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Canada ready to join NATO coalition if chemical weapons used in Syria

By CTV News

From CTV News :  Amid growing fears that the Syrian regime will use chemical weapons against its own people, Canada has developed a contingency plan to join a NATO coalition ready to deal with the worst-case scenario, CTV News has learned. If NATO asks for assistance, the federal government is ready to deploy the Canadian […]

Tahrir Bodyguard: Fighting Sexual Harassment on Egypt’s Streets

By Amira Mikhail

Slowly weaving in and out of the crowds in Tahrir, bodyguards pass out hotline numbers to women while keeping an eye out for sexual violence and attacks in the square. Activists and members of civil society are fighting hard to reverse a pattern of violence and disrespect in Egypt. However, their role is often to […]

The EU’s Nobel Still-in-One Piece Prize

By Julian Lindley-French

It is one of those surreal European days. The EU has just formally accepted the Nobel Peace Prize when the sad truth is that far from multiplying European power and influence in the world the EU these days is diminishing it.

National Intelligence Council: 50 countries at risk of internal conflict or wars with neighbors

By Thom Shanker, New York Times

From Thom Shanker, New York Times:  A new intelligence assessment of global trends projects that China will outstrip the United States as the leading economic power before 2030, but that America will remain an indispensable world leader, bolstered in part by an era of energy independence.

Top News: Opposition Forces Scorn Morsi’s Concession

By Egypt Source

For a translation of President Mohamed Morsi’s latest decree, click here. A concession offered by President Mohamed Morsi failed to placate opponents who accused him on Sunday of plunging Egypt deeper into crisis by refusing to postpone a vote on a constitution shaped by Islamists.

Georgia: No Trading NATO Ambitions for Better Russia Ties

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  Georgia will not trade away future membership of NATO in order to secure improved relations with Russia, Zviad Dzidziguri, a representative of the Georgian Dream coalition which won the country’s parliamentary elections in October, said on Monday.

Head of German intelligence: Assad regime ‘now in its final phase’

By Deutsche Welle

Morsi’s Illusion of Compromise

By Nancy Messieh

Late on Saturday night, President Mohamed Morsi rescinded his controversial November decree, replacing it with a new one. Like its predecessor, the new constitutional decree is immune from judicial appeal. It states that if the constitutional draft does not pass, a new constituent assembly will be elected within three months, and will be given a six month […]