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Occupy Activists Disrupt AIPAC Conference

Occupy activists Monday disrupted a meeting of the pro-Israel American Israel Public Affairs Committee, interrupting Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Israeli Ambassador Jeremy Issacharoff to read a statement in unison: “Don’t bomb Iran! AIPAC supports endless war. .. Occupy Wall Street not Iran. Occupy Wall Street not Palestine.” AIPAC attendees reacted by climbing over chairs to attack the demonstrators and by singing the Israeli national anthem. Read More

IKEA union leaders to launch global labor practices

Union leaders representing employees of the global Swedish furniture chain IKEA met in Istanbul Tuesday to standardize labor practices. In some countries IKEA managers have prevented workers from joining unions. The alliance chose Istanbul to show solidarity with a Turkish union that’s been trying to sign a collective agreement for IKEA workers since 2010. Read More

Romney Fails to Clinch Nomination

Mitt Romney Tuesday missed his chance to wrap up the Republican presidential nomination. Romney's main opponent, Rick Santorum won three states and came within a percentage point of a win in Ohio. Romney, who took Massachusetts, Virginia and Idaho, is still the frontrunner with the most delegates and a significant financial and organizational advantage over his opponents. Read More

Six British Troops Killed in Helmand Province

In the largest loss of British military lives in a single incident in Afghanistan since 2006, six British troops died Tuesday after a massive blast destroyed their heavily armored troop carrier in Helmand province. British deaths have now topped 400. The incident points to the continuing dangers in Afghanistan's south despite gains touted by NATO. Read More

UN Relief Chief Visits Syria

UN relief chief Valerie Amos Wednesday visited the city of Homs, pummeled by weeks of Syrian government shelling. It’s unclear whether she’ll be allowed to see neighborhoods like Baba Amr and Inshaa, areas particularly ravaged by the government's slaughter of dissidents that has left over 8,000 people dead. Read More

UN Official says Manning “subjected to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment”

Ernesto Mendez, the UN official overseeing the investigation into the treatment of Private Bradley Manning, said he’d been “subjected to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment in excessive and prolonged isolation“ by the US military. Manning, who was held in solitary confinement for five months and forced to strip for morning inspections, is accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of classified US documents. Read More

35 Advertisers drop Limbaugh's Program

As of Tuesday 35 advertisers had quit right-wing talk show host Rush Limbaugh's radio program, after he called a women's healthcare advocated a “slut” and a “prostitute” last week. Activists with the group Vote Vets are calling for Limbaugh's show to be dropped from the taxpayer-funded American Forces Network, which is heard by US troops overseas. Read More

Olympus Executives Arrested

Prosecutors in Tokyo said Wednesday they’ve charged Olympus, the Japanese camera-maker, as well as three former senior executives over the cover-up of huge losses. The announcement came at the expiry of the 20-day detention period of former president Tsuyoshi Kikukawa, named as a key player in a scam to shift $1.7 billion of losses from the company’s balance sheet. Read More

Netanyahu asks Panetta to approve sale of bunker-busting bombs

A top U.S. official said Tuesday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu requested the US approve the sale of advanced refueling aircraft and bunker-piercing bombs to Israel during a recent meeting with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. The official said the U.S. administration was inclined to look favorably on the request as soon as possible. During the Bush administration, the U.S. refused to sell bunker-busting bombs and refueling aircraft to Israel. Read More