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Muscovites Form Human Chain, Seek to Break with Putin's Rule

Up to 30,000 Russians linked hands around Moscow Sunday protesting Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's expected return to the Kremlin for a third term in elections next weekend. Elections last  December were tainted by widespread fraud filmed by citizen journalists, sparking the first mass protests against Putin's 12-year rule. The human chain recalled one that Baltic states organized in 1989 to demand independence from the Soviet Union. Read More

 Iran Abandoned Nuclear Weapons Program in 2003

The New York Times reported Saturday a widespread consensus among analysts working for all 16 US intelligence agencies believes Iran abandoned its nuclear weapons program in 2003. The article strikes a note of sanity amid widespread speculation Israel plans to bomb Iranian nuclear sites. Read More

Sham Vote Props Assad Up for the Next 16 Years

Syrian state television said Monday 89 percent of Syrians approved a new constitution proposed by President Bashar al-Assad in a referendum Sunday. The new constitution, which could keep Assad in power until 2028 was widely condemned as a "sham." Thousands have died since last March in the Assad regime's crackdown on protesters seeking to end his rule. Read More

Muscovites Form Human Chain, Seek to Break with Putin's Rule

Up to 30,000 Russians linked hands around Moscow Sunday protesting Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's expected return to the Kremlin for a third term in elections next weekend. Elections last  December were tainted by widespread fraud filmed by citizen journalists, sparking the first mass protests against Putin's 12-year rule. The human chain recalled one that Baltic states organized in 1989 to demand independence from the Soviet Union. Read More

Iran Abandoned Nuclear Weapons Program in 2003

The New York Times reported Saturday a widespread consensus among analysts working for all 16 US intelligence agencies believes Iran abandoned its nuclear weapons program in 2003. The article strikes a note of sanity amid widespread speculation Israel plans to bomb Iranian nuclear sites. Read More

Sham Vote Props Assad Up for the Next 16 Years

Syrian state television said Monday 89 percent of Syrians approved a new constitution proposed by President Bashar al-Assad in a referendum Sunday. The new constitution, which could keep Assad in power until 2028 was widely condemned as a "sham." Thousands have died since last March in the Assad regime's crackdown on protesters seeking to end his rule. Read More

White House Money Pays for NYPD Muslim Spying

Millions of dollars from the White House helped pay for New York Police Department programs that put Muslim neighborhoods in the Northeast under surveillance. The money was part of a little-known grant intended to help law enforcement fight drug crimes. The Bush and Obama administrations have provided $135 million to New York and New Jersey through the program since 9/11. Read More

FARC Pledges to Release Hostages

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia pledged Sunday to release remaining police and military hostages, an historic shift for Latin America’s longest-fighting leftist guerrillas. The group also said it planned to outlaw civilian kidnapping, which for decades it had used to raise money, saying the tactic was no longer compatible with “our revolutionary activity.” Read More

 Yemen's New President Saleh's chosen successor

Yemen appointed Abdurabu Mansur Hadi president Saturday after three decades of rule by Ali Abdullah Saleh. Hadi was elected in an election in which he was the sole candidate, part of a deal brokered by the Gulf Cooperation Council amidst mass protests calling for Saleh's ouster. Saleh will leave the country for Ethiopia this week, leaving his chosen successor. Read More

 NATO airstrike kills four Afghan civilians

A NATO airstrike carried out by French troops has claimed the lives of four Afghan civilians, including children and injuring another four people. The attack comes less than two weeks after a US-led strike killed eight Afghan civilians herding sheep in the snow. Earlier this month, the UN announced 2011 was the deadliest year on record for Afghan civilians. Read More

UK prepares for military strike against Iran

The UK Sun says Britain has drawn up plans to send hundreds of troops and an extra nuclear submarine to the Persian Gulf amid escalating threats against Iran. The Sun quoted a senior official Sunday as saying: "Conflict is seen as inevitable as long as the regime (Iran) pursue their nuclear ambitions,” adding: "Britain would be sucked in whether we like it or not."  Read More

Drone Market Booming

Global demand for drones is heating up, with annual global spending forecast to double to $11.3 billion over the next decade. The US military now has over 7,500 remotely-controlled aircraft deployed across the globe. The Asia Pacific is the second largest buyer after America’s 19,000 law enforcement agencies. Thirty thousand drones could be flying in US airspace by 2020. Read More

White House Money Pays for NYPD Muslim Spying

Millions of dollars from the White House helped pay for New York Police Department programs that put Muslim neighborhoods in the Northeast under surveillance. The money was part of a little-known grant intended to help law enforcement fight drug crimes. The Bush and Obama administrations have provided $135 million to New York and New Jersey through the program since 9/11. Read More

FARC Pledges to Release Hostages

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia pledged Sunday...

to release remaining police and military hostages, an historic shift for Latin America’s longest-fighting leftist guerrillas. The group also said it planned to outlaw civilian kidnapping, which for decades it had used to raise money, saying the tactic was no longer compatible with “our revolutionary activity.” Read More

Yemen's New President Saleh's chosen successor

 Yemen appointed Abdurabu Mansur Hadi president Saturday after three decades of rule by Ali Abdullah Saleh. Hadi was elected in an election in which he was the sole candidate, part of a deal brokered by the Gulf Cooperation Council amidst mass protests calling for Saleh's ouster. Saleh will leave the country for Ethiopia this week, leaving his chosen successor. Read More

NATO airstrike kills four Afghan civilians

A NATO airstrike carried out by French troops has claimed the lives of four Afghan civilians, including children and injuring another four people. The attack comes less than two weeks after a US-led strike killed eight Afghan civilians herding sheep in the snow. Earlier this month, the UN announced 2011 was the deadliest year on record for Afghan civilians. Read More

 UK prepares for military strike against Iran

 The UK Sun says Britain has drawn up plans to send hundreds of troops and an extra nuclear submarine to the Persian Gulf amid escalating threats against Iran. The Sun quoted a senior official Sunday as saying: "Conflict is seen as inevitable as long as the regime (Iran) pursue their nuclear ambitions,” adding: "Britain would be sucked in whether we like it or not." Read More

Drone Market Booming

Global demand for drones is heating up, with annual global spending forecast to double to $11.3 billion over the next decade. The US military now has over 7,500 remotely-controlled aircraft deployed across the globe. The Asia Pacific is the second largest buyer after America’s 19,000 law enforcement agencies. Thirty thousand drones could be flying in US airspace by 2020. Read More