$2,000 for a Dead Afghan Child

$100,000 for Any American Who Died Killing it.

By Jay Janson

Shocking? Shame provoking? Embarrassing that no Afghani or Pakistani child or parent has any human right at all, including the right not to be blown to pieces in a US drone air strike? – the final insult being the value of their lives put at a mere $2,000 by the wealthiest nation in history?
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22949.htm

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Iraq’s “National Sovereignty Day” is U.S.-Style Hallmark Hype

By Jeremy Scahill

The puppet government in Iraq has named June 30 as “National Sovereignty Day,” and-without mentioning the hundreds of thousands of Iraqis maimed, killed, tortured or made refugees by the U.S. invasion and occupation-thanked the occupiers for placing them in power.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22951.htm

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Showdown in Honduras
The Rise, Repression and Uncertain Future of the Coup

By Benjamin Dangl

Zelaya has been criticizing and taking on the sweatshop and corporate media industry in his country, and increased the minimum wage by 60%. He said the increase, which angered the country’s elite but expanded his support among unions, would “force the business oligarchy to start paying what is fair.”
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22946.htm

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The Honduran Coup:
Another US Destabilization Operation

By Barry Grey and Rafael Azul

While publicly opposing the military coup that ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya on Sunday, the Obama administration on Monday indicated that it will not cut off aid to the Central American country or demand Zelaya’s reinstatement.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22952.htm

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Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa on Global Capitalism

Must listen interview – By Democracy Now!

Why He Won’t Renew the US Base in Manta, Chevron in the Amazon, Obama’s War in Afghanistan, and More.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22947.htm

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True or False:

U.S. Economic Stats Lie

By Jack Hough

Surveyors collect the nation’s data and statisticians compile and report it. Politicians naturally want the numbers to show improvement. Not being able to change the facts, they focus on the handling of facts, pressuring statisticians to change their measurements. It’s not quite one grand conspiracy but decades of minor ones compiled. Today’s reports are so perverted, the theory holds, that the numbers have detached from common experience.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22948.htm

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Thousands of Pakistanis hold anti-US rally:

About 10,000 participants, holding party flags, banners and placards, chanted anti US slogans and demanded the government to condemn Washington’s policies
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=99304&sectionid=351020401

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In Iraq, Jubilation as U.S. Occupation Troops Withdraw From Cities :

Iraqis danced in the streets and set off fireworks overnight in impromptu celebrations of a pivotal moment in their nation’s troubled history.
http://snipurl.com/l7837

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Iraqis party as U.S. trooops pull out:

Today marks the official pull out of approximately 130,000 U.S. troops. Not only are the Iraqis rejoicing, celebrating, and dancing in the streets; the Iraqi people have declared to day a national holiday. Even with rising tensions and conflicts, it is clear that the Iraqis are joyous to have U.S. troops withdraw.
http://snipurl.com/l785i

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BP group wins Iraq oil contract:

The contract race is the first opportunity for global energy giants to gain a hold in the country since the Baath party nationalised the Iraq Petroleum Company in 1972, seven years before former president Saddam Hussein took power.
http://snipurl.com/l7871

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Chinese and US firms refuse Iraqi oil term:

Chinese oil firms CNOOC and Sinopec and the US energy giant ConocoPhillips on Tuesday rejected the terms laid down by the Iraqi government to work in two separate oil fields, an AFP correspondent said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090630/wl_mideast_afp/iraqoilreject

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Demonizing Iran: Top U.S. commander: Iran still supports attacks in Iraq: -

The top U.S. military commander in Iraq on Tuesday accused Iran of continuing to support and train militants who are carrying out attacks, including most of the ones in Baghdad.
http://snipurl.com/l7892

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Guardian Council closes file on Iran election:

Council spokesman Abbas-Ali Kadkhodaei told Press TV’s correspondent on Tuesday that the Council has had its ‘final say’ on the issue and has closed the file on the election upon verifying the vote result. He added that no other complaints would be investigated.
http://presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=99431&sectionid=351020101

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Ahmadinejad calls election a defeat for Iran’s foes:

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday hailed his disputed re-election as a victory for the Iranian people and a defeat for the Islamic Republic’s enemies.
http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1096766.html

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Photo of Iranian protester is faked: reveals Italy’s most conservative mainstream paper:

There is a picture circulating on the web, framed perfectly. It depicts an Iranian girl doing an unlikely American gesture, a striking parallel to the picture of a solitary Chinese youth standing in front of tanks at Tienanmen Square in Beijing
http://snipurl.com/l78bq

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Minimizing the death toll: At least 29 killed murdered by Israeli occupation forces in Gaza, report says:

At least 29 Palestinian civilians were unlawfully killed by missile-firing Israeli drones during its offensive in the Gaza Strip, a US human rights group said.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6611572.ece

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Spain shelves probe into Israeli crimes in Gaza:

The report on Tuesday comes a day after court papers announced that the country’s highest court would try seven Israelis, including a former defense minister, for bombing that killed Hamas leader Salah Shehade and 14 others.
http://presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=99423&sectionid=351020606

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How Israel finances illegal “settlements”:

U.S. re-approves Israel loan guarantees program: The U.S. in 2002 provided a package of $9 billion in loan guarantees, where Israel could sell bonds internationally with the backing of the United States.The guarantees have been instrumental in sovereign ratings upgrades by credit ratings agencies. Israel still has $3.8 billion left to use by 2011 after already issuing $4.1 billion in bonds backed by the U.S.
http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1096755.html

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Fatah, Hamas set to unveil joint security body for Gaza:

The head of the Fatah parliamentary faction, Azzam al-Ahmed, reported progress Tuesday in his party’s reconciliation talks with rival group Hamas in Cairo, and said the two sides were set to announce the establishment of a joint security body for the Gaza Strip.
http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1096758.html

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Netanyahu reaffirms support for Lieberman after Sarkozy remarks:

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that he has complete confidence in Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, a day after it was reported that French President Nicolas Sarkozy had told him to “get rid” of Lieberman.
http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1096504.html

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Gilad Atzmon: Tribal Marxism for Dummies:

For very many years the Palestinian solidarity discourse was dominated by leftist ideology carried largely by Jewish Marxists. Though the support of Jewish leftists was rather important at an early stage, it lost its primacy and urgency as Palestinian resistance and the Palestinian solidarity discourse evolved into a vivid autonomous discourse based on widely accepted ethical grounds.
http://snipurl.com/l79hr

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Civilians ‘tortured and raped’:

Security forces tortured scores of men and raped 12 women in a sweep against the mainly ethnic Somali population of remote north-east Kenya, where their task late last year was to disarm militias.
http://snipurl.com/l79o6

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US Govt. Confirms It Knew Coup Was Coming:

A New York Times article has just confirmed that the US Government has been “working for several days” with the coup planners in Honduras to halt the illegal overthrow of President Zelaya.
http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/golinger290609.html

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Japan jobless at five-year high:

The unemployment level, which was slightly worse than an average market forecast of 5.1 per cent, is close to a post-World War Two high of 5.5 per cent, which was last seen in April 2003.

http://english.aljazeera.net/business/2009/06/20096304296224310.html

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The U.S. and the U.K. Will Both Default on Their Debt by the End of Summer 2009? :

This evolution is likely to catch large numbers of economic and financial players on the wrong foot who decided to believe in today’s mainstream media operation of “euphorisation”.
http://snipurl.com/l7b3w

Economy shrinks at fastest pace in 50 years:

Britain’s recession-battered economy shrank at its fastest pace in more than 50 years in the first quarter of 2009 in the worst global slowdown in decades, revised official data showed on Tuesday.
http://snipurl.com/l7b5a

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U.S. housing misery poised to enter new phase:

Big risk factors that could spur more foreclosures include expectations of rising unemployment and the forecast resetting of interest rates on 2.8 million subprime and Alt-A mortgages in the next two years.
http://www.reuters.com/article/wtUSInvestingNews/idUSTRE55P51I20090626

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True or False: U.S. Economic Stats Lie:

If Williams is right, unemployment is over 20%, gross domestic product is shrinking by 8% and consumer prices are jumping by nearly 7%. His forecasts border on apocalyptic.
http://www.smartmoney.com/investing/stocks/true-or-false-u-s-economic-stats-lie/?cid=1122