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A young boy who lost his leg in the Yemen war uses a prosthetic limb at a government-run rehabilitation center in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, March 5, 2016. Yemen's conflict pits the government, backed by the Saudi-led coalition, against Shiite rebels known as Houthis allied with a former president. Yemen's war has killed at least 6,200 civilians and injured tens of thousands of Yemenis, and 2.4 million people have been displaced, according to U.N. figures. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

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Trucks Carrying Weapons For al-Nusra Front Arrive From Turkey Daily

Head of the Russian General Staff told journalists that trucks carrying weapons for the al-Nusra Front cross from Turkey into Syria daily. This allows the terrorist group to continue attacking local targets.

Sputnik News
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Lt. Gen. Sergey Rudskoy said in his press briefing on Friday that weapons and ammunitions are continuously being delivered to the al-Nusra Front terrorists in Syria, allowing them to engage Syrian government forces and hindering the fight against Daesh in the country. "The never-ending flow of large trucks from Turkey carrying weapons and

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New WikiLeaks Trove Further Exposes TISA’s Neoliberal Agenda

Docs reveal trade deal negotiations have gone ‘very far from legitimate trade concerns into the territory of a sweeping deregulatory political agenda.’

Common Dreams
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Protesters object to CETA, TTIP (formerly known as TAFTA), and TISA in France during a 2014 demonstration. (Photo: Annette Dubois/flickr/cc)

WikiLeaks on Wednesday released a trove of documents detailing previously unknown pro-corporate provisions and updates to the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA), exposing the extent to which the U.S.-driven deal will force signatory nations to privatize public services and deregulate corporations. As the 52 nations involved in TISA comprise a

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Animal Rights Activists Infiltrate Tyson Plant For Fourth Time In Less Than A Year

In the new video released on Tuesday by Mercy for Animals, sickly birds covered in fecal matter, a dying bird covered in insects, and a front-end loader scooping up hundreds of dead birds and dropping them into a dumpster.

USA Today
بواسطة USA Today
Screenshot from Tyson Caught on Hidden Camera Ripping Heads Off Live Animals taken by Mercy for Animals.

For the fourth time in less than a year, an anti-animal cruelty group has infiltrated a facility connected to mega-meat supplier Tyson Foods and secretly filmed graphic video showing what they contend is inhumane treatment of chickens grown by America's biggest poultry producer. The new video from the Los Angeles-based Mercy for Animals was

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‘Chilling Attack On Free Speech’: Multinational Corporation Sues Gov’t Transparency Watchdog MuckRock

Undaunted by the legal threats, the founder of MuckRock promised that the website ‘will not be complying with their demands’ to remove Seattle city records and share site visitors’ private information.

Kit O'Connell
بواسطة Kit O'Connell

AUSTIN, Texas --- A popular website dedicated to government transparency is facing legal threats from a multinational corporation that hopes to block publication of documents related to their electricity meters. MuckRock helps researchers, journalists, and normal citizens obtain government documents through Freedom of Information Act requests,

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Daily Kos Issues Call For Unity Among Democrats By Banning Talk Of Third Party Candidates

According to the site’s founder, users are still free to criticize Hillary Clinton, but not to link to right-wing news sources and may not mention their support for Jill Stein or other third-party candidates.

MintPress News Desk
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Blogger with a Kos. The Daily Kos' Markos Moulitsas Zuniga.

MINNEAPOLIS --- In yet another sign of the divisive nature of the 2016 race to the White House, in which both parties are struggling to unite behind their presumptive nominees, a popular liberal website wants to cut down on attacks on Hillary Clinton by Bernie Sanders supporters. Markos Moulitsas, the founder and editor-in-chief of the Daily

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US Pads Defense Industry Profits By Arming Both Sides In Conflict

Why risk being on the losing end of a conflict, when you can hedge your bets and maximize profits by supplying both sides?

Robert Fantina
بواسطة Robert Fantina
ISIS militants stand with a captured American Humvee, given to the Iraqi Army and captured by ISIS, June 19, 2014. (AP Photo)

KITCHENER, Ontario --- (Analysis) The United States has long billed itself as “the land of the free and the home of the brave.” This fairytale receives credence within the country’s own borders, as its lemming-like citizens place hand on heart, look at the waving flag, and wipe tears from their eyes. Yet a good story doesn’t often play quite as

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