The negotiations between the P5+1 and Iran in Moscow ended without making much progress at all. The response of Israel’s government was swift: it will not wait much longer for negotiations to succeed. This statement follows a report in the New York Times that suggests that many diplomats believe that Iran is simply pursuing a waiting game so that it has more time to develop its capabilities. The NYTimes is not an especially reliable source on Middle Eastern matters, but many suspect that this particular charge is valid.
Violence has slowly been building up again in central Nigeria. The ostensible cause of the violence is a cleavage between Christians and Muslims and the pattern of deaths follows those lines fairly clearly. But the issues are significantly more complex than that and efforts to limit the violence, such as curfews, do not appear to be very successful.
Much has been made about growing inequality in the world. Perhaps an appropriate example of how extreme matters have become is the purchase of the Hawaiian island, Lanai, by Oracle CEO, Larry Ellison.
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