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Can Occupy Wall Street survive?
Full Article The Times of India
Tweet More than eight months after Occupy Wall Street burst onto the global stage, decrying income inequality and coining the phrase "We are the 99 percent," the movement's survival and continued relevance is far from assured. Donations to the flagship New York chapter have slowed to a trickle. Polls show that public support is rapidly waning....
An unidentified man raises his hands as police sweep the area near Frank Ogawa Plaza as they attempt to clear May Day protests on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 in Oakland, Calif. Hundreds of activists across the U.S. joined the worldwide May Day protests on Tuesday, with Occupy Wall Street members in several cities leading demonstrations.
photo: AP / Ben Margot

Violence erupts in Lebanese border town with Syria
Full Article Xinhua
BEIJING, June 7 (Xinhuanet) -- When violence erupted in a Lebanese border town with Syria over the weekend, reports quickly spread of the possibility of Syrian conflicts spilling over to its neighboring countries. Factions fighting each other not over turf, living conditions or internal governance but battling along lines of loyalty over what's...
Lebanese army soldiers on patrol in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Sunday, June 3, 2012.
photo: AP / Bilal Hussein

Israel to build more West Bank homes
Full Article Al Jazeera
Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, has announced plans to build hundreds more settler homes on Palestinian land, even after the Israeli parliament rejected a bill to retroactively legalise existing homes. Netanyahu had called for members of the Knesset to reject the bill, voted down on Wednesday by 69 votes to 22, on the grounds that...
Palestinian laborours work to construct new houses in a project funded by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Rafah, in the southern of Gaza Strip on December 28, 2011. Israel maintains a tight blockade on the Palestinian territory building into Gaza since Islamist Hamas took control over the Palestinian territory in 2007 but supplies may only be brought by recognised international organisations managing specifically approved projects.. Photo by Ahmed Deeb/ WN
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb

'Afghan civilians killed' in NATO airstrike
Full Article Al Jazeera
A local Afghan official has said that 17 civilians have been killed in a NATO airstrike in eastern Afghanistan. In a statement, NATO said it knew of only two light injuries to civilians during the pre-dawn incident on Wednesday. The target of the strike was the house of a tribal elder in Baraki Barak district of Logar province, the head...
Pakistani protesters burn representations of US and NATO flags during a demonstration to condemn U.S. drone strikes in the tribal areas, in Multan, Pakistan.
photo: AP / Khalid Tanveer

Far-reaching EU plans to stem banking rot
Full Article Business Day
BRUSSELS — Failing banks’ senior unsecured creditors may be forced to take losses and lenders may be made to pay levies, under European Union (EU) proposals to deal with crisis-hit banks that will be published today. Michel Barnier, the bloc’s financial services chief, will argue that the measures, which would also require governments to lend to...
Riot police stand guard in front of a branch of the recently nationalized bank during a protest in Madrid, Spain, Monday, May 14, 2012.
photo: AP / Alberto Di Lolli

Republican governor survives Wisconsin recall
Full Article France24
AFP - The union-busting Republican governor in the US presidential battleground state of Wisconsin on Tuesday survived a recall election aimed at ousting him mid-term, US media projected. Governor Scott Walker, elected in 2010, prompted mass protests -- and ultimately, the rare special election -- after pushing through legislation last year to...
Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker waves at his victory party Tuesday, June 5, 2012, in Waukesha, Wis. Walker defeated Democratic challenger Tom Barrett in a special recall election.
photo: AP / Morry Gash

U.N.: Syria permits aid workers to enter 4 provinces
Full Article Ohio
GENEVA: Syria has agreed to allow humanitarian workers and supplies into four of its provinces hit hardest by violence, a promise of some relief in a nation where 1 million people need aid urgently due to the fighting, officials said Tuesday. At the same time, however, Damascus plunged itself into further international isolation by labeling U.S....
A Syrian boy sits in the rubble of house which was destroyed during a military operation by the Syrian pro-Assad army in April 2012 , in the town of Taftanaz, 15 km east of Idleb, Syria, Tuesday, June 5, 2012.
photo: AP

Al-Qaida No. 2 dies in US drone strike in Pakistan
Full Article The State
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A U.S. drone strike in northwest Pakistan has killed al-Qaida's second-in-command, officials from both countries confirmed Tuesday, the most significant victory so far in the controversial bombing campaign and the biggest setback to the terror network since the death of Osama bin Laden. Abu Yahya al-Libi was considered a...
This undated image taken from video provided by IntelCenter shows al-Qaida's former second-in-command Abu Yahya al-Libi.
photo: AP / IntelCenter

Continuous protests highlight complicated situation in Egypt
Full Article Xinhua
by Marwa Yahia, Li Laifang CAIRO, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Tens of thousands of Egyptians gathered in Cairo's Tahrir square and other public squares on Tuesday, demanding the retrial of ex-President Hosni Mubarak, his sons, former Interior Minister Habib Adli and his six aides as well as the disqualification of presidential candidate, ex-Prime Minister...
An Egyptian protester chants anti-military rulers slogans while carrying a Christian cross and a Quran in a show of unity during a rally protesting the outcome of the trial of ousted President Hosni Mubarak in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, June 5, 2012.
photo: AP / Nasser Nasser

Syria ousts western diplomats
Full Article The Guardian
Assad regime declares 17 foreign diplomats unwelcome after co-ordinated expulsion of Syrian ambassadors by western states Syria's decision to oust 17 western diplomats appears to reflect the regime's confidence that it can rely on the protection of Russia and China, led by presidents Vladimir Putin, left, and Hu Jintao. Photograph: Alexey...
This citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network ENN, purports to show Syrian rebels gathered on their vehicle in the northern town of Kfar Nebel, in Idlib province, Syria, Tuesday, June 5, 2012.
photo: AP / Edlib News Network ENN


In May 2009, we published an op-ed in The New York Times, in which we argued that “President...
Could President Barack Obama benefit politically by attempting to refocus the general election...

Dozens of civilians die in bloody day in Afghanistan
Kabul Dozens of civilians were killed in a bloody day across Afghanistan on Wednesday as a twin suicide bombing ripped through a crowded makeshift bazaar and a Nato air strike hit a home, Afghan officials said. Two Nato soldiers were also killed in a...
photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod
UN: Over $427 Million Humanitarian Relief Provided In 2011
Thursday, 7 June 2012, 1:40 pm Press Release: United Nations More Than $427 Million Provided For Humanitarian Relief In 2011, Says UN Report New York, May 29 2012 5:10PM The United Nations humanitarian office provided more than $427 million last year...
photo: UN / Stuart Price
Polish foreign legion takes aim at Greece
WARSAW, June 7 (Reuters) - If Poland can upset former champions Greece in the opening game of Euro 2012 on Friday it will be a victory made in Germany. Two of the hosts' likely starting lineup were born or brought up in Germany and German-speaking...
photo: WN / marzena
Afghanistan suffers day of bloodshed at hands of Nato and Taliban
Thirty civilians killed by suicide bombers in market and air strike that wiped out village wedding party, say officials Afghan villagers gather at a house destroyed in a Nato raid in Logar province. Photograph: Ihsanullah Majroh/AP...
photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod
Planet Venus, pictured as a black dot, left, is seen in transit across the sun on the banks of the Ganges River in Varanasi, India, Wednesday, June 6, 2012
From the US to South Korea, people around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on last night and early this morning in Asia to make sure they caught the rare sight of the transit of Venus. The next one won't be for another 105 years....
photo: AP / Rajesh Kumar Singh
Palestinian protesters hold up pictures of incarcerated relatives in Israeli jails during a protest sit in a tent in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. -- The Israeli Prisons Authority said in a written statement that 2,300 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails have said they would reject their daily meal in support of Palestinian Prisoners Day, and 1,200 would launch hunger strikes. .17 April 2012. Photo By Ahmed DEEB/WN
JERUSALEM (AP) — Amnesty International is urging Israel to release hundreds of Palestinians who are being held without charge. The rights group says in a report on Tuesday that the prisoners are mistreated and that Israel is violating international...
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, center, speaks to his supporters after coming out from the High Court where he heard the verdict of his sodomy trial in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, Jan. 9, 2012.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim says he is confident his three-party alliance can win a "comfortable" majority in upcoming elections. National polls are not due until 2013 but speculation has been rife that...
photo: AP / Lai Seng Sin

American Spring: The Documentary; updated 25 May 2012; published 18 May 2012
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American Spring: The Documentary
The Times of India 07 Jun 2012, Tweet More than eight months after Occupy Wall Street burst onto the global stage, decrying income inequality and coining the phrase "We are the 99 percent," the movement's survival and continued relevance is far from assured. Donations to the flagship New York chapter have slowed to a trickle. Polls show that public support is rapidly waning....

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Massacre in Syrian village; updated 07 Jun 2012; published 07 Jun 2012
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Massacre in Syrian village
Xinhua 07 Jun 2012, BEIJING, June 7 (Xinhuanet) -- When violence erupted in a Lebanese border town with Syria over the weekend, reports quickly spread of the possibility of Syrian conflicts spilling over to its neighboring countries. Factions fighting each other not over turf, living conditions or internal governance but battling along lines of loyalty over what's...

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Israeli Settlement Expansion; updated 22 Mar 2012; published 24 Feb 2012
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Israeli Settlement Expansion
Al Jazeera 07 Jun 2012, Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, has announced plans to build hundreds more settler homes on Palestinian land, even after the Israeli parliament rejected a bill to retroactively legalise existing homes. Netanyahu had called for members of the Knesset to reject the bill, voted down on Wednesday by 69 votes to 22, on the grounds that...

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Afghan Airstrike -- Da Bomb; updated 02 Jun 2012; published 14 Jun 2007
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Afghan Airstrike -- Da Bomb
Al Jazeera 06 Jun 2012, A local Afghan official has said that 17 civilians have been killed in a NATO airstrike in eastern Afghanistan. In a statement, NATO said it knew of only two light injuries to civilians during the pre-dawn incident on Wednesday. The target of the strike was the house of a tribal elder in Baraki Barak district of Logar province, the head...

Jim Rickards on Europe's Bank Run and why JP Morgan was late to
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Jim Rickards on Europe's Bank Run and why JP Morgan was late to "Puke the Trade"
Business Day 06 Jun 2012, BRUSSELS — Failing banks’ senior unsecured creditors may be forced to take losses and lenders may be made to pay levies, under European Union (EU) proposals to deal with crisis-hit banks that will be published today. Michel Barnier, the bloc’s financial services chief, will argue that the measures, which would also require governments to lend to...

Gov. Scott Walker On Final Day Before Election; updated 06 Jun 2012; published 04 Jun 2012
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Gov. Scott Walker On Final Day Before Election
France24 06 Jun 2012, AFP - The union-busting Republican governor in the US presidential battleground state of Wisconsin on Tuesday survived a recall election aimed at ousting him mid-term, US media projected. Governor Scott Walker, elected in 2010, prompted mass protests -- and ultimately, the rare special election -- after pushing through legislation last year to...

US Muslims Covertly Operate Inside Syria; updated 30 May 2012; published 30 Apr 2012
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US Muslims Covertly Operate Inside Syria
Ohio 06 Jun 2012, GENEVA: Syria has agreed to allow humanitarian workers and supplies into four of its provinces hit hardest by violence, a promise of some relief in a nation where 1 million people need aid urgently due to the fighting, officials said Tuesday. At the same time, however, Damascus plunged itself into further international isolation by labeling U.S....

Al-Qaeda commander Abu Yahya al-Libi killed in Pakistan; updated 06 Jun 2012; published 05 Jun 2012
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Al-Qaeda commander Abu Yahya al-Libi killed in Pakistan
The State 06 Jun 2012, ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A U.S. drone strike in northwest Pakistan has killed al-Qaida's second-in-command, officials from both countries confirmed Tuesday, the most significant victory so far in the controversial bombing campaign and the biggest setback to the terror network since the death of Osama bin Laden. Abu Yahya al-Libi was considered a...

Families of protesters seek redress in Mubarak verdict; updated 04 Jun 2012; published 01 Jun 2012
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Families of protesters seek redress in Mubarak verdict
Xinhua 06 Jun 2012, by Marwa Yahia, Li Laifang CAIRO, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Tens of thousands of Egyptians gathered in Cairo's Tahrir square and other public squares on Tuesday, demanding the retrial of ex-President Hosni Mubarak, his sons, former Interior Minister Habib Adli and his six aides as well as the disqualification of presidential candidate, ex-Prime Minister...

UN confirms killings in Syria's Houla; updated 06 Jun 2012; published 26 May 2012
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UN confirms killings in Syria's Houla
The Guardian 05 Jun 2012, Assad regime declares 17 foreign diplomats unwelcome after co-ordinated expulsion of Syrian ambassadors by western states Syria's decision to oust 17 western diplomats appears to reflect the regime's confidence that it can rely on the protection of Russia and China, led by presidents Vladimir Putin, left, and Hu Jintao. Photograph: Alexey...

1989 Tiananmen Square Protests; updated 06 Jun 2012; published 17 Sep 2005
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1989 Tiananmen Square Protests
WorldNews.com 05 Jun 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Most governments fear popular sovereignty, something that was observed by the world when hundreds of thousands of Chinese workers and student hunger strikers packed Tiananmen Square demanding a more democratic and open society. On that day, June 5 1989, some even dared to think and imagine that...

Pakistan expresses concern over drones; updated 06 Jun 2012; published 05 Jun 2012
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Pakistan expresses concern over drones
BBC News 05 Jun 2012, A US drone strike on Monday in Pakistan targeted al-Qaeda's second-in-command Abu Yahya al-Libi, US officials say. They say it is still unclear whether he was among those killed in the strike on a suspected militant compound in North Waziristan, near the Afghan border. Two missiles by the unmanned aircraft killed 15 people, Pakistani officials...

Lawless Land - Libya; updated 04 Jun 2012; published 23 Apr 2012
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Lawless Land - Libya
The Independent 05 Jun 2012, Flights to and from the airport were cancelled or diverted after members of al-Awfea Brigade occupied the airport for several hours, surrounding planes on the runway with armed pick-up trucks. They demanded the release of their leader, Colonel Abu Oegeila al-Hebshi, who they said was being held at the airport by Tripoli's security forces after...

UN confirms killings in Syria's Houla; updated 06 Jun 2012; published 26 May 2012
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UN confirms killings in Syria's Houla
Huffington Post 04 Jun 2012, BEIRUT, June 4 (Reuters) - Syrian rebels are no longer committed to a U.N.-backed peace plan that has failed to end violence in the country and have launched attacks on government forces to "defend our people", a spokesman said on Monday. "We have decided to end our commitment to this (plan) and starting from that date (Friday) we began defending...





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