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| 'Gunfire and blasts' hit Afghan city (by Al Jazeera English)
Fighting ongoing as fighters assault provincial governor's office, official says. Loud explosions and gunfire have been heard in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, where witnesses say the provincial governor's compound is under attack. The sounds were heard coming from near the provincial governor's heavily guarded compound. The Associated Press reported that the...
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| | Lawyers sue Bahraini regime at Hague (by PressTV)
International lawyers have filed a lawsuit against Bahrain's ruling al-Khalifa family with the International Criminal Court at The Hague over the severe suppression of anti-government protesters in the country.
May al-Khansa, a Lebanese lawyer representing a number of her European colleagues, told journalists earlier that the world should not turn a blind eye on the human rights violations...
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| | US executes prisoner with animal drug (by PressTV)
An American prisoner in the state of South Carolina has been executed for murdering his cellmate after being injected with an anesthetic used by veterinarians.
In South Carolina's first execution in almost 2 years, Jeffrey Motts, died 90 seconds after being injected with a drug used to kill animals. His execution was the state's first use of a certain three-drug combination for the death...
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| | Japan, US drop Okinawa base relocation (by PressTV)
Japan and the United States have cancelled a formerly-approved plan for relocating the controversial American airbase on Okinawa Island by 2014.
According to Japanese media, Washington and Tokyo will discuss a new timeframe for the relocation of US Marines' Futenma airbase, Reuters reported on Friday.
The issue of US military bases on the southern Japanese island has long strained relations...
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| | German Univ. confirms ex-min. cheating (by PressTV)
A German university has confirmed that the country's former defense minister "deliberately cheated" in his PhD thesis amid an investigation into allegations of plagiarism.
According to a statement issued by the University of Bayreuth, which awarded former German Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg the doctorate degree, the 39-year-old politician did indeed knowingly cheat in his...
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| | Iran blasts illegal US raid in Pakistan (by PressTV)
Iran has lashed out at the US for mounting an attack in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad, dismissing the raid as a violation of the country's sovereignty.
Iran's Ambassador to Islamabad Mashallah Shakeri further said the US has proven its animosity to Pakistan by launching unsanctioned attacks on the South Asian country, a Press TV correspondent reported.
"The US has proved its enmity by...
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| | 'Long bottle-feeding may cause obesity' (by PressTV)
Children who regularly use a bottle at age 2 are more likely to become obese by the time of kindergarten that those who switch to cups at younger ages.
After following 6,750 US children from the time of birth, scientists found that at age 5, about 23 percent of the children who drank from a bottle at age 2 were obese, compared to about 16 percent of kids who had were weaned off a bottle by...
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| | 'Libya Syria steps in West's way to challenge China' (by Russia Today)
NATO's bombing campaign in Libya has lasted for nearly two months now, but has failed to break the stalemate of the civil war. Geopolitical analyst Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya thinks the coalition has a vested interest in making the conflict last. ![]() Source: Russia Today | | 'Lib Dems should face the music' (by PressTV)
The majority of Britons have said no in a national referendum on shifting to the alternative voting (AV) system, dealing another blow to the Liberal Democrats.
In an interview with Press TV, Liberal Democrat MP Lembit Opik says that although Conservatives...
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| | 'Endeavour will not launch before May 16' (by PressTV)
NASA has announced that Endeavour's final mission will not begin before May 16 as repairs and tests of electrical circuitry continue inside the space shuttle.
Technicians this weekend will hook up wires intended to prevent a repeat of a shorted-out circuit that scrubbed the mission's first launch attempt on April 29, Florida Today reported.
A news conference on Monday will update whether...
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| | 'US, Russia divided on missile system' (by PressTV)
The head of the Russian military's general staff says Moscow and Washington are still divided over the US plan to deploy an anti-missile system in Europe.
Russia's General Staff Chief of the Armed Forces General Nikolai Makarov said in a Friday meeting with US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen in St. Petersburg that the two sides should work strenuously to narrow down...
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| | Border row may dominate ASEAN summit (by Al Jazeera English)
Bloody border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia is expected to dominate talks at meeting of Southeast Asian heads. ![]() | | Renewed fighting along the Thai-Cambodia border has claimed nearly 20 lives in the last two weeks [AFP] | A bloody border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia was expected to hijack talks between Southeast Asian leaders trying boost regional security and...
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| | Musharraf slams Pakistani intelligence (by PressTV)
Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has slammed his country's intelligence agencies for their inability to detect whereabouts of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
"One can draw only two conclusions. One is complicity from our intelligence agencies. The second is incompetence, and I strongly believe in the latter," AFP quoted Musharraf as saying on Friday.
Musharraf was the...
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| | Israel urged to give unity deal chance (by PressTV)
The UN chief has called on Israel to make vital moves towards a historic unity agreement between the Palestinian factions, a UN spokesman says.
In a phone conversation on Friday, Ban Ki-moon asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to give the new Palestinian unity deal a chance to lead to a historic peace accord, said UN spokesman Martin Nesirky, quoted by AFP.
Netanyahu had earlier...
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| | Tough fight ahead in Afghan war: Obama (by PressTV)
US President Barack Obama has cautioned that American troops face a tough fight ahead in war-stricken Afghanistan despite the recently announced assassination of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.
Speaking to US soldiers at Fort Campbell military base in Kentucky, Obama thanked the special forces that reportedly gunned down bin Laden five days ago in Pakistan, but warned that "this continues to...
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| | UK voters reject electoral reform (by Al Jazeera English)
'No' votes overwhelmingly surpass the yeses in an embarrassing blow to the ruling coalition's Liberal Democrats. ![]() | | David Cameron, left, and Nick Clegg campaigned on opposite sides of the referendum [AFP] | Voters in the United Kingdom have overwhelmingly rejected a proposed reform to the voting system in an embarrassing blow to the country's Liberal Democrats (Lib...
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| | Death Division: CIA black ops fuel post-Osama fury in Pakistan (by Russia Today)
The US and Pakistan have been at each other's throats over the operation that wiped out Osama bin Laden. Washington's exasperated that Islamabad seemingly had no idea he'd been there for so long, living in a million dollar mansion. While Pakistan's questioned the legality of a secret SEAL team mission on sovereign soil. RT's Maria...
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| | 17 jailed in Turkey corruption case (by PressTV)
Turkish police have kept in custody 17 of the 34 Izmir municipal officials and personnel detained over allegations of corruption and engagement in tender rigging.
Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Secretary General Pervin senel Genc was among those arrested, Turkey's Dogan News Agency reported on Friday.
Police raided the municipality buildings in the Aegean provinces of Izmir and Adyin on...
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| | Palestinians rejoice Fatah-Hamas unity (by PressTV)
Palestinians have once again held rallies to celebrate the signing of a unity deal which put an end to years of division between leaders in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
Friday rallies were held in at least three West Bank cities -- Ramallah, Al Khalil (Hebron) and Tulkarem, AP reported.
Similar rallies were held on Wednesday after the signing of the reconciliation deal between Hamas...
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| | EU to halve fossil fuel imports by 2050 (by PressTV)
The European Union is trying to reduce its overall fossil fuel imports by a half by 2050 under a new strategy presented in Moscow on Tuesday.
The strategy for the EU to decrease its greenhouse gas emissions to "a mere 20 percent of 1990 levels" by 2050 is set out by the Road Map to a Carbon Neutral Economy, The Moscow Times reported on Friday.
The halving of oil and gas imports would save...
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| | 'Iran, Pakistan firm on fighting terror' (by PressTV)
Iranian Parliament (Majlis) Speaker Ali Larijani says the Islamic Republic and Pakistan are determined to fight terrorism in the region.
Larijani made the remarks in a meeting with visiting Pakistani Senate Chairman Farooq H Naik, calling for closer cooperation between the security apparatus of the two countries in the fight against terrorism in the region, IRNA reported Friday.
The Iranian...
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| | Japan PM calls for plant shutdown (by PressTV)
The Japanese prime minister has called for the shutdown of a nuclear power plant on the country's largest island due to concerns over a possible earthquake.
"If an accident occurs at Hamaoka, it could create serious consequences," The Japan Times quoted Naoto Kan as saying early Saturday.
Seismology experts forecast there is a 90-percent chance of a major quake in 30 years hitting the Chubu...
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| | France urged to accept immigrants (by PressTV)
Rights campaigners have urged French authorities to stop rounding up Tunisian migrants who have entered France in the wake of the revolution in their country.
Several Socialist opposition lawmakers, union leaders and rights groups published a petition on Friday calling on the government to "end the police interventions in the Tunisians' gathering places," AFP reported.
In the petition,...
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| | Ouattara sworn in (by PressTV)
Alassane Ouattara has been sworn in as the president of the Ivory Coast, bringing an end to months of political turmoil in the West African country.
Ouattara took the presidential oath on Friday in a ceremony attended by a number of members of the government, diplomats, representatives of the armed forces, and civil society leaders in Abidjan, Reuters reported.
On Thursday, the...
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| | More protesters arrested in Bahrain (by PressTV)
Saudi-backed Bahraini forces have arrested several protesters as anti-regime rallies continue across the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom.
Bahraini security forces arrested the protesters in the village of Eker on Friday after demonstrators took to the streets to condemn Saudi Arabia's deployment of more troops and tanks to the country, Press TV reported.
Talal Abd Al Hamid, a member of the...
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| | Landmine kills 9 people in Somalia (by PressTV)
Nine people have been killed by a landmine explosion in southern Somalia.
The incident in the Gedo region claimed the lives of six children and three adults early on Friday, the Press TV correspondent in Mogadishu reported.
Al-Shabab fighters and Somali troops have both used landmines in the war.
Witnesses said farmers in the region also lost livestock in the incident.
Somalia has not...
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| | Oil prices drop after short recovery (by PressTV)
Oil prices have retreated again in the New York Mercantile Exchange on demand worries after a slight rebound on a positive US jobs report.
The prices bounced up early in the Friday session, but they started to plunge again as the dollar rose to close the week down 15 percent in the sharpest decline in more than two years, Reuters reported.
West Texas Intermediate crude for June delivery...
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| | Singaporeans vote in general election (by Al Jazeera English)
Opposition groups seek to curb the decades-long dominance of the ruling People's Action Party. ![]() | | The elections in Singapore are the most hotly contested in decades [EPA] | Polling stations have opened in Singapore's for the country's general election, with the opposition seeking to erode the dominance of the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) in the mostly hotly contested...
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| | UN urges Israel to unfreeze Palestinian funds (by Al Jazeera English)
Israel blocked transfer of $105m in customs duties and other levies it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority. ![]() | | Israel blocked the transfer on Sunday after president Abbas, L, signed a reconciliation deal with Hamas group which controls Gaza [AFP] | UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel should not...
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| | Russia, China concerned by western interference in ME (by PressTV)
Russia and China have been discussing the right response to developments in the Middle East and North Africa. The Arab world revolutions dominated talks between Russian officials and Chinese foreign minister Yang Jiechi who is on an official visit to Moscow. Press TV's Svetlana Tikhomirova reports from Moscow. ![]() Source: PressTV | | Ten Syrian soldiers, policemen killed (by PressTV)
Ten Syrian soldiers and policemen have been killed by terrorist groups in the central city of Homs, according to the Syrian state news agency.
"Units of the army and security forces chased the armed terrorist groups on the outskirts of Homs… after the attack they carried out on an army and police checkpoint," SANA quoted a military spokesman as saying on Friday.
"The clashes led...
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| | 'New evidence' in Hairi killing probe (by Al Jazeera English)
Prosecutor at UN-backed tribunal investigating former Lebanese prime minister's killing files amended indictment. ![]() | | Hezbollah denies any involvement in 2005 bombing that killed Hariri and 22 others. [Getty Images] | The prosecutor of a UN-backed tribunal investigating the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has filed a new indictment. The new...
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| | 'Saudi, Bahrain torture medical staff' (by PressTV)
Medical personnel treating injured Bahraini protesters are kidnapped and tortured by Saudi-backed Bahraini forces who, ultimately, serve US interests, an analyst says.
In an interview with Press TV, political commentator Ralph Schoenman gives testimony...
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| | Japan PM calls for nuclear plant shutdown (by Al Jazeera English)
Naoto Kan calls for closure of Hamaoka plant, considered at high risk from a powerful earthquake in coming decades. ![]() | | The Hamaoka nuclear plant is located about 200km southwest of Tokyo and sits near an active earthquake zone [EPA] | Naoto Kan, Japan's prime minister, has said that Chubu Electric Power Co should halt all operations at its Hamaoka nuclear plant in central Japan,...
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| | Egyptian court postpones hearing of lawsuit against Olmert (by Middle-East Monitor)
![Egyptian court postpones hearing of lawsuit against Olmert]( "Lawsuit filed against former Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert postponed.") | | Egyptian court postpones hearing of lawsuit against Olmert | The Compensations Department of Cairo North Court has postponed the hearing of a lawsuit filed against former Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, and the head of Israeli television, to June 27th. The lawsuit has been filed by families of Egyptian prisoners of war killed by the Israeli army in the 1967 war. In the...
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| | Oxygen system fault grounds F-22 jets (by PressTV)
The US Air Forces has decided to ground all Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptors in its fleet over concerns about faults in the system that supplies oxygen to pilots.
The decision to stop flying the fighter jets "until further notice" was taken after reports of "oxygen system malfunctions," Reuters reported on Thursday.
"The stand-down provides Air Force officials the opportunity to...
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| | Mexico graves yield 25 more bodies (by PressTV)
Mexican authorities have confirmed that police have exhumed 25 more bodies from the mass graves discovered in the northern state of Durango.
The bodies were found on Thursday in clandestine graves in Durango, located 903 kilometers (561 miles) from Mexico City, AP reported.
Authorities said the bodies included 23 men and two women. Autopsies on nine of the bodies revealed that four had been...
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| | Syria unrest claims 21 lives (by PressTV)
At least 21 people have been killed and many others wounded after pro-reform demonstrations in several Syrian cities turned violent, rights activists say.
Ammar Qurabi, head of the National Organization for Human Rights in Syria, said on Friday that six people were killed in Hama and 15 others in Homs and that all died of gunshot wounds.
According to Syrian officials, an army officer and...
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| | Saleh defiant as thousands rally in Yemen (by Al Jazeera English)
GCC-brokered exit deal on hold as Saleh resists calls to quit and pro- and anti-government crowds return to the streets. | | | Yemeni opposition groups have vowed to continue protesting until Saleh steps down [Al Jazeera] | Yemeni opposition leaders have dismissed the country's president's stance on a revised Gulf-backed plan to...
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| | Five killed in Pakistan explosion (by PressTV)
Explosions in violence-hit Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi have left at least five people dead and several others wounded.
The explosion took place in a populated area of Karachi on Friday night.
Sources say an unknown person hurled hand grenades into the crowd gathering at an outdoor gambling den.
Some of the seriously injured were transferred to nearby hospitals.
Karachi is...
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| | Gitmo Gulag: More Torture, More Terror? (by Russia Today)
The American special forces' mission to kill Al Qaeda's leader was hailed a success by Washington. But there is now widespread criticism over why he wasn't taken alive. And, as Gayane Chichakayan has been finding out, it's not the first time US methods in its war on terror have come under scrutiny. ![]() Source: Russia Today | | (P)GCC fears Yemen domino effect (by PressTV)
(P)GCC member states are trying to end the Yemeni revolution for fear that it will spread to other Middle Eastern countries, throwing the region into chaos.
In an interview with Press TV, Hakim al-Masmari, editor-in-chief of Yemen Post , elaborates on...
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| | US troops homes illegally foreclosed (by PressTV)
The investigative arm of the US Congress says American mortgage companies appear to have illegally foreclosed on the homes of active duty military service members.
According to a report released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Thursday, two of America's largest mortgage firms unlawfully seized the homes of almost 50 active duty members of the US military, The Huffington Post ...
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| | Protesters slam hijab ban in Azerbaijan (by PressTV)
Hundreds of people in Azerbaijan have staged a protest against the government's refusal to lift a ban on Islamic hijab, prohibiting headscarves in the country's schools.
More than a thousand protested gathered outside the Education Ministry building in the capital, Baku, on Friday to voice their opposition against the decree, a Press TV correspondent reported.
The demonstrators were...
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| | Saudis stage protest in Qatif (by PressTV)
Hundreds of Saudi anti-government protesters have taken to the streets in the eastern city of Qatif, condemning the brutal crackdown on Bahraini anti-regime demonstrators.
Despite tight security measures, Saudi protesters on Friday answered a call for massive demonstrations in the Eastern Province by the Kingdom's human rights campaigners.
It was not clear whether it was an isolated protest...
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| | PKK leader threatens Turkey with 'great war' (by Al Jazeera English)
Kurdish separatists claim attack which left policeman dead as jailed leader issues ultimatum ahead of Turkish elections. ![]() | | A masked demonstrator poses with a banner for the outlawed PKK during protests in Istanbul in April [Reuters] | Kurdish separatists have claimed responsibility for an ambush on a police convoy in northern Turkey, and warned the country's government it faces...
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| | SNP win, green light for independence (by PressTV)
The Scottish National Party has got just what it needed to push ahead with its long-delayed campaign for the independence of Scotland from Britain with a historic referendum.
The SNP won a majority in the Scottish parliamentary elections getting past the half-way point by taking 65 seats that means the party leader Alex Salmond will be able to announce a referendum on Scotland's...
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| | Tunisian police attack protesters (by PressTV)
Tunisian Police have attacked hundreds of anti-government protesters in a second day of mass protests in the capital, killing at least one person and wounding several others.
Police have used teargas to break up a demonstration demanding the resignation of the entire government, a Press TV correspondent reported.
Sources say several cameramen were also hit in the demonstrations in central...
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| | 'Forced loyalty shameful for Bahrain' (by PressTV)
A human rights activist believes the Al Khalifa regime wants to hold the "Loyalty Day" event next week to counter the support of global organizations for the people of Bahrain.
According to Husain Abdulla, by the scheduling a "Loyalty Day" for next week the Al Khalifa family wants to force Bahrainis to show allegiance to the government by signing a petition, which will have major...
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| | Local councils vote, big gain for Labor (by PressTV)
Britain's Labor party appears to win a landslide victory in the local council elections in England given a poor performance from Conservatives and a disastrous show by Liberal Democrats.
Preliminary results from 157 of a total of 279 councils show Labors have by far secured control over 38 councils with 16 new seizures, while Conservatives have so far taken the majority in 80 councils --...
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| | Iraq protesters want MKO expelled (by PressTV)
A large number of Iraqi citizens have staged a demonstration, calling for the expulsion of the terrorist Mujahedeen Khalq Organization (MKO) from Camp Ashraf in located in Diyala Province.
On Friday, 1,000 protesters gathered outside the notorious camp, where the MKO terrorists are occupying, and called for their deportation from the country, Fars News Agency reported.
Protesters...
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| | London bombings victims 'unlawfully killed' (by Al Jazeera English)
Judge says intelligence and emergency service failings were not responsible for deaths of 52 people in 2005 attack. ![]() | | 52 people and around 700 others were injured when four suicide bombers attacked the city's transport system [AFP] | A British coroner has ruled that the 52 victims of the July 7 bombings on London's transport network were unlawfully killed "in a dreadful act of...
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| | Bahrain protesters slam KSA intervention (by PressTV)
Anti-government protesters have taken to the streets across Bahrain, condemning Saudi Arabia's military intervention in their country.
The protest rallies came following reports of the deployment of more Saudi troops to Bahrain to help the Manama regime quash massive anti-government protests.
Saudi troops were first dispatched to the Persian Gulf island nation upon Manama's request in...
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| | End looms for Clegg over Lib Dems crash (by PressTV)
Heavy losses in the key local elections have mounted pressure on Britain's Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg to leave it all to another member at the helm of the party.
Preliminary results of the local elections in England show the ruling coalition partners have suffered a heavy defeat, and even crashed in its former stronghold of Sheffield, which Clegg is representing as an MP in the...
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| | US jobless rate hits eight-month high (by PressTV)
The US jobless rate has hit its highest level in eight months, causing a surge in the number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits in the country.
The US Labor Department reported on Friday that the unemployment rate rose to nine percent in April from 8.8 percent in March, The New York Times reported.
The monthly report noted that about 13.7 million Americans were out of work in...
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| | McRecovery Continues to Erode American Middle Class (by Kurt Nimmo)
The Federal Reserve designed 2008 economic takedown is now claiming millions of victims. It is eroding the middle class and slowly turning the United States into a second rank country working its way toward third world status. ![]() In June of 2009, the government announced the economy had entered a recovery after a historical looting by a cartel of international banksters led by the Fed and the...
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