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Hey folks, it’s finals week. Hope you have a good one in the meantime.
International Politics
Overall
– Venezuela announces a deal with the Palestinian Authority to provide both oil and diesel fuel for Palestine
Middle East
– Part four of five with Ali Abunimah on the element of class in Palestine and its effects on life.
– Syrian rebels launched an offensive in a town in Syria and killed the commander of the air force
– It is estimated at least 400,000 Iraqis fled from the Anbar province, which includes Falluja, as a result of recent fighting.
– A number of attacks in Iraq left 14 people killed and more injured
Africa
– Jimmy Carter says Egypt is not advancing to be a democracy and the Carter Center stated it will send a small team of experts for its elections rather than observers
– At a summit in Paris, France, a few African countries pledge to combat Boko Haram; It sounds like pure rhetoric now since the keys are in the hands of the West
– As anti-government rebels continue their campaign, gunmen stormed into the Libyan parliament
– Rebels in northern Mali launched an attack that killed six government officials and two civilians
– At least four people were killed and at least five were injured when a car bomb exploded in a Christian neighborhood in Nigeria
Asia and Oceania
– The right-wing Hindu nationalist group Bharatiya Janata Party and Narendra Modi won huge in the Indian election. With the vote for them being anti-Congress, Modi and his party will implement a neoliberal agenda.
– Juan Cole: “Five Reasons India’s new BJP (“Tea Party”) Government may not be so Great for Business”
– Vietnam sent officers to control the anti-Chinese protests occurring in the country