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"The strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to
fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them." Gene
Roddenberry
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"[War] is legalized mass murder, it is rightly relegated to the
measure of last resort by civilized people the world over. Thus the
majority of the civilized world was horrified when the United States
launched a preemptive war on Iraq without the authorization of the
United Nations." Thom Hartmann
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"Civilization can only revive when there shall come into being
in a number of individuals a new tone of mind, independent of the
prevalent one among the crowds, and in opposition to it -- a tone of
mind which will gradually win influence over the collective one, and in
the end determine its character. Only an ethical movement can rescue
us from barbarism, and the ethical comes into existence only in
individuals. - Albert Schweitzer
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America's War On Iraq: 4,745icasualties.org/oif/
Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 2,299
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A Nation of Laws? Or Assassins?
By Jim Cason
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Trumping Truth-Telling
Helen Thomas: Freedom of Speech and the Zionist Albatross
By DIANE SHAMMAS
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Julian Assange on Murdoch, Manning and the threat from China
By John Pilger
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A Clear Danger to Free Speech
By GEOFFREY R. STONE
THE so-called Shield bill, which was recently introduced in both
houses of Congress in response to the WikiLeaks disclosures, would
amend the Espionage Act of 1917 to make it a crime for any person
knowingly and willfully to disseminate, "in any manner prejudicial to
the safety or interest of the United States," any classified
information "concerning the human intelligence activities of the United
States." http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27249.htm
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Detained American Says F.B.I. Pressed Him
By MARK MAZZETTI
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Government Spy Infiltrated Antiwar Groups Before FBI Raids
By Democracy Now
There are major new developments in the case of the peace activists
targeted by FBI raids last September. Lawyers for the activists in
Minnesota and St. Paul have learned a government agent infiltrated
their group and conducted extensive spying. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27250.htm
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City Bankruptcies Will Increase, Dimon Warns
By William Alden
The JPMorgan CEO said he expects to see more U.S. municipalities
declare bankruptcy. His concerns echo those of Meredith Whitney, the
analyst who has said the next major financial crisis will come from a
wave of local government defaults, and those of famed investor Warren
Buffett, who has called the municipal debt situation a "terrible
problem. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27246.htm
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US Banks 'Foreclosured On record 1m Homes in 2010'
By BBC
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Darwin Was Right
We are descended from monkeys. There is no other explanation.
By Fred Reed
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25 killed in suicide car blast in Bannu, Pakistan:
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Mortars fired from Afghanistan killed 8 people in NW Pakistan:
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Four police officers killed as militants target police vehicle:
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Six NATO occupation force soldiers killed in attacks in Afghanistan:
Three soldiers died following a roadside bomb in eastern
Afghanistan, while a fourth was killed in an insurgent attack in the
same region, ISAF statements said. http://bit.ly/idIBAE
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Four Afghans killed in Taliban bombings :
Three intelligence agents and a civilian were killed in explosions
in the Afghan capital Kabul and the eastern province of Kunar on
Wednesday, officials said. http://bit.ly/i6I03U
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Mullen says violence in Afghanistan likely to rise:
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Death toll climbs sharply in Tunisia riots: 10 more killed:-
The death toll in a month of anti-government protests continued to
climb Thursday, with witnesses and human rights groups reporting at
least 10 more people had been killed in demonstrations countrywide over
the past 24 hours. http://bit.ly/hUBktp
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Police shoot dead protester in Tunisa: witnesses:
Police shot dead a demonstrator near the centre of the Tunisian
capital Thursday, witnesses told AFP, in fresh anti-government protests
in a wave of unrest rocking the country. http://bit.ly/eHbncO
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Tunisia dictator seriously challenged:
President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, ruling Tunisia since 1987, for
the first time faces a serious challenge to his authoritarian power as
demonstrators defy the curfew and hit back at the police. http://www.afrol.com/articles/37068
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4 Killed in fierce clashes between the army and the separatists South of Yemen:
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2 killed by bombs in Iraq, as Biden visits:
Iraqi officials say three explosions in the capital killed two
people as Vice President Joe Biden meets with Iraqi leaders to discuss
the US troop exit. http://bit.ly/h0kgiG
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Contours of a large and lasting American presence in Iraq starting to take shape:
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Tony Blair to appear before Iraq war inquiry on 21 January:
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Hamas deploys forces near Israel-Gaza border to enforce truce:
Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh issued the order Thursday following a
surge in violence between Palestinian militants and the Israeli
military in recent weeks. http://bit.ly/eKKj76
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Turkey PM: Netanyahu has worst government in history of Israel:
Erdogan tells Al-Jazeera that Lieberman is Israel's 'greatest
problem' and urges the Israeli public to 'get rid' of him; he also
denies Western definition of Hamas as a terrorist movement and declares
peace impossible until they are brought into negotiations. http://bit.ly/hICLqh
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Social Affairs Minister: Israel today feels like Alabama in the 1940s:
Isaac Herzog calls on President Shimon Peres to speak out and
become a leader in the fight against increased incidents of racism and
oppression. http://bit.ly/h7RuUb
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Lebanon PM resignation accepted:
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Lebanese government collapses:
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Obama backs Hariri as Lebanon plunges into turmoil:
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The effective Iranian deterrent:
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Fact or fiction?
The WikiLeaks-Iran connection:
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WikiLeaks: Julian Assange claims to have Rupert Murdoch 'insurance files':
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Lawyer for Assange Accusers Has Ties to CIA and Torture:
A lawyer for the accusers in the case of WikiLeaks founder Julian
Assange has ties to the CIA and torture in the post-9/11 period,
according to a 2009 report in Europe. http://bit.ly/g0eixp
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WikiLeaks delivers contribution to Bradley Manning defence fund:
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Wikileaks volunteer detained and searched (again) by US agents:
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FBI Arrests 32-year-old Man For Threatening Washington Democratic Congressman Jim McDermott:
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UK: Second undercover police officer who posed as activist:
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Fearing tea party violence, four Arizona Republicans resign:
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At least 350 killed in Brazil flooding:
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Mexico updates four years of drug war deaths to 34,612:
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UK: Default retirement age of 65 to end. ministers confirm:
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As Austerity Bites Greece, Police Get More Brutal:
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China nudges U.S. on assets ahead of Hu trip:
China would welcome assurances its financial assets in the United
States are safe, a senior diplomat said Wednesday, ahead of President
Hu Jintao's visit next week, but played down rifts between the two
powers. http://bit.ly/hJp1qg
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Chinese bank launches yuan service in New York:
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US Public Strongly Opposes Debt Level Increase:
The U.S. public overwhelmingly opposes raising the country's debt
limit even though failure to do so could hurt America's international
standing and push up borrowing costs, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll
released Wednesday. http://www.cnbc.com/id/41044109//1/displaymode/1098/
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US Federal Reserve chief rules out loans to the states:
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N.Y. governor unveils emergency debt plan:
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US Banks Reporting Phantom Income on $1.4 Trillion Delinquent Mortgages:
The giant US banks have been bailed out again from huge potential
writeoffs by loosey-goosey accounting accepted by the accounting
profession and the regulators. http://bit.ly/i2InMs
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US wholesale prices pushed up by higher energy costs:
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Detroit: An American Ghetto Where a House Costs Less Than a Car:
Once our pride and joy, Detroit now reminds us of how far off track
our economy has gone and how downtrodden the middle class is. http://huff.to/hbElGc
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"Let us be peace and joy"
Tom Feeley
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