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Ecuador ‘helped Snowden by mistake,’ asylum in doubt
Correa told The Guardian that Quito will not be involved in financing or organizing Snowden’s travel from Moscow, specifying that the fugitive leaker would have to reach Ecuadorian soil before the government considers protecting him from American law enforcement. Continue reading
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Ikea’s Race to the Bottom BY John Logan
On June 19, Ikea employees in a dozen different countries will take part in protests against poor labor standards and management violations of freedom of association. In the past year, Ikea has been accused of committing labor-rights violations in several countries, including the United States, Russia, Czech Republic, Ireland, Greece, Italy and France. But Turkey… Continue reading
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Syria has the right to peace and to self-defense, despite western claims By John Robles
There can be little doubt that the lifting of the arms embargo to the armed insurgents and terrorist groups operating in Syria is one of the most egregiously callous, self-serving, reckless and irresponsible moves made by the international community since the beginning of the internal conflict in the country. Continue reading
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The Chemical WMD Story is Being Used to Cover the Rebel Retreat in Syria By Mahdi Darius NAZEMROAYA
Tel Aviv’s aerial strikes, via illegal use of Lebanese airspace, on the Syrian military research facility in the town of Jamraya, which is an urban galaxy of Damascus, clarifies Israel’s role in destabilizing Syria. Continue reading
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Hezbollah chief promises ‘victory’ in Syria conflict
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Saturday vowed “victory” in Syria, where militants of his powerful Lebanese Shiite movement are fighting alongside regular troops against rebels trying to topple the regime. Continue reading
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The other Tsarnaevs in waiting By Wayne MADSEN
Such «blow back» events, if that was the case in Boston, is to similar events where the CIA’s. «Al Qaeda» allies have turned on their masters and conducted major attacks, such as that launched against the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya last September 11. Continue reading
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Radioactive: Abe Government Preparing for the Depopulation of Japan By Wayne Madsen
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. Continue reading
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Video: Images of the war in Syria
A documentary made by the team of Russia 24 channel correspondents in Syria. Continue reading
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Secret Documents Expose Offshore’s Global Impact
ICIJ has just launched the largest investigative reporting project in its 15-year history. Drawing on a leaked cache of 2.5 million records, ICIJ (a project of the Center for Public Integrity) has cracked open the secrets of more than 120,000 offshore companies and trusts and about 130,000 individuals and agents, exposing hidden dealings of politicians,… Continue reading
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BRICS: ‘Anti-imperialist’ or ‘sub-imperialist’? By Patrick Bond
“We reaffirm the character of the ANC as a disciplined force of the left, a multi-class mass movement and an internationalist movement with an anti-imperialist outlook” — so said Jacob Zuma, orating to his masses at the year’s largest African National Congress celebration, in Durban on January 12, 2013. Eleven days later, Zuma spoke to… Continue reading
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Israel Strikes Syria: First Act of «Endgame»? By Dmitry MININ
According to initial reports, the Israeli Air Force delivered air strikes on January 30 at night, the target was a defense chemical facility situated in the vicinity of Damascus. The interpretation was rapidly picked up by Syrian opposition. It made easier to explain why the historic enemy was on its side. Continue reading
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FSA and Israel attack Syrian research center
Western media relayed disinformation by Israeli sources announcing that their army had attacked a Syrian military convoy transporting weapons to Hezbollah in Lebanon. According to the press articles, Sam-7 missiles or chemical weapons ready for deployment were allegedly part of the shipment. Continue reading
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The Srebrenica Massacre was a Gigantic Political Fraud By Edward Herman and John Robles
Renowned author Dr. Edward Herman spoke with the Voice of Russia regarding the facts surrounding the Srebrenica Massacre, the pretext for the “humanitarian” invasion of the former Yugoslavia, and takes apart the “official” ; version that has always been promoted by the West. Continue reading
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'Two killed, five injured in Israeli airstrike on Syria’s research center'
Two site workers have been killed and five others wounded in an Israeli airstrike on a military research center in Jamraya, northwest of the capital Damascus, the Syrian military says. Continue reading
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The Bared Teeth of the Syrian War: Qatar Feels the Brunt By Armine AKOPYAN (Armenia)
The war in Syria appears to be increasingly remote-controlled from abroad. Almost all states in the region seem to be involved to varying degrees, with Qatar providing the lion’s share of the funds going to the Free Syrian Army. However, the investment has generated disappointing returns. Continue reading
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Efforts to divide spheres of influence in Africa By Natalya Kovalenko
The French armed forces are conducting a successful counter-terrorist operation in Mali. The town of Kona was retaken from the Islamists Thursday. The enemy suffered considerable losses, the military says. Among such cheerful statements the issue of what the foreign armed forces are doing in an alien country has been pushed into the background. Continue reading
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Russian Documentary: The Human Cost of the Syrian Crisis
A documentary about the human cost of the Syrian conflict and the scale of the devastation. No politics — only people telling their story. Caution: previously unseen facts of brutality (16+). Continue reading
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Greater Albania: a United States project against the Orthodox world? by Alexandre Latsa
Wednesday, December 5, 2012, the Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha advocated granting Albanian citizenship to all Albanians, wherever they reside. This statement was made during a visit of the city of Vlora where the independence of the Albanian state was declared, only 100 years ago. At the time Albania had just liberated itself from Ottoman… Continue reading
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