PRIME SINISTER: Meet the New F...

May 21, 2015 by

[Translate] World Meet the people who make up Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s latest cabinet. By David Sheen / AlterNet...

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Nuclear Hair-Trigger and Launc...

Apr 27, 2015 by

Nuclear Hair-Trigger and Launch-on-Warning: The World Says “No”

[Translate] Lisbeth Gronlund, physicist & co-director, Global Security Almost all the world’s nations gather today at the UN in...

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Ethiopians talk of Intimidatio...

Apr 14, 2015 by

Ethiopians talk of Intimidation as their land is earmarked for foreign investors,

[Translate] New report gives damning indictment of the government’s mandatory resettlement policy carried out in a political climate...

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Fear, fatigue and separation: ...

Apr 14, 2015 by

Fear, fatigue and separation: a journey with migrants willing to risk everything

[Translate] THE GUARDIAN Smugglers are taking more illegal migrants through the western Balkans, but the route holds great hardships...

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The California Water Crisis Is...

Apr 9, 2015 by

The California Water Crisis Isn’t About Lifestyle—It’s About Crops

[Translate] Larry’s List  TRUTHDIG There’s something that everyone, including The New York Times, is getting wrong about the...

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“Islam is not a religion of pe...

Apr 4, 2015 by

“Islam is not a religion of peace”: Ayaan Hirsi Ali

[Translate] Ayaan Hirsi Ali explains why Western liberals need to speak up — and why Islam needs a reformation now Ayaan Hirsi...

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Obama fights to contain Republ...

Apr 3, 2015 by

Obama fights to contain Republican rebellion over Iran nuclear deal

[Translate] President calls several top lawmakers to insist deal is good for America Congress demands say over the fine print of the...

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How Afghanistan Is Leaving Ame...

Apr 2, 2015 by

How Afghanistan Is Leaving America in the Dust

[Translate] World The United States might end up as a footnote in the long history of Afghanistan. By Dilip Hiro / TomDispatch  VIA...

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Belgium is abolishing all pris...

Mar 23, 2015 by

Belgium is abolishing all prison sentences under one year

[Translate]   The proposal will both save money and lead to a more effective justice system, the country’s government says...

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ISIS: Making sense of the spec...

Mar 22, 2015 by

[Translate] Experts explain how botched American policies helped create a movement that revolutionized Islamist extremism Laura...

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Netanyahu’s Decision To Back A...

Mar 20, 2015 by

Netanyahu’s Decision To Back Away From Two-State Solution Could Cause Big Problem For Republicans

[Translate] by Igor Volsky THINK PROGRESS Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks before a joint meeting of Congress on...

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European Allies Are Declaring ...

Mar 19, 2015 by

European Allies Are Declaring Their Independence from Irresponsible U.S.

[Translate] By William Pfaff   TRUTHDIG Rock Cohen (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) PARIS—Britain, illness Germany and France are all posting signs...

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The Real Story Behind the Repu...

Mar 17, 2015 by

The Real Story Behind the Republicans’ Iran Letter

[Translate] By Gareth Porter   LA PROGRESSIVE The real story is how enforcers of Likudist policy on Iran used a young Republican...

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A New Kind of Mental Disturban...

Mar 5, 2015 by

A New Kind of Mental Disturbance? Drone Pilots Are Quitting in Droves

[Translate] World The people on the ground are not the only ones being traumatized. By Pratap Chatterjee / TomDispatch  VIA ALTERNET...

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Plague Outbreaks That Ravaged ...

Mar 1, 2015 by

Plague Outbreaks That Ravaged Europe Were Driven by Climate Changes in Asia

[Translate] THE CONVERSATION Authors Boris Schmid Research Fellow, thumb Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES) at...

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The City that Privatized Itsel...

Feb 26, 2015 by

The City that Privatized Itself to Death

[Translate] World Bit by bit, London has been handed over to pinstriped investors ‘reeking of lunch.’ By Ian Martin / The...

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THE WORLD BEYOND WAR

Jan 28, 2015 by

THE WORLD BEYOND WAR

[Translate] Spring Rising: An Anti-War Intervention in DC Spring Rising: An Antiwar Intervention in DC http://SpringRising.org Coming...

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The US’ Dark Empire Has ...

Jan 26, 2015 by

The US’ Dark Empire Has Secret Operations in Over 100 Countries

[Translate]   World The United States deployed special forces to 70 percent of the nations on earth. By Nick Turse / Tom Dispatch  ...

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Jon Stewart Asks Jimmy Carter ...

Jan 14, 2015 by

Jon Stewart Asks Jimmy Carter If There’s Any Hope Left for Global Peace; His Answer May Surprise You

[Translate]  TRUTHDIG The 39th president of the U.S. has kept quite busy since the end of his term, order but he put aside some time...

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A Message From the Dispossesse...

Jan 13, 2015 by

A Message From the Dispossessed

[Translate] Chris Hedges Posted on Jan 11, thumb  2015 By Chris Hedges   Broken pens were placed in a pool of simulated blood Friday...

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6 Right-Wing Lunacies This Wee...

Jan 11, 2015 by

6 Right-Wing Lunacies This Week: Rupert Murdoch’s Post-Hebdo Advice Is ‘Just Stop Being Muslim’

[Translate] Tea Party and the Right Plus Phyllis Schlafly’s crazy campus rape solution. By Janet Allon / AlterNet 1. Rupert...

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Stopping the Biggest Corporate...

Jan 10, 2015 by

Stopping the Biggest Corporate Power Grab in Years

[Translate] World How fighting back against one arcane, Nixon-era trade negotiating procedure could put a stop to a global corporate...

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The Bankrupt Blame-the-Left Cr...

Jan 9, 2015 by

The Bankrupt Blame-the-Left Crew: What the Right’s Hebdo Attack Is Really About

[Translate]   Tea Party and the Right Here’s why it was, alas, predictable that the satire magazine slaughter got blamed...

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What is going on with the U.S....

Jan 8, 2015 by

What is going on with the U.S. government?

[Translate] Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club <wdrc@yahoogroups.com>, DFA NorCal Group <DFA-NorCal@yahoogroups.com>,...

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These Three American Families ...

Jan 7, 2015 by

These Three American Families Are Funding Half Of Netanyahu’s Re-Election Bid

[Translate] WorldMore than 90% of the Israeli prime minister’s campaign money comes from the United States, ampoule according to...

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Twelve Lessons for 2015

Jan 3, 2015 by

Twelve Lessons for 2015

[Translate] By John Cassidy THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE Turkish residents observe an explosion across the border in Syria. Credit...

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