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• World’s Richest Gain $21.4 Billion as Batista Falters

  By The Red Phoenix on July 1, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  The world’s richest people added a combined $21.4 billion to their collective net worth this week as the wealth gap between billionaire Carlos Slim and Eike Batista widened to more than $50 billion. Batista’s net worth fell $4 billion. Shares… Read More ›

• Is Turkey moving toward ‘hard power’ over Syria?

  By The Red Phoenix on June 30, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  The downing of a Turkish jet over the Mediterranean last Friday by a Syrian missile took Turkish-Syrian tensions to a new level. Though the Turkish government did not declare war as some expected, and others feared, it did declare Syria… Read More ›

• Kim Dotcom judge rules Megaupload founder mansion raid was illegal

  By The Red Phoenix on June 29, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  New Zealand police ‘exceeded authority’ when storming home of Megaupload founder, who US wants to extradite by Toby Manhire Attempts to extradite internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom to the US have suffered a further setback, with a ruling in the New… Read More ›

• Uganda’s Oil: A Bonanza Beckons

  By The Red Phoenix on June 28, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Hope and peril for the Great Lakes A DETERMINED push by Western wildcatters and big oil companies from fast-growing Asian economies such as those of China and Malaysia may change the fortunes of several countries in remoter and trickier bits… Read More ›

• Deadly Drone Strike on Muslims in the Southern Philippines

  By The Red Phoenix on June 28, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Marking the first time the weapon has been used in Southeast Asia Early last month, Tausug villagers on the Southern Philippine island of Jolo heard a buzzing sound not heard before. It is a sound familiar to the people of… Read More ›

• Study: Mega Bank JP Morgan Chase Receives A $14 Billion Annual Subsidy From The U.S. Government

  By The Red Phoenix on June 25, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By Pat Garofalo JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon testified on Capitol Hill today for the second time in two weeks, appearing before the House Financial Services Committee to discuss the trading debacle that has cost his bank billions of… Read More ›

• These 6 Corporations Control 90% Of The Media In America

  By The Red Phoenix on June 24, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  by Ashley Lutz This infographic created by Jason at Frugal Dad shows that almost all media comes from the same six sources. That’s consolidated from 50 companies back in 1983. NOTE: This infographic is from last year and is missing… Read More ›

• Rodney King, who struggled with demons after beating, dead at 47

  By The Red Phoenix on June 23, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Rodney King, who died Sunday at 47, struggled with demons in the years after his beating by LAPD police officers made him a household name. King became a symbol for police brutality and troubled relations between the LAPD and minority… Read More ›

• Social scientists build case for ‘survival of the kindest’

  By The Red Phoenix on June 22, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By Yasmin Anwar, Media Relations BERKELEY — Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, are challenging long-held beliefs that human beings are wired to be selfish. In a wide range of studies, social scientists are amassing a growing body of… Read More ›

• Many US police use cell phones to track: study

  By The Red Phoenix on June 22, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  WASHINGTON — Many US police departments use cell phone tracking, often without court orders, to find suspects and investigate criminal cases, according to a study released Monday. The survey released by the American Civil Liberties Union found that “the overwhelming… Read More ›

• Is the US Poised to Regain Control of Latin America with Regional Proxy Wars Through Colombia?

  By The Red Phoenix on June 21, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  The Summit of the Americas, Drug Legalization, ‘Asymmetric’ Relations & Security Cooperation by ANNIE BIRD The Summits of the Americas began in 1994 as forums to promote free trade. In 2009 the Summit’s focus shifted to demands for the inclusion… Read More ›

• Election apocalypse: Greeks hoard canned food

  By The Red Phoenix on June 19, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  NERVOUS Greeks are withdrawing up to 800 million euros ($1.01 billion) a day and stocking up on canned food as they fear the country will be forced to leave the eurozone after this Sunday’s election. Greek citizens fear the ramifications… Read More ›

• Egypt’s Elections in Turmoil After Rulings Boost Military

  By The Red Phoenix on June 18, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By CHARLES LEVINSON And MATT BRADLEY CAIRO—Egypt’s 16-month transition toward democracy was thrust into turmoil just two days before the country’s historic presidential election, as the country’s highest court dissolved the Islamist-dominated parliament and its top generals took over legislative… Read More ›

• Egypt supreme court calls for parliament to be dissolved

  By The Red Phoenix on June 18, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Egypt’s supreme court has caused widespread alarm by calling for the dissolution of the lower house of parliament and for fresh elections. Two days before Egyptians choose a new president, it has declared last year’s parliamentary vote unconstitutional. Muslim Brotherhood… Read More ›

• US expands ‘shadow war’ in Africa with spy planes, report says

  By The Red Phoenix on June 18, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By Dylan Stableford The U.S. military is expanding its intelligence-gathering operations across Africa, the Washington Post reports, mainly using small, unarmed planes “equipped with hidden sensors that can record full-motion video, track infrared heat patterns, and vacuum up radio and… Read More ›