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This Monday, July 13, 2009 file photo shows the Butner Federal Correctional Complex in Butner, N.C. Nearly 1,000 inmates with serious medical and mental health problems are kept at the Federal Medical Center in the Butner complex. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

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Archives for نوفمبر 2012

WikiLeaks’ Bradley Manning: ‘I’m Going To Die’ In Military Prison

Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, second from right, steps out of a security vehicle as he is escorted into a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, for a pretrial hearing. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) Bradley Manning, the US soldier accused in the biggest leak of classified information in American history, testified Thursday that he […]

Kaitlin Funaro
بواسطة Kaitlin Funaro
Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, second from right, steps out of a security vehicle as he is escorted into a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, for a pretrial hearing. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Bradley Manning, the US soldier accused in the biggest leak of classified information in American history, testified Thursday that he "totally started to fall apart" and had considered suicide while in military custody. His testimony came during a pretrial hearing at Ft. Meade, outside Washington, where the defense is arguing to have his case

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UN Recognizes Non-Member State Of Palestine In Overwhelming Vote

A Palestinian girl waves a flag during a rally supporting the Palestinian U.N. bid for observer state status, in the West bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed) In a swift vote on Thursday, the UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to recognize the Palestinian Authority as a non-member state, giving strong […]

Lizzy Tomei
بواسطة Lizzy Tomei
A Palestinian girl waves a flag during a rally supporting the Palestinian U.N. bid for observer state status, in the West bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

In a swift vote on Thursday, the UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to recognize the Palestinian Authority as a non-member state, giving strong symbolic backing to Palestinian bids for full recognition on the world stage. “An important vote has taken place today,” UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said following the vote. “I believe that

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Texas Inmate Waits More Than 30 Years For Retrial

This Dec. 22, 2011 photo shows a typical single-inmate jail cell. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department ) A Kansas man who remains in a Texas prison more than 30 years after his murder conviction was overturned has become the subject of a fight between the state, which insists he’s being legally held, and a […]

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This Dec. 22, 2011 photo shows a typical single-inmate jail cell. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department )

A Kansas man who remains in a Texas prison more than 30 years after his murder conviction was overturned has become the subject of a fight between the state, which insists he's being legally held, and a federal appeals court that says he's wrongly imprisoned. Jerry Hartfield, whose conviction was overturned in 1983, maintains his constitutional

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The Fuss About Susan Rice: Why Republican Attacks On Her Miss The True Problems

UN Ambassador Susan Rice leaves a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, with Sen. Susan Collins, R- Maine, and Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., about the Benghazi terrorist attack. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci) (MintPress) – It’s rare to have a fight over a political nominee when he or she hasn’t been nominated […]

Frederick Reese
بواسطة Frederick Reese
UN Ambassador Susan Rice leaves a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, with Sen. Susan Collins, R- Maine, and Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., about the Benghazi terrorist attack. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

(MintPress) – It’s rare to have a fight over a political nominee when he or she hasn’t been nominated in the first place (Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has not announced her retirement yet, so there is no position to fill). But, when it comes to Susan Rice, U.N. ambassador for the United States and presumptive nominee to succeed Clinton,

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Israel’s Religious Right Wing Party Gains Momentum Challenging Netanyahu’s Political Force

Ultra-Orthodox Shas supporters hold election banners during a rally in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday Feb. 28, 2006. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) (MintPress) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to coast to an electoral victory Jan. 22, extending the right-wing Likud party control of the Knesset. Although the Likud coalition appears to have a firm grip […]

Martin Michaels
بواسطة Martin Michaels
Ultra-Orthodox Shas supporters hold election banners during a rally in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday Feb. 28, 2006. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

(MintPress) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to coast to an electoral victory Jan. 22, extending the right-wing Likud party control of the Knesset. Although the Likud coalition appears to have a firm grip on the electorate, the religious right in Israel poses the biggest challenge to Netanyahu and the secular

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عمال الوجبات السريعة يتحركون في مدينة نيويورك ، ويبتعدون عن وظائفهم للاحتجاج على ظروف العمل ، والمطالبة بالنقابات

بعد أسبوع واحد فقط من قيام الموظفين غير النقابيين في 1000 متجر وول مارت في جميع أنحاء البلاد بتصعيد موجتهم غير المسبوقة من الإضرابات ، مما أدى إلى أكبر الاضطرابات حتى الآن لعملاق البيع بالتجزئة ، صنع عمال الوجبات السريعة في العديد من سلاسل المطاعم في جميع أنحاء مدينة نيويورك تاريخًا خاصًا بهم عندما قاموا […]

Lisa Barron
بواسطة Lisa Barron
Patrons enter the Taco Bell fast-food restaurant in Franklin Township, Somerset County, N.J. (AP Photo/Mike Derer)

Just one week after non-union employees at 1,000 Walmart stores across the country escalated their unprecedented wave of strikes, bringing the biggest disruptions yet to the retail giant, fast food workers at several restaurant chains throughout New York City made history of their own when they walked off the job on Thursday to protest low

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