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Chiquita Looking to Block Lawsuits Against Its Funding of Death Squads
by MAX RIVLIN-NADLER Chiquita Brands International, giver of bananas and well-known supporter of Colombian death squads, is trying to get a federal appeals court to block a lawsuit brought against it by the families victimized by their paid mercenaries. And they might just get away with it. Chiquita has long had large banana plantations in Colombia, and admitted…
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Neo-Nazis Take Over North Dakota Town in the U.S. – Native Americans and Activists Protest
A group of Neo-Nazis have set their sights on a North Dakota Town in the U.S. Native Americans and other activists have formed a protest to speak out against this organized act of terrorizing non-white communities, and Indigenous peoples of the Dakotas in particular. Native American activists and UnityND have released a statement “Caravan leaves…
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American Indians: Protect Treaty Territory from White Supremacists in Leith, North Dakota
Lakotas and Dakotas face off with white supremacists in Leith, North Dakota Lakotas and Dakotas face off with white supremacists in Leith, North Dakota By Brenda Norrell Censored News Breaking News http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2013/09/american-indians-protect-treaty.html Updated all day Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013 Dutch translation NAIS LEITH, North Dakota — Lakotas and Dakotas arrived today in Leith, near the Standing…
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Half of Syria Rebels Jihadists, Linked to Al-Qaeda
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Sept. 16 (UPI) — Nearly half the rebels fighting to topple the Iranian-backed Syrian regime of President Bashar Assad are either diehard al-Qaida jihadists or hardline Islamists primarily focused on setting up a strict Islamic state, a report by the defense consultancy IHS Jane’s says. The London-based global defense consultancy said about 10,000 of…
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Cuba creates four anti-cancer vaccines, media ignores it
By Jo MacLean That Cuba has already developed four vaccines or inoculations against different types of cancer is without doubt important news for humanity. The World Health Organisation says each year about 8 million people die from this illness. However, the international mainstream media have almost totally ignored this news. Last year, Cuba patented the first therapeutic vaccine against advanced lung…
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Overpopulation Is Not the Problem
By ERLE C. ELLIS BALTIMORE — MANY scientists believe that by transforming the earth’s natural landscapes, we are undermining the very life support systems that sustain us. Like bacteria in a petri dish, our exploding numbers are reaching the limits of a finite planet, with dire consequences. Disaster looms as humans exceed the earth’s natural carrying…
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Abu Ghraib Torture Victims Ordered To Pay U.S. Contractor’s Legal Fees
By Christina Wilkie A federal judge on Wednesday ordered four Iraqis who were imprisoned at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison to pay nearly $14,000 in legal fees to defense contractor CACI, an Arlington, Va.-based company that supplied interrogators to the U.S. government during the Iraq War. The decision in favor of CACI stemmed from a…
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Greeks protest against Golden Dawn attack on Communists
Thousands demonstrate in Athens after supporters of neo-Nazi party leave nine seriously injured amid fears of civil war Helena Smith in Athens Thousands of Greeks took to the streets of Athens on Friday to protest against a violent attack on Communist party members by black-shirted supporters of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party which left nine people in hospital with serious…
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Golden Dawn linked to attack on KKE members
A brutal assault by suspected supporters of Golden Dawn on members of the Communist Party (KKE) late on Thursday in Perama, near Piraeus, was led by three known members of the ultra-right party who have been detained by police in the past, sources said Friday. One of the three suspects is reportedly a party member…
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Germany is the first European country to recognize a third gender
by George Dvorsky Starting this November, German parents will be able to select male, female, or “indeterminate” when filling out their newborn’s birth certificate. This means that parents won’t have to label their baby’s gender, thereby allowing those born with intersex characteristics to make a decision later in life. Or not. The new law, which goes…
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