Rebel Newsflash (by ) 'Anti-Iran rumors target Syria security' (by PressTV) Political analysts say the West is seeking to spark a civil war in Syria through rumors that Iran gives equipment and logistical support to the Syrian government to quell unrest in the Arab country. The recent unconfirmed media reports that the Islamic Republic is helping al-Assad's government crackdown on anti-government protests are part of plots to crumble the Syrian army and plunge the... Read More... | 'Pakistan pays US MPs for publicity' (by PressTV) A Pakistani newspaper has revealed that Islamabad has distributed large amounts of money among American and British lawmakers to be used for publicity bids for Pakistan. Pakistan's Foreign Ministry has received additional financial aid under the "secret services funds" and distributed the money among legislators in the United States, Britain and some Middle Eastern countries to use... Read More... | 'Iran's air defense to counter threats' (by PressTV) A top Iranian military official has downplayed sanctions against the country, saying Iran's anti-aircraft technology possesses great potentials to counter any possible threats or attacks. "In comparison with 32 years ago, the anti-aircraft systems of the Islamic Republic of Iran are currently at appropriate readiness level to defend the country," IRNA quoted a deputy commander at... Read More... | Iran to launch first cyber command (by PressTV) A senior Iranian military commander has announced plans to establish its first cyber command for the country's Armed Forces in order to counter 'soft warfare' against the Islamic Republic. Deputy Head of Iran's Armed Forces Joint Chiefs of Staff Brigadier General Masoud Jazayeri told reporters on Tuesday that comprehensive studies on the cyber command have already been carried out and the... Read More... | 'Jordan reform has no real content' (by PressTV) Jordan's King Abdullah II says it may take two to three years to replace the government appointed by him with a democratically elected one. The Jordanian king made the remarks during a meeting with a group of young Jordanians in Amman. The Jordanian... Read More... | 'FBI guideline update illegal' (by PressTV) The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued new guidelines that grant its agents more leeway in searching databases and even examining household trash of American citizens. Press TV Interviewed Mark Dankof, Former US Senate Candidate, San... Read More... | WikiLeaks exposes Saudi-Israeli ties (by PressTV) Freshly- released WikiLeaks documents have uncovered a deep alliance between Israel and Saudi Arabia, reportedly affecting Riyadh's ties with regional states. One of the cables dispatched from Tel Aviv on March 2009, refers to a meeting between US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman and Israeli Foreign Ministry's Deputy Director General for Middle East... Read More... | Mullen: US not to leave Afghanistan (by PressTV) US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staffs Admiral Mike Mullen has indicated Washington's intention to maintain an indefinite military presence in Afghanistan. "There will be some troops that come out this summer... and yet that isn't a message that we're leaving," Mullen said in a television interview on Tuesday, AFP reported. This comes as US President Barack Obama is expected to... Read More... | Ahmadinejad: Capitalism at impasse (by PressTV) Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad insists that enemies of the Iranian nation and the capitalist establishment have reached a political and economic impasse. "All opinion polls show that the US is the worst country in the globe. People of the world regard this country as their own enemy," said President Ahmadinejad in an address to Iranian nationals residing in Kazakhstan in the... Read More... | Yemeni party wants US, Saudi envoys out (by PressTV) The deputy head of Yemen's Democratic Party has called for the expulsion of American and Saudi Arabian ambassadors from his country. In an interview with Al-Alam news channel on Tuesday, Abdul Salam Faqih warned that Washington and the members of the [Persian] Gulf Cooperation Council ([P]GCC), including Saudi Arabia, want to hijack the Yemeni people's uprising. This will be done through... Read More... | Yemenis urge ousting US, Saudi envoys (by PressTV) The deputy head of Yemen's Democratic Party has called for the expulsion of American and Saudi Arabian ambassadors from his country. In an interview with Al-Alam news channel on Tuesday, Abdul Salam Faqih warned that Washington and the members of the [Persian] Gulf Cooperation Council ([P]GCC), including Saudi Arabia, want to hijack the Yemeni people's uprising. This will be done through... Read More... | China-Vietnam maritime row intensifies (by PressTV) Tensions between China and Vietnam have escalated following their recent naval confrontations in the disputed waters off the South China Sea. While China has warned Vietnam against exploring for oil in the disputed waters, Vietnam has hit back by conducting live... Read More... | Israel: an impediment to nuclear-free ME (by Kourosh Ziabari) Over the past years, the world mainstream media, funded and fueled by certain Western governments to derail Iran's sublime position in the international community through their unyielding black propaganda have laboriously and persistently attempted to pretend that Iran's nuclear program poses a serious threat to the global peace and security and that Tehran is taking steps to create atomic... Read More... | Millions deactivate Facebook accounts (by PressTV) A report suggests that millions of Facebook users around the world have deactivated their accounts indefinitely due to privacy fears. With Facebook's goal to reach one billion active users, it has recently been relying on developing countries to boost its numbers, as the rate of growth has slowed down for the second month in a row. According to a report by British Sky News TV, over... Read More... | 'Iran's navy escorted 1000 ships' (by PressTV) Commander of Iran's Navy Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari says the country's naval forces have escorted about 1,000 cargo ships and oil tankers since April 2009. Rear Admiral Sayyari told IRNA on Tuesday that the Islamic Republic's Navy has foiled over 13 pirate attacks in open waters since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (on March 22). The Iranian commander noted that... Read More... | Scientists forecast more Chile eruptions (by PressTV) The ash-spewing Puyehue volcano in Chile, which has caused many flight cancellations, may have even more intense eruptions in the coming days, geologists say. Chile's National Geological and Mines Service said on Wednesday that there will be a possible return to "increased eruptive activity" of the Puyehue volcano in southern Chile's Andes mountains, The Daily Telegraph reported. The... Read More... | Ahmadinejad, Karzai discuss Afghanistan (by PressTV) Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai have discussed issues of mutual interest and the current situation in Afghanistan. The two leaders held talks early Wednesday on the sidelines of the 10th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in the Kazakh capital of Astana, according to an IRNA report. The two leaders also discussed major international... Read More... | UN: S Sudan attacks intensifying (by PressTV) The UN mission in Sudan (UNMIS) says North Sudan has stepped up airstrikes on the flashpoint state of South Kordofan on the border with South Sudan. "The intensive bombing by SAF (Sudanese Armed Forces -- northern army) in the past week is continuing in Kadugli and Kauda, where jet fighters dropped 11 bombs at 10:30 this morning (0730 GMT), apparently targeting an airfield," Kouider... Read More... | Revolutionaries seize new Libyan town (by PressTV) Libyan revolutionary forces have reportedly made fresh gains against the regime forces in the east and west of the North African country. Revolutionary fighters have forced regime troops into retreat from the western town of Kilka about 150 kilometers southwest of the capital, Reuters reported on Wednesday. The push to Kilka came following weeks of deadlock in clashes between the rival... Read More... | Mass grave unraveled in northern Syria (by PressTV) A mass grave containing the bodies of at least 70 Syrian security forces has been unraveled in the volatile northern town of Jisr al-Shughour. Authorities say the slain soldiers have been killed by armed gangs, a Press TV report said on Wednesday. This is the second mass grave found in Jisr al-Shughour within days. On Sunday, Syrian forces found another mass grave in the city, containing... Read More... | 'AK Party victory benefits Palestinians' (by PressTV) A top Iranian legislator has hailed Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party's (AK Party) victory in parliamentary elections as beneficial to Palestinians. Head of the Parliament (Majlis) National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi said on Tuesday that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Islamic oriented AK Party transformed the country over its first... Read More... | Mossad and 9-11: How Israel Organised 9-11 from Florida (by Christopher Bollyn) Roy Sarfati, on the left, is the son of the Israeli weapons smuggler, Maurice Sarfati, who runs the family business and websites under the alias Moshe Tzorfati. Does these Americans really know who they are doing business with? Is the Israeli Weapons Dealer Maurice Sarfati Still Doing Business in Miami? Maurice Sarfati, the Miami-based Israeli who brokered the 1989 sale of Israeli weapons to... Read More... | Fukushima kids to get radiation counters (by PressTV) Amid growing concerns over radiation exposure, Japan's authorities seek to hand radiation dosimeters to 34,000 children living in the city of Fukushima, near the crippled nuclear plant. Fukushima Municipal Government said on Tuesday that it will give dosimeter badges to all children aged four and 15 for three months from September in order to gauge their exposure to radiation and ensure... Read More... | Iraq Cleric urges release of Bahrainis (by PressTV) Iraq's influential cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has called on Bahrain to release two anti-government protesters that have been sentenced to death over allegations of killing of Bahraini policemen. "I ask the government of Bahrain to grant an amnesty for the two young people sentenced to death for participating in peaceful demonstrations," AFP quoted al-Sadr on Tuesday. On May 22, a military court... Read More... | Crude prices rise on US, China data (by PressTV) Crude oil prices have surged as the positive data from the United States and China eased concerns about the global oil demand. Crude prices rallied to a record high in more than five weeks on Tuesday, Reuters reported. New York's main contract, WTI light sweet crude for July, climbed $2.07 to close at $99.37 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, marking a rebound from an early... Read More... | Iran: Regional ties stabilize peace (by PressTV) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has reiterated the importance of enhancing unity among regional countries, saying it will stabilize peace and tranquility. "Regional countries and nations enjoy great historical and cultural commonalties which can together meet their demands and strengthen peace and stability in the region," said President Ahmadinejad in a meeting with his Kazakh... Read More... | 'US intruders may face August trial' (by PressTV) Tehran's prosecutor general has announced that the next trial session of the three US nationals charged with illegal entry to Iran and espionage may be held by late August. Abbas Jafari-Dolatabadi expressed optimism that the next judicial hearing for the three American intruders would be held in August and that the verdict over the case would be issued then, IRIB reported on Tuesday. "We... Read More... | Syria widens crackdown in north and east (by Al Jazeera English) Crackdown reportedly widening in Jisr al-Shughur and surrounding villages, while troops deploy in east of the country. Syrians continue to flee towns in the north of the country as the crackdown on the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad's one-party rule reportedly widens. Troops pushed towards the town of Maarat al-Numaan after... Read More... | New documentary shows Sri Lanka 'war crimes' (by Al Jazeera English) UK programme said to show evidence of summary executions of Tamil prisoners by government troops near end of civil war. | Tens of thousands of people died during Sri Lanka's 26-year civil war [File: EPA] | Britain's foreign ministry says Sri Lanka must look into new allegations of war crimes, or face possible international action, after a video of the apparent killing of Tamil... Read More... | Palestinian unity govt to be unveiled (by PressTV) Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas have announced their readiness to unveil a national unity government following a dispute over naming a premier. After hours of talks on Tuesday, Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas politburo chief Khaled Meshaal said they are set to name a new government in the Egyptian capital of Cairo next week, Reuters reported. "The prime minister's name and those... Read More... | 'Libya war driven by OIL: Oil, Israel Logistics' (by Russia Today) As NATO attacks continue in Libya, ex US Congresswoman and former presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney went to the country on a non-governmental fact-finding mission to see what exactly is going on in the war-torn country. Cynthia McKinney believes the bombardments of Libyan cities and other measures taken by NATO, causing civilian... Read More... | 'CIA informants' detained over bin Laden raid (by Al Jazeera English) Pakistan reported to have arrested five people for allegedly giving information that aided US in Abbottabad operation. | Pakistan-US relations have deteriorated rapidly since the death of bin Laden on Pakistani soil [EPA] | Pakistani intelligence officials have reportedly arrested alleged informants who gave information to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) before the raid... Read More... | Iran to offer €2.7bn in oil, gas bonds (by PressTV) Iran plans to issue €2.7 billion in bonds "as of next week" to develop its oil and gas projects especially in the South Pars gas field, an Iranian oil official says. "This year's first package of participation bonds is worth 2.7 billion euros and will be offered as of next week with the participation of three banks," said Managing Director of the National Iranian Oil Company... Read More... | Boehner warns Obama on Libya war (by PressTV) US House Speaker John Boehner has asked President Barack Obama to either end US mission in Libya or seek congressional authorization for continuing operations beyond June 19. "It would appear that in five days, the administration will be in violation of the War Powers Resolution unless it asks for and receives authorization from Congress or withdraws all US troops and resources from the... Read More... | Swan Song (by Eonitao State) The radiation got so bad in the future that the Earth wasn't capable of supporting life so that the human race was forced to consider migrating to other planets. Original music and video by Eonitao State. | Cuba celebrates Che's 83rd birthday (by PressTV) Ernesto Che Guevara's 83th birthday anniversary has been celebrated in the central Cuban province of Sancti Spiritus, where he carried out important military actions. The municipality of Fomento was the venue of a cultural show in honor of Che, which was the first territory of the former province of Las Villas to be liberated by the Rebel Army commanded by Cuban revolutionaries, AP... Read More... | Court allows Wisconsin's union law to take effect (by Associated Press) MADISON, Wis. – A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court handed Republican Gov. Scott Walker a major victory Tuesday, ruling that a polarizing union law that strips most public employees of their collective bargaining rights could take effect. In a 4-3 decision that included a blistering dissent, the court ruled that Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi overstepped her authority when she declared... Read More... | US Fed chief urges raising of debt ceiling (by Al Jazeera English) Ben Bernanke warns that the country's creditworthiness is at risk if its borrowing limit is not raised. | In recent weeks Bernanke said he believes job creation and overall economic growth will soon rebound [AFP] | Failure to raise the US debt ceiling in a timely manner could sink investors' confidence in the economy, the US Federal Reserve chief warned on Tuesday. Ben Bernanke... Read More... | 'Petraeus puts false spin on Afghan war' (by PressTV) General Petraeus, the commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, is trying to put a false spin on the Afghan war, investigative journalist Gareth Porter says. Petraeus has said that 90 percent of the Afghans captured by US and NATO forces in 2010 were Taliban militants and not civilians, which is false, Porter, who is based in Washington DC, said in an exclusive interview with Press... Read More... | No democracy now, Jordanian king says (by PressTV) Jordan's King Abdullah II says it may take a couple of years to replace the government he has appointed with a democratically elected one. King Abdullah said that it should be "clear to all that if you start now building political parties, you might need at least two or three years to render these parties mature and well enough established to make gains in legislative elections, and,... Read More... | Netanyahu: Unilateral declaration of Palestinian state will create negotiation impasse (by Haaretz Service) Prime Minister Benjamin meets with President of EU Parliament Jerzy Buzek in Jerusalem; Buzek calls on Natanyahu to renew talks with Palestinians. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the President of the EU Parliament to oppose a unilateral Palestinian declaration of statehood in a meeting in Jerusalem on Tuesday. EU Parlaiment President Jerzy Buzek called on Netanyahu to renew talks... Read More... | Dutch, Germans against Libya war: poll (by PressTV) A recent opinion poll conducted by a Dutch institute indicates that more than half of the people in Germany and the Netherlands are opposed to their governments' military intervention in Libya. In the poll, which was conducted from May 26 to 28, 2000 German and Dutch adults were interviewed on the phone, according to the Research Center of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. The results... Read More... | Biden 'confident' of more than $1T in deficit cuts (by Associated Press) | AP – Vice President Joe Biden arrives at the Capitol for a stepped-up round of debt reduction talks on Capitol … | WASHINGTON – Even as Vice President Joe Biden gave his most optimistic assessment yet of budget talks he's leading, President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate signaled Tuesday a harder line on Medicare. That stance is complicating any effort to... Read More... | Democrats hoping Rep. Weiner will quit on his own (by Associated Press) | AP – Obama says he would resign if he were Weiner | WASHINGTON – House Democrats are counting on growing pressure from Rep. Anthony Weiner's colleagues, a suggestion from the president and the return of Weiner's pregnant wife from an overseas trip to persuade him to resign over a sexting scandal in which he sent lewd photos of himself and messages to several women. The... Read More... | Gay judge's same-sex marriage ruling upheld (by Associated Press) | AP – Rev. Jason J. McGuire of the New Yorker's Family Research Foundation, who is opposed to legislation to … | SAN FRANCISCO – A federal judge on Tuesday had a message for those trying to salvage California's gay marriage ban: Sure, the judge who threw out the measure last year is in a long-term relationship with a man, but he could still be fair to them. Chief U.S.... Read More... | 'EU citizens despondent about economy' (by PressTV) A recent opinion poll indicates that more than half of the people in the European Union's major member states have no hope that their countries' economies can be revived. According to a telephone poll conducted by Germany's Friedrich Ebert Foundation, 61 percent of the respondents have no hope that the EU will be able to emerge from the current economic crisis. Only 31 percent were... Read More... | Iran is not a missile threat, Russia says (by PressTV) The Russian president's special envoy to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin, has rejected the United States' claim that the Islamic Republic of Iran poses a missile threat to Europe. In a television interview, the Kremlin's ambassador to NATO described the claim as a provocative myth and stated that Moscow would never identify Iran as a missile threat. Rogozin also questioned the motives behind the... Read More... | Fishing Under Fire (by Eva Bartlett) GAZA CITY, Jun 12, 2011 (IPS) - In Gaza's main port, beyond the newly-built memorial to the Freedom Flotilla martyrs, Gaza's fishermen prepare to go out trawling at shallow depths in Palestinian waters. Other fishers stay on land to mend nets and fix boats damaged or destroyed by Israeli navy gunfire, shelling, water cannoning and... Read More... | India wants to 'discuss' Kashmir – Really! (by Rehmats World) Under American drone attacks for years and the recent theatrical murder of Osama Bin Laden in Abbottabad – has proven beyond doubt that Pakistan is on US-Israel hit list. Contrary to that, India is being pampered by the powerful American Jewish Lobby for New Delhi's close relation with Tel Aviv. Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh's visit to US in 2009 - the Zionist Jewish head of... Read More... | In Pictures: Marchers flood Sanaa streets (by Al Jazeera English) Lacking any clear news about President Saleh's health, resurgent Yemeni protesters rally in the capital. Anti-government protesters made perhaps their strongest showing in weeks on Tuesday afternoon, just days after celebrations following the departure of President Ali Abdullah Saleh to Saudi Arabia. The protesters moved from the "tent city" surrounding Change Square, along al-Firqa Street,... Read More... | 'NATO seeking regime change in Libya' (by PressTV) South African President Jacob Zuma has said that NATO is taking advantage of UN Resolution 1973 to implement a plot to effect regime change in Libya. "We strongly believe that the resolution is being abused for regime change, political assassinations and foreign military occupation," AFP quoted Zuma as saying in a speech to parliament on Tuesday. Zuma has visited Libya twice since... Read More... | JPMorgan shuffles top retail bank executives (by Reuters) NEW YORK (Reuters) -- JPMorgan Chase Co shuffled several retail banking executives, signaling Chief Executive Jamie Dimon's determination to rebuild the bank's profits and elevate in-house talent to high-profile roles. In a statement released on Tuesday, the bank said retail banking chief Charlie Scharf was moving to the company's private equity arm and that other senior executives were... Read More... | I've Had it With Stupid White Fools! (by Phillip Marlowe) "There is nothing more frightening than active ignorance." — Goethe THIS PAST WEEKEND, I was talking to a bunch of grown White men on exactly what's going down in America and I hear this: "You think the Jews are controlling the world? Then you probably think Don Strauss — or whatever his name is — you know, that World Bank president busted in New York, was Jewish, right?" Read More...
| Chile volcano continues to disrupt air travel (by Al Jazeera English) Puyehue eruption forces flights to be suspended in Argentina, Uruguay and Australia. A huge ash cloud from a Chilean volcano continues to wreak havoc on international air travel, forcing passengers on two continents - including the head of the United Nations - to ditch stranded aircraft for travel by boat or overland. The eruption of... Read More... | Israeli FM Calls New Peace Initiative 'Naïve' (by IMEMC) Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told Israeli Army radio on Tuesday that focusing the international Mid-East policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was, "naive." Lieberman pointed to events in other countries including Yemen, Syria, Iran, Sudan and Pakistan and said the recent EU peace initiative was, "an attempt to distort the international community's correct set... Read More... | German Development Minister Visits Gaza (by IMEMC) | German Development Minister - Dirk Niebel | German Development Minister, Dirk Niebel, visited the Gaza Strip, the stronghold of the Hamas movement, on Tuesday, and praised the reconciliation and unity agreement between the Fateh movement of President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas. He arrived in the Gaza Strip via the Rafah Border Terminal, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip,... Read More... | Fatah and Hamas to hold talks in Cairo (by Al Jazeera English) Agreement reportedly reached on release of prisoners, with announcement of new government expected by leaders next week. | Hamas and Fatah agreed on release of prisoners and made progress on forming a new government [GALLO/GETTY] | Palestinian officials say they will be ready to unveil a new unity government at a meeting between Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president and Fatah... Read More... | Amr Moussa angers Damascus (by Voltaire Net) - Amr Moussa, general secretary of the Arab League.
Army forces move in on second northern protest town Syrian forces moved towards Marat Al-Numaan on the Damascsus-Aleppo highway late on Monday, following their Sunday push into Jisr Al-Shaghour. On Monday night, Reuters reported troops had reached the village of Ahtam. Thousands of residents of Jisr Al-Shaghour fled the town before the army... Read More... | Report: Students don't know much about US history (by Associated Press) U.S. students don't know much about American history, according to results of a national test released Tuesday. Just 13 percent of high school seniors who took the 2010 National Assessment of Educational Progress, called the Nation's Report Card, showed solid academic performance in American history. The two other grades didn't perform much better, which just 22 percent of fourth-grade... Read More... | Ex-Guantanamo prisoner held in Egypt (by Al Jazeera English) After a decade in detention, Adel al-Gazzar arrested on his return home on what his lawyers call "trumped-up charges". | Adel al-Gazzar spent eight years at Guantanamo Bay after it was deemed unsafe for him to return to Egypt [Reuters] | Egyptian police have arrested a man who returned home after being jailed for years at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay. Adel al-Gazzar told... Read More... | Eritrea volcano ash cloud hits flights (by Al Jazeera English) Nabro erupts for a third day after a series of earthquakes, causing airspace restrictions around East Africa. | The ash cloud from the Nabro volcano has caused several airlines to cancel their flights in the region [GALLO/GETTY] | A volcano in Eritrea has erupted for a third day but with reduced intensity, its ash cloud spreading out over Sudan, southern Egypt and towards Saudi... Read More... | 'Israel seeks to divide Palestinians' (by PressTV) The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees announces that Israel has "deliberately" impoverished Palestinians in the Gaza Strip through its strict siege on the enclave. Interview with Richard Falk, UN Special Rapporteur Source: PressTV | U.S. Escalates War Against Al-Qaeda (by Jim Lobe) Increasingly worried that al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) is taking advantage of the growing political chaos in Yemen, the administration of President Barack Obama has tasked the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to use drone missiles to strike at suspected AQAP militants. The move, which was reported in Tuesday's Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, marks a major escalation in... Read More... | Forget China, Americans Have Had All Their Communications Bugged For 20 Years (by Paul Joseph Watson) Echelon program has tracked "every international telephone call, fax, e-mail, or radio transmission" since early 90′s Image: Wikipedia Commons Outrage over the revelation that Chinese authorities have been installing spying devices on all dual-plate Chinese-Hong Kong vehicles is nothing compared to the fact that Americans and European have had all their communications tracked for at... Read More... | New 9/11 Poll: Half Of New Yorkers Support New Investigation Into WTC7 Collapse (by Steve Watson) More than one in four believe Twin Towers were brought down with explosives A new scientific poll reveals that almost half of all New Yorkers would support a new investigation into the collapse of World Trade Center building 7, which fell at free fall speed into its own footprint on the afternoon of September 11, 2001, after suffering only relatively minor fire damage. The poll, conducted... Read More... | 7000 jailed by Egypt junta ups post-Mubarak scepticism (by Russia Today) Around seven thousand people have been arrested under Egypt's military rulers since the country's revolution in February. The junta has promised to review military trials of civilians, and says it will increase the powers of the civil courts. However, human rights watchdogs are sceptical, saying not much has changed since President Mubarak... Read More... | Raed Salah: Israel preparing to complete the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians (by Middle-East Monitor) | | Raed Salah: Israel preparing to complete the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians | EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW In an exclusive interview with the Middle East Monitor, the head of the Islamic movement in Israel, Shaykh Raed Salah, has warned that, "The Israelis are laying the foundations so that the prevailing atmosphere will be "right" for the completion of the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians... Read More...
| Turkey arrests suspected Anonymous members (by Al Jazeera English) Group of 32 people detained over alleged links to plot against government websites in the name of internet freedom. | Anonymous attacked Turkish government websites to protest against internet censorship in the country [Reuters] | Turkish police have detained 32 suspected members of the online cyberactivism collective Anonymous, over possible links to attacks on a number of... Read More... | Ron Paul at GOP Debate: Defender of the Constitution (by Kurt Nimmo) Ron Paul did well during the establishment party debate last night. But you wouldn't know it if you read The Hill today. The Hill is the establishment newspaper written for and about Congress critters. The rest of the corporate media also glossed over Paul, as usual. They instead gushed over Republican Michelle Bachmann and declared... Read More... | |
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