by Pepe Escobar Al Jazeera 07 Feb 2012 Despite some reforms, Myanmar remains a hardcore military dictatorship and lacks a civil society. Bangkok, Thailand †- While the big story of 2012 in south-west Asia is the increasingly lethal US-Iran psychodrama, there’s no bigger story in south-east Asia in the Year of the Dragon than the [...]

Former U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra launched his first major Senate campaign advertisement on the biggest stage possible. However, the day after his Super Bowl TV debut, the conversation centered not on a catchy political message, but on criticism the spot was racially offensive.

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After vetoing a United Nations Security Council resolution against Syria, Russia has slammed Western media outlets for spreading anti-Moscow propaganda.

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