[Tolo News] Pak Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... 's claim last week that certain circles in Afghanistan are helping holy warriors infiltrate Pak territory to conduct attacks was on Monday rejected by the Afghan Ministry of Defense. There's no real difference between the Pak and Afghan Taliban. They both pledge allegiance to Mullah Omar (or now to his successor, I guess.) Pakistain doesn't care when the little beturbanned darlings stage attacks in Afghanistan; their only bitch comes when the Frankenturbans kill a few dozen Paks, and even then they don't get too hot if the deaders are Shias or Hindoos or Christians. The concept that attacks in Pakistain are planned and staffed in Afghanistan is apparently too deep for them to grasp, even though they get the concept of planning and staffing attacks in India from Pak soil, even though they increasingly less plausibly deny it.
Afghanistan's Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Monday rejected the allegations by Pakistain that certain elements in Kabul ...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the World and didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either.... support holy warriors to operate in Pak soil, terming the claims groundless.
"This is quite laughable," Dawlat Waziri, a defense ministry front man said on Monday referring to Pak PM's allegations.
"Taliban and al-Qaeda operate in Pakistain. Osama and Mullah Omar ... a minor Pashtun commander in the war against the Soviets who made good as leader of the Taliban. As ruler of Afghanistan, he took the title Leader of the Faithful. The imposition of Pashtunkhwa on the nation institutionalized ignorance and brutality in a country already notable for its own fair share of ignorance and brutality... were found in Pakistain. The Quetta Council, Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. Council, Haqqani Council and Meeran Shah Council exist there in Pakistain. How can Pakistain dare to say that certain groups in Afghanistan are involved in instability in Pakistain?"
This comes at a time that Pakistain has long been criticized by the Afghan government and other countries for its deliberate support of turban groups - with long standing claims that they allow them to operate against Afghanistan from Pak territory.
"Pakistain gets rewards of the seeds it grew to destabilize Afghanistan, there is no bully boy hideouts in Afghanistan," military analyst Hai Gul Sulaimankhail said.
"Nawaz Sharif and ex-Pak officials play a key role in trying to disintegrate the Afghan national army and pose serious threats to Afghanistan's national illusory sovereignty and continuation of war in Afghanistan. Pakistain by making such allegations want to confuse the world's perception," MP Mohammad Abdoh said.
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Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) troops serving under the African Union mandate in Somalia will continue to pacify the Horn of Africa nation, a military official said Tuesday.
KDF spokesman David Obonyo also denied media reports that Kenyan soldiers are pulling out from areas in southern Somalia towards the border, saying they were only involved in operational tactics. He said Kenyan soldiers will continue serving under the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia (AMISOM), noting that the military has no immediate plans to withdraw its forces in the Horn of African nation.
“The reports are not true; we remain in our areas of responsibility as per the AMISOM deployment,” Obonyo told Xinhua by telephone.
Obonyo’s assurance comes amid reports that Kenyan forces are retreating from two military bases in southern Somalia, barely two weeks after Al-Shabaab militants attacked their camp there on Jan. 15.
Reports from Somalia said the Al-Shabaab fighters have retaken Badhadhe town, about 40km from Somalia-Kenya border which had been under KDF control since 2012. Other reports said the Islamic insurgents were seen in the southern town of Badhadhe after the Kenyan troops pulled out of the town.
According to locals, fierce clashes ensued in the outskirt of Badhadhe after the Islamic insurgents ambushed KDF soldiers who were withdrawing from the town heading towards the Kenya-Somalia border.
“The soldiers are not withdrawing from any of our positions,” Obonyo said.
Kenya has more than 4,000 troops in the 22,000-strong AU force in Somalia, helping the UN-backed government battle Al-Shabaab since 2011.
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A presidential decree, that is yet to be published in the official gazette, has dissolved Algeria’s influential Department of Intelligence and Security (DRS) and created a new intelligence agency known as the Direction of Security Services (DSS.)
To employ all the ex-employees of the DRS...
The new agency is to be led by a retired DRS chief, General Athmane Tartag,
...it's already started, see?
making many to believe that the government is trying to take control of an agency that analysts say controls Algerian politics.
No more so than any other Middle Eastern country...
The reports which surfaced on government newspaper El-Messa is yet to be confirmed officially and state-owned Algeria Press Service has been silent on the matter.
There have been several changes in the leadership of the DRS since the reelection of President Bouteflika in 2014 amongst which is the removal of Mohammed Mediene as the head of the department last year. He had led the DRS for more than 20 years and was dubbed the “King of Algeria” because of his behind-the-scenes role and influence in the country’s politics dominated by the ruling National Liberation Front (FLN.)
In November, former counterterrorism chief Abdelkader Ait-Ouarabi, better known as General Hassan, was also sentenced to five years in jail on charges of destroying documents and disobeying military orders.
The dissolution of the DRS was welcomed by a senior member of the FLN who said that “the era of the kingmakers is officially over now” while security analyst Arslan Chikhaoui commented that “the move will enable Algeria’s intelligence to move from a ‘secret police’ to a more proper intelligence agency to adapt to ongoing regional and domestic political transition.”
The move also raises questions about Bouteflika’s imminent departure from power as he rarely appears in public since he suffered a stroke in 2013.
Sometime next year we'll be welcoming President Tartag on a state visit...
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[VOA News] Economic activity has been paralyzed in Chad and northern Cameroon ...a long, narrow country that fills the space between Nigeria and Chad on the northeast, CAR to the southeast. Prior to incursions by Boko Haram nothing ever happened there... following frequent Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... attacks on trucks transporting goods from Nigeria's Borno state to the two central African nations. During the latest attack, suspected Boko Haram members diverted three trucks transporting goods to Chad through Cameroon to an unknown destination.
*Bang! Bang! Bangetty-bang!*
"THIS IS A STICK-UP! Open up and give us your keys!"
"Dammit -- maize and groundnuts, again! And orange juice. The boys want steak -- or at least chicken -- like we used to get every day. They're saying Allah doesn't love us anymore."
This marks a change of strategy after the terrorist group started targeting mosques in Cameroon.
Q: What's the difference between jihadis and criminal?
A: Jihadis quote the Koran while they do bad things.
Naffissa Adja, a sales agent at Arab supplies, one of the most popular shops in N'djamena, says she still waits to be paid last month's salary, as the shop has not received supplies from Nigeria's Borno state for several months.
She has not been paid because business is slow due to regular attacks on the shop's supply trucks.
Truck driver Tocba Haman, 45, says he no longer travels to Nigeria for supplies because the Boko Haram terrorist group targets trucks and kills drivers.
Meanwhile, back at the hijacking:
"Dammit, you idiot! Next time shoot them after they get out of the trucks -- the blood is soaking through my pants again!"
As the bully boyz continue to control Nigerian villages, seizing goods and killing traders -- especially around Borno state -- business activity will continue to decline in Chad, Haman says, even with the heavy presence of the military along roads and markets.
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NaffissaAdja, a sales agent at Arab supplies, one of the most popular shops in N'djamena, says she still waits to be paid last month's salary, as the shop has not received supplies
"We're almost completely out of Seething and Hate"
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[Dhaka Tribune] Ruling Awami League's Publicity and Publication Affairs Secretary Hasan Mahmud called upon the big shots of the BNP to boycott party chief the loathesome Khaleda Zia Three-term PM of Bangla, widow of deceased dictator Ziaur Rahman, head of the Bangla Nationalist Party, an apparent magnet for corruption ... and her son Tarique Rahman ...the elder son of former President of Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman Bir Uttam, and Khaleda Zia, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh. He is the Senior Vice Chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). His nickname is Pino. There are allegations that Pino took a rakeoff from every foreign investment into the country while Mom was in office... in the upcoming national council.
The BNP has decided to hold its long overdue national council by March to revamp its rank and file.
Referring to Khaleda Zia's recent remarks over the number of Liberation War deaders, the publicity and publication affairs secretary of the Awami League said: "The BNP leaders, who believe in the spirit of the Liberation War, should boycott the members of BNP founder Ziaur Rahman in the upcoming national council for the unacceptable remarks of Khaleda Zia."
Hasan Mahmud made the call while addressing a discussion meeting arranged by Bangabandhu Sangskritik Jote at Shilpakala Academy on Sunday.
he said: "The destructive political practice of BNP chief Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique Rahman, senior vice-chairman of the party, has split the party.
"Not only the big shots but Khaleda's relatives also started boycotting her."
On January 21, AKM Mohiuddin Majumder Shamu, son of Khaleda's cousin Azharul Haq Majumder, along with nearly 100 BNP leaders and activists joined the Awami League.
The former minister urged the BNP chief to practice constructive and peaceful politics, shunning the path of violence.
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[NEWS.SKY] Denmark's parliament has voted in favour of seizing the assets of asylum seekers to help pay for their stay while their claims are processed.
The controversial law is part of a package of immigration reforms designed to make the country less appealing for migrants.
The new measures, which also delay family reunions by increasing the waiting period from one to up to three years, had cross-party support and passed with an overwhelming majority.
Out of the 109 parliamentarians who voted, 81 backed the bill which was presented by the minority Liberal Party government of Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen.
He was helped by the support of the opposition Social Democrats and the anti-immigration Danish People's Party - Denmark's two largest parties. One politician abstained and 70 others were absent.
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[NRTTV] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... remains strongly opposed to the participation of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), the main Syrian Kurdish group, as well as the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), a militia affiliated to the PYD, from negotiating on the opposition side at peace talks planned for this week, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Tuesday (Jan. 26). Turkey will boycott Syrian peace talks planned for this week if the Kurdish opposition PYD is invited to the negotiating table, the country's Foreign Minister.
"Representation of (Syrian) Kurds in talks is a necessity. Negotiations without Kurds at table can't be inclusive. We are not against the presence of Kurds at talks. But are vehemently against the participation of the PYD and YPG (Kurdish People's Protection Units) who oppress the Kurds," Davutoglu said in Parliament.
If the U.S.-allied PYD, which is battling Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (IS), is to join the talks aimed at resolving the five-year Syrian civil war, then it should be by the side of Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Lord of the Baath... , he told members of his AK Party.
"It is unacceptable to let a terrorist organization joining opposition parties and attend negotiation talks. They cannot sit together with honorable opposition groups fighting against the regime. If somebody wants to see the PYD at the table, its place should be on the same side as the Syrian regime. The PYD, which cooperates with the regime, can't represent the rightful struggle of Syrian people," Davutoglu said.
Turkey is also against the participation of the YPG militia which is affiliated to the PYD. The YPG has become an important partner in the U.S.-led fight against Islamic State. Turkey views the YPG as an extension of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which it considers a terrorist organization.
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According to Rudaw, Russia said yesterday that the PYD should be included. In another chain-jerking move, Putin is also mulling aloud the expansion of Russian sanctions against Turkish companies.
[Iran Press TV] The Israeli regime, which is itself believed
...by Iran and its allies...
to be supporting holy warriors in the region, says The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... has been providing money to the Daesh [Islamic State]Takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed... holy warriors operating in Syria and Iraq through oil trade with them.
"As you know, Daesh [Islamic State] enjoyed Turkish money for oil for a very, very long period of time," Israeli minister for military affairs Moshe Yaalon told news hounds in the Greek capital of Athens on Tuesday.
The comments come as last December, Russia released photos showing columns of tanker trucks purportedly loading oil at Daesh [Islamic State]-controlled installations in Syria and Iraq before entering neighboring Turkey.
Ankara has denied permitting oil smuggling by Daesh [Islamic State]gunnies that control parts of Syria and Iraq.
Elsewhere in his comments, Yaalon said Turkey had allowed holy warriors "to move from Europe to Syria and Iraq and back, as part of Daesh [Islamic State]'s terrorist network."
This is while, according to numerous reports, the Tel Aviv regime has also itself been supporting the holy warriors fighting the government of Syria's Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Horror of Homs... Israel has set up hospitals near the border with Syria to treat the injured holy warriors coming in from the battlefield there. Locals in the occupied Golan Heights also intercepted Israeli vehicles transporting injured holy warriors on the road between al-Sheikh Mountain and the village of Majdal Sham.
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Turkey doesn't seem to be too finicky about buying and selling oil. Isn't Turkey the middleman between the Kurds and Israel?
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Pakistan's hugely popular military chief General Raheel Sharif confirmed on Monday he will retire at the end of his tenure this year, ending media speculation surrounding his role and opening up arguably the most powerful position in the country.
Sharif, widely credited with bringing a semblance of security back to the insurgency-plagued country, said in a meeting with his top officials on Monday that he planned to seek no extension.
Of course not -- it would interfere with his plan to be the next President...
"The Mighty Pakistan Army is a great institution," army spokesman Lieutenant General Asim Bajwa quoted Sharif as saying on Twitter. "I don't believe in extension and will retire on the due date."
"Efforts to (root) out terrorism will continue with full vigor and resolve. Pakistan's national interest is supreme and will be safe guarded at all costs."
Sharif was named army chief in 2013, when his predecessor General Ashfaq Kayani's term - which had been extended by three years - came to an end. Sharif is due to step down this year. Former military leaders Pervez Musharraf and Zia ul-Haq also extended their own rule during their time in power.
The announcement, which came less than a week after Taleban-linked militants killed 21 people in an attack on a university in the troubled northwest, was quickly praised on social media.
"Well-done Uncle Rahil Sharif, every #COAS should act like you, no greed but resolve to serve the nation," wrote Ab Rasheed Qureshi, using the acronym for his official title.
Under Sharif the Pakistani military launched an offensive in the tribal areas in June 2014, where militants had previously operated with impunity. The army claims to have killed thousands of insurgents and swept many others over the porous border into Afghanistan, contributing to a boost in security in 2015.
You can see the results, Pakistan is an oasis of stability in a troubled world...
However critics are concerned that rights are being rolled back in the name of defeating terror, citing the creation of military courts and the resumption of hangings after a six-year moratorium, among other moves.
Pakistan has been ruled by the military for more than half its 69-year history and the armed forces are widely seen as controlling defence and foreign policy.
[DAWN] The Foreign Office on Monday summoned the Afghan Charge d'Affaires, Syed Abdul Nasir Yousafi, to convey Pakistain's concern regarding the use of Afghan soil by terrorist elements in the Bacha Khan University attack, said a statement issued from the FO.
It said the diplomat was summoned on Monday and was told that investigations revealed the perpetrators of the deadly attack on the varsity were operating from Afghan territory and used the Afghan telecommunication network.
The statement further said relevant evidence had also been shared with the Afghan diplomat. It was conveyed to the Afghan government that they must take action against the perpetrators of the terrorist attack and extend cooperation to Pak authorities in order to bring them to justice, it added.
At least 21 people were killed when unidentified gunnies entered the university in Charsadda town last week and opened fire on students and faculty members.
The criminal mastermind of the APS Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. attack, Umar Mansoor, of the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) Geedar group claimed the attack through a post on his Facebook page, adding that four attackers were sent to the university.
Authorities say the Bacha Khan University attack was planned and orchestrated by Pak Talibs based in neighbouring Afghanistan, and called on the Afghan government to co-operate in its investigation.
Five suspects have so far been tossed in the clink Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! for acting as "controllers" to the attack, Pakistain Army's media wing said Saturday.
Pakistain Army has been leading a ground and air operation against turbans in the country's tribal areas since June 2014. The military claims as a result of its operation, which it says has seen phenomenal success, several faceless myrmidons have crossed the border into Afghanistan, from where they are now operating.
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Palestinian twin sisters aged 18 who were arrested by Israeli security forces for possession of explosives have brought to the fore the role young women are taking in the recent spate of violence plaguing this region.
And if you think there4 won't be western feminazi who'll state that this is positive news, I can offer you---once in a lifetime opportunity---deal on Brooklyn bridge.
[IsraelTimes] Israel's Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz says Israeli Electric Authority is being targeted by a "severe cyberattack."
Addressing the Cybertech Conference in Tel Aviv, Steinitz says the attack was discovered on Monday and that his ministry is "already handling it," along with the Israel National Cyber Bureau.
"The virus was already identified and the right software was already prepared to neutralize it," he sayd. "We had to paralyze many of the computers of the Israeli electricity authorities. We are handling the situation and I hope that soon, this very serious event will be over.
"This is a fresh example of the sensitivity of infrastructure to cyberattacks, and the importance of preparing ourselves in order to defend ourselves against such attacks."
He doesn't say whether Israel has identified any suspects in the attack.
[IsraelTimes] IDF liaison in territories warns authorities may close border altogether if abuse of system persists
Israel's Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) threatened in remarks published Tuesday to close all crossings with the Gazoo Strip should Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, continue to recruit workers entering Israel "for terrorist purposes."
"Hamas is exploiting the permits given to workers, those going to the West Bank, and those going to Israel, for the purpose of terrorism," the Paleostinian daily Al-Quds quoted Major-General Yoav Mordechai as saying. "This is going to make the Israeli authorities think twice before issuing permits, and we will perhaps close the border for entry by all Gazooks, if Hamas continues this policy."
Mordechai did not elaborate on exactly how the permits were being used by Hamas in terror activities.
He continued: "It appears that Hamas is preparing for war and does not care for the well-being of Gazooks. They are recruiting merchants, and this places an obstacle in the way of the economic plan put forward by the Israeli government and prevents those who come into Israel from praying at the Al-Aqsa mosque every Friday."
This "Israeli plan," he explained, "seeks to alleviate the economic hardship and support the economy in Gazoo, but this is being exploited by Hamas, and this acts against the interest of Gazooks."
He added that "Following the last war in Gazoo, Israel adopted a policy to stimulate the economy of Gazoo" and "issued 100 thousand entry permits during the year 2015 -- including for health, business, and religious reasons."
It's an easy way to recruit spies and get their reports...
According to a 2015 report, prepared ahead of the biannual meeting of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC), which coordinates international donor support for the Paleostinians, unemployment in Gazoo increased in 2014 "to reach 44 percent -- probably the highest in the world."
This is in addition to the poverty rate in the Paleostinian territory hovering around 39%, despite the fact that nearly four out of every five Gazooks receive "some aid."
"Gazoo's unemployment and poverty figures are very troubling and the economic outlook is worrying," the World Bank quoted Paleostinian territories director Steen Lau Jorgensen as saying.
For his part, Mordechai added "Hamas has imposed fees and taxes on all trucks that enter the strip, as well as on permits. These go towards supporting Hamas's activities and building their capabilities rather than to building schools and institutions."
They're a jihadi organization, so it's their right to do so.
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Israel's IDF is repor preparing or updating various war plans = mil options for Israels' north, in Syria-Iraq as agz Hezbollah, + in Gaza agz Hamas.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Scourge of Qusayr... was not asked to step down by Russia, nor did Moscow offer him political asylum, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday. When it comes down to "step down or polonium," step down.
"In both cases, the answer is: 'No'," Lavrov told his annual news conference. "This is untrue... No one asked about political asylum, and no one offered anything of the kind."
His remarks came after reports that a late Russian general was sent to by President Vladimir Putin ...Second and fourth President and sixth of the Russian Federation and the first to remain sober. Putin is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from polonium poisoning. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to Putin. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead... to ask Assad to step down -- news that Putin has already denied.
Lavrov also said ISIS Death Eaters were building up influence in Afghanistan. He also insisted that U.N.-backed Syria talks planned to start later this week will not be successful if Kurdish representatives are not invited.
"Without this participant the talks cannot achieve the results that we want, a definitive political resolution in Syria," Lavrov said, adding, however, that it was up to U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura to decide which opposition groups to invite to the talks.
He said that some participants of the Syria grinding of the peace processor had been "capricious" by refusing to negotiate.
"When there are attempts to put conditions for collective fight against terrorism, conditions that are irrelevant, such as 'if you agree to a regime change, for example, in Syria, then we will for real begin to fight terrorism collectively' ... that is, I believe, the biggest mistake," Lavrov said.
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"We don't actually, you know, ask people to step down."
Iran and Spain are expected to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on nuclear cooperation within the coming months, Iran’s atomic spokesperson said.
Someone has to get a chunk of that $150 billion besides Switzerland and the Caymans...
Behrouz Kamalvandi, spokesperson of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) has said Iran and Spain will have cooperation on various nuclear fields, ISNA news agency reported Jan. 26.
“We launched talks with Spain before implementing the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA/ nuclear deal),” he said.
Kamalvandi added that with the implementation of the JCPOA, the talks between Iran and Spain have been accelerated and several MoUs will be signed soon.
He also touched upon a MoU between China's Atomic Energy Authority and the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran to develop nuclear cooperation in nuclear sector and said the sides are still discussing the construction of two nuclear power plants in the Islamic Republic’s southern coastal area of Makran.
In a joint statement on Jan. 16, the EU High Representative Federica Mogherini and Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif announced the implementation of Iran’s nuclear deal with the P5+1, and the removal of economic sanctions on the Islamic Republic. The statement said the EU confirms that the legal framework, providing for lifting of its nuclear-related economic and financial sanctions, is effective.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
Pakistan's hugely popular military chief General Raheel Sharif confirmed on Monday he will retire at the end of his tenure this year, ending media speculation surrounding his role and opening up arguably the most powerful position in the country.
[IsraelTimes] IDF liaison in territories warns authorities may close border altogether if abuse of system persists
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
...Second and fourth President and sixth of the Russian Federation and the first to remain sober. Putin is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from polonium poisoning. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to Putin. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead...
