Collectivism appears to be on the rise in the United States [AFP] New Haven, CT - When it comes to President Barack Obama’s foreign policy, I’m of two minds. Killing Osama bin Laden? Thumbs up. Killing a US citizen who worked for al-Qaeda? Not so much. But at least he knows what’s going on. When Mitt [...]
Anonymous‘ primary method of attack is through DDoS – Distributed Denial of Service [AFP] Montreal, Canada - What is Anonymous? To some critics, the protest actions taken under the banner of Anonymous will be used by governments to exercise their repressive impulses. Internet critic Evgeny Morozov puts this position in no uncertain terms: “Hacktivists keep supplying the industry [...]
Many Injured, Anger Grows as Israel Cracks Down on Hunger Strike Solidarity ‘We will not accept our prisoners returning in coffins’ – Common Dreams staff Protests and rallies were held around the West Bank and Gaza this week in support of Palestinian hunger strikers currently held in Israeli prisons. As an increasing number of prisoners [...]
. Protesters march during a demonstration by the Czech Trade Union, who are opposing the Czech government‘s reforms in Prague April 21, 2012. The banner reads, “Stop the government”. (REUTERS/David W Cerny)Union leader Jaroslav Zavadil said the cabinet was “humiliating the powerless with its anti-social reforms.” * * * BBC News: Czechs stage huge anti-government rally [...]
Photo: AFP Pulitzer-Winning Image Source Of Pride, Nightmares For Afghan Photographer Mustafa Sarwar, Abubakar Siddique |From RFE/RL “In the blink of an eye, Tarana‘s surrounding’s were filled with blood. The dead and injured bodies of her relatives surrounded her,” Massoud Hossaini recalls. Tarana stands erect amid the dead and injured at her feet, her blood-stained hands opened [...]
Breivik claims the attacks were necessary in a civil war against Islam in Europe [AFP] A new psychiatric examination has found that confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is not criminally insane, despite a claim based upon an earlier assessment. Tuesday’s finding comes six days before the 33-year-old Norwegian is set to stand trial on terror charges a [...]
Thousands of Anti-Nuclear Protesters Face Police in India, 200 Arrested Green signal for nuclear power ‘is a red signal for our lives’ – Common Dreams staff After thousands gathered in Idinthikarai, Tamil Nadu, India on Monday to protest the vastly contested Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant there, police forces came out en masse to repress demonstrations. [...]
Spain Wilts in Driest Winter for 70 Years – Common Dreams staff Recent social unrest in Spain, including mass demonstrations against austerity programs and cuts to education, is not the only thing fanning flames in the European nation. As Spain experiences the harshest drought in nearly 70 years, farmers fear a terrible growing season and the number [...]
Bill Gates: We Need Genetically Modified Seeds Gates’ yield-increasing claims widely refuted by studies – Common Dreams staff At a forum of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in Rome today, Microsoft founder Bill Gates pressed the need for genetically modified seeds in the developing world, and the need for a “digital revolution” to [...]
Officials: French Troops Killed Over US Marines Urine Video Karzai Downplayed ‘Isolated’ Killing, But Is Anti-NATO Sentiment Worsening? by Jason Ditz, January 22, 2012 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum The killing of four French soldiers and wounding of 12 others last week by an Afghan soldier has [...]
Photo courtesy of Dr Simon Foale, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef StudiesA team of researchers from the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and James Cook University published their findings in the journal Nature Climate Change. They document how elevated CO2 is “driving fish crazy.” Goodbye, Fish: Rising [...]
The Toll of Austerity: Eurozone Unemployment Hits New Record Youth joblessness at 3.3 million in the eurozone As the U.S. Labor Department announces today that the unemployment rate has fallen to a low of 8.5%, new statistics released today from the Eurostat, the EU’s statistics agency, show the soaring rates of unemployment in the eurozone. [...]
Iranian submarines participate in naval parade war game on Sea of Oman near Strait of Hormuz (Reuters)UPDATE: At 12:53 PM ET the Associated Press filed a new storyreporting on the major joint US-Israel missile defense exercise: US-Israel vs Iran: War Games Prelude to War? Iran Rails Against West’s ‘Economic War’ The drumbeats of war are [...]
Spaniards Ring in New Year of More Austerity by Katell Abiven MADRID — Luis Zorrilla wants to celebrate the New Year and forget, at least for a day, Spain‘s economic crisis and government spending cuts that have triggered the “indignant” protest movement. Protestors from the 15-M movement gather during the New Year’s celebrations in Madrid, [...]
Afghan Refugee Strategy A ‘Big Mistake’: UNHCR KABUL — The head of the UN refugee program in Afghanistan on Tuesday described its strategy in the war-wracked country since 2002 as the “biggest mistake UNHCR ever made”. Afghans line up to receive winter supplies at a UNHCR distribution centre for needy refugees on [...]
Topics: iran ♦ leon panetta ♦ panetta The Pentagon on Tuesday sought to play down remarks by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta who has suggested Iran’s nuclear program could be on a faster track than previously suspected. In an interview with CBS News, Panetta said Iran could have anuclear weapon in a year or possibly sooner and that the timeline might be different if Tehran [...]
World ‘Heading for 3.5 C Warming’: Study DURBAN, South Africa — Current pledges for curbing carbon emissions will doom the world to global warming of 3.5 C, massively overshooting the UN target of 2 C, researchers reported at the climate talks here on Tuesday. An abandoned housing project in North Las [...]
Palestinians receive food aid from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in Gaza. (MaanImages/Hatem Omar) GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The energy authority in the Gaza Strip on Monday accused Israel of deliberately disconnecting the main electricity grid to the coastal enclave as part of a “punitive policy.””The Israeli occupation uses security pretexts to justify [...]
One in four Israelis was living under the poverty line in 2010, annual figures from the National Insurance Institute showed. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli) JERUSALEM (AFP) — One in four Israelis was living under the poverty line in 2010, annual figures from the National Insurance Institute showed, although the numbers showed an improvement since 2009. The [...]
National Transitional Council (NTC) fighters battle loyalist forces in Sirte. (AFP/Aris Messinis) Red Cross warns of medical emergency in Sirte, Libya Published yesterday (updated) 02/10/2011 12:08 MISRATA, Libya (AFP) — The international Red Cross warned of a medical emergency in Moammar Gadhafi‘s hometown Sirte as the battle for the fugitive Libyan strongman’s largest remaining [...]
JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israel on Wednesday rejected international outcry over its plans to build 1,100 new homes in Gilo in annexed Palestinian east Jerusalem, insisting the area was “not a settlement.” “Gilo is not a settlement, nor a settlement outpost. It is a neighborhood which constitutes an integral part of the center of Jerusalem,” [...]
Libya fighting: Fears grow for civilians in Sirte Anti-Gaddafi fighters are optimistic Continue reading the main story Libya Crisis Pain resurfaces Chaotic fighting Islamists keen to engage Profile: Sirte International officials have expressed fears for more than 200,000 civilians caught in fierce clashes in the Libyan cities of Sirte and Bani Walid. Nato said fighters [...]
Bombings and attacks are once again becoming an almost daily occurrence in Iraq after a lull in violence [AFP] Four explosions have rocked the Iraqi city of Karbala, around 118km south of the capital Baghdad, leaving at least 10 people dead and 12 more wounded, sources say. The back-to-back explosions occurred on Sunday outside a governmental [...]
The 10 Worst Weather Disasters This Year and Why They Are Happening Surveying damage from Irene in New Jersey. Photo Credit: Agence France-Presse LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? Join our mailing list: Sign up to stay up to date on the latest headlines via email. We’ve already had 10 disasters topping $1 billion [...]
An anti-Gaddafi fighter shouts “Allahu Akbar“, or “God is Great”, during the Eid al-Fitr prayer in Tripoli [Reuters] Toppled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi‘s son Saif al-Islam has vowed to continue resistance, while his brother Saadi Gaddafi has offered to surrender, Reuters news agency reported. “We would like to tell our people that we are well and [...]
Neighboring Tunisia recognizes Libyan rebels Published today 20:55 Tunisia had so far observed a prudent neutrality over Libya. [AFP Filippo Monteforte] TUNIS (AFP) — After six months of observing a prudent neutrality towards Libya’s warring sides, neighboring Tunisia on Sunday finally recognized the rebel movement just as the battle for Tripoli began. “The Tunisian [...]
Gaza govt announces compromise on US aid Published today (updated) 13/08/2011 20:5 GAZA CITY (AFP) — Hamas and the US Agency for International Development have reached a compromise to maintain the flow of aid, a senior Hamas official said Saturday. “We’ve reached a compromise with USAID through the United Nations” to allow the continuation [...]
The settler homes in East Jerusalem are a major sticking point in the Middle East peace process [EPA] Israel’s interior minister has given final approval for the construction of 1,600 new settler homes in occupied East Jerusalem, his spokesman said. Eli Yishai will also approve 2,700 more homes shortly, Roei Lachmanovich, the spokesman, told the AFP news agency on [...]
Ishaqi Again: Another Day, Another Atrocity in the Endless Iraq War WRITTEN BY CHRIS FLOYD TUESDAY, 09 AUGUST 2011 10:58 There was a raid in Ishaqi last week. Armed men crept upon the sleeping houses in the dead of night. Armed men stirring in the darkness, in a land still open, like a flayed [...]
Somali forces have reinforced their hold on Mogadishu, but al-Shabab called its retreat a “tactical move” [AFP] Somalia‘s government has offered an open amnesty to al-Shabab fighters after the rebels made a surprise withdrawal from the capital, Mogadishu, over the weekend. “We offer an amnesty – put down your weapons and your guns, and come and [...]
How the Billionaires Broke the System Posted: 01 Aug 2011 01:15 PM PDT The US deficit reduction plan makes no sense – until you remember who’s behind the Tea Party movement. By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 1st August 2011 There are two ways of cutting a deficit: raising taxes or reducing spending. [...]
A Facebook group co-ordinating the protests has urged Syrians to turn up for Friday’s protests [Reuters] Syrian security forces have continued their clampdown on the pro-democracy movement, killing four protesters and arresting two leading activists on the eve of more mass rallies. In the eastern city of Deir al-Zour, where security forces were carrying out operations in nearly [...]
Protesters demanding change clashed with loyalists of the ruling military council on Saturday [AFP] Egypt‘s parliamentary elections, a crucial step in transitioning to civilian rule, will be held in November, according to Egyptian state media reports. In a meeting with reporters in Cairo on Saturday, Abdul Moaez Ahmed Ibrahim, the chief of the Higher Election Commission, said that [...]
Israel PM guards tell women reporters to remove bras Published Friday 22/07/2011 (updated) 23/07/2011 11:30 JERUSALEM (AFP) — Foreign journalists on Friday spoke of their distress after being asked to remove their bras for a security check before being allowed into the offices of Israel’s prime minister. The three women were told by security [...]
Brega, which is 750km east of Tripoli, has changed hands several times since the uprising against Gaddafi [EPA] Libyan rebels have claimed victory against troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, the country’s leader, inside the eastern port town of Brega. The rebels said Gaddafi’s troops were retreating west towards the town of Ras Lanuf. Brega, which is 750km east of [...]
Libya says 1,100 dead in Nato ‘war crimes‘ People inspect the rubble of a residential building, which Libyan officials say was hit by a NATO air strike, in Tripoli‘s Souq al-Juma district June 19, 2011. — PHOTO: REUTERS TRIPOLI – LIBYA’S prosecutor general charged on Wednesday that Nato air strikes in support of rebel [...]
The NATO onslaught on Libya continues unabated and if anything has been increased. It seems only a matter of time before a ground invasion becomes at necessary, at least in the eyes of the military. In a world of never ending conflict and war that usually disguises a fight for dwindling resources as some vain [...]
The Libyan artists driving Gaddafi to the wall In cities that have fallen to the rebels, such as Benghazi, the beleaguered leader is the subject of taunts and derision, the visual outpouring of pent-up hatred Share87 Comments (11) Rory Mulholland The Observer, Sunday 5 June 2011 Article history End of his reign? Muammar Gaddafi [...]
Israel ministers slam Rafah reopening – Palestinians hold the red, white and black Egyptian flag along with the Palestinian flag, in support … Play VideoTerrorism Video:Raw Video: Terrorism-fighting bill passed AP Play VideoTerrorism Video:Stolen artwork found at Speed Art Museum WHAS TV11 Louisville Play VideoTerrorism Video:US witness links Pakistan’s ISI, militants AP – Sun May 29, 4:30 am ET JERUSALEM (AFP) – [...]
KIGALI (AFP) – Rwanda‘s Gacaca grassroots courts that have judged the bulk of the people suspected of taking part in the 1994 genocide will close in December, the country’s justice minister said Friday. “A final report will be completed by December and this chapter of Gacaca will be officially declared closed,” Tharcisse Karugarama said [...]
Police fire on demonstrators in Iraq; 35 wounded Email Print AP – An Iraqi soldier secures the scene of a suicide car bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 18, 2011. Suicide … Slideshow:Iraq Play VideoMideast Video:Palestinian Authority condemns ‘cowardly’ hanging AFP Play VideoMideast Video:Islamists kill Italian kidnapped in GazaAFP By YAHYA BARZANJI, Associated Press – Sun Apr 17, 4:43 pm ET SULAIMANIYAH, [...]
Syrian protesters lying on the ground as a tank patrols in Banias Photo: AFP Disgraceful Distortions by The Guardian Syria and the Delusions of the Western Press By PETER LEE On April 10, a mysterious and bloody incident occurred near the seaside town of Banyas, in Syria. Nine members of a Syrian army patrol were [...]
Gaza truce holds after days of deadly clashes Email Print AFP – Members of the National Resistance Brigades, the armed wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation … Play VideoMideast Video:Cross-border violence in Gaza rages on Reuters Play VideoMideast Video:Death toll mounts in Gaza Reuters Play VideoMideast Video:Israel kills Hamas commander in strike Reuters by Selim [...]
