EU agrees on talks with Turkey

Now we wait. Update, Turkey has accepted the deal… “Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said Ankara had reached agreement on a draft deal, and was flying to Luxembourg for the start of the talks.” Austria was the last hold out keeping the EU from opening talks with Turkey.. they have apparently, fallen into line. Now …

Canadian Senate says Boost Military. YES!

Good news came out of the Canadian Senate (ya we do have one of those). Whether it means anything is another question all together. The Senate Defence Committee help a press conferece today detailing changes they thought needed to be made to Canada defense sector of governmentand spending. #1: Increase Spending (obviously any “improvement” short …

EU3 brush off Russian pressure, sets up Iran for UNSC

It looks like Iran is headed for referral to the United Nations Security Council. After rumours that the Russians and Chinese were throwing up big walls to the EU3 referring Iran directly to the UNSC for their behaviour around nuclear issues, a document has now been submitted to the IAEA board that directly indicates Irans …