Trust in governments worldwide failing
Trust in elected leaders has fallen sharply, a global survey revealed Monday, citing the protracted budget battle in Washington that nearly saw the U.S. default on its debts and Europe’s stuttering response to its debt crisis as key reasons for the drop.
Ahead of the gathering of political and business leaders in the Swiss resort of Davos, the public relations firm Edelman found that only 44 per cent of university-educated people participating in the survey trusted government, down 4 percentage points from the previous year. As recently as 2011, trust in politicians stood at 52 per cent.
The 2014 Edelman Trust Barometer found the largest-ever gap in its 14-year history — 14 points — between trust in government and trust in business.
“This is a profound evolution in the landscape of trust from 2009, where business had to partner with government to regain trust,” agency CEO Richard Edelman said.
The U.S. saw a dramatic 16 percentage point fall in the level of political trust to 37 per cent, which Edelman attributed to a number of factors, including the debt ceiling standoff in Congress, the revelations of widespread snooping by the National Security Agency and the calamitous start of President Barack Obama’s health reform website.
In Europe, the numbers were similarly dispiriting for elected leaders.
One country that saw plunging trust in government was France, where there’s growing concern over the inability of President Francois Hollande’s government to get the economy going. According to the survey, only 32 per cent in France trust government, down 17 percentage points.
The online survey queried 27,000 people in 27 countries, and broke down results between the general population and a smaller sample of university-educated people. It was conducted last year between Oct. 16 and Nov. 29.
[h/t: James Corbett]
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United Nations secretary-general: Iran no longer invited to Syria talks
By End the Lie
Jan 20, 2014
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in 2009 (Image credit: World Economic Forum/Flickr)
Less than 24 hours after revealing that Iran had been invited to participate in the upcoming Syrian peace talks, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon withdrew the invitation, citing Iran’s statements made Monday.
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The withdrawal was announced shortly after the Iranian U.N. Ambassador said that his country would not join the talks if they were required to accept the roadmap laid out at a Geneva conference on Syria in 2012.
Ban’s spokesman Martin Nesirky said that senior Iranian officials previously made it clear that they understood the terms of their invitation to the talks, though they apparently rejected them today, the Associated Press reports.
“He continues to urge Iran to join the global consensus behind the Geneva Communiqué,” Nesirky said.
Nesirky said that Ban was “deeply disappointed” by the Iranian statements issued Monday.
In order to participate in the talks, Iran had to publicly commit to the formation of a transitional government in Syria that would eventually lay the groundwork for democratic elections.
The United States welcomed the withdrawal of the invitation.
“We are hopeful that, in the wake of today’s announcement, all parties can now return to focus on the task at hand, which is bringing an end to the suffering of the Syrian people and beginning a process toward a long overdue political transition,” said Jen Psaki, a State Department spokeswoman, in a statement, according to the Associated Press.
“The officials restated U.S. complaints about Iran’s role in Syria’s civil war, including arming Assad’s forces and sending fighters to assist his side,” according to AP.
Starting Friday in Geneva, the first face-to-face negotiations between representatives from the Syrian government and the opposition will take place.
Delegations from dozens of countries including Russia and the United States will begin talks on Wednesday in Montreux, Switzerland.
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VIDEO — Ukraine Pandemonium: Kiev ablaze as protest rages through night
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Jan 19, 2014
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Tens of thousands of protesters armed with sticks, flares and Molotov cocktails clashed with security forces in Kiev on Sunday, with protesters setting fire to the ticket booth at local football team Dynamo Kiev’s iconic Olimpiiskiy National Sports Complex. Fires also raged close to the stadium, including a bus set alight by the entrance. READ MORE: http://on.rt.com/60azcj
VIDEO — Chemical Claims: MIT study finds Syrian regime not behind rocket attacks
RT
Jan 18, 2014
The U.S. conclusion that a chemical attack near Damascus in August was carried out by the government has been challenged by a team of highly respected experts. Washington immediately blamed President Assad, but a new report from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found the rocket couldn’t have been fired from government-controlled areas. RT’s Alexey Yaroshevsky looked into the MIT study, let’s get more details from him.
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