In a joint statement from the White House, leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission, condemned Russia's actions in Ukraine, March 3. Stating that Russia's actions in Ukraine are in contravention of its obligations under the U.N. Charter and its 1997 agreement with Ukraine, the leaders have decided to suspend activities associated with the preparation of the G-8 Summit.
Sunday, March 2, 2014
NORTH KOREA: Missiles Fired Off Coast
North Korea launched two short-range missiles from its east coast March 2, according to the South Korean Defense Ministry, Yonhap reported. The missiles were fired from Gitdaeryeong and Wonsan and had a range of 500 kilometers (310 miles), twice the range of the missiles North Korea fired the previous week, CNN reported. North Korea has often engaged in provocative actions as part of its overall foreign policy strategy.
JAPAN'S casino gamble sets pulses racing
The prospect of the world’s third-largest economy opening up to casinos has excited the gaming industry, with estimates of $40bn in annual revenues
INDONESIA: Co-director of The Act of Killing says crew fear for their lives
A chilling documentary about one of the worst massacres since the second world war is up for an Academy Award. If it does win, don't expect the Indonesian co-director to go on stage to receive an Oscar: he's worried for his life.
CHINA'S Uighur Militants Make a Strategic Shift
A railway station attack in Kunming, China, on March 1 suggests that ethnic Uighur militants, whose attacks in the past mostly targeted police and public officials in the northwestern Chinese region of Xinjiang, have shifted to a strategy of seeking to inflict mass civilian casualties anywhere in the country. While these militants may be part of small, disparate cells with a relative lack of central control and training, they have now proved capable of striking in China's far southwest borderlands only months after another Uighur group attacked China's capital, Beijing. This suggests that China's counterterrorism efforts will have to expand nationwide.
http://www.stratfor.com/analysis/chinas-uighur-militants-make-strategic-shift
http://www.stratfor.com/analysis/chinas-uighur-militants-make-strategic-shift
CHINA blames separatist terrorists for deadly knife attacks
Chinese authorities are pursuing five assailants who slashed to death dozens of people at a train station in southern China on Saturday, an attack the government blamed on Xinjiang separatists. Police fatally shot four black-clad attackers — bringing the total body count to 33 — and captured one more, though another five escaped.
RUSSIA Could Lose Its Place In G-8, Face Sanctions
Russia’s actions in Ukraine could cause Moscow to lose its place in the G-8 and face economic sanctions, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said March 2, Reuters and RT reported. The European Union and the United States have called for Russia to show restraint, but they are unlikely to intervene militarily in Ukraine, though a NATO meeting has been called to discuss the situation.
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