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Protesters Expose Secret Negotiations – OpEd

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By Kevin Zeese Monday afternoon, September 23rd, protesters concerned about the looming Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) covered the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative with banners calling for a democratic process and a release of the treaty’s text. The group, which included members of FlushTheTPP.org, Backbone Campaign, Veterans for Peace, CODEPINK, and Earth First!, say that the TPP […]

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Feast Of Tabernacles Conference: The Christian Zionists Lobby Has Returned – OpEd

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By Tristan Sturm Jerusalemites have no doubt witnessed an increased Christian Zionist presence on the streets in the last few days. Indeed, more than 6,000 Christian Zionists have returned to Israel for their annul “Feast of Tabernacles Conference.” This is the largest non-Jewish and non-Islamic conference in Jerusalem, and is organized by the International Christian […]

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Karachi: No More ‘City Of Lights’ – OpEd

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By Muhammad Waqas Karachi, the business capital of Pakistan, is bleeding. The city was once famously known as the “City of Lights” because of its vibrancy and status as one of the largest metropolitan cities in the world. Unfortunately, the city has failed to keep up with its past glory and gained an infamous reputation […]

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Merkel’s Safe Pair Of Hands Now Carry A Heavy Burden – Analysis

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By Miguel Otero-Iglesias Angela Merkel has emerged as the undisputed winner of the German elections, an achievement not to be underrated. Her alliance between the CDU (Christian Democratic Union) and the CSU (Bavaria’s Social Christian Union) has gained the best election results since 1990, when a large number of Germans thanked Helmut Kohl via the […]

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Kenyan President: Nairobi Siege Over, 61 Civilians, 5 Terrorists Dead

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Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta announced that the siege in Nairobi’s Westgate mall was over. A total of 72 people were killed in the attack, including five terrorists, the president said, declaring three days of national mourning. Kenya has “ashamed and defeated” the attackers, President Uhuru Kenyatta said in a television address on Tuesday night. “Our […]

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US Officials Say Kerry Expected To Sign Landmark Arms Treaty

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U.S. officials say Secretary of State John Kerry will sign a landmark treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar global arms trade during the annual United Nations General Assembly meeting this week, the Associated Press reports. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Kerry will sign the Arms Trade Treaty on Wednesday, Sept 25, initiating an uncertain […]

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Adobe Unveils Photoshop Elements 12 & Premiere Elements 12

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Adobe has launched new versions of its Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements software, Digital Spy said. Designed to bring photo and video editing to beginners, Photoshop and Premiere Elements 12 come with a host of new features. The software now has fully integrated mobile albums powered by Adobe’s Revel cloud-based sharing software. Users can create […]

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Seven Killed In Damascus Car Bomb

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A car bomb killed at least seven civilians when it exploded in a southern Damascus neighborhood according to an article by Reuters. Furthermore, an additional fifteen people have been injured in the blast. The car bomb went off in the district of Tadamon, where President Bashar al-Assad’s forces have been fighting rebels for months. Syrian […]

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Turkey: Soccer Fans Give New Meaning To Political Football

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By Dorian Jones Turkish soccer fans are taking the lead in İstanbul’s anti-government protests, effectively turning the country’s most popular sport into a potential political battleground. The politicization of soccer fans poses a quandary for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. A former semi-professional soccer player himself, who is known to don the scarf of a […]

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Rev. Jesse Jackson: Time For A New War On Poverty – OpEd

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By Rev. Jesse Jackson Only a couple of weeks ago, as the nation celebrated the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s powerful “I Have a Dream” speech, I was reminded of the Rev. King’s last birthday, in January 1968. He combined it with work — a staff meeting, […]

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GOP Health Plan: Good, Bad And Ugly – OpEd

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The House Republican Study Committee has a new health proposal. It would repeal the Affordable Care Act and substitute the following: The Good In place of the current system of excluding employer health expenses from the employees’ taxable income, the plan would give people a standard health deduction of $7,500 (individual) or $20,000 (family), regardless […]

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Cambodia’s PM Hun Sen Accused Of Staging ‘Constitutional Coup’

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Dismissing charges of election fraud and an opposition boycott of parliament, Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen pressed ahead with another five-year term in office Tuesday, saying he would not be held hostage by anyone. Opposition leader Sam Rainsy criticized the move as a “constitutional coup” as his Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) warned of nationwide […]

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‘Don’t Miss Golden Opportunity’ 500 Iranian Activists Tell Obama

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It is now Obama’s turn to take steps at ending the 35-year long hostilities in US-Iranian relations, say a group of more than 500 Iranian dissidents, intellectuals and public figures. In a letter to US President Barack Obama, more than 500 Iranian intellectuals, former and current political prisoners, as well as civil society and political […]

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Iran: Dead Blogger’s Mother Implores UN Chief For Help

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On the occasion of President Hassan Rohani’s trip to New York, Gohar Eshghi, the mother of Sattar Beheshti, the jailed blogger who died while in custody, has written to the UN Secretary General to urge the Iranian president to push for a fair investigation of her son’s case. Saham News reports that the letter indicates […]

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Bosnian Schools Expand Turkish Language Classes

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By Menekse Tokyay and Ana Lovakovic With an increasing interest in Turkey, public schools in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) have expanded their offerings of Turkish language courses. According to an agreement signed September 10th between the Yunus Emre Turkish Cultural Centre in Bosnia and the Ministry of Education of Sarajevo, Turkish will be offered in […]

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Nairobi Attack Resonates In Maghreb

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By Julius Kithuure  and Bosire Boniface i Al-Qaeda linked Islamist militants on Tuesday (September 24th) continued their bloody siege at a Nairobi shopping centre. Sporadic gunfire broke out again at dawn, as Kenyan troops sought for a fourth day to retake the mall from al-Shabaab terrorists. Since the siege began Saturday, at least 69 people […]

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A Handshake Postponed – OpEd

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Having celebrated the value of making credible military threats, asserted the United State’s self-declared right to conduct military action without the sanction of the UN Security Council, and reasserted America’s commitment to use all necessary means including military force to ensure the free flow of oil out of the Middle East, President Obama offered to […]

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Egyptian Court Bans Muslim Brotherhood In Ongoing Campaign To Eradicate The Million-Strong Movement – OpEd

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“Things are moving forward in Egypt,” is the message officials are taking to the UN this week. Egypt’s rulers following the military coup in July want to placate Washington’s nominal concerns about democracy with this assurance: Events for the most part are on the right track in Egypt, despite inevitable hiccups; the state is committed […]

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Senators Demand Independent Review Of Surveillance Programs Exposed By Snowden

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A bi-partisan group of senators has sent a letter to the inspector general of the United States intelligence community in hopes of having a federal auditor review the surveillance operations carried out by the government. The group, led by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) and including lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, […]

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Americans Disapprove Obama’s Foreign Policy In Iran And Syria – Poll

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About half of Americans disapprove of the way President Obama is handling foreign policy, a new high as he confronts a diplomatic opening with Iran and efforts to remove chemical arms in Syria, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll. A poll published Tuesday evening shows 44 percent disapprove, while 39 percent approve, […]

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