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Syria: New Phase of Military and Diplomatic Stand-Off By by Alexander Mezyaev
The situation in Syria is evolving according to the most unfavorable scenario. The opposition has met the President Bashar Assad’s proposals for peaceful resolution of the crisis with Aleppo University bomb attacks. Another diplomatic provocation is in the works in response to the Russian and Chinese efforts aimed at finding ways for peaceful resolution of… Continue reading
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Video: Back to the future in Mali: French neo-colonialism looms over Africa?
Malians hoping French troops have arrived to save them from Islamists may see other objectives revealed. France views Mali as a promising source of uranium and oil, and part of a geopolitical game, say observers. Continue reading
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Video: Ex-CIA officer: Torture great way to get false confessions
Torture brings forth unreliable information and false confessions, apart from the fact that it is a serious violation of all manner of international agreements, former CIA officer Ray McGovern told RT. Continue reading
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‘Al-Qaeda threat used by NATO as smoke screen for re-colonization of Northern Africa’
With more western countries getting indirectly involved in the conflict in Mali, there’s increasing speculation about their motives. Journalist and broadcaster Neil Clark told RT, that the intervention has ‘only economic reasons’. Continue reading
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‘Pentagon’s hand behind French intervention in Mali’ By William Engdahl
As French soldiers pour into Mali in the fight to push back the advancing Islamist militants, questions have been raised as to the motives behind the intervention. Author William Engdahl told RT the US was using France as a scapegoat to save face. Continue reading
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Mali War Retaliation: World Police Protecting Corporate Interests in Africa By grtv
Geopolitical analyst Patrick Henningsen joins RT from Beirut to discuss the prospects of the mission and the rising threat of retaliation attacks. Continue reading
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Cloud surfing: US surveilance act ‘grave threat’ to EU sovereignty
An intelligence bill has put the frighteners on EU citizens as it allows the US access to their personal data stored in internet clouds like those used on Facebook and Google. The law is a ‘grave risk’ to the rights of EU citizens, says an EU report. Continue reading
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Ireland copyright battle: Newspapers demand $400 for sharing links
The body representing Ireland’s main newspapers is demanding a minimum of $400 for third parties to directly link their articles, sparking an unprecedented copyright row which strikes at the very heart of sharing content on the World Wide Web. Continue reading
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Death by neglect: Lawsuit reveals ‘normalization of cruelty’ in UK health system
A UK hospital has apologized and paid a settlement following a lawsuit that revealed years of grave malpractice. The accounts of negligence included letting a patient starve to death and reports of nurses mocking patients. Continue reading
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Wired’s Most Dangerous: Russia’s cyber-security mogul behind Flame virus downfall hits top 15
“If all he did in the last year was intercede in America’s efforts to short-circuit Iran’s nuclear ambitions – definitively unmasking a cyber-weapon for the first time – Kaspersky would’ve earned himself a spot on our list of the most dangerous people in the world.” Continue reading
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Video: Assange: WikiLeaks to release over a million new docs in 2013
Despite all the difficulties the WikiLeaks faced in 2012, Julian Assange vowed to publish some 1,000,000 new documents in the coming year. In his Christmas speech he called for people to continue fighting for democracy “from Tahrir to London.” Continue reading
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Video: Assange’s Christmas Address: Outlines Wikileaks battle plan for 2013
Not much is known about the subject of Assange’s address, but he recently confirmed intentions to run as a candidate for the Australian Senate in 2013. Speculation is also rife that he will use the occasion to officially launch a WikiLeaks political party. Continue reading
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Video: ‘Everyone in US under virtual surveillance’ – NSA whistleblower
The FBI records the emails of nearly all US citizens, including members of congress, according to NSA whistleblower William Binney. In an interview with RT, he warned that the government can use this information against anyone. (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Video: 'Everyone in US under virtual surveillance' – NSA whistleblower
The FBI records the emails of nearly all US citizens, including members of congress, according to NSA whistleblower William Binney. In an interview with RT, he warned that the government can use this information against anyone. (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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War or prosperity? UK’s price tag for Afghan war rises to $30 billion while cutting vital social services at home
“The UK has revealed that the cost of its involvement in the war in Afghanistan has reached $27.6 billion, and may end up being as much as $32.5 billion. Meanwhile, the UK continues to slash domestic social services to reduce its budget deficit. Continue reading
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Google starts watching what you do off the Internet too
The most powerful company on the Internet just got a whole lot creepier: a new service from Google merges offline consumer info with online intelligence, allowing advertisers to target users based on what they do at the keyboard and at the mall. Continue reading
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US seeks ‘world supremacy’ through advanced weapons – Russian Security Chief
Nikolay Patrushev, commenting on how atomic weapons play more of a political role than a military one, said the consequences of even a “limited nuclear intervention” are so catastrophic that it makes the usage of such weapons absolutely impossible. Continue reading
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Video: My Interview with Top TV Journalist Abby Martin @ RT By Sibel Edmonds
A great example is Abby Martin at RT. Not only is she brilliant, informed, articulate, and very outspoken (and beautiful), but that she is one of us: a tireless member of our irate minority circle. Whether it is the accelerating police state practices, or ever-expanding perpetual wars, or still-unanswered and unaccountable 9/11-the needed trigger for… Continue reading
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Beaten and sodomized: European human rights court finds CIA guilty of torture
The European Court of Human Rights found the CIA guilty of torturing a terror suspect for the first time ever. A German citizen was illegally detained, tortured and sodomized by a CIA “rendition team’ after being mistaken for an al-Qaeda member. Continue reading
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ICH 13 December 2012: US ‘Tortured and Sodomised’ Suspect – European court rules
13 December 2012 — Information Clearing House European Court of Human Rights Finds US/CIA Guilty of Torture By Amrit Singh The CIA stripped, hooded, shackled, and sodomized el-Masri. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33307.htm Continue reading
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