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Iran's entry into the global energy market will enable the world's consumers to reduce their reliance on carbon energy, and transition to supplies of cleaner gas in the drive towards a low-carbon economy, Nicolo Sartori, a Senior Research fellow in the Energy Program at the Istituto Affari Internazionali, told Radio Sputnik on Tuesday. Russia and Iran are the two countries in the world with the most gas resources, and their cooperation in tapping into those resources will be an important step towards meeting the world's energy needs after sanctions are fully lifted, said Sartori. The analyst believes that Iran will develop its LNG industry along similar lines as neighboring Qatar, currently the biggest LNG producer in the world, since the technology to ship the gas represents a better option for countries in their position than constructing a long pipeline across the region. Iran's entry into the energy market will naturally be accompanied...

In his poem Waiting for the Barbarians , the famous Greek poet Konstantinos Kavafis describes the agony of the ruling class who is waiting for the barbarians to come. And the poem ends: "And now, what's going to happen to us without barbarians? They were, those people, a kind of solution." So, what do you do when you don't have the useful barbarians? Simply, you construct new ones. by system failure How do the recent attacks in Paris are related with Greece and its devastated economy? Greece is unable to control the waves of refugees and therefore many jihadists can penetrate in Europe through these waves, someone could respond through this most obvious answer. But there is a much deeper correlation between terror attacks in the European soil and Greece's economic situation, as a result of the so-called Greek neoliberal experiment. During previous decades, especially during 50s, 60s and 70s, the Western elites had the Soviet Communis...

With the media capitalizing on the Paris terror attack to pass legislation for more spying on citizens in France and more troops on the ground in the Middle East, MintPress editor Mnar Muhawesh joins the Anti-Media radio show to discuss NATOs role in destabilzing nations across the Middle East and Africa through arming right wing rebels that eventually defect to ISIS. Muhawesh points out that the media’s hierarchy of selective outrageous over the Paris terror attacks while ISIS has been wreaking havoc across Iraq, Libya, Syria for several years that have left 10,000s of Arab Muslims and Arab Christians dead. As France calls for more troops on the ground in Syria, should France bare responsibility for it’s role in creating ISIS? Listen here: http://www.mintpressnews.com/france-played-ng-syria-libya/211404/ The unbelievable hypocrisy and stupidity of the Western clowns can be proved also by the fact that they are those who armed jihad...

Portugal's president asked Socialist leader Antonio Costa on Monday to start work to form a government, but his call for the Socialists' far left partners to respect budget commitments to the EU prompted a swift rebuke from the Communists. President Anibal Cavaco Silva said in a statement he had asked Costa for clarification on how a minority Socialist government would pass budgets, especially next year's, and about commitments to try to keep the budget deficit within European Union rules. Cavaco Silva's move came amid deep political uncertainty following an inconclusive Oct. 4 election, which some analysts fear could undermine Portugal's economic recovery after the country exited a bailout in 2014. The austerity-minded centre-right won most votes, but lost their parliamentary majority. The Communists, whose support Costa needs to ensure a majority in parliament, reacted angrily to the president's statement, potentially threatening...

Ο εγκάθετος πρόεδρος βάζει όρους για να μην κινδυνεύσει η κυριαρχία της ΕΧΔ Περίπου δυο μήνες μετά τις εκλογές και μπροστά στο αδιέξοδο, ο πρόεδρος της Πορτογαλίας Καβάκο ντα Σίλβα άφησε να εννοηθεί ότι δώσει εντολή σχηματισμού κυβέρνησης στους Σοσιαλιστές, ζητά όμως γραπτές εγγυήσεις από την Αριστερά. Και πάνω από όλα ότι θα συνεχίσει η αριστερή νέα κυβέρνηση στα βήματα της απελθούσης δεξιάς. Στην ουσία πρόκειται για «τελεσίγραφο» σχολιάζουν πορτογαλικά ΜΜΕ, που θα περιορίσει ενδεχομένως το πεδίο δράσης της κυβέρνησης στο μέλλον. Τι ζητά ο Σίλβα; Μια γραπτή δέσμευση-διευκρίνηση από τον Κόστα και τους Σοσιαλιστές, για τα εξής έξι σημεία: ➤ διασφάλιση της ψήφου εμπιστοσύνης (δηλαδή της ψήφου των άλλων δυο κομμάτων της Αριστεράς) ➤ έγκριση του προϋπολογισμού και κυρίως του 2016 ➤ συμμόρφωση με τους κανόνες πειθαρχίας της ευρωζώνης, όπως ορίζεται στο σύμφωνο σταθερότητας, όπως πρεσβεύουν οι μηχανισμοί των ευρωπαϊκών μηχανισμών σταθερότητας κ...

Σε απόρρητο έγγραφο της αμερικανικής διπλωματίας, το οποίο φέρει την υπογραφή της πρώην υπουργού Εξωτερικών των ΗΠΑ Χίλαρι Κλίντον και αποκαλύφθηκε από τα Wikileaks, επισημαίνεται η χρηματοδότηση που παρέχουν οι Σαουδάραβες σε τζιχαντιστικές τρομοκρατικές οργανώσεις, μεταξύ αυτών και το Ισλαμικό Κράτος. Το έγγραφο, με ημερομηνία 30 Δεκεμβρίου του 2009, είχε σταλεί από την τότε υπουργό Εξωτερικών των ΗΠΑ Χίλαρι Κλίντον στο αμερικανικό υπουργείο Οικονομικών για ενημέρωση σχετικά με τις σημαντικές χρηματοδοτήσεις τρομοκρατικών οργανώσεων από Σαουδάραβες. Όπως αναφέρεται «αποτελούν την πιο σημαντική πηγή χρηματοδότησης στις τρομοκρατικές οργανώσεις σουνιτών σε όλο τον κόσμο» Παρά τις επίσημες δηλώσεις από τη Σαουδική Αραβία πως λαμβάνει μέτρα για την αντιμετώπιση της τρομοκρατίας, η Χίλαρι Κλίντον υπογραμμίζει πως οι ενέργειες είναι «περιορισμένες». «Πρέπει να γίνουν περισσότερα, καθώς η Σαουδική Αραβία παραμένει κρίσιμος οικονομικός υποστηρικτής οργανώσεων ό...

In the wake of the Paris attacks, a wave of xenophobia has flared up in the US and other Western nations around the world. While the media has been quick to cover the atrocities perpetrated by ISIS in the Middle East and Paris, a troubling wave of anti-Muslim and other racist hate crimes has gotten minimal coverage. In fact, a newly-published FBI report showed that while hate crimes as a whole were down, the frequency of hate crimes against Muslims increased. Read the rest of the story: http://usuncut.com/news/9-hate-crimes-by-white-terrorists-since-the-paris-attacks-the-media-ignored/

A gunshot was fired late Sunday at the car of Selahattin Demirtaş, leader of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), a spokesman for the party said. The rear window of Demirtas's bullet-proof vehicle was hit by a bullet as it was driving in southeastern Diyarbakır province, the spokesman added. In a statement, Demirtaş said that he did not hear the shooting sound, adding that the car was taken to the crime laboratory of Diyarbakır Police Department for inspection and no bullet was found on the armored vehicle. Officials have commenced an investigation into the apparent assasination attempt.     http://www.dailysabah.com/politics/2015/11/22/hdp-leader-demirtas-unharmed-after-car-hit-by-gunfire

Δολοφονική απόπειρα σε βάρος του αρχηγού του, Σελαχατίν Ντεμιρτάς, καταγγέλλει το αριστερό φιλοκουρδικό Κόμμα Δημοκρατίας των Λαών (HDP) της Τουρκίας.   Το αυτοκίνητο του κ. Ντεμιρτάς, ο οποίος μοιράζεται την προεδρία του κόμματος με την Φιγκέν Γιουκσεγκντάγκ, έγινε, σύμφωνα με το κόμμα, στόχος πυρών, ωστόσο ήταν θωρακισμένο κι ο ίδιος δεν τραυματίστηκε καν.    http://www.koutipandoras.gr/

IEP 2015 report Key findings: Terrorist activity increased by 80 per cent in 2014 to its highest recorded level. The largest ever year-on-year increase in deaths from terrorism was recorded in 2014, rising from 18,111 in 2013 to 32,685 in 2014. The number of people who have died from terrorist activity has increased nine-fold since the year 2000. Boko Haram overtakes ISIL to become the most deadly terrorist group in the world. Deaths attributed to Boko Haram increased by 317 per cent in 2014 to 6,644. ISIL was responsible for 6,073 terrorist deaths. Fifty-one per cent of terrorist deaths that are attributed to a terrorist group were by Boko Haram and ISIL. Terrorist activity is highly concentrated — five countries accounted for 78 per cent of deaths. Fifty-seven per cent of all attacks and 78 per cent of all deaths occurred in only five countries; Iraq, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Syria. Ninety-three countries experienced ...