Andrea Germanos

Oxfam: Could Take 100 Years To Rebuild Gaza

‘Only an end to the blockade of Gaza will ensure that people can rebuild their lives.’ —Catherine Essoyan, Oxfam

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A Palestinian girl sits inside a room of her family's building which was damaged in last summer's Israel-Hamas war, in the Shijaiyah neighborhood of Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, Monday, Feb. 23, 2015.

A Palestinian girl sits inside a room of her family's building which was damaged in last summer's Israel-Hamas war, in the Shijaiyah neighborhood of Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. Despair and destruction continue to envelop the blockaded Gaza strip, where the rebuilding of vital structures could take up to a century,

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Majority of Germans: We Don’t Have A Real Democracy

New poll also shows a third of respondents say capitalism is the root cause of hunger and poverty.

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A new German survey has a finding that may strike a particular chord with those in the United States. Over 60 percent of Germans said their country did not have a true democracy because business has a bigger say than the electorate, the survey by the Emnid polling institute for the Free University of Berlin found. The finding echoes results

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Report: Targeting Of Homes An ‘Appalling Hallmark’ Of Israel’s Summer Attack On Gaza

New report from Israeli human rights group finds the deadly attacks on Gaza had official backing.

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In this Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014 file photo, Palestinians look for their belongings after houses were destroyed in an Israeli strike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. Attacks in which the Israeli military deliberately targeted Palestinian homes were an "appalling hallmark" of the military offensive this summer and had the backing of top Israeli

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‘Doomsday Clock’ Ticks Forward: Climate Change, Nuclear Weapons Push Humanity Closer To Global Catastrophe

‘Doomsday Clock’ now at three minutes to midnight.

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Part of Operation Upshot-Knothole, was a 15-kiloton test fired from a 280-mm cannon on May 25, 1953 at the Nevada Proving Grounds. Frenchman's Flat, Nevada - Atomic Cannon TestHistory's first atomic artillery shell fired from the Army's new 280-mm artillery gun. Hundreds of high ranking Armed Forces officers and members of Congress are present. May

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Noam Chomsky: Obama’s Drone Program ‘The Most Extreme Terrorist Campaign Of Modern Times’

Famed linguist takes aim at western hypocrisy on terrorism.

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Noam Chomsky arrives to a conference at the Islamic University in Gaza City, Saturday, Oct. 20 , 2012.  Photo: Hatem Moussa/AP World-renowned linguist and scholar Noam Chomsky has criticized what he sees as Western hypocrisy following the recent terror attacks in Paris and the idea that there are two kinds of terrorism: "theirs versus

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Obama Promises Veto On Keystone XL Legislation

Environmental groups say ‘good’—now kill the project for good.

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President Barack Obama arriving at the TransCanada Stillwater Pipe Yard in Cushing, Okla ahead of a speech about the Keystone XL pipeline. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais). President Barack Obama will veto any legislation that forces the approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, the White House said Tuesday. The announcement came as Republicans

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VIDEO: Iraq War Veteran, Outspoken War Critic Tomas Young Dead at 34

Young enlisted in the Army following the September 11 attacks, volunteering to go to Afghanistan. He was the subject of the documentary Body of War.

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Iraq war veteran and outspoken Iraq war critic Tomas Young has died at the age of 34. Democracy Now! reported his death Monday, the eve of Veterans Day. Young enlisted in the Army following the September 11 attacks, volunteering to go to Afghanistan. He was sent to Iraq, and was left paralyzed by a bullet on the fifth day of his deployment.

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