Members of the radical Syrian opposition have boycotted a meeting in Cairo, where some 250 delegates are discussing an internationally backed transition plan. The armed rebels branded it a conspiracy and said the agenda lacked an aggressive stance. The rebel… Read More ›
UN rights body to probe Israel settlements GENEVA — The UN Human Rights Council has set up a panel to probe Jewish settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, a move that further irked Israel which said it will bar its… Read More ›
Justice at Last for Argentina’s Stolen Children LONDON — Jorge Rafael Videla was the tall, thin one in the triumvirate of senior officers that seized power in Argentina’s 1976 military coup. El Flaco, they used to call him – “the… Read More ›
Now we know he was poisoned – but by whom? by Justin Raimondo Yasser Arafat died on November 11, 2004, of a mysterious ailment. His enemies spread the rumor he had AIDS: David Frum, with typical classiness, claimed he had… Read More ›
Today is the 4th of July, a holiday celebrated all over the nation as the date of American Independence from the British crown. I was considering burning an American flag to protest US foreign policy, imperial aggression, indigenous holocaust, sponsorship… Read More ›
HARTFORD, Conn. — About 700 staff members at five Connecticut nursing homes followed through with a threatened strike on Tuesday to protest what they say are labor concessions imposed by the New Jersey company that owns the facilities. Nurses, nursing… Read More ›
by Saki Knafo and Joy Resmovits Back in November of 2005, Diane Nilan had what she now concedes may have struck some people as a “crazy notion.” She’d been working as advocate for homeless families in Illinois, getting frustrated by… Read More ›
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 ›
The scene is set for a Clinton-Lavrov meeting that could still ring the death knell for the Assad regime Months of futile diplomatic tussling, UN deadlock and finger-pointing over Syria have boiled down to a dramatic, last-ditch effort this weekend… Read More ›
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 ›
By Walter Pincus The State Department is planning to spend up to $115 million to upgrade the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad, already its biggest and most expensive in the world, according to pre-solicitation notices published this month. Remember, it… Read More ›
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 ›
For a certain segment of the Ron Paul fanbase, no evidence of his disseminating hateful, paranoid material will ever be enough. Citing James Kirchick’s piece in The New Republic wasn’t sufficient, because Kirchick could have just been “making everything up.”… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
The Red Phoenix 