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US spends billions on abandoned weapon (by PressTV)

A report by the United States Army says since 1995, USD 32 billion have been spent on abandoned weapons programs.

The report, which has not been released to the public, says 22 army weapons programs were shut down and never built, after about 20 years of research and development, The Washington Post reported.

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates, in an address last week, called the expenditure...


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'Egyptian youth need to be patient' (by PressTV)

Egyptian youth are back on the streets talking about staging a second revolution showing their dissatisfaction with actions taken by the military council.

Press TV talks with Mohamed Ghanem, Muslim Brotherhood representative in the UK, who explains that...


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Kuwaiti protesters call for PM ouster (by PressTV)

Hundreds of Kuwaitis have held a protest rally in the capital Kuwait City to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammad al-Ahmad al-Sabah.

The protesters gathered outside the national assembly in Kuwait City to press their demand for the premier's ouster in the 'Day of Rage' demonstration on Friday, IRNA reported on Saturday.

The demonstrators are angry at Sheikh...


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Egypt opens Gaza border permanently (by PressTV)

Egypt has reopened its Rafah border with the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip, allowing people to cross freely for the first time in four years following the downfall of ex-President Hosni Mubarak.

Egypt opened the border crossing where many Palestinians gathered on Saturday in eager anticipation of the move to head southward. Cairo says the Rafah crossing will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00...


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Tribe with no concept of time found (by PressTV)

British researchers from Portsmouth University have discovered a remote tribe in Amazon forests with no calendar and concept of time.

The people of a primitive tribe who dwell at the heart of Amazonian rainforests of Brazil are not familiar with the tools of time and dates at all.

While watches or calendars are unknown to them, they spend their lives according to the natural patterns of day...


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'Saleh is politically bankrupt' (by PressTV)

At least 16 tribesmen have been killed in fresh clashes with the Yemenis government's republican guards, led by the son of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sana'a.

Over the past five days, at least 109 people have been killed in the violent battles that...


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Eight killed in Pakistan market bombing (by PressTV)

At least eight people have been killed and 14 others left injured in a bomb explosion in a busy marketplace in northwestern Pakistan.

Mohammed Saeed, a doctor at the region's hospital, said they have received four bodies. He said four others had died in the hospital due to severe injuries, AP reported Saturday.

Saeed also pointed out that some of the wounded are in critical condition.


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Hezbollah slams attack on UN troops (by PressTV)

Lebanon's resistance movement, Hezbollah, has condemned an attack on a United Nations peacekeeping patrol in the south of the country, which left at least eight people injured.

"Hezbollah considers this a criminal act and calls on the Lebanese specialized services to investigate and uncover the perpetrators and hold them accountable," Press TV quoted a Hezbollah statement on Friday.

An...


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'Pakistan forfeits national interest for US' (by PressTV)

Pakistanis are angry over the violation of their territorial integrity and sovereignty, regardless of the government's ongoing willingness to listen to the US, an analyst says.

The US has reportedly asked Pakistan to provide intelligence on people...


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'Jordan must cut ties with Israel' (by PressTV)

Protesters in Jordan have once again poured into the streets, calling on the Jordanian government to cut ties with Israel and demanded the fall of the government.

Furious over their country's peace treaty with Tel Aviv, hundreds of protesters burnt an Israeli flag after Friday prayers in Jordan's Tafileh province, AFP reported.

The demonstrators also slammed "racist and provocative"...


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US seeks Pakistan aid on terrorists list (by PressTV)

The United States has reportedly asked Pakistan to provide intelligence on several persons who are listed as most-wanted terrorists by Washington.

US and Pakistani officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said on Saturday that the list includes al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, as well as Taliban commander Mullah Mohammad Omar, Pakistan's DAWN newspaper...


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'US, Israel fearful of Rafah reopening' (by PressTV)

A top Iranian lawmaker says the US and Israel are fearful of Egypt's decision to reopen the Rafah border crossing permanently, urging Cairo not to succumb to pressure from foreign powers.

The Egyptian government said it would reopen the crossing permanently on Saturday to ease the four-year-old Israeli siege on Gaza.

Hossein Naqavi Hosseini, a member of the National Security and Foreign...


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Rense Celente - People Don't Want To Know (by Jeff Rense)

Gerald Celente - Trends forecaster - says Americans are now burying their heads in the sand - They don't want to know. And Obama is lacking praise (to say the least!)

Source: Jeff Rense

'Iran has no trade with Zionist firms' (by PressTV)

A senior Iranian official rebuts news about Israel's economic activities in Iran, saying Tehran has no business with 'Zionist' companies which are the root cause of sanctions against the Islamic Republic.

"News about activities of Zionist (Israeli) firms in Iran is a new game started in reaction to the willingness of certain countries to establish economic ties with Iran," Chairman of...


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Arab Spring of Bloody Freedom (by Mahboob A. Khawaja, Ph.D.)

Palestine and Wicked Leaders

With the failing of international institutions responsible for saving the humanity from the scourge of wars and maintenance of peace and security, global politics is fast becoming a puppet show for fantasy and amusement. Politicians with borrowed public funds, time and interests ruling the societies act like sadistic maniacs deduced to preservation of self...


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'Rafah border opening to ease siege' (by PressTV)

The new Egyptian government says that the permanent opening of the Rafah border crossing will ease the Israeli siege on the suffering Gazans.

Egypt's Ambassador to the West Bank Yasser Othman said that by opening the crossing, 70 percent of the population in the Gaza Strip will be able to cross into Egypt without visa or security permission, a Press TV correspondent reported from Gaza.

"The...


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US: Friend or Foe (by Huma Hashmi-Hanley)

As the Chinese proverb goes…" May you live in interesting times…" Well, it couldn't get more interesting here in Pakistan.

Terror strikes into the heart of Pakistan again, as the Naval Base in Karachi is attacked , followed by a suicide bomber ramming his double cabin van into the building of The Works and Communication Department, killing at least 35 in Hangu.

If the world...


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Libya rejects G8 call, accepts AU plan (by PressTV)

The Libyan government has rejected the calls for ruler Muammar Gaddafi to step down made by world leaders gathered at the Group of Eight (G8) meeting in France.

"The G8 is an economic summit. We are not concerned by its decisions," AFP quoted Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaaim as saying late on Friday.

He added that any initiative to resolve the crisis in Libya would have to go...


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Bulgarian MPs condemn mosque attack (by PressTV)

The Bulgarian parliament has condemned the attack on Muslim worshippers during Friday prayers on May 20 outside the Banya Basha Mosque in Sofia.

During the May 27 session of parliament, all the 127 lawmakers present backed a declaration condemning the attack carried out by far-right activists of the Ataka party, saying such actions can spread ethnic and religious hatred and threaten national...


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'Palestinian state requires UN support' (by PressTV)

UN General Assembly President Joseph Deiss says there is no way that a Palestinian state could become a member of the world body without the approval of the Security Council.

The General Assembly will not be able to vote on UN membership for Palestine if the US or any other permanent member of the Security Council uses its veto, Reuters quoted Deiss as saying during a press conference at UN...


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Gates: 'Iraq needs US forces to defend ME from Iran' (by Rehmats World)

On May 24, 2011 – the outgoing US Secretary of Defense, Robert M. Gates, addressed the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a neocon think tank headed by radical Jew Arthur C. Brooks with Islamophobe members such as John Bolton, Newt Gingrich, Richard Perle, Paul Wolfowitz, Michael Novak and Ayaan Hirsi ali to name a few.

Robert Gates' last major rant sent alarm to his pro-Israel hawkish...


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NATO bombs rain on Tripoli for 5th night (by PressTV)

NATO airstrikes have hit several sites in the Libyan capital Tripoli, according to Libyan state television.

The Al Arabiya network and Libyan state television said the airstrikes occurred at 1 a.m. local time on Saturday (2300 GMT on Friday night).

There were also reports that the airstrikes hit the Bab Al-Aziziya district of Tripoli, where Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi's residence is...


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3 US-led soldiers slain in S Afghanistan (by PressTV)

Three US-led foreign soldiers have been killed in a Taliban attack in southern Afghanistan as the militant group continues its latest offensive against the Western coalition forces.

NATO said that two of the soldiers were killed in a bomb attack and the third one in a separate clash, the Associated Press reported late on Friday.

The nationalities of the casualties have not been announced.


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Yemeni forces kill 20 tribesmen (by PressTV)

At least 20 tribesmen and dozens of Yemeni troops have been killed during clashes between tribesmen and Republican Guards led by the son of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

On Friday, tribesmen captured two army camps near the capital Sana'a, AP quoted the leader of the Hashid tribal confederation, Sheikh Ali Saif, as saying.

Government planes were called in to bomb the tribesmen after both...


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Memorial Day 2011: War Doesn't Make Cents (by Robert Singer)

Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for the 620,000 Americans who died because our beloved President Lincoln wanted to end our right of self-determination.

Memorial Day was officially proclaimed on 5 May 1868 by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, in his General Order No. 11, and was first observed on 30 May 1868, when...


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Texans Revolt Against TSA Tyranny, Storm Capitol (by Aaron Dykes)

Exclusive footage of the Texas Capitol takeover Wednesday, when angry demonstrators led by radio host Alex Jones descended upon the Senate to rebuke threats used to quash a TSA bill that passed the House unanimously and was poised to clear the Senate with 30 of 31 senators supporting.

The bill's sponsor Sen. Dan Patrick revealed that...


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Memphis hospital takes Confederate flag away from 92 year old Korean War Veteran (by James Edwards)

Here are some more details:

On behalf of an elderly, dying veteran, Asheville Southern heritage activist H.K. Edgerton on April 27 challenged officials at a Veterans Administration hospital in downtown Memphis, Tenn., for confiscating — illegally, he claims — a tiny tabletop Confederate battle flag on a stick and stand next to his bed.

Edgerton noted that he was...


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Hundreds of Libyans arrive in Italy (by PressTV)

Hundreds of Libyans have arrived in Italy to seek refuge from the raging war that continues between forces loyal to ruler Muammar Gaddafi and the revolutionaries.

Two boats, carrying an estimated 522 people, including women and children, arrived on the island of Lampedusa on Friday, AFP reported.

Another boat with an estimated 250 Libyan refugees on board was also being escorted toward...


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Rense Dr Chris Fichtner - Time To Put Marijuana In Every Home (by Jeff Rense)

Dr Christopher Fichtner MD is a psychiatrist and the former mental health director for the state of Illinois. In his new book, Cannabinomics: The Marijuana Policy Tipping Point www.cannabinomics.com, Fichtner predicts that marijuana policy is about to change radically. Dr Fichtner points out three public policy trajectories converging;...


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Gulf State Gendarmes: West Backs Holy Alliance For Control Of Arab World And Persian Gulf (by Rick Rozoff)

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David Cameron and President Obama at the BBQ in the gardens of Number 10 for US and UK military; 25 May 2011.
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The standard-bearers of Anglo-American imperialism in the current epoch, President Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron, met in London on May 25 to discuss the world's two ongoing wars of aggression, those in Afghanistan and Libya, both...


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TSA Thug Grabs Crotch of Wounded Vet (by Paul Joseph Watson)

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Two injured US military veterans traveling to a ceremony to honor the lives of fallen friends who gave their lives to protect the rights enshrined in the Constitution were harassed by TSA thugs, with one of them having his crotch grabbed, according to David Bellow, an Army National Guardsman and a State Republican Executive Committeeman.

"One of the wounded warriors, a friend of mine who...


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Russia: Mladic should be tried fairly (by PressTV)

Russia has called for the fair trial of former Serbian military commander Ratko Mladic, who is wanted for mass murder of Bosnian Muslims in the 1990s.

"We expect that the upcoming trial against Ratko Mladic will be fair and unbiased," RIA Novosti news agency cited a statement released by the Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday.

Serbian authorities announced on Thursday that 69-year-old...


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Obama Gives Himself the Power to Economically Assassinate Syrian Leaders (by Eric Blair)

In April of this year President Barack Obama, claiming powers vested in him during an "International Economic Emergency" and "National Emergency" signed Executive Order 13572;  Blocking Property of Certain Persons With Respect to Human Rights Abuses in Syria. Essentially, it gives him the power to seize assets of Syrians suspected of being complicit in human rights abuses.

This...


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'Iran to interact with IAEA based on NPT' (by PressTV)

Iran's Envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency Ali Asghar Soltanieh says Tehran will continue its cooperation with the IAEA within the NPT framework.

"Sanctions imposed against Iran have not affected Iran's nuclear activities, including uranium enrichment, and this has been clearly reflected in the agency's report," IRNA quoted Soltanieh as saying at a conference in Vienna.


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Libya war entering new phase: UK PM (by PressTV)

The British government has defended its decision to deploy Apache helicopters to Libya, saying the NATO-led war in the North African country is entering a "new phase."

British Prime Minister David Cameron told the Group of Eight (G8) summit in France that Britain was making "the right decision" to mount the pressure on Libyan ruler Muammar Qaddafi by sending Apache helicopters into the...


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Drug violence kills 29 in Mexico (by PressTV)

At least 29 people have been killed after a fierce gun fight broke out between rival drug gangs in Mexico's western state of Nayarit.

The bodies, all male and clad in fake military uniforms, were found Wednesday near the town of Ruiz as they heaped across a roadway and inside bullet-riddled pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles, AP reported on Friday.

Nayarit's Attorney General Oscar...


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Clinton seeks to mend ties with Pakistan (by PressTV)

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has held meetings with senior Pakistani officials in Islamabad as the rift deepens between the two countries over fight against terrorism.

The visit comes as ties between Islamabad and Washington remain tense over the attack that allegedly killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad town near the Pakistani capital earlier in May.

The trip is...


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'Yemen unrest may lead to disintegration' (by PressTV)

As the current political upheaval in Yemen is intensifying, it is fueling the various tribal rivalries and clashes throughout the country, thus worsening Yemen's crisis even further.

The following is a transcript of a Press TV interview conducted with...


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Explosion hits UN convoy in Lebanon (by PressTV)

At least six people, including two Italian peacekeepers, have been injured in a roadside bomb explosion targeting a UN peacekeeping patrol south of Lebanon.

Lebanese security sources say the blast occurred as an Italian patrol in the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was on a highway leading to the coastal city of Sidon on Friday, a Press TV correspondent reported.

"Of the two [Italians]...


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UK workers' pay not to rise in 4 years (by PressTV)

A new report has predicted a grim perspective of Britain's economy, suggesting that its low and middle-income workers will not have their pay raised until after 2015.

The report provided by the think-tank Resolution Foundation said low and middle-income earners will not see an improvement in their living standard and pay until 2015.

"We all know that the recession has hit living standards...


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Bahraini forces attack villages (by PressTV)

Saudi-backed Bahraini forces have attacked anti-government protesters in several villages across the Persian Gulf sheikdom.

Witnesses say regime troops used tear gas and concussion bombs to disperse protesters in Diraz, Bani Jamrah and some other villages on Friday.

The protesters called for an end to the Al Khalifa rule and the immediate release of detained anti-government protesters.


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Israel always needs an existential threat to survive: Nima Shirazi (by Kourosh Ziabari)

Interview by Kourosh Ziabari

Nima-ShiraziNima Shirazi is a political commentator from New York City.  His analysis of United States foreign policy and Middle East issues, particularly with reference to current events in Israel, Palestine, and Iran, is published on his website, WideAsleepInAmerica.com.

His articles and commentaries are published on a variety of online and print publications including...


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Utah To Follow Texas Lead In TSA Grope-down Revolt (by Steve Watson)

Utah looks likely to be the next state to follow the example set by Texas in attempting to make TSA grope downs a felony.

Rep. Carl Wimmer, R-Herriman has introduced a bill into the Utah House of Representatives that would ensure TSA agents would have to abide by the same Fourth Amendment limits that police do when performing searches on Americans.

"It is a work in progress," Wimmer...


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Romney to announce White House bid (by PressTV)

Republican political figure and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney is widely expected to formally declare his candidacy for the 2012 US presidential race next week.

The 64-year-old Romney will formally announce his bid for presidency on June 2, AP reported on Thursday.

This comes as Romney formed an exploratory committee last month to adopt a more strategic approach to the current...


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British lord found guilty of fraud (by PressTV)

A Conservative member of Britain's House of Lords has been convicted of fraud and faces a jail term over claiming £14,000 in false expenses.

Chelmsford Crown Court found Lord Hanningfield guilty on six account of fiddling his parliamentary expenses, including false claims for overnight stays, mileage, and train fares.

The charges stem from a series of expenses claims for overnight stays...


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South Sudan unrest displaces thousands (by PressTV)

The number of people displaced as a result of violence in the Abyei region of southern Sudan has reached 150,000, a southern Sudanese minister says.

"The situation is terrible, they are running in fear from brutal violence, without shelter," Southern Sudan's Humanitarian Affairs Minister James Kok Ruea said.

Many of those fleeing are believed to be hiding in the bushes for fear of...


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UK, French leaders to visit Benghazi (by PressTV)

British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicholas Sarkozy are planning to visit the Libyan city of Benghazi on a joint trip.

The planned trip, details of which were not confirmed by the UK government, was slipped by the French president when he was speaking at a press conference at the end of the Group of Eight (G8) summit in Deauville, France.

Cameron himself did not...


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Pakistani jets kill 26 in tribal regions (by PressTV)

At least 26 people have been killed in Pakistan's northwest after the country's air force bombarded tribal areas close to the border with Afghanistan.

Pakistani government officials said the operation carried out on Friday targeted hideouts belonging to pro-Taliban militants, AFP reported.

Pakistani fighter jets killed at least 18 people in the tribal district of Orakzai, said local...


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Doesn't the NBA know that the "civil rights movement" succeeded? (by James Edwards)

The so-called "civil rights" movement was all about the abolition of private property rights and the freedom of association in America.

The malcontents were successful in getting rid of these pesky freedoms.

So, if a private business can't choose with whom they'd like to do business, how can NBA teams throw fans out of the building for merely saying "offensive" words?

MIAMI— In the wake...


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