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The Hangover II—a transphobic nightmare

In the reviews, few have been savvy enough to note the fact that this film blatantly... more

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Niños de la Promesa (Children of Promise)

A 20-minute verité style documentary produced by Kyle Woollet. The daily life... more

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Don’t shout at the telly: uprisings in the Middle East and intervention in Libya

After disastrous interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq, the UN-sanctioned NATO... more

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Eye Of The Sphinx Expeditions Crowdfund Project

"1. RocketHub is not an investment or charity. It is an exchange: funds from fans... more

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Human Chain to Spell 'NO FLY ZONE OVER PALESTINE'

"We intend to remind the world how the children of Palestine are terrorized and... more

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War in Libya started on fabrications of 'bloodbath' in Benghazi?

Well...dUH! *** EVIDENCE IS now in that President Barack Obama grossly... more

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Haitians turn to biodigesters to combat cholera and deforestation

Desperately poor Haiti is finding a cheap source of fuel in recycling human excrement,... more

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US had plans to nuke Libya in 1997

A little bit of "wag the dog" from the Clinton-era administration seems to have carried over into the current Obama administration.

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Barely acknowledged by the Western media, a planned attack on Libya using nuclear weapons, had been contemplated by the Clinton Administration in 1997, at the height of the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

The Department of Defense had developed a new generation of bunker buster tactical nuclear weapons for use in the Middle East and Central Asia:

"Military officials and leaders of America's nuclear weapon laboratories [had] urged the US to develop a new generation of precision low-yield nuclear weapons... which could be used in conventional conflicts with third-world nations." (Federation of American Scientists, 2001, emphasis added)

The B61-11 earth-penetrating weapon with a nuclear warhead had not been tested. It was part of the B61 series, coupled with a so-called "low yield" nuclear warhead. According to US military sources: "If used in North Korea, the radioactive fallout [of the B61-11] could drift over nearby countries such as Japan." (B61-11 Earth-Penetrating Weapon, Globalsecurity.org). The B61-11 earth-penetrating version of the B61 was configured initially to have a "low" 10 kiloton yield, 66.6 percent of a Hiroshima bomb, for post-Cold War battlefield operations in the Middle East and Central Asia.

Harold Palmer Smith had been appointed by President Bill Clinton to oversee nuclear, chemical, and biological defense programs with a focus on "the reduction and maintenance of the US arsenal of nuclear weapons". From the outset, his actual mandate, was not "reduce" but to "increase" the nuclear arsenal by promoting the development of a new generation of "harmless" mini-nukes for use in the Middle East war theater.

The US military contends that "mini-nukes" are "humanitarian bombs" which minimize "collateral damage". According to scientific opinion on contract to the Pentagon, they are "harmless to the surrounding civilian population because the explosion is underground",

The B61-11 is a bon fide thermonuclear bomb, a Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD) in the real sense of the word.A little bit of "wag the dog" from the Clinton-era administration seems to... more

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NATO bombs Libyan rebels in coalition air strikes

So much for a humanitarian mission. I guess this will be a lesson for other countries... more

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The Horrible Libya Hypocrisies - Secret Libya Psyops, Caught by Online Sleuths

Neocons and liberal interventionists stampeded Obama into imposing a no-fly zone... more

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Italy Warns of Immigration Emergency

Italy warned Monday that it was facing a refugee and humanitarian emergency, with some 15,000 Tunisians having arrived in recent weeks and fears that the start of U.S. and European airstrikes on Libya could unleash even more migrants.

Interior Minister Roberto Maroni told a news conference that some 200 Libyans from the eastern part of the country had arrived overnight in Catania, Sicily, marking the first major influx from Libya to Italy since the revolt began over a month ago.

But it appeared Maroni's information was incorrect: Officials from Catania's port, police, carabinieri and financial police all refused to confirm initial reports on the ANSA news agency that 191 Libyans had arrived.

These officials spoke instead of Egyptians, with Egyptian passports and currency, and subsequent news reports indicated that the Egyptians had told officials they were Libyan so they could obtain refugee status.

Italy has been sending back the vast majority of Tunisians and Egyptians who have arrived in recent weeks, saying they don't qualify for asylum or refugee status since there are no wars or humanitarian crises in their countries.

Italy has demanded Europe as a whole share the burden of coping with the immigration flows, saying it shouldn't be expected to cope with alone. As it is, the number of Tunisians on the tiny island of Lampedusa -- 4,800 as of Monday -- was almost the size of the 5,000-strong population itself.

Lampedusa's residents are getting increasingly angry over the government's failure to help ease their burden. They have refused plans to set up a tent camp on the island, saying the migrants should be taken elsewhere.

Maroni said several measures would be taken in the coming days to try to stem the flow and ease the burden on Lampedusa: He planned to visit Tunis on Wednesday to press for a resumption of treaty agreements and border controls to stem the tide of migrants.

He also said an Italy navy ship would be sent to Lampedusa to transport migrants off the island to holding centers elsewhere in Italy. And he announced compensation measures for the island, whose economy is driven by tourism. Fears are mounting that the approaching high tourist season will be irreparably harmed by the immigration crisis.

In Geneva, the U.N. refugee agency said Monday that the number of civilians fleeing Libya has decreased since the start of the allied air strikes as people take a "wait and see" approach to the rapidly changing situation on the ground.

Almost 318,000 people have fled to neighboring Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria and Niger since the start of the unrest in February, said a spokeswoman at the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.

Late last week, as rebel towns were being pounded by government troops, the stream of civilians crossing into Egypt alone reached 3,000 a day.Italy warned Monday that it was facing a refugee and humanitarian emergency, with some... more

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Doctors Without Borders: Japan: significant needs in remote quake and tsunami hit areas

As access improves in the region of northeastern Japan that was devastated by last... more

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American Adults Flunk Basic Science

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"OPERATION_DREAM'S" Karin Olivo, An Inspirational Hero in the war against hunger..By:Christopher S. Cluney

"OPERATION DREAM" An organization that is dedicated to feeding POOR ORPHAN... more

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UPS International President Dan Brutto Volunteers in Vietnam

Video diary of UPS International President Dan Brutto's visits Vietnam

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Proposal: Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth

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Welfare Talking Points #1

So after my last video on how to fix the USA’s economy, I saw a lot of ignorant... more

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Israeli shoot at Palestinian solidarity activists in Beit Hanoun, Gaza

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UN: 138 Dead After Cholera Outbreak in Haiti

(CNN) -- Haitian Health Ministry officials have informed the World Health Organization... more

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How Macy's is helping recovery in Haiti, one art object at a time

I reported earlier on a tripartite agreement which took place a couple of days ago as... more

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