January 2014
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As Geneva talks open, US advances trumped-up torture charges against Syria By Alex Lantier
With Geneva II international talks on the Syrian war set to open today in Switzerland, US media yesterday trumpeted unsubstantiated charges of torture and murder against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad by international human rights prosecutors. Continue reading
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Séralini study retraction intended to shut down possibility of long-term GMO tests forever
“It must be as if the study had never happened,” said French MEP Corinne Lepage, who also challenged EU science adviser Anne Glover over her conflicts of interest with industry. Continue reading
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NHS: Why this year’s Davos could be bad for our health By John Hillary
Tomorrow sees the start of the World Economic Forum, the annual Davos gathering at which the transnational capitalist class looks to the year ahead and celebrates its continuing domination of the global economy. Open only to invited guests from the highest echelons of the corporate and government elite, the event sees no need to be… Continue reading
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With Syria talks in disarray, UN yanks invitation to Iran By Bill Van Auken
The US, Britain and France, together with their so-called “rebel” stooges based in Turkey, have opposed the participation of Iran, which is, together with Russia, the closest ally of the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad. The major Western powers see Tehran’s presence as inimical to their main goal in convening the talks, which is… Continue reading
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Ex-UK minister of defence and former army chief of staff named in Iraq war crimes case By Jean Shaoul
Britain has been referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague over allegations of war crimes committed during the occupation of Iraq. There was a call for an ICC investigation under Article 15 of the Rome Statute into the actions of senior British officials during the conflict. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 20 January 2014: Israel’s ‘Jewishness’ claim rejected
20 January 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterAshrawi Denounces Statements of Australian FMIMEMC – Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, strongly denounced statements made by Australian FM, Julie Bishop, who criticized what she called “European pressure on Israel’. … Continue reading
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South Africa: Infrastructure ‘fast-track’ may trip up government and corporations By Patrick bond
What we academics often term South Africa’s ‘Minerals-Energy Complex‘ (MEC) keeps getting away with murder, including economic strangulation. As just one example, in spite of a recent trade surplus, the balance of payments is going into extreme deficit largely because MEC multinational mining houses – especially BHP Billiton, Anglo, DeBeers, Lonmin and Glencore – vacuum… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 19 January 2014: An ethnic cleansing project in Palestinian Triangle
19 January 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterPCHR condemns Israeli assassination attempt in GazaIMEMC – The Palestinian Center for Human Rights, PCHR, issued a statement Sunday condemning an extra-judicial execution attempt, on Sunday morning, 19 January 2014. … Continue reading
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Colombia: A New Chapter in U.S. Interventionism By Chris Gilbert
A recent article in the Washington Post reveals – I believe with a considerable degree of accuracy – some important and terrifying facts about the counter-insurgency tactics employed by the Colombian government as well as the role of the United States as an advisor that actually directs and controls anti-guerrilla operations. Another virtue of the… Continue reading
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US embarrassment “trumps British justice” in drone victim’s case By David Swanson
The Court of Appeal today ruled that, despite Mr Khan’s arguments being “persuasive,” they accepted the British Government’s claims that the case should not proceed as “a finding by our court that the notional UK operator of a drone bomb which caused a death was guilty of murder would inevitably be understood…by the US as… Continue reading
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Bournemouth hospital review confirms warning by NHS FightBack campaign By Ajanta Silva
Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospital (RBH) NHS Trust, delivering care to a population of more than half a million people, is the latest Trust to be criticised for delivering inadequate care. Continue reading
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Mark Steel: How ‘leftie’ academics hijacked the Great War
Now the centenary of 1914 has got going, we should do as British education secretary Michael Gove suggests and celebrate the First World War, instead of taking notice of “left-wing academics”, who complain it was a regrettable waste of life. Continue reading
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Global Research Week in Review 19 January 2014: Nuclear Japan and Obama’s War on Freedom
19 January 2014 — Global Research China Expands Gold Reserves, Surged Past Italy and France in Ranking, Global Research News, January 19, 2014 From Austerity to Prosperity. Ellen Brown. Why I Am Running for Treasurer of California, Ellen Brown, January 19, 2014 Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 18 January 2014
18 January 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterEight Tunnels Destroyed On Gaza BorderIMEMC – [Saturday, January 18, 2014] Egyptian border guards demolished eight smuggling tunnels underneath the Egypt-Gaza border in Rafah, on Saturday, according to Egyptian army sources. … Continue reading
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