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Understanding Israeli Settlements

Israeli soldier picks up parts of a tent previously set up by Palestinian activists in Yatta, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. Palestinian activists set up a tent village to protest the settlement building in the area. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi) They violate international law. They prioritize land theft. They […]

Stephen Lendman
بواسطة Stephen Lendman

They violate international law. They prioritize land theft. They prevent peace. On Jan. 31, the U.N. International Fact-Finding Mission on Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory condemned them for good reason. They deny Palestinian self-determination. They comprise "part of an overall pattern of (Israeli) breaches." They

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Horse Meat Found In Ikea’s Swedish Meatballs

Advertising for Ikea meat balls at the parking area at an Ikea store in Malmo Sweden Monday Feb. 25, 2012. Furniture retailer Ikea says it has halted all sales of meat balls in Sweden after Czech authorities detected horse meat in frozen meatballs that were labeled as beef and pork. (AP Photo/Johannes Cleris) Swedish furniture […]

Associated Press
بواسطة Associated Press

Swedish furniture giant Ikea was drawn into Europe's widening food labeling scandal Monday as authorities said they had detected horse meat in frozen meatballs labeled as beef and pork and sold in 13 countries across the continent. The Czech State Veterinary Administration said that horse meat was found in one-kilogram packs of frozen meatballs

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White House Details Budget Fallout Amid Blame Game

In this Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, photo provided by CBS News, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan speaks on CBS’s ” Face the Nation” in Washington. Duncan spoke about the instability created by across-the-board, sequestration, cuts and their impact on education budget (AP Photo/CBS News, Chris Usher) The White House has detailed the potential fallout in […]

Associated Press
بواسطة Associated Press

The White House has detailed the potential fallout in each state from budget cuts set to take effect at week's end, while congressional Republicans and Democrats keep up the sniping over who's to blame. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said on "Fox News Sunday" that there was little hope to dodge the cuts "unless the Republicans are willing to

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Trial Set To Open For Gulf Oil Spill Litigation

In this aerial file photo made Wednesday, April 21, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico, more than 50 miles southeast of Venice on Louisiana’s tip, an oil slick is seen as the Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns. Nearly three years after the deadly rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico triggered the nation’s worst offshore […]

Associated Press
بواسطة Associated Press

Nearly three years after a deadly rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico triggered the nation's worst offshore oil spill, a federal judge in New Orleans is set to preside over a high-stakes trial for the raft of litigation spawned by the disaster. Barring an 11th-hour settlement, U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier will hear several hours of opening

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Obama’s Proposed National $9/Hr Minimum Wage Still Lower Than 1968 Average

Occupy protesters rally for a raise in the state’s minimum wage on the Great Western Staircase at the Capitol in Albany N.Y., on Tuesday, May 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Mike Groll) (MintPress) – According to a recent report published by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank, 40 percent of Americans make less than the […]

Martin Michaels
بواسطة Martin Michaels
Occupy protesters rally for a raise in the state's minimum wage on the Great Western Staircase at the Capitol in Albany N.Y., on Tuesday, May 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

(MintPress) - According to a recent report published by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank, 40 percent of Americans make less than the 1968 minimum wage. As Washington considers increasing the minimum wage from a paltry $7.25 to $9 per hour, millions will still be living in poverty unable to support their

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Iceland’s Plan To Ban Internet Porn Sparks Uproar

The government of the tiny North Atlantic nation is drafting plans to ban pornography, in print and online, in an attempt to protect children from a tide of violent sexual imagery. (Screen grab) In the age of instant information, globe-spanning viral videos and the World Wide Web, can a thoroughly wired country become a porn-free […]

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بواسطة Associated Press

In the age of instant information, globe-spanning viral videos and the World Wide Web, can a thoroughly wired country become a porn-free zone? Authorities in Iceland want to find out. The government of the tiny North Atlantic nation is drafting plans to ban pornography, in print and online, in an attempt to protect children from a tide of

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