Posts Tagged ‘250’

Russia reaffirms commitment to cooperate with Dutch MH17 crash investigators

A Malaysia Airlines Boeing-777, on its way from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was shot down over Ukraine’s war-torn Donetsk region on July 17, 2014.  Two years after the incident, in which 298 lives were lost, an international investigation headed by the Dutch has still been unable to name the party responsible.  MH17 could have been […]

13 people, including 3 foreigners, detained over Istanbul airport attack – reports

The police simultaneously raided 16 separate places in Istanbul, detaining 14 suspects, including three foreigners, Reuters cited a Turkish official as saying on Thursday. LIVE UPDATES: ISIS-suspected blasts rock Istanbul’s largest airport According to Reuters, Turkish security services believe that at least one of the suspected Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) suicide bombers may have been […]

"Frivolous" lawsuit aims to reverse ASA’s Israel boycott

Charlotte Silver Activism and BDS Beat 24 April 2016 Several current and former members of the American Studies Association are suing the academic organization, alleging that its resolution to boycott Israeli academic institutions is a breach of contract because it does not fall within the group’s mission. But supporters and opponents of the boycott are […]

President Assad’s Party Wins Majority In Syrian Election

The Syrian parliamentary election on Tuesday was a vote of confidence by the people for their government. Syria’s ruling Ba’ath Party and its allies won the majority of the votes according to official results with 5,085,444 voters casting their ballots out of a possible 8,834,994 eligible voters. Press TV reports: The Syrian electoral commission announced […]

Putin on Panama Papers: ‘Info product’ aimed to destabilize Russia

“So here we’ve got some friend of the Russian president, he has done something, probably there is an aspect of corruption to it… But what aspect [exactly]? Well, there is none,” Putin said on Thursday, addressing a media forum in St. Petersburg. He also pointed out that he himself had not been mentioned in the […]

Al-Nusra militant tells German paper: Ceasefire must fail, will provoke Russia to make that happen

     Respected German daily Die Welt has a platform for what it describes as “the most dangerous branch of the international terrorist network al-Qaeda”, Al-Nusra Front, to voice its threats of provoking Russia in Syria and disrupting the ceasefire in the country. Al-Nusra Front, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda, has threatened to provoke Russia in […]

It’s time for the USDA and EPA to come clean over RoundUp residues

     Each year the US Department of Agriculture manages to test for over 400 pesticides in food, writes Carey Gillam. But glyphosate, the world’s biggest-selling herbicide, is not among them, even as evidence of its dangers mounts. It’s time for USDA and EPA to stop their buck-passing – and give consumers their right to know. […]

Four Easy and Effective Ways to CopBlock

If you want to increase your CopBlocking footprint, or don’t always have the time to go out searching for police to film, here are 4 easy and effective ways to CopBlock when on the go. You don’t need a camera to participate in any of these activities but I would NEVER recommend CopBlocking without a camera. Even if […]

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