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Archives for أبريل 2013

Major Crackdown In Oakland As Gangs, Police Exchange Accusations

In an effort to crack down on an Oakland gang, about 200 police and FBI agents served 16 search warrants around the East Bay on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, arresting five suspects and seizing guns and narcotics, officials said Thursday. (Photo/screen grab via YouTube) Around 8 p.m. on Wednesday night, more than 200 police […]

Katie Rucke
بواسطة Katie Rucke

Around 8 p.m. on Wednesday night, more than 200 police officers and FBI agents barricaded neighborhoods in Oakland, Calif., as part of an operation cracking down on a notorious West Oakland gang. About 12 miles from San Francisco, Oakland is infamous for its high crime rate. During this week’s raid, which ended around 1 a.m. on Thursday morning,

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US Filmmaker Jailed In Venezuela Over Accusations Of Inciting Overthrow Of Maduro

This undated family photo released Thursday, April 25, 2013, shows Timothy Tracy inside of a vehicle in Venezuela. The 35-year-old filmmaker from California was arrested Wednesday, by Venezuelan authorities who are accusing him of fomenting post election violence on behalf of the U.S. government. (AP Photo/Family courtesy photo) Timothy Tracy, an American filmmaker, is being […]

Martin Michaels
بواسطة Martin Michaels

Timothy Tracy, an American filmmaker, is being held in Venezuelan custody for 45 days while he awaits trial for allegedly subversive activity aimed at overthrowing the Maduro government and “starting a civil war.” The filmmaker was in Venezuela filming the post-election violence that has rocked the South American country in recent weeks leading to

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US Gun Violence Epidemic Overshadowed By Rare Acts Of ‘Terrorism’

In this Jan. 26, 2013 file photo, a customer looks over shotguns on display at the annual New York State Arms Collectors Association Albany Gun Show at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany, N.Y. Following the failure of the gun control bill in the U.S. Congress, advocates of universal background check requirements are […]

Martin Michaels
بواسطة Martin Michaels

As one million people across the greater Boston area sat in lockdown while police searched for Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev earlier this month, 11 Americans were killed elsewhere in acts of gun violence. The majority of those killed remain faceless victims, part of the 10,000 killed each year in homicides involving firearms. The Boston

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European Union Tackles Bee Decline Tied To Pesticides

A bee prepares to sip the nectar of a sunflower which is in full bloom along an avenue at the University of the Philippines Diliman campus, in suburban Quezon city northeast of Manila, Philippines Saturday April 27, 2013. Neonicotinoid chemicals in pesticides are believed to harm bees and the European Commission says they should be […]

Trisha Marczak
بواسطة Trisha Marczak

A sharp decline in the bee population in Europe is splitting the agricultural community, with some lobbying for a restriction of pesticides blamed for the bees’ demise — while the industry fights to ensure the pesticide market remains intact. The controversy among EU countries over a link between pesticides and Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD)

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Israel’s War On Palestinian Fishing Rights

Restricted fishing impedes Palestinians’ ability to earn a livelihood. It deprives 1.7 million Gazans of enough fish. It reflects years of slow-motion genocide.

Stephen Lendman
بواسطة Stephen Lendman

Israel wages war on humanity. It persecutes Palestinians in many ways. It does so with impunity. Collective punishment is prohibited. The Fourth Geneva Convention’s Article 33 states: "No protected person may be punished for an offense he or she has not personally committed. Collective penalties and likewise all measures of intimidation or of

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‘Repeal’ Is In The Air: Colorado’s Legal Marijuana In Jeopardy

Legalization of marijuana might be going back to the ballot in Colorado — a draft bill was floating around the Colorado capitol recently. (Photo/via Wikimedia Commons) Marijuana activists in Colorado were dealt a major blow this week when the words “marijuana repeal” were muttered by lawmakers. Colorado residents voted to legalize the use of recreational […]

Katie Rucke
بواسطة Katie Rucke

Marijuana activists in Colorado were dealt a major blow this week when the words “marijuana repeal” were muttered by lawmakers. Colorado residents voted to legalize the use of recreational marijuana this past November, but state lawmakers have not yet found a satisfactory way to regulate and tax the drug. “That’s almost like saying to voters,

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