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Boko Haram Menaces Cameroon Schoolchildren after Massacre in Nigeria
By Ngala Killian Chimtom MAROUA, Far North Region, Jan 14 2015 (IPS) – “I’d quit my job before going to work in a place like […]
Were Guantanamo Murders Covered Up As Suicides?
VICE News | — “According to the US government, three detainees — all imprisoned as part of the global war on terror — hung themselves […]
In aftermath of Charlie Hebdo, German Chancellor Merkel says Islam Belongs to Germany
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) The thinly veiled hate group PEGIDA, which says it is against the “Islamization” of Germany (by which it means […]
Boehner would-be Assassin had .380 Handgun despite Hearing Voices, Planning Murder
WCPO | Cincinnati — “Ebola, evil voices and the devil. Those are just a few of the things a Butler County bartender cited as reasons […]
Do Nigerians Matter to World Press? – 2,000 feared dead in Boko Haram Attacks
By Andrea Germanos, staff writer | Commondreams.org As many as 2,000 people are feared dead in Nigeria from what has been described as Boko Haram’s […]
Settlers, Olives, and Occupation: Voices from the West Bank
Vice News | — “In response to last year’s Gaza conflict, the Israeli government announced the construction of further settlements in the West Bank — […]
Fundamentalism for Dummies: The Paris Terrorists’ Ignorance and Poverty
By Akil N. Awan | (The National Interest) The masked gunmen who assaulted the Charlie Hebdo offices in a hail of automatic gunfire, leaving twelve […]
Twitter mirth after Steve Emerson’s Fox Nonsense re: Birmingham as Muslim ‘no-go’ Zone
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — Steve Emerson, a major figure in the Islamophobic network on which our right wing billionaires spend roughly $10 […]
Determined to Protect Jewish Citizens, France to deploy thousands of Troops to “sensitive sites”
AFP | — “Members of the Jewish community in Paris remain rattled after an Islamist attack that left four people dead at a kosher supermarket. […]
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