POLITICS: U.S. Blasted for Sustaining Embargo on Cuba
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Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 28 (IPS) – The administration of President Barack Obama, which has vowed to improve relations with sanctions-hit Cuba, refused to break away from the traditional stand taken by successive U.S. governments and voted against a U.N. resolution calling for an end to the 47-year-old [...]
Keith Olbermann & Rep Alan Grayson: Stopping Health Insurance Monopoly
News1News October 14, 2009 MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann & Democratic Florida Congressman Alan Grayson: Stopping The Health Insurance Companies Monopoly
Wall Street pays record bonuses after US bailout – 14 Oct 09
AlJazeeraEnglish October 14, 2009 Barely a year after the Wall Street bailout sparked public outrage and calls for nationalising banks, executives are raking in record-breaking salaries and big banks are posting blockbuster profits…
POLITICS: U.S. Berated for Shielding Israel on Gaza Killings
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Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 14 (IPS) – A U.S. decision to stall Security Council action against Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas for war crimes during the 22-day conflict in Gaza last December has come under heavy fire both from inside and outside the [...]
U.S. ‘Personality Assassination’ of a Palestinian Ally
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By Nicola Nasser*
The report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, which the head of the mission, Judge Richard Goldstone, presented to the Human Rights Council (HRC) on September 29, prematurely plunged the Palestinian Authority (PA) in a short –lived euphoria over what it [...]
Barack Obama Makes History Again with Nobel Peace Prize
By VOA News 09 October 2009
U.S. President Barack Obama’s historic life journey took another extraordinary step Friday when he was named the winner of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.
The prize comes just 11 months after then U.S. senator Obama became the first African-American to be elected president of the United States.
He [...]
MIGRATION-US: Controversial Sheriff Dismisses Federal Probe
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Valeria Fernández
PHOENIX, Arizona, Oct 8 (IPS) – Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, nationally known for his crackdown on undocumented migrants in Arizona, could have all of his immigration enforcement powers taken away by the federal government.
A new proposed 287(g) agreement will limit his ability [...]
POLITICS: China Resists U.S.’s ‘Covert’ Trade Agenda
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Antoaneta Bezlova
BEIJING, Oct 7 (IPS) – As the United States talks about rebalancing global growth, China sees a covert agenda of trade protectionism. And while Beijing seems to agree that there is a price to pay for its new ascent as a global power, it [...]
OBAMA VEERING TOWARDS NEUTRALITY ON ARUNACHAL PRADESH?
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B.RAMAN
In my article of September 16,2009, titled "Obama Ducks Dalai Lama" available at http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/papers35/paper3418.html , I had reported as follows: "His Holiness is going ahead with his plans to visit Arunachal Pradesh in November, which could more or less coincide with Obama’s visit to China. The US [...]
U.S.: Pro-War Officials Play Up Taliban-al Qaeda Ties
Posted by editors on October 13, 2009 · Leave a Comment
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Analysis by Gareth Porter*
WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (IPS) – U.S. national security officials, concerned that President Barack Obama might be abandoning the strategy of full-fledged counterinsurgency war in Afghanistan, are claiming new intelligence assessments suggesting that al Qaeda would be allowed to return to Afghanistan in [...]
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