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This undated photo released courtesy of Gary Stein shows the Camp Pendleton U.S. Marine, Stein, who has been criticizing President Obama on his Facebook page. Stein started a Facebook page called Armed Forces Tea Party to encourage fellow service members to exercise their free speech rights. He declared a few weeks ago that he would not follow the unlawful orders of the commander in chief. Stein also criticized Defense Secretary Leon Panetta for his comments on Syria. (AP Photo/Courtesy Gary Stein)

Marine Tea Party activist faces boot for anti-Obama Facebook posts

Archives for مارس 2012

Syria: From Russia with Love

A statue of Hafiz Al-Assad stand guard over a public square in Homs, Syria (Photo by Norbert Schiller/MintPress). (MINNEAPOLIS) – Now that the world is focused on Syria, and the atrocities being committed by the government in Damascus, Many are asking why a country like Russia continues to remain adamant in it’s decision to stand behind […]

Norbert Schiller
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A statue of Hafiz Al-Assad stand guard over a public square in Homs, Syria (Photo by MintPress).

(MINNEAPOLIS) - Now that the world is focused on Syria, and the atrocities being committed by the government in Damascus, Many are asking why a country like Russia continues to remain adamant in it’s decision to stand behind the regime of Bashar al Assad. Long before I had ever visited Syria, I had this romantic notion that the capital,

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Official: Israel, US disagree on Iran timetable

The Foreign Minister of Germany Guido Westerwelle, right, and the Defense Minister of Irsael Ehud Barak, left, shake hands prior to a meeting at the Foreign Office in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, March 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and the U.S. disagree on what would be a realistic timetable for stopping Iran […]

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The Foreign Minister of Germany Guido Westerwelle, right, and the Defense Minister of Irsael Ehud Barak, left, shake hands prior to a meeting at the Foreign Office in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, March 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and the U.S. disagree on what would be a realistic timetable for stopping Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, Israel's defense minister said Thursday, but he stopped short of threatening unilateral Israeli action. Ehud Barak reiterated concerns that Iran is trying to make its suspected nuclear weapons program immune from

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US intel: water a cause for war in coming decades

Indian women collect water from a broken pipe in a slum on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, Thursday, March 22, 2012. The U.N. estimates that more than one in six people worldwide do not have access to 20-50 liters (5-13 gallons) of safe freshwater a day to ensure their basic needs for drinking, cooking and […]

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Indian women collect water from a broken pipe in a slum on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, Thursday, March 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Drought, floods and a lack of fresh water may cause significant global instability and conflict in the coming decades, as developing countries scramble to meet demand from exploding populations while dealing with the effects of climate change, U.S. intelligence agencies said in a report released Thursday. An assessment

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Unhappy public not sure who to blame for high gas

Gasoline prices hovering around $4 are seen at a gas station on the south end of The Strip, Tuesday, March 20, 2012, in Las Vegas. From all corners of the country, Americans are irritated these days by record-high fuel prices that have soared above $4 a gallon in some states and could top $5 by […]

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Gasoline prices hovering around $4 are seen at a gas station on the south end of The Strip, Tuesday, March 20, 2012, in Las Vegas. From all corners of the country, Americans are irritated these days by record-high fuel prices that have soared above $4 a gallon in some states and could top $5 by summer. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Families canceling vacations. Fishermen watching their profits burn up along with their boats' gasoline. Drivers buying only a few gallons of gas at a time because they can't afford to fill the tank. From all corners of the country, Americans are irritated these days by record-high fuel prices that have soared above $4 a

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Clashes rage across Syria despite UN statement

Tapestries are displayed as men sit outside the Omayyid mosque in old Damascus, Syria, Thursday, March 22, 2012. Mounting international condemnation of Bashar Assad's regime and high-level diplomacy have failed to ease the year-old Syria conflict, which the U.N. says has killed more than 8,000 people. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman) BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops shelled […]

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Tapestries are displayed as men sit outside the Omayyid mosque in old Damascus, Syria, Thursday, March 22, 2012. Mounting international condemnation of Bashar Assad's regime and high-level diplomacy have failed to ease the year-old Syria conflict, which the U.N. says has killed more than 8,000 people. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops shelled and raided opposition areas and clashed with rebel fighters around the country Thursday despite U.N. efforts to stop the bloodshed so aid could reach suffering civilians. Activists cited the fresh violence in dismissing a U.N. Security Council statement calling for a cease-fire to allow for dialogue between

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Afghan president: Pact with US will be scrutinized

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, center, listens to Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak, unseen, during a graduation ceremony of Afghan military officers in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, March 22, 2012. Afghanistan's president said Thursday that his government is "taking a magnifying glass" to proposals for the country's strategic partnership deal with the United States and scrutinizing every […]

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai, center, listens to Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak, unseen, during a graduation ceremony of Afghan military officers in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, March 22, 2012. Afghanistan's president said Thursday that his government is "taking a magnifying glass" to proposals for the country's strategic partnership deal with the United States and scrutinizing every detail. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's president said Thursday that his government is "taking a magnifying glass" to proposals for the country's strategic partnership deal with the United States. In a speech at the graduation ceremony for Afghanistan's military academy, Hamid Karzai also reiterated a pledge that any deal reached will respect

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