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The newly released Soviet "War Scare" report - previously classified "TOP SECRET UMBRA GAMMA WNINTEL NOFORN NOCONTRACT ORCON" and published after a 12-year fight by the National Security Archive – reveals that the 1983 War Scare was real. According to the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB), the United States "may have inadvertently placed our relations with the Soviet Union on a hair trigger" during the 1983 NATO nuclear release exercise, Able Archer 83. globinfo freexchange The documents prove that the "balance of terror" during the Cold War was very fragile. The philosophy of the MAD (mutually assured destruction), based on the theory of deterrence, might not be sufficient to prevent a nuclear war. According to the theory of deterrence, " the threat of using strong weapons against the enemy prevents the enemy's use of those same weapons. The strategy is a form of Nash equilibriu

Journeys of death for thousands of desperate people, situation beyond critical globinfo freexchange Another ten refugees, including five children, were found dead on Thursday in the sea area north of Lesvos. A little girl, one year old, was hospitalized in intensive and died on Thursday night. It is still unclear the number of people missing since the shipwreck on Wednesday. Some sources speak for more than thirty people. The total number of victims of the shipwrecks in October 28th in Lesbos, Samos and Agathonisi is eighteen, of which twelve are children. The lurid list is constantly growing, while the images of children who are struggling to stay alive haunt the divided Europe, which still discuss the quotas of the number of refugees for each country. On Wednesday, the Greek coast guard managed to rescue more than 240 refugees from the shipwreck off coast Molyvos, Lesvos. The authorities identified two children who were unconscious and transported in critica

A significant evolvement Too little has been done to safeguard citizens' fundamental rights following revelations of electronic mass surveillance, say MEPs in a resolution voted on Thursday. They urge the EU Commission to ensure that all data transfers to the US are subject to an "effective level of protection" and ask EU member states to grant protection to Edward Snowden, as a "human rights defender". Parliament also raises concerns about surveillance laws in several EU countries. By 285 votes to 281, MEPs decided to call on EU member states to " drop any criminal charges against Edward Snowden, grant him protection and consequently prevent extradition or rendition by third parties, in recognition of his status as whistle-blower and international human rights defender ". Parliament is concerned about " recent laws in some member states that extend surveillance capabilities of intelligence bodies ", including

Ένα αποχαρακτηρισμένο - από το 2006 - απόρρητο έγγραφο της CIA που εμπλέκει τους δύο πρώην πρωθυπουργούς Κωνσταντίνο Καραμανλή και Κωνσταντίνο Τσαλδάρη με τους ναζί, παρουσιάζοντάς τους ως πράκτορές των γερμανικών κατοχικών δυνάμεων και συνεργάτες του Μαξ Μέρτεν, κάνει τις τελευταίες ώρες τον γύρο του διαδικτύου. Πρόκειται για έγγραφο - μαρτυρία διπλωματικού υπαλλήλου σύμφωνα με το οποίο ο Κωνσταντίνος Καραμανλής αλλά και ο Κωνσταντίνος Τσαλδάρης εμφανίζονται σε λίστα των πρακτόρων των ναζί κατά την περίοδο της κατοχής. Ωστόσο η σχετική λίστα με τους πράκτορες δεν περιλαμβάνεται στο απόρρητο έγγραφο της CIA. Σύμφωνα με όσα αναφέρονται, όσοι αναγράφονται στη λίστα φέρονται να είχαν συνεργαστεί και με τον Μαξ Μέρτεν, τον σφαγέα της Θεσσαλονίκης, στην εξόντωση των Εβραίων της πόλης. Το άκρως απόρρητο έγγραφο, το οποίο έχει πλέον αποχαρακτηριστεί και έχει αναρτηθεί στη σελίδα της CIA, έχει ημερομηνία 16 Σεπτεμβρίου του 1962. Σύμφωνα με το έγγραφο, ο τότ

Bidhya Devi Bhandari is 54 years old and has been a champion of women’s rights and led protests that ended the centuries-old Nepalese monarchy. Bidhya Devi Bhandari made history in Nepal. She has become the first women to rule the country. But that's not all. She is a communist who has been campaigning for a very long time in favor of women's rights. She has risen to power Wednesday after her Unified Marxist-Leninist (UML) party garnered 327 votes in parliament against her opponent's 214. Bhandari is among the politicians who pushed to secure their rights under the new constitution adopted last month that requires that a new president be named. The communist female leader became a leading political figure after her husband, Madan Bhandari, was killed in a car accident in 1993, which has remained mostly unexplained as circumstances surrounding the incident are dubious. He was the leader of the communist party. Bhandari has now become