Europe trumps all other regions with 11 out of twelve courtiers rated as “extreme risk.” However, quite surprisingly, only one PIIGS country–Italy which takes the top spot–is in the top 12.
Archive for Category: "Foreign Policy"
February 25, 2011 06:21
Libyan crackdown ‘escalates’ – UN
Reports from Libya indicate thousands may have been killed or injured as the government crackdown escalates “alarmingly”, UN human rights head Navi Pillay has said.
February 24, 2011 13:12
Massive DEA sweep nabs more than 100 in connection with ICE agent’s death
[T]he roundup, which began Wednesday and was expected to continue into Friday, is targeting suspected criminals with ties to any Mexican drug cartel to try to disrupt drug trafficking operations in the United States.
February 24, 2011 06:37
Gadhafi Ordered Pan-Am Lockerbie Bombing
Libya’s ex-justice minister was quoted as telling a Swedish newspaper that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi personally ordered the Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people in 1988. (Feb. 23)
February 24, 2011 06:19
Gaddafi digs in as protests mount
The area controlled by Libya’s embattled leader Col Muammar Gaddafi is shrinking, reports say, as the opposition gains momentum.
February 22, 2011 16:31
Gaddafi: Obama is ‘a Beacon of Light in the Darkness of Imperialism’
In October of 2009 Chairman of the African Union Muammar Gaddafi praised the US President Barack Obama saying he is “a beacon of Light in the darkness of imperialism.”
February 22, 2011 05:56
Libya Descends Into Madness
As warned, blood is in the streets. Cell phone images show extensive violence against the protesters.
February 22, 2011 05:04
Donald Rumsfeld on War in Iraq, WMD, WikiLeaks and the Media
“Now, for whatever reason, the government of the United States today is unwilling to say that, they’re unwilling to identify the enemy. I don’t see how you can win in the competition of ideas if you’re not willing to, on the one hand, describe honestly what the ideas of the enemy are and then simultaneously talk about the virtues of free political systems and free economic systems that we benefit from.”
February 21, 2011 10:25
US vetoes UN resolution condemning settlements as illegal
Rice said the United States did not want the veto to be “misunderstood” as support for continued Israeli settlement construction.
February 21, 2011 07:12
Video of Bahrain Army shooting protesters
At least 50 people have been injured as security forces in Bahrain opened fire on protesters for a second straight day. Protesters who tried to march to the square on Friday described a chaotic scene of tear gas clouds, bullets coming from many directions and people slipping in pools of blood as they sought cover. Some claimed the gunfire came from either helicopters or sniper nests.
