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Kiev to Spend $200 Mln To Wall Off Russia

According to the project, more than 2,000 kilometers of the country’s actual border with Russia will be protected with anti-tank (anti-transport) trenches measuring four meters wide and two meters deep as well as 17-meter tall metal watchtowers, observation posts, alarms, retaliatory weaponry and special border check-points.

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Sputnik reports: The Ukrainian government has approved an approximate price tag for the construction of a so-called “wall” along its border with Russia: the newly-released cost estimate of $500 mln as of the end of 2014 has been slashed to approximately $200 mln; and the works will run faster – it will now take three years rather than four, as was

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Analysis: Media Reaction To Seymour Hersh’s bin Laden Scoop ‘Disgraceful’

Barrels of ink have been spilled ripping apart Hersh’s character, while barely any follow-up reporting has been done to corroborate or refute his claims—even though there’s no doubt that the Obama administration has repeatedly misinformed and misled the public about the incident.

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Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Seymour Hersh.

Analysis by Columbia Journalism Review:  SEYMOUR HERSH HAS DONE THE PUBLIC a great service by breathing life into questions surrounding the official narrative of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. Yet instead of trying to build off the details of his story, or to disprove his assertions with additional reporting, journalists have largely

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Israel Continues To Criminalise Marking Nakba Day

Although Israel’s Nakba Law has yet to be technically implemented, human rights groups and activists say it has a dangerous deterrent effect and is meant to intimidate Palestinians and others who view Israel’s establishment as a day of mourning for Palestinians who were forced out of their homes in 1948.

Patrick O. Strickland
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Haifa - Each year on May 15, Palestinians across the world commemorate the Nakba (catastrophe), or the 1948 establishment of Israel that led to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians being displaced from their homeland. The estimated 1.7 million Palestinians who carry Israeli citizenship and live in villages, towns and cities across the country

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VIDEO: Jeb Bush Confronted By College Student: ‘Your Brother Created ISIS’

19-year old Ivy Ziedrich, a student at the University of Nevada, approached the former Florida governor to question him about comments he made during the event. Bush had argued that the Obama administration’s bad foreign policy was responsible for the rise of the terrorist group ISIS, or Islamic State.

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The heated confrontation took place at a town hall meeting in Reno, Nevada, according to The New York Times. 19-year old Ivy Ziedrich, a student at the University of Nevada, approached the former Florida governor to question him about comments he made during the event. Bush had argued that the Obama administration's bad foreign policy was

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Chelsea Manning Rewrites The Espionage Act

The bill would amend sections of the Freedom of Information Act, the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the Espionage Act, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Federal Disclosure Rules for Journalists.

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CHELSEAMANNING

  Former intelligence analyst Manning has drafted a 31-page bill to re-establish protections for freedom of speech and the press that have been challenged by the Justice Department in recent court decisions involving whistleblowers and journalists. Manning’s bill, The National Integrity and Freedom of Speech Protection Act (NIFSPA) of

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(VIDEO) Pregnant Woman Jailed, Forced To Give Birth In Solitary, Baby Dies In Cell

“When she began to display obvious signs of labor, left [her] unattended in a solitary cell while she was obviously in labor, failed to transport [her] to the hospital for safe delivery, which ultimately caused [her] to deliver her baby alone in the solitary cell, and resulted in [her] suffering severe and likely permanent, physical and psychological injuries.”

Jackson Marciana | Counter Current News
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Could you imagine being kept in solitary confinement in an isolated jail cell? As bad as that might be, a Texas woman was forced to endure not only that, but also giving birth alone in her solitary jail cell. To make matters worse, this resulted in the death of her newborn baby. Nicole Guerrero is now suing the police. According to

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