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Leaked Emails: White House Approved Chemical Weapons Attack Within Syria

In this image taken from video obtained from the Ugarit News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Smoke rises from heavy shelling in Deir el-Zour, Syria, on Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video) Update: The Daily Mail obtained leaked emails allegedly indicating the White House […]

Trisha Marczak
بواسطة Trisha Marczak

Update: The Daily Mail obtained leaked emails allegedly indicating the White House approved a chemical weapons attack within Syria, a move that would be blamed on Syrian leader al-Assad and used as a reason to carry out military intervention in the country. A Malaysian hacker leaked the emails initially, which showed interactions between

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Business Booming For Private Prison Industry

The private prison industry increased by 80 percent from 1999 to 2010. Here, a correctional officer walks through a gymnasium that once held nearly 700 inmate bunks at the Deuel Vocational Institute in Tracy, Calif. on March 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) (MintPress) – When it comes to private prisons in America, business is booming. […]

Trisha Marczak
بواسطة Trisha Marczak

(MintPress) - When it comes to private prisons in America, business is booming. The industry’s boom came from 1999 to 2010, when the private prison population increased by 80 percent, compared to a public prison rise of just 18 percent, according to a report conducted by the Sentencing Project, a prison reform advocacy organization. In the

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Dutch Court Rejects Most Of Shell Spill Case

A Friends of the Earth activists holds a banner outside the court ahead of the court case of Nigerian farmers against Shell, in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday Jan. 30, 2013. Dutch judges are ruling in a landmark civil action by Nigerian farmers who want to hold oil giant Shell liable for poisoning their fish ponds […]

Associated Press
بواسطة Associated Press

A Dutch court has ruled that a subsidiary of international oil giant Royal Dutch Shell should be held responsible for pipeline leaks poisoning farmland in Nigeria. In its ruling Wednesday, the Hague Civil Court rejected most of a landmark case brought by Nigerian farmers and environmental pressure group Friends of the Earth against Shell, saying

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Senate Confirms Kerry Nomination for State Dept.

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., emerges after a unanimous vote by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approving him to become America’s next top diplomat, replacing Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. Kerry, who has served on the Foreign Relations panel for 28 years and led the committee […]

Associated Press
بواسطة Associated Press

The Senate overwhelmingly confirmed President Barack Obama's choice of five-term Sen. John Kerry to be secretary of state, with Republicans and Democrats praising him as the ideal successor to Hillary Rodham Clinton. The vote Tuesday was 94-3. One senator — Kerry — voted present and accepted congratulations from colleagues on the Senate floor.

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Immigration Reform: ‘Here We Go Again,’ Latin Americans Say

Immigration activists hold signs as they protest in front of Freedom Tower in downtown Miami, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. The Florida Immigrant Coalition, together with other immigrant families and community organizations, have initiated the “Di Que Si!” campaign, which translates into English “Say yes!,” demanding immigration reform that creates a system that keeps families united. […]

Dudley Althaus
بواسطة Dudley Althaus

Excitement, or anxiety, is rising fast in the United States — depending on which side of the immigration debate you take the pulse. Following yesterday’s bid by a bipartisan group of senators, President BarackObama spoke today in Las Vegas about the need for comprehensive immigration reform, including “a pathway to earned citizenship” for

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Seattle Gun Buyback Program Turns Into Makeshift Gun Show

Seattle Deputy Police Chief Nick Metz, center, speaks on Jan. 8, 2013, at a news conference to announce a new gun buyback program that began recently in Seattle. Behind him, from left, is former Seattle mayor Norm Rice, Bellevue Mayor Conrad Lee, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, and King Co. Executive Dow Constantine. (AP Photo/Ted S. […]

Trisha Marczak
بواسطة Trisha Marczak

(MintPress) - A gun buyback program in Seattle this past weekend went awry when profiteers showed up to make money off those willing to part with their weapons. The program, hosted by the Seattle Police Department, was the first of its kind in the last two decades, offering gun owners up to $200 for the trade in of their firearms. And while

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