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Peace Poll Reveals People Think Conflict Prevention Is Better than Cure
Harriet Lamb | Peace News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Oct 2018
20 Sep 2018 – Asked where their governments should spend more to promote peace, people gave top ranking to ‘dealing with the reasons why people fight in the first place’. This was strongly followed by ‘teaching peace, tolerance and conflict resolution in schools’. Again, military interventions had the least support.
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Ottawa Creating New Ambassador for Women, Peace and Security
Morgan Lowrie | The Canadian Press – CTV News,
1 Oct 2018
22 Sep 2018 – Canada will create a new ambassador position dedicated to women, peace and security, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said today. She made the announcement at a meeting of female foreign affairs ministers in Montreal.
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Malaysian Prime Minister Paints Dismal World Picture, Underscores Need for UN Reform
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Oct 2018
In the 15 years since he last addressed the General Assembly, little has changed in the world and it is in far worse shape now than it was then, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad lamented in his speech to world leaders gathered at the United Nations.
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Campaign to Get ‘Peacebuilding’ in Dictionaries Gains Traction
Peace News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Oct 2018
29 Sep 2018 – ‘Peacebuilding’ was coined in the 1970’s by Norwegian scholar Johan Galtung, who defines it as projects that involve “concrete action” towards peace. The word gets 7 million hits on Google, but is not in most dictionaries. Now a campaign has started to get ‘peacebuilding’ included.
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Meanwhile, in Yemen…
Latuff – MintPress News,
1 Oct 2018
Business as Usual…
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Yemen: Tackling The World’s Largest Humanitarian Crisis
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Oct 2018
24 Sep 2018 – The figures of the crisis are staggering and near-impossible to grasp: 22.2 million in need of assistance, 8.4 million people severely food insecure, and a further 10 million that could fall under the same category by the end of the year. In addition, more than 1.1 million cases of acute watery diarrhoea or cholera have been reported since April 2017.
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Poor Little al-Qaeda
Latuff – MintPress News,
1 Oct 2018
Come to Daddy…
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Activists: US Stance on Rohingya Not Strong Enough
William Gallo | VOA News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Oct 2018
The State Department report makes no determination that any of the violence amounts to genocide or crimes against humanity, and it recommends no specific action. “This is extremely disappointing for those of us who have no other country to look to do something humane and compassionate and principled,” said Maung Zarni.
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Turkey: Lawyer Files Criminal Complaint against Myanmar
Diyarbakir | Anadolu Agency – Hürriyet Daily News,
24 Sep 2018
20 Sep 2018 – A Turkish lawyer filed a criminal complaint today against several Myanmar officials on charges of committing genocide against Rohingya Muslims and crimes against humanity in Myanmar’s Rakhine State.
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Idlib Deal Could Save Three Million ‘from Catastrophe’ Says UN Chief, as Militants Are Urged to Lay Down Arms
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
20 Sep 2018 – A deal reached between Russia and Turkey to create a demilitarized buffer zone protecting citizens “from catastrophe” in Syria’s Idlib region is a welcome development, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said today, before urging all parties to make a “strong commitment” to it.
→ read full articleEconomy and Living Standards of Gaza ‘Eviscerated’ by Crippling Blockade – UN Trade and Development Report
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2018
12 Sep 2018 – The Occupied Palestinian Territory now suffers the highest unemployment rate in the world, with incomes and agricultural production going down, the United Nations trade and development agency said today, noting that women and young people were worst affected, as the Israeli occupation continues.
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Blockades ‘Expose’ the Innocent to the ‘Ravages of Economic War’ – UN Sanctions Expert Warns
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2018
13 Sep 2018 – Special Rapporteur Idriss Jazairy pointed out today that civilians affected by blockades do not benefit from the protection of the Geneva Convention, which is aimed at safeguarding civilians during wartime. Economic sanctions must not be allowed to degenerate into blockades that “expose people to the ravages of economic war in peacetime.”
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Myanmar, the Country Where Facebook Posts Whipped Up Hate
BBC News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2018
Decades of ethnic and religious tensions, a sudden explosion of internet access, and a company that had trouble identifying and removing the most hateful posts.
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India Court Legalises Gay Sex in Landmark Ruling
BBC News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2018
6 Sep 2018 – In a historic decision, India’s Supreme Court has ruled today that gay sex is no longer a criminal offence. The ruling overturns a colonial-era law known as section 377. Author and commentator Sandip Roy told the BBC that although the ruling was a cause for celebration, there were still hurdles to overcome, and a need for anti-discrimination laws.
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As Conflicts Become More Complex, ‘Mediation Is No Longer an Option; It Is a Necessity’, UN Chief Tells Security Council
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Sep 2018
29 Aug 2018 – As war and the mediation of peace have become increasingly complex, innovative thinking is needed to save and improve the lives of millions, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council today.
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U.S. to Cut US$ 200m Aid to Gaza and West Bank
BBC News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Aug 2018
24 Aug 2018 – US President Donald Trump has ordered more than US$200m in economic aid which was to be allocated to Gaza and the West Bank be redirected elsewhere. A State Department official said the decision was made after a review “to ensure these funds are spent in accordance with US national interests”.
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10 Tons of Mail That Had Been Blocked by Israel for Up To 8 Years Arrives in Palestinian Territories
VOA News | AFP – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Aug 2018
14 Aug 2018 – Palestinian postal service employees are working overtime, Palestinian officials said today. The parcels, dating from between 2010 and this year, had been prevented by Israel from entering the West Bank via Jordan but were released in a one-time deal, the officials said. The goods range from simple letters to medicine and even wheelchairs for the disabled.
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‘Defend the People, Not the States’, Says Outgoing UN Human Rights Chief
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Aug 2018
15 Aug 2018 – For four years, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, has been taking governments across the world to task, publicly naming and shaming States which have fallen short of their human rights obligations.
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India Is Introducing Free Health Care—for 500 Million People
David Brennan - Newsweek,
20 Aug 2018
The Indian government will pay for health care for around 500 million of its poorest citizens. During a speech to mark the country’s Independence Day on 15 August Modi said, “It is essential to ensure that we free the poor of India from the clutches of poverty due to which they cannot afford health care. The country can reach its potential only with a healthy population.”
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UN Report Finds ISIS Given “Breathing Space” in US-Occupied Areas of Syria
Whitney Webb – MintPress News,
20 Aug 2018
By maintaining an ISIS pocket in the territory it occupies, the U.S. can continue to justify its illegal presence in the country for the long-term, ultimately substituting Iran for ISIS as its new regional boogeyman.
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Peace News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Aug 2018
13 Aug 2018 – This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights. How has it changed the world as we know it? In 1948 the Declaration was signed to prevent the horrors of WWII from re-occurring. It set up human rights standards for all and is the world’s most translated document, in over 500 languages.
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Free!
LATUFF – MintPress News,
13 Aug 2018
Ahmed Tamimi’s Cry of Victory
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‘Pioneering’ Former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet Officially Appointed New UN Human Rights Chief
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Aug 2018
After a vote on Friday [10 Aug] by the United Nations General Assembly in New York, former two-time President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, hailed a “pioneer” by the UN Secretary-General, has officially been appointed as High Commissioner for Human Rights, effective from 1 September.
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What Happens to India’s Four Million ‘Stateless’ People?
Soutik Biswas – BBC News,
13 Aug 2018
30 Jul 2018 – Questions of identity and citizenship have long vexed a vast number of people living in Assam, one of India’s most multi-ethnic states. Among the residents are Bengali- and Assamese-speaking Hindus. A third of its 32 million residents are Muslims, the second-highest number after Indian-administered Kashmir.
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Jews Only
Latuff – MintPress News,
6 Aug 2018
Apartheid Jewish Style
→ read full article‘Economy Is Society’s Servant, Not Its Master,’ Say UN Rights Experts, Urging Brazil to Put Human Rights before Austerity
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
3 Aug 2018 – Marginalized groups suffer unduly harsh consequences due to Brazil’s economic policies of austerity, prompting United Nations rights experts to urge the Government to instead prioritize human rights.
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Outgoing UN Rights Chief: No Regrets for Speaking Up
Edith M. Lederer | Associated Press – Fox News,
6 Aug 2018
3 Aug 2018 – The U.N. human rights chief defended his outspoken criticism of abuses in dozens of countries from Myanmar and Hungary to the United States, insisting that his office doesn’t “bring shame on governments, they shame themselves.”
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Int’l Community Eyes Outcomes of BRICS Summit in Johannesburg
Xinhua News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
28 Jul 2018 – The 10th summit of the BRICS countries was held in Johannesburg from Wed to Fri [25-27 Jul], with the Johannesburg Declaration issued, mapping out a blueprint for the emerging-market bloc’s second “Golden Decade.” It has shown the world that the BRICS countries unanimously oppose trade protectionism and remain a powerful force for maintaining the multilateral trade system.
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(Français) Le traité de paix entre l’Erythrée et l’Ethiopie met fin à des décennies de conflit frontalier
Arun Kumar | The Down News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
17 Juil 2018 – Les habitants ont célébré dans les rues d’Asmara, la capitale de l’Erythrée, la normalisation des relations diplomatiques et le rétablissement des voies de communication.
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Betrayal
Latuff – MintPress News,
30 Jul 2018
Politics as usual…
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Trump’s Space Force: Military Profiteering’s Final Frontier
Harvey Wasserman - Reader Supported News,
23 Jul 2018
21 Jul 2018 – Of all the many, many terrible things the Trump Administration is doing, opening space to war will be the most destructive. The heavens are going to be littered with radioactive debris.
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Physicians for Human Rights Call for Crimes against Humanity Investigation in Myanmar
VOA News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jul 2018
21 Jul 2018 – A physicians group working with Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh says medical and scientific evidence indicates the extent of the violence they suffered at the hands of the Myanmar military and civilians.
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USA’s Military Drops a Bomb Every 12 Minutes and No One Is Talking about It
Lee Camp | DWF News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jul 2018
20 Jul 2018 – And that’s odd, because we’re technically at war with—let me think—zero countries. So that should mean zero bombs are being dropped, right? Hell no! You’ve made the common mistake of confusing our world with some sort of rational, cogent world in which our military-industrial complex is under control.
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New Import Restrictions Risk Triggering ‘Dramatic Deterioration’ in Gaza, Says UN Humanitarian Coordinator
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jul 2018
17 Jul 2018 – Following further restrictions on goods and supplies that can be moved across the border of the Gaza Strip, the top United Nations humanitarian official there has called for urgent measures to prevent an already critical humanitarian situation from getting worse.
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“Mysteries of the Sacred Universe” Seminar in New York
Prishni Shutton | ISKCON News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jul 2018
29 Jun 2018 – Murali Gopal Das presented a lively seminar at New York City’s Bhakti Center titled “Mysteries of the Sacred Universe.” Murali holds a Ph.D. in physics from Ohio University, has served an internship at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, completed his post-doctoral studies at Columbia University, and has taught Sanskrit at the University of Florida. As a member of the Bhaktivedanta Institute for Higher Studies, he develops courses on Bhakti and Science, including Vedic concepts of cosmography, consciousness, and physics.
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Security Council Hails ‘Historic and Significant’ Joint Peace Declaration by Ethiopia and Eritrea
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jul 2018
10 Jul 2018 – The United Nations Security Council today described the Joint Declaration, signed by the leaders of Eritrea and Ethiopia, as “a historic and significant” move with “far-reaching consequences” for the whole Horn of Africa region and beyond.
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Rohingya Cannot Become ‘Forgotten Victims,’ Says UN Chief Urging World to Step Up Support
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jul 2018
Painting a grim picture of villages being burned to the ground and other “bone-chilling” accounts he heard from Rohingya refugees who fled violence in Myanmar, the UN chief has called on the world to answer their calls for help with real action.
→ read full articleHaves vs. Have-nots
Latuff – MintPress News,
9 Jul 2018
Might Makes… What?
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UN Chief: ‘Unimaginable’ Stories of Killings, Rape from Rohingya Refugees
VOA News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jul 2018
2 Jul 2018 – “Nothing could’ve prepared me for the scale of crisis and extent of suffering I saw today in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. I heard heartbreaking accounts from Rohingya refugees that will stay with me forever,” he wrote calling the Rohingya “one of the most discriminated against and vulnerable communities on Earth.”
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Yemen: Political Stalemate, Mercenaries Prosper, the Population Disintegrates, and Humanitarian Relief Blocked
Rene Wadlow | Foreign Policy News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jul 2018
29 Jun 2018 – The United Nations Security Council has been discussing the situation in both public and private meetings without any visible impact. Today, the choice between an end to the armed conflict with negotiations for a renewal of a Yemeni State on the basis of the con-federal system proposed and continued fighting in the hope that one faction become a “winner-take-all” is relatively clear.
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Veteran Socialist Public Official from Portugal Elected to Lead UN Migration Agency
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jul 2018
29 Jun 2018 – A lawyer and politician from Portugal, with an extensive career in public service, has been elected to head the United Nations migration agency.
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Walk or Die: Algeria Abandons 13,000 Refugees in the Sahara
Al Jazeera News– TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jul 2018
Associated Press report details witness accounts of migrants and refugees from Africa left to die in the Sahara Desert.
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Latuff – MintPress News,
2 Jul 2018
Of course…
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Trump Is Here to Stay and Change the World
Roberto Savio | Human Wrongs Watch – Other News,
25 Jun 2018
18 Jun 2018 – Donald John Trump, 45th and current president of the United States, has been seen in many illustrious circles as an anomaly that cannot last. Well, it is time to look at reality… This is not new in history. Hitler and Mussolini were at first elected, and today many “men of providence” are lining up.
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UN Chief Calls for ‘Solidarity, Compassion and Action’ on World Refugee Day
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Jun 2018
20 Jun 2018 – With more than 68 million people worldwide displaced due to conflict or persecution — roughly equivalent to the population of Thailand— the head of the United Nations has called for unity and solidarity as a first step to support them.
→ read full articleYemen
Latuff – MintPress News,
25 Jun 2018
Advancing American/Saudi Interests in the Region
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21st Century Fascism: Trump Style (Part 1)
Steven Jonas | OpEdNews – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Jun 2018
Just because there are elections and an elected government, don’t think that there cannot be fascism. One needs only to look at the Nazi German example.
→ read full articleTime Is Running Out
Prof. Peter Asaro | Campaign to Stop Killer Robots - Yahoo! News,
20 Jun 2018
The Dangers of Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Weapons
→ read full articleUN General Assembly Adopts Text Urging Greater Protection for Palestinians and Deploring Israel’s ‘Excessive’ Use of Force
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Jun 2018
13 Jun 2018 – In an emergency meeting today the UNGA adopted an Arab-sponsored resolution calling for greater protection for Palestinians and deploring any use of “excessive, disproportionate and indiscriminate” force by the Israeli military against Palestinian civilians, particularly in Gaza.
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‘True’ Peace Requires Standing Up for Human Rights, Says UN Chief Guterres
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Jun 2018
13 June 2018 – Achieving peace involves more than “laying down weapons”, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said today, calling for intensified efforts to address the root causes of conflict.
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How a Legal Challenge on Rohingya Deportation Could Redefine the Bounds of International Justice
Irwin Loy – IRIN News,
20 Jun 2018
13 Jun 2018 – It’s a simple-sounding question with far-reaching ramifications: does the International Criminal Court have the mandate to investigate the alleged deportation of Rohingya civilians from Myanmar into Bangladesh? “It’s an incredibly compelling case given the scale of the atrocities that have occurred.”
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US-Backed Coalition Bombs Yemen’s New Cholera Treatment Center, after Unleashing World’s Largest Outbreak
Ben Norton - The Real News,
20 Jun 2018
The US-backed Saudi/Emirati coalition bombed a newly constructed cholera treatment center in Yemen run by Médecins Sans Frontières. This air attack comes after the impoverished country suffered through the worst cholera outbreak in recorded history.
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Evidence of Second Genocidal Campaign in Myanmar
Sky News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jun 2018
5 Jun 2018 – Active and Unfolding Genocide of Kachin Christians – A Sky News investigation has uncovered evidence that the Burmese military is targeting another ethnic minority in Myanmar.
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South Sudan Suffering on ‘Almost Unimaginable Scale’, Warns UN Relief Chief
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jun 2018
People are suffering “on an almost unimaginable scale” in South Sudan, the United Nations emergency relief chief said on Monday [4 Jun], adding that he welcomed the announcement by the United States that it is to review the amount of assistance it provides to the war-torn country.
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Before You Give Your Computer to the Geek Squad
John Kiriakou - Reader Supported News,
11 Jun 2018
8 Jun 2018 – We all know that we live in a surveillance state. Now we have something else to worry about. The question remains whether Geek Squad employees are secretly working for the FBI. It appears that they are, and this would be a violation of the Constitution’s Fourth Amendment guaranteeing due process.
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UN Warns 10 Million More Yemenis Expected to Starve to Death by End of Year
Whitney Webb – MintPress News,
11 Jun 2018
According to the UN, the number of Yemenis in danger of starving to death would rise from the current figure of 8.4 million to 18.4 million by this December. That’s three times the estimated death toll of Jews killed during the Holocaust.
→ read full articleThe Iran ‘Deal’
Latuff – MintPress News,
11 Jun 2018
Messenger of Doom
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UN Agencies Express Outrage over Killing of Palestinian Volunteer Medic in Gaza
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jun 2018
United Nations officials have expressed their outrage over Friday’s [1 Jun] killing by Israeli security forces of 21-year-old Razan al-Najjar, a Palestinian volunteer medic who was helping the injured along the Gaza border.
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Israel Approves More Than 2,000 Settlement Units in West Bank
Al Jazeera News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jun 2018
31 May 2018 – The Israeli government has approved the construction of 2,070 new settlement units in the occupied West Bank, local media reported. Since US President Donald Trump came to office, Israel has approved construction of more than 14,000 settlement units.
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37 Million Bees Found Dead after Planting Large GMO Corn Field
Daily Native News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jun 2018
11 Mar 2018 – Millions of bees dropped dead after GMO corn was planted few weeks ago in Ontario, Canada. The local bee keeper, Dave Schuit who produces honey in Elmwood lost about 37 million bees which are about 600 hives. “Once the corn started to get planted our bees died by the millions,” Schuit said.
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How Long Are We Going to Pretend Palestinians Aren’t People?
Robert Fisk | The Independent – Reader Supported News,
28 May 2018
26 May 2018 – Monstrous. Frightful. Wicked. It’s strange how the words just run out in the Middle East today. Sixty Palestinians dead. In one day. Two-thousand-four-hundred wounded, more than half by live fire. In one day. The figures are an outrage, a turning away from morality, a disgrace for any army to create.
→ read full articleMeanwhile, in Gaza…
Latuff – MintPress News,
28 May 2018
War Crime of the Century
→ read full articleAudio Interview with Johan Galtung on Peace Journalism
Vatican News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2018
8 May 2018 – Galtung answers the questions, Why is it so difficult for the media to inform about peace? Why does it appear it to be interested only in war? “It is because they don’t know how to write about it, they don’t even know how to conceptualize peace,” he says.
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‘We Die Anyway, So Let It Be in Front of the Cameras’: Conversations with Palestinians in Gaza
Amira Hass | Haaretz – Reader Supported News,
21 May 2018
19 May 2018 – My friends in Gaza are outraged by Israel’s claim that Hamas rules everything. ‘You people always looked down at us, so it’s hard for you to understand that no one demonstrates in anyone else’s name.’
→ read full articleKiller Media
Latuff – MintPress News,
21 May 2018
Messenger?
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One Killed, ‘700 Palestinians Wounded’ in Seventh Week of Nonviolent Gaza Protests
Jack Khoury | Haaretz – Reader Supported News,
14 May 2018
11 May 2018 – One Palestinian was killed and 700 wounded in unarmed protests today along the Gaza border from live gunfire as thousands of Gazans protest along the border in the seventh consecutive week of the “March of Return.” Three critically wounded, 112 of those wounded were hit by live gunfire. Israeli doctors NGO demands entry to Israel for wounded to prevent amputations.
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‘Peace Journalism’ To Help Build a More Peaceful World
Vatican News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 May 2018
8 May 2018 – Pope Francis dedicated his Message for World Communications Day 2018 to “peace journalism” and Galtung expressed his gratitude for this. He said he believes that Pope Francis is one of the greatest positive figures of our time and “obviously I am deeply struck by his stance on a concept such as “peace journalism” and find his support a great boost.
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Which Country Dominates the Global Arms Trade?
Tim Bowler - BBC News,
14 May 2018
10 May 2018 – Brutal civil wars in Syria and Yemen, coupled with the return of great power rivalries between the US, Russia and China, have brought the world’s arms trade into sharp focus. It is a thriving global industry with the total international trade in arms now worth about $100bn per year. And it is the United States that is extending its lead as the globe’s number one arms exporter.
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Iran Deal Represents ‘Significant Verification Gain’ – UN Atomic Energy Chief
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 May 2018
9 May 2018 – Speaking the day after the United States withdrew from an international agreement on Iran’s nuclear programme, the head of the United Nations atomic watchdog agency made it clear that Iran has consistently stuck to its commitments.
→ read full articleFor Rohingya Refugees, Imminent Surge in Births Is Traumatic Legacy of Sexual Violence – Special Report
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 May 2018
11 May 2018 – Late last year, as violent repression in Myanmar sent Rohingyas fleeing to safety in Bangladesh, women from the mainly Muslim minority were subjected to what a United Nations official called “a frenzy of sexual violence”.
→ read full articleMasquerade Helmets
Latuff – MintPress News,
7 May 2018
True Identity…
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Turning on Russia (Part 1)
Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould – Consortium News,
7 May 2018
29 Apr 2018 – With the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the creation of the so called Wolfowitz Doctrine in 1992 during the administration of George Herbert Walker Bush, the United States claimed the mantle of the world’s first and only Unipower with the intention of crushing any nation or system that would oppose it in the future. The New World Order, foreseen just a few short years ago, becomes more disorderly by the day.
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The Latest Act in Israel’s Iran Nuclear Disinformation Campaign
Gareth Porter - Consortium News,
7 May 2018
3 May 2018 – Benjamin Netanyahu’s stage performance about Iran seeking a nuclear weapon not only was based on old material, but evidence shows it was fabricated too.
→ read full articleTurning on Russia (Part 2)
Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould – Consortium News,
7 May 2018
How Neo-Conservatives, Behind the Scenes, Took Control of U.S. Foreign Policy
→ read full articleNorth Korea’s Suspension of Missile Tests Should Lead to ‘Irreversible’ Commitment to Ban Nuclear Testing – UN-Backed Treaty Body
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Apr 2018
25 Apr 2018 – The world’s nuclear proliferation watchdog has welcomed the announcement by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to suspend its nuclear and missile tests and shut down its Punggye-ri atomic test site.
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North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un meets South Korean President Moon Jae-in at DMZ
VOA News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Apr 2018
Peace in the Making: Historic Third Summit between North and South Korea – Streamed Live 27 Apr 2018
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Saudi Aggression War against Yemen
Yemen News Agency Saba – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Apr 2018
23 Apr 2018 – At least 88 victims of the wedding massacre of the US-backed Saudi-led aggression warplane were killed and injured, which targeted a wedding in al-raqah area at Bani Qais in Hajjah province, a medical official told Saba today.
→ read full articleBloodthirsty
Latuff – MintPress News,
30 Apr 2018
Outlaws above International Law…
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An Alternative Explanation to the Skripal Mystery
Gareth Porter - Consortium News,
30 Apr 2018
An alternative explanation to the mystery surrounding the poisoning of Russian double-agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter may involve a possibility that neither the British nor Russian governments want to talk about.
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Famed War Reporter Robert Fisk Reaches Syrian ‘Chemical Attack’ Site, Concludes “They Were Not Gassed”
Zero Hedge – MintPress News,
23 Apr 2018
17 Apr 2018 – Not only has the veteran British journalist found no evidence of a mass chemical attack, but he’s encountered multiple local eyewitnesses who say the gas attack never happened. Fisk is the first Western journalist to reach and report from the site of the alleged chemical weapons attack widely blamed on Assad’s forces.
→ read full articleUN Hails Release of More Than 200 Child Soldiers in South Sudan
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Apr 2018
Two hundred and seven child soldiers have been released by armed groups in South Sudan, part of a series of planned discharges that should see nearly 1,000 children return home over the coming months.
→ read full articlePolitics as Usual
Latuff – MintPress News,
23 Apr 2018
Same old, same old…
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How the US Occupied the 30% of Syria Containing Most of Its Oil, Water and Gas
Whitney Webb – MintPress News,
23 Apr 2018
While gaining control of key resources for partitioning Syria and destabilizing the government in Damascus, the U.S.’ main goal in occupying the oil and water rich northeastern Syria is aimed not at Syria but at Iran.
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Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters Takes on Syrian White Helmets, Thought-Control
Whitney Webb – MintPress News,
23 Apr 2018
17 Apr 2018 – Roger Waters, former guitarist for Pink Floyd, spoke out against the Syrian White Helmets during a recent concert in Barcelona, calling the group “fake” and existing for the sole purpose of creating propaganda for a Western audience on behalf of Syrian opposition groups.
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Trump Attacks Syria with Chemical Experts on the Way
Joe Lauria - Consortium News,
23 Apr 2018
13 Apr 2018 – President Trump ordered airstrikes on Syria as a team of experts from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons was about to arrive to determine whether a chemical weapons attack had even occurred.
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Pentagon Does Not Have Evidence of Chlorine, Sarin Use in Syria’s Douma–US Defense Secretary Mattis
Sputnik News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Apr 2018
12 Apr 2018 – “There have been a number of these attacks. In many cases, you know we don’t have troops, we’re not engaged on the ground there, so I cannot tell you that we had evidence, even though we had a lot of media and social media indicators that either chlorine or sarin were used,” Mattis said, speaking to members of the House Armed Services Committee today.
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Insidious Colonialism
Boaventura de Sousa Santos – Other News,
16 Apr 2018
4 Apr 2018 – An in-depth consideration of the past sixty years leads me to conclude that what almost came to an end with the independence processes of the twentieth century was a particular form of colonialism, not colonialism as a mode of domination. The form that almost came to an end was what can be termed historical colonialism, which was characterized by foreign territorial occupation. But the mode of colonial domination persisted in other forms.
→ read full articleAt Security Council, UN Chief Pushes for Creation of Body to Determine Perpetrators of Chemical Attacks in Syria
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Apr 2018
13 April 2018 – António Guterres today again called for the creation of an independent panel that could determine who used chemical weapons in Syria, as the absence of such a body increases the risks of a military escalation in a country already riven by “confrontations and proxy wars.”
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Syrian Army Captures British Militants in Eastern Ghouta – Reports
Sputnik News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Apr 2018
12 Apr 2018 – According to a report by Al-Mayadeen news channel cited by Fars News, a number of British troops have been captured during the Syrian Arab Army’s operations in Eastern Ghouta. They are believed to be a part of international military forces deployed in the region to launch a ground assault in Damascus in cooperation with the US.
→ read full articleHere We Go Again…
Latuff – MintPress News,
9 Apr 2018
29 Mar 2018 – Trump in Bad Company
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Teaching Evolution in Schools: What Science Explains and What Explains Science
Chaitanya Charan Das | Spiritual Scientist – ISKCON News,
9 Apr 2018
“When evolution becomes an all-explaining truth-claim, it no longer remains a science, but becomes an ideology.” Before examining the tenability of this statement, we need to understand what is implied by the word evolution. It refers to different things in different contexts.
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Death of Marielle Franco Shines Light on the White Collar Criminals Running Brazil
MintPress News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Apr 2018
Death of the New Republic: White-collar criminals in Brasília are ruling the country. Drug lords, paramilitaries, death squads, military police, and now also the army are terrorizing the population in the slums and the suburbs.
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The World’s Most Dangerous Terrorist Group and Its Leader
Rob Kall – OpEdNews,
9 Apr 2018
24 Mar 2018 – The propaganda efforts of this terrorist group have been so effective that many of its victims actually support it enthusiastically, even while it kills their family members and impoverishes them. But what exactly is terrorism? Wikipedia’s page on terrorism offers this:
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Algorithmic Censorship: Google and Corporate News Giants Forge New Alliance to Defeat Independent Journalism
Elliott Gabriel – MintPress News,
2 Apr 2018
23 Mar 2018 – The “new media” monopolists of Silicon Valley and the once-dominant traditional print media have clearly agreed that the “fake news” frenzy is a convenient pretext to step up their censorship of the internet through new algorithms, allowing them to boost their profit margins and silence opposition through a new framework of “algorithmic censorship.”
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Three Mile Island Accident Deaths, Location: Facts on Nuclear Meltdown’s Anniversary
Elana Glowatz - Newsweek,
2 Apr 2018
28 Mar 2018 – It has been 39 years since a meltdown at Three Mile Island became the most significant nuclear accident in U.S. history. On March 28, 1979, one of the reactors at that power plant partially melted down, releasing radiation and revealing flaws within both the system and in how authorities respond to emergencies.
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Should Israeli Settlers Be Considered Civilians?
Robert Inlakesh – MintPress News,
2 Apr 2018
Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention: “The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies.”
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At Security Council, UN Middle East Peace Envoy Reports on Israel’s Troubling Settlement Expansion
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Apr 2018
Reporting that over the past three months, Israel has advanced 22 plans for some 1,200 housing units for one area of the West Bank, a United Nations envoy warned Monday [26 Mar] that such ongoing settlement expansion is eroding the prospect of a two-state solution to the long-standing Middle East conflict.
→ read full articlePathways for Peace: A Call to Rethink the Prevention of Violent Conflict in a Turbulent World
Alexandre Marc | Peace News – TRANSCEND Media Servive,
2 Apr 2018
26 Mar 2018 – The joint UN–World Bank report, Pathways for Peace, was published on 1 Mar 2018. It is the first report that these two organizations have prepared in concert. It reflects the sense of urgency that many of us feel at organizations with a global reach to find common solutions to address violent conflict in the twenty-first century.
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UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Apr 2018
29 Mar 2018 -With relief agencies in Bangladesh struggling to assist more than a million vulnerable Rohingya refugees crowded into makeshift camps, the World Health Organization today appealed for international support to help the cash strapped health sector.
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Trump Supports ‘Space Force’ for War-Making and Dominance in Space
Dennis J Bernstein – Consortium News,
26 Mar 2018
20 Mar 2018 – Calls by Trump for a new ‘Space Force’ could further the potential of an armed showdown between US and foreign powers, such as China and Russia, reports Dennis J Bernstein in this interview with peace activist Bruce Gagnon.
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