Resolving Key Nuclear Issue Turns on Iran-Russia Deal
By Gareth Porter
The briefing was translated by BBC's monitoring service but not reported in the Western press.
http://www.The Kerry-Abdullah Secret Deal Oil-Gas Pipeline War On Iran, Syria And Russia
By F. William Engdahl
One of the weirdest anomalies of the recent NATO bombing campaign, is that the price of crude oil has been dropping, dramatically.
http://www.Putin's Head
By Vasily Koltashov and Boris Kagarlitsky
Who will remove the head of Russian President Putin and offer it on a platter to the U.S.?
http://www.Jerusalem, the Capital of Apartheid, Awaits the Uprising
By Gideon Levy
Mass arrests, violent settlers, expulsion, and dispossession: With that as the lot of Jerusalem's Palestinians, no one should have been surprised with Wednesday's terror attack.
http://www.The Genius Of Israeli Evil: It Poses As Concern
By Amira Hass
The genius of Israeli evil is in its ability to disguise itself as compassion and concern.
http://www.Canada: Decoding Harper's Terror Game. Beneath the Masks and Diversions
By Prof. John McMurtry
Stephen Harper is the most deeply reviled Prime Minister in Canada's history.
http://www.The Stark Facts of Global Greed
By Paul Bucheit
With total U.S. wealth of $84 trillion, the three-year change represents a transfer of wealth of over a trillion dollars from the bottom half of America to the richest 1%
http://www.Bogotá: Improving Civic Behavior
Documentary
A unique and surprising story of two mayors, who have changed behaviour patterns in the Colombian capital, bringing Bogotá out of a negative spiral of violence and chaos and remaking it as something of a visionary role model for other megacities.
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Hard News
17 killed as Houthis, tribesmen clash in Yemen's Ibb:
At least 17 people were killed in overnight clashes between Houthi militants and armed tribesmen in central Yemen's Ibb province, a security official said Wednesday.
Houthis seize control of Yemen's Radmah after clashes: Shiite Houthi militants managed on Wednesday to seize control of the central Yemeni city of Radmah following fierce clashes with local armed tribesmen, a tribal source has said.
Peshmerga forces arrive in Turkey on their way to Ain Arab "Kobanî": Anatolia Agency reported that "the Peshmerga forces arrived to Sanliurfa Airport in the south of Turkey in the early dawn, coming from Erbil airport in northern Iraq.
ISIS has captured an advanced Chinese-made surface-to-air missile:
An advanced surface-to-air missile thought to have been supplied to Syrian rebels by Qatar against American wishes has been filmed in the hands of ISIS jihadists.
IS captures 3 gas wells in Syria's Homs: report:
The IS captured the gas wells east of Palmyra in Homs after intense clashes with the Syrian troops, said the report, spelling no further details.
Syrians fear economy may be further pummeled by anti-IS bombings: Many already finding fuel and even food too expensive to buy
170 killed as UN envoy says, Libya close to point of no return The death toll from two weeks of street fighting between pro-government forces and Islamist armed groups in the eastern city of Benghazi has risen to 170, medics said. Seven people were killed on Tuesday, and 15 on Monday.
Egypt to clear residents from Gaza border: People living along Gaza border ordered to evacuate as army plans to destroy their homes and create a buffer zone.
UN to Hold Emergency Session on Illegal, Israeli Squatter Settlements: The meeting is in response to a request made by Jordan to Argentina's U.N. Ambassador Maria Cristina Perceval, who holds the UNSC's presidency this month.
U.S. official says Netanyahu is a 'chicken*hit PM': As the ongoing crisis in U.S.-relations continues, a report by The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg cites a senior U.S. official as saying that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is "a chickenshit prime minister," who only cares about his political survival.
Several Killed in Suspected Boko Haram Attack in Nigeria: Local Official: Heavily armed fighters in all-terrain vehicles stormed the town of Kukawa, some 180 kilometres (112 miles) from the Borno state capital, Maiduguri, and opened fire on police and a local market.
One Killed in Clashes at UN Camp in South Sudan: One person was killed and eight others were wounded when machete-wielding youths clashed inside the United Nations camp in Malakal, where thousands of displaced South Sudanese have sought shelter, a U.N. official said Tuesday.
Libyan soldiers admit Cambridge sex attacks:
Libyan soldiers being trained in Britain behaved 'like a pack' to hunt down and sexually assault three women, court hears
Media Meltdown Emails Disclose Who Really Runs the South African Show: The biggest credibility crisis ever to hit South Africa's independent media is unfolding this week.
Jamaat chief sentenced to death in Bangladesh: Motiur Rahman Nizami, 71, convicted of charges including genocide, murder, torture and rape.
US Warns Russia on East Ukraine Rebel Vote: Secretary of State John Kerry warned Moscow that if it recognized rebel-organized elections set for November, it would be violating peace talk agreements.
Twenty-eight EU ambassadors uphold sanctions against Russia:
The permanent representatives agreed with the conclusions made at those debates that for the moment there were no reasons to change EU restrictive measures against Russia, the source said.
'Russian distress call' prompting Swedish sub hunt never existed - sigint source:
Reports of a Russian distress signal and a grainy-picture were enough to deploy the navy while the media widely concluded the vessel had to be a Russian submarine spooking Stockholm.
Germany warns security situation 'critical' due to radical Islam: Radical Islam poses a critical security threat to Germany, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere warned on Tuesday, saying the number of people capable of staging attacks in the country stood at an all-time high.
UN General Assembly Votes to End to US Blockade on Cuba, Again: Today the General Assembly of the United Nations once again voted overwhelmingly in favor of ending the blockade of Cuba by the United States. 188 countries voted in favor of the resolution and 3 abstentions, with only the United States and Israel voting against it.
Troops on London streets amid fears of terror attack: Armed soldiers have been stationed in Whitehall amid fears that terrorists will try to attack ceremonial guards in the wake of the shooting in Canada.
British Spies Allowed to Access U.S. Data Without a Warrant: Newly released documents from the British government reveal a lack of judicial oversight for how it sifts through communications data collected by the NSA and other foreign governments.
US steps up security at govt buildings over attack threats: Johnson said the new security measures will affect more than 9,500 federal buildings as well as the 1.4 million people who visit these facilities every day. The move was described by Johnson as a "precautionary step," intended to safeguard federal buildings and visitors.
Report Reveals Wider Tracking of Mail in U.S.: The United States Postal Service reported that it approved nearly 50,000 requests last year from law enforcement agencies and its own internal inspection unit to secretly monitor the mail of Americans for use in criminal and national security investigations.
White House moves to 'kill off the password': Security alternatives to the password funded by the administration will start rolling out in six to 12 months, White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Michael Daniel said Tuesday at the Chamber of Commerce.
More Than 2 Million License Plates Scanned at Mall Of America in Past 90 Days: "The burden really is on the state to have a compelling reason to collect information on innocent people," he explained. "It's not the other way around. So I'd turn the question around and say, 'well why is that really necessary?'"
15 Signs That We Live During A Time Of Rampant Government Paranoia: Today, every single one of us is viewed as a "potential threat" by the government.
UNICEF report: 2.6 million more children in poverty in developed countries since 2008:
Young people have been made to bear a disproportionate burden of the economic crisis, with poverty rates increasing more rapidly for young people than for other age groups. |
