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After Their Son Came Out, This Conservative Christian Couple Went into a Closet of Their Own
John Blake | CNN - TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Nov 2024
5 Nov 2024 – The moving story of a gay boy and his conservative parents. “There is no hate like Christian love.”
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Israel’s Invitation to This Year’s Atomic Bomb Commemorations in Japan Has Sparked a Controversy over Double Standards
Chris Lau, Nodoka Katsura and Rinka Tonsho | CNN - TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jul 2024
19 Jul 2024 – Hiroshima, the Japanese city devastated by a US atomic bomb in 1945, is at the center of a growing controversy after local officials dismissed calls to disinvite Israel from its annual ceremony promoting world peace as war rages in Gaza.
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Finally, an Answer to a Mystery Surrounding These 1,000-Year-Old Trees
Tom Page | CNN - TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Jul 2024
24 Jun 2024 – For millions of years, mighty baobabs have been standing sentry on three different landmasses, posing each other an existential question: Which came first?
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U.S. Nurse Who Got Out of Gaza Describes Desperation She Saw
CNN - TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Nov 2023
7 Nov 2023 – Emily Callahan, a US nurse with Doctors Without Borders, gives a harrowing description of what she witnessed in Gaza as she was attempting to get out of the area.
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CNN Interview Cuts Through Pro-Israel Propaganda on Gaza
Fareed Zakaria | CNN - TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Oct 2023
10 Oct 2023 – Palestinian National Initiative leader Mustafa Barghouti discusses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria. Barghouti argues that Hamas’ attack on Israel was a response to the Israeli occupation, and that Palestinians, like Ukrainians, are fighting for their freedom.
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Now so Huge and Permanent That a Coastal Ecosystem Is Thriving on It
Ivana Kottasová | CNN - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Apr 2023
18 Apr 2023 – Scientists found thriving communities of coastal creatures living on plastic debris in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch — a 620,000 square mile swirl of trash in the ocean between California and Hawaii.
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USA 2023: 34 Mass Shootings in First Three Weeks (1.5 carnages/day)
Paul LeBlanc | CNN - TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jan 2023
23 Jan 2023 – At least 10 people are dead and 10 injured after a mass shooting in Monterey Park, California, on Saturday 21 Jan night. BREAKING NEWS: Shooting Leaves at Least 12 Injured in Louisiana on Sunday 22 Jan 2023.
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Arundhati Roy: ‘The Damage to Indian Democracy Is Not Reversible’
Arundhati Roy interviewed by CNN - TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jul 2022
22 Jun 2022 – Roy says Indian politics has something in common with the US Capitol riots, that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is stoking hatred, and talks about who the real power in India lies with.
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Jeffrey Sachs Debunks the West’s Narrative and Policy in Ukraine
Jeffrey D. Sachs | CNN - TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 May 2022
Jeffrey Sachs tears the entire US/NATO narrative apart. One wonders how much longer he will be invited to appear in Western mainstream media–he simply knows too much, has a macro perspective, speaks with passion, and even uses the ‘p’ word, “peace”: A true menace to the empire system.
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US Intelligence Community Warns of Devastating Long-Term Impact of Coronavirus Pandemic
Katie Bo Williams and Zachary Cohen | CNN - TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Apr 2021
13 Apr 2021 – The fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic is poised to fracture societies worldwide, increase instability across the globe and reshape political and economic realities for years to come, the US intelligence community warned in a stark report laying out the top security concerns facing the country.
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Biden Says Trump Should No Longer Receive Classified Intelligence Briefings
Donald Judd, Kate Sullivan and Phil Mattingly | CNN - TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Feb 2021
6 Feb 2021 – President Joe Biden doesn’t believe former President Donald Trump should receive classified intelligence briefings, as is tradition for past presidents, citing Trump’s “erratic behavior unrelated to the insurrection.”
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Twitter Bans President Trump Permanently
Brian Fung | CNN - TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jan 2021
9 Jan 2021 – Twitter has suspended President Trump from its platform, the company said yesterday evening. “After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence,” Twitter said.
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Elite Australian Troops Unlawfully Killed 39 Afghan Civilians amid a Culture of ‘Blood Lust,’ Report Alleges
Angus Watson, Ben Westcott and Brad Lendon | CNN - TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Nov 2020
19 Nov 2020 – “Blood lust” and “competition killings” were a norm, according to a long-awaited official report. Chief of the Australian Defense Force Gen. Angus Campbell said there had been a “warrior culture” among some members of Australia’s Special Forces serving in Afghanistan.
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Here’s How Long Coronaviruses May Linger on Contaminated Surfaces, According to Science
Jacqueline Howard - CNN,
2 Mar 2020
18 Feb 2020 – China’s central bank has taken measures to deep clean and destroy its cash in an effort to contain the virus. It is unknown exactly how long the novel coronavirus can linger on contaminated surfaces and objects, but some researchers are finding clues by studying the elusive behaviors of other coronaviruses.
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Beaten and Blinded, Chile’s Protesters Face “Policy of Punishment,” Says Amnesty International
Flora Charner - CNN,
25 Nov 2019
22 Nov 2019 – At least 21 people killed, more than 2300 injured, 220 with severe eye injuries, according to AI’s report. “The intention of the Chilean security forces is clear: to injure demonstrators to discourage protest. Instead of taking measures to curb the very grave human rights crisis, President Sebastian Piñera has pursued a policy of punishment for over a month,” said AI director Erika Guevara-Rosas.
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CIA Manual: Instructions for Guerrilla/Urban Terror Activities
CNN – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Nov 2019
10 Feb 2006 – The following document contains excerpts of an instruction manual provided by the CIA for guerrilla fighters. It includes detailed methods of gaining support through propaganda and selective violence. [Replace Guerrilla with Urban Terrorism and fast forward to Hong Kong, Venezuela, Bolivia].
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He Was Arrested at 13. Now Saudi Arabia Wants to Execute Him
Muhammad Darwish, Tamara Qiblawi and Ghazi Balkiz – CNN,
10 Jun 2019
8 Jun 2019 —Three years after he was filmed taking part in the bike protest, Saudi authorities arrested Qureiris, then just 13 years old. At the time, he was considered by lawyers and activists to be the youngest known political prisoner in Saudi Arabia. Now, at the age of 18, Qureiris is facing the death penalty after being held for almost four years in pre-trial detention, CNN has learned.
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As the City’s Iconic Poet Turns 100, the Beat Generation Celebrates in San Francisco
Katia Hetter - CNN,
25 Mar 2019
23 Mar 2019 — It began with a poem. “I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked …” When Allen Ginsberg read his poem “Howl” at the now-closed Six Gallery in San Francisco on October 7, 1955, he was rising up against the Cold War, the wars in Asia and what President Dwight Eisenhower had dubbed the “military industrial complex.”
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Is the United States about to Lose Control of Its Secretive Diego Garcia Military Base?
Jenni Marsh - CNN,
18 Mar 2019
11 Mar 2019 – Home to over 1,000 US troops and staff, it has been used by the US Navy, the US Air Force and even NASA — the island’s enormous runway was a designated emergency landing site for the space shuttle. Diego Garcia has helped to launch two invasions of Iraq, served as a vital landing spot for bombers that fly missions across Asia, including over the South China Sea, and has been linked to US rendition efforts.
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Earth Just Experienced One of the Warmest Years on Record
Brandon Miller – CNN,
11 Feb 2019
6 Feb 2019 – Last year was the fourth-hottest year ever recorded, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA, which means that the past five years have been the five warmest years in the modern record.
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The Roma Community in Romania
CNN – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Nov 2018
A CNN team documented the situation of Roma communities in Romania. Depicting tragic life stories, it highlights the public authorities’ failure in tackling Roma marginalization.
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Across the US, More Cities Ditch Columbus Day to Honor Those Who Really Discovered America
Holly Yan – CNN,
15 Oct 2018
Columbus Day Gets Dropped in Favor of Indigenous Peoples Day
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Imprisonment, Torture and Rape: Why Myanmar Must Be Referred to the ICC
Shirin Ebadi and Tawakkol Karman | Both Nobel Peace Laureates – CNN,
24 Sep 2018
18 Sep 2018 – Today, the investigation led by the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar presented its findings to the Human Rights Council. The mission’s exhaustive report defines human rights violations and abuses as “shocking for their horrifying nature and ubiquity.”
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‘Everybody’s Talking about Them, But Who’s Talking with Them?’ – Documenting Rohingyas’ Stories
Alexandra King – CNN,
27 Aug 2018
26 Aug 2018 – They stand among the ramshackle surroundings of their new lives, staring intently into the camera. For a handful of the estimated 700,000 Rohingya refugees who have fled across the border from Myanmar to overcrowded, under-resourced refugee camps in neighboring Bangladesh, this is a rare chance to tell their stories.
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The World is Silent as Israel Bombs Palestine
Friends of Syria | CNN – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jul 2018
15 Jul 2018 – Israeli terror in Gaza and Palestine is barbaric; women and children are murdered for the entire world to see. Bombs are raining on Gaza and Israel blocked all entrances. People are caged to be killed. A few days before the bombing started, Netanyahu closed more border crossings into Gaza.
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Why Separating Kids from Parents Is a Form of Torture
Daniel P. Keating – CNN,
25 Jun 2018
21 Jun 2018 – These children did not get to the border on their own. They are entirely innocent by any standard. But the trauma of forced separation from one’s loving family and its lifelong consequences are hard to overstate. The biological impacts are scientifically irrefutable.
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When Facebook Becomes ‘The Beast’: Myanmar Activists Say Social Media Aids Genocide
Euan McKirdy – CNN,
9 Apr 2018
7 Apr 2018 – Hatemongers have taken advantage of the social network to disseminate inflammatory, anti-Muslim speech in Myanmar. The rhetoric is aimed exclusively at the disenfranchised Rohingya Muslim minority. Human rights activists inside the country and out tell CNN that posts range from recirculated news articles from pro-government outlets, to misrepresented or faked photos and anti-Rohingya cartoons.
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Fox News Analyst’s Blistering Critique of the Network Draws Praise from Critics, Allies
Brian Stelter – CNN,
26 Mar 2018
Ralph Peters, a longtime Fox News military analyst, said Tuesday [20 Mar] that he is leaving the network by sending to colleagues a blistering critique of the network as pro-Trump “propaganda.” Fox News is a “propaganda machine.” It is “wittingly harming our system of government for profit.” –Video from The Young Turks
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Stephen Hawking, Renowned Scientist, Dies at 76
CNN – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Mar 2018
14 Mar 2018 – Stephen Hawking, the brilliant British theoretical physicist who overcame a debilitating disease to publish wildly popular books probing the mysteries of the universe, has died, according to a family spokesman. He was 76.
→ read full articleAccounts of Rape, Burning Children and Murder: How a Rohingya Massacre Unfolded at Tula Toli
Rebecca Wright - CNN,
13 Nov 2017
13 Nov 2017 – Discarded and left for dead, Mumtaz says she found herself on top of a mound of charred, entangled bodies. “They killed and killed and piled the bodies up high. It was like cut bamboo,” says Mumtaz, a Rohingya woman from the village of Tula Toli in western Myanmar. “In the pile there was someone’s neck, someone’s head, someone’s leg. I was able to come out, I don’t know how.”
→ read full articleSixth Mass Extinction: The Era of ‘Biological Annihilation’
John D. Sutter - CNN,
17 Jul 2017
11 Jul 2017 – Many scientists say it’s abundantly clear that Earth is entering its sixth mass-extinction event, meaning three-quarters of all species could disappear in the coming centuries. That’s terrifying, especially since humans are contributing to this shift.
→ read full articleUS Envoy Nikki Haley Says Syria Regime Change Is ‘Inevitable’
Angela Dewan – CNN,
10 Apr 2017
9 Apr 2017 – The US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, has told CNN that removing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from power is a priority, cementing an extraordinary U-turn in the Trump administration’s stance on the embattled leader. She warns US could carry out more strikes on regime.
→ read full articleUN Official Says ‘Crimes against Humanity’ Could Be Unfolding in Myanmar
James Griffiths and Kristie Lu Stout - CNN,
27 Mar 2017
• Thousands have fled northern Myanmar in recent months
• The military launched a crackdown in Rakhine State after October attacks by militants
EU Parliament Imposes Visas for US Citizens Visiting Europe
Laura Smith-Spark - CNN,
6 Mar 2017
4 Mar 2017 – Members of the European Parliament have called for the European Commission to impose visas on US citizens visiting Europe amid an ongoing dispute over visa restrictions against five EU nations. The resolution, approved by MEPs Thursday [2 Mar], urges the Commission to adopt the necessary legal measures “within two months.”
→ read full articleWhat 80 Million Unexploded US Bombs Did to Laos
Rebecca Wright - CNN,
12 Sep 2016
In total, between 1964 and 1973, the US dropped more than two million tons of bombs — one of the heaviest aerial bombardments in history. Most of the munitions dropped were cluster bombs, which splinter before impact, spreading hundreds of smaller bomblets — known locally as “bombies.” To this day, less than 1% of the bombs have been removed, according to US-based NGO Legacies of War.
→ read full articleHow Modern Slavery Is Destroying the Environment
Kevin Bales - CNN,
6 Jun 2016
• Modern slavery is driving huge deforestation.
• Criminals make slaves cut forests to support commodities such as gold, minerals for cell phones and laptops, and shrimp and fish.
• Slavery is a major contributor to climate change.
U.S. Military Spending Millions to Make Cyborgs a Reality
Ryan Browne, CNN,
14 Mar 2016
The implantable device aims to convert neurons in the brain into electronic signals and provide unprecedented “data-transfer bandwidth between the human brain and the digital world,” according to a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency statement announcing the new project.
→ read full articleAfghanistan War: Just What Was the Point?
Nick Paton Walsh - CNN,
7 Mar 2016
Fatigue was always going to be the decider. Western fatigue with the horrors their troops saw, and with the violence inflicted daily on Afghans themselves. The fatigue of the financial cost, where a power station that was barely ever switched on cost Uncle Sam a third of a billion dollars. And the other fatigue — the one felt by the Taliban — mostly distinguished by its absence; they felt only the tirelessness of their cause.
→ read full articleObama Administration Spied on German Media As Well As Its Government
Jake Tapper – CNN,
6 Jul 2015
4 Jul 2015 – An investigation by the German parliament is raising questions on whether the Obama administration not only spied on journalists in that country, but also interfered in the exercise of the free press. The NSA continues to upset free press advocates and those with memories of repressive governments both Communist and Nazi.
→ read full article‘Sea Change’ in Catholic Sex Abuse Scandal
Daniel Burke - CNN,
15 Jun 2015
Pope Francis has created a church tribunal to judge bishops who fail to protect children from sexually abusive priests, the Vatican announced Wednesday [10 Jun 2015], a move long sought by abuse victims and their advocates.
→ read full articleMyanmar [Burma]: Rohingya Not Welcome
Ivan Watson and Tim Schwarz - CNN,
17 Nov 2014
“There couldn’t be a clearer case of ethnic cleansing,” said Matthew Smith, executive director of Fortify Rights, a human rights group that has extensively researched the crisis in Rakhine state. “The authorities and local Buddhist populations are trying to change the ethnic demographics of the state through terror-inspiring means, and in some cases violence.”
→ read full articleThe Stasi Files: Germany’s 600-Million-Piece Puzzle
Laura Goehler – CNN,
10 Nov 2014
Over 45 million pages of Stasi files were shredded and over 15,000 bags containing more than 600 million pieces of paper were recovered. In 1992 the Agency for the Federal Commission for the Stasi Records (BStU) was put in place to solve one of history’s biggest puzzles.
→ read full articleInstead of Columbus Day, some U.S. Cities Celebrate Indigenous People’s Day
Emanuella Grinberg - CNN,
13 Oct 2014
Columbus Day often brings to mind the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria. This Monday [13 Oct 2014], some cities and states would rather you think of the Sioux, the Suquamish and the Chippewa. For the first time this year, Seattle and Minneapolis will recognize the second Monday in October as “Indigenous People’s Day.”
→ read full articleNew Leaker Disclosing U.S. Secrets, Government Concludes
Evan Perez – CNN,
11 Aug 2014
The federal government has concluded there’s a new leaker exposing national security documents in the aftermath of surveillance disclosures by Edward Snowden. Proof of the newest leak comes from national security documents that formed the basis of a news story published Tuesday [5 Aug 2014] by the Intercept, the news site launched by Glenn Greenwald, who also published Snowden’s leaks.
→ read full articleISIS Militants in Syria Put Victims’ Heads on Poles; Hundreds Killed Daily
Yousuf Basil and Josh Levs - CNN,
4 Aug 2014
28 Jul 2014 – In some of the most gruesome images yet to emerge from the latest mass violence in Syria, videos show militants raising their victims’ severed heads on poles. The amateur videos emerged as a Syrian human rights group reported 1,600 deaths in just 10 days this month.
→ read full articleWireless Electricity? It’s Here
Matthew Ponsford and Nick Glass - CNN,
17 Mar 2014
The idea of eliminating cables would allow us to re-design things in ways that we haven’t yet thought of, that’s just going to make our devices and everything that we interact with, that much more efficient, more practical and maybe even give brand new functionality.
→ read full articleCalifornia Bill Would Ban Orca Shows at Seaworld
Michael Martinez - CNN,
10 Mar 2014
A California state legislator is proposing to ban the captivity of killer whales for entertainment at SeaWorld in the wake of CNN’s controversial documentary Blackfish. “It is time that we embrace that the long-accepted practice of keeping orcas captive for human amusement must end,” state Assemblyman Richard Bloom, a Democrat from Santa Monica, said at a press conference Friday [7 Mar 2014] at the city’s oceanfront pier.
→ read full articleUganda’s President Signs Anti-Gay Bill into Law
Faith Karimi - CNN,
24 Feb 2014
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed into law Monday [24 Feb 2014] a bill that criminalizes homosexuality. The law toughens the penalties for certain acts, including life imprisonment. Rights groups worldwide have condemned the bill as draconian.
→ read full articleAnonymous ‘Operation Last Resort’ Hacks US Gov’t Websites
CNN, MoxNews – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jan 2013
26 Jan 2013 – “Sounds like they want a war” in retaliation for Aaron Swartz’ s death.
→ read full articleWisconsin’s Tammy Baldwin Is First Openly Gay Person Elected to Senate
Emanuella Grinberg - CNN,
12 Nov 2012
Tammy Baldwin made history Tuesday [6 Nov 2012] night — twice. She became the first openly gay politician, and first Wisconsin woman, elected to the U.S. Senate.
→ read full articleBad to the Bone: A Medical Horror Story
Mina Kimes - CNN,
22 Oct 2012
When medical device company Synthes decided to illegally test a bone cement on people, the results were disastrous. A disturbing tale of corporate crime and punishment.
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‘Bahrain Buys Favorable CNN Content’ (VIDEO OF THE WEEK)
Amber Lyon, former CNN journalist – Russia Today,
8 Oct 2012
Amid a violent crackdown on a popular uprising, Bahrain paid CNN to get favorable coverage, says a former reporter who believes her documentary on the protests there was censored by the network.
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Jesse Ventura on Piers Morgan (VIDEO OF THE WEEK)
CNN – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2012
Sept. 17, 2012 – Full Interview, CNN
→ read full articleCNN International’s Response to the Guardian
CNN – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2012
Here is CNN International’s response to Glenn Greenwald’s story in the Guardian about Amber Lyon’s documentary, iRevolution: Online Warriors of the Arab Spring.
→ read full articleGene Sharp: A Dictator’s Worst Nightmare
Mairi Mackay – CNN,
25 Jun 2012
Now 84, the American academic has dedicated most of his life to the study of the bold, some might say reckless, idea that nonviolence — rather than violence — is the most effective way of overthrowing corrupt, repressive regimes.
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CNN Silences War-Skeptical Soldier (VIDEO OF THE WEEK)
CNN – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Mar 2012
Watch what happens when 28-year-old Cpl. Jesse Thorsen touches a neuralgic nerve by suggesting that Israel can take care of itself. It’s impossible to say exactly what happened to the remote feed that suddenly got lost in transmission back to CNN Central, but the minute-long video is truly worth a thousand words. The interview, which dates back to Jan. 3 2012, is symbolic of how the US Corporate Media treats dissident voices that clash with the prevailing pro-war-on-Iran bias.
→ read full articleSouth Sudan Becomes Newest U.N. Member State
Faith Karimi - CNN,
18 Jul 2011
South Sudan officially became the 193rd member of the United Nations on Thursday [14 Jul 2011] morning, capping a flurry of activities that started with its independence last week.
→ read full articleGreece Prepares to Sell Off State Assets to Get Loans
CNN Wire Staff – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Jun 2011
Greece is preparing to sell off billions of dollars worth of state assets including airports, highways and state-owned companies, as well as banks, real estate and gaming licenses, to meet international lenders’ demands that it raise funds.
→ read full articleAristide to End Exile and Return to Haiti before Vote, Lawyer Says
Rich Phillips - CNN,
14 Mar 2011
Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide will end his exile and return to Haiti within the next week or so, ahead of the country’s elections, his lawyer told CNN Saturday [12 Mar 2011]. “He is headed back to Haiti,” said Ira Kurzban, Aristide’s longtime attorney. “We don’t know when yet, but it will be before the elections.” A presidential runoff is scheduled for March 20.
→ read full articleWe Take Risks, Others Pay the Price
Naomi Klein - CNN,
28 Feb 2011
When I met George Awudi, a leader of Friends of the Earth Ghana, he was wearing a bright red T-shirt that said “Do Not Incinerate Africa.” We were both attending the World Social Forum, a sprawling gathering of tens of thousands of activists held earlier this month [Feb 7-11, 2011] in Dakar, Senegal.
→ read full article2 Million Fish Found Dead in Maryland
CNN Wire Staff – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Jan 2011
Authorities in Maryland are investigating the deaths of about 2 million fish in Chesapeake Bay.
→ read full articleEcuador Recognizes a Palestinian State
CNN Wire Staff – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Dec 2010
Ecuador is the latest country to recognize an independent Palestinian state. The government said on Friday [24 Dec 2010] that President Rafael Correa recognized “the Palestine State as free and independent within its borders since 1967.”
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Fareed Zakaria Trashes Glenn Beck’s Affirmation That 10 Percent of All Muslims Are Terrorists
Fareed Zakaria-GPS, CNN – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Dec 2010
Fareed Zakaria took to his latest show on CNN to rebuff –using common sense and logical arguments– Beck’s insane claim that there are “157 million Muslim terrorists in the world.”
→ read full articleAir Force Lost Some Communication with Nuclear Missiles
Larry Shaughnessy and Chris Lawrence - CNN,
1 Nov 2010
The Air Force lost partial communications with 50 nuclear missiles for almost an hour last weekend, an Air Force spokesman said Tuesday [26 Oct 2010]. The problem, characterized as a “single hardware issue,” affected more than 10 percent of the country’s ICBM arsenal on Saturday morning, according to Air Force spokesman Lt. Col. Wesley Miller IV.
→ read full articleBrazilian Officials Rescue Workers in Slave-Like Conditions
Helena de Moura - CNN,
13 Sep 2010
Brazilian officials have said they will continue to crack down on farms accused of forcing workers into slave-like conditions, the country’s labor ministry said after authorities rescued nearly 150 workers.
→ read full articleIsrael Again Razes Bedouin Village
CNN Wire Staff – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Aug 2010
On the eve of the holy month of Ramadan, Israeli police re-entered a Bedouin village Tuesday [10 Aug 2010] to repeat the demolition of homes they had razed only a few days earlier. Israeli police closed off entrances to Al-Araqeeb, in southern Israel’s Negev Desert, and tore down houses that had been partially rebuilt in the past week, confiscated water tanks, attacked livestock and arrested five people, said Talab El-Sana, an Arab member of the Knesset.
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Gulf Oil Spill: Transparency
Anderson Cooper – CNN,
5 Jul 2010
Anderson Cooper discusses the new laws in place that essentially block media access to viewing the environmental and wildlife impacts the oil is causing on the coast.
→ read full articleBID TO REOPEN ELEPHANT IVORY TRADE REJECTED
Paul Armstrong - CNN,
23 Mar 2010
Conservationists have welcomed the decision to reject a bid from Tanzania and Zambia to temporarily suspend a worldwide ban on trading in African elephant ivory so they can offload legal stockpiles in a one-off sale. The 175-nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), meeting in Doha, Qatar, on Monday, voted to reject the […]
→ read full articleJAPAN APOLOGIZES FOR COLONIAL RULE OF KOREA
CNN,
11 Feb 2010
Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada on Thursday [Feb 11 2010] apologized to South Korea for the more than three decades when Japan ruled over Korea, calling the time a "tragic incident." Okada made the rare apology during a joint news conference with South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan, Korean state-run media reported. "I believe it […]
→ read full articleISLAND RESIDENTS SUE U.S., SAYING MILITARY MADE THEM SICK
Abbie Boudreau and Scott Bronstein - CNN,
2 Feb 2010
Vieques, Puerto Rico (CNN) — Nearly 40 years ago, Hermogenes Marrero was a teenage U.S. Marine, stationed as a security guard on the tiny American island of Vieques, off the coast of Puerto Rico.Marrero says he’s been sick ever since. At age 57, the former Marine sergeant is nearly blind, needs an oxygen tank, has […]
→ read full articleU.N. AGAIN CONDEMNS U.S. EMBARGO AGAINST CUBA
CNN,
29 Oct 2009
For the 18th year in a row, the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday [Oct 28 2009] voted to condemn the 47-year embargo against Cuba by the United States.The draft resolution was passed by a vote of 187-3, with 2 abstentions. Only the United States, Israel and Palau voted against the measure. Micronesia and the […]
→ read full articleUSE OF MERCENARIES IN HONDURAS ON THE RISE, U.N. PANEL SAYS
CNN,
10 Oct 2009
A group of independent U.N. experts expressed concern Friday over the increased use of mercenaries in Honduras, where a de facto president has been in power since a military-led coup in June. The U.N. panel said it received reports that 40 former Colombian paramilitaries had been hired to protect properties and individuals in Honduras since […]
→ read full articleRIGHTS GROUP: ISRAELI OFFENSIVE KILLED MOSTLY CIVILIANS
CNN,
10 Sep 2009
A human rights group says more than half of the Palestinians killed during Israel’s three-week offensive against Hamas in Gaza earlier this year were civilians, contradicting an Israeli military claim. A human rights group says more than half of the Palestinians killed during Israel’s three-week offensive against Hamas in Gaza earlier this year were civilians, […]
→ read full articleCOSTA RICA RE-ESTABLISHES TIES WITH CUBA
CNN,
19 Mar 2009
The president of Costa Rica announced Wednesday [Mar 18, 2009] that he is re-establishing diplomatic relations with Cuba more than 47 years after one of his predecessors severed them. "The time has arrived for direct and open dialogue, for official and normal relations that should permit us to tackle our agreements and our disagreements, talking […]
→ read full articleSTUDY: 7.3 MILLION IN U.S. PRISON SYSTEM IN ‘07
CNN,
3 Mar 2009
A record number of Americans served time in corrections systems across the country in 2007, according to a report released Monday [Mar 2] by the Pew Center on the States. The U.S. correctional population — those in jail, prison, on probation or on parole — totaled 7.3 million, or 1 in every 31 adults. The […]
→ read full articleBUSH TRYING TO AVOID WAR CRIMES CHARGES
CNN-ICH,
30 Oct 2008
2-Minute Video President Bush is trying to pardon himself. Should Congress pass a bill giving immunity to President Bush for possible war crimes?CLICK TO VIEW
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