Anti-American Protests Flare Beyond the Mideast

 The spreading violence comes as outrage grows over an obscure movie made in the United States called “Innocence of Muslims” that mocked Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.   Anti-American rage that began this week over a video insult to Islam spread to nearly 20 countries across the Middle East and beyond on Friday, with violent and sometimes […]

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Protests as Clinton Holds Meetings in Egypt, Some Even Hurling Shoes and Insults at the Former First Lady, Who’s Now Secretary of State

Not everyone in Egypt was happy about the visit from U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton.  While Clinton’s Motorcade was departing from the newly reopened U.S. Consulate in Alexandria, protesters threw tomatoes and shoes on Sunday and shouted, “Monica, Monica, Monica” , in reference to a Washington scandal during her husbands first term as President of […]

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Afghan Woman’s Public Execution Sparks Outrage

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, ordered the arrest Monday of any and all participants in the public execution of a woman accused of adultery, the executioners are Afghan President Hamid Karzai, ordered the arrest of all participants and onlookers seen in the video. thought to be Taliban. The arrest was ordered after after the government became aware of  an amateur video that […]

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Human Rights Watch Report Describes the Brutal Torture Seen in Syria

Human Rights Watch has released a report on Syria’s state policy of torture, which includes testimony from former prisoners and security officers, while also revealing that among the victims are women, senior citizens and children. However, Syria’s government routinely denies all allegations of any such abuse.   “Basat al reeh.” “Dulab.” “Falaqa.” They are Arabic names for torture […]

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Are Cyborg Insects the Future of Military Surveillance

Is it a bird?…is it a plane?… or is it a government surveillance camera  that is watching us?   We all have seen them in the Sci-fi movies little robotic bugs walking around turning into robots or used as a weapon. And now they became real It was a long time ago when the computers […]

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Chris Hayes Backtracks and Apologizes for Remark “Feels Uncomfortable Calling Killed Soldiers Hero”

    Sunday Chris Hayes of MSNBC found himself smack in the middle of Controversy over a remark he made regarding US Soldiers and Heroism when speaking about the upcoming Memorial Day.   What Hayes said was “I think it’s interesting because I think it is very difficult to talk about the war dead and […]

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Will Thailand’s New Leader Hurt or Heal a Divided Nation?

With barely more than a month under her belt as a professional politician, Yingluck Shinawatra stood poised Monday to become Thailand’s first woman prime minister after her Pheu Thai party scored a resounding victory in Sunday’s national elections. Riding a well-oiled political machine and benefiting from the popularity of her brother, Thaksin Shinawatra, who was deposed as prime minister in a 2006 military coup, Yingluck and her party won an apparent majority in parliament according to unofficial election returns.

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