April 24, 2010
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Coup in Kyrgyzstan, Drugs from Afghanistan, and the US By Anatoly ALIFEROV
While the Kyrgyz interim government was searching for the bank accounts of ousted President K. Bakiev, and Belorussian President A. Lukashenko invited him to settle down in Belarus, Moscow bloggers published a sensational finding: they unearthed evidence that the coup in Kyrgyzstan was backed by the US and that the whole intrigue revolves around the… Continue reading
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PAMBAZUKA Africa News #478 23 April, 2010: LINKS & RESOURCES
CONTENTS: 1. Action alerts, 2. Zimbabwe update, 3. African Union Monitor, 4. Women & gender, 5. Human rights, 6. Refugees & forced migration, 7. Social movements, 8. Africa labour news, 9. Emerging powers news, 10. Elections & governance, 11. Development, 12. Health & HIV/AIDS, 13. LGBTI, 14. Environment, 15. Land & land rights, 16. Media… Continue reading
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Earth Day in Israel: Apartheid Showing Through the Greenwash By Stephanie Westbrook
On April 22, as part of the global Earth Day celebrations, homes, offices and public buildings in 14 Israeli cities turned out the lights for one hour in an effort to “increase awareness of the vital need to reduce energy consumption.” The irony was not lost on the 1.5 million residents of Gaza who have… Continue reading
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U.S. military suffers major defeat in Korengal Valley, forced to retreat By James Circello
The U.S. military has retreated from a base in the remote Korengal Valley, Afghanistan, after spending over four years trying to hold the ground. The U.S. forces even negotiated the terms of their defeat, paying the resistance fighters and leaving them the base fully intact with buildings, fuel, generators and military equipment, in order to… Continue reading
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Strategic culture foundation online magazine latest publications 18-24 April, 2010
24 April, 2010 — Strategic Culture Foundation 2010-04-18 Rafe MAIR (Canada) Thoughts on Communism and Capitalism “Although Communism may be dead in fact if not name, the conditions that spawned and nurtured it are very much with us today. Large corporations have replaced the noblemen, the dwindling middle class is no buffer between the haves Continue reading