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Sarkozy tries to appease Netanyahu

by on 15. Nov, 2011 in Newsletter Links

After being caught calling Netanyahu a ‘liar’ French president sends particularly friendly letter to Israeli PM offering close cooperation on issue of Iran sanctions   Itamar Eichner   Ynetnews Published: 11.13.11,   Days after being caught calling Benjamin Netanyahu a “liar” in a private conversation with US President Barack Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy is [...]

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Guantanamo court can’t free bomb suspect, U.S. says

by on 04. Nov, 2011 in Newsletter Links

 By Jane Sutton   Trust.org   02 Nov 2011 19:51    MIAMI, Nov 2 (Reuters) – The U.S. war crimes tribunal that will try the alleged planner of a deadly attack on a U.S. warship has no power to free him if he is acquitted, military prosecutors said in court documents made public on Wednesday.    Defense [...]

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US Income Disparity, Economic Anxiety Grow: Studies

by on 28. Oct, 2011 in Newsletter Links

Published on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 by Agence France Presse   WASHINGTON— Income for the richest Americans has grown 15 times faster than for the poor since 1979, a government study showed, as a poll out Wednesday highlighted deep anxiety over uneven wealth distribution a year ahead ofUSelections. The income disparity, and concentration of more [...]

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John Pilger: The Son of Africa Claims a Continent’s Crown Jewels

by on 21. Oct, 2011 in Newsletter Links

Information Clearing House   – October 19, 2011   On 14 October, President Barack Obama announced he was sending United Statesspecial forces troops to Ugandato join the civil war there. In the next few months, UScombat troops will be sent to South Sudan, Congoand Central African Republic. They will only “engage” for “self-defence”, says Obama, satirically. With [...]

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Pepe Escobar : Obama, the king of Africa

by on 20. Oct, 2011 in Newsletter Links

Pepe Escobar is the author of  Globalistan: How the Globalized World is Dissolving into Liquid War (Nimble Books, 2007) and  Red Zone Blues: a snapshot of Baghdad during the surge. His new book, just out, is  Obama does Globalistan (Nimble Books, 2009).    Asia Times   Oct 18, 2011    If United States President Barack Obama [...]

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Pizza Magnate Herman Cain Has Extensive Ties To Powerful Koch Group

by on 18. Oct, 2011 in Newsletter Links

RYAN J. FOLEY   The Huffington Post.   10/16/11 09:16 PM ET   IOWA CITY,Iowa— Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain has cast himself as the outsider, the pizza magnate with real-world experience who will bring fresh ideas to the nation’s capital. But Cain’s economic ideas, support and organization have close ties to two billionaire brothers who [...]

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Fast And Furious Scandal: Ariz. Sheriffs Want Larger Investigation

by on 14. Oct, 2011 in Newsletter Links

hirdAge Media        Posted by Jasmine Williams on October 12, 2011 4:00 AM   For the Fast and Furious scandal,Arizonacounty sheriffs are calling for the president to initiate an independent investigation into a sting operation involving gun trafficking that went awry.    The sting operation, known as “Operation Fast and Furious,” was established to catch big-time [...]

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Drone Wars: Is it legal?

by on 13. Oct, 2011 in Newsletter Links

They may be cool, they may be scary, but are the drones legal? No one really knows for sure. Jean MacKenzieOctober   GlobalPost    10, 2011 05:40    Few weapons in the modern arsenal excite the popular imagination like drones.    Sleek and deadly, operated at a remove of thousands of miles by faceless technicians, drones [...]

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2011 Profiles in Courage Awards recipient Wael Ghonim, representing the people of Egypt for their popular uprising demanding democratic reforms, speaks during the Profiles in Courage Award ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston

Nobel Peace Prize may recognise Arab Spring

by on 06. Oct, 2011 in Newsletter Links

By Gwladys Fouche   Reuters Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:54pm BST   OSLO   (Reuters) – The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize may recognise activists who helped unleash the revolutionary wave that swept through North Africa and theMiddle Eastduring the Arab Spring.   Wael Ghonim, an Egyptian Internet activist and Google executive, Egypt’s April 6 Youth [...]

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Obama boasts of assassinating American citizen in Yemen

by on 04. Oct, 2011 in Newsletter Links

By Bill Van Auken   World Socialist Web October 1, 2011   In a speech before a military audience inVirginiaFriday, President Barack Obama boasted of the role of the CIA and US special operations units in the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, a 40-year-old, New Mexico-born Muslim cleric.   It marked the first time in history [...]

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Allister Sparks : Middle East — Whole new ball game as Palestinians dump the US

by on 30. Sep, 2011 in Newsletter Links

Sparks is a veteran journalist and political analyst. Business Day (South Africa)      Published: 2011/09/28 07:14:09 AM   SIX weeks ago I suggested that the Palestinian move to seek United Nations (UN) membership could lead to aMiddle Eastgame change. Some readers scoffed at the idea, as tends to happen whenever one writes about theMiddle East. But [...]

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Bill Clinton: Netanyahu isn’t interested in Mideast peace deal

by on 28. Sep, 2011 in Newsletter Links

Former U.S. President says a cynical perspective of Prime Minister’s calls for negotiations ‘means that he’s just not going to give up the West Bank’.   Haaretz     Mon, September 26, 2011   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is responsible for the inability to reach a peace deal that would end the conflict betweenIsraeland the Palestinians, former [...]

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