Study: Diaspora Jews say occupation, Orthodoxy threaten Israel

May 21, 2014 by element115
For Israel to exist as a Jewish and democratic state, Diaspora Jews believe it must end the occupation, treat its Arab citizens more fairly and eliminate the Orthodox monopoly over religion.

These were the key findings of a document published Wednesday by the Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI), a Jerusalem-based think-tank, entitled “Jewish & Democratic: Perspectives from World Jewry.”
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Russia, China sign deal to bypass U.S. dollar

May 20, 2014 by element115
Russia and China took a small step toward undercutting the domination of the U.S. dollar as the international reserve currency on Tuesday when Russia’s second biggest financial institution, VTB, signed a deal with Bank of China to bypass the dollar and pay each other in domestic currencies.

The so-called Agreement on Cooperation — signed in the presence of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is on a visit to Shanghai — could be followed by a long-awaited announcement this week of a massive natural gas deal 10 years in the making.
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Thailand's army declares martial law

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Thailand's powerful army chief intervened for the first time in the country's latest political crisis, declaring martial law and dispatching gun-mounted jeeps into the heart of the capital with a vow to resolve the deepening conflict as quickly as possible.
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Australian spies secretly monitor phone calls in the Philippines: Edward Snowden disclosure

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A 2013 NSA document shows that comprehensive MYSTIC harvesting of telecommunications data in the Philippines is carried out by the Australian Signals Directorate, formerly known as the Defence Signals Directorate, which is a so-called "5-eyes" partner with its American counterpart.
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China Angry Over US Spy Charges 'Hypocrisy'

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China has accused the United States of "hypocrisy and double standards" after five of its military officials were accused of hacking into companies' computer systems.
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Drone strikes justified...says New Zealand Prime Minister

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Drone strikes are justified - even if innocent civilians are mistakenly killed, Prime Minister John Key says.

Key confirmed yesterday that intelligence collected by the Government Communications Security Bureau might be passed to the controversial US programme.
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‘The silent epidemic’

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Depression is the top cause of illness and disability among adolescents globally, the World Health Organisation (WHO) revealed last week.

And it said that globally, suicide is the third most common cause of death among adolescents, after traffic trauma and HIV-Aids.
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Video footage indicates killed Palestinian youths posed no threat

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New video evidence showing the fatal shooting of two Palestinian teenagers last week strongly indicates that neither of the boys posed a threat to Israeli forces at the time they were targeted, supporting claims they were "unlawfully killed".
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WikiLeaks vows to reveal second country where NSA is recording all mobile phone calls

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WikiLeaks has pledged to reveal the name of a second country that is having virtually all of its mobile phone calls recorded by the US National Security Agency, despite a warning that leaking the information could "lead to deaths".
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Plastic Timebomb

May 18, 2014 by element115
...microbead pollutants in cosmetics washed into the sea and ending up in the food chain.
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Pope to visit Palestinian refugee camp

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Dheisheh refugee camp, Bethlehem — Set up in 1949 on land leased from Jordan, Dheisheh camp initially housed refugees who fled or were forced out of 45 villages around Jerusalem and the southern West Bank city of Hebron.

Today, it counts some 14,800 inhabitants, making it the fifth-largest of the 19 refugee camps in the West Bank and annexed east Jerusalem.

The late pope John Paul II also visited the camp on a tour of the Holy Land in 2000, calling for an urgent solution to the plight of the millions made homeless after the creation of the Jewish state in 1948.
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The rich get richer: Britain's wealthiest are now worth £519billion

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Britain's richest people have managed to DOUBLE their wealth in the last five years.
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Cisco CEO lashes out at NSA

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Cisco Systems Inc's chief executive officer has written a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama urging him to curtail government surveillance after evidence circulated showing the U.S. National Security Agency had intercepted Cisco equipment, a company spokesman said on Sunday.​
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Revelations on the Krasnoarmeysk killing

May 17, 2014 by element115
Members of the Ukrainian ultra-nationalist group Pravy Sektor took part in a commando-style raid against the Donbass referendum last Sunday, killing two unarmed civilians in the town of Krasnoarmeysk, an investigation by Paris Match has found.
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Canada Is Selling Arms to Everyone It Can

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While Canada exports oil, maple syrup, and hockey players, it also deals a lot of arms. And Canadian military exports are growing: the latest available figures say sales jumped more than 50 percent from 2010 to 2011, with later years reportedly expected to spike.

Which is why it isn’t surprising the Harper government is endorsing CANSEC—Canada’s premier defense trade show—and officially encouraging all Canadian armed forces personnel to attend the event in Ottawa less than two weeks from now.
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São Paulo Streets Burn as Brazil’s Protesters Promise ‘Fighting’ Ahead of World Cup

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With a scant 28 days left before the World Cup, the streets of Brazil have been filled with burning barricades, armored military vehicles, and thousands of indignant citizens demanding that their voices be heard.

In São Paulo, an estimated 1,200 protesters gathered Thursday evening on Paulista Avenue as part of the International Day of World Cup Resistance — a series of demonstrations coordinated across the country to express public discontent ahead of the mega athletic event.
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Africa leaders declare 'war' on Nigeria Boko Haram

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African leaders meeting in Paris have agreed to wage "war" on Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamic militants.

President Hollande of France, who hosted the summit, said regional powers had pledged to share intelligence and co-ordinate action against the group.
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President Rouhani Stresses Iranian Citizens' Right to Freely Access Internet

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"We recognize the right of connection with the world wide web (internet) as a right of every citizen."
The Iranian President has on many occasions underscored the necessity for respecting the people's social rights.
In relevant remarks in April, he underlined that the Islamic Republic pays much respect to women's social rights and tries to provide the ground for their equal chance with men both for study and work.
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The biggest fast food strike in the history is happening around the world now

May 15, 2014 by element115
From New York City to Nigeria and New Zealand, fast food workers will strike and protest on Thursday to demand higher pay and better working conditions — in a global day of action with unprecedented reach for the industry.
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Young people 'feel they have nothing to live for'

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One in three (32%) had contemplated suicide, while one in four (24%) had self-harmed.
40% of jobless young people had faced symptoms of mental illness, including suicidal thoughts, feelings of self-loathing and panic attacks, as a direct result of unemployment.
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