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No, Despite Hegseth, we Don’t need an even “More Lethal” NATO
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No, Despite Hegseth, we Don’t need an even “More Lethal” NATO

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By Pieter Smit and Anne-Ruth Wertheim | – Translated by Kevin Cook | – ( BNNVARA.NL ) – After Secretary-General Mark Rutte said in his […]

IC Fundraising Appeal:  Support Independent Journalism in a Year of Living Dangerously

IC Fundraising Appeal: Support Independent Journalism in a Year of Living Dangerously

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Trump’s Gaza Initiative: Chance for Peace or Empty Words?

Trump’s Gaza Initiative: Chance for Peace or Empty Words?

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Now that's Cold: Sydney Siege selfies provoke outrage at 'Terror Tourists'

Now that’s Cold: Sydney Siege selfies provoke outrage at ‘Terror Tourists’

RT | — “While Sydney cafe siege continues, some people have decided to use the opportunity…to take some selfies. Pictures have emerged on social networks, […]

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Bill of Rights
"President Authorized Torture Techniques": Cheney and Rove throw Bush under the Bus

“President Authorized Torture Techniques”: Cheney and Rove throw Bush under the Bus

Cenk Uygur “The Young Turks” | — “”Former President George W. Bush knew about and authorized the CIA’s use of harsh interrogation techniques, such as […]

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The Sad Fate of Planet Earth:  Lima's COP20 showed World's Governments not Serious about fighting Climate Change

The Sad Fate of Planet Earth: Lima’s COP20 showed World’s Governments not Serious about fighting Climate Change

By Roberto Savio ROME (IPS) – It is now official: the current inter-governmental system is not able to act in the interest of humankind. The […]

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Islamic Jihad
Israeli forces thwart radical ‘suicide bombing’ planned by 5 suspects

Israeli forces thwart radical ‘suicide bombing’ planned by 5 suspects

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israel’s army and Shin Bet agency on Monday said they had thwarted a suicide bombing planned by five Palestinian suspects from Tulkarem, […]

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The Banality of Terrorism: Sydney's other Hostage Crisis, of 1984

The Banality of Terrorism: Sydney’s other Hostage Crisis, of 1984

By Juan Cole | — IC doesn’t usually cover hostage-taking, since it is an artificial and manipulative criminal act. Any two-bit thug can grab someone […]

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Will Women bear the brunt of Climate Change and its Inequalities?

Will Women bear the brunt of Climate Change and its Inequalities?

By Susan McDade | (IPS) — UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – Among all the impacts of climate change, from rising sea levels to landslides and flooding, […]

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Why Europe must stop blocking Palestinian membership of the Int'l Criminal Court

Why Europe must stop blocking Palestinian membership of the Int’l Criminal Court

Human Rights Watch | — Position paper from Amnesty International, Broederlijk Delen, Christian Aid, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Human Rights Watch, and […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Palestine to present Resolution on ending Occupation to Security Council "By Monday"

Palestine to present Resolution on ending Occupation to Security Council “By Monday”

RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — PLO chief negotiator Saeb Erekat said Sunday that a resolution to end the Israeli occupation will be submitted to the UN Security […]

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Bill of Rights
3 Ways the Mainstream Media let the Gov't off the Hook on Torture

3 Ways the Mainstream Media let the Gov’t off the Hook on Torture

By Rebecca Gordon | (Tomdispatch.com — American Torture — Past, Present, and… Future? Beyond the Senate Torture Report By Rebecca Gordon It’s the political story […]

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