China

By Department of State

From Department of State:  Excerpt from remarks by European Commission President Manuel Barroso with Secretary of State John Kerry at meeting with European Commission Fellows.

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