20 March 2012— Information Clearing House
Afghanistan Massacre
No One Asked Their Names
By Qais Azimy
Mainstream media outlets channelled a significant amount of energy into uncovering the slightest detail about the accused soldier. But the victims became an anonymous footnote. Just the number 16. No one bothered to ask their ages, their hobbies, their aspirations. Worst of all, no one bothered to ask their names.
20 March 2012
The amazing Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba performing ‘Autumn Leaves’ at the Mt. Fuji Jazz Festival in 1991. Gonzalo Rubalcaba piano, John Patitucci bass and Jack DeJohnette drums.
19 March 2012 — Global Research
The violent turmoil in Syria and Bahrain over the past year, taken together, provides a sharp comparative case study of the deception and hypocrisy of Western governments and the mainstream media.
17 March 2012 — Strategic Culture Foundation
Europe on the Brink
16.03.2012 | 00:00 | Vladimir NESTEROV
At the moment, it is open to debate whether the Greek default is a fairly inescapable outcome or an accomplished fact, but, clearly, getting the Greeks out of trouble is not the point for those who handle the situation. What Brussels, which has recently approved a new 130b bailout for Athens absent the reasons to believe that the previous one did any good, worries about are the financial sector’s potential losses, not the problems confronting the Greek population…
19 March 2012 — VTJP
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International Middle East Media Center
23 Detainees Holding Hunger-Strike
IMEMC – The Ad-Dameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association reported, Monday, that there are 23 detainees who are currently on hunger-strike protesting the illegal policies of Administrative Detention used by Israel to keep hundreds of detainees behind bars without charges. …
19 March 2012 — Information Clearing House
Israel Intelligence Agrees Iran Is Not After N-bomb: Report
By Press TV
Several senior Israeli officials, who spoke to AP in recent days clearly, said Israel has come around to the US view that no final decision to build a bomb has been made by Iran.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30853.htm
19 March, 2012 — Russia & India Report
It is well known how long it took for the political situation in France to return to normal after the 1789 revolution. Perhaps in England it took less time – 50 years – to achieve a settlement in the form of the Glorious Revolution. Neither the Enlightenment, nor the European revolutions could protect Europe and the world from the catastrophe of World War I. Why not help others avoid such a bloody path and carry out transformational processes by evolutionary methods?
19 March 2012 — Global Research – Russia Today
High casualty numbers in Syria are reported daily by the media, even though a blackout makes them unverifiable. Things became murkier after a human rights site, which enjoyed frequent citations, split in two and began giving conflicting reports.
The New Dark Age 