Day: December 14, 2016
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Silicon Valley Vows “Never Again” with Regard to Muslim Registry
Group NeverAgain.tech recalls prior tragedies and vows to not let history repeat itself The Daily Show – Team Trump Proposes a Muslim Registry from The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Silicon Valley activists have created an online pledge stating that they will refuse to participate in data collection that can be used to discriminate against […]
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Vladimir Putin and the Upcoming German Elections
German intelligence agencies are certain Russia will try to influence 2017 electoral contest – but have countermeasures prepared Germany: Merkel losing voter support in home state election from Al Jazeera English In the wake of allegations that the Kremlin attempted to influence the outcome of the 2016 US Presidential Election, German intelligence agencies have expressed […]
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Medical Staff in Aleppo Fear for Lives
Charities express fears that doctors and nurses in rebel-held areas could be treated mercilessly by Assad regime ‘Cynical & indifferent’: Russian MoD slams Red Cross statement on shelling of hospital in Aleppo from RT It is dangerous for doctors and nurses representing charity organizations to remain in the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo as the […]
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French National Assembly Approves Extension of Emergency Powers
French lawmakers approve fifth extension of President’s special security powers first put in place after the Paris attacks that killed 130 people State of emergency in France from CBC News The Parliament of France has approved the fifth extension of President Francois Hollande’s special emergency security powers first given to the President of France in […]
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Russians Nostalgic for Soviet Era According to Poll
Poll respondents long for stability of Soviet times Soviet-era nostalgia still strong, 20 years on from AFP News Agency A study conducted by the Eastern Bank for Reconstruction and Development found that only 15% of Russian households think their quality of life is better compared with 15% in 2010, with over half of respondents from […]
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Vigilantes Kidnap Mexican Drug Lord’s Mother in Reprisal for Kidnappings of Family Members
Vigilante groups springing up in drug-crime riddled areas of Guerrero, Mexico Mexican Cartels’ Kidnapping Tactics Vigilante forces in Totlapan have kidnapped the mother of “El Tequilero” (Raybel Jacobo de Almonte), leading to the state of Guerrero to dispatch 220 soldiers to attempt to control the situation. The kidnapping was done in reprisal for the kidnapping […]
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Fight for Rebel-Held Aleppo Drawing to a Close, Humanitarian Crisis Feared
Assad regime to recapture Syria’s second largest city and will reportedly show “no mercy” to rebels or their sympathizers Sky News Unplugged: The fall of Aleppo? from Sky News Bashar Al Assad and his allies, Iranian backed militias and Russia, show no sign of letting up on their barrage of rebel-held territory within Syria’s second […]
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Gorbachev: “Treachery killed the USSR”
25 years after the fall of the Soviet Union, Gorbachev discusses the betrayal that could have led to a bloody civil war Gorbachev: Treachery killed USSR – BBC News Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev blames “treachery” for the collapse of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1991 in an interview with the BBC 25 […]
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British Parliament to Debate Aleppo Humanitarian Aid
‘Great nation is in danger of becoming a pariah nation’: Boris Johnson’s speech at Syria debate from RT UK Conservative Party MP Andrew Mitchell inquires of Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson about what the United Kingdom can do in terms of humanitarian aid for the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo. An emergency debate in the House […]
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