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CIA drone strikes violate Pakistan’s sovereignty, says senior diplomat
Islamabad’s high commissioner believes the US should hand over control of the attacks to his government One of Islamabad’s most senior diplomats is warning that CIA drone strikes in Pakistan’s tribal areas are weakening democracy and risk pushing people towards extremist groups. Wajid Shamsul Hasan, the high commissioner to London and one of Pakistan’s top…
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Obama authorized secret support for Syrian rebels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing U.S. support for rebels seeking to depose Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his government, sources familiar with the matter said. Obama’s order, approved earlier this year and known as an intelligence “finding,” broadly permits the CIA and other U.S. agencies to provide support…
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Study Shows That Police Kill Black Person Every 40 Hours
“Report on Extrajudicial Killings of 110 Black People since January 1st, 2012.” Every 40 hours in the United States one Black woman, man or child is killed by police, and by a smaller number of security guards and self-appointed vigilantes. These are the startling findings of a new Report on Extrajudicial Killings of Black People…
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Turkey Says It ‘Will Not Tolerate’ a Kurdish Sanctuary in Syria
Turkey sent tanks and missile batteries to the border next to Syria’s Kurdish region Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he will not tolerate a Kurdish safe-haven in Syria following reports that Kurdish rebels and a Syrian Kurdish political party had taken control of large swathes of territory along the Turkish-Syrian border. Erdogan emphasized Turkey’s concern that…
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Hundreds of Palestinians face eviction from land
RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Israeli Defense Ministry wants to evict hundreds of Palestinians from eight hamlets in a West Bank area the military has designated as a firing zone, rights activists said Tuesday, portraying the decision as a new Israeli land grab. The firing zone, one of several in the West Bank, covers several…
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Review: “Animal Farm” (1954 & 1999 Films)
Introduction Hailed by capitalist literary critics, Trotskyites and anarchists as a masterpiece, the mediocre book Animal Farm has served a very important role in distorting the history of socialism in the Soviet Union. Modern editions of the book hail author George Orwell’s selfless journalistic integrity in producing the work, which is said to be a…
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Anaheim police kill another man, cops filmed firing on women & children at protest
Anaheim police have shot dead yet another man just a day after killing 24-year old Manuel Diaz. The previous day’s shooting sparked a protest against police brutality that was violently broken up by authorities. Police say the second shooting took place on Sunday, when anti-gang crime officers spotted a stolen SUV and started chasing it.…
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Blackwater illegally paid millions in taxpayer money
For half a decade, American taxpayers unknowingly spent millions of dollars a year to fund the so-called “democracy building” missions in Iraq carried out by Blackwater, the private security firm which regularly changes it name to hide its sins. A new report completed by the US State Department and the Broadcasting Board of Governors Office…
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Protesters storm Anaheim police station in wake of fatal shooting
A group of protesters stormed the lobby of the Anaheim police station Sunday, about half an hour before Police Chief John Welter was scheduled to reveal more details about a fatal officer-involved shooting the night before that sparked a confrontation between an angry crowd and investigators. Chanting “No justice, no peace” and holding signs that…
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Chilean Communist Party (Proletarian Action) Interview with Jacob Jugashvili
[Translated by PC (AP)] INTERVIEW JACOB JUGASHVILI, THE GREAT GRANDSON OF THE MAN OF STEEL Vladimir Ilich Lenin Cell Chilean Comunista Party (Proletarian Action) PC (AP) La Serena – Chile Jacob Jugashvili is a graduate professional artist, his native country Georgia and Russia. Today his artistic life developed in parallel with politics. Jacob is the…
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