Brazil’s ‘Internet Bill of Rights’
Brazil’s ‘Internet Bill of Rights’ a Victory for Web Freedom
Tim Berners-Lee, Father of the Internet, says law will ‘unleash a new era—in which the rights of citizens in all countries are protected by a Digital Rights Charter’
Snowden Installed as University of Glasgow Rector
UN committee takes no action on Iran envoy’s visa ban
A UN committee has taken no action against the US refusal to grant a visa to Iran’s newly appointed permanent representative in New York.
Obama arrives in Japan, backs its island dispute
China calls on U.S. to not take sides in territorial disputes
Russia, China block Central African Republic blacklist at U.N.
Fatah and Hamas agree landmark pact after seven-year rift
Move has aim of forming unity government within five weeks, but Israel says agreement will derail peace talks
Netanyahu: Abbas chose Hamas over peace with Israel
Israel nixes negotiators’ meet after Fatah, Hamas sign deal; Abbas: Unity does not contradict peace talks; announcement comes amid Israeli attack on Gaza terrorist, rockets fired at south.
Israeli Air Strike Misses Target, Wounds 12 Civilians in Gaza
U.S. sending troops to Eastern Europe
The U.S. is sending about 600 ground troops to Eastern Europe this week to “reassure” allies there as Washington resumes its campaign of pressure on Russia over the Ukraine standoff.
IMF Agrees $17bn Loan To Ukraine
Russia Warns of Retaliation as Ukraine Prepares to Attack Protesters
Russian FM Accuses US of Pushing for Attacks
Lavrov: Kiev issued ‘criminal order’ allowing use of weapons against civilians
NYT Retracts Russian-Photo Scoop
Exclusive: After starting a propaganda stampede – with a lead story about photos of Russian troops purportedly in Ukraine – the New York Times admits the pictures really don’t prove much, and one photo was labeled as snapped in Russia when it was really taken in Ukraine, writes Robert Parry.
Ukraine’s leaders say have U.S. backing to take on “aggressors”
Intensive US Drone Strikes on Southern Yemen Lead to Retaliatory Assassinations
An intensive bombing campaign carried out jointly by US drones and Yemeni government forces has left a reported 68 people dead in a three-day-long operation against al-Qa’ida suspects in the south of the country.
US soldier accused of killing two teens in Iraq as military investigates
Michael Barbera could face court martial for 2007 deaths of unarmed brothers as witnesses testify about possible cover-up
Syria Finishing Up Chemical Disarmament, West Opposes Plans to End Mission
West Envisions ‘Monitors’ as a Permanent Presence
‘Obama Not Welcome’: Filipinos Protest Presidential Visit
Police armed with truncheons, shields and a fire hose clashed with more than 100 left-wing activists who rallied at the U.S. Embassy in Manila on Wednesday to oppose a visit by President Barack Obama and an expected security pact that would increase the American military presence in the Philippines.
Austria says more sanctions on Russia would inflame tensions
Additional sanctions against Russia would inflame tensions between Moscow and Kiev, Austria’s chancellor said on Wednesday, urging de-escalation of the conflict instead.
Bolivia Approves Downing of Drug-Smuggling Planes
War Criminal Tony Blair’s ‘Why the Middle East Matters’ Speech
We Cannot Still Ignore the Perils of Intervention
We Cannot Still Ignore the Perils of Intervention
Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and now Ukraine. Catastrophe follows where US and EU meddle
At Least 55 Killed in Two Days of US Drone Strikes in Yemen
Panel Orders Release of Memo in Targeted Killing of Awlaki
A federal appeals panel in Manhattan ordered the release on Monday of key portions of a classified Justice Department memorandum that provided the legal justification for the targeted killing of a United States citizen, Anwar al-Awlaki, who had joined Al Qaeda and died in a 2011 drone strike in Yemen.
Foreign Suicide Bombers Kill Thousands and Bring Iraq to the Brink of Civil War
A wave of suicide bombings carried out by foreign volunteers entering Iraq from Syria is killing some 1,000 civilians a month, bringing the country back to the brink of civil war.
Ukraine: Poland Trained Putchists Two Months in Advance
Lies have shorter and shorter legs. Two months after the change of regime in Kiev, the Polish press has disclosed the role of Donald Tusk’s government in preparing the coup. The new revelations belie Western discourse and demonstrate that the current interim government of Oleksandr Tourtchynov was imposed by NATO in violation of international law.
Ukraine and the grand chessboard
The US State Department, via spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki, said that reports of CIA Director John Brennan telling regime changers in Kiev to “conduct tactical operations” – or an “anti-terrorist” offensive – in eastern Ukraine are “completely false”. This means Brennan did issue his marching orders. And by now the “anti-terrorist” campaign – with its nice little Dubya rhetorical touch – has degenerated into farce.
In Cold War Echo, Obama Strategy Writes Off Putin
Mr. Obama is focused on isolating President Vladimir V. Putin’s Russia by cutting off its economic and political ties to the outside world, limiting its expansionist ambitions in its own neighborhood and effectively making it a pariah state.
Shootout in eastern Ukraine leaves 6 dead
Six people have been reported killed in a gun battle near Sloviansk in the worst violence in eastern Ukraine in seven weeks of protests against the pro-Western government in Kiev.
Ukraine, short on military budget, starts fundraising drive
Ukraine rabbi calls anti-Semitic leaflet a political hoax
Chief rabbi of Donetsk says while anti-Semitic leaflet was initially shocking, he now believes it was fake.
Peddler of Iraq War Lies Now Pushes Lies On Urkaine to Drum Up Confrontation with Russia
Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine ask Putin to send troops
Ukraine crisis: Geneva talks produce agreement on defusing conflict
US, Russia, Ukraine and EU agree measures including end of violence, disarming of illegal groups and amnesty for protesters
In West Bank, Israeli and Palestinian teens arrested for rock throwing face different fates
Venezuela unrest: Fresh violence erupts in Caracas
Fresh violence has erupted in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, between police and opponents of President Nicolas Maduro. Masked protesters burned effigies of the president after a rally called “Resurrection of Democracy”.
“Crimes Against Peace”: Historic Class Action Law Suit Against George W. Bush
White-Washing White Terrorism
The Jewish Community Center Shootings
The Rhetoric of Violence
At least nine people were killed and at least 35 others were wounded in shootings across Chicago on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Homeland Security Adviser Warns Parents That Their Mouthy Kids May Grow Up To Be Terrorists
The Downfall of Jean-Bertrand Aristide
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of Haiti was forced out of power by a countrywide uprising in February 2004. He had lost the support of both domestic and international backers. Hear from his lawyer Ira Kurzban who lived through that time.
Washington Drives The World To War
The End of the Great American Fantasy
Through all of my life there has been an odd and persistent bias on the part of otherwise honest Americans: What America does overseas is always good and right. We do not speak against it.
Death From Above: How American Drone Strikes Are Devastating Yemen
On the ground in a country where unmanned missile attacks are a terrifyingly regular occurrence
CIA caught red handed in Ukraine
Iran asks for U.N. committee meeting on U.S. ban on envoy
Silicon Valley could force NSA reform, tomorrow. What’s taking so long?
Tech CEOs are complaining, but bills are languishing. Time for internet companies to pull an OKCupid and call out the NSA, on every homepage
Guantánamo hearings halted amid accusations of FBI spying on legal team
Allegations surfaced Monday that the FBI turned a member of a 9/11 defendant’s defence team into a secret informant
Ukraine launches ‘gradual’ operation, action limited
Putin denies Russian involvement in Ukraine during call to Obama
Military seize airfield controlled by anti-govt activists in eastern Ukraine
Ukrainian troops have seized an airfield in the city of Kramatorsk as part of a security operation against anti-government activists in the eastern part of the country. Activists claimed several people were wounded.
Ukrainian president open to referendum on federalization amid increasing tensions
Afghanistan says U.S. air strike kills three civilians
Obama to reassure Putin: Won’t provide lethal aid to Ukraine
Lavrov warns West from supporting Ukrainian military action as Kiev’s deadline passes for separatists to end siege of government buildings in eastern Ukraine.
3 Months Later, Here’s What Denver Looks Like Since Legalizing Marijuana
Three months following Colorado’s decision to legalize the production, sale, possession and use of recreational marijuana – a vote that Denver city officials including Mayor Michael Hancock, among others, fought kicking and screaming – guess what’s happened to Denver crime rates in 2014?
Nigerian bus station hit by deadly explosion
At least 71 feared dead after blast in outskirts of capital, Abuja, as hundreds of commuters travelled to work
Edward Snowden on Pulitzer winners: ‘Their work has given us a better future’
NSA whistleblower praises Guardian and Washington Post after pair share Pulitzer prize for public service
Pulitzer Vindicates: Snowden Journalists Win Top Honor
Guardian and Washington Post each honored with Pulitzer for Public Service
Iran complains to UN over US ban on envoy Aboutalebi
Iran has complained to the United Nations over the decision by the United States to refuse a visa for its newly appointed permanent representative.
US Is an Oligarchy Not a Democracy, says Scientific Study
A study, to appear in the Fall 2014 issue of the academic journal Perspectives on Politics, finds that the U.S. is no democracy, but instead an oligarchy, meaning profoundly corrupt, so that the answer to the study’s opening question, “Who governs? Who really rules?”
Fears of full-scale Russian invasion as eastern Ukraine cities toppled
A series of coordinated attacks by pro-Russia gunmen in eastern Ukraine are eerily reminiscent of the Crimea takeover, writes Roland Oliphant in Slavyansk
Ukraine’s ousted president puts blame on CIA
UN ambassador: Ukraine unrest has ‘tell-tale signs of Moscow’s involvement’
U.S. officials angry: Israel doesn’t back stance on Russia
Amid tension, Netanyahu backs out of event he was invited to personally by Putin.
US warns Russia of ‘additional consequences’ over Ukraine
White House to send Biden to Kiev as conflict with Russia escalates
Jerry Lewis: Women are funny, but not when crude
Washington Drives The World To War
Russia, Venezuela and the Asian/Pacific Pivot