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Tag Archives: France
R&D: NSA Spying Activities Against France
[fblike] Today’s R&D explores recent revelations that the National Security Agency (NSA) has been doing extensive electronic surveillance in France. Report highlighting vast #NSA spying on France makes Secretary John Kerry’s trip to Paris uncomfortable: http://t.co/CsFflIFJjt @sarallana — CSMonitor.com (@csmonitor) … Continue reading →
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Tagged France, National Security Agency, NSA, NSA spying, R&D, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S.-French relations
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R&D: The French Economy
[fblike] Today’s R&D covers the state of the French economy. Francois Hollande has urged consumers to “buy French” to boost the economy – but it will cost them dearly http://t.co/kiGFuav2Qn — The Telegraph (@Telegraph) August 15, 2013 French minister predicts … Continue reading →
R&D: Possible Shakeup in America’s National Security Apparatus, South Africa Seventeen Years After Apartheid, and Ron Paul Opens an Exploratory Committee for 2012
Here is your R&D for April 27th: AP sources: Panetta to Pentagon, Petraeus to CIA from the Associated Press According to sources within the Obama administration, current CIA Director Leon Panetta will replace Defense Secretary Robert Gates and General David … Continue reading →
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Tagged apartheid, Barack Obama, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, David Patreaus, Department of Defense, EU, European Union, France, gas prices, Italy, John Boehner, Leon Panetta, national security, Obama administration, oil, oil subsidies, President Obama, R&D, Robert Gates, Ron Paul, Schengen Agreement, South Africa, top five news stories
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R&D: The U.S. Needs to Reengage the Israelis and the Palestinians, It’s Not Clear What’s Been Cut from the Budget, and Violence Increases in Syria
Here is your R&D for April 13th: Tense Calm on Israeli-Palestinian Front from the Council on Foreign Relations The Israelis and Palestinians are carefully watching the political upheaval that is taking place across the Arab world. With the peace process … Continue reading →
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Tagged BRICS, budget cuts, budget deficit, burqa ban, France, Israeli-Palestinian issues, R&D, Syria, Syrian protests, top five news stories, U.S. Foreign Policy
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R&D: The Ninth Circuit Rules Against Arizona, Romney Has to Answer for His Healthcare Law, and Japan Increases the Rating for the Severity of Its Nuclear Crisis
Here is your R&D for April 12th: Ruling against Arizona immigration law upheld from the San Francisco Chronicle Yesterday a federal appeals court in San Francisco refused to let Arizona police demand documentation from suspected illegal immigrants on the grounds … Continue reading →
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Tagged Arizona, Arizona immigration law, Chernobyl, chocolate milk, France, Great Britain, healthcare reform, illegal immigration, Japan, Japanese nuclear disaster, Libya, Libyan war, Mitt Romney, NATO, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, obesity, R&D, top five news stories
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R&D: French Forces Capture Gbagbo, the African Union Tries to Create Peace in Libya, and the Palestinians Move Towards Statehood
Here is your R&D for April 11th: Ivory Coast strongman arrested after French forces intervene from the Washington Post French forces loyal to president-elect Alassane Ouattara stormed Laurent Gbagbo’s presidential palace today and arrested him without incident. The fall of … Continue reading →
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Tagged African Union, Alassane Ouattara, AU, European Union, France, Great Britain, Iceland, Iceland-British relations, Iceland-Dutch relations, Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo, Libya, Libyan war, Moammar Gaddafi, Nick Ayers, R&D, Republican Governor's Association, the EU, the Netherlands, Tim Pawlenty, top five news stories
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Major R&D: Profile of Ai Weiwei, Spain Says it Will Not Seek a Bailout, and the Libyan War Exposes the African Union
Here is a major R&D for April 7th: Profile: Ai Weiwei from the BBC Ai Weiwei is a Chinese artist who has been vocal about human rights abuses in China. Weiwei has been arrested by the Chinese government for economic … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2012 presidential election, African Union, Al Sharpton, Allassane Ouattara, AU, Barack Obama, budget, budget deficit, China, Chinese human rights, Clean Air Act, David Prosser, Donald Trump, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, EU, EU bailout, euro, euro zone, European immigration, European issues, European Union, France, French foreign policy, French-Ivory Coast relations, gas prices, Gaza war, government shutdown, greenhouse gas emissions, housing industry, human rights, International Monetary Fund, Iraq war, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian issues, Italy, Japan, Japanese earthquake, Japanese nuclear disaster, JoAnne Kloppenburg, Laurent Gbagbo, Libya, Libyan war, major R&D, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, oil, Paul Ryan, Portugal, Portuguese economy, President Obama, R&D, Richard Goldstone, small businesses, Spain, Spanish bailout, Spanish economy, taxes, the Ivory Coast, Tunisia, U.S. economy, U.S. Foreign Policy, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Supreme Court race
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R&D: The Right to Protect Doctrine Returns, Water Issues Worry Americans Most, and Is America Protecting French Interests in Libya?
Here is your R&D for March 28th: How Libya’s Qaddafi brought humanitarian intervention back in vogue from the Christian Science Monitor Libya’s Moammar Gaddafi has resurrected the international doctrine of the “right to protect”, which some analysts thought was a … Continue reading →
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Tagged environmental issues, France, Hugo Chavez, Libya, Libyan war, Moammar Gaddafi, R&D, right to protect, Syria, Syrian protests, top five news stories, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S.-French relations, Venezuela, water
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R&D: Chirac’s Trial is Delayed, the National Interest Says the U.S. Should Not Give North Korea Food Aid, and What’s Behind the Surge in Gas Prices
Here is your R&D for March 8th: Jacques Chirac corruption trial delayed from the Guardian Jacques Chirac, who will be the first French leader put on trial since Marshal Philippe Petain, has been delayed until June. Chirac stands accused of … Continue reading →
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Tagged France, gas prices, Jacques Chirac, Jacques Chirac trial, Libya, Libyan civil war, Marshal Philippe Petain, military, North Korea, oil, R&D, top five news stories, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S.-North Korean relations
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R&D: Ohio Faces Union Protests, Pakistan’s Minority Protections are Critiqued, and the Threat of a New Debt Crisis Roils the EU
Here is your R&D for March 2nd: Protests grow in Ohio as vote on union rights nears from the Washington Post Wisconsin isn’t the only state with union issues, as Ohio is seeking to curtail the bargaining power of public … Continue reading →
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Tagged budget deficit, Congress, Egypt, EU, EU bailouts, European economy, European Union, France, Germany, government shutdown, Great Britain, Ireland, Libya, Ohio, Ohio union protests, Pakistan, public employee unions, R&D, Shahbza Bhatti, top five news stories, Tunisia, UN, United Nations
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