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UN chief opposes arming either side in Syria conflict

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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says arming either side in Syria conflict will not be helpful and will only lead to the disintegration of the Arab country. “Providing arms to either side would not address this current situation…. There is no military solution to this conflict.… The military path points directly towards the further disintegration of the country,”... 

EU calls on US to account over spy scandal

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The European Commission has called on US Attorney General Eric Holder to account for the country’s recent spying revelations that has also targeted the Europeans, a report says. EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding said on Tuesday that it demands the United States to provide assurances that EU citizens and companies have received the same fundamental respect and rights as US residents when it... 

Russian parliament bans parents from telling their kids about Gay people

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On Tuesday, June 11th, members of the lower house of the Russian parliament discussed in the second and third readings a bill to ban the propaganda of non-traditional relationships to children. As a result, the bill was accepted with 436 deputies voting in support of the bill, 1 abstained and 0 opposition. In the morning, supporters and opponents of the bill came to the building of the State Duma.... 

Syria crossed ‘red line’ using chemical weapons on rebels - White House

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American officials say they have confirmed that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against the insurgency seeking to remove it, asserting that the move crosses a “red line.” An internal memorandum circulating within the Obama administration has assessed that chemical weapons, most likely the nerve gas sarin, were used multiple times in battle against the Syrian rebels. The... 

Russia to create Mediterranean fleet to protect Syria

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During the Cold War, the Mediterranean was the most important area of ​​strategic struggle between the West and the USSR. Many years have passed, a lot has happened, but the importance of the Mediterranean Sea has remained the same. Russia, a successor of the USSR, has lost some of its influence in the region over the years. It appears, though, that the country is not going to sit on its hands... 

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... 

Russia ready to consider asylum for NSA whistleblower Snowden

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Russia is willing to consider granting political asylum for NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, who blew the lid on the US PRISM program, Russian media reported. Snowden dropped out of sight Monday after he was last seen checking out of a Hong Kong hotel. “If we receive such a request, we will consider it,” Kommersant daily quoted President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov as... 

Joe Biden praises Jewish cultural influence in America at DNC conference

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On May 21st, 2013, Vice President of the United States Joe Biden attended an event organized by the Democratic National Committee, on the occasion of “Jewish Heritage Month”. Without hesitation, the U.S. vice president began to lavishly praise the work of Jewry in a multitude of social changes that have occurred in the United States and are currently enforced by political pressure or through violence... 

US nuclear bombs stored in Netherlands: former PM

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Former Dutch prime minister, Ruud Lunners Former Netherlands prime minister, Ruud Lubbers has noted that 22 US nuclear bombs are stored at an airbase on Dutch territory, Dutch media reported. The Dutch daily, De Telegraaf, said on Monday that Lubbers confirmed that the American nuclear bombs have been kept in underground strong-rooms at the Volkel Air Base in Brabant. Lubbers, Netherlands’ PM from... 

Golden Dawn On The Verge Of Asserting Athens Municipality

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New Poll: Golden Dawn candidate only half a percent point away from first position in the race for Mayor of Athens. The Golden Dawn is slated to win the administration of Greece’s largest municipalities in the May 25th, 2014 elections. This view is confirmed by Epaminondas Panas, Professor of the Economics University of Athens who polled voters. The poll stunned the controlled media and was the... 

US Government mining data from 9 leading Internet firms

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New documents reveal that the National Security Agency and the FBI are secretly gathering data from nine large U.S. internet companies. The Washington Post reported that the secret wiretapping program codenamed PRISM may be unprecedented. The internet companies involved include Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, PalTalk, AOL, Skype, YouTube, and Apple, the report said. The classified program allows... 

Assange not our concern - Australia

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The Australian government has severed all ties with Julian Assange, stating that the Wikileaks co-founder is not their concern, while the US military prosecutors denounced him as a conspirator across the duration of Manning’s court martial. Assange’s situation “doesn’t affect Australian interests,” Australia’s Foreign Minister Robert Carr told a US Senate budget estimates committee,... 

Greek lawmakers introduce new Anti-Racism Bill

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We have stated and repeated numerous times this fact: the only racism that exists right now in the country is racism against Greeks. The system’s parties tripped over one another for many days, trying to see who will propose the strictest anti-racism bill. The real agenda is to further entrench delinquency and exacerbate the goal of making Greeks a minority in our own country. The response to this... 

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... 

Russia has to react as NATO moves closer to its borders - Medvedev

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Iskander high-precision missile system Russia cannot see NATO expansion towards its borders as positive, as under certain circumstances the possibility of military confrontation remains, the Russian PM has said at the Euro-Arctic Council’s forum. When a reporter asked Dmitry Medvedev how the balance of forces in Europe will change if Sweden and Finland decide to enter NATO, the Russian Prime Minister... 
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