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• Egypt’s ‘full military coup:’ How it happened

  By Editor-in-Chief on July 4, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi was ousted in a military coup Wednesday, with security forces forbidding him from leaving the country, arresting a number of top Muslim Brotherhood officials, and raiding media outlets in the midst of broadcasts. Saad El-Katani, the… Read More ›

• ‘Game Over’: Morsi ousted, constitution suspended, army in control

  By Editor-in-Chief on July 3, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  President Mohamed Morsi was stripped of his power and detained by the Egyptian army as the constitution has been suspended. Those gathered on Cairo’s Tahrir Square welcomed the news with cheers, although post-coup Egypt remains highly unstable. Morsi has reportedly… Read More ›

• FARC and ELN Call for Colombian Left-wing Alliance

  By The Red Phoenix on July 3, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Bogota, July 1 (Prensa Latina) The insurgent Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP) and the National Liberation Army (ELN) called today for an alliance and mobilization of all sectors of society and the left. In a document titled Declaration… Read More ›

• Egyptian deadline: President rejects army ultimatum to resolve conflicts within 48 hours

  By The Red Phoenix on July 2, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Egypt’s president has rejected an army ultimatum to resolve the ongoing crisis within 48 hours. The military insisted that unless a solution is found, they will introduce a roadmap for the country’s future, stressing that national security was at risk…. Read More ›

• 16 dead, scores injured as millions take to Egypt streets, demand Morsi resignation

  By The Red Phoenix on July 2, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Millions spilled out on to the streets of Egypt to demand the resignation of President Mohamed Morsi on the first anniversary of his inauguration, with sporadic outbreaks of violence leaving over a dozen dead and hundreds injured. On Monday, protesters… Read More ›

• Manitoba First Nations serve eviction notices to mining companies

  By The Red Phoenix on July 1, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Two Manitoba First Nations are serving eviction notices to mining companies they say are operating illegally on their land. A delegation from Red Sucker Lake First Nation descended on the work camp of Mega Precious Metals Inc., a mineral exploration company, to… Read More ›

• Francois Murad, Catholic Priest ‘Beheaded By Jihadist Fighters In Syria’

  By The Red Phoenix on July 1, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  By Sara C Nelson A Catholic priest has been killed in Syria, it has been confirmed by the official Vatican news agency. Franciscan Father Francois Murad died after fighters linked to the jihadist group Jabhat al-Nusra attacked the monastery he was staying… Read More ›

• Putin: Snowden can stay in Russia if he stops damaging USA

  By The Red Phoenix on July 1, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  President Vladimir Putin says NSA leaker Edward Snowden may stay in Russia, if he wants to, but only if he stops activities aimed against the United States. “There is one condition if he wants to remain here: he must stop… Read More ›

• Illicit financial flows have made Africa ‘a net creditor to the world’

  By The Red Phoenix on June 30, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  by Mark Tran Report challenges traditional thinking that the west is pouring money into Africa through aid without receiving much in return Africa lost up to $1.4tn in illicit financial flows in 1980-2009, far exceeding money coming in over the same… Read More ›

• Editorial: The Wonderful American World of Informers and Agents Provocateurs

  By Editor-in-Chief on June 29, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  by Todd Gitlin and Tom Engelhardt Back in the early 1970s, I worked for Pacific News Service (PNS), a small antiwar media outfit that operated out of the Bay Area Institute (BAI), a progressive think tank in San Francisco.  The… Read More ›

• George Zimmerman ‘Complained Frequently About Black People’

  By The Red Phoenix on June 28, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  AFRICANGLOBE – The neighbourhood watch vigilante accused of murdering an unarmed Black teenager complained frequently to authorities about Black people in his neighbourhood, it emerged. George Zimmerman, who is on trial for the murder of Trayvon Martin, called police in Florida 46 times in… Read More ›

• How Fast Food Companies Steal Workers’ Pay

  By Editor-in-Chief on June 28, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  by Seth Freed Wessler Olivia Roffle has worked at Papa John’s Pizza in St. Louis, Mo., for three years and she hates it. “It’s just not an enjoyable place to work,” she says. The 23 year old, who is enrolled in… Read More ›

• Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act Decision Unpopular: Poll

  By The Red Phoenix on June 27, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  By Ariel Edwards-Levy Americans have mixed feelings about the Supreme Court’s latest rulings, with a majority disapproving of its opinion on the Voting Rights Act, but in favor of two pro-gay marriage opinions, according to an ABC/Washington Post poll released Wednesday. Just… Read More ›

• Supreme Court rulings on same-sex marriage hailed as historic victory

  By The Red Phoenix on June 27, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  By Michael Pearson A deeply divided Supreme Court nudged the nation toward broad recognition of same-sex marriage on Wednesday in rulings that advocates hailed as a “joyous occasion” — but still left many questions unanswered. Voting 5-4 in each of two… Read More ›

• Chinese Investors Pursue U.S. Property Deals

  By Editor-in-Chief on June 27, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  By JULIE CRESWELL First, it was the Japanese. Moneymen from Tokyo blew into the United States to buy famous pieces of the American landscape, from Rockefeller Center in New York to the Pebble Beach Golf Links in California. Now, about a… Read More ›

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