By Zafarul-Islam Khan Editor, The Milli Gazette, New Delhi Muslim Brotherhood (MB) won Egyptian parliamentary and presidential elections in 2012. This alarmed Israeland western countries. Egyptian army and the liberal class too was scared because the MB government in Egypt meant an end to the loot and plunder the army was indulging in since 1952 and with […]
by Paul D. Miller Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands with U.S. President Barack Obama in the Oval Office photo by Reuters/Jason Reed There really is an “Israel lobby” that influences U.S. foreign policy, but it is made up of more Christians than Jews. The Pew Forum found in 2013 that 82 percent of white
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JESSICA DESVARIEUX, TRNN PRODUCER: Welcome to The Real News Network. I’m Jessica Desvarieux in Baltimore.While much of the reporting on Ukraine has focused on the political battles between the U.S., the E.U., and Russia, there’s little coverage on the economic consequences of such battles for the debt-ridden nation, especially what this means for ordinary Ukrainians.
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By Greg Mitchell As we approach the 11th anniversary of the U.S. attack on Iraq this week, we may face a bit more media coverage of that tragic conflict than usual. How much of it will focus on the media misconduct that helped make the war possible (and then continue for so long)? It’s certainly
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By JANE PERLEZ HAT YAI, Thailand — He had already endured a treacherous journey down the Bay of Bengal, squeezed in the belly of a fishing trawler, then squashed in a pickup truck as it hurtled down Thailand’s southern coast. Malaysia, his final destination, was tantalizingly close. But under the towering trees of a rubber
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By Alan Hart A recent public opinion poll asked Americans which of two options they would favour if a two-state solution to the Israel/Palestine conflict was no longer on the table. (It is in the rhetoric of leaders and diplomats but not in reality). The two options were: “The continuation of Israel’s Jewish majority
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By George Ciccariello-Maher The protests this week have far more to do with returning economic and political elites to power than with their downfall. An anti-government demonstrator in the Altamira neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, February 21, 2014 (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) Ukraine. Bosnia. Venezuela. Tear gas. Masks. Water cannons. Ours is an age of
By Jamie Smyth in Sydney East Timorese protest against Australia over claims of espionage in Dili on December 20, 2013 The UN’s highest court has ordered Australia not to spy on communications between East Timor and its legal advisers in a dispute over a maritime agreement that could unlock billions of dollars in gas revenues for
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By Khalil al-Anani Will the counter-revolutionary forces manage to give a new lease of life to the ‘republic of fear’? In Egypt, a woman gave birth to her child while her hand was chained to bed in a public hospital. Another man died two days after being electrocuted in a police station. In Egypt, the political prisoner will be branded
