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Iran: Disqualified Presidential Candidates Will Further Alienate Population

May 22, 2013
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Iranian officials approved just eight candidates -- all of them regime insiders -- to run in next month’s presidential election to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, excluding former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and others who are estranged from Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The exclusions were a sign of the aggressive push by conservative clerics to consolidate their control of the country and prevent any more stirrings of a popular, democratic movement that could challenge them.
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Iran: Disqualified Presidential Candidates Will Further Alienate Population
Photos of the eight men approved today to run in Iran’s June 14 presidential election. Top left to right: Former foreign minister Ali Akbar Velayati, former chief of the Revolutionary Guards Mohsen Rezai, Mohammad Qarazi and former chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili. Bottom left to right: Former parliament speaker, Gholam Ali Haddad Adel, former top nuclear negotiator Hassan Rowhani, former Vice-President Mohammad Reza Aref and Tehran's Mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf. (AFP/Getty Images)
UK: Cameron Fighting for His Life as Euro-skeptics Rally

UK: Cameron Fighting for His Life as Euro-skeptics Rally

May 22, 2013
Prime Minister David Cameron’s meeting with President Barack Obama this past week was overshadowed by a political crisis over the UK’s membership in the European Union. The so-called Tory Rebellion has called into question Cameron’s leadership of the conservatives, and may eventually bring an end to the governing coalition that he leads.
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China’s Resource Grab Extends into Arctic Circle

China’s Resource Grab Extends into Arctic Circle

May 22, 2013
China is joining a council on climate change in the Arctic Circle where rapidly melting polar ice is uncovering an abundance of natural resources. The Chinese will have limited decision-making power, serving not as a full members, but as observers, but may still find opportunities to acquire land rights and mineral resources, increasing China's political and economic might.
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Russia-China: Siberia Murders Could Reflect Deeper Tensions

Russia-China: Siberia Murders Could Reflect Deeper Tensions

May 22, 2013
Siberia, a region traditionally charged with geopolitical and ethnic tensions, saw a triple murder in early May when four Russian men were charged with the murders of three Chinese laborers in the Siberian city of Abakan. Russian officials are trying to determine whether this was a simple multiple murder or a reflection of deeper tensions.
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Argentina: Kirchner Plays Her Last Cards, But They Won’t Save Her

Argentina: Kirchner Plays Her Last Cards, But They Won’t Save Her

May 21, 2013
Argentina’s economy is on the rocks, with the government in Buenos Aires scrambling to find solutions before it faces new elections in October. President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner appears to have decided to rehash old economic policies: a tax amnesty and a $10 billion currency swap with China. But if these fail to reverse the dramatic decline, her leftist coalition could lose its grip on power.
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Is Russia's Economy Falling Into Recession?

Is Russia's Economy Falling Into Recession?

May 21, 2013
With its GDP posting the lowest quarterly growth in almost four years, Russia’s economy appears to be headed towards a grinding halt, prompting speculation about a recession. But the slowdown could very well be the result of a deliberate attempt by Moscow to keep inflation under control, and not a real indicator of the health of the Russian economy.
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Expert: US Must Do More to Thwart Chinese Cyber Attacks

Expert: US Must Do More to Thwart Chinese Cyber Attacks

May 21, 2013
Steven Bucci of the Heritage Foundation warned LIGNET in an exclusive interview about the threat of Chinese cyber warfare against the United States and called for more efforts by the U.S. government and industry to combat them. Bucci opposes the sale of Sprint to Japanese company SoftBank because of SoftBank’s ties to the Chinese technology firm Huawei.
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