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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Sri Lanka Criticizes UN Report on Civil War | Synopsis

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Sri Lanka Criticizes UN Report on Civil War

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In a response to an internal review of the world body released last week, the External Affairs ministry said the report "appears to be another attempt at castigating Sri Lanka for militarily defeating" the Tamil Tiger guerrillas who fought for a separate state in the Indian ocean island. The report said inadequate efforts by the U.N. to protect civilians in 2009 during the bloody final months of the civil war marked a "grave failure" that led to suffering for hundreds of thousands of people. The report accused U.N. staff in Colombo of not perceiving that preventing civilian deaths was their responsibility and accused their bosses at U.N. headquarters of not telling them otherwise. A separate U.N. report released last year said up to 40,000 ethnic minority Tamil civilians may have been killed in the war's final months.

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Charles Petrie

Overall Sentiment: 0

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Country: Sri Lanka

Overall Sentiment: -0.704442

Relevance: 0.590648

GeographicFeature: Indian ocean

Overall Sentiment: -0.153097

Relevance: 0.33738

City: Colombo

Overall Sentiment: -0.446028

Relevance: 0.335062

Organization: U.N.

Overall Sentiment: -0.276968

Relevance: 0.81702

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Organization: External Affairs ministry

Overall Sentiment: -0.475717

Relevance: 0.610328

Organization: government

Overall Sentiment: -0.529145

Relevance: 0.539004

Organization: Sri Lanka government

Overall Sentiment: 0.227388

Relevance: 0.52488

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Friday, January 4, 2013

Egypt's Brotherhood Slams Israel Over Gaza Strikes | Redux

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Egypt's Brotherhood Slams Israel Over Gaza Strikes

Husam Zomlot & Dore Gold (on the screen) - World Economic Forum on the Middle East 2010
Husam Zomlot & Dore Gold (on the screen) - World Economic Forum on the Middle East 2010 by World Economic Forum
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The Islamist group said in a statement Tuesday that the Palestinian issue will always be a priority for Arabs and Muslims, despite those nations' mounting domestic issues. It also called on governments in the region "to stop the Zionist war" that it accused Israeli leaders of pursuing for political points ahead of January elections in Israel. Palestinian women react during the funeral of... View Full Caption The latest violence began Saturday, with Israeli airstrikes and rocket attacks from Gaza militants. The violence subsided Tuesday morning. Also, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, who hails from the Brotherhood, expressed his "full support" Tuesday for Palestinian plans to seek nonmember observer status at the U.N. during a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.961671

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi

Overall Sentiment: 0.565811

Relevance: 0.668181

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City: Gaza

Overall Sentiment: -0.407635

Relevance: 0.374022

Country: Israel

Overall Sentiment: -0.0220552

Relevance: 0.335887

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FieldTerminology: Israeli

Overall Sentiment: -0.466637

Relevance: 0.427593

FieldTerminology: Arabs

Overall Sentiment: 0.0349645

Relevance: 0.381533

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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Britain Officially Recognizes Syrian Opposition | Synopsis

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Britain Officially Recognizes Syrian Opposition

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Last week, France became the first Western nation to officially recognize the Syrian National Coalition, which formed earlier this month in Qatar in opposition to President Bashar Assad. The U.S. has also recognized the leadership body as a legitimate representative, but stopped short of describing it as a sole representative, saying the group must first demonstrate its ability to represent Syrians inside the country.

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President Bashar Assad

Overall Sentiment: -0.219332

Relevance: 0.942552

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Organization: Syrian National Coalition

Overall Sentiment: -0.092469

Relevance: 0.620895

Country: Qatar

Overall Sentiment: -0.219247

Relevance: 0.437051

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Country: France

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.425453

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Friday, December 14, 2012

In California, 'Republican' Is Becoming A Toxic Label | Synopsis

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In California, 'Republican' Is Becoming A Toxic Label

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Orgullo / Pride by sarihuella
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It wasn't just President Obama's 21-point margin of victory. California Democrats gained four seats in Congress and will have two-thirds majorities in both houses of the state Legislature. But the struggles of the California Republican Party began long before last week. In the past, Republicans have made history in California — there was the Reagan Revolution and Proposition 13, known as the "taxpayers revolt." But just before this election, California Republicans made history of a different sort. It wasn't the kind of history anyone would brag about, says Dan Schnur, head of the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics at the University of Southern California. "When one of the two major parties sees its voter registration dip below 30 percent, that ought to be a warning sign that Election Day is not going to go particularly well," Schnur says. That's right — just 29.

People:

Dan Schnur

Overall Sentiment: 0.313935

Relevance: 0.420102

SentimentQuote
0.209199"When one of the two major parties sees its voter registration dip below 30 percent, that ought to be a warning sign that Election Day is not going to go particularly well," Schnur says. ...
0.0191209Schnur says they face other demographic challenges: "an electorate that is younger, an electorate that is more single, an electorate that is more urban."
0.507969"Each of these constituencies have favored Democratic candidates in the past," he says. ...
0.291304"If national Republicans begin to rethink their outreach to some of these voting communities, then maybe that drags California Republicans along with them as well," he says. ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 4
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 1.0275929
  • Mean: 0.256898225
  • Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

Sen. Lindsey Graham

Overall Sentiment: -0.27623

Relevance: 0.285658

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-0.319067"We have nobody to blame but ourselves when it comes to losing Hispanics," he said, ...
-0.235065"We have nobody to blame but ourselves when it comes to losing Hispanics," he said, "and we can get them back with some effort on our part."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.554132
  • Mean: -0.277066
  • Standard Deviation: 0
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Raphael Sonenshein

Overall Sentiment: -0.162137

Relevance: 0.279003

SentimentQuote
0"the bill is coming due," says Raphael Sonenshein, ...
0.039911"the bill is coming due," says Raphael Sonenshein, executive director of the Pat Brown Institute of Public Affairs at California State University, Los Angeles. "This has mobilized vast numbers of Latino voters. Now they're really pouring to the polls."
-0.340478"Republican" is now a toxic label, Sonenshein says. ...
0"Some Republicans are now re-registering as independents to run for office — simply not to have the word 'Republican' next to their name," he says. ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 4
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.300567
  • Mean: -0.07514175
  • Standard Deviation: 0

Obama

Overall Sentiment: 0.114561

Relevance: 0.251825

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Reagan

Overall Sentiment: -0.0856948

Relevance: 0.236043

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Pete Wilson

Overall Sentiment: -0.215996

Relevance: 0.216081

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Ron Nehring

Overall Sentiment: 0.19255

Relevance: 0.193202

SentimentQuote
0.19062"That's seen by many folks as rewarding people who've cheated the system, at the expense of people who've gone through the system legally," says Ron Nehring, ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.19062
  • Mean: 0.19062
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Key:

  • Aggregate Sentiment is meant to be an indicator of an individual's overall sentiment.
  • The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
  • The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

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FieldTerminology: Latino

Overall Sentiment: -0.0587495

Relevance: 0.381039

StateOrCounty: California

Overall Sentiment: -0.0624591

Relevance: 0.834051

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