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Good Company

Edward Snowden has been awarded the Right Livelihood Award. Together with the Guardian’s Alan Rusbridger he will receive the Honorary Award. As to its founder, German-Swedish philantropist Jakob von Uexkull, “The Right Livelihood Award was established in 1980 to honour … Continue reading

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Somalia, Yemen, Iraq, Syria

“This is a core principle of my presidency: if you threaten America, you will find no safe haven.” When recently addressing the American people, to explain his long-awaited new strategy in the never-ending Global War on Terror, President Obama suggested … Continue reading

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The Root of Evil

The on-video beheading of freelance reporter Steven Sotloff by the same murderer who had severed already the head of freelance photo reporter James Foley last month (I haven’t seen either but rely on respective news by mainstream media) has sparked even … Continue reading

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Chelsea Manning Speaks Out On Al-Maliki and Embedded Journalism

Nuri al-Maliki, still Iraq’s current Prime Minister, one of these U.S. American puppets in the Middle East, is to a large part responsible for the sectarian violence in his country in recent years en before rise of ISIS (Islamic State … Continue reading

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Merkel Seems to Know Every Trick in the Book

German Chancellor Angela Merkel who has arrived in Washington to meet President Obama and talk about the crisis in the Ukraine has at least tried to calm down expectations that whistle-blower Edward Snowden can be invited to the parliamentary Inquiry … Continue reading

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