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World rejects dangerous US foreign policy
Nov 15, 2018 04:37Recently, the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to condemn the US embargo against Cuba. A total of 189 member-nations said Cuba did not deserve this embargo, which began in 1961 and has continued unabated to this day. Only one country- (the United States) and a fake regime (Israel)- voted against the motion. No country abstained.
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Pakistan in the middle of Saudi, Iran and rival pipeline plans
Nov 14, 2018 13:17Because of pressures and monetary grants from Saudi Arabia, the government of Pakistan seems to be caught on the horns of the dilemma regarding the peace pipeline project offered by neighbour Iran for supply of natural gas.
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US multinationals dodge $180 billion in taxes on foreign profits per year
Nov 14, 2018 13:14US multinational corporations are plundering the populations of the United States and the world to the tune of trillions of dollars by driving down and evading taxes on profits booked overseas. This is the conclusion that emerges from a recent study by University of California at Berkeley economist Gabriel Zucman and British economist Thomas Wright.
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Yemen: A US-Orchestrated Living Hell
Nov 14, 2018 08:10Media reports on devastating war in Yemen, including from most alternative sources, fail to explain the conflict was planned and orchestrated in Washington.
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World Diabetes Day
Nov 14, 2018 08:04Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases affecting human societies. In 2003, the number of people suffering from diabetes was estimated to be 194 million world over, but today it has gripped more than 425 million people in the world. It is expected that as a result of longer life expectancy, inactive life style and changed food patterns, this figure will increase dramatically by the end of 2025.
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The enduring shame
Nov 13, 2018 11:33Aid agencies and medical staff on the ground in Hodeida are begging the international community to intervene to stop the violence in the besieged Yemeni city as Saudi Arabia and its coalition forces struggle to gain the upper hand in a lost war.
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UK government goes full Orwellian
Nov 13, 2018 11:26The excuse to be used, as ever, will be national security or terrorism, despite the huge fall in fatalities from terrorism and terror-related incidents since the 1970s.
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The death of Khashoggi reveals more than a murder
Nov 13, 2018 11:19On the 2nd October 2018 Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul, apparently seeking documents in relation to his recent divorce.
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Trump and the fall of the American empire
Nov 13, 2018 06:09It is obvious to all that the quixotic Donald Trump is presiding over the rapidly declining power of American hegemony which would soon see the end of US hegemony or more properly the stranglehold over the world.
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Seyyed Nasrallah’s Speech, Worth Contemplating Upon
Nov 13, 2018 06:05The West Asia region is in the grip of a grim struggle between the forces of light and darkness, with the former holding the upper hand despite the seemingly military and economic might of the latter, which as usual is destined to defeat.