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• Wal-Mart destroys the cultural heritage of Mexico

  By The Red Phoenix on June 14, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Part of the ancient Teotihuacán site, pictured above, is now underneath a Walmart. Walmart destroys Mexico’s cultural heritage for profit. An archaeologist gives her view. – By Dr Donna Yates As an archaeologist, I welcome the news that “[t]rade unions in Canada,… Read More ›

• Syrian Rebels Execute “Atheist” 15-Year-Old Boy for Blasphemy

  By The Red Phoenix on June 14, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  A 15-year-old atheist boy was reportedly shot in the face in a brutal execution by Syrian rebels, in a crime revealed by an anti-government monitoring group concerned about the actions of some Islamist fighters. Coffee seller Mohammad Qataa was allegedly… Read More ›

• Nicaragua gives Chinese firm contract to build alternative to Panama Canal

  By The Red Phoenix on June 13, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Project will reinforce China’s growing influence on global trade and weaken US dominance over a key shipping route Nicaragua has awarded a Chinese company a 100-year concession to build an alternative to the Panama Canal, in a step that looks set to have… Read More ›

• NYPD officers caught on video assaulting gay man

  By The Red Phoenix on June 13, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  [Trigger Warning: Homophobia] Community activists are furious over a new video that appears to show Brooklyn police roughly detaining a gay man and pepper-spraying him while hurling homophobic slurs at his friends. The incident took place at approximately 4:00 am… Read More ›

• Erdogan pledges ‘no more tolerance’ for protest amid police crackdown

  By The Red Phoenix on June 13, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Turkey has ‘no more tolerance’ for violent protest, Prime Minister Erdogan told the parliament. He was speaking as police used water cannons and tear gas to take over Taksim Square in Istanbul from anti-government activists. Erdogan lashed out at the… Read More ›

• McCain Excuses Syrian Rebel War Crimes, Suggests He’d Tolerate Extremist Takeover of Syria

  By Editor-in-Chief on June 12, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  By Ben Armbruster Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) on Monday downplayed atrocities being committed by Syrian rebel forces and suggested that he would be willing to tolerate extremists taking over Syria because they would most likely not be allied with Iran. McCain… Read More ›

• Pablo Neruda May Have Been Killed By a CIA Double Agent

  By The Red Phoenix on June 12, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  By SANTIAGO WILLS Nearly 40 years after the fact, Pablo Neruda’s death still bewilders Chilean authorities. Neruda, a Nobel laureate described by famed Mexican author Carlos Fuentes, as “the first great poet of the Spanish language since the 17th century,”… Read More ›

• Video: Istanbul’s Taksim Square: Riot Police move in on Protesters

  By The Red Phoenix on June 12, 2013 • ( 0 )

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_rY_sYonLg

• NSA whistleblower disappears from sight in Hong Kong

  By Editor-in-Chief on June 11, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  By John Whitesides WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A contractor at the National Security Agency who leaked details of top-secret U.S. surveillance programs dropped out of sight in Hong Kong on Monday, ahead of a likely push by the U.S. government to… Read More ›

• Alleged US security officials said NSA leaker, journalist should be ‘disappeared’ – report

  By The Red Phoenix on June 11, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  A US editor has alleged he overheard security officials saying that the NSA leaker and the Guardian columnist who broke his story should be “disappeared.” Leaker Edward Snowden said that American spies often prefer silencing targets over due process. Follow… Read More ›

• Video: The “Free Syrian Army” has a Brigade Named “Osama Bin Laden”

  By The Red Phoenix on June 10, 2013 • ( 0 )

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DdWVOI3NsR8

• NSA collecting phone records of millions of Verizon customers daily

  By The Red Phoenix on June 10, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  The National Security Agency is currently collecting the telephone records of millions of US customers of Verizon, one of America’s largest telecoms providers, under a top secret court order issued in April. The order, a copy of which has been obtained by… Read More ›

• Excuse Me, But Israel Has No Right To Exist

  By Editor-in-Chief on June 9, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  By Sharmine Narwani The phrase “right to exist” entered my consciousness in the 1990s just as the concept of the two-state solution became part of our collective lexicon. In any debate at university, when a Zionist was out of arguments,… Read More ›

• Black Man Sentenced to 50 Years for Stealing Ribs

  By The Red Phoenix on June 9, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Willie Smith Ward of Waco, TX was sentenced to 50 years for tucking a rack of  ribs under his shirt inside of a local grocery store in September 2011. The jurors in Waco’s 19th State District Court were less than impressed… Read More ›

• Syrian army takes last militant bastion near Qusayr

  By The Red Phoenix on June 8, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Syrian army has retaken control of last militant bastion near Qusayr, bringing its operation closer to a successful end in this region. Government forces restored security in the village of Eastern Bweida on Saturday. On Friday, Syrian troops managed to… Read More ›

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