Eric Garner: Chokehold his own doing, or 'death by economic regulation'?
Full Article Yahoo Daily News
06 Dec 2014

Protesters have clung to Eric Garner’s last words – “I can’t breathe” – as they demonstrate against what they see as unequal application of justice after a grand jury this week refused to hand down homicide charges against NYPD Officer Dan Pantaleo, whose chokehold killed Garner. But to understand protests and calls for reform, some commentators...

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Protesters rally against a grand jury's decision not to indict the police officer involved in the death of Eric Garner, Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, in New York.
photo: AP / John Minchillo

updated 26 Aug 2013; published 30 Mar 2012
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Chokehold on Charity in NYC Criticized by National Center's Stier
updated 19 Aug 2014; published 19 Aug 2014
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Venezuela holds 123 and seizes tonnes of food in smuggling crackdown.
updated 13 Nov 2014; published 13 Nov 2014
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The Life and Death of Eric Garner
updated 23 Aug 2014; published 01 Aug 2014
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The Death of Eric Garner by NYPD is Ruled a Homicide!
updated 24 Aug 2014; published 24 Aug 2014
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Thousands march in New York over police chokehold death.
updated 24 Aug 2014; published 29 Jul 2014
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Eric Garner's death pushes Cornel West to battle mass incarceration even more
U.S. To Keep More Troops In Afghanistan As Violence Spikes
Full Article Huffington Post
06 Dec 2014

* Hagel confirms 10,800 troops to stay in Afghanistan for several months * 1,000 more US soldiers than previously planned * 2014 is bloodiest Afghan year since 2001, spike of Kabul attacks * Republican critics warn drawdown could reverse security gains (Adds Hagel comments on coalition troops) By Phil Stewart KABUL, Dec 6 (Reuters) - The United...

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File - Sgt. Zach Smola, rear door gunner on a CH-47, keeps watch on the mountains in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, May 12, 2013.
photo: US Army / Sgt. Jessi Ann McCormick

updated 04 Feb 2014; published 10 Mar 2013
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Afghanistan News - Hamid Karzai, Chuck Hagel, Kabul Bank
updated 06 Dec 2014; published 06 Dec 2014
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Hagel : More U S troops to remain in Afghanistan next year than initially planned
updated 29 Mar 2014; published 27 Dec 2013
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3 Coalition Soldiers Killed in Kabul | Taliban Claims Responsibility for Car-Bomb Attack
updated 12 Jun 2014; published 09 Mar 2013
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Hagel stresses were still at war in Afghanistan 'killing Pashtuns in the name of Taliban'
updated 01 Dec 2013; published 09 Mar 2013
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Taliban Says Bombing Meant as Message for Hagel
updated 06 Nov 2014; published 06 Nov 2014
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November 6 2014 Breaking News ISIS Fears Grow in Afghan as Last Army combat division pulling out
Typhoon slams into Philippines, 1 million evacuated
Full Article The Times of India
06 Dec 2014

MANILA: A powerful typhoon roared into the eastern Philippines on Saturday, bringing lashing rain and strong winds that felled trees, ripped off tin roofs and toppled power lines in areas still bearing the scars of a super typhoon 13 months ago. About 1 million people had already fled to shelters by the time Typhoon Hagupit made landfall, in what a...

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Hundreds of residents take shelter inside the provincial capitol of Surigao city close to central Philippines on Friday, Dec. 5, 2014 in anticipation of typhoon Hagupit which is expected to hit land Saturday afternoon.
photo: AP / Erwin Mascarinas

updated 14 Nov 2013; published 14 Nov 2013
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Actual Video of Storm Surge of Typhoon Haiyan Yolanda in Leyte Philippines
updated 24 Nov 2013; published 24 Nov 2013
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Super Typhoon HAIYAN (YOLANDA) in Tacloban City, Philippines (2013)
updated 04 Dec 2014; published 04 Dec 2014
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Philippines prepares for Super Typhoon Ruby (Hagupit) - Update 3 (12/04/2014)
updated 18 Nov 2013; published 18 Nov 2013
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Dramatic footage: Moment Typhoon Haiyan washes away Philippines house
updated 04 Dec 2014; published 04 Dec 2014
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Typhoon Hagupit / Typhoon Ruby Storm Surge in Leyte and Eastern Samar
updated 17 Nov 2013; published 17 Nov 2013
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Super Typhoon Haiyan Yolanda - Tacloban, Philippines 台風 台风
Nasa's new hope Orion makes perfect flight and return
Full Article Belfast Telegraph
06 Dec 2014

Nasa's new Orion spacecraft made a "bullseye" splashdown in the Pacific following a dramatic test flight. The brief journey took it to a height of 3,600 miles and ushered in a new era of human exploration aiming for Mars. The unmanned test flight ended just four hours and 30 minutes after it began and achieved at least one record - flying farther...

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Following a perfect launch and more than four hours in Earth's orbit, NASA's Orion spacecraft is seen from an unpiloted aircraft descending under three massive red and white main parachutes and then shortly after its bullseye splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, 600 miles southwest of San Diego, 5 December, 2014.
photo: NASA

updated 05 Dec 2014; published 05 Dec 2014
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NASA launches new Orion spacecraft and new era
updated 05 Dec 2014; published 05 Dec 2014
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NASA successfully launches Orion spacecraft test flight - Lancio ORION NASA in THE SPACE - NEWS ENG
updated 05 Dec 2014; published 05 Dec 2014
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NASA successfully launches Orion spacecraft test flight - Lancio ORION NASA in THE SPACE - NEWS
updated 06 Dec 2014; published 06 Dec 2014
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Nasa's Orion Onboard Cameras Capture Images as it makes Landing in Pacific Ocean
updated 05 Dec 2014; published 05 Dec 2014
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NASA's Orion lands with 'bullseye' splashdown
updated 05 Dec 2014; published 05 Dec 2014
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NASA successfully launches Orion spacecraft test flight - Lancio ORION NASA in THE SPACE - NEWS ITA
Luke Somers: British-born photojournalist 'killed by al-Qaeda after failed rescue attempt in Yemen'
Full Article The Independent
06 Dec 2014

A British-born photojournalist has reportedly been killed by al-Qaeda militants in Yemen during a failed rescue attempt by US special forces. Luke Somers, 33, had been held hostage since being kidnapped in the capital, Sana’a, in September 2013 as he left a supermarket. His captors had taunted his family after a previous attempt by American and...

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This image made from video posted online by militants on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows Luke Somers, an American photojournalist born in Britain and held hostage by al-Qaida's affiliate in Yemen.
photo: AP / Militant Video

updated 05 Dec 2014; published 05 Dec 2014
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US Vs al Qaeda: AQAP threatens to kill Luke Somers after US’ failed rescue mission
updated 06 Dec 2014; published 06 Dec 2014
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Al-Qaeda Kills American Hostage Luke Somers During SEALs Raid On Yemen
updated 06 Dec 2014; published 06 Dec 2014
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American hostage Luke Somers killed in failed rescue attempt says sister
updated 06 Dec 2014; published 06 Dec 2014
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American journalist Luke Somers killed in failed rescue
updated 06 Dec 2014; published 06 Dec 2014
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Luke Somers Dies After Rescue Bid - Luke Somers Died Dead American Hostage Killed During Yemen
updated 06 Dec 2014; published 06 Dec 2014
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Yemini hostages Luke Somers and Pierre Korkie killed during American rescue operation

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Kenya bus attack survivor: 'I played dead'
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BBC News
Kenyan head teacher Douglas Ochwodho Ondari was on a bus that was attacked by Somali al-Shabab militants last month in north-eastern Kenya, near the border with Somalia. He...
War by Media and the Triumph of Propaganda
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CounterPunch
Why has so much journalism succumbed to propaganda? Why are censorship and distortion standard practice? Why is the BBC so often a mouthpiece of rapacious power? Why do the New...
Why Obama’s New Defense Nominee Ashton Carter Likes 'Charmed Quarks'
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ABC News
The man President Obama has tapped to be his next Secretary of Defense is an expert in “charmed quarks." Ashton Carter is a physicist and medieval historian by training, educated...

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Ukraine ceasefire deal talks may be held on Dec. 9: Poroshenko
Ukrainian presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko, speaks to press at a polling station after his vote during the presidential election in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, May 25
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Yahoo Daily News
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Saturday a preliminary agreement had been reached to hold talks in Minsk on Dec. 9 on implementing the steps of a September ceasefire deal with eastern separatists, Interfax reported....
photo: AP / Sergei Chuzavkov
France's Hollande meets Putin on Ukraine crisis
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Reuters
MOSCOW (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande met Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the Ukraine crisis during a brief stopover at a Moscow airport on Saturday. Putin looked nervous as he greeted Hollande, who was on his way back to...
photo: AP / Maxim Zmeyev, Pool
Somali prime minister voted out of office by lawmakers
Somalia's new Prime Minister Abdiwali Sheikh Ahmed is seen after his election, in Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013. Somalia's parliament on Saturday approved as the new Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, a political newcomer and economist who faces tough challenges in the war-torn nation.
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Khaleej Times
Politicians said possible candidates included Finance Minister Hussein Halane and Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, a former holder of the premiership. Members of parliament voted Somalia’s prime minister out of office on Saturday for the second...
photo: AP / Farah Abdi Warsameh
Hagel: 10,800 Troops To Stay In Afghanistan After Dec. 31
Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, visits Kabul, March 10, 2013. Hagel is traveling to Afghanistan on his first trip as the 24th Secretary of Defense to visit U.S. Troops, NATO leaders, and Afghan counterparts. (DoD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo)
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National Public Radio
8:35 AM ET Scott Neuman Twitter i i Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is greeted by Gen. John F. Campbell (right) after arriving in Kabul on Saturday. Hagel announced that an additional 1,000 U.S. troops would remain behind in country after Dec. 31....
photo: US DoD / Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo
Military has given millions in surplus equipment to Wis. police
Military has given millions in surplus equipment to Wis. police
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Stars and Stripes
(TNS) — The Dane County Sheriff’s Office used a controversial military surplus program to acquire 151 rifles from the Department of Defense. Madison police and 23 other law enforcement agencies across Wisconsin each received a mine-resistant armored...
photo: US DoD / Sean K. Harp
Swiss Hostage Kills Guard And Flees Militants
A Philippine Air Force Huey helicopter flies away from a camp of the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front on top of Mt. Palaw, Sultan Gumander town in Lanao del Sur, Southern Philippines after dropping off troops and supplies Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2002. The MILF camp, captured by government troops last October 10, was allegedly occupied by MILF and Abu Sayyaf rebels led by Isnilon Hapilon who fled Basilan island to escape military pursuers. Army soldiers engaged the rebels in several running gunbattlesand killed nine and captured one
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Orange News
6 December 2014, 10:07 Swiss Hostage Kills Guard And Flees Militants Tweet A Swiss wildlife photographer captured by Islamist rebels in the Philippines over two years ago has escaped after killing his guard with a machete. Members of the Abu Sayyaf...
photo: AP / Froilan Gallardo
Peacekeeper in Liberia tests positive for Ebola virus
Peacekeeper in Liberia tests positive for Ebola virus
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Belfast Telegraph
A UN peacekeeper in Liberia has tested positive for Ebola and will be flown to the Netherlands for treatment. The Nigerian soldier is expected to arrive in the Netherlands this weekend and will go into isolation at the University Medical Centre in...
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