14 July 2011 — Black Agenda Report – News, commentary and analysis from the black left
Although US drones are flying in, and US bombs are falling from Libyan skies, the president insists that the US is not waging war in Libya. The facts however, say otherwise. This week’s Black Agenda Video update includes two members of US citizen fact finding delegations, the Bay Area’s Dedon Kamathi and Atlanta’s Lucy Grider Bradley. Continue reading
13 July 2011 — The News Dissector
The Murdoch Crime Syndicate: The Latest
Murdoch, savaged in parliament, pulls BSkyB bid
LONDON (Reuters) – Rupert Murdoch withdrew his bid for British broadcaster BSkyB on Wednesday in the face of cross-party hostility in parliament following allegations of widespread criminality at one of his tabloid newspapers.
14 July 2011 — williambowles.info
Turkey Urges Support for ‘Road Map’ to End Libyan Conflict
Fox News
AP ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey will seek support for a “road map” to help end the Libyan crisis when countries backing NATO’s military mission gather in Istanbul to increase the pressure on Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi. US Secretary of State Hillary …
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/07/14/turkey-seeks-support-for-road-map-to-end-libyan-conflict/
14 July 2011 — grtv
Andrew Gavin Marshall from the Centre for Research on Globalization says that a ground invasion is quite likely, and that the process is already underway.
14 July 2011 — Avaaz
For decades Murdoch has ruled with impunity — making and breaking governments with his vast media holdings and scaring opponents into silence, but this week we showed that people power can beat him.
14 July 2011 — williambowles.info
Horn of Africa drought: Kenya to open Ifo II camp
BBC News
Kenya has agreed to open a new refugee camp near its border with Somalia, as thousands are fleeing the region’s worst drought in 60 years. Prime Minister Raila Odinga said the Ifo II camp, which can fit up to 80000 people, would open within 10 days. …
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14159182
14 July 2011 — williambowles.info
US airstrike kills 3 Islamic militants in Yemen
The Seattle Times
Yemeni officials say a US warplane has attacked a police station overrun by Islamic militants in southern Yemen, killing three of the fighters. By AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press No comments have been posted to this article. Yemeni officials say a US …
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2015604819_apmlyemen.html
14 July 2011 — williambowles.info
Egypt Delays Vote, Fires Police
Wall Street Journal
By MATT BRADLEY Egypt’s revolutionaries are still able to mobilize large crowds to Cairo’s Tahrir Square, as seen Wednesday. CAIRO—Egypt’s interim government on Wednesday said it would delay parliamentary elections and fire police officers implicated …
http://asia.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304911104576444211066923724.html
14 July, 2011 — The Real news Network
Human rights advocates urge criminal investigations into the Bush administration for torture
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13 July 2011 — Morning Star
The phone-hacking maelstrom left Prime Minister David Cameron reeling today and forced media mogul Rupert Murdoch into a humiliating withdrawal of his bid for BSkyB
13 July 2011 — Black Agenda Report
By BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
The bottomless cesspool that was Rupert Murdoch’s London tabloid News of the World is gone, but the ruthless corporate politics of its master still hold sway in the U.S. and Britain. Murdoch is the great vampire of media corruption and consolidation on both sides of the Atlantic. But he is not a solitary villain. ‘Murdoch was not the only media beneficiary when the FCC allowed him and others to consolidate their power and influence.’ All corporate media are truth thieves.
‘Murdoch felt he had nothing to fear from politicians and that he was probably right to be so unconcerned.’
14 July 2011 — RT
Britain wants Rupert Murdoch to testify before parliament over the wiretapping scandal. Earlier, the media mogul was pressured out of a deal with the UK’s largest satellite broadcaster.
The deal would have put him in control of a large part of the British media market.
The US businessman and his son James, who oversaw Murdoch’s News Corp’s expansion in the UK, have earlier refused to appear before British investigators, and have been issued a summons on Thursday. It is unclear whether they will submit to the summons.
14 July 2011 — RT
Britain wants Rupert Murdoch to testify before parliament over the wiretapping scandal. Earlier, the media mogul was pressured out of a deal with the UK’s largest satellite broadcaster.
The deal would have put him in control of a large part of the British media market.
The US businessman and his son James, who oversaw Murdoch’s News Corp’s expansion in the UK, have earlier refused to appear before British investigators, and have been issued a summons on Thursday. It is unclear whether they will submit to the summons.
14 July 2011 — williambowles.info
Murdoch’s News Corp. – an empire built on ethically-dubious practices
Russiatoday.ru Today at 00:30 RT
Rupert Murdoch’s push to expand in the British media has come to a halt. His embattled empire has announced the drop of its bid to take control of UK’s largest satellite broadcaster BSkyB, following News Corp’s…”
14 July 2011 — williambowles.info
Wikileaks’ Julian Assange: ‘I want to make you pregnant… I prefer virgins’
Daily Mail
By Rebecca Camber Wikileaks founder Julian Assange told a woman he stands accused of raping that he wanted to impregnate her and other ‘virgins’, a court heard yesterday. The 40-year-old is said to have told his alleged victim in Stockholm: ‘Sweden is …
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2014530/Wikileaks-Julian-Assange-I-want-make-pregnant–I-prefer-virgins.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
12 July, 2011 — Global Research
The word ‘recover’ always has the connotation of “getting back.” But who is going to get back what when the economy “recovers”? Few at most. So what does an economic recovery look like? No one knows. The word ‘recovery’ can not be applied to objects willy-nilly.
14 July 2011 — Stop NATO
8 July 2011 — msmagazine.com
Earlier this week, the Ms. Blog interviewed journalist Mac McClelland regarding the much-discussed online article she wrote about dealing with PTSD after a reporting stint in Haiti. One of our Ms. bloggers wanted to weigh in with her thoughts about the controversial story.
7 July 2011 — Socialist Worker
With the country now in the hands of Michel Martelly, the U.S.-backed candidate who a presidential runoff election earlier this year, Haiti’s crisis remains as difficult as ever—as a result of the natural disaster of the 2010 earthquake, but also decades of U.S. intervention.
5 July 2011 — google.com
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The creation of a truth commission would help promote reconciliation for Haitian victims who suffered during the dictatorship of Jean-Claude Duvalier, a U.N. human rights official said Tuesday.
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