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Political Deadlock In Italy Brings Europe Back To The Brink

A woman begs in downtown Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. Italy has seen its borrowing costs jump after an inconclusive election that has raised fears Europe’s government debt crisis will flare up again. The country sold €4 billion in 10-year bonds Wednesday at a yield of 4.83 percent, way up from 4.17 percent last […]

Paul Ames
Por Paul Ames

Italy's electoral earthquake has rocked the foundations of the euro zone, plunging financial markets into turmoil and reigniting fears for the European currency’s survival. Well over half of the Italian electorate voted for former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi or the anti-establishment comic Beppe Grillo in the election held Sunday and

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Jaradat’s Death by Alleged Torture In Israeli Prison Escalates Tensions

Israeli border policemen fire tear gas during clashes after the funeral of Arafat Jaradat in the West Bank of Hebron, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. Thousands have attended the funeral procession of a 30-year-old Palestinian man who died under disputed circumstances in Israeli custody. Palestinian officials say autopsy results show Jaradat was tortured by Israeli interrogators, […]

Trisha Marczak
Por Trisha Marczak

(MintPress) - While headlines throughout the U.S. indicate a Palestinian rocket attack directed at Israel broke the three-month long cease-fire agreement, Palestinian lawyers and activists are claiming Israeli action led to the breakdown, citing Israeli Defense Forces’ violent targeting of Palestinians and nonviolent protesters resisting

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Palestinian Prisoner Samer Issawi Enters 221 Day Hunger Strike, Held On No Charges

An Israeli prison guard escorts Samer Issawi, a Palestinian political prisoner, out of his court hearing in Jerusalem’s civil court, Jan. 16, 2013. (Photo/OrenZiv) Update February 26, 2013:  Tuesday marks the 20th anniversary of the death of Samer Issawi’s brother Fadi, who was shot and killed by Israeli forces during a nonviolent protest in their […]

Lisa Barron
Por Lisa Barron

Update February 26, 2013:  Tuesday marks the 20th anniversary of the death of Samer Issawi’s brother Fadi, who was shot and killed by Israeli forces during a nonviolent protest in their hometown of Issawiya. Shireen posted a picture on the Free Samer Issawi Campaign Facebook page showing  Samer laying a wreath on the 19th anniversary of Fadi’s

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Greenpeace Report: Big Oil Funding Climate-Denial Research

A recent winter storm in Boston is pictured here. Americans for Prosperity was the host of the “Hot Air Tour,” a national traveling campaign directly targeted at undermining climate change science. Its motto? “Global Warming Alarmism: Lost jobs, higher taxes, Less freedom.” (Photo/via Greenpeace.org) (MintPress) – A recent Greenpeace report is exposing a funding operation that […]

Trisha Marczak
Por Trisha Marczak

(MintPress) - A recent Greenpeace report is exposing a funding operation that has funneled $146 million from oil companies to organizations that support an anti-climate change policies. The two shadow organizations, Donors Trust and Donors Capital Fund, have been the source of funding for more than 100 of the “climate-denial” organizations for

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U.S. Accelerates Trade With The Same Old Myanmar Regime

On Thursday, Feb.21, 2013, U.S ambassador to Myanmar Derek Michell, left, and Myanmar foreign minister Wunna Maung Lwin, right, sign an agreement in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Myanmar and the United States took another step toward closer relations with an agreement Thursday to resume cooperation in fighting narcotics after a gap of nearly nine years. State television […]

Martin Michaels
Por Martin Michaels

(MintPress) - Myanmar is open for business and U.S. corporations are lining up for a share of the new market in the once-isolated Southeast Asian state of 60 million. Opportunities are rare, especially after the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, when formerly isolated states began transitioning to capitalism. On Monday, the Union of Myanmar

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The Trayvon Martin Tragedy One Year Later: Stand Your Ground Prevails

(Mint Press) – One year ago yesterday, George Zimmerman – a 28-year-old self-appointed neighborhood watch coordinator — shot and killed Trayvon Martin — a 17-year-old unarmed African-American boy that was walking home from visiting the grocery store at Sanford, Fla. While this case has stirred racial passions and cries of outrage about the manner this […]

Frederick Reese
Por Frederick Reese

(Mint Press) - One year ago yesterday, George Zimmerman - a 28-year-old self-appointed neighborhood watch coordinator — shot and killed Trayvon Martin — a 17-year-old unarmed African-American boy that was walking home from visiting the grocery store at Sanford, Fla. While this case has stirred racial passions and cries of outrage about the manner

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