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In this Jan. 23, 2012, file photo, former CIA officer John Kiriakou, right, accompanied by his attorney John Hundley, leaves Federal Court in Alexandria, Va. Kiriakou is accused of leaking the names of covert operatives to journalists. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

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Mississippi River: Shipping Companies Ask US Government To Dynamite Riverbed

The Mississippi River and Jackson Island in Harpers Ferry, Iowa are shown in this Oct. 28. 2007 photo. (Photo by rmadlo119 via Flikr) River shipping companies asked President Obama and the Federal Emergency Management Agency today to declare an emergency and allow the US Army Corps of Engineers to blow up part of the riverbed […]

Samantha Stainburn
بواسطة Samantha Stainburn
The Mississippi River and Jackson Island in Harpers Ferry, Iowa are shown in this Oct. 28. 2007 photo. (Photo by rmadlo119 via Flikr)

River shipping companies asked President Obama and the Federal Emergency Management Agency today to declare an emergency and allow the US Army Corps of Engineers to blow up part of the riverbed near the Illinois towns of Thebes and Grand Tower, the Wall Street Journal reported. The move would deepen the Mississippi River shipping channel

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Bangladesh Fire: Wal-Mart Cuts Ties With Supplier After Garments Found In Ashes

Bangladeshi army soldiers carry the bodies of workers died in a fire at a garment factory in the Savar neighborhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday Nov. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/ Jibon Amir) Wal-Mart has apparently cut ties with one of its suppliers after its garments were found in debris from the fire at Bangladesh’s Tazreen Fashions […]

Jennifer Mattson
بواسطة Jennifer Mattson
Bangladeshi army soldiers carry the bodies of workers died in a fire at a garment factory in the Savar neighborhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday Nov. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/ Jibon Amir)

Wal-Mart has apparently cut ties with one of its suppliers after its garments were found in debris from the fire at Bangladesh's Tazreen Fashions factory, the Nation wrote. Wal-Mart said that it was “trying to determine if the factory has a current relationship with Walmart or one of our suppliers… [and was] working across the apparel industry

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A Facade Of Progress: Palestinian Bid For UN Observer Status

A Palestinian man holds a flag during a demonstration in support of the Palestinian statehood petition at the U.N. General Assembly near the Damascus gate in Jerusalem’s Old City, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) (MintPress) – In the aftermath of Israel’s incursion into Gaza last week, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas will […]

Martin Michaels
بواسطة Martin Michaels
A Palestinian man holds a flag during a demonstration in support of the Palestinian statehood petition at the U.N. General Assembly near the Damascus gate in Jerusalem's Old City, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

(MintPress) – In the aftermath of Israel’s incursion into Gaza last week, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas will present his case before the community of nations in an attempt to achieve non-member observer status at the United Nations. The Gaza attacks that left 160 Palestinians dead continue an ongoing conflict that has consumed

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The Fiscal Cliff And Breaking Promises: How Republican Rejection Of Norquist May Save The Party

Conservative activist Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform, stands in his office in Washington Thursday, Jan. 26, 2006. (AP Photo/Yuri Gripas) (MintPress) – John McCarthy once said, “There is only one thing more harmful to society than an elected official forgetting the promises he made in order to get elected; that’s when he […]

Frederick Reese
بواسطة Frederick Reese
Conservative activist Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform, stands in his office in Washington Thursday, Jan. 26, 2006. (AP Photo/Yuri Gripas)

(MintPress) – John McCarthy once said, “There is only one thing more harmful to society than an elected official forgetting the promises he made in order to get elected; that's when he doesn't forget them.” For Republicans, amnesia about one particular promise may be the first step toward bring the party back to prominence. Last Sunday, on ABC’s

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Ken Burns Documentary Highlights Racially Motivated Arrests Of Central Park Five

This film image released by Sundance Selects shows accused rapist Yusef Salaam being escorted by police in New York in 1990. (AP Photo/Sundance Selects, NY Daily News) (NEW YORK) MintPress – Even those who did not live in New York City on April 19, 1989 heard the  terrifying story of 28-year-old investment banker Trisha Meili — […]

Lisa Barron
بواسطة Lisa Barron
Raymond Santana pushes open a door to leave the Queensboro Correctional Facility Monday, Dec. 23, 2002 in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/John-Marshall Mantel)

(NEW YORK) MintPress – Even those who did not live in New York City on April 19, 1989 heard the  terrifying story of 28-year-old investment banker Trisha Meili — most of the news media didn’t identify her at the time  — who was brutally assaulted and raped while jogging in Central Park that night. Five male teenagers — four black and one

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A New Secret War In Africa: How The US Plans To Increase Drones, Special Forces Without Congressional Approval

In this image released by the Department of Defense, An MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle from the 42nd Attack Squadron taxis into Creech Air Force Base, Nev., March 13, 2007. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.) (MintPress) – At a time when the U.S. is seemingly winding down the war in […]

Trisha Marczak
بواسطة Trisha Marczak
In this image released by the Department of Defense, An MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle from the 42nd Attack Squadron taxis into Creech Air Force Base, Nev., March 13, 2007. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)

(MintPress) – At a time when the U.S. is seemingly winding down the war in Afghanistan and stepping back from military intervention, its military is preparing to enter a new era of war — one that doesn’t require Congressional approval and seeks to engage in military operations outside of combat zones, largely through the use of drones and special

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