by Kate Hudson posted October 12, 2012 by Aljazeera “While Israel steps up its rhetoric over Iran’s alleged pursuit of nuclear weapons, it continues to ignore the part its own nuclear weapons play in regional insecurity,” says author [EPA] As tensions mount in the Middle East, so do the demands for a regional WMD-free zone. […]
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posted October 23, 2012 by PressTV A Russian court in Kara Tyube in Stavropol region has banned Muslim hijab at schools. A court in Russia has banned Muslim hijab in schools, days after a country’s school headmaster told five Muslim girls to take off their headscarf. On Monday, a court in Kara Tyube in Stavropol
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posted September 8, 2012 by Harakah Daily The machinations surrounding Iran’s nuclear program continue to dominate international headlines. A closer look at the atmospherics in play indicates the presence of a web of competing narratives that seek to delineate the threats Iran allegedly poses to its neighbors and global security. The boilerplate rhetoric out of
Posted October 14, 2012 by RT Iraqi women wait with their sick children at a Baghdad hospital.(AFP Photo / Karim Sahib) US and UK weapons ammunition were linked to heart defects, brain dysfunctions and malformed limbs, according to a recent study. The report revealed a shocking rise in birth defects in Iraqi children conceived after
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Posted Ocotber 14, 2012 by Information Clearing House October 14, 2012 “Information Clearing House” – Fifteen leaders of U.S. churches and other faith-based organizations have asked Congress to reevaluate U.S. military aid to Israel. The religious leaders sent a letter to Congress members on Monday, calling for an investigation into possible violations by Israel of
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posted October 10, 2012 by Anti Imperialist Camp On September 28, 2012, an incident of great significance is being reported to have taken place in Qardaha, the hometown of the Assad family. It is situated in the costal mountains above Lattaqia and origin of many influential Allawi clans. Members of the Khayyer family publicly reproached
posted October 18, 2012 by CASMII US-led economic sanctions are putting millions of Iranian lives are at risk by blocking the importing of medicines and hospital equipment, according to country’s top medical charity. Fatemeh Hashemi, head of the Charity Foundation for Special Diseases, a non-government organisation supporting six million patients in Iran, is warning
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posted October 12, 2012 by windowintopalestine Dear Friends and Comrades, The Palestinian solidarity movement in South Africa (through BDS South Africa and the Palestine Solidarity Alliance) have taken out over 12 billboards (large outdoor displays) across the country graphically explaining the Israeli Occupation of Palestinian lands and the dispossession of the Palestinian people. More than five billboards
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Following the European satellite provider Eutelsat SA’s illegal move to stop the broadcast of several Iranian satellite channels, Press TV launches an online petition to save Iran’s English-language broadcaster across Europe. In a flagrant act of violating freedom of speech, the company on Monday stopped the broadcast of several Iranian satellite channels, including Press TV,
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by Bill Moyers and Michael Winship posted October 18, 2012 by Consortiumnews Powerful corporations and right-wing interest groups are taking aim at state judges around the country who have ruled the “wrong” way and who can be tossed out via elections. This new flood of campaign cash is creating a system of justice for the highest
