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By Walid M. Sadi - Aug 22,2015
The foreign ministers of Russia and Iran ended their much-celebrated meeting in Moscow last week with a broad agreement on practically everything, but especially on the Syrian file.Notably, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Jawad Zarif ag
By Walid M. Sadi - Aug 15,2015
Last week the world marked the 70th anniversary of the dropping of two nuclear bombs on Japan, the first on the city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 and the second three days later on the city of Nagasaki.
By Walid M. Sadi - Aug 08,2015
The more I think about the “alliance” between Hizbollah and General Michel Aoun’s Al Tayyar Al Watani Al Hurr movement, the more I discern how fragile it is. The two sides have really nothing in common except, perhaps, a common enemy.
By Walid M. Sadi - Aug 01,2015
There is no denying that there are websites easily accessible to the young and old alike that feature pornography of all kinds and promote promiscuity.Young men and women are particularly vulnerable to social media and are being exploited through networks that encourage indecent
By Walid M. Sadi - Jul 25,2015
US President Barack Obama told reporters after a briefing at the Pentagon with top military brass and members of his national security team earlier this month that he aims to “intensify” anti-Daesh military efforts in Syria and Iraq. “We’re intensifying our efforts against I
By Walid M. Sadi - Jul 11,2015
No matter how the deadlock between Athens and the rest of the European capitals is going to end, there is no absolute way of viewing the crisis or passing judgement on which side is right or wrong, as good arguments are plenty on both sides.The July 5 referendum in which Greeks v
By Walid M. Sadi - Jul 04,2015
The US Supreme Court recently ruled in a “landmark” decision that same-sex marriage is legal and that all 50 states must now “live” with that verdict.The decision was taken by a slim majority: five judges voted for, four against.This issue of legalising same-sex marriage has been
By Walid M. Sadi - Jun 27,2015
James Baker, US secretary of state during the presidency of George H.W.
By Walid M. Sadi - Jun 20,2015
A simple but brilliant idea was suggested by a Belgian human rights expert during a recent meeting of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Geneva to combat the so-called “junk food” phenomenon that is responsible for obesity, diabetes and cardiova
By Walid M. Sadi - Jun 13,2015
There is a common Article 1 in both international covenants on civil and political rights and on the economic, social and cultural rights on the right of self-determination.It reads as follows: “All peoples have the right of self determination.

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