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Cyprus Small Part of World of Tax Havens
Cyprus is in effect a victim of the ‘finance curse’ in that its economy was so dependent on the financial sector.
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* Obama “Heckled” About Palestinians * Gitmo Hunger Strike * AP: U.S. Arming Honduras Death Squads?
Prisoners at the U.S. military prison camp in Guantanamo are entering their seventh week of a hunger strike and may die soon.
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* “Strangling” Bethlehem * Oppression in Jordan
Despite comparative quiet in Jordan, the same socio-economic discontent that drove protests in 2011 remains a fact of life in the Hashemite Kingdom.
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Democrats Agreeing to Cut Social Security and Medicare
Prominent Democrats — including the President and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi — are openly suggesting that Medicare be means-tested and Social Security payments be reduced by applying a lower adjustment for inflation.
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U.S. Aiding Israeli “Killing” and “Colonizing”
Cindy and Craig are parent of Rachel Corrie; there have been a series of events the last several days commemorating her killing ten years ago by Israeli troops in Gaza.
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Obama Comment on 30,000 Vets Injured Criticized
The VA now estimates that 22 veterans per day are committing suicide. Only half of this generation of veterans are even registered with the VA.
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How the Iraq Invasion Spawned Sectarian War
US special forces veteran links General Petraeus to torture in Iraq – video trailer Reuters reports: “A dozen car bombs and suicide blasts tore into Shi’ite districts in Baghdad and south of the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, killing more than 50 people on the 10th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein.” MAGGIE…
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Legacy of Iraq War Myths Ten Years Later
NORMAN SOLOMON, [email] Solomon, who wrote the piece “Ten Years Ago and Today: A Warfare State of Mind,” is author of War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death and founding director of the Institute for Public Accuracy. He said today: “The tenth anniversary of the Iraq invasion comes at a…
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Detroit Emergency Manager Scheme Under Fire
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Pope: * Among the Poor * Against Liberation Theology * “Complicit” with “Dirty War”
ERIC LeCOMPTE, [email] Executive director of the Jubilee USA Network, LeCompte said: “Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio chose the name Francis. His name choice of Francis signifies that his papacy will have a great devotion to justice, peace and to the poor. He is also the first Pope of the Global South and he will articulate a…