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  • Panetta: ‘There Is an Al Qaeda Presence in Syria’

    Panetta: ‘There Is an Al Qaeda Presence in Syria’

    The Weekly Standard May 13, 2012 Editor’s Comment: Pentagon Warmongers redefine al Qaeda to suit their purposes. The West airlifted al Qaeda to Syria from the Libyan battleground where they were allies, yet claim ‘not to know what al Qaeda is up to’ in Syria. And before they were our enemy under Bush and Clinton’s [...]

  • Thousands remain in secret Libya militia prisons: UN

    Thousands remain in secret Libya militia prisons: UN

    AFP May 12, 2012 UNITED NATIONS — About 4,000 accused supporters of former dictator Moamer Kadhafi are still being held in Libyan militia detention centers, often in secret and many are tortured, a UN envoy said Thursday. Ian Martin, head of the UN mission to Libya, said good progress was being made toward the country’s [...]

  • UN Guidelines Use Corporations in African ‘Land Grab’

    UN Guidelines Use Corporations in African ‘Land Grab’

    Susanne Posel, Contributor Activist Post Whoever controls the land controls the nation. Corporations and foreign governments have been “ land-grabbing” from third world nations to control agriculture. “What is missing the most in terms of land grabbing is a clear condemnation of this practice. That was one of the baseline demands of civil society,” Stephane [...]

  • Doomsday Scenarios Spread About No. 4 Reactor at Fukushima Plant

    Doomsday Scenarios Spread About No. 4 Reactor at Fukushima Plant

    Wyden, who sits on the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, fueled concerns of possible catastrophic events at the No. 4 reactor of the Fukushima plant, specifically what would happen if a huge quake damaged the spent fuel rod pool there. TEPCO has issued statements reassuring the public that such a disaster would not occur…

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