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

msm: john brennan death czar
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john brennan obama039s chief counterterrorism advisor was a name that you did not see on the mainstream media most recently he publicly spoke about the drone program calling it moral and ethical and just according to reports from the associated press john brennan has now seized the lead in choosing who will be targeted for drone attacks and raids according to the ap under the new plan brennan039s staff compiles the potential target list and runs the names past agencies such as the state department at a weekly white house meeting twitter: http:twittercomthealyonashowfacebook: http:wwwfacebookcomthealyonashow

us middle class disappearing into abyss
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as america039s joblessness and poverty remain at a peak rt039s anastasia churkina delves deep into the sorrows of the country039s middle class to find out if its future is doomed

039nothing stops big banks from ripping off people again039
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the fact that those responsible for the recent economic crisis have not been held accountable is setting a very dangerous trend believes investigative journalist matt taibbi author and contributing editor to rolling stone magazinert on facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews rt on twitter: http:twittercomrt_com

syria in 039state of war039 as iran issue stalls calls for talks
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one of syria039s pro-government news stations has come under attack leaving several employees dead that039s after president bashar assad addressed his cabinet on national tv saying the country was in a state of war rt039s maria finoshina is at the scenean international conference of countries which has some influence on events in syria is due to take place on saturday in geneva it aims to try to find a solution to the crisis author and historian gerald horne believes peace can be achieved if diplomacy -- not military action -- is put to work subscribe 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

hartmann - the latest slap in the face to 911 first responders
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john devlin ampamp ken george 911 first responders next month - our nation will honor the tenth anniversary of the 911 terrorist attacks like previous years - there will be a special ceremony at ground zero in new york city - but this time - some people are not invited - the 911 first responders this week - mayor michael bloomberg039s office confirmed that 911 first responders are not invited to the ceremony - and that the ceremony is specifically for the families of victims of 911 the statement from the mayor039s office read quotwhile we are again focused on accommodating victims039 family members given the space constraints we039re working to find ways to recognize and honor first responders and other groups at different places and timesquot john feal - the founder of an advocacy group for 911 first responders reacted to the mayor039s statement saying quotthe best of the best that this country offered 10 years ago are being neglected and denied their rightful placequot of course - this is just the latest slap in the face to 911 first responders at the end of last year - republicans finally dropped their filibuster against the james zadroga act which gave medical care 911 first responders who are now dying from the toxic debris they inhaled while working for months at ground zero recovering bodies at the site yet - just last month - the responders discovered a catch in the bill - that disqualifies them from receiving any medical care assistance for cancer cases - since according to the world trade center health program - there is no scientific link between ground zero debris and cancer tell that to the countless firefighters and policemen who worked at ground zero and now have throat and lung cancer so why are we turning our backs on the first responders - some of the bravest men and women in the nation

economic disobedience nyc lashes out
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persistent high unemployment rising poverty and shrinking state budgets have made insecurity the norm for america039s working class hundreds of low-wage workers survive the horrible economy via quoteconomic disobediencequot - now pervasive in the low-wage sector from a supervisor padding paychecks to a grocer sending food home with his employees the battle for a decent wage rages on

video of idf soldier dancing by bound palestinian woman sparks scandal
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the israeli army once again stands accused of disregarding the basic human rights of palestinians it follows a video being uploaded to youtube several years ago showing an idf soldier humiliating a blindfolded handcuffed palestinian woman to talk more about this we039re now joined live by bana shoughry-badarne from the public committee against torture in israel

video: man fires at us embassy in sarajevo bosnia shot by sniper
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the attack on the us embassy in sarajevo by a gunman believed to be a follower of an ultraconservative islamic sect exposed bosnia039s inability to deal with religious extremists who penetrated the country during its 1992-5 war the gunman is accused of shooting at the embassy building for at least 30 minutes on friday wounding a policeman guarding the facility before a police sniper immobilised him with a shot in his leg the attacker identified by police as 23-year-old mevlid jasarevic was known to bosnian police as someone who had frequented one of the country039s most isolated communities practicing extremely conservative branch of islam alternatively referred to as wahhabism and salafismrt on twitter http:twittercomrt_com rt on facebook http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews

dramatic video of clelia ii antarctic cruise ship slammed by giant waves
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a us-operated antarctic cruise ship with 160 people aboard has lost an engine in high seas but is limping safely to its scheduled port the argentine navy said the clelia ii declared an emergency on tuesday reporting it had lost an engine amid heavy seas and 55 miles per hour 90 km per hour winds the ship operated by polar cruises of bend oregon has 100 passengers and 60 crew members aboard courtesy: jonbowermastercomrt on facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomrtnewsrt on twitter: http:twittercomrt_com

cctv: china road fence collapses like row of dominoes
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note: original video is mute china039s state broadcaster has released surveillance video showing a road-dividing fence in the city of jinhua falling like a giant row of dominoes the 15-kilometre 09 miles-long fence on shuanglong bridge tumbled over in just 30 seconds on tuesday it was the second time in ten days that it039s collapsed according to local authorities who say the main reason for this was the strong wind the dividing fences are not fixed to the groundrt 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

tool time: huffpo censors tyt
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the huffington post took down a post by cenk uygur host of the young turks contributor to msnbc and a frequent guest here on our show the post was titled quotwas jared loughner039s act politicalquot in it he argued that it was a psychotic act driven by political beliefs

us blocking access to bradley manning - human rights rep
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un human rights council representative juan e mndez met with rt to examine the plight of private bradley manning -- the us soldier at the center of the wikileaks scandalrt on facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews rt on twitter: http:twittercomrt_com

sky eye: russian hubble 1000 times sharper
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a rocket carrying a telescope which will be the most powerful in space has been launched from the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan scientists have already nicknamed the zenit-3sb the quotgreenquot rocket because it uses kerosene and oxygen as its fuel and is environmentally friendly the rocket developed jointly by russia and ukraine will propel into orbit a new generation space telescope designed to extend mankind039s understanding of the forming of galaxies this will be the first radio-telescope that russia has put into space in more than 25 years scientists have chosen a highly eccentric orbit for the station to allow it to turn under the moon039s gravity to scan the sky the 10-meter telescope will be capable of registering solar wind quasars black holes and neutron stars this huge eye will be able to provide detailed images of the universe with a resolution 1000 times sharper than america039s hubble after a four-hour journey to orbit the radiostron will connect to a control center on earth and some time will be needed for the radiostron to unfold its 27 petals and make everything ready to work within a month or two we will start receiving the first images of the universe from space this mission is expected to last five yearsrt on twitter: http:twittercomrt_comrt on facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews