11 May 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation
Informed Japanese sources have told WMR that Japan’s right-wing Liberal Democratic Party government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is laying plans for the forced depopulation of most of the Japanese archipelago due to the deadly radiation emanating from the crippled Fukushima Daichi nuclear reactors.
10 May 2013 — Venezuela Analysis
Venezuela’s new Labour Law for Workers (Lottt) came into effect this week, guaranteeing shorter working hours, longer maternity leave and pensions for all Venezuelans.
11 May 2013 — Press TV
Syria’s ambassador to the United Nations says the al-Nusra Front terrorist group has claimed responsibility for carrying out at least 600 acts of terror in the past year.
11 May 2013 — Washington’s Blog
Fire Dog Lake’s Kevin Gosztola notes:
Linda J. Bilmes and Michael D. Intriligator, ask in a recent paper, “How many wars is the US fighting today?”
10 May, 2013 — Global Research
More than 100 of the 166 detainees at Guantanamo are starving themselves to death. Twenty-three of them are being force-fed. “They strap you to a chair, tie up your wrists, your legs, your forehead and tightly around the waist,” Fayiz Al-Kandari told his lawyer, Lt. Col. Barry Wingard. Al-Kandari, a Kuwaiti held at Guantanamo for 11 years, has never been charged with a crime. “The tube makes his eyes water excessively and blood begins to trickle from the nose. Once the tube passes his throat the gag reflex kicks in. Warm liquid is poured into the body for 45 minutes to two hours. He feels like his body is going to convulse and often vomits,” Wingard added.
10 May 2013 — VTJP
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International Middle East Media Center
Non-violent protester shot in head by Israeli troops; 4 others wounded
IMEMC – 21-year old Ibrahim Awad was shot in the head at close range by a plastic-coated steel bullet fired by Israeli forces at a protest in Beit Ummar, in the southern part of the West Bank. A journalist was wounded in Bil’in and three were injured by pepper spray in al-Walaja, near Bethlehem. …
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11 May 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation
11.05.2013 | 00:00 | Dmitry MININ
…The Assad’s government remains stable enough; Russia, China and other states are staunch preventing an outside intervention. But by endorsing the Russian initiative Washington pursues its own goals… There is no ground to believe the most ardent radicals will give up arms. The pro-Western opposition would also like to enter the capital backed up by the force ready to support it further on… It’s expedient no avoid Russia being used for pushing Assad to make unilateral concessions. Like, for instance, it was done the 1990s when Milosevic led Serbia during the Yugoslavian crisis. Then they will exert pressure on Damascus keeping Russia away… Continue reading
11 May 2013 — williambowles.info
The good soldier – Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald
In part, The Passion of Bradley Manning can be read as a biography. Manning, a talented but troubled computer geek, enlisted in the army (perhaps because of an unhappy relationship with his father) and, despite struggling as a recruit, somehow ended up …
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/the-good-soldier-20130509-2j8pw.html
11 May 2013 — Jazz on the Tube
Jazz Casual 1962. With Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums and McCoy Tyner piano. The classic Coltrane quartet. Continue reading
10 May 2013 — Information Clearing House
Free Syrian Army Rebels Defect to Islamist Group Jabhat al-Nusra
By Mona Mahmood and Ian Black
al-Qaida, is luring many anti-Assad fighters away from Free Syrian Army, say brigade commanders.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34880.htm
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