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June 7, 2009
Coups Arranged or Backed by the USA…
1949 Syria
1949 Greece
1952 Cuba
1953 Iran None
1953 British Guyana
1954 Guatemala
1955 South Vietnam
1957 Haiti
1958 and 1959 and 1960 Laos
1960 South Korea
1960 Ecuador
1963 Dominican Republic
1963 South Vietnam
1963 Honduras
1963 Guatemala
1963 Ecuador
1964 Brazil
1964 Bolivia
1965 Zaire
1966 Ghana
1967 Greece
1970 Cambodia
1970 Bolivia
1972 El Salvador
1973 Chile
1975 Australia
1979 South Korea
1980 Liberia
1982 Chad
1983 Grenada
1987 Fiji
2002 Venezuela
2004 Haiti
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June 7, 2009
Clinton says North Korea reconsidered for terror list…
The U.S. is considering adding North Korea back to a list of state sponsors of terrorism, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said in an interview broadcast Sunday after President Barack Obama pledged “a very hard look” at tougher measures because of the North’s nuclear stance.
The communist country has conducted recent nuclear and missile tests, [...]
June 7, 2009
Five U.S. contractors held in slaying of another in Iraq…
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Five American security contractors were detained in connection with the killing of another American contractor last month inside Baghdad’s Green Zone, sources with knowledge of the investigation told CNN Saturday.
Iraqi and U.S. personnel took the five into custody in an operation inside the Green Zone before dawn on Friday, according to [...]
June 7, 2009
A High-Priced Media Campaign That Iraqis Aren’t Buying…
BAGHDAD — The pages of Baghdad Now, an Arabic-language newspaper, portray a country on the upswing.
Iraqi soldiers and policemen are proud, capable civil servants who take weapons off the streets and doggedly pursue criminals. Iraqis of all sectarian backgrounds work in unison. The Iraqi government delivers.
The paper’s editorials hail democracy. Fashion pages chronicle the latest [...]
June 7, 2009
EU seeks to increase pressure on Israel for settlement freeze…
The European Union is considering using its trade clout to bolster U.S. pressure for an Israeli freeze on settlement construction in the West Bank, diplomats said on Friday.
The EU is Israel’s biggest trading partner and one option it may have is to crack down on fruit, vegetables, olive oil and other farm produce grown by [...]
June 7, 2009
Obama’s Historic Speech – A Post-Mortem…
by John V. Whitbeck
Source: The Palestine Chronicle
President Barack Obama’s much anticipated speech in Cairo was truly astounding. After all the months of lead-up and hype, few could have imagined that this speech would contain nothing of substance. Surely Obama would feel the need to announce some new initiative on at least one of the major [...]
June 7, 2009
Report: Palestinians plan to file 936 lawsuits over Gaza ‘war crimes’…
Palestinian lawyers have prepared 936 lawsuits against Israel over alleged war crimes committed during its three-week offensive against Hamas in Gaza, the German weekly magazine Der Spiegel reported Saturday.
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights in Gaza has recorded the cases, the magazine said, which include alleged incidents of children shot at close range, women burned [...]
June 7, 2009
UK: Atomic test veterans win right to sue…
LONDON (Reuters) – Around 1,000 servicemen who took part in atomic tests in the 1950s won the right to sue the government on Friday for health problems they blame on nuclear radiation.
The veterans, who are seeking to launch a multi-million pound group compensation claim, took part in British nuclear tests in Australia and the Pacific [...]
June 7, 2009
Tel Aviv protest calls to end occupation…
Thousands of left-wing activists marched in Tel Aviv Saturday marking “42 years of occupation”. Protestors were chanting: “End the occupation – start living”.
The marchers belong to organizations and parties such as Hadash, Meretz, Gush Shalom, and Yesh Din.MK Dov Khenin (Hadash) spoke at the protest. “42 years of occupation are 42 years too many,” he [...]
June 7, 2009
Spy bugs may be deployed for 2012 Olympics…
BRITISH police are studying Chinese-style surveillance tactics as they prepare security for the 2012 London Olympics, a leaked Scotland Yard report has revealed.
The report, marked “restricted”, reveals that among the “Big Brother” tactics deployed at last summer’s Beijing Games was the installation of miniature microphones in thousands of taxis.
The bugs transmitted passengers’ conversations to a [...]
