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100s Of Palestinians Join Prisoner Hunger Strike As Samer Issawi Reaches 211 Days

Palestinians briefly block a main West Bank road during a demonstration calling for the release of prisoners jailed in Israel near Bethlehem, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. Israel is holding some 4,500 Palestinians for charges ranging from throwing stones to undertaking deadly militant attacks. Their incarceration is a sensitive issue for Palestinians, who see them as […]

Katie Rucke
بواسطة Katie Rucke

(MintPress) - As Mint Press News previously reported, Palestinian prisoner Samer Issawi has been on a hunger strike in Ramla Prison in Israel since July 29, 2012, protesting Israel’s policy of “administrative detention,” which allows authorities to detain Palestinians without charge or trial indefinitely. Now in a move of solidarity, hundreds of

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Transcanada: Pipeline Would Not Affect Climate

Native Americans including Melina Laboucan, fifth from left, and Crystal Lameman sixth from, from the Cree Nation of Alberta, Canada, march with other protestors from the National Mall to the White House in Washington calling on President Barack Obama to reject the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada, as well as act to limit carbon […]

Associated Press
بواسطة Associated Press

In a shift in strategy, the company that wants to build an oil pipeline from western Canada to Texas said Tuesday that the project will have no measurable effect on global warming. Alex Pourbaix, TransCanada's president for energy and oil pipelines, said opponents of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline have grossly inflated its likely impact on

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John Kerry To Visit Europe, Mideast On First Trip

In this Oct. 20, 2009 file photo, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, whispers with the U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass, left, as Kai Eide head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan is seen, center, during a press conference, in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009. Kerry, President Barack Obama’s secretary of state, […]

Global Post
بواسطة Global Post
Karzai Kerry

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will visit nine countries in Europe and the Middle East starting Sunday as he undertakes his first foreign trip as top diplomat, the State Department said Tuesday. Kerry will visit Britain, Germany, France,Italy, Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar through March 6, State Department

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Anonymous Strikes U.S. Department of State In Latest Claimed Cyberattack

A demonstrator holds a computer keyboard during a demonstration in Tunisia on Feb. 7, 2013. (AP Photo) (MintPress) – The online hacker collective known as Anonymous struck again this week, dumping names and contact information of U.S. State Department employees on the Internet. The move is part of Operation Last Resort, a series of ongoing attacks […]

Martin Michaels
بواسطة Martin Michaels

(MintPress) - The online hacker collective known as Anonymous struck again this week, dumping names and contact information of U.S. State Department employees on the Internet. The move is part of Operation Last Resort, a series of ongoing attacks against U.S. government websites designed to combat what internet hacktivists see as overly restrictive

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Obama To Receive Israeli Medal Of Distinction Amid Discord In Occupied Territories

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads the weekly cabinet meeting in his office in Jerusalem, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013. Netanyahu said Sunday the upcoming visit of U.S. President Barack Obama will focus on Iran’s nuclear program, the violence in Syria and the stalled peace process with the Palestinians. (AP Photo/Uriel Sinai, Pool) (MintPress) – “Barack […]

Martin Michaels
بواسطة Martin Michaels

(MintPress) - “Barack Obama is a true friend of the State of Israel, and has been since the beginning of his public life,” said Israeli President Shimon Peres when announcing Israel’s decision to award the U.S. President the Israeli Presidential Medal of Distinction on Monday. Peres, the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Honor in a ceremony

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Colorado House Passes Gun Control Bills, Redefines Debate — Schools Set New Rules On Police Officer Presence

Rep. Rhonda Fields, D-Aurora, speaks before the Colorado House as they consider her bill, HB13-1224, that prohibits large capacity ammunition magazines at the State Capitol in Denver, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. Colorado House Democrats passed new ammunition limits and expanded background checks as part of a package of bills responding to recent mass shootings. (AP […]

Frederick Reese
بواسطة Frederick Reese

Colorado may be seeking to take the lead in the national gun control debate. On Monday, a suite of four progressive gun limitation bills passed the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives and is heading to the Colorado Senate, where the vote could be tight, but favors passage. "I know they're coming, and I strongly suspect they'll get

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