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Displaced and Refugees
38 Million displaced and homeless in their own Countries

38 Million displaced and homeless in their own Countries

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AFP | — “Conflicts and violence in places like Syria and Ukraine have displaced a record 38 million people inside their own countries, equivalent to the total populations of New York, London and Beijing, according to a watchdog group.” AFP News Agency: “Record 38 million people internally displaced: watchdog”

Democracy
Lurch to Far Right keeps Netanyahu in power, but for how long?

Lurch to Far Right keeps Netanyahu in power, but for how long?

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By Luisa Gandolfo | (The Conversation) | – Only weeks after Israel’s snap Knesset elections, the Likud party was bluntly reminded that winning the most seats does not guarantee an easy ride. It met its latest challenge with a series of coalition-saving deals with the HaBayit HaYehudi (Jewish Home) party, whose leader Naftali Bennett agreed […]

Arab World
Egypt:  Mubarak, Sons, given 3-year Wrist Slap for Massive Corruption

Egypt: Mubarak, Sons, given 3-year Wrist Slap for Massive Corruption

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Reuters | — “Hosni Mubarak and his two sons are sentenced to three years in jail without parole in the retrial of a corruption case. Nathan Frandino reports.” Reuters: “Egyptian court sentences Mubarak, sons to 3 years in jail”

Militarization
Is Sen. Tom Cotton right that ISIL is Winning?

Is Sen. Tom Cotton right that ISIL is Winning?

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John Iadarola, Jimmy Dore, Ana Kasparian | (The Young Turks) — “Senator Tom Cotton has a lot of faith in the military prowess of ISIS, and its fighters, unfortunately though he doesn’t have a clue what he’s talking about when he talks about ISIS. John Iadarola (Think Tank), Jimmy Dore (The Jimmy Dore Show), Ana […]

Apartheid
Palestinians: ""The face of a new form of racist, discriminatory Israel has been revealed"

Palestinians: “”The face of a new form of racist, discriminatory Israel has been revealed”

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By IMEMC Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new right-wing religious “government of war” is a blow to an already stagnating peace process, PLO officials said Thursday, vowing to fight it on the international stage. The PLO blasted Israel’s “extremist” cabinet, after Netanyahu announced a coalition government that gave him a slim parliamentary majority and included […]

nuclear weapons
Why won’t US, Israel Ratify Nuclear Test Ban Treaty but seek Iran Sanctions?

Why won’t US, Israel Ratify Nuclear Test Ban Treaty but seek Iran Sanctions?

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By Kanya D’Almeida UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – With the four-week-long review conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) underway at the United Nations, hopes and frustrations are running equally high, as a binding political agreement on the biggest threat to humanity hangs in the balance. Gamma spectroscopy can detect traces of radioactivity from nuclear tests […]

Iraq
Iraqi Shiite cleric al-Sadr threatens USA as GOP Draft Seen aiming at Partition

Iraqi Shiite cleric al-Sadr threatens USA as GOP Draft Seen aiming at Partition

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Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | — Fighters loyal to cleric Muqtada al-Sadr staged a military parade after al-Sadr protested the US’ draft law. A recent piece of proposed legislation sponsored by US Republicans has caused some of the biggest political splits in recent Iraqi history – both inside local politics and between Iraq […]

Barack Obama
HUGE WIN FOR PRIVACY! Court Rules NSA Spying Is Illegal

HUGE WIN FOR PRIVACY! Court Rules NSA Spying Is Illegal

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John Iadarola, Jimmy Dore, Ana Kasparian | (The Young Turks) | – “The second circuit court of appeals has ruled that the bulk collection and storage of Americans phone records is ILLEGAL, good news when it comes to your privacy. John Iadarola (Think Tank), Jimmy Dore (The Jimmy Dore Show), Ana Kasparian (The Point,) break […]

Banking
The Wall Street Connection:  The Clintons and their Banker Friends

The Wall Street Connection: The Clintons and their Banker Friends

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By Nomi Prins | (Tomdispatch.com) | – The past, especially the political past, doesn’t just provide clues to the present. In the realm of the presidency and Wall Street, it provides an ongoing pathway for political-financial relationships and policies that remain a threat to the American economy going forward. When Hillary Clinton video-announced her bid for the […]

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