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Common Dreams Daily Kos Michael Moore (Note: these articles are from RSS News Feeds websites, and are deleted after 30 days, May 29, 2012 at 10:29:03 An angry group of Egyptians on Monday night stormed the campaign headquarters of Ahmed Shafiq, the former prime minister of ousted President Hosni Mubarak and one of two candidates now in a run-off for the presidency in post-revolution Egypt. The group threw campaign materials out of windows and lit a fire in a storage area. May 29, 2012 at 10:20:59 Hundreds of lawyers marched through the streets of Montreal on Monday in a nearly silent protest contesting the constitutionality of Bill 78, Quebec's latest law that attempts to bar the current student protest and strike. Many marchers carried copies of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. "It is one of the first times I’ve seen lawyers protest in public like this…and I’ve been practicing for almost 30 years,” said lawyer Bruno Grenier during the march. May 29, 2012 at 10:14:17 STOCKHOLM - The home furnishing giant Ikea, founded in Sweden in 1943, is facing heavy criticism for the logging and clear-cutting of old-growth forests in the north of Russian Karelia by its wholly owned subsidiary Swedwood. According to leading environmental organisations, such logging is destroying ancient and unique forests that have a high conservation value. May 29, 2012 at 10:09:20 Since the uprising in Syria began last year, Syrian citizen journalists have risked their lives to fill a media void and bring the news of the oppressive government crackdown to a global audience. This has been done often with little recognition for the activists who have laid their lives on the line to report on the government's assault on an unarmed civilian population. May 29, 2012 at 10:05:00 The Wall Street Journal is reporting today that the Obama administration plans to arm Italy's fleet of Reaper drone aircraft, a move that would open the door for sales of advanced hunter-killer drone technology to other countries. Obama's decision to provide the advanced hunter-killer drone technology for Italy's unarmed drones will make it hard for the US to deny the same technology to others, and set back efforts to urge sales limitations on other nations that are marketing sophisticated hunter-killer drones such as Israel. May 28, 2012 at 10:39:46 Today, an anti-war protester broke into the 'Leveson Inquiry' court hearing as former British Prime Minister Tony Blair confessed he got too close to Rupert Murdoch's media empire. The protester shouted, "This man should be arrested for war crimes. JP Morgan paid him off for the Iraq war six months after he left office... the man is a war criminal," referring to Blair's decision to take Britain to war in Iraq and Afghanistan during his time in office. May 28, 2012 at 10:39:46 Today, an anti-war protester broke into the 'Leveson Inquiry' court hearing as former British Prime Minister Tony Blair confessed he got too close to Rupert Murdoch's media empire. The protester shouted, "This man should be arrested for war crimes. JP Morgan paid him off for the Iraq war six months after he left office... the man is a war criminal," referring to Blair's decision to take Britain to war in Iraq and Afghanistan during his time in office. May 28, 2012 at 10:09:38 A new bulge in the walls of the Fukushima Unit 4 nuclear plant has driven growing new fears over in Japan. Attention has focused on Unit 4’s spent fuel pool because of the large number of assemblies filled with rods that are stored high above the ground at that severly damaged reactor building. Three other reactor buildings at the site are also badly damaged, but their pools hold fewer used assemblies. May 28, 2012 at 10:09:38 A new bulge in the walls of the Fukushima Unit 4 nuclear plant has driven growing new fears over in Japan. Attention has focused on Unit 4’s spent fuel pool because of the large number of assemblies filled with rods that are stored high above the ground at that severly damaged reactor building. Three other reactor buildings at the site are also badly damaged, but their pools hold fewer used assemblies. May 28, 2012 at 09:28:37 A Turkish court today officially pressed charges against senior Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) officials over the Gaza Flotilla attack that resulted in the killing of nine activists aboard a Turkish ship headed for Gaza in 2010. The Istanbul court unanimously approved an indictment that had been finalized Wednesday by Turkish prosecutors. May 28, 2012 at 09:28:37 A Turkish court today officially pressed charges against senior Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) officials over the Gaza Flotilla attack that resulted in the killing of nine activists aboard a Turkish ship headed for Gaza in 2010. The Istanbul court unanimously approved an indictment that had been finalized Wednesday by Turkish prosecutors. May 28, 2012 at 09:20:36 As the heavier debris from the March 2011 tsunami that struck Japan makes its way across the Pacific Ocean, scientists warn of the ecological threat of toxic, chemical debris headed towards North America's western coast. |
