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Re: Foreign press
« Ответ #24 : 17 декабря 2014, 16:55:33 »
Federal judge: Obama immigration actions 'unconstitutional'

A federal judge has declared parts of President Obama's immigration executive actions unconstitutional, in the first court opinion to tackle Obama's controversial policy changes.

In an opinion filed Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Arthur Schwab, in Pennsylvania, said Obama's immigration actions are invalid and effectively count as "legislation" from the Executive Branch. 

"President Obama's unilateral legislative action violates the separation of powers provided for in the United States Constitution as well as the Take Care Clause, and therefore, is unconstitutional," the judge wrote.

The opinion, though, is unique in that it did not come in response to a challenge to Obama's immigration policy announcement. It is unclear what impact, if any, the opinion might have other than to rally critics and fuel momentum behind other lawsuits.

Rather, Schwab issued his opinion in response to a criminal case against Honduran illegal immigrant Elionardo Juarez-Escobar, who was previously deported in 2005 -- and was caught in the U.S. again earlier this year.

He already has pleaded guilty to "re-entry of a removed alien," but the court subsequently examined the impact of Obama's immigration actions on the case.

For that review, Schwab left open whether the actions might apply to Juarez-Escobar but determined the executive actions themselves were unconstitutional.

He wrote that the action goes beyond so-called "prosecutorial discretion" -- which is the "discretion" the administration cites in determining whether to pursue deportation against illegal immigrants.

Obama's policy changes would give a reprieve to up to 5 million illegal immigrants, including those whose children are citizens or legal permanent residents and who meet other criteria. 

Schwab, a George W. Bush appointee, wrote that this "systematic and rigid process" applies to a "broad range" of enforcement decisions, as opposed to dealing with matters on a "case-by-case basis."

Further, he wrote that the action goes beyond deferring deportation by letting beneficiaries apply for work authorization and allowing some to become "quasi-United States citizens."

He also cited Obama's argument that he was proceeding with executive action after Congress failed to act on comprehensive immigration legislation, and countered: "Congressional inaction does not endow legislative power with the Executive."

The Justice Department downplayed the significance of the opinion.

"The decision is unfounded and the court had no basis to issue such an order," a DOJ spokesperson said in a statement. "No party in the case challenged the constitutionality of the immigration-related executive actions and the department's filing made it clear that the executive actions did not apply to the criminal matter before the court. Moreover, the court's analysis of the legality of the executive actions is flatly wrong. We will respond to the court's decision at the appropriate time."

Critics of the administration's policy, though, hailed the opinion.

"The President's unilateral executive action suspending the nation's immigration laws for roughly five million illegal aliens has received its first judicial test, and it has failed," John Eastman, law professor at Chapman University, said in a statement.

Other direct legal challenges to Obama's immigration actions, including one by two-dozen states, remain pending before the federal courts.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/12/17/federal-judge-obama-immigration-actions-unconstitutional/

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Re: Foreign press
« Ответ #23 : 14 декабря 2014, 19:36:44 »
TRIBLIVE

A COUNTERINTUITIVE PLAN TO DEAL WITH RUSSIA

Recent reports of more troop and equipment movements into the separatist-held regions of Ukraine suggest that Russia is once again seeking to stir up trouble. The natural Western reaction has been to respond with firmness. Sanctions might be tightened; defensive weaponry might be provided to Ukraine's underequipped and overmatched military. Given such bullying Russian tactics, this reaction is not only natural but perhaps inevitable.

Yet the Western policy response is half-wrong and the incorrect part of it risks making 2015 just as bad a year for Ukrainian security and East-West relations as was 2014.

Western policymakers do not deserve blame for the unconscionable tactics that Russian President Vladimir Putin has employed in Crimea and eastern Ukraine. But their actions risk reinforcing an action-reaction dynamic that will quite probably make the No. 1 victim of this crisis to date — the people of Ukraine — worse off than before.

It is entirely justifiable to provide weapons to a sovereign nation seeing its territory assaulted by a much more powerful neighbor. But regardless of right and wrong, the result of providing weapons will not be a robust self-defense capability for Ukraine. The Ukrainian military faces Russian armed forces more than five times as large and perhaps 10 to 20 times as powerful. Indeed, should such arms encourage Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to directly challenge Russian forces on his territory, the most likely outcome is escalation of the military crisis and a dramatic increase in death and destruction in Ukraine.

Before taking such actions, NATO leaders should attempt to work with Moscow to create a new European security order acceptable to both sides. Many Western voices will view any such effort as rewarding Russia and Putin for their miserable behavior of the past year. However, this approach would be designed not as a reward but to protect Ukraine's security — and our own.

In keeping with some of the ideas put forth by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and building as well on suggestions from former National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, the deal that we should propose to Russia would include elements like these:

• Russia can make its historically based claim on Crimea but would have to accept a binding referendum under outside monitoring that would determine the region's future, with independence as one option.

• Russia would agree to verifiably remove its military “volunteers” from eastern Ukraine.

• Russia would permanently commit, once the Crimea matter was settled, to uphold Ukraine's territorial security, as promised under the 1994 Budapest Memorandum covering the denuclearization of Ukraine and other former Soviet republics.

• Ukraine and the United States would agree that Ukraine would not be a candidate for NATO membership, now or in the future.

• A new pan-European security structure, building perhaps on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, would be established with an eye toward upholding the territorial integrity of European states writ large. This association should give Moscow some sense of equal partnership and could include NATO members and former Soviet states.

• NATO would be unapologetically retained with its current membership. But because of the new security arrangement, it could eschew further enlargement and increasingly play only a supporting role in European security, refocusing on missions outside of Europe.

• The European Union would agree to work with Russia to make any possible future Ukrainian relationship with the union, including membership, compatible with Ukraine's participation in Russia's Eurasian Economic Union project.

• Sanctions on Russia would be gradually — and, in the end, completely — lifted as the elements of this agenda came into effect.

To be sure, Putin could claim that this agreement accomplished his core goals and portray it as a great victory. Perhaps his popularity would then rise to 88 percent or 90 percent — for a while. Then, as time went on, this accomplishment would be internalized, and Russian voters would likely hold Putin accountable for what he should have been doing all along: improving their way of life through good economic and political leadership.

Michael O'Hanlon and Jeremy Shapiro are foreign policy scholars at the Brookings Institution

http://triblive.com/opinion/featuredcommentary/7331005-74/ukraine-russia-security#axzz3LrUDqIMh

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Re: Foreign press
« Ответ #22 : 14 декабря 2014, 19:34:17 »
"WASHINGTON EXAMINER"

GLOBAL TUG-OF-WAR OVER aRCTIC RESOURCES

On the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned that Russia and the West are headed toward another Cold War.

He has a strong case. Russian provocations are on the rise both in the West, where Russia threatens the sovereignty of several Eastern European nations, and in the East, where Russian President Vladimir Putin is using his energy resources to shore up relations with China.

But Putin is not merely looking east or west, but north as well. The Arctic is equally critical in his geopolitical calculus.

The war between the United States and Russia over the Arctic and its abundant resources is definitely a cold one, but it’s as real and harmful of a threat as any facing U.S. security today. Whereas Russia is acutely aware of its opportunities in the north, U.S. leaders and officials refuse to acknowledge the critical importance of the Arctic, which could help the United States lower costs and become more independent of Middle Eastern oil.

Over the past several months, Russia has announced plans for a large-scale militarization of the Arctic. Plans include a 6,000-soldier permanent military force in the northwest Murmansk region, new radar and guidance system capabilities and new nuclear-powered submarines and icebreakers. Increased militarization of the region comes as state-owned oil companies advance Arctic oil and natural gas development programs. Their discoveries — which suggest that the Russian Kara Sea could hold some of the world’s largest oil reserves — have only accelerated Russia’s expansion north. This has frustrated U.S. efforts to cooperate in the Arctic.

According to National Journal, fraying U.S.-Russian relations forced the United States this year to suspend joint naval exercises in the Arctic, cancel a bilateral meeting on Coast Guard operations and suspend a submarine rescue partnership.

In October, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel acknowledged at the Washington Ideas Forum that opening waterways in the Arctic and increased commercial activity by Russia presents a challenge to U.S. interests. The Department of Defense and other U.S. agencies have outlined strategies to respond to the changing landscape of the Arctic, but actions to date have been muted.

The U.S. government must demonstrate that it sees the Arctic as a region of significant geopolitical importance and increase U.S. investments in Arctic infrastructure, including developing a fleet of icebreakers. The United States has only one functioning icebreaker, while Russia has five nuclear-powered icebreakers and more in the queue. Efforts to appropriate greater funds for icebreaker development have fallen drastically short: For fiscal 2015, Congress appropriated $8 million to fund a new ocean icebreaker, but each ship typically costs about $1 billion.

The United States must also take steps to better facilitate development of Arctic energy resources. The federal government issued leases to develop prolific oil and natural gas resources in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas in 2005, 2007 and 2008. Since then, companies have been unable to drill to hydrocarbon depth due to a series of legal and regulatory hurdles that the administration has been unable or unwilling to resolve. Companies have invested billions of dollars in lease payments, technology development and scientific research to be able to move forward with exploration programs. As the administration dithers, Russia has accelerated its commercial activity in the Arctic.

Western leaders shouldn’t expect another rapprochement to occur anytime soon. Putin is no Gorbachev, and U.S. leadership on this issue is nonexistent. For the United States, the most effective response to Russia’s increasing influence would be to exert its own. A beefing up of infrastructure and energy development in the Arctic can serve as a one-two punch to Russia. The United States can better defend its territory and resources while diluting the influence of Russian energy. The United States must win this new cold war, but it must first admit that it’s in one.

David Hunt, a retired U.S. Army colonel, is a former security adviser to the FBI. He served as counterterrorism coordinator for the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea. . Thinking of submitting an op-ed to the Washington Examiner? Be sure to read our guidelines on submissions for editorials, available at this link.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/global-tug-of-war-over-arctic-resources/article/2557223

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Re: Foreign press
« Ответ #21 : 13 декабря 2014, 14:57:14 »
U.S. upset at India-Russia deals

Criticism over Putin visit, Crimean Premier’s presence

A day after Russian President Putin’s visit, the United States criticised India for the agreements signed between New Delhi and Moscow. Responding to a question on the 20 agreements signed, including one on the Rupee-Rouble trade, State department spokesperson Jen Psaki said, “Our view remains that it’s not time– for business as usual with Russia. But beyond that, we’d have to take a closer look at what these agreements entail.”

The US and Ukraine have also expressed unhappiness that President Putin was accompanied by the Crimean Premier Sergey Aksyonov. Mr. Aksyonov is on the sanctions list of the U.S., Canada and European Union for his role in the accession of the former Ukrainian region to Russia in March this year.

While the U.S. state department said it was “troubled” by his presence in New Delhi, Ukranian President Petro Poroshenko accused India of putting “money” ahead of “values” and “civilisation”. “The Indian position doesn't help, it doesn't save Aksyonov,” said Mr. Poroshenko, speaking at the Lowy Institute think tank in Sydney on Friday, “He is a criminal, it's very simple.”

The Ministry of External affairs refused to comment on the attack from the U.S. and from Ukraine over the issue. Officials told The Hindu that while Mr. Aksyonov’s arrival in Delhi was “not a surprise”, he was not part of the “official delegation”, and was on a private visit. However, The Hindu has learnt his meetings in New Delhi were arranged by the Russian Consul-General in Mumbai Alexey Novikov, and he initialled a “partnership agreement” between Crimean and Indian businesses, particularly in the area of meat exports. Seafood exporter Gul Kripalani, who was present at the meeting told The Hindu, “I am really surprised that this agreement has attracted so much controversy. The meeting with the Crimean Prime Minister followed Russia’s decision to allow the import of Indian buffalo meat last week.”

India has refused to join western sanctions over Russia’s actions in Crimea, and the joint statement issued by President Putin and PM Modi said “India and Russia oppose economic sanctions that do not have the approval of the United Nations Security Council.”

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/us-upset-at-indiarussia-deals-says-cant-be-business-as-usual/article6686903.ece

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Re: Foreign press
« Ответ #20 : 11 декабря 2014, 21:08:00 »
Obama Makes Up Bible Verse To Justify Immigration Power-Grab

“A watched pot never boils.” “Don’t take any wooden nickels.” “A stitch in time saves nine.” We all remember those powerful words from the Bible, don’t we? Well, at least President Barack Obama does.

He said the following in Nashville yesterday, while ineptly defending his completely unconstitutional executive amnesty:"“I think the good book says don’t throw stones in glass houses” Obama says."
This is a new level of dishonest narcissism, even for Obama: Shut up and let him do whatever he wants, because God said so. Or, okay, maybe God didn’t really say so. But still. Shut up.But I suppose it’s no surprise. He makes up stuff that isn’t in the Constitution all the time. Why not make up stuff that isn’t in the Bible? It’s all the same. Those guys are dead, and he has a lot of power, so too bad.

I used to think he said this kind of stuff to gaslight us, to make us question our very perceptions of reality. But that’s not it. He’s just a liar, and he’s not particularly good at it. The only people he ever manages to fool are leftists and the media. But I repeat myself.

http://dailycaller.com/2014/12/10/obama-makes-up-bible-verse-to-justify-immigration-power-grab/

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Re: Foreign press
« Ответ #19 : 11 декабря 2014, 20:57:46 »
Russia India agree energy deal

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K97uQvFoEIU" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K97uQvFoEIU</a>

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Re: Foreign press
« Ответ #18 : 10 декабря 2014, 22:23:28 »
Why Do Russia and Iran Have More Cyber Commandos Than the U.S.?
With new DOD leadership, troops returning to Iraq, and an extension of the U.S. stay in Afghanistan, doing more of the same is clearly not enough; it is time to embrace fresh national security ideas.

One of the key new approaches is the notion of special operations cyber warfare -- merging tactical computer, social network and military informational capabilities with Special Operations Forces (SOF). One would think that in the age of powerful smartphones and Google Glass that countries would have specialized cyber forces that free fall into a country, nonchalantly visit an Internet café and use some kind of James Bond-like gizmo to hijack an enemy's websites, send disruptive messages that seem to originate from an adversary's leadership, and thoroughly dominate a target's social media. And this expectation could be right -- except not for the U.S.

Unlike many other nations, especially Russia and Iran, America lacks a blended cyber and special operations capability. This is a major national security problem as recent events have clearly demonstrated the power of special operations cyber warfare. Russia's successful occupation of Ukraine was greatly assisted by teams of Russian Special Operations Forces, Spetsnaz and other troops, employing and supported by a variety of cyber warfare activities -- from manipulating online social networks to disrupting regional computing. Similarly, Iran, both in its repression of its internal democratic movement and in its projection of force into Syria, has employed teams of specially trained cyber warriors to manipulate networks, target opposition leaders through social media, and influence the Internet-driven view of events. In Ukraine, Iran, and Syria, Special Operations Forces employing cyber warfare greatly enhanced their countries' military and political efforts. These successes were not flukes; today, small teams of specially trained and equipped cyber SOF warriors can affect strategic outcomes more than much larger units of conventional forces. But the U.S. lacks this hybrid cyber commando ability. It is ironic; the country that is home to Silicon Valley has fallen far behind lesser technologically developed states in the military innovation of tactical cyber capabilities.

U.S. cyber warfare reflects a mainframe organizational culture -- one big national organization controlling and directing strategic cyber combat resources -- and given the importance of electronic media in our lives, there is certainly an essential role for a country-level Internet and computer defense. Recent conflicts, however, demonstrate the additional need for a smartphone-like approach, with tactical cyber warfare capabilities pushed to the lowest operational level possible. Tactically distributed SOF cyber capabilities not only increase the probability of victory, they reduce likely American losses. Special Forces Lieutenant Colonel, Patrick Duggan recently wrote, special operations cyber capabilities "strategically offer ways to shape the physical environment while decreasing the risk exposure and attribution to U.S. forces."

Using million-dollar missiles to destroy hundred-dollar tents; killing the "jack of diamonds" again and again, green on blue attacks, all demonstrate the futility of employing traditional counter-terrorism approaches against networked adversaries. For years, prescient thinkers like Dr. John Arquilla have said that it takes a network to fight a network. Even in this interconnected global age, however, there remains a local dimension to many electronic networks. Thus network disruption often requires small, invisible teams to have close physical proximity to a hostile and violent enemy -- a role ideally suited to SOF. Creating commandos that can project force into Internet and social media nodes merges special operations with high technology, matching our best troops with our best technology. Secretary of Defense Nominee Carter would do well to learn more about and promote greater tactical cyber warfare capabilities, so that U.S. SOF have at least as much as, if not more, cyber warfare capabilities than the increasingly slick Russian and Iranian cyber operators.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-sigmund-gartner/why-do-russia-and-iran-ha_b_6289580.html

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Re: Foreign press
« Ответ #17 : 08 декабря 2014, 22:34:37 »
Russia assails "unacceptable" Israeli airstrikes in Syria

BEIRUT -- Russia on Monday demanded an explanation for Israeli airstrikes on two areas near Damascus, while the Syrian and Iranian foreign ministers called it an act of aggression that proves Israel is "in the same trench" with extremist groups fighting the Syrian government.

Israeli warplanes struck near Damascus' international airport on Sunday, as well as outside a town close to the Lebanese border.

The attacks are unlikely to have a big impact. Israel has already struck inside Syria on several occasions in the course of the country's chaotic civil war, including a series of airstrikes near Damascus in May 2013. Those strikes, according to Israeli officials, targeted shipments of Iranian-made Fateh-110 missiles bound for the Lebanese Hezbollah militant group.

Syria's reaction has been relatively mute; in previous cases, Damascus has vowed to retaliate without actually doing so.

The Syrian government said Sunday's attacks caused only material damage. Israel has not confirmed the strikes, which Syrian activists said had hit weapons depots.

Appearing on Israel Radio on Monday, Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz would neither confirm nor deny the news.

"We have a very potent defense policy that is oriented toward safeguarding the country and wherever possible preventing the upgrading of weaponry that gives terrorist organizations game-changers or unusually sophisticated means of attack," he said.

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem claimed Israel was trying to compensate for losses incurred by Islamic extremist groups in Syria at the hands of the Syrian army. He did not elaborate.

He spoke Monday at a joint news conference in Tehran with his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif.

Since Syria's conflict began in March 2011, Israel has carried out several airstrikes in Syria that have targeted sophisticated weapons systems, including Russian-made anti-aircraft missiles and Iranian-made missiles, believed to be destined for Hezbollah.

Although Israel has never confirmed any airstrikes in Syria, it has laid out "red lines" that define various types of weapons it says Hezbollah cannot be allowed to acquire, including sophisticated guided missiles, anti-aircraft systems and missiles that can strike Israeli naval targets.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said Moscow "is deeply concerned about this dangerous development which requires a detailed investigation."

In a statement, he said that the use of force is "unacceptable in international relations and deserves an outright condemnation."

Russia, along with Iran, is the Syrian government's chief international ally, and has been trying to convene a dialogue among the warring parties in Moscow.

Russian deputy foreign minister Mikhail Bogdanov, who visited Lebanon last week, said his country is trying to arrange a meeting between Syria's warring sides without preconditions. He then flew to Turkey to meet with the head of Syria's Western-backed opposition group, Hadi Bahra.

Al-Moallem said that Syria, along with Russia and Iran, is working on a political solution for the conflict "based on dialogue between Syrians and without any outside intervention."

In Turkey, the U.N. envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, met with armed and civilian representatives of the Syrian opposition. Spokeswoman Juliette Touma said the meetings in Gaziantep were part of efforts to freeze hostilities in the northern city of Aleppo.

De Mistura has proposed local cease-fires starting with Aleppo as a building block for a wider solution to the Syrian war.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-assails-unacceptable-israeli-airstrikes-in-syria/

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Re: Foreign press
« Ответ #16 : 07 декабря 2014, 12:37:31 »
HOW NASA WILL SEND HUMANS TO MARS

NASA SCIENTISTS ARE TACKLING A BIG CHALLENGE: BUILDING CAPSULES THAT WILL TAKE HUMANITY TO MARS.
BY NEAL UNGERLEIDER

It’s official: NASA’s Orion project, which will send humans to Mars, is a success. A test flight on Friday morning was successful; NASA’s command center called it "the most perfect flight you could ever imagine."

While the flight today only carried test equipment and a few props like Ernie’s "Rubber Ducky" from Sesame Street, NASA is planning to eventually place humans inside small space capsules and send them to Mars.

Of course, sending a woman or man to the red planet requires a not-insignificant amount of planning and logistics.

Orion’s next flight is planned for 2017 or 2018, will consist of robotic cargo, and take a trip around the moon and back. The first human space travelers on Orion are scheduled to depart on a 2021 test flight. NASA hasn’t shared specifics regarding what the first crewed test flight will include, but it is widely understood that it shall involve an asteroid visit.


All these far-off journeys are possible through a new piece of NASA tech called the Space Launch System (SLS).

According to the space agency, the SLS "will give the nation a safe, affordable and sustainable means of reaching beyond our current limits and open new doors of discovery from the unique vantage point of space." The rocket, which is designed for deep space exploration, is a successor vehicle to the 1960s-era Saturn V rocket which took the human race to the moon.

During Friday’s test flight, the SLS weighed 70 tons and included a core stage rocket with booster rockets. The rocket carried a space capsule, launch abort system, and supplementary equipment.

NASA is currently researching the best design for a space capsule to transport astronauts to Mars. You can bet that capsule will be considerably more tricked-out than the one used in today’s test flight; NASA says the system can eventually handle up to 130 tons of weight.

http://www.fastcompany.com/3039465/how-nasa-will-send-humans-to-mars

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Re: Foreign press
« Ответ #15 : 07 декабря 2014, 12:29:34 »
Two police officers injured as Berkeley protest turns violent

Two officers were injured Saturday night as a California protest over police killings turned violent with protesters smashing windows and throwing rocks and bricks at police, who responded by firing tear gas, authorities said.

Several officers were struck, but there were just two reports of injury, Berkeley police spokeswoman Jenn Coats said.  A Berkeley police officer received hospital treatment for a dislocated shoulder after being hit with a sandbag, while another sustained minor injuries.

The demonstration against police killings of unarmed black men in Missouri and New York began peacefully, the latest of several in the Bay Area in recent days. But Coats said that a some protesters later broke away and began throwing rocks, bottles and pipes at officers.

Dozens of law officers from several surrounding agencies joined Berkeley police in trying to quell the unrest, which included protesters attempting to access Interstate 80 and stop traffic. A California Highway Patrol officer told KTVU that the protesters did not make it onto the freeway and only caused temporary delays.

She said several businesses on University Avenue were vandalized and damaged, including Trader Joe's, Radio Shack and a Wells Fargo Bank branch.

"A small splinter group from the original protests continues to march in Berkeley," Coats said in a statement issued shortly before at 11 p.m. PST. "Unfortunately this group has become violent and continues to throw objects, including rocks and bricks at officers."

She said officers attempting to get the crowd to disperse used tear gas.

"Several dispersal orders have been given, and the crowd has ignored the orders. In response to the violence officers have utilized tear gas and smoke in an effort to disperse the crowd," she said.

Police did not provide further details of any injuries or arrests.

"The total number of arrests and injuries is not known at this time," Coats' statement said.

KTVU reported that approximately 400 people took part in the protest march, which was planned to proceed from the University of California, Berkeley campus to Oakland's Civic Center. The station reported that officers closed two Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) stations due to the protest, but later re-opened them.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/12/07/two-police-officers-injured-as-berkeley-protest-turns-violent/

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Re: Foreign press
« Ответ #14 : 06 декабря 2014, 22:15:52 »
Haiti capital hit by anti-government clashes

Thousands of anti-government protesters have clashed with police in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince.

They burned tyres and threw stones at officers who responded with tear gas.

The protesters want President Michel Martelly and Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe to resign and long-overdue elections to be held.

Some protesters accused the US of supporting Haiti's leadership and called on Russian President Vladimir Putin for help.

Hundreds succeeded in reaching the National Palace, an area which has been restricted for several years.

One protester, who gave his name as Reginald, said: "Today is a victory against President Martelly who destroys the country, for two years we (are not allowed) to cross in front of the National Palace."

President Martelly was supposed to call elections in 2011 but they have been postponed in a stalemate between the government and a group of opposition senators over electoral law.

Haiti is also still struggling to recover from a 2010 earthquake.

Opposition politicians accuse President Martelly of wanting to rule by decree.

The government argues that opposition politicians are also dragging their feet in the hope of extending their time in office without elections.


http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-30356539

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« Ответ #13 : 06 декабря 2014, 22:14:06 »
Finland gives go-ahead to joint nuclear venture with Russia’s Rosatom


MPs approve building of reactor despite opposition at home and EU calls for member states to curtail energy deals with Moscow.

Finland’s Green party accuses prime minister Alexander Stubb’s coalition government of subservience to Moscow. Photograph: Heikki Saukkomaa/AFP/Getty Images
Finland’s parliament has given the go-ahead to a controversial joint venture with the Russian energy firm, Rosatom, to build a new nuclear reactor in the north of the country.

The decision comes despite opposition from Finland’s Green party, which has accused prime minister, Alexander Stubb’s coalition government of subservience to Moscow. The vote was 115 to 74 in favour of the venture.

The joint project also ignores EU calls for members states to curtail new energy deals with Russia, following Moscow’s annexation of Crimea last spring.

Fennovoima, the Finnish consortium leading the project, said work started at the Pyhäjoki site, on the Finland’s west coast, in mid-September. Construction of the nuclear plant is scheduled for 2018, with commercial operations expected to begin in 2024.

Carl Haglund, Finland’s defence minister, defended collaboration with Rosatom, telling the Kauppalehti newspaper: “Finland has been closely cooperating with Russia on energy markets for a long time. It’s absolutely natural.”

The Finnish electricity company, Fortum, said this week it would take an up to 15% stake in the €6bn project, prospectively satisfying the government’s requirement that it be at least 60% Finnish-owned.

Rosatom is expected to provide most of the finance.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/05/finland-nuclear-project-russia-rosatom-reactor

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Re: Foreign press
« Ответ #12 : 04 декабря 2014, 22:23:18 »
CNN: Путин разочаровал Запад бескомпромиссной речью

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2KKyHhrv4M" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2KKyHhrv4M</a>

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« Ответ #11 : 27 ноября 2014, 15:40:27 »
Russians: Ferguson Protests Threaten American Stability

The Russian Foreign Ministry’s human rights envoy Konstantin Dolgov said protests in Ferguson challenge American “stability.”

“The developments in Ferguson and other cities highlight serious challenges to the American society and its stability,” Dolgov said Tuesday in a Russian state television address.

“Racial discrimination, racial and ethnic tensions are major challenges to the American democracy, to stability and integrity of the American society,” Dolgov said. “We may only hope that U.S. authorities seriously deal with those issues and other serious challenges in the human rights field in their own country and stop what they have been doing all along recently — playing an aggressive mentor lecturing other countries about how to meet human rights standards.”

President Barack Obama said in a speech Tuesday night in Chicago that he supports the Ferguson protesters and urged them to “mobilize, organize.”

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Re: Foreign press
« Ответ #10 : 25 ноября 2014, 10:20:48 »
America’s Dangerous Double Standard on Air and Sea “Provocations”

The United States and its NATO allies are mightily agitated about the increase in Russian air and naval activity near the Baltic republics. According to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, alliance warplanes have scrambled 400 times in 2014 in response to Russian military flights, an increase of 50 percent over 2013. Western officials repeatedly denounce Moscow’s maneuvers as dangerous and provocative.

Statements by U.S. and NATO leaders, along with Western media accounts, foster the impression that Russian ships and aircraft arrogantly penetrate the airspace and territorial waters of alliance members. But when pressed, officials concede that the vast majority of incidents do not involve such illegality. Stoltenberg stated that most of the flights “are close to NATO airspace,” but he admitted that there were “a very limited number of violations.”

Reading the fine print of other Western complaints reveals similarly misleading imagery. Baltic leaders express anger that a Russian warship entered Latvia’s exclusive economic zone, but it turns out that the location was still some nine nautical miles outside the country’s territorial waters. Latvia’s Ministry of Defense fumed that Russian warships had “approached” Latvian waters some fifty times in 2014 and had “come close” to Latvian airspace some 200 times. Yet the Ministry did not cite verifiable violations of its territorial waters or airspace.

The actual substance of other episodes likewise seems far less dramatic than the scare headlines that have become routine in the Western press. NATO F-16 jets intercepted a Russian Ilyushin transport plane over the Baltic Sea on November 12, after it “approached” Estonian and Lithuanian airspace. Similar incidents took place between NATO aircraft and Russian Su-27 fighter planes on November 15 and 17. Again, the Russian offense was that its aircraft were found “near Latvia’s territorial seas” in the former case and had “approached Estonian and Lithuanian airspace” in the latter. Despite such complaints, the encounters indisputably took place over international waters, Western governments acknowledged.

Calling the Russian actions provocative has some merit. Nations understandably become jittery when foreign ships and aircraft operate near their territory. That nervousness mounts when the foreign power has tense relations with one’s own country, and that is certainly the case, given the deterioration of relations between Russia and the NATO states in response to the Ukraine crisis. Adding to the tension is that Russian military planes are operating without activating their transponders, thereby increasing the hazard to commercial air traffic.

But one might at least expect the United States and its allies to be consistent about their attitude toward provocative air and naval maneuvers. Instead, the United States has adopted a blatant double standard when it comes to the actions of its own armed forces. China, for example, has asked that U.S. (as well as Japanese and South Korean) military aircraft respect Beijing’s air defense identification zone in the East China Sea and provide timely information about flights entering that area. Washington and its allies not only refuse to do so, they refuse even to recognize the legitimacy of that zone. Yet such resistance is not considered to be provocative or creating a threat to aircraft safety.

In addition, the United States routinely operates reconnaissance flights barely outside China’s territorial airspace, including near a major Chinese submarine base on Hainan Island. Those flights, and China’s dispatch of fighter planes to intercept them, have led to a number of nasty incidents, including a near collision earlier this year and an actual collision in 2001. Yet Washington has brushed off Beijing’s complaints, noting that the reconnaissance planes are operating in international airspace. Indeed, U.S. officials chastise China for trying to intercept and harass the spy flights.

All parties need to adopt a more prudent approach and recognize that what may be legitimate under international law is not necessarily wise. The United States has a legal right to send its spy planes near the Chinese coast to monitor sensitive Chinese military installations. And Russia has every legal right to operate military ships and planes in areas close to the boundaries of NATO member states. But such actions by both countries are also provocative and dangerous. As the 2001 U.S. incident with China confirmed, the risk of an accident or miscalculation is unacceptably high. That episode created a major crisis between Washington and Beijing. An incident involving Russian and NATO planes in the Baltic region could easily escalate, leading to a frightening military confrontation between the West and Moscow.

One would hope that all relevant governments would step back and seek ways to reduce the level of risk. In addition, the United States needs to examine its own actions before it smugly denounces those of rival powers. As matters now stand, Washington is guilty of hypocrisy, as well as provocative behavior regarding air and naval maneuvers.

Source: http://nationalinterest.org/feature/america%E2%80%99s-dangerous-double-standard-air-sea-provocations%E2%80%9D-11721

 
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