Obama Rebuffs Intervention in Syria in Erdoğan Visit

Photo Credit: Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo

In a White House press briefing Thursday with visiting Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President Barack Obama reiterated his calls for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down but offered no new details on the administration’s Continue →

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by Brian May 17, 2013

Organization of American States launches groundbreaking report exploring alternatives to the war on drugs

Note: The following press release was issued today by the Latin American Programme for Transform Drug Policy Foundation and México Unido Contra Delincuencia.  The full OAS analytical report is available in English (pdf).  The full OAS scenario report is available Continue →
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by Steve Rolles May 17, 2013

Argentina: On the Death of Jorge Rafael Videla

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by Human Rights Watch May 17, 2013

Most Popular on Twitter – Top Tweets of the Week

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by Human Rights Watch May 17, 2013

Investing in fossil fuel free portfolios [Greg Laden's Blog]

Apparently that is a thing:

NEW YORK and COLORADO SPRINGS, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Over half of sustainable, responsible, impact (SRI) investment industry professionals say that retail investors (65 percent) and institutional investors (53 percent) are currently expressing interest in Continue →

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by Greg Laden May 17, 2013

Site Spotlight #3: Anomaly Tracker

For years, our researchers have analyzed and crunched numbers looking for outliers -- instances where a politician relies to an unusual degree on one group of donors, for instance, or contributors from one geographic area dominate a candidate's fundraising. Earlier Continue →
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by OpenSecrets Blog May 17, 2013

New Zealand Budget Report 2013: Facts and Figures of Military Spending

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by editor May 17, 2013

Friday round-up

Briefly:

Yesterday the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved the nomination of Principal Deputy Solicitor General Sri Srinivasan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. At USA Today, Richard Wolf reports on the committee’s vote and discusses the prospect Continue →
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by Allison Trzop May 17, 2013

HAPPENING NOW: White House Vigil to Mark 100 Days of Hunger Strike

To mark the 100th day of the Guantanamo hunger strike, Amnesty International USA is holding a vigil outside the White House today with several other groups (Photo Credit: Mladen Antonov/AFP/Getty Images).

By Carrie Neff Maley, Human Rights Campaigner, Amnesty International Continue →

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by Guest Writer May 17, 2013

Exit Strategy

The Drug Policy Alliance has created a new document; An Exit Strategy for the Failed War on Drugs: A Federal Legislative Guide

The report basically recognizes that after decades of incorporating the drug war into the very fabric of the Continue →

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by Pete May 17, 2013

Democracy Now! 2013-05-17 Friday

Democracy Now! 2013-05-17 FridayHeadlines for May 17, 2013"Astoundingly Disturbing": Obama Administration Claims Power to Wage Endless War Across the GlobeObama Worse Than Nixon? Pentagon Papers Attorney Decries AP Phone Probe, Julian Assange Continue →
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by Amy Goodman May 17, 2013

The 10 most UN-likely critics of the war on drugs

The United Nations' role in shaping and enforcing global drug prohibition becomes stranger with each passing day. On the one hand, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) implements the three UN drug conventions that form the legal Continue →
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by George Murkin May 17, 2013

Anti-zionist activists join with Haredi in protest against conscription

The photo story from Alternative News is followed by a news report from Ynet news. Notes and links on military service and anti-zionism are at the foot.

PHOTOS: Resistance from within Israeli society

Alternative Information Center (AIC) May 15, 2013

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by sarahbenton May 17, 2013

US only country where majority have positive view of Israel

The Pew Research Center presents its findings on opinions of the main agents and attitudes in Israel/Palestine first; the particular take by the Palestine Information Centre is second.

Despite Their Wide Differences, Many Israelis and Palestinians Want Bigger Role for Continue →

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by sarahbenton May 17, 2013

Syria: Visit Reveals Torture Chambers

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by Human Rights Watch May 17, 2013

World-class political nincompoopism

My state of Texas seems to have an inordinate share of nincompoops in public office. But it's only fair that office holders from other states be considered before deciding which one is the nincompoopiest of Continue →

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by Jim Hightower May 17, 2013

CTA observes International Tibet Solidarity Day, Marks Panchen Lama’s 18 years of disappearance

Thousands of Tibetans and supporters all over the world today observed the “International Tibet Solidarity Day,” coinciding with the 18th anniversary of the 11th Panchen Lama’s abduction by Chinese authorities. The solidarity day was called by the Kashag and the Continue →
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by Phayul Latest News May 16, 2013

Assam stands in support of Tibet

Political leaders from across party lines in the northeast Indian state of Assam have come out in strong support of finding a lasting resolution for Tibet following lobbying efforts by exile Tibetan parliamentarians.
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by Phayul Latest News May 16, 2013

China secretly sentences Tibetan writer to five years

Chinese authorities in eastern Tibet have secretly sentenced a well-known Tibetan writer to five years in prison for expressing his viewpoints on issues considered politically sensitive by Beijing. Gartse Jigme, 36, a monk at the Gartse Monastery was sentenced on Continue →
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by Phayul Latest News May 16, 2013

LGBT Rights: The 2013 ‘Hall of Shame’

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by Human Rights Watch May 16, 2013

Cameroon: Drop Charges Against 2 Transgender Youth

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by Human Rights Watch May 16, 2013

Robert L. DuPont vies for stupid OpEd award, but loses.

I thought for sure that nobody could top the idiocy of Steve Adelman who danced a jig around the possibilities of marijuana’s involvement in the Boston tragedy.

But here comes DuPont. Lessons from Boston bombings about marijuana, education

While Jahar’s marijuana Continue →

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by Pete May 16, 2013

Petitions to watch | Conference of May 23, 2013

At its May 23, 2013 Conference, the Court will consider petitions seeking review of issues such as the denial of federal funding to health care providers for offering elective abortions, the constitutionality of copyright judge appointment procedures, the reassignment of Continue →

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by Mary Dwyer May 16, 2013

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