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US Largest Cocaine Smuggler Revealed: The Drug Enforcement Agency-DEA
NextNewsNetwork – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Jan 2014
Jan 15, 2014 – For decades, it has been rumored the United States government was secretly sponsoring the smuggling of cocaine into the country. Newly released documents, and testimony from Justice Department and DEA officials now show the stories of government running cocaine are true.
→ read full articleHuman Rights Watch’s Syria Dilemma
Robert Parry – Consortium News,
27 Jan 2014
Human Rights Watch, which has pushed for a U.S. military intervention in Syria, continues to blame the Assad government for the Aug. 21[2013] Sarin attack even though the group’s high-profile map supposedly proving the case has been debunked.
→ read full articleHaiti: Four Years On From the Quake
Ama Biney – Pambazuka News,
20 Jan 2014
The people of Haiti continue to suffer the economic tremors of a post-earthquake reconstruction programme that has failed to transform the lives of the majority of the people, despite the fact that it is the people of Haiti who must not only construct the future of Haiti but also decide that future.
→ read full articleSewage Sludge as Fertilizer: Safe?
Jill Richardson – Food Safety News,
20 Jan 2014
Despite sludge’s relative obscurity, the newly formed Food Rights Network is taking on sewage sludge as its flagship issue. Simply put, the group says that it is not safe to grow food in sewage sludge [industrial, hospital, human excrements/waste].
→ read full articleJapan’s Response to Fukushima Should Worry Us All
William Boardman - Reader Supported News,
13 Jan 2014
Japan has created a funhouse of distorting mirrors from which emerging information about the ongoing disaster cannot be considered credible without reliable, independent verification.
→ read full articleToyota’s New Hydrogen Car to Emit Only Water Vapor
AP, msn news – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Jan 2014
Toyota said Monday [6 Jan 2014] that a hydrogen-powered vehicle that emits only water vapor as exhaust will go on sale in the U.S. in 2015, a year earlier than it promised just two months ago.
→ read full articleNew York Times Backs Off Its Syria-Sarin Analysis
Robert Parry – Consortium News,
6 Jan 2014
For months, the “slam-dunk” evidence “proving” Syrian government guilt in the Aug. 21 [2013] Sarin attack near Damascus was a “vector analysis” pushed by the New York Times showing where the rockets supposedly were launched. But the Times now grudgingly admits its analysis was flawed.
→ read full articleFukushima, a Global Conspiracy of Denial
William Boardman - Reader Supported News,
6 Jan 2014
Does anyone in authority anywhere tell the truth about Fukushima? If there is any government or non-government authority in the world that is addressing the disaster at Fukushima openly, directly, honestly, and effectively, it’s not apparent to the outside observer what entity that might be.
→ read full articleLynne Stewart Coming Home
Stephen Lendman – Media With Conscience News,
6 Jan 2014
For Lynne, husband Ralph, their children, other family members, and legions of worldwide supporters, New Year’s Day 2014 is special. It’s reason to celebrate. On December 31, Lynne wrote from Carswell federal prison as follows.
→ read full articleThe Eleventh Hour – Decision Time
R. Teichmann – News Beacon Ireland,
6 Jan 2014
It is a well-known fact in biology that pressures of an existential nature on a species result in two possible outcomes. The first outcome is that the species evolves. It adapts by way of biological evolution to the new conditions and survives. The second is that the species does not evolve and thus perishes.
→ read full articleNew Evidence of Contra-Cocaine Scandal
Robert Parry – Consortium News,
16 Dec 2013
Special Report: Since journalist Gary Webb died in 2004, the story that destroyed his life has slowly come into clearer focus, revealing how President Reagan’s beloved Contras really were enmeshed in cocaine trafficking. On this ninth anniversary of Webb’s suicide, new corroboration has emerged.
→ read full articleIs NATO’s Trojan Horse Riding Toward the ‘Ukraine Spring’?
Dennis Kucinich - Reader Supported News,
16 Dec 2013
While the draft of the EU “Association Agreement” is being sold as an economic boon for Ukrainian citizens, it is a massive expansion of NATO’s military position in the region. Naomi Klein’s Disaster Militarism. Ukrainians may be pro-EU, but are the EU and NATO pro-Ukrainian?
→ read full articleFresh Doubts about Syria’s Sarin Guilt
Robert Parry – Consortium News,
16 Dec 2013
Exclusive: A new analysis, buried in a UN report, reveals that one of the two missiles at the center of the Syrian chemical weapons crisis, which nearly led to a U.S. military attack, showed no evidence of Sarin, further undermining Official Washington’s certainty that the Syrian government was to blame.
→ read full articleA Taste of the Horrible Things to Come for Windows XP
Zach Epstein, Yahoo News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Dec 2013
Windows XP is now more than 12 years old but is still used on more than 31% of desktop and laptop computers around the world. Those tens of millions of PC users could be in for a very rude awakening next year once Microsoft cuts off support for the aged operating system.
→ read full articleUS Government Considered Nelson Mandela a Terrorist Until 2008
Robert Windrem, Investigative Producer, NBC News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Dec 2013
From the White House to the halls of Congress, U.S. government officials have responded to the death of Nelson Mandela with a hail of testimonials to the late South African president’s leadership in the struggle for freedom and human rights. Until five years ago, however, the U.S. officially considered Mandela a terrorist.
→ read full articleChernobyl’s Arch: Sealing Off a Radioactive Sarcophagus
Nick Meo – BBC News,
2 Dec 2013
One of the biggest engineering projects in history, it has been likened to a gigantic metal igloo, built to seal off hundreds of tons of nuclear fuel and dust buried inside reactor number four, which in 1986 blew up and burned for 10 days. Everything about the project is epic: the size, the 1.5bn euro (£1.2bn) cost, the technical problems of working on a radioactive building site.
→ read full articleThe Warsaw Walkout and the Climate Movement
Sasha Reid Ross, Earth First! Newswire - TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
The story is now part of climate history. Yesterday [21 Nov 2013], as climate talks degraded into a sideshow for the coal industry, more than 800 conference participants walked out. Wearing T-shirts adorned with the word, Volveremos (We will return), the activists handed in their registration badges and abandoned the United Nations Climate Change Summit.
→ read full articleSyrian Nun Seen as Threat to War Resistance
William Boardman - Reader Supported News,
25 Nov 2013
Mother Agnes Mariam of the Cross is a Carmelite nun and mother superior of the Monastery of James the Mutilated in Qara, Syria, which has a community of three monks and twelve nuns. Born in Lebanon in a refugee camp 61 years ago, she is Palestinian on her father’s side and has worked in Syria for about 20 years. She is the spokesperson for the Catholic Information Center in Beirut, where the Musalaha Initiative also has its office.
→ read full articleThe Killing Fields of Myanmar
Kate Linthicum – Gulf News,
18 Nov 2013
Buddhist hardliners’ call for an ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Muslims may end up radicalising the minorities too. The Rohingyas have never been recognised as citizens of Myanmar. In some areas they are barred from travelling, marrying or giving birth without state permission.
→ read full articleA Showdown for War or Peace
Robert Parry – Consortium News,
11 Nov 2013
In pressing for negotiated settlements to the Iranian nuclear dispute and the Syrian civil war, President Barack Obama is challenging the imposing lobbying, propaganda and financial clout of the new Saudi-Israeli alliance, with the future direction of U.S. foreign policy – and geopolitical stability – at stake.
→ read full articleUS Is a State Sponsor of Terrorism
William Boardman - Reader Supported News,
11 Nov 2013
Drone attacks are raw terror tactics that terrorize civilian populations.
→ read full articleMike Michaud: Yes, I am gay. ‘But why should it matter?’
Bangor Daily News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Nov 2013
That may seem like a big announcement to some people. One thing I do know is that it has nothing to do with my ability to lead the state of Maine.
→ read full articleIsrael Issues 1,859 Settler Home Tenders ahead of Kerry Visit
Channel NewsAsia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Nov 2013
Israel issued tenders to build 1,859 settler homes on Sunday [3 Nov 2013], angering Palestinians ahead of a visit by US Secretary of State John Kerry aimed at pushing the peace process forward.
→ read full articleDetention of Greenwald’s Partner for Terrorism is “Criminalization of Journalism”
Jaisal Noor interviewing Chris Hedges – The Real News Network,
11 Nov 2013
Nov 8, 2013 – Chris Hedges says David Miranda’s detention represents an assault on journalism by the US and its allies.
→ read full articleLGBT Americans Need Congressional Protection
US Pres. Barack Obama - Reader Supported News,
11 Nov 2013
Millions of LGBT Americans go to work every day fearing that, without any warning, they could lose their jobs — not because of anything they’ve done, but simply because of who they are. It’s offensive. It’s wrong. And it needs to stop, because in the United States of America, who you are and who you love should never be a fireable offense.
→ read full articleIreland: Israeli Products Marked with Yellow Sticker
Itamar Eichner - Ynetnews,
11 Nov 2013
Sources in the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem said that the phenomenon is severe and it is not by chance that the BDS organization chose to express its protest with a yellow sticker – which is reminiscent of dark days of racism and incitement.
→ read full articleHuge GMO News
Ocean Robbins - Reader Supported News,
28 Oct 2013
It has not been a good week for Monsanto and the rest of the biotech industry.
→ read full articleBlack Market for Counterfeit Goods Rakes in $500 Billion Yearly
ABC News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
Counterfeit goods — from luxury handbags to DVDs — are a huge problem. Trade groups claim criminals steal copyrighted material worth half a trillion dollars every year. Counterfeit goods account for nearly 10 percent of worldwide trade, an estimated $500 billion annually, according to the World Customs Organization.
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Paxman Pocketet by Brand (Must Watch)
BBC Newsnight – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
Oct 23, 2013 – Newsnight’s Jeremy Paxman in a hostile interview is clobbered by Russell Brand about [not] voting, revolution and changed consciousness.
→ read full articleMelted Nuclear Fuel Sank into the Ground under Fukushima Reactors — Irradiated Groundwater Is Flowing into Ocean through Sea-Bottom Springs
Energy News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
It’s Too Late to Do Anything about This: Japan Journalist – A Letter to All Young Athletes Who Dream of Coming to Tokyo in 2020, and to Their Coaches and Parents: Some Facts You Should Know.
→ read full articleTreating Anti-Syria Charges as Flat Fact
Robert Parry - Consortium News,
28 Oct 2013
With the blessing of the New York Times, the Obama administration has succeeded in cementing a dubious conventional wisdom about the Syrian government’s alleged use of chemical weapons last Aug. 21 – without presenting a shred of actual evidence.
→ read full articleDoes America Have a “Licence to Kill”? US Drone War on Yemen Violates International Law
Global Research News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
These aerial attacks have occurred in almost every province of the country. In the past two years, the number of drone strikes has multiplied and the infrastructure required for these attacks have been expanded.
→ read full articleNSA Spied on 124.8 Billion Phone Calls in Just One Month: Watchdog
Eric Pfeiffer - Yahoo News,
28 Oct 2013
According to a collection of the reports and leaked classified government files, the monitored calls took place throughout the month of January 2013 and tallied to 124.8 billion.
→ read full articleUS vs. Lavabit
William Boardman - Reader Supported News,
21 Oct 2013
Now we have a police state apparatus of almost unimagined dimension, most of which is kept secret and remains unknown, despite the efforts of a few reporters and whistleblowers who tell the truth at their personal peril.
→ read full articleHow US Pressure Bends UN Agencies
Robert Parry – Consortium News,
21 Oct 2013
Exclusive: Lost in the celebration over the Nobel Peace Prize to the UN agency eliminating the Syrian government’s chemical weapons is the question of who was really behind the Aug. 21 poison-gas attack near Damascus. Relevant to that mystery is the recent U.S. pressure to control key UN agencies including the prize recipient, reports Robert Parry.
→ read full articleSnowden Accepts Whistleblower Award
Ray McGovern – Consortium News,
14 Oct 2013
Though former NSA contractor Edward Snowden has been indicted for leaking secrets about the U.S. government’s intrusive surveillance tactics, he was honored by a group of former U.S. intelligence officials as a courageous whistleblower during a Moscow ceremony, reports ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern who was there.
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Nuclear Engineer: Japan’s PM “Lying to the Japanese People” About Safety of Fukushima
The Real News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2013
Oct 1, 2013 – Arnie Gundersen: Japan’s PM claims Fukushima is safe but the nuclear disaster is underfunded and lacks transparency, causing the public to remain in the dark.
→ read full articleNew York Times Again Ignores Israel’s Nukes
Robert Parry - Consortium News,
7 Oct 2013
The U.S. news media’s bias in favor of Israel and against Israel’s enemies represents a journalistic failure to honestly inform the American people about issues that can lead to war. A glaring example is the double standard applied to Israel’s rogue nuclear arsenal.
→ read full articleSaudi Arabia Group behind Chemical Weapons Provocation in Syria: Source
Voice of Russia, RIA, Interfax - Global Research News,
7 Oct 2013
“Having analyzed this information, which was received from a whole range of sources, we are getting a picture that confirms that the criminal provocation in Eastern Ghouta was committed by a specialized group that was sent by Saudi Arabia from the territory of Jordan and acted under the cover of the Liva al-Islam group,” one of the sources said.
→ read full articleGlenn Greenwald ‘Hostile’ Interview on Snowden, NSA, GCHQ and Spying
BBC Newsnight – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
Oct 3, 2013 – BBC Newsnight exclusive hostile interview with journalist Glenn Greenwald.
→ read full articleFrom NSA Spying & VIPR Sweeps to Domestic Drones: A Round-Up of the Police State Programs NOT Affected by Govt Shutdown
John Whitehead – OpEdNews,
7 Oct 2013
Take a look at the programs and policies that will not be affected by a government shutdown, and you’ll get a clearer sense of the government’s priorities–priorities that have little to do with serving taxpayers and everything to do with maintaining power and control, while being sold to the public under the guise of national security.
→ read full articleKachin Response to Elders’ Myanmar Visit
Pangmu Shayi – Kachinland News,
7 Oct 2013
Instead of viewing Kachins recalcitrant for not falling in line with the government’s grandiose plan of a nationwide ceasefire signing ceremony, it is more important to try to understand why Kachins are wary of ceasefire agreements that fail to lead to genuine and lasting political transition.
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Opposing Intervention in Syria without Apologizing for a Dictatorship
The Real News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
Sep 23, 2013 – In part two of Reality Asserts Itself, Paul Jay and Rania Masri discuss the charge that opposing foreign intervention is support for Assad; the idea that Assad is “anti-imperialist”; and the role of violence in fighting dictatorship.
→ read full articleMahatma Gandhi’s Birthday Celebrated in India
Mercury News Media Center – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
PHOTOS-Considered the father of independent India, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on Oct 2, 1869 under British rule. After spending his life working for social justice and leading India to independence, Gandhi was assassinated in 1948 at the age of 78 by an Indian nationalist who believed he was too passive. Gandhi’s birthday is now a national holiday in India and celebrated worldwide as the International Day of Nonviolence.
→ read full articleFukushima Autumn
William Boardman - Reader Supported News,
7 Oct 2013
Dishonesty of the Abe sort has characterized the nuclear industry (weapons and power) since its earliest days when its spokespersons were telling us radiation was more or less good for us.
→ read full articleGreenwald-Scahill to Report on ‘NSA and US Assassinations’
Jenny Barchfield, Associated Press – Reader Supported News,
1 Oct 2013
Two American journalists known for their investigations of the United States’ government said Saturday [28 Sep 2013] they’ve teamed up to report on the National Security Agency’s role in what one called a “U.S. assassination program.”
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House Extends Monsanto Protection Act
The Real News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Sep 2013
Sep 19, 2013 – House passes a rider which protects biotech giants like Monsanto from being sued in federal court.
→ read full articleHugo Boss Gave the Nazis Style
William Boardman - Reader Supported News,
23 Sep 2013
Russell Brand: “Also glad to grace the stage where [London mayor] Boris Johnson has just made light of the use of chemical weapons in Syria – meaning that GQ can now stand for Genocide Quips. If any of you know a little bit about history and fashion, you know that Hugo Boss made the uniforms for the Nazis – now the Nazis did have flaws, but they did look f-ing fantastic, let’s face it – while they were killing people on the basis of their religion and sexuality. “
→ read full articleAre USA and NATO Replacing the UN?
Motsoko Pheko – Pambazuka News,
23 Sep 2013
Is the United States of America and its NATO Allies replacing the United Nations? Is this alliance now the supreme world body in international affairs? Is the United Nations going the disastrous end of its predecessor the League of Nations? Should the civilised nations of the world allow the nefarious schemes of these self-appointed police of the world to destroy the world again through disguised colonialism, racism and new imperialism? And enslave other nations especially in the developing world through terrorist militarism?
→ read full articleSri Lanka: Tamil National Alliance Wins Landslide Victory in First Local Elections since Civil War
Michael Edwards and wires – Australia Network News,
23 Sep 2013
Sri Lanka’s main Tamil party has secured 30 seats in the 38-member Northern Provincial Council. A coalition of parties representing president Mahinda Rajapaksa won seven seats, while a Muslim party won one.
→ read full articleOptimism Is Your Choice
Maxim Varfolomeyev, ISKCON News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Sep 2013
Optimism is not something emotional. It’s a very practical tool, a mindset. It’s like a morning workout, an exercise. It took you years to train your brain to look at the problems, now start training it to look at the opportunities. It takes time, but as they say, practice makes perfect.
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Five Years after Lehman Brothers Fall, Big Banks Even Larger
The Real News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Sep 2013
In contrast to workers and homeowners, banks fully recover from the financial crisis.
→ read full articleThe Two-State Solution Died Over a Decade Ago
Ilan Pappe - Gulf News,
16 Sep 2013
Israel continues to look for more Oslos to gain international legitimacy. The Israelis may occupy the best deck on the Titanic, but the ship is nonetheless sinking.
→ read full articleWar May Be Over but Sri Lanka Is Still Far from Peace
UCANews – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Sep 2013
“After the war people expected a lot from the government, that there would be reconciliation, peace. But the people have been deceived,” says Father Regno, director of HUDEC Jaffna, the social arm of the Catholic Church of Jaffna. “There has been no sign of reconciliation. Without a political solution, we have no future.”
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US Military Contractors Celebrate Record High Profits and Stock Prices
The Real News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2013
Sep 4, 2013 – The business of war is more profitable than ever.
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Syrian President Bashar al Assad Charlie Rose Interview
CBS News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2013
PBS’ Charlie Rose interviews Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday, September 9 in a special presentation. In this global television exclusive, Assad gives his only television interview since President Barack Obama asked Congress to approve the use of force against the Syrian regime for alleged use of chemical weapons against the Syrian people.
→ read full articleA Non-Military Approach to the Syrian Conflict
Paul J. Magnarella – Huntington News,
10 Sep 2013
An ICC strategy should be pursued in conjunction with robust diplomacy and peace negotiations involving the key Syrian parties, the Arab League, the European Union, Turkey, Russia, Iran and the United States. Certainly, such a combined approach is more appropriate for a Nobel Peace Laureate President than one involving cruise missiles. In the long run, it may be much more effective.
→ read full articleCommercial News Beats the War Drum
Mark Ash - Reader Supported News,
2 Sep 2013
The New York Times, following in the great tradition of Washington correspondent extraordinaire Judith Miller, is busy rationalizing and explaining the White House’s mind on the upcoming military action. The point of the proposed attack, explains the Times, is to “Restore a ‘Red Line’ That Became Blurred.” Presumably the mission will then be accomplished.
→ read full articleBradley Manning: ‘Everything Is Going To Be OK’
Scott Galindez - Reader Supported News,
26 Aug 2013
Bradley Manning, moments after being sentenced to 35 years in prison, turned to his attorney David Coombs and told him, “It’s okay … I’m okay, everything is going to be okay.” Coombs said it was the first time a client had cheered him up after a verdict.
→ read full articleWho Benefits from the Various ‘Wars’?
Arjen Kamphuis – Consortium News,
19 Aug 2013
P.R. experts are skilled at framing policy debates in favorable though misleading ways like the “war on terror” or the “war on drugs.” What gets shielded by this packaging are the unstated goals, interests and outcomes that would draw popular opposition if known.
→ read full articleAn Apology to Bradley Manning
Scott Galindez - Reader Supported News,
19 Aug 2013
First of all Bradley, it is the court, the Army, and the American people that should be apologizing to you. We failed you, not the other way around. None of us are perfect, Bradley. Your honorable conduct has already had a positive impact on society. I am sorry – sorry that our society continues to fail you. Thank you, Bradley.
→ read full articleThe Moral Imperative of Activism
Ray McGovern – Consortium News,
19 Aug 2013
Today’s crises – endless war, environmental catastrophe, desperate poverty and more – can seem so daunting that they paralyze action rather than inspire activism. But the imperative to do something in the face of injustice defines one’s moral place in the universe.
→ read full articleNightmare Island Where Traffickers Imprison Burma’s Rohingya
John Sparks – Channel 4 News, UK,
19 Aug 2013
Beaten, imprisoned and sold into slavery – Channel 4 News reveals the fate of Burma’s Muslim Rohingya refugees, who flee conflict only to end up in the clutches of brutal human traffickers.
→ read full articleBradley Manning, the Nuremberg Charter and Refusing to Collaborate with War Crimes
Paul Jay – The Real News Network,
12 Aug 2013
In this segment of Reality Asserts Itself, Paul Jay and Vijay Prashad discuss the Bradley Manning case in light of the 68th anniversary of signing the Nuremberg Charter [8 Aug] which states it is illegal to follow orders to commit a war crime.
→ read full article120 Children Slaughtered in Syria’s Tal Abyad
Fars News Agency – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Aug 2013
Terrorists affiliated to the al-Nusra Front massacred 120 children and 330 men and women in Syria’s Northern district of Tal Abyad on Monday [5 Aug 2013]. As the foreign-backed insurgency in Syria continues without an end in sight, the US government has boosted its political and military support to Takfiri extremists. Washington has remained indifferent about warnings by Russia and other world powers about the consequences of arming militant groups.
→ read full articleGlenn Greenwald: Low-Level NSA Analysts Have ‘Powerful and Invasive’ Search Tool
Kari Rea, ABC News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jul 2013
“These programs are very simple screens, like the ones that supermarket clerks use, where all a low-level analyst has to do is enter an email or an IP address, and it searches that database and lets them listen to the calls or read the emails, or look at the browsing histories or Google search terms, and it also alerts them to any further activity that people connected to that email address or that IP address do in the future.”
→ read full articleNetherlands: Retailers Ban Goods from Israeli Settlements
Hillel Posek – Ynet News,
29 Jul 2013
Dutch media reports two of country’s largest retail chains announce they will not sell more products originating beyond Green Line. Foreign Ministry: ‘Boycott is tainted with hypocrisy, prejudice.
→ read full articleIndia: Army ‘Mistook Planets for Spy Drones’
BBC News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jul 2013
25 Jul 2013 – India’s army reportedly spent six months watching “Chinese spy drones” violating its air space, only to find out they were actually Jupiter and Venus.
→ read full articleUN Struggles to Feed Millions of Syrians
Margaret Brennan, CBS News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jul 2013
“People cannot borrow. People do not have credit cards; people do not have a purchasing facility,” said Muhannad Hadi, the Regional Emergency Coordinator for the World Food Program. “We have gotten to the stage where people receive food from the World Food Program inside Syria or they don’t eat. It is very simple. There is no other way.”
→ read full articlePatience Running Out in Bulgaria
Nick Thorpe, BBC News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jul 2013
Protesters in Bulgaria pack the streets of Sofia each evening, but after 35 days in a row, their patience with Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski’s government is wafer-thin.
→ read full articleEuropean Commission President Meets Religious Leaders
Kumari Kunti Sherreitt, ISKCON News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jul 2013
Eighteen senior religious leaders from all over Europe met on May 30, 2013 to discuss the EU’s yearly theme of “citizenship” hosted by European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, President Van Rompuy and Vice Presiden Laszlo Surjan, and organized by the Bureau of European Policy Advisors.
→ read full articleFukushima Continues
William Boardman - Reader Supported News,
15 Jul 2013
The first thing to know about the danger from the radioactive mass remaining in the three reactors that melted down at Fukushima is that nobody knows how much radioactive material there is, nobody knows how much uranium and plutonium it contains, and nobody knows how to make it safe – so no one knows how great the continuing danger is.
→ read full articleInterview with al-Assad: “In Egypt, the Fall of So-Called Political Islam”
Syrian Arab News Agency-SANA – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Jul 2013
“The rifts we have witnessed in modern history have come with the emergence of the Muslim Brotherhood and the negative role they have played. They created a split between Pan-Arabism and Islam to form a country for Islamists and another for nationalists.”
→ read full articleLatin America: New Coalition of Countries to Take On the Multinationals
Martin Khor - IDN-InDepth News,
1 Jul 2013
Leaders of several Latin American countries have set up a new coalition to coordinate actions to face the growing number of international legal suits being taken against governments by transnational companies. A ministerial meeting of 12 countries held in Guayaquil, Ecuador, decided on several joint actions to counter the threat posed by these law suits, which have claimed millions or even billions of dollars from governments.
→ read full articleSunni Clerics Call for Jihad against Syria’s Assad, Allies
Reuters, Newsmax – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
Concluding a conference in Cairo at which more than 70 Sunni scholarly organizations were represented, a leading Egyptian preacher issued a call to holy war on Thursday [13 June 2013] against the Damascus government and its Shi’ite allies. He urged the faithful to send money and arms to Syria and pursue “all forms of jihad.”
→ read full article100-Year-Old General: We Razed Arab Villages, So What?
Gil Ronen - Arutz Sheva Israel National News 7,
17 Jun 2013
Brig. Gen. (res.) Yitzhak Pundak: If we hadn’t done it, there would be a million more Arabs and there would be no Israel.
→ read full articleIndependent UN Panel Calls for Diplomatic Surge to End ‘Daily Reality’ of War Crimes in Syria
UN News Centre – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Jun 2013
4 June 2013 – With Syria engulfed in an escalating and increasingly brutal civil war, a panel of United Nations human rights experts today issued its latest report on the crisis, detailing war crimes it says were committed by both the Syrian Government and opposition forces, and calling for a “diplomatic surge” to end the violence.
→ read full articleFormer Drone Operator Says He’s Haunted by His Part in More Than 1,600 Deaths
Richard Engel - NBC News,
10 Jun 2013
Former drone operator Brandon Bryant says he felt like he became a “heartless” “sociopath” under the drone program. He remembers watching one of the first victims bleed to death and coming to work, seeing pictures of targeted individuals on the wall and musing, “Which one of these f_____s is going to die today?”
→ read full articleStudent Science Experiment Finds Plants Won’t Grow Near Wi-Fi Router
Global Research News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Jun 2013
The results were blatantly obvious — the cress seeds placed near the radiation emitter Wi-Fi router had not grown. Many of them were completely dead. While the cress seeds planted in the other room, away from the routers, thrived. The experiment earned the girls top honors in a regional science competition and the interest of scientists around the world.
→ read full articleServices Collapsing in Syrian Rebel-Controlled Areas
The Media Line, Ynetnews – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Jun 2013
Ravaged Aleppo sees food, fuel prices skyrocket, staples like medicine, baby formula non-existent; ‘We’ve nothing to feed babies,’ says resident. The streets in the Aleppo neighborhood of Hannano are piled high with garbage. Flies buzz around putrid bags that extend farther than the eye can see.
→ read full articleIndia Bans Captive Dolphin Shows as ‘Morally Unacceptable’
News Editor – Environment News Service,
27 May 2013
17 May 2013 – India’s Ministry of Environment and Forests has decided to forbid the keeping of captive dolphins for public entertainment anywhere in the country. “This is a huge win for dolphins.” Not only has the Indian government spoken out against cruelty, they have contributed to an emerging and vital dialogue about the ways we think about dolphins – as thinking, feeling beings rather than pieces of property to make money off of.”
→ read full articleThe Militant American Empire
William Boardman - Reader Supported News,
27 May 2013
The Militant American Empire Doesn’t Need Any More AUMF [authorization to use military force] – The United States has been in a permanent state of war ever since [September 2001]. And on May 16, 2013, the Obama administration’s Pentagon officials testified to the Senate Armed Services Committee that they expected this permanent state of war to last another 10 to 20 years.
→ read full articleSyrian Refugees
Luke Waters – World News Australia,
20 May 2013
Story from 8th May 2013 about a Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon, interviews with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mairead Maguire and Father Dave Smith. Photo journalist Luke Waters participated in the Mussalaha Peace Delegation to Syria.
→ read full articleTen Years after Invasion, Iraq Continues to Import Oil Products
Global Research News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 May 2013
Former Iraqi oil minister Issam al-Jalabi says that although Iraq is an oil-rich country, it still imports petroleum products from abroad to meet its needs 10 years after the US-led invasion of the country.
→ read full articleSyrian Forces Inflict Heavy Losses on US Sponsored Terrorists
Global Research News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 May 2013
19 May 2013 – Reports from Syria suggest that the US sponsored Al Nusra mercenary force and affiliated formations have inflicted heavy losses in different part of the country. Press reports confirm that the rebel stronghold of Al Qusayr on the Northern border of Lebanon is now under the control of government forces.
→ read full articleUS Lets Swiss Banks, Accused of Aiding Tax Fraud, Avoid Prosecution with Fines
The Real News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 May 2013
“Swiss banks are negotiating fines to avoid prosecution, while billions of dollars continue to be hidden away from taxes.”
→ read full articleAusterity: Planned Poverty
Carl Gibson - Reader Supported News,
13 May 2013
If a math textbook that never underwent an official academic review and was proven to contain basic factual inaccuracies were nonetheless used by an entire school to teach math, wouldn’t it be fair to say that all of that school’s graduates were incapable of doing math?
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Paul Jay – The Real News Network,
13 May 2013
Nick Buxton: A massive European fire sale is one way finance is using the crisis to entrench neo-liberalism.
→ read full article28-Year Old PhD Student Debunks the Most Influential Austerity Study
Paul Jay – The Real News Network,
22 Apr 2013
New study refutes Reinhart and Rogoff analysis that underpins austerity policy around the world; shows no relation between debt and lack of growth.
→ read full articleDeadly Sins in the Brazilian Amazon
Bianca Jagger - Reader Supported News,
22 Apr 2013
The trampling of indigenous rights, military force used against protesters, impunity, megadams and environmental destruction. The controversial Belo Monte Dam, which is under construction on the Xingu River, is roughly twenty percent completed. It will displace over 20,000 people, gravely endanger the survival of indigenous peoples and local communities and cause irreparable environmental damage to the Brazilian Amazon.
→ read full articleTales of Reagan’s Guatemala Genocide
Robert Parry – Consortium News,
22 Apr 2013
Guatemala is finally putting ex-dictator Efrain Rios Montt on trial for genocide in the extermination of hundreds of Mayan villages in the 1980s, but Ronald Reagan remains an American icon despite new evidence of his complicity in this historic crime.
→ read full articleCanada-India Nuclear Deal Moves Forward
Bryn Levy, Saskatoon News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Apr 2013
Saskatchewan uranium could soon be bound for India as the federal government wraps up a new trade deal. Canada had halted sales of uranium, reactors and other nuclear materials and equipment to India in the 1970s. This was a response to India’s detonation of a nuclear device in 1974 that was built using a Canadian reactor.
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News Day – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Apr 2013
Contrary to claims by US officials that they do not deliver weapons to militants in Syria, US Senator Rand Paul said that the US ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, not only supervised the shipment of weapons to the Syrian opposition, but also recruited jihadists for them. Paul confirmed that Syrian fighters for the most part are composed of members of the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organisation and have a relationship with al-Qaeda.
→ read full article1913: When Hitler, Trotsky, Tito, Freud and Stalin All Lived in the Same Place
Andy Walker – BBC News,
22 Apr 2013
A century ago, one section of Vienna played host to Adolf Hitler, Leon Trotsky, Joseph Tito, Sigmund Freud and Joseph Stalin.
→ read full articleChávez, Internationalism, and Socialism
Beverly Bell – Pambazuka News,
15 Apr 2013
Economist Camille Chalmers is a leader in Latin American social movements and executive secretary of the Platform for Alternative Development in Haiti (PAPDA) and was interviewed by Beverly Bell. He shares his views on Chávez’s vision of a revolutionary Latin America that sought internationalist solidarity with Haiti, Africa and Asia among other issues.
→ read full articleLand Mines Still Victimizing the Vietnamese 37 Years after War End
Hong Minh – Viet Nam News,
8 Apr 2013
Over 20 per cent of the entire country has been contaminated with bombs and mines and over 100,000 people, mostly children and breadwinners, have been killed or injured so far. Of the 15 million tonnes of bombs and mines dropped by the US in Viet Nam during the war, there are still 800,000 unexploded across the country.
→ read full articleParanoia Sells
William Boardman - Reader Supported News,
8 Apr 2013
North Korean “Threats” to World Peace Can Sell Military Hardware – Which is the more paranoid statement?
1. AMERICAN MEDIA: “North Korea is threatening to attack us with nuclear weapons.”
or:
2. NORTH KOREAN MEDIA: “The United States is threatening to attack us with nuclear weapons.”
28 Guantanamo Prisoners Now On Hunger Strike; 3 in Hospital for Dehydration
Ben Fox, The Associated Press – CTV News,
1 Apr 2013
More prisoners have joined a hunger strike at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, officials said Monday [25 Mar 2013], as defence lawyers expressed alarm about one of the most sustained protests at the base in several years. The military is force-feeding 10 of the prisoners to prevent dangerous weight loss, Navy Capt. Robert Durand, a spokesman for the prison on the U.S. base in Cuba said.
→ read full articleThe Washington Post’s Unbridled Arrogance
Robert Parry – Consortium News,
1 Apr 2013
Perhaps more than any news organization, the Washington Post steered the United States into the illegal invasion of Iraq. But a Post editorial, which belatedly takes note of the war’s tenth anniversary, admits to no mistakes and acknowledges no lessons learned.
→ read full articleFighting Nukes in Israel Is an Uphill Battle
Sharon Dolev - InDepthNews,
1 Apr 2013
Around the world, when it comes to nuclear weapons, it is a well know “secret” that Israel is a Nuclear Armed State. Just like India and Pakistan, Israel has developed a nuclear arsenal, but unlike the two, Israel’s arsenal remains a secret. Israel doesn’t talk about its arsenal and usually, doesn’t take part in any international or regional discourse about it.
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