Damascus willing to attend peace talks Moscow says

China Daily - Friday 24th May, 2013

/enpproperty--> Damascus has agreed "in principle" to attend a conference proposed by Russia and the United States on ending Syria's civil conflict, Russia's foreign ministry said on Friday. It was the first confirmation that President Bashar al-Assad's government would be willing to take part in the talks with the opposition. But despite the announcement ...

Our wonderful economic model you know the one with endemic unemployment ever-rising prices frozen salaries homelessness worsening public services and increasing taxation has failed the next generation miserably. The ILOs latest report on emp

Pravda - Friday 24th May, 2013

And these are the policies blindly followed by the drivers of the western economy, the FUKUS Axis (France, UK, US), the same Axis at the heart of the warmongers' lobby, NATO, the same organization which pushed this economic model through into implementation across the ...

Call to ban animal-tested cosmetics

Pravda - Friday 24th May, 2013

Companies Should Come Clean and Join Forces to End Animal-Tested Cosmetics - Consumer Watchdog Investigation Reveals Major Cosmetic Brands Misleading Consumers About Animal Testing in ...

Green jobs in a low carbon economy

Pravda - Friday 24th May, 2013

However, this bleak scenario of the world economy can be mitigated by generating green jobs from the transition to a low carbon economy, to an economy that develops qualitatively without impacting the environment, to grow moderately without destroying the basic ecosystem services, whose agenda is found in the ethical values contained in the ideals of sustainable development, protecting the flora ...

Accused U.S. Spy Was Maxwell Smart in Moscow

General Sources - Friday 24th May, 2013

Embassy officials who had come to pick him up: "Against the background of improving U.S.-Russian relations we have a U.S. diplomat committing a crime against the Russian Federation." Yet Russian bloggers couldn't help laughing as they watched the spy thriller unfold: Fogle's alleged toolkit was too 20th century. "I can't get rid of the feeling that this is a ...

It even rhymes... how cool. I do not remember when I last wrote an Opinion piece about Africa Day to appear on Africa Day May 25 because it is easy for the international community to use Africa as a vehicle for self-aggrandizement patting an African on

Pravda - Friday 24th May, 2013

It even rhymeshow cool. I do not remember when I last wrote an Opinion piece about Africa Day to appear on Africa Day, May 25 because it is easy for the international community to use Africa as a vehicle for self-aggrandizement, patting an African on the head, jumping on the Africa bandwagon. I prefer to write about Africa on May 24 or 26 Yet this year, let us get back to basics and let ...

FC Porto has celebrated many victories under the stewardship of President Pinto da Costa but very few of them have been as precious as the Championship of the Portuguese Primeira Liga in 2012-2013 when Benfica entered the last three games four points ahe

Pravda - Friday 24th May, 2013

Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa took control of FC Porto as President in 1982, since when the football department has won 66 Portuguese titles, including 27 First Division/Premier League championships (SL Benfica has 32 among 65 titles); on the international stage, FC Porto has won 1 UEFA Cup, 1 Europa League Cup, 1 European Super Cup, 1 European Club Championship Cup, 1 Champions League Cup, 2 ...

Putin Urges Better Online Intellectual Property Protection

RIA Novosti - Friday 24th May, 2013

SOCHI, May 25 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday a more effective system was needed to protect intellectual property rights on the internet. "Without defending intellectual [property] rights, a great damage will be done," the Russian president said on Friday at a meeting to discuss the development of the country’s film industry. Putin said that ...

Aide Obama Putin to meet twice over security missile defense

Middle East Times - Friday 24th May, 2013

Barack Obama will meet twice in the next four months, a Kremlin aide said Friday. Yury Ushakov said the first meeting would in June during the Group of Eight summit in Northern Ireland and the second will take place before the Group of 20 meeting in Russia in September, RIA Novosti reported. The meetings are expected to discuss proposals by Putin that were presented in a letter to Obama ...

Venezuela and Brazil strengthen their cooperation

Pravda - Friday 24th May, 2013

Venezuela's presidential candidate of PSUV, Nicolás Maduro, has convinced the masses that he is the right man for the post. He also receives support from other progressive American countries, for example from Brazil, where the former President, Luiz Inác io Lula da Silva, spoke on his ...