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Demonstrators call on Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) to support the Iran deal at a town hall meeting in Denver, Colorado August 4, 2015. (Photo courtesy of MoveOn)

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New Hospital In Jordan Treats Worst Of Mideast’s War-Wounded

The Amman hospital gathers together battle-tested surgeons, counselors and physiotherapists specialized in war victims.

Associated Press
بواسطة Associated Press
In this Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015 photo, Syrian girl Salam Rashid, 14, who lost both of her legs below the knee in 2012 in a tank shell attack, poses for a picture at the MSF Hospital for Specialized Reconstructive Surgery in Amman, Jordan. The international charity Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) officially inaugurates in Amman next month its new reconstructive surgery hospital for war victims, which it says is unique in the region. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) The Associated Press

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — They are among the most tragically wounded from the Middle East's multiple wars. A 14-year-old Syrian girl whose lower legs were torn off by a shell. A 15-year-old Iraqi boy who was severely burned in a car bomb explosion. To treat such patients, the international charity Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders)

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Libyan PM Blames Turkey And Qatar For Forcing Political Islam On His Country

Certain states aim to impose political Islam in Libya, Libyan Prime Minister told Sputnik in an interview. The country’s internationally recognized government is in need of arms to fight militants and seeks international airstrikes targeting the Islamic State extremist group.

Sputnik News
بواسطة Sputnik News

OBRUK (Sputnik) – Qatar and Turkey are to blame for forcing political Islam on Libya, the prime minister of the internationally recognized Libyan government, Abdullah Thani, told Sputnik. "There are states wishing to impose political Islam on us. Turkey and Qatar, for example, are attempting to impose it on Libya despite the people’s rejection,"

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Native Americans Have ‘Always Known’: Science Proves Genetic Inheritance Of Trauma

Extreme stress and trauma causes the body to release glucocorticoids, hormones which can permanently alter how cells express genes.

Kit O'Connell
بواسطة Kit O'Connell
A Palestinian brother and sister walk in front of a building which was destroyed in last summer's Israel-Hamas war, in the Shijaiyah neighborhood of Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

AUSTIN, Texas --- Many have suspected through the years that extreme stress and trauma leave their mark not just on their victims, but on their descendants as well. Now science is catching up to these beliefs through the developing field of epigenetics. Epigenetics is the study of how environmental factors can change the expression of a person’s

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هكذا تحرم إسرائيل الأميركيين الفلسطينيين من حقهم في زيارة وطنهم

يقول فلسطيني أمريكي، واصفًا ترحيله القسري من مطار بن غوريون في إسرائيل: "لقد أخذوا شيئًا كان من المفترض أن يكون إجازة من ساعات عملي الطويلة، وإعادة الاتصال بوطني وأصدقائي القدامى، وجعلوا منه كابوسًا من الجحيم". .

Richard Silverstein
بواسطة Richard Silverstein
Stranded passengers wait in Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP Photo)

Boycott, apartheid and ethnic cleansing are cringe-inducing terms for many Israelis. They’re terms that would have been labeled “extremist” when uttered by critics just two decades ago, but with the increasingly deteriorating situation in Israel-Palestine, they’ve become more apt by the day. Ethnic cleansing, in particular, began as a phenomenon

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US Congresswoman Asks For Halt On Military Aid To Israel

US congresswoman Betty McCollum has asked the State Department to investigate whether the unlawful killing Palestinians should deprive Israel of US military aid.

IMEMC News
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Rep. Betty McCollum speaks to the crowd at the Congressional Lunch on Capitol Hill during the CARE Conference in Washington, D.C. on March 7, 2013. (Amanda Lucidon/CARE)

In a letter to the State Department officials last week, the Minnesota Representative said that the deaths of Nadim Nowarah and Mohamed Odeh, in May of 2014, demonstrated the “brutal system of occupation that devalues and dehumanises Palestinian children.” The two Palestinian youths, aged 16 and 17, were killed when Israeli troops assaulted a

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More Deaths Linked To General Motors Ignition Switches

Eventually, GM issued a recall order for the faulty ignition switches and roughly 2.6 million cars were recalled. But the recall order appears to have come well after GM knew about the problem, which is where the Department of Justice might come in.

Dan Wright
بواسطة Dan Wright
File: A keychain with several keys and metal charms attached. Heavy key chains could cause a defect in some General Motors' vehicles to shut off the engine, causing over 100 deaths according to the latest figures. (Morguefile)

This article was published in partnership with Shadowproof. While the Justice Department considers whether or not to charge General Motors (GM) with a crime for failing to inform drivers of defects in the company’s ignition switch, a study by a consultant hired by GM has led to a nearly ten fold increase in the number of deaths linked to the

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