... goals without moral limits.War Among the People and Occupiers, But Mainly PeoplePhase Two, starting in 2003, consisted of “war among the people and occupiers.” Indeed, the Green Zone itself was where some of the heaviest fighting occurred, another reason to erase “memories of resistance,” or indigenous narratives of anti-imperialist martyrs....
(CNN)A baby with Zika virus-related microcephaly was born in New Jersey on Tuesday, hospital officials said. The baby and mother are stable and doing well following the cesarean delivery, said Dr. Abdulla Al-Kahan, director of maternal and fetal medicine at Hackensack University Medical Center. "The mother is stable, obviously sad, which is the normal emotional reaction given the situation," he said ... Read More ...CDC confirmation ... ....
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Thai wildlife authorities found 40 tiger cub carcasses in a freezer in Thailand’s infamous Tiger Temple on Wednesday as they removed live animals in response to international pressure over suspected trafficking and abuse ... But the temple has been investigated for suspected links to wildlife trafficking and abuse ... Reuters. . . ....
A French ship detects signals likely to have come from the black boxes of the EgyptAir plane that crashed last month, Egyptian authorities say ... ....
The world's longest and deepest rail tunnel is to be officially opened in Switzerland, after almost two decades of construction work. The 57km (35-mile) twin-bore Gotthard tunnel will provide a high-speed rail link under the Swiss Alps between northern and southern Europe... Switzerland's engineering triumph ... Swiss bankCredit Suisse has said is economic benefits will include the easier movement of goods and increased tourism ... ....
Over a third of Americans and nearly half of the British people say the Israeli regime deserves to be globally boycotted under the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for its atrocities against the Palestinian people, a poll shows ... In addition, about a quarter of the Americans and 33 percent of the Britons said they are ready to support the anti-Israeli movement....
WADA - WorldAnti-Doping Agency). The WorldAnti-Doping Agency (WADA) is calling upon ...Past Conferences have seen participants from the sport movement, public authorities, anti-doping organizations, athletes, coaches and the media converge to address how to tackle the most pressing issue facing sport today - doping....
Kiwi Café in Tbilisi, the capital, canceled a scheduled showing of U.S.TV shows after the assault Sunday night, it said, blaming the attack on the “Bergmann movement,” which it called a neo-Nazi skinhead group. The national newspaper GeorgiaToday quoted witnesses as saying members of the anti-communist GeorgianPowermovement were also part of the melée ... ....
Amnesia and ambition have a strange love-hate relationship ...M.J ... It is the coming together of non-cult forces that will eventually voice peoples’ aspirations. Share This Article ... The Congress had always been the broadest possible people-centered movement that effectively represented every corner of India ... The anti-RSS alliances of political and non-political forces are different from “make-me-PM-get-togethers” of disparate elements ... ....
The leaked images, which have apparently been sent to Cult of Mac by an employee of one of Apple's manufacturing partners over in China, also show that the laptop will have four USB Type-C ports, no less ...Cult of MacCheck out our full roundup of MacBook Pro 2016 rumors ....
In other words, I am supposed to indicate that I get why Sanders has a movement. But the truth is that Sanders does not deserve a movement, and his losing campaign does not deserve unusual deference and concessions ... This is nonsense, considering that Sanders has benefited from weird, anti-democratic quirks of the nominating process....
The anti-development movement has seeped into many pockets of Los Angeles, where activists have become convinced that taller buildings inexorably lead to more traffic. But downtown Los Angeles, where construction cranes line the horizon and subway trains rumble below, has mostly remained pro-growth. Until now. An advocacy group calling itself the... ....
ColonelSultan Suwayeh Al Darmaki, chief of anti-drug section, said the security authorities received a tip-off that the couple's car contained drugs. A police team monitored the couple's movements... ....
Those of course are doctrinal issues — the products of scholarly understanding, reading and research of the sort currently unpopular in Pakistan’s populist and fervently anti-intellectual moment. Judging by CII’s tone, the pro-women aspects of Islamic law dating from the time of the HolyProphet (PBUH) can be disregarded simply because they may bear a resemblance to late 20th-century feminist movements in the West....
She was the first woman of color to lead the National Lawyers Guild and has been deeply involved in the movements for immigrants’ rights including shutting down the StewartDetentionCenter and repealing the discriminatory educational bans affecting undocumented students in Georgia, dignity for Muslim-Americans, a just US foreign policy, and FreePalestine...Winning even small victories for the movement gives me great satisfaction....