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Obama and Netanyahu Disregards Laws and Facts: Why the Self-Defense Doctrine Doesn’t Legitimize Israel’s Assault on Gaza

Obama and Netanyahu Disregards Laws and Facts: Why the Self-Defense Doctrine Doesn’t Legitimize Israel’s Assault on Gaza

by James Marc Leas, Co-Chair of the National Lawyers Guild Free Palestine Subcommittee December 29, 2012 (TSR) - Supporting all aspects of the Israeli assault on Gaza in November, President…

Russian military presence in Syria poses challenge to US-led intervention

Russian military presence in Syria poses challenge to US-led intervention

December 29, 2012 (TSR) - Russian military advisers are manning some of Syria’s more sophisticated air defences – something that would complicate any future US-led intervention, the Guardian has learned.…

Egypt bans Mubarak, his family, aides from travel

Egypt bans Mubarak, his family, aides from travel

December 30, 2012 (TSR) - Egypt’s Prosecutor-General Talaat Ibrahim Abdullah imposed Saturday a travel ban on 26 former government figures including former President Hosni Mubarak, his wife Suzanne Thabet, his…

Israeli Units Part of Intervention Forces in Syria

Israeli Units Part of Intervention Forces in Syria

December 26, 2012 (TSR) - Zionist military units are deployed for a long time in Syria in order to get the claimed Syrian chemical arsenal under control. The information was…

Egypt: Morsi signs controversial Islamist constitution into law

Egypt: Morsi signs controversial Islamist constitution into law

December 26, 2012 (TSR) - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi has signed into law a new constitution voted in despite weeks of opposition protests and low voter turnout. The national electoral…

Iraqi President Still Alive as Succession Rumors Brew

Iraqi President Still Alive as Succession Rumors Brew

December 26, 2012 (TSR) - Amid the uncertainty surrounding the health of 79-year-old Iraqi President Jalal Talabani following a recent stroke, many media reports circulated over the weekend concerning possible…

Lebanese Media Layoffs: LBC Employees and Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal

Lebanese Media Layoffs: LBC Employees and Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal

December 26, 2012 (TSR) - n April 2012, Saudi billionaire and prince Alwaleed Bin Talal made moves to liquidate an entire production company. The Production and Acquisition Company, or PAC,…

Israeli PM Netanyahu on violating international laws: “I don’t care what the world or UN says!”

Israeli PM Netanyahu on violating international laws: “I don’t care what the world or UN says!”

December 26, 2012 (TSR) - The Israeli prime minister has vowed to continue building settlements in the “Israeli capital of Jerusalem,” defying near-unanimous international criticism of the illegal activity in…

Christmas Justice for Humanity: George W Bush and Tony Blair Banned for Life from Bethlehem since 2003

Christmas Justice for Humanity: George W Bush and Tony Blair Banned for Life from Bethlehem since 2003

by Michel Chossudovsky, Canadian Economist, Economic Adviser to governments of developing countries and Consultant for United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), African Development Bank, International Labour Organization (ILO), World Health Organisation (WHO), et al. December…

Egyptian Referendum: The Full Islamist-Drafted Constitution in English Text

Egyptian Referendum: The Full Islamist-Drafted Constitution in English Text

Presented by Lady Michelle-Jennifer Santos, Founder & Publisher December 22, 2012 (TSR) - Egyptians voted on Saturday in the second round of a highly contentious referendum on a new Islamist-drafted constitution…

Egyptian VP Mahmoud Mekki resigns amid constitutional referendum dispute

Egyptian VP Mahmoud Mekki resigns amid constitutional referendum dispute

December 22, 2012 (TSR) - Egyptian Vice President Mahmoud Mekki has announced his resignation, state television reported. The move has come on the second day and final phase of a…

SYRIA: Bread shortages rising

SYRIA: Bread shortages rising

December 17, 2012 (TSR) - When Bashar Akkad recently visited Syria’s northern, government-controlled town of al-Raqqah, hotel staff did not serve him breakfast. They could not find any bread in…