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Israel’s War Criminal Of The Year Award

A silhouetted President Barack Obama gestures while speaking at a 2012 campaign event on Oct. 23, 2012 in Delray Beach, Fla., the day after the last presidential debate against Republican Presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) Imagining honoring crimes of war against humanity and genocide. Imagine calling war on humanity […]

Stephen Lendman
بواسطة Stephen Lendman
A silhouetted President Barack Obama gestures while speaking at a 2012 campaign event on Oct. 23, 2012 in Delray Beach, Fla., the day after the last presidential debate against Republican Presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Imagining honoring crimes of war against humanity and genocide. Imagine calling war on humanity honorable. Imagine granting a nation's highest civilian award for waging it. It shouldn't surprise. Obama will receive Israel's Presidential Medal of Distinction. More on him below. On Feb. 18, Shimon Peres announced the award. It'll be given

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Irreconcilable Blackness: The Intra-Cultural Conflict Of American And Foreign-Born Blacks

President Barack Obama waves to members of the media as walks across the South Lawn of the White House following his arrival on Marine One helicopter, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) According to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, a cafeteria fight at Minneapolis South High School escalated into a melee involving hundreds of students […]

Edward Rhymes
بواسطة Edward Rhymes

According to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, a cafeteria fight at Minneapolis South High School escalated into a melee involving hundreds of students last Thursday, spurred by what parents and students said are growing racial tensions between Somali-American students and others. This incident highlights a continuing and centuries-old conflict between

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Pentagon Notifies Congress Of Likely Furloughs

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta speaks to the media during a news conference. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told Congress on Wednesday that if automatic government spending cuts kick in on March 1 he may be compelled to furlough the “vast majority” of the Defense Department’s 800,000 civilian workers. He also said the […]

Associated Press
بواسطة Associated Press

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told Congress on Wednesday that if automatic government spending cuts kick in on March 1 he may be compelled to furlough the "vast majority" of the Defense Department's 800,000 civilian workers. He also said the across-the-board spending reductions would "put us on a path toward a hollow force," meaning a military

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Can Vote-By-Mail Fix Those Long Lines At The Polls?

People stand in line to vote during early voting for the presidential election, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) In his State of the Union address, President Obama returned to a point he’d made on election night: The need to do something about long voting lines. Obama announced his plan for a […]

Christie Thompson
بواسطة Christie Thompson

In his State of the Union address, President Obama returned to a point he'd made on election night: The need to do something about long voting lines. Obama announced his plan for a commission to "improve the voting experience in America." But often missing from discussions about how to make voting easier is the rapid expansion of absentee

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Commercial Cyber Spying Offers Rich Payoff

In this Nov. 7, 2012 photo, U.S. and Chinese national flags are hang outside a hotel during the U.S. Presidential election event, organized by the U.S. embassy in Beijing. As public evidence mounts that the Chinese military is responsible for stealing massive amounts of U.S. government data and corporate trade secrets, the Obama administration is […]

Associated Press
بواسطة Associated Press

For state-backed cyber spies such as a Chinese military unit implicated by a U.S. security firm in a computer crime wave, hacking foreign companies can produce high-value secrets ranging from details on oil fields to advanced manufacturing technology. This week's report by Mandiant Inc. adds to mounting suspicion that Chinese military experts

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Somalis Have Renewed Hope To Regain Their “Paradise Lost”

A Somali woman holds up a photograph of the nation’s new president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, during his recent visit to Minneapolis, Minn., home to America’s largest Somali population. The president was the first to be recognized by the U.S. since 1991, representing a new era of hope for the people of Somalia. (Photo/Trisha Marczak) (MintPress) […]

Trisha Marczak
بواسطة Trisha Marczak

(MintPress) - Hope sparkles in the eyes of Somali men and women when discussing the future of their country. After more than two decades of fighting and civil war, many are optimistic that their homeland has an opportunity for peace and economic prosperity. Their hope is found in their new president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the first head of

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