RagingElephants.org » International http://www.ragingelephants.org Leading America's 2nd Emancipation Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:58:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Casualties reported after large bomb explodes in southern Afghan city http://www.ragingelephants.org/2012/02/06/casualties-reported-after-large-bomb-explodes-in-southern-afghan-city/ http://www.ragingelephants.org/2012/02/06/casualties-reported-after-large-bomb-explodes-in-southern-afghan-city/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:01:30 +0000 admin http://www.ragingelephants.org/?p=10636 A car bomb exploded just outside the police headquarters of a southern Afghanistan city on Sunday, killing at least seven people, officials said.

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]]> http://www.ragingelephants.org/2012/02/06/casualties-reported-after-large-bomb-explodes-in-southern-afghan-city/feed/ 0 Ginsburg to Egyptians: I wouldn’t use U.S. Constitution as a model http://www.ragingelephants.org/2012/02/06/ginsburg-to-egyptians-i-wouldnt-use-u-s-constitution-as-a-model/ http://www.ragingelephants.org/2012/02/06/ginsburg-to-egyptians-i-wouldnt-use-u-s-constitution-as-a-model/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:59:41 +0000 admin http://www.ragingelephants.org/?p=10632 As Egyptian officials prepare to send to trial 19 American democracy and rights workers, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburgvisited Cairo last week where she suggested Egyptian revolutionaries not use the U.S. Constitution as a model in the post-Arab Spring.

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]]> http://www.ragingelephants.org/2012/02/06/ginsburg-to-egyptians-i-wouldnt-use-u-s-constitution-as-a-model/feed/ 0 US closes embassy in Syria, pulls out diplomats http://www.ragingelephants.org/2012/02/06/us-closes-embassy-in-syria-pulls-out-diplomats/ http://www.ragingelephants.org/2012/02/06/us-closes-embassy-in-syria-pulls-out-diplomats/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:58:45 +0000 admin http://www.ragingelephants.org/?p=10630 The U.S. closed its Syrian embassy Monday and Britain recalled its ambassador to Damascus in a dramatic escalation of Western pressure on President Bashar Assad to give up power, just days after diplomatic efforts at the United Nations to end the crisis collapsed.

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]]> http://www.ragingelephants.org/2012/02/06/us-closes-embassy-in-syria-pulls-out-diplomats/feed/ 0 Hackers claim to have intercepted call between FBI, Scotland Yard http://www.ragingelephants.org/2012/02/04/hackers-claim-to-have-intercepted-call-between-fbi-scotland-yard/ http://www.ragingelephants.org/2012/02/04/hackers-claim-to-have-intercepted-call-between-fbi-scotland-yard/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:21:51 +0000 admin http://www.ragingelephants.org/?p=10613 A sensitive conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard was recorded and released online by the hackers in Anonymous, the group claimed Friday.

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]]> http://www.ragingelephants.org/2012/02/04/hackers-claim-to-have-intercepted-call-between-fbi-scotland-yard/feed/ 0 Women and the Arab uprisings: 8 ‘agents of change’ to follow http://www.ragingelephants.org/2012/02/04/women-and-the-arab-uprisings-8-agents-of-change-to-follow/ http://www.ragingelephants.org/2012/02/04/women-and-the-arab-uprisings-8-agents-of-change-to-follow/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:20:01 +0000 admin http://www.ragingelephants.org/?p=10608 Women have been at the forefront of the uprisings that started in Tunisia and soon cascaded west to Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Syria and across the Gulf. Over the past year, Arab women have relished the promise of a change — and found a new sense of equality long suppressed under sclerotic patriarchal regimes.

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]]> http://www.ragingelephants.org/2012/02/02/more-deaths-amid-europes-big-freeze/feed/ 0 Anger flares in Egypt after 79 die in soccer riot http://www.ragingelephants.org/2012/02/02/anger-flares-in-egypt-after-79-die-in-soccer-riot/ http://www.ragingelephants.org/2012/02/02/anger-flares-in-egypt-after-79-die-in-soccer-riot/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:45:41 +0000 admin http://www.ragingelephants.org/?p=10602 As Egyptians began three days of mourning Thursday for the 79 people who died in a soccer riot in the Mediterranean city of Port Said, new violence erupted in Cairo, where protesters confronted police near the Interior Ministry headquarters.

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]]> http://www.ragingelephants.org/2012/02/02/anger-flares-in-egypt-after-79-die-in-soccer-riot/feed/ 0 Why Russia protects Syria’s Assad http://www.ragingelephants.org/2012/02/02/why-russia-protects-syrias-assad/ http://www.ragingelephants.org/2012/02/02/why-russia-protects-syrias-assad/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:44:49 +0000 admin http://www.ragingelephants.org/?p=10600 As casualties mount before the brutal onslaught of Bashar al-Assad’s forces against Syria’s pro-democracy protesters, the Russians are being unhelpful again. In Washington and Brussels, even habitually cool diplomats have been showing frustration.

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]]> http://www.ragingelephants.org/2012/02/02/why-russia-protects-syrias-assad/feed/ 0 UN nuke official says they will return to Iran, indicating progress on talks http://www.ragingelephants.org/2012/02/01/un-nuke-official-says-they-will-return-to-iran-indicating-progress-on-talks/ http://www.ragingelephants.org/2012/02/01/un-nuke-official-says-they-will-return-to-iran-indicating-progress-on-talks/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:38:28 +0000 admin http://www.ragingelephants.org/?p=10579 A U.N. nuclear team on Wednesday announced plans to revisit Tehran “in the very near future,” indicating some progress on its quest to wrest information from Iran about allegations that it secretly worked on an atomic arms program.

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]]> http://www.ragingelephants.org/2012/02/01/un-nuke-official-says-they-will-return-to-iran-indicating-progress-on-talks/feed/ 0 Report: Classified US document says Taliban ready to take power in Afghanistan, backed by Pakistan http://www.ragingelephants.org/2012/02/01/report-classified-us-document-says-taliban-ready-to-take-power-in-afghanistan-backed-by-pakistan/ http://www.ragingelephants.org/2012/02/01/report-classified-us-document-says-taliban-ready-to-take-power-in-afghanistan-backed-by-pakistan/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:37:31 +0000 admin http://www.ragingelephants.org/?p=10577 A highly-classified U.S. report that said the Taliban, backed by Pakistan, is ready to take control in Afghanistan was not an analysis of the military campaign’s progress, a NATO spokesman said Wednesday.

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