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On July 6, 24-year-old Sarah Lee Circle Bear of Clairmont, South Dakota, was found unconscious in a holding cell in Brown County Jail in Aberdeen. Circle Bear, a Lakota, was jailed on a bond violation. Photo courtesy Terrance Circle Bear Sr.

Police Told Native American Woman To ‘Quit Faking’ As She Died In Jail Cell

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New Report Finds ‘Strong Evidence’ Of Israeli War Crimes In Gaza

‘The obligation to take precautions to avoid the loss of civilian lives was completely neglected.’

Andrea Germanos
بواسطة Andrea Germanos
Screengrab from video below showing how the forensic evidence was compiled for the report.

Amnesty International says its new report provides "some of the most compelling evidence yet" that Israel committed war crimes during its attack on Gaza last summer. 'Black Friday': Carnage in Rafah during 2014 Israel/Gaza conflict states that findings indicate that Israeli forces acted in retaliatory manner, with disregard for civilian life,

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Cincinnati Cop Charged With Murder In Traffic Stop Shooting

A University of Cincinnati police officer went to jail on a murder charge Wednesday after his own body camera video showed him shooting an unarmed motorist in the head during a traffic stop.

Associated Press
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Former University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing appears at Hamilton County Courthouse for his arraignment

CINCINNATI  — A University of Cincinnati police officer who shot a motorist after stopping him over a missing front license plate pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of murder and involuntary manslaughter. Twenty-five-year-old Ray Tensing appeared at his arraignment wearing a striped jail suit, with his hands cuffed behind him. He was

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Wreckage Discovered Off African Coast Maybe From Missing Malaysian Airliner

Debris discovered on the coast of the island of Reunion could be that from the airframe of a Boeing 777, like the Malaysia Airlines jetliner which disappeared without trace last year

Associated Press
بواسطة Associated Press

PARIS  — A sea-crusted wing part washed up on an island in the western Indian Ocean may be the first trace of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 since it vanished nearly a year and a half ago, and a tragic but finally solid clue to one of aviation's most perplexing and expensive mysteries. Malaysia's prime minister said Thursday the debris found on

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The Private Sector Is Cashing In On The Pentagon’s ‘Insatiable Demand’ For Drone War Intelligence

With the ratio of contractors to governmental personnel swelling, many worry that targeting decisions could become meaningless.

Abigail Fielding-Smith and Crofton Black
بواسطة Abigail Fielding-Smith and Crofton Black
Military personnel in Air Force Distributed Common Ground System.

Some months ago, an imagery analyst was sitting in his curtained cubicle at Hurlburt Field airbase in Florida watching footage transmitted from a drone above one of the battlefields in the War on Terror. If he thought the images showed someone doing anything suspicious, or holding a weapon, he had to type it in to a chat channel seen by the pilots

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OPEC’s Internal Politics Threaten Global Energy Security

In many ways, the current conflict in Yemen can be seen as a “proxy war” between two OPEC members, motivated by oil.

MintPress News Desk
بواسطة MintPress News Desk
Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE prime minister and ruler of Dubai, 3rd left, listens to a presenter at the Arab Strategy Forum in Dubai

VIENNA --- Since its formation in Baghdad over 50 years ago, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC, has used its influence not just to benefit members’ own profits from exporting crude, but also to affect global politics through the power of energy. OPEC formed at the “Baghdad Conference,” held from Sept. 10-14, 1960,

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Saudi Arabia Weaponizes Humanitarian Aid In Yemen

Saudi Arabia opened its checkbook in response to a U.N. appeal for funds to cover the most urgent humanitarian aid to Yemen. But that aid would come at a steep price and with more than a few strings attached.

Catherine Shakdam
بواسطة Catherine Shakdam
A Yemeni man looks at a World Food Program ship at the port of Aden, Yemen

SANAA, Yemen --- Five months have passed since Saudi Arabia declared war on Yemen, and for all its might, political resolve and military arsenal, the kingdom has yet to bring the poorest nation on the Arabian Peninsula to heel. Its institutions in tatters, its military apparatus reduced to rubbles, and with no economy to speak of, Yemen’s

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