Kristallnacht in Palestine Bay Area Indymedia

Kristallnacht in Palestine

Bay Area Indymedia - ‎5 hours ago‎

by Stephen Lendman Virtually daily, Israeli security forces attack, kill, or injure Palestinian civilians with impunity. They also destroy their property by bombing, shelling, bulldozing and uprooting it.

Palestine: Israeli army demolishes home in Jericho The Muslim News

Palestine: Israeli army demolishes home in Jericho

The Muslim News - ‎1 hour ago‎

The camp is located in an area that is under the full security and civil “control” of the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.

Hungarian state TV employees continue hunger strike, say management ... Washington Post

Spiegel Online

Hungarian state TV employees continue hunger strike, say management ...

Washington Post - ‎14 hours ago‎

BUDAPEST, Hungary - One of three Hungarian journalists staging a hunger strike said he hopes their protest brings more attention - and an end - to acts of censorship and increasing government meddling in state-funded media.

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Press Freedom in Hungary Journalists Protest Manipulation with Hunger StrikeSpiegel Online

Hungary journos on hunger strikeiAfrica.com

In Depth:Opinion: How The News Gets Edited On Hungarian State TelevisionXpatLoop.com

Israeli Murder: Israeli troops kill Gaza Strip man-hospital staff Reuters India

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Israeli troops kill Gaza Strip man-hospital staff Reuters India - ‎7 hours ago‎ GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli troops killed one Palestinian and wounded two in the central Gaza Strip on Saturday, local hospital officials said. Related Gaza » Hamas » Palestinian killed in Israeli gunfireAljazeera.com War rapidly approachesAhram Online From Israel:'Palestinian dies from IDF fire in Gaza'Jerusalem Post

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The Arab Spring turned Netanyahu into the national fearmonger Haaretz

Haaretz

The Arab Spring turned Netanyahu into the national fearmonger

Haaretz - ‎4 hours ago‎

In February, just after the fall of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Benjamin Netanyahu made a statement before the Knesset.

Thousands of kids abused in Dutch Catholic institutions, inquiry finds Salt Lake Tribune

Telegraph.co.uk

Thousands of kids abused in Dutch Catholic institutions, inquiry finds

Salt Lake Tribune - ‎11 minutes ago‎

By mike corder AP THE HAGUE, Netherlands • Thousands of children suffered sexual abuse in Dutch Catholic institutions over the past 65 years, and church officials knew about the abuse but failed to stop it or help victims because they feared sparking ...

Brown Slams Global Warming Skeptics' "Cult-like Behavior" NBC Bay Area

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Brown Slams Global Warming Skeptics' "Cult-like Behavior"

NBC Bay Area (blog) - ‎3 hours ago‎

By Kevin Riggs Youths from more than 40 nations gather at the entrance of the Aztec event center demonstrating against global warming, on December 10, 2010, the closing day of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-16) held in ...

Why the EPA's Forthcoming Power Plant Rule Is a Big Deal Huffington Post

TIME

Why the EPA's Forthcoming Power Plant Rule Is a Big Deal

Huffington Post - ‎1 hour ago‎

As a result, consumption of contaminated fish is now the main source of human exposure to mercury, according to a recently released report by the public interest group Environment America. The coal industry and its friends in Congress argue that the ...

Jerome Bettis films EPA public service ad Politico

Illinois coal plants ahead of EPA mercury rule CNBC.com

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Why the EPA's Forthcoming Power Plant Rule Is a Big Deal Huffington Post

TIME

Why the EPA's Forthcoming Power Plant Rule Is a Big Deal

Huffington Post - ‎1 hour ago‎

As a result, consumption of contaminated fish is now the main source of human exposure to mercury, according to a recently released report by the public interest group Environment America. The coal industry and its friends in Congress argue that the ...

Jerome Bettis films EPA public service ad Politico

Illinois coal plants ahead of EPA mercury rule CNBC.com

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Countries with the widest gap between the rich and the poor msnbc.com

Countries with the widest gap between the rich and the poor

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Springtime for the Israeli right as well Haaretz

Haaretz

Springtime for the Israeli right as well

Haaretz - ‎4 hours ago‎

The fears unleashed by the Arab Spring have brought Benjamin Netanyahu closer than ever to perpetuating both ideology and rule.

Chinese villagers in rare revolt against authority mourn man who died in ... Washington Post

The Guardian

Chinese villagers in rare revolt against authority mourn man who died in ...

Washington Post - ‎1 hour ago‎

BEIJING - A man from a southern Chinese fishing village whose death in police custody helped spark a rare revolt was given a hero's farewell Friday as thousands of tearful residents mourned what they called his sacrifice for them.

A Christian Palestinian Gandhi Responds to the GOP Salem-News.Com

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A Christian Palestinian Gandhi Responds to the GOP

Salem-News.Com - ‎5 hours ago‎

Naim Ateek is a Palestinian Christian who became a refugee in 1948 and he founded SABEEL after the first Palestinian intifada [translates to: rise up and cast off] that erupted on December 9, 1987. The theology of SABEEL rose out of the oppression of ...

Coal Industry Drive Against EPA Will Shadow Obama's Campaign Bloomberg

Charleston Gazette (blog)

Coal Industry Drive Against EPA Will Shadow Obama's Campaign

Bloomberg - ‎3 hours ago‎

By Julie Bykowicz and Mark Drajem - Fri Dec 16 05:01:50 GMT 2011 As President Barack Obama toured an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers training center in Pennsylvania on Oct. 11, two television commercials made their debuts on local ...

The Generals Know Best Huffington Post

The Generals Know Best

Huffington Post (blog) - ‎15 hours ago‎

Some of our politicians consider global warming a hoax. Our military leaders consider global warming a threat to national security.

Clean Air At Last: The EPA Cracks Down on Coal Pollution TIME

TIME (blog)

Clean Air At Last: The EPA Cracks Down on Coal Pollution

TIME (blog) - ‎1 hour ago‎

By Bryan Walsh | @bryanrwalsh | December 16, 2011 | + AP A coal plant in Thompson, Texas. New rules from the EPA will force reductions in mercury pollution, which will hit coal plants hard.

Obama taking heat for asking for US drone back? Pay little heed. Christian Science Monitor

Christian Science Monitor

Obama taking heat for asking for US drone back? Pay little heed.

Christian Science Monitor - ‎3 hours ago‎

And if you think Obama's request for it back was awkward, remember what JFK did after we lost a spy plane. By Dan Murphy, Staff writer / December 15, 2011 This photo released on Dec. 8, by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and taken at an undisclosed ...

House GOP Voted 191 Times Against The Planet, Earning 'Worst Environmental ... ThinkProgress

ThinkProgress

House GOP Voted 191 Times Against The Planet, Earning 'Worst Environmental ...

ThinkProgress - ‎2 hours ago‎

By Tanya Somanader on Dec 15, 2011 at 4:27 pm House Republicans waged systematic war against the environment this year, attacking environmental protection through climate denial, oil drilling, weakening public lands and water protection, ...

Led by the child who simply knew Boston.com

Led by the child who simply knew

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Must-See Hansen and Caldeira on Sensitivity: Paleoclimate Record Points Toward Potential Rapid Climate Changes

Must-See Hansen and Caldeira on Sensitivity: Paleoclimate Record Points Toward Potential Rapid Climate Changes

China Scales Up Solar Power Capacity Plan 50% to 15 GW by 2015, Keeps Wind Target at 100 GW

China Scales Up Solar Power Capacity Plan 50% to 15 GW by 2015, Keeps Wind Target at 100 GW

L.A. Times: Earth’s Top 10 Biggest Enemies in Congress

L.A. Times: Earth’s Top 10 Biggest Enemies in Congress

Facebook Unfriends Coal, Partners with Greenpeace for Clean Energy Future

Facebook Unfriends Coal, Partners with Greenpeace for Clean Energy Future

Six Waltons Have More Wealth Than the Bottom 30 % of Americans

Six Waltons Have More Wealth Than the Bottom 30 % of Americans

Jewish settlers set fire to mosque, defy Netanyahu Reuters

Jewish Chronicle

Jewish settlers set fire to mosque, defy Netanyahu

Reuters - ‎2 hours ago‎

The vandalism appeared to be the latest act of defiance by militant settlers whom Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to rein in after similar attacks on mosques and vandalism at an Israeli military base. In the village of Burqa, ...

China villagers defy government in standoff over deathReuters India

Globe and Mail

Chinese village stand-off continues

CNN International - ‎22 minutes ago‎

By Chi-Chi Zhang, CNN Beijing (CNN) -- A stand-off between thousands of villagers and authorities in southern China continued Thursday, amid protests over illegal land seizures.

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Palestinian flag raised at UNESCO marking admission as new member Link TV

AFP

Palestinian flag raised at UNESCO marking admission as new member

Link TV - ‎17 hours ago‎

The Palestinian president attended the first flag raising ceremony of his country at the UNESCO headquarters in the French capital Paris.

Iceland formally recognizes Palestine as a state USA Today

AFP

Iceland formally recognizes Palestine as a state

USA Today - ‎42 minutes ago‎

By Douglas Stanglin, USA TODAY Foreign Minister Oessur Skarphedinsson's announcement makes Iceland one of the first Western European countries to recognize Palestine. "This is the day I formally submit to you the declaration of Palestine independence ...

Brazil sues over oil spill Financial Times

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Brazil sues over oil spill

Financial Times - ‎4 hours ago‎

Brazil's federal prosecutors have filed suit against Chevron and Transocean for R$20bn ($10.6bn) in damages and demanded that both companies shut their operations in the country, in the strongest response yet to an oil ...

Census data: Half of US poor or low income CBS News

USA Today

Census data: Half of US poor or low income

CBS News - ‎1 hour ago‎

The St. Columbanus Church food pantry in Chicago feeds 500 households a week, but some weeks it struggles to keep up with demand. (CBS) WASHINGTON - Squeezed by rising living costs, a record number of Americans - nearly 1 in 2 - have fallen into ...