The Philippines’ tough stance can only end in embarrassment (People’s Daily Online) 13:04, May 13, 2014 This year, the Philippines’ conduct on the South China Sea issue has been bewildering: At first, it pretended to be a victim of China’s… Read More ›
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Russia to oust USA from International Space Station
Tuesday, 13 May 2014 Russia is to deny the US use of the International Space Station beyond 2020 and will also bar its rocket engines from launching US military satellites as it hits back at American sanctions imposed over the… Read More ›
Donetsk republic to get down to resolving its social, economic, defense problems – Military bases either change sides or be considered occupation troops
May 13, 7:34 UTC+4 “We are planning an appeal to the UN for declaring us a sovereign state but we don’t hope to get a positive answer”, co-chairman of the DPR Denis Pushilin say © ИТАР-ТАСС/ Константин Сазончик MOSCOW, May… Read More ›
Nigeria warned of Boko Haram raid on school, did not act – Amnesty
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation – Fri, 9 May 2014 03:36 PM Author: Misha Hussain A sign pinned to a tree during a demonstration against the kidnapping of schoolgirls outside the Nigerian Embassy in London May 9, 2014. REUTERS/ Olivia Harris… Read More ›
U.S. Welfare Spending Up — But Help for the Neediest Down
Although the United States is spending more on welfare than ever before, most of that money is going to better-off families rather than the very poorest. Robert A. Moffitt, the Krieger-Eisenhower professor of economics at Johns Hopkins University, found that… Read More ›
China warns Vietnam to leave South China Sea drilling area – Situation is Escalating Rapidly
Beijing accuses Vietnamese vessels of ramming Chinese ships, and tells Washington to mind its own business as tensions rise in South China Sea Teddy Ng in Beijing teddy.ng@scmp.com China has demanded that Vietnam withdraw its ships from a part… Read More ›
Russia to Begin Moon Colonization in 2030 – Report
© RIA Novosti. Iliya Pitalev 12:20 08/05/2014 MOSCOW, May 8 (RIA Novosti) – Russia has drafted a program for colonization of the moon, and plans to send the first expeditions to build a permanent lunar base in 2030, the Russian… Read More ›
Ships collide as Vietnam tries to stop China oil rig deployment in disputed waters
Beijing hits out after Philippines seizes fishing vessel and collision with Vietnamese boats Just Added from the diplomat.com – A low-quality version of that video has been posted on Youtube. It appears to have been taped by one of the… Read More ›
Ukraine slides towards war
Both sides bury dead as Ukraine slides towards war Source: Reuters – Tue, 6 May 2014 02:51 PM Author: Reuters * Several days of fighting in east * Rebels hold out in Slaviansk * Violence in Odessa spreads unrest… Read More ›
Bill Gates expected to be first Trillionaire
Tuesday, 06 May 2014 He founded the world’s most famous software company and is dedicated to eradicating malaria. Now Bill Gates could be set to add another line to his CV: World’s first trillionaire, The Telegraph reports. That’s according to… Read More ›
Chinese media threatens Vietnam with a ‘lesson it deserves’ over oil rig row
PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 06 May, 2014, 10:47am Agence France-Presse in Beijing Vietnam reacted furiously to a decision by Beijing to move a deep-water drilling rig into disputed waters for the first time. Photo: Xinhua … Read More ›
Vets Claim Nearly 1 in 3 Women Are Raped During Military Service
By RYAN ABBOTT WASHINGTON (CN) – The Department of Veterans Affairs refuses to respond to a rulemaking petition addressing the alarming numbers of rape and sexual assaults in the U.S. military, two veterans’ groups claim in court. The Service Women’s… Read More ›
As Ukraine tumbles into all-out ‘war,’ Russia escalates rhetoric
Kremlin likens violence in contested areas to WWII-era atrocities AFP-JIJI, AP, Reuters, Bloomberg May 4, 2014 MOSCOW/KIEV/UNITED NATIONS – Russian official rhetoric has increasingly compared events in Ukraine to the darkest crimes of Nazi Germany as the anniversary of Soviet… Read More ›
People in Ukraine’s Odessa Died Instantly, Poisoned by Unknown Substance – Report
21:09 03/05/2014 KIEV, May 3 (RIA Novosti) – During the fire at Odessa’s Trade Unions House people died instantly, having been poisoned by an unidentified substance, the UNIAN news agency reported on Saturday. “Many people died by jumping from the… Read More ›
Terrorism works, but only when governments allow it to
Published: April 28, 2014 Contact(s): Jakana Thomas , Andy Henion Terrorism can be a successful strategy for rebel groups during civil war, but only when governments allow it to work, finds a new study by a Michigan State… Read More ›
Judicial Watch: Benghazi Documents Point to White House on Misleading Talking Points
APRIL 29, 2014 (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that on April 18, 2014, it obtained 41 new Benghazi-relatedState Department documents. They include a newly declassified email showing then-White House Deputy Strategic Communications Adviser Ben Rhodes and other Obama administration public… Read More ›
North Korea conducts firing drills near a disputed sea border with South Korea / 100 rounds landed south of the border during that drill, prompting South Korea to fire hundreds of rounds
Ju-min Park and James Pearson, Thomson Reuters April 29, 2014 08:45 More than 100 rounds landed south of the border during that drill, prompting South Korea to fire hundreds of rounds back into the North’s waters. North Korea conducted live… Read More ›
Here’s how the US could stumble into war in Ukraine
Jean MacKenzie April 25, 2014 15:48 Given Washington’s mishandling of the crisis so far, it is not out of the question. The skeptics were right. Just one week ago, as top diplomats in Geneva heralded an agreement on Ukraine… Read More ›
Satellite shows heightened N Korean nuclear activity – report
A North Korean nuclear test within days “cannot be ruled out” analysts said Saturday, after new satellite imagery showed heightened activity at the test site. The report by the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) chimes with other findings… Read More ›
Ukraine FM says ready to fight Russia
Friday, 25 April 2014 In the wake of an attack on the protest city of Slovyansk, Ukrainian interim Foreign Minister Andrii Deshchytsia suggested that not only was Ukraine not being deterred by the threat of Russian intervention to protect the… Read More ›
Guilty Plea in Falsifying U.S. Background Checks
WASHINGTON (CN) – A former government contractor faces prison time after pleading guilty Thursday to falsifying background checks on various applicants, including those seeking classified work. Brian Rapier, 34, is the 18th background investigator to be convicted on charges… Read More ›
Russians are doing a quick reconnaissance of the UK’s air defences / Says No Threat to UK
OPINION: Russian Military Manoeuvres No Threat to UK Tu-95 Bear strategic bomber © RIA Novosti. Norvegian AF 18:42 24/04/2014 LEUCHARS, SCOTLAND, April 24 (RIA Novosti), Mark Hirst – No one really believes there is any “serious intent” by Russia to… Read More ›
5 Killed, 1 Injured in Special Operation in Ukraine’s Slaviansk
5 Killed, 1 Injured in Special Operation in Ukraine’s Slaviansk © RIA Novosti. Mikhail Voskresensky 17:36 24/04/2014 MOSCOW, April 24 (RIA Novosti) – The special operation against pro-federalization protesters underway in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slaviansk has left… Read More ›
Diaoyu Islands vow ‘may backfire / Obama’s remarks may lead to unforeseen problems because the military commitment
‘By Zhang Yunbi (China Daily) 07:26, April 25, 2014 The PLA is fully capable of safeguarding China’s Diaoyu Islands, says spokesman US President Barack Obama’s promise of military cover for Japan’s claim on the Diaoyu Islands faces the potential of… Read More ›
Wealth of US middle class now lower than Canada’s – report
Published time: April 23, 2014 00:59 Reuters / Emmanuel Foudrot American workers who previously made up the wealthiest middle class in the world have lost that distinction, according to new research that attributes the economic stagnation on rising income inequality… Read More ›
Japan warns China that seizure of ship could have consequences
PUBLISHED : Monday, 21 April, 2014, 5:12pm Agence France-Presse in Tokyo A Mitsui O.S.K. Lines container ship. Tokyo warned on Monday that the seizure of a Japanese ship in Shanghai over pre-war debts threatened ties with China and could undermine… Read More ›
Shanghai court seizes Japanese ore carrier in second world war reparations dispute
UPDATED : Monday, 21 April, 2014, 6:24am Stephen Chen binglin.chen@scmp.com A container ship owned by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines of Tokyo. A court in Shanghai has seized a large Japanese ore carrier at a port in Zhejiang province to enforce a… Read More ›
Jordan destroys armored vehicles at Syrian border
By Staff writer | Al Arabiya News Wednesday, 16 April 2014 Jordanian air forces destroyed a number of armored vehicles on Wednesday as they crossed the border from war-torn Syria, the army said in a statement.
NATO Plan Backfires: Ukrainian Troops switch side, Tanks wave Russian Flags
Wednesday, 16 April 2014 Separatists flew the Russian flag on armored vehicles taken from the Ukrainian army on Wednesday, humiliating a Kiev government operation to recapture eastern towns controlled by pro-Moscow partisans.
Cuts and red tape are gagging US and Canadian science / Only 14 per cent said they felt they would be able to share a concern about public health and safety
14 April 2014 by Rachael Jolley Politicians in the US and Canada are undermining scientific freedom through cuts, shutdowns and media policies ON 1 October last year, the US federal government shut its doors after Congress failed to agree a… Read More ›
Kiev Military Op in Eastern Ukraine, civilians reported killed
Tuesday, 15 April 2014 The activists who controlled the base said they were forced to retreat. “There are about 60 units of armored vehicles. They have been preparing for several days, and now they started to storm [the airfield]. The… Read More ›
A Russian fighter buzzed a US warship in the Black Sea
DEBKAfileApril 14, 2014, 7:32 PM (IDT) The Russian Fencer fighter is now revealed to have made close-range passes near the USS Donald Cook destroyer in the Black Sea for more than 90 minutes Saturday amid spiraling tensions over Ukraine…. Read More ›
Forced Meds Are OK to Prosecute Threat Charges / “client was exposed to asbestos and was a “whistle-blower”
By TIM HULL (CN) – The government can continue to forcibly drug the man it says threatened to kill federal employees over a delusional asbestos cover-up, the 9th Circuit ruled Friday. Charles Lee Gillenwater II was charged in 2011 with… Read More ›
Russia wants permanent Moon base
Sunday, 13 April 2014 While the West is busy staging coups around the world, Moscow today set out plans to conquer and colonise space, including a permanent manned moon base. Deputy premier Dmitry Rogozin said: ‘We are coming to… Read More ›
New study puts a cost on ’round-tripping,’ a method investors use to avoid the tax collector
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 10-Apr-2014 How widespread is tax evasion? Tax evasion is widely assumed to be an eternal problem for governments — but how widespread is it? For the first time, a new study, co-authored by an MIT professor, has… Read More ›
Gutting of campaign finance laws enhances influence of corporations and wealthy Americans
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 10-Apr-2014 – “This study dashes hopes for this democratic kind of interest-group influence,’ PRINCETON, N.J.—Affluent individuals and business corporations already have vastly more influence on federal government policy than average citizens, according to recently released research by… Read More ›
Global poverty could be up to a third higher than reported
Public Release: 10-Apr-2014 With over one billion people in the world living on less than $1.25 per day, the World Bank aims to end ‘extreme poverty’ by 2030. But new research suggests that global poverty figures could be underestimated by… Read More ›
Al Sharpton was ‘flipped into being an FBI informant after he was caught talking about drug deals with an undercover agent’
New reports contradict Rev. Al Sharpton’s claims that he went to the FBI and started working as an informant after a mobster threatened him He said that he began giving the federal agents recordings of meetings with gangsters in… Read More ›
2014 Jefferson Muzzles
The U.S. Department of Justice The White House Press Office The National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security The North Carolina General Assembly Police The Kansas Board of Regents Modesto Junior College The Tennessee State Legislature Wharton High… Read More ›
Nevada rancher’s land surrounded by heavily-armed federal agents, his cattle confiscated
– Cliven Bundy – the “last rancher in Clark County, Nevada” – has since 1993 refused to pay fees to the federal government for the right to raise cattle on land his family has ranched since the 1870s Published time:… Read More ›
Philippine police accuse Italian ambassador of human trafficking and child abuse
PUBLISHED : Monday, 07 April, 2014, 11:44pm Agencies in Manila Philippine Police Superintendent Noel Calderon Alino (left) answers questions from reporters about Daniele Bosio (inset) beside Senior Superintendent Romulo Sapitula at a police station in Binan, south of Manila. Photo:… Read More ›
Russia urges Ukraine to halt military preparations to avert civil war
“the operation involves some 150 American mercenaries from a private company Greystone Ltd” April 08, 0:49 UTC+4 MOSCOW “Units of the Interior troops and national guards as well as militants from the illegal armed formation ‘The Right Sector’ are being… Read More ›
Eastern Ukraine in Crisis: Clashes erupt as Kharkov protesters declare independence
By Russia Today Global Research, April 07, 2014 RT Region: Russia and FSU In-depth Report: UKRAINE REPORT – Police have clashed with anti-coup protesters in Kharkov, in an effort to push the crowd back from the administration building. Earlier, activists… Read More ›
US arms Syrian rebels with first heavy weapons, anti-tank BGM-71 TOW missiles – raising war stakes
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report April 7, 2014, 8:56 AM (IDT) BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missile Two Syrian rebel militias judged moderate in Washington have in the last few days taken delivery and begun using – mostly in the Idlib region – the… Read More ›
New manual helps Africa’s Muslim farmers tackle climate change / Climate activists try their hand at religion
EEV: ? Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation – Sun, 6 Apr 2014 10:00 PM Author: Pius SawaMore news from our correspondents Ambrose Nzambi, a research officer from Kenya’s agricultural research institute, shows an example of conservation farming. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION/Pius… Read More ›
China stands to benefit as Russia clashes with West over Ukraine
” the 2005 Anti-Secession Law permits the use of military force against Taiwan, should it declare independence through a referendum or some other official mechanism.” PUBLISHED : Sunday, 06 April, 2014, 6:01am Whenever Russia and Western powers face… Read More ›
Russian envoys outline plan to ‘take over world’ in unauthenticated tape of leaked conversation
EEV: No current validation, two video sources posted in case one goes down…. Crimea is just the start, warn ambassadors, in unauthenticated tape of leaked conversation PUBLISHED : Saturday, 05 April, 2014, 1:34am The Guardian in Moscow A recording has… Read More ›
The Taliban is paying Afghans $5 to surrender their voter cards before tomorrow’s election
Hamid Shalizi, Thomson Reuters April 4, 2014 11:40 Subscribe to Hamid Shalizi, Thomson Reuters on Facebook Saturday’s election will bring the first democratic transfer of power in war-torn Afghanistan and an end to the rule of President Hamid Karzai…. Read More ›
Putin defies Obama in Syria as arms flow fuels Assad resurgence
A Syrian woman reacts following an air strike by Syrian government forces in the al-Sakhour district of the northern city of Aleppo on April 2. Photo: AFP Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin, condemned by NATO for annexing Crimea, is now… Read More ›
NATO voices ‘grave concern’ over Russian troop buildup
Members of the newly founded Ukraine National Guard take part in military exercises at a shooting range near Kiev on Monday. | AFP-JIJI Apr 3, 2014 KIEV – NATO warned on Wednesday that Russia’s military presence on the flash point… Read More ›
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