Iran hawks are crowing after the latest WikiLeaks dump, but they've been playing this game for two decades now BY JUSTIN ELLIOTT With the release of the first round of WikiLeaks State Department documents this week, Iran hawks in the United States have embraced a new line: Look at the number of Arab leaders who privately urged the U.S. to …
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WikiLeaks cables: Don’t trust Israel on Iran
Officials gently mock the Israeli habit of making bogus predictions about when Iran will obtain a nuclear bomb BY JUSTIN ELLIOTT A couple of items from the WikiLeaks trove suggest that State Depatment officials do not take particularly seriously Israeli predictions about when Iran will obtain a nuclear weapon. That's because those predictions are so often wrong. There's …
Read More »WikiLeaks switches to Swiss domain amid cyberattack
In a game of cyber cat and mouse, WikiLeaks has resurfaced with a Swiss domain address after being dropped by its U.S. hosting service last night amid a massive computer attack. The site's previous domain name, wikileaks.org, has been superseded by wikileaks.ch. Two companies now host the Swiss domain name, one in France, where the government is seeking to ban …
Read More »Deceits, Plots, Insults: America Laid Bare
Diplomatic communiqués released by Wikileaks shine unprecedented light on the US and how it sees the world By Jerome Taylor, Cahal Milmo and David Usborne, US Editor The doors to a previously hidden world of diplomatic intrigue and insults were dramatically thrown open last night as the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks published its vast tranche of secret American diplomatic communiqués. The …
Read More »Live Webinar: “Interest-Based Finance and Global Warming: Making the Connection”
How does interest-based finance contribute to global warming? And how does Islamic finance provide an alternative? We explore these and other topics in this 40 minute presentation and follow up with your live Q&A. Cost: FREE Where: The comfort of your desk When: 6pm Dubai time, Sunday, December 12, 2010 What You Get: 40 minute presentation with slides Live Q&A Guidance …
Read More »Malaysian Scholarships 2011
The Scholarship Division of the Ministry of Higher Education provides several scholarship programmes to international students to pursue their higher education in Malaysia. The financial aid provided by the Scholarship Division, MOHE are: i) Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan The Malaysian Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan are awarded by the Malaysian Government to the nominated students from the Commonwealth countries …
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