'Iran missile program may be more advanced than thought'
By The Associated Press
The missile test-fired by Iran is the longest-range solid-propellent missile it has launched yet, raising concerns about the sophistication of Tehran's missile program, a U.S. government official said Wednesday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1087135.html
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Clashes at Greek Quran protest
Clashes have erupted between police and predominantly Muslim protesters in Athens, the Greek capital.About 1,000 protesters took to the streets on Friday following reports that a police officer tore up a Quran, the Muslim holy book, belonging to an Iraqi immigrant while checking his identity papers.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/05/200952215172746697.html
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US links Lebanon aid to poll result
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Syria rejects Israel talks offer
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'1 in 4 Israelis would consider leaving country if Iran gets nukes'
By Ofri Ilani, Haaretz Correspondent
Some 23 percent of Israelis would consider leaving the country if Iran obtains a nuclear weapon, according to a poll conducted on behalf of the Center for Iranian Studies at Tel Aviv University.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1087472.html
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Controversial Israeli tourism poster pulled from London Tube
An Israeli tourism poster is being pulled from the London subway after the Syrian Embassy complained that the map on it appeared to show the Golan Heights and Palestinian territories within Israel's boundaries, officials said Friday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1087487.html
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Israeli toxic waste threatens Palestinian life
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A Sick Joke!
Obama Calls for Demilitarized PA "State"
By Jerusalem Post Staff
Obama's vision for an independent, democratic and contiguous Palestinian state would not have its own army and would be forbidden from making military agreements with other states, in order to provide for Israel's security.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article22666.htm
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The World Doesn't Have a Pakistan Nukes Problem ...
It Has a David Albright Problem
By Peter Lee
Washington, apparently believing that it doesn't have enough on its plate with al Qaeda and the Afghan Taliban and the Pakistan Taliban, is suddenly awash with dramatic plans to add a self-created problem to the mix: a quixotic effort to wrest Pakistan's nuclear weapons out of the hands of the Army if the situation deteriorates.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article22669.htm
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Obama Steers Toward Endless War With Islam
By Michael Scheuer
In just over 100 days, President Obama is on the verge of ensuring that militant Islam's war on America will be waged for decades to come and its forces will never suffer manpower or money shortages. How did he accomplish so much in some little time? He simply behaved as all U.S. political leaders behave; that is, as an ignorant and arrogant interventionist.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article22665.htm
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Why Obama Refuses To Release Torture Pictures
By Yvonne Ridley
While some Republican red necks would probably just scoff at pictures of olive skinned men being brutalised, I'm not so sure they would shrug off so easily pictures of women and young children being tortured.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article22663.htm
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In Case You Missed It
The Road To Guantanamo
Video
Three young British Muslims tell the story of how they came to be in US custody at Guantánamo for over two years, and discuss the Kafkaesque horrors that awaited them there, until finally they were released without charge or apology.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15880.htm
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Drugged and Dangerous
U.S. Military: Heavily Armed and Medicated
By Melody Petersen
Prescription pill dependency among American troops is on the rise.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article22664.htm
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Credit Where Credit is Due
By Mike Whitney
Do people realize that the reason their home equity is vanishing, their 401ks have been slashed in half and their jobs are at risk is because Wall Street was gaming the system with leverage and financial innovation? The current downturn is not really a recession at all; it's more like a self-inflicted wound perpetrated by avaricious speculators who put a gun to the economy's head and blew its brains out.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article22667.htm
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The Toll Booth Economy
By Michael Hudson
China's central bank is now the largest holder of U.S. government and other dollar securities, it has become the main subsidizer of the U.S. payments deficit - and also the domestic U.S. federal budget deficit. Half of the federal budget's discretionary spending is military in character. This places China in the uncomfortable position of being the largest financier of U.S. military adventurism.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article22668.htm
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Pakistani troops seize Taliban stronghold, 80 rebels killed :
Pakistani troops overran an important militant stronghold in north-western district of Buner, killing some 80 Taliban fighters, an army spokesman said Wednesday. "Security forces have cleared Sultan Was area last night after intense clashes," Major General Athar Abbas told the reporters in Islamabad.
http://snipurl.com/ig3f2
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Pakistan army struggles in Buner:
The Pakistani government has not fully asserted control in the district of Buner, military officials have told a visiting team of BBC journalists.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8059236.stm
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Humanitarian crisis worsens in Swat:
The US has begun delivering humanitarian aid to people displaced by fighting in northwest Pakistan, the US embassy says.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/05/200952074222970396.html
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Demonizing Pakistan Photos show Pakistan 'expanding nuclear sites':
Satellite photos released show Pakistan has expanded two sites crucial to its nuclear program as part of an effort to bolster the destructive power of its atomic arsenal, a US arms control institute said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090520/pl_afp/pakistannuclearweaponsus
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Afghan troops kill 25 "Taliban insurgents" including 2 commanders: -
Afghan troops since launching operations in Marja district of the southern Helmand province have killed 25 rebels including two local commanders, military commander General Mohidin Ghori said Wednesday.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-05/20/content_11407771.htm
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US Attack Kills Another 8 Eight Afghan civilians:
Eight Afghan civilians are believed to have been killed when NATO-led troops under attack in southern Afghanistan called in an air strike, the alliance said Wednesday.
http://paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=215094
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Whitewashing war crimes? :
US Says Only Killed 30 Innocent Afghan Civilians :
Video evidence recorded by fighter jets and the account of the ground commander suggest no more than 30 civilians were killed in a two-day battle in western Afghanistan this month, the U.S. military said Wednesday, a stark contrast with Afghan claims that 140 civilians died.
http://snipurl.com/ig3jm
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Roadside bomb kills two Americans outside Kabul:
A roadside bomb killed two Americans, including a soldier, in an attack on a U.S. military convoy on the outskirts of the Afghan capital on Wednesday, officials said.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE54J13G20090520?rpc=401&
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Arms Sent by U.S. May Be Falling Into Taliban Hands:
Evidence suggests munitions procured by the Pentagon leak from Afghan forces for use against American troops.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/20/world/asia/20ammo.html
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3 Somalis killed in Mogadishu clashes:
The Somali government has been losing ground in recent weeks and now controls little more than the centre of Mogadishu, with the support of AU troops.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/05/200952081050498498.html
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Manufacturing Consent:
US and Russian scientists say Iran could produce a nuclear device in 1 to 3 years:
While Iran is continuing to enrich uranium, it said, "it is not clear whether it has taken the decision to produce nuclear weapons."
http://snipurl.com/ig3nd
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Download the U.S.-Russia Joint Threat Assessment on Iran's nuclear and missile potential :
PDF Format
http://docs.ewi.info/JTA.pdf
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Setting the trap:
Barack Obama: Iran must meet nuclear deadline:
US President Barack Obama has told Iran it has until the end of the year to respond to his diplomatic outreach over stopping its nuclear programme.
http://snipurl.com/ig3p2
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'Israel will have to take on Iran alone once Obama's efforts fail':
The official was quoted by Channel 10 as saying that Obama's insistence on engagement with Iran would force Israel to make a "difficult decision" on the matter by the end of 2009.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1086628.html
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U.S. to continue funding Israel anti-missile system:
Israeli defense officials have recently been concerned that cuts in the U.S. defense budget, along with Pentagon unwillingness to fund a project that does not employ American workers, could harm the future of the Arrow.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1086938.html
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Netanyahu's Washington Victory:
How Obama moved closer to the Israeli position on Iran.
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4936
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U.S., Israel forming working group on Iran:
The United States and Israel are quietly forming a high-level working group to assess the progress of President Obama's outreach to Iran and to share intelligence about the Islamic Republic's nuclear weapons program,
http://snipurl.com/ig3ss
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Italy breaks ranks with 'surprise' visit to Tehran:
Franco Frattini, Italy's foreign minister, plans to break with European Union policy of shunning high-level contact with Iran by flying to Tehran today for talks on the Islamic republic's strategic role in the region and possible openings for direct engagement with the US.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/20ef8a7e-44d6-11de-82d6-00144feabdc0.html
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Hamas condemns Palestinian cabinet:
"This is considered to be a deliberate sabotage of the internal Palestinian dialogue and threatens the negotiations slated to take place in the future in Cairo."
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/05/200952012820780409.html
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Most of Jerusalem's non-Jewish children live below poverty line:
Among children, 48 percent of Jews and 74 percent of non-Jews are defined as poor.
http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1086819.html
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Spain signals end to war crimes, genocide hunting:
Under pressure from foreign governments, members of Spain's congress almost unanimously passed a resolution which, if translated into law, would end the right of Spanish judges to investigate serious crimes like genocide anywhere in the world in cases where courts in the affected country do not act.
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-39759920090520
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Red Cross halts Sri Lanka operation:
An international aid group has suspended its aid operations in Sri Lanka due to restrictions placed on it by the government.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/05/200952011230183260.html
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US 'not ceding the Pacific to anyone,' Clinton says" .
We are a trans-Pacific power as well as a trans-Atlantic power," the chief US diplomat said.
http://rawstory.com/news/afp/US_not_ceding_the_Pacific_to_anyone_05192009.html
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Judge rejects Obama view on detaining Al Qaeda supporters:
In a 22-page decision issued Tuesday evening, U.S. District Court Judge John Bates ruled that members in Al Qaeda or the Taliban could be detained, but that mere support for Al Qaeda activities is not a sufficient basis for the government to hold prisoners at Guantanamo Bay or elsewhere.
http://snipurl.com/ig3yh
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Shame on them: Democrats Defending Pelosi:
Top Democrats said they believe that the CIA misled her in a September 2002 briefing about controversial techniques used during interrogations of alleged al-Qaeda operatives
http://snipurl.com/ig3zk
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Thousands beaten, raped in Irish reform schools:
The report found that molestation and rape were "endemic" in boys' facilities, chiefly run by the Christian Brothers order, and supervisors pursued policies that increased the danger.
http://snipurl.com/ig40v
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Irish church knew abuse 'endemic':
The five-volume study concluded that church officials encouraged ritual beatings and consistently shielded their orders' paedophiles from arrest amid a "culture of self-serving secrecy".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8059826.stm
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Child abuse victims seek justice:
Thomas Wall, an orphan from Limerick, was sent by the criminal courts to a Christian Brothers run reform school when he was just three.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8058821.stm
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America's poor are its most generous givers:
The generosity of poor people isn't so much rare as rarely noticed, however. In fact, America's poor donate more, in percentage terms, than higher-income groups do
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/226/story/68456.html
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