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Israel launches airstrikes against Gaza Strip, kills Hamas commander

by Wikinews on 14 Nov 2012
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Smoke rises following an Israeli air strike in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, on November 14, 2012.

Israel has launched a series of aristrikes against military targets inside the Gaza Strip, killing a senior Hamas leader.

Yes, Companies Are Harvesting – and Selling – Your Facebook Profile

by ProPublica on 12 Nov 2012
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Yes, Companies Are Harvesting – and Selling – Your Facebook Profile

by Lois Beckett: Yesterday, we got a rare look at how information on your public social media profiles—including Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn—is being harvested and resold by large consumer data companies.

Voters in Maine and Maryland vote for marriage equality

by Wikinews on 07 Nov 2012
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Gay rights supporters in Minnesota earlier in the year protesting against the vote by the Minnesota House to put marriage to the popular vote.

In Maine and Maryland, voters have approved ballot measures yesterday to allow marriage between same-sex partners.

The Mystery Behind the Benghazi Attack

by Justin Raimondo on 06 Nov 2012
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The Mystery Behind the Benghazi Attack

Were the Obama administration and Ambassador Stevens set up?

US Dumps Syrian National Council (SNC), Focus Exclusively on Arming 'Al Qaeda in Syria'

by Tony Cartalucci on 01 Nov 2012
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Libyan Mahdi al-Harati of the US State Department, UN and the UK Home Office-listed terrorist organization, the Libyan Islamic F

Image: Will the West’s new “resistance front” in Syria officially include Libyan Mahdi al-Harati of the US State Department, United Nations, and the UK Home Office (page 5, .pdf)-listed terrorist organization, the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG)?

'Pro-Democracy' Groups Behind Myanmar Refugee Attacks

by Tony Cartalucci on 29 Oct 2012
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Praying for genocide. While Associated Press claims these protesters are demonstrating against ethnic violence, the sign they carry clearly states that they seek the expulsion of the refugees from Myanmar, and are merely protesting against the Myanmar Army's use of force to protect them from attacks that have left scores dead and thousands of refugee homes destroyed.

AltThaiNews October 29, 2012: People don't just come out into the streets and begin murdering each other. There are always instigators on one side, perhaps both, leading the anger and violence. In the case of targeted Muslim Rohingya refugees in Myanmar's Rakhine state, those leading the the violence against them, which most recently involved 26 killed and 2,000 Rohingya homes destroyed, have been identified. 

Dark Money and Citizens United: What Obama and Romney Would and Wouldn’t Do About It

by ProPublica on 23 Oct 2012
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Dark Money and Citizens United: What Obama and Romney Would and Wouldn’t Do About It

With campaign finances limits rendered nearly meaningless, election spending is on pace to set records. Where does each presidential candidate stand on how to regulate money in politics?

Skydiver breaks sound barrier in jump

by Wikinews on 18 Oct 2012
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Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner, aged 43, performed a jump Sunday from 39km above the Earth's surface using a full-pressure suit, a parachute canopy, a capsule, and a helium balloon. Baumgartner broke the sound barrier as his top speed reached 1342km/h (834 miles per hour), exceeding the speed of sound, and landed in the New Mexico desert, United States.

The jump follows several days of waiting for atmospheric winds to decrease to make sure the jump would be safe, and the capsule would not be blown away.

Comment: NATO Edges Closer to War on Syria

by Stephen Lendman on 11 Oct 2012
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NATO Edges Closer to War on Syria

by Stephen Lendman

Waging war is easy. Instigate provocative incidents. Blame them on targeted countries. False flags work as planned. So do Big Lies repeated enough times to get most people to believe them.

Syria, the story thus far

by Contributor on 09 Oct 2012
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Syria, the story thus far

William Blum - "Today, many Americans are asking — indeed I ask myself," Hillary Clinton said, "how can this happen? How can this happen in a country we helped liberate, in a city we helped save from destruction? This question reflects just how complicated, and at times, how confounding the world can be." 1

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