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Irish MP blasts Obama's G8 visit: 'Hypocrite of the century'

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Barack Obama is a “war criminal” and a “hypocrite,” an Irish politician has said in a damning attack on the US president. The MP slammed the Irish treatment of Obama during his G8 visit as akin to ‘prostituting’ Ireland for a “pat on the head.” Irish MP Clare Daly took no prisoners in her heated attack on the visit of the Obama family to Ireland during this year’s G8 summit, which... 

JP Morgan's man in the White House

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At one time, it seems decades ago now, the general thinking in the USA was that President Barack Obama would jolt the American political system into actually doing something beneficial for its citizens rather than spying on them, building F-35 aircraft, upgrading nuclear weapons, spending trillions of dollars (US) on national security, cutting unemployment benefits/food stamps, fomenting war with... 

Israel used Palestinian minors as human shields, detain and torture - UN

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Thousands of Palestinian children were systematically injured, tortured and used as human shields by Israel, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child reported. Israel’s foreign minister denied the report’s accusations, calling it “recycled old stuff.” During the 10-year period examined by UN human rights experts, up to 7,000 children aged 9 to 17 were arrested, interrogated and... 

French schools to teach 6-year-olds about Sex Education and Gender Equality

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In the new school year, a new subject, mandatory sex education, will be introduced in all French schools. Children will be educated from the age of six. Sex education is intended to completely shift the perception of the traditional biological roles of males and females in the children’s minds, replacing them with the ideas about the so-called social gender. France has become a field for growing... 

Russia promises legal action over NSA surveillance scandal

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The scandal over illegal data interception by US security services questions the correlation between the US and international law, and senior Russian officials are calling for an urgent update in Russian legislation in response. Russia will not ignore the actions of the US authorities who had admitted leaks of personal data of Russian citizens to which the US security services had access, the Foreign... 

Legalising prostitution has turned Germany into Europe's biggest brothel

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Sex for sale: Around a million men are paying for sex every day in Germany according to a new television documentary. Hamburg’s Reeperbahn red light district is pictured. Documentary-makers in Germany have claimed that legalising prostitution has turned the country’s capital Berlin into ‘Europe’s biggest brothel.’ Sex trade laws were radically liberalised by the German... 

Police probe at least 54 more evil child grooming gangs

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Officers are preparing to bust the biggest paedophile network ever seen in the country, with police set to swoop within days. At least 54 evil child ­grooming gangs are being investigated by police. It comes as officers in the North of England are preparing to bust the biggest paedophile network ever seen in the country, with police set to swoop within days. Our disturbing figures can be revealed... 

US spied on Russian President Medvedev at G20 summit - NSA leaks

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev holds a press briefing in London on April 2, 2009 after a day of talks at the G-20 summit As Britain readies to host the G8 summit, the documents uncovered by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden have revealed that back in 2009 US spies intercepted top-secret communication of then Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, during his visit to London. The shocking news has been... 

South Africa disciplines 93 soldiers over UN mission

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Ninety-three South African soldiers have been disciplined for offenses committed while deployed in a United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo. South African Minister of Defense and Military Veterans Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said Wednesday that the offending soldiers were punished for charges that ranged from murder to drunkenness, as well as sexual misconduct. One soldier was found... 

Germany slams US for ‘Stasi methods’ ahead of Obama visit

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Germans are expressing outrage as details of a US internet spy program – revealed by a former CIA employee-turned-whistleblower – are prompting comparisons with that of former communist East Germany’s Ministry for State Security. Unfortunately for Obama’s upcoming trip to Berlin, it was revealed that Germany ranks as the most-spied-on EU country by the US, a map of secret surveillance... 

Chinese pills filled with human baby powder discovered by South Korean customs

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Dead baby pills: This is ground baby powder which tests discovered is 99.7 per cent human last year. South Korean officials have stopped 17,000 dead baby pills being imported since last August Thousands of pills filled with powdered human flesh have been discovered by customs officials in South Korea, it was revealed today. The capsules are in demand because they are viewed as being a medicinal ‘cure-all’. The... 

Chinese baby boy Rescuted after mother flushes him down the Toilet

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Being nursed back to health: The abandoned baby boy is pictured being fed in hospital after firefighters rescued him from a sewage pipe after he was apparently flushed down a toilet in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province The mother of the newborn baby boy flushed down a toilet in China watched in secret as rescuers dramatically plucked him alive from a sewer pipe. The 22-year-old woman is believed to have raised... 

FSB arrests mastermind of foiled Moscow bombing who 'fought in Afghanistan'

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Federal Security Service agents apprehend Yulai Davletbaev suspected of preparing terror attacks in Moscow during a special operation outside Moscow. Russia’s FSB secret service has captured the suspected mastermind behind a foiled terror attack in Moscow. His group, which fought in Afghanistan against the ISAF forces, was uncovered and neutralized last month by police. A man identified as Yulay... 

Repairable electronic devices bring huge losses to their makers

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Electronic devices are becoming increasingly less repairable. The paradigm of disposable products and planned obsolescence of long-term devices is profitable for producers and therefore is widely applied. Even Apple does not shy away from abusing its fans, as it did with the iPods, whose batteries died immediately after the expiration of the warranty period. The scandal has forced Apple to introduce... 

Most French discontent with Hollande leadership

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A news survey shows that most French people disapprove of socialist President Francois Hollande’s leadership and believe that the European Union (EU) is led in the wrong direction. The survey, carried out by Gallup in six EU countries and released on Wednesday, indicated 51 percent of the French disapprove of Hollande’s leadership role in Europe. Hollande’s popularity, which had... 
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