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Iran Deploys 15,000 Troops To Syria

The Israeli newspaper Haaretz online reports 15,000 elite Iranian soldiers have recently arrived in Syria to help the Assad regime crush the uprising. The Iranians entered Syria about the same time as the U.N. resolution vote condemning Assad. Had the resolution passed, Iran would have inadvertently violated the U.N. resolution, giving the west an excuse to attack Iran. Blogger Alexander Higgins speculates this was why China and Russia vetoed the resolution. Read More

Hard-right Santorum Wins Three States

Former Sen. Rick Santorum Tuesday won the Missouri GOP primary and the Minnesota and Colorado caucuses, with a huge margin over GOP front-runner Mitt Romney in Missouri. Santorum once compared legalizing same-sex marriage to opening a door to pedophilia and bestiality. Read More

Times Editor Apologizes for Phone Hacking

The editor of Rupert Murdoch's London Times apologized Wednesday to a police detective whose emails were hacked. Police are investigating claims that Times journalist Patrick Foster accessed the email of detective Richard Horton in 2009 to unmask him as the author of an anonymous blog about the workings of the police. Murdoch’s News of the World was closed last July at the start of the phone hacking scandal. Read More

Court Declares California's Gay Marriage Ban Unconstitutional

The US Ninth Circuit Court ruled Tuesday that Proposition 8, California's gay marriage ban, was unconstitutional. Judge Stephen Reinhardt wrote in his decision: “Proposition 8 serves no purpose…other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California, and to officially reclassify their relationships and families as inferior to those of opposite-sex couples.” Read More

Israel’s Palestinian Prisoner Fasting to Death

Amnesty International has called on Israel to release or try Khader Adnan, a Palestinian prisoner gravely ill from a 51-day hunger strike, protesting his December arrest by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank. Adnan has been held by Israel without charge under “administrative detention.” Amnesty estimates 21 elected members of the Palestinian legislative council are among 300 Palestinian prisoners in administrative detention. Read More

Egyptian Workers Seek US labor support to Help stop Arms Shipments

Egyptian labor activists are seeking signatures of support from their US counterparts on a statement calling on the US to stop exporting teargas and weapons to Egypt’s military regime, which uses them to repress protesters. The statement says: “Shipment of arms to the Egyptian regime has everything to do with protecting the global 1%.” Read More

NYPD Kills Unarmed Young Black Man in his Home

Tensions are growing between Bronx residents and New York Police after the fatal shooting...  of unarmed 18-year-old Ramarley Graham last week. Graham was cornered by police in his home and shot as he was allegedly dumping a small amount of marijuana in the toilet. Leona Virgo, Graham's older sister, told hundreds of supporters Monday: “This is not just about Ramarley. This is about all young black men.” Read More

 Al-Shabab claims Mogadishu car bomb attack

 At least 10 people were killed Wednesday when a suicide car bomb exploded in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. The vehicle was parked close to the Hotel Muna, frequented by Somali politicians. The Islamist militant group al-Shabab claimed responsibility. Wednesday's attack is the latest in a series staged by the group, which had been pushed out of Mogadishu last August by Somali and African Union troops. Read More

 US Drone Kills 8 in Northwest Pakistan

 Pakistani intelligence officials report eight people were killed Wednesday after a U.S. drone fired missiles at a house in Pakistan’s northwest tribal region. The attack occurred in Spalga village, where militants fighting foreign troops in Afghanistan live. The London-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism recently found many drone strikes launched follow-up attacks, killing people who were helping rescue victims or were attending funerals. Read More