chicago militarizes for g8nato summits
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chicago mayor and former chief of staff rahm emanuel just won approval from the chicago city council for a draconian set of anti protesting ordinances to prepare the city for international protesters who will flood the city for the g8 and natos summits scheduled to take place this spring in chicago just like many other cities that use big events as a pretense for concentrating power emanuel is drumming up fear to make a grab for power

historic mars launch: nasa giant rover 039curiosity039 blasts off
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nasa039s biggest and most-expensive robotic rover has blasted off from cape canaveral on a voyage of discovery the probe nicknamed curiosity is scheduled to arrive at the mineral-rich martian 039gale crater039 next august it aims to search the surface for clues about whether the planet has ever had a life-friendly environmentrt on twitter: http:twittercomrt_comrt on facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews

olympics turned into mega money-making machine
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the olympic games in london have got off to a shaky start with political controversies security failings and traffic concerns and now it039s some of the atheletes in the main spotlight and not only because of their sporting skills it039s their toned bodies that are grabbing the headlines as rt039s anastasia churkina reportsrt live http:rtcomon-airsubscribe to rt http:wwwyoutubecomsubscription_centeradd_user=russiatodaylike us on facebook http:wwwfacebookcomrtnewsfollow us on twitter http:twittercomrt_comfollow us on google http:plusgooglecomb102728491539958529040rt russia today is a global news network broadcasting from moscow and washington studios rt is the first news channel to break the 500 million youtube views benchmark

039drone attacks illegal fuel terror039 - pakistani fm
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american drones hitting targets on pakistani territory is illegal and involvement of the pakistani spy agencies with taliban not even worthy of comment said hina rabbani khar pakistan039s foreign minister exclusively to rtrt on twitter http:twittercomrt_comrt on facebook http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews

the real mccain: 039call to strike syria asap exposes neo-con mindset039
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who needs diplomacy or international law not former presidential candidate r-az john mccain who became the first senator to publicly call for a us-led military strike on syria in order to halt the nearly year-long conflict there taking the senate floor mccain said there will be no un mandate for the air strikes he deems the only way to stop the violence -- but that a mandate isn039t necessaryjacob hornberger founder and president of the future of freedom foundation talks to rt he claims mccain039s idea is a typical neo-con conservative mindset of foreign intervention which implies a regime-change operation aimed at ousting one dictator in order to install another us-approved dictatorrt on twitter http:twittercomrt_comrt on facebook http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews

us testing unproven weapons in afghanistan
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the us is developing new expensive weapons and testingthem on the battleground in afghanistan is this the best idea how can new weapons designed for conventional warfare be effective against an insurgency and do unproven weapons put soldiers at risk

video: tens of thousands celebrate morsi victory across egypt
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an islamist mohamed morsi has been elected egypt039s new president the muslim brotherhood039s candidate won nearly 52 of the vote after the run-off last week his rival the mubarak-era prime minister ahmed shafiq secured just over 48subscribe to rt http:wwwyoutubecomsubscription_centeradd_user=russiatodaywatch rt live on our website http:rtcomon-airlike us on facebook http:wwwfacebookcomrtnewsfollow us on twitter http:twittercomrt_comfollow us on google http:plusgooglecomb102728491539958529040rt russia today is a global news network broadcasting from moscow and washington studios rt is the first news channel to break the 500 million youtube views benchmark

trained for pain: get your torture degree from school of americas
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it039s been 30 years since colombian soldiers kidnapped beat tortured starved and electro-shocked hector aristizabal but it039s a memory he lives with everyday aristizabal said the colombian military held and tortured him for ten days all for having a quotsubversive bookquot quotfew people have survived torture in colombia so i am very lucky to tell this story most people get tortured for ten days that039s the standard and then they get shot and killedquot said aristizabal quotmany have been disappeared more than 80000quot aristizabal says that the colombian soldiers who tortured him and later killed his brother were trained right here on american soil at the school of the americas in fort benning georgia retired army major joseph blair was an instructor at the school of the americas which has since been renamed the western hemisphere institute for security cooperation quoti was very much in favor of the school of the americas during the cold war eraquot major blair said but major blair said he was horrified to learn of what his former students did with their anti-communist training in their own countries quotthe classified manuals that the army school of the americas used had the words interrogate extortion assassinate neutralize in common layman039s terms it all equates to torturequot blair said graduates from the school of the americas have been implicated in massacres and torture throughout the hemisphere including the murder of six jesuit priests and four american churchwomen in el salvadorrt on twitter: http:twittercomrt_comrt on facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews

hartmann: gop admits they039re quotfrightened to deathquot by ows
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zaid jilani think progressorg join039s thom hartmann one day after occupy los angeles was evicted - the la city council plans to pick up their message next week - the city council will be voting on a resolution calling for congress to amend the constitution to end corporate personhood - one of the primary demands of the ocuppy wall street movement voters in boulder colorado and missoula montana have passed similar resolution this is just the latest victory for the 99 movement - that has managed in just two months to steer debate in america away from deficit reduction and austerity - and toward job creation and wealth inequality so needless to say - conservatives - and their campaign donors who reside comfortably in the 1 - are a little worried so - in their latest effort to silence the voice of occupy wall street - they039ve reached out to their favorite wordsmith - right-wing pollster frank luntz that039s right - the guy who brought us quotdeath panelsquot in an effort to kill meaningful healthcare reform - and quotjob creatorsquot in an effort to keep the bush tax cuts in place for millionaires and billionares - is now targeting occupy wall street this week - luntz attended an event in florida with the republican governors association - and admitted that he039s quotfrightened to deathquot by occupy wall street because it039s quothaving an impact on what the american people think of capitalismquot

war veterans marching in support of ows
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on november 2nd members of the new york city chapter of iraq veterans against the war and other veterans marched to zuccotti part announcing their support for the 99 and calling on other veterans and service members to join the occupy wall street movement

chris hedges arrested with others at goldman sachs headquarters
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17 people including the nation039s contributor chris hedges were arrested in new york on thursday after a large group of the occupy wall street demonstrators marched to the headquarters of goldman sachs in lower manhattan courtesy luke rudkowski :http:wwwfacebookcomlukewearechangehttp:wwwtwittercomlukerudkowskihttp:wwwwearechangeorg

no homes or jobs for us vets
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america039s veterans are returning home from wars to staggering unemployment and homelessness rates rt039s anastasia churkina reports on what life post-war is like for thousands of us servicemen

dinosaurs in australia: fright at the museum
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the reopening of an australian museum of natural history has been a real thrill for visitors some of the delighted and rather frightened guests however think the animatronic creatures greeting them at the entrance were quota little too realisticquotthe queensland museum of natural history in brisbane chose to mark its reopening after renovation with an unusual party it invited several animatronic dinosaursrt on facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews rt on twitter: http:twittercomrt_com

crosstalk on arab awakening: burying bahrain
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on this edition of peter lavelle039s crosstalk: how long will bahrain remain in blackout why does the west appear so powerful in libya and not in bahrain where people crave for basic freedoms and how does bahrain match with the so-called us support of the arab revolutions crosstalking with stephen zunes husain abdulla and matthew shafferct on fb: wwwfacebookcomcrosstalkrulez

secret swedish spy law us connection exposed by wikileaks cables
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as sweden battles for the extradition of julian assange wikileaks cables on the country039s close cooperation with the us are provoking a public backlash the text revealed washington039s push to influence swedish wiretapping laws so communication passing through the scandinavian country can be intercepted