July 22, 2010
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“Kosovo is as independent as Vichy France” – RT Top Stories
‘Kosovo is as independent as Vichy France was in WWII. It’s a puppet state. It suffers from endemic corruption, abuse of power. Its governmental structure can be better described as organized crime,’ the journalist added. Continue reading
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Gerald Celente: Wall Street Boys run the show, only Ron Paul has firm grasp
U.S. President Barack Obama has signed into law the biggest financial overhaul since the Great Depression. The main goal is to prevent another economic crisis. Meanwhile, Gerald Celente, the director of the Trends Research Institute, argued that the banks and Wall Street approve of this bill because it is a white wash. “It does nothing… Continue reading
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Keiser Report 62: Markets! Finance! Scandal!
This week Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert look at the latest scandals with stolen credits and the debt in Europe. In the second half of the show, Max talks to his guest Gregor MacDonald about the role of energy in US economy. Continue reading
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Sex with Jewish girl costs Arab man 18 months in Israeli jail
In Israel, an Arab man has been sentenced to 18 months for ‘rape by deception’. Sabbar Kashur tricked a woman into having sex with him, by claiming to be Jewish. He plans to appeal the decision. And as RT’s Paula Slier reports, even couples who choose to have interfaith relationships face hostility Continue reading
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The Sentencing of Lynne Stewart By Michael Steven Smith
She wasn’t prosecuted for what she did, not under the Clinton administration, nor during the first years of George W. Bush. Then came 9.11. Bush’s Attorney General John Ashcroft flew into New York City in 2003 and announced Lynne’s indictment on the David Letterman show. The crime? A novel one. Conspiracy to provide material aid… Continue reading
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Rebuilding a Demolished Palestinian Home By Ellen Davidson
Rubble covers the tile floor at the site of the demolished home we are beginning to rebuild in the East Jerusalem section of Anata, a Palestinian town divided between occupied “East” Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank. Activists from the United States, Britain, Germany, and Iran, reinforced daily by local Palestinian and Israeli activists, have… Continue reading
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The Color of Pomegranates By Sergei Parajanov
21 July, 2010 Sayat Nova http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=7336544791488368382&hl=en&fs=true Sergei Parajanov (9 January, 1924 – 20 July, 1990) was a Soviet Armenian filmmaker. Continue reading
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“Israel is regional bully with nuclear weapons” – Jonathan Cook
‘The reason why Israel can’t allow Iran to have nuclear weapons is because if Iran developed its own nuclear arsenal, it would totally change the balance of power in the Middle East,’ he says. ‘At the moment Israel is the regional bully, it has its own nuclear weapons, it can pull them out as it… Continue reading
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Carbon Market ‘Growth’ Mainly Fraudulent, World Bank Report Shows By Oscar Reyes
The global carbon market grew in 2009. Far from signalling a success, this reflects a massive increase in fraud, the dumping of surplus emissions permits by industry, and a rise in financial speculation. Continue reading
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A Freedom Charter or A Second Nakba? By Kenneth O’Keefe
Imagine this, imagine that Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress negotiated a deal with the South African Apartheid regime and settled for a ‘two-state solution.’ Imagine Mandela negotiating with the Apartheid regime a land deal in which less than 15% of current day South Africa went to the black South Africans, the remaining 85%… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 