1) Scientists told Al Jazeera there are more oil seeps in this area of the Gulf of Mexico than they’ve ever seen [Erika Blumenfeld/Al Jazeera] In Pictures: Ongoing BP oil leaks in the Gulf Al Jazeera spots a swath of silvery oil sheen near BP’s crippled Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico. [...]
Israeli commandos killed eight Turkish citizens and one American of Turkish ancestry aboard the Mavi Marmara [EPA] Israel‘s missed opportunities Netanyahu’s refusal to apologise over the Gaza flotilla killings shows that Israel is misreading the new Middle East. Anwar Ibrahim Last Modified: 15 Sep 2011 18:45 In the prologue to The History of the Destruction of [...]
Students clash with Israeli settlers, forces in Hebron camp Published yesterday (updated) 15/09/2011 19:10 Palestinian officials have warned that an uptick in settler violence in the West Bank risks an escalation in violence ahead of the Palestinian bid for membership of the UN [MaanImages, Mamoun Wazwaz, File] HEBRON (Ma’an) — A group of students [...]
Palestinians have not historically lacked legal instruments to challenge Israel [EPA] State of recognition Whether the UN grants the PA status as a state or refuses to do so, either outcome will be in Israel’s interest. Joseph Massad Last Modified: 15 Sep 2011 13:44 What is at stake in Barack Obama’s vehement refusal to recognise [...]
UK amends law to protect Israelis from prosecution Published yesterday (updated) 15/09/2011 21:55 Former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni [MaanImages] LONDON (Reuters) — A British law limiting citizens’ rights to seek the arrest of foreign politicians for alleged war crimes took effect on Thursday, removing a thorn in British-Israeli relations. The law amends legislation [...]
Settler attacks raise West Bank tension ahead of UN Published yesterday (updated) 15/09/2011 21:58 Palestinian brothers Ahmad (R) and Mohmoud Mleitat inspect their father’s car after is was torched in the West Bank village of Beit Furik near Nablus on September 15, 2011. [Reuters/Abed Omar Qusini] By Tom Perry RAMALLAH (Reuters) — An escalation [...]
Jordanian demo demands Israeli embassy closure Published yesterday (updated) 15/09/2011 21:58 Jordanians wave their national flag and shout slogans during a protest [AFP/Khalil Mazraawi] AMMAN (AFP) — Around 200 Jordanians demonstrated near the Israeli embassy in Amman on Thursday, demanding that the government expel the state’s envoy and scrap the joint 1994 peace treaty. [...]
Hamas and Fatah meet in Gaza before UN bid Published yesterday (updated) 15/09/2011 21:19 Hamas and Fatah remain divided on numerous political issues, including the UN bid, despite the heralding of the May unity deal as the end of the state of separation between their governments in Gaza and the West Bank [MaanImages/Rami Swidan, [...]
Reports of her attacks on Dr Martin Luther King prove that nothing can now tarnish the reputation of Jacqueline Kennedy Jacqueline Kennedy stands outside the Taj Mahal. Photograph: Art Rickerby./Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image Not even recordings of her distaste for the civil rights leader, Winston Churchill and Indira Gandhi can dislodge America’s [...]
Silvio Berlusconi faces fresh claims over parties, prostitutes and pay-outs Silvio Berlusconi, pictured in parliament on 14 September, for the vote on Italy’s austerity budget. Photograph: Giuseppe lam/Demoti/Corbis Wiretap transcripts, including alleged blackmail risk, could further damage standing of Italy’s prime minister reddit this John Hooper, in Rome guardian.co.uk, Thursday 15 September 2011 17.55 BST [...]
11 Reasons Why the Unemployment Crisis Is Even Worse Than You Think LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? Join our mailing list: Here are 11 unemployment facts that mass media underreport or ignore completely. September 14, 2011 | President Obama recently addressed the nation during a joint session of Congress and the main theme of that address [...]
Michael Klare, Is Washington Out of Gas? Posted by Michael Klare at 9:27am, September 15, 2011. Way back then, the signs out on the streets read: “No Blood for Oil,” “How did USA‘s oil get under Iraq’s sand?” and “Don’t trade lives for oil!” Such homemade placards, carried by deluded antiwar protesters in enormous demonstrations before the Bush [...]
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To the elites Coal Seam Gas is an alternative energy ‘solution.’ But it is only an alternative because it can turn a profit which is what the capital project is all about. Make no mistakes the forces that guide capital look only to profit and expansion at any cost. Whenever the coal seam gas runs out this [...]
Liberticidal anti-terror laws must go’ International rights advocacy group says laws used pretext of fighting “terror” to legalise discrimination and torture. Asad Hashim Last Modified: 09 Sep 2011 20:32 Baudouin, left, says his group is afraid it will be difficult to undo what has been done in the past decade [FIDH] As the United States positioned [...]
Much of the US public believed falsehoods about Iraq in 2003, a major reason why the anti-war movement failed [Reuters] Combating ignorance, avoiding arrogance The American public often hides in ‘willed ignorance’ about the world around them. Robert Jensen Last Modified: 13 Sep 2011 11:38 After 9/11 it became immediately clear that US leaders were [...]
Europe’s leaders battle to keep faith with euro as Greek bailout flounders Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi after his government narrowly won a confidence vote for its €54bn austerity package. Photograph: Ism Agency/Getty Images Amid fresh setbacks in struggle to rescue Greece, US treasury secretary prepares to join euro crisis meetings in Poland reddit [...]
FBI Teaching Counter-Terror Agents Anti-Muslim Fear by John Glaser, September 14, 2011 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum The FBI is teaching its counterterrorism agents that “main stream” [sic] American Muslims are likely to be terrorist sympathizers; that the Prophet Mohammed was a “cult leader”; and that the Islamic practice of giving charity is no [...]
Being a son of migrant parents and making no bones about my own position on asylum seekers as the only just position to adopt when dealing with the human rights of others I am appalled at the stupid parliamentary pretend fights that are there to preserve racist attitudes in this Country. Being a one party [...]
The Responsibility of Intellectuals, Redux Using Privilege to Challenge the StateNoam Chomsky A San Francisco mural depicting Archbishop Óscar Romero / Photograph: Franco Folini Since we often cannot see what is happening before our eyes, it is perhaps not too surprising that what is at a slight distance removed is utterly invisible. We have just [...]
Sarah Palin alleged to have used cocaine and marijuana Allegations that Sarah Palin took drugs have emerged in a new biography. Photograph: Rick Friedman/Corbis Biography of the Tea Party politician alleges that she used drugs, and had a long affair with her husband’s business partner reddit this Chris McGreal in Washington The Guardian, Thursday 15 [...]
Bolivian protestors are marching against government plans to build a highway through indigenous land [EPA/EFE] Evading indigenous consultation in Bolivia Indigenous Bolivians are searching for social justice as the government plans to build a new highway. Manuela Picq Last Modified: 14 Sep 2011 08:13 Indigenous groups from the lowlands of Bolivia have been marching since August [...]
Floods have left hundreds of thousands homeless in Pakistan and the situation is getting worse by the day, aid agencies say. While the government has been criticised for its slow response to the crisis, the military said it rescued thousands of people in Sindh province on Wednesday. “In the Badin district, we have rescued more than [...]
Greece has yet to meet the fiscal and structural reform targets set out by the European bailout [Reuters] Greece urged to implement fiscal reforms French and German leaders call on Greece to introduce fiscal reforms set in bailout plan. Last Modified: 14 Sep 2011 21:41 The leaders of France and Germany have told Greek Prime Minister [...]
U.S. Troops Are in 148 Countries By davidswanson - Posted on 14 September 2011 From the St Petersburg Times: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/sep/14/ron-paul/ron-paul-says-us-has-military-personnel-130-nation/ The U.S. military “is in 130 countries. We have 900 bases around the world.” Ron Paul on Monday, September 12th, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Tampa During the Sept. 12, 2011, Republican presidential debate in Tampa, Rep. [...]
Protecting Americans? President Obama’s Shameful Silence in the Face of Israel’s Murder of a Young American Wed, 09/14/2011 – 19:17 — Anonymous by: Dave Lindorff Among the many shameful and cowardly things that President Barack Obama has and has not done, few can rival his complete unwillingness to express outrage at the Israeli military’s [...]
Hardline Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, seen here in July, has warned there will be “harsh and grave consequences” if the Palestinians seek UN membership as a state. [AFP/Gali Tibbon, File] Israel warns of ‘harsh’ consequences of UN bid Published yesterday (updated) 14/09/2011 17:30 JERUSALEM (AFP) — Hardline Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman warned [...]
Egypt approves entry of World Food Programme aid to Gaza Published yesterday (updated) 14/09/2011 21:34 EL-ARISH, Egypt (Ma’an) — Egyptian authorities on Wednesday approved the entry of aid from the World Food Programme to Gaza, a PA crossing official said. PA official Amr Hadhud told Ma’an that the WFP had donated 55 tons of [...]
Nabil Amr speaks during a Fatah rally in the West Bank city of Nablus PLO official voices criticism of UN membership plan Published yesterday (updated) 14/09/2011 19:43 [MaanImages/Rami Swidan, File] HEBRON (Ma’an) — PLO central council member Nabil Amr said Tuesday that the Palestinian request for full UN membership is not a “bid” but [...]
PA: Settlers attack 2 Palestinians in Nablus Published yesterday (updated) 14/09/2011 14:51 NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli settlers attacked two Palestinians on Tuesday evening in the northern West Bank, Palestinian Authority officials said. PA settlement affairs official Ghassan Doughlas said residents of the illegal Yitzhar settlement attacked Iyad Sanakreh and Salah Sanakrah, from Balata refugee [...]
US ready to fight UN bid to bitter end Published yesterday (updated) 14/09/2011 17:30 Palestinians take part in a protest marking the 63rd anniversary of the “Nakba” (catastrophe) in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on May 12, 2011. [MaanImages/Luay Sababa] WASHINGTON (AFP) — The United States has decided to fight to the bitter [...]
Gazans have mixed feelings over Abbas UN bid Published yesterday (updated) 14/09/2011 19:52 A Palestinian boy peers from behind a wall at al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on September 12, 2011. [Reuters/Mohammed Salem] By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA CITY (Reuters) — President Mahmoud Abbas‘ bid to seek UN recognition of a Palestinian state is [...]
Synthetic DNA added to yeast cells, paving way for ‘evolution’ on demand Synthetic DNA designed in the laboratory was added to yeast cells without preventing its ability to survive and reproduce Photograph: Manfred Kage/Getty Scientists’ feat could lead to better biofuels and vaccines, and is a significant step towards completely synthetic organisms reddit this Ian [...]
Republicans start to pour cold water over Sarah Palin White House run Sarah Palin in Arizona in 2010. South Carolina senator Jim DeMint told CBS News: ‘It doesn’t appear that she is going to run.” Photograph: Jack Kurtz/Zuma Press/Corbis Growing list of conservative activists and Tea Party figures dismiss idea of former Alaska governor [...]
United States in last-ditch effort to set up Israeli-Palestinian peace talks United States secretary of state Hillary Clinton is leading the talks to avert a clash betwen Israel and the Palestinians at the United Nations. Photograph: Marty Melville/Getty US fears major diplomatic embarrassment if Israelis and Palestinians collide in New York over looming request at [...]
