INTERNATIONAL

Muslims worldwide observe Al Quds Day By Latheef Farook

Muslims worldwide observe last Friday of the Holy Month of Ramadhan as Al Quds ( Jerusalem)  day which falls on 2 August 2013. Al-Quds is the Arabic name for the holy city of Jerusalem. While  the Arabs sleep Muslims worldwide ,from Djakarta and Kula Lumpur in the Far East to cities in India, Pakistan the entire Middle East, London and …

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8 Shocking Ways America Leads the World By Lynn Stuart Parramore

"AlterNet" – People uninterested in change and progress tend to cling to the jingoistic fantasy that America is an exceptional country. Often this implies that the U.S. is somehow superior to other nations. Some, like the neocons, have taken the idea of exceptionalism to mean that America should be above the law and that other countries should be remade in our …

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Denial of Airspace to Bolivian Leader Resonates at U.N. By Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 11 2013 (IPS) – The growing political uproar over the unlawful denial of European airspace for a jet carrying Bolivian President Evo Morales has spilled over into the United Nations.   Bolivian President Evo Morales. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas The 120-member Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), the largest single political grouping in the world body, has expressed its “deep concern over …

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Egyptian Army’s Firepower Overwhelmingly U.S.-Supplied By Thalif Deen

Protesters battle police in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on the second anniversary of Egypt’s January 25 revolution. Credit: Khaled Moussa al-Omrani/IPS UNITED NATIONS, Jul 9 2013 (IPS) – When the dust settles from the ongoing deadly confrontations between the Egyptian armed forces and thousands of Islamist protesters in the streets of Cairo and Alexandria, the eventual winner will be the United States …

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Russian Advanced Weapons for Syria: Report By Dam-Press.

Dam Press" — During his recent visit to London and meeting with British Prime Minister Cameron, President Putin passed on a message to the US and France in response to their recent announcement that they will arm the [Al Nusrah] fighters in Syria. As Russia is a sovereign nation dealing with the sovereign, legitimate government of Syria, some new arms which …

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