17 December 2013 — VTJP
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International Middle East Media Center
Soldiers Conduct Training Rashayda Village
IMEMC – [Tuesday December 17, 2013] Israeli soldiers invaded the Rashayda village, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and conducted military training in the village after surrounding it, the Radio Bethlehem 2000 has reported. …
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17 December 2013 — Information Clearing House
Does Opposing Western Intervention in Syria Make the Anti-war Movement “Assad Apologists”?
By Lindsey German
The accusation is that by opposing western intervention the anti-war movement is giving tacit support to dictators or despots: but is it?
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18 December 2013 — Open Democracy
This week’s talks, like the previous rounds, will happen behind closed doors. The negotiating texts will be kept secret from the public but not from the approximately 600 corporate representatives who have been named ‘cleared advisors’ for the United States.
18 December 2013 — muftah.org
An Israeli oil well has been reported to contain a much larger reserve than originally estimated. The oil exploration company, Givat Olam, has now increased its estimate to 3.53 billion barrels of oil and has already sold $40 million worth of oil from the site.
18 December 2013 — WashingtonsBlog
32-year NSA Veteran Who Created Mass Surveillance System Says Government Use of Data Gathered Through Spying “Is a Totalitarian Process”
18 December 2013 — WashingtonsBlog
Edward Snowden wrote yesterday about mass surveillance by the NSA:
These programs were never about terrorism: they’re about economic spying, social control, and diplomatic manipulation. They’re about power.
18 December 2013 — WSWS
Local government spending in England (excluding police, school and housing benefits) will have fallen by nearly 30 percent in real terms between 2008 and 2015. Spending in Scotland will have declined by 24 percent.
The New Dark Age 