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Jun 11, 2011

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Why Does God Allow Bad Things to Happen in the World? (by Katherine Smith, PhD)

altDisclaimer: The author believes we are living in a "Matrix." The argument for the existence of an alternate reality is both a priori ("prior to") and a posteriori ("posterior to").

The terms a priori ("prior to") and a posteriori ("posterior to") are used in philosophy (epistemology) to distinguish two types of knowledge, justifications or arguments. A priori knowledge or...


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What the American public shouldn't know (by Kourosh Ziabari)

But what's the reality on the ground? Who really knows about what's taking place behind the scenes? How much difference is there between the United States which is trimmed and made neat to be put before the eyes of the international community and the United States which mercilessly and inexcusably deprives its own people of getting informed about the latest developments in the world? Isn't it...


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UK Queen gifts husband with Royal Navy (by PressTV)

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has decorated her husband with the title 'head of the Royal Navy' as a birthday gift on his 90th birthday, according to media reports.

Britain re-organized its Navy in 1964 with the Queen holding the title since then, but she decided to pass the title to the Duke of Edinburgh as a mark of her gratitude for his unstinting support during his record-breaking 59...


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NHS getting cut to the bone: BMA head (by PressTV)

The head of the British Medical Association's GP committee says the government's NHS changes are 'staggeringly wasteful' since it is being cut to the bone.

Dr Laurence Buckman urged the coalition government to "deliver not just fancy words but real actions." He revealed that the structure of the NHS have already been in danger all over the place.

Speaking at the annual GPs' conference...


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UK union warns PM over NHS guarantees (by PressTV)

Britain's largest trade union, UNISON, has warned that Prime Minister David Cameron's NHS guarantees were doublespeak, since the same risks would remain.

"The public should not be fooled by Cameron's doublespeak on the NHS. Beneath Cameron's warm words, the same old dangers remain," UNISON's General Secretary Dave Prentis said.

He said the public could not have confidence in the...


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Tebbit, Blair defend Archbishop attack (by PressTV)

The Archbishop of Canterbury's outspoken criticism of the coalition government's radical policies has been backed by Lord Tebbit and Tony Blair.

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams accused the coalition government of creating "bafflement and indignation" among the British citizens.

Lord Tebbit, the former Conservative minister, defended the Archbishop's right to mediate in the...


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Yemeni president's health 'bad' (by PressTV)

The state of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's health has been described as "bad," nearly a week after he was wounded in a bomb attack.

According to an informed source in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, where the beleaguered leader is being treated, Saleh suffers mainly from "problems in the lungs and respiration," AFP reported.

Saleh was flown to Saudi Arabia on June 4, a day after an...


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Obama to nominate new FDIC chairman (by PressTV)

US President Barack Obama says he will nominate Martin J. Gruenberg to run the agency that guarantees bank deposits and cleans up failed banks.

The White House said on Friday that President Obama would pick Gruenberg to become the next chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC), Reuters reported.

Gruenberg, a Democrat, has been serving as the vice chairman of the top US banking...


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Iran to host 2nd N-disarmament conf. (by PressTV)

The second International Nuclear Disarmament Conference is scheduled to open in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on June 12th.

Iran hosted the first such conference last year with the theme "Nuclear Energy for All, Nuclear Weapon for None," according to a Press TV reporter on Saturday.

Now the Islamic Republic is to host the second such event at expert level which brings together delegates...


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Roadside bomb kills 15 Afghan civilians (by PressTV)

At least 15 civilians, including eight children and four women, have been killed after a bus struck a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan.

"Today at 10:00 a.m., 15 civilians were killed, including eight children, four women and three men," the Afghan Interior Ministry said on Saturday.

The incident took place in Haji Lahore, in Arghandab district in the southern province of Kandahar,...


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HRW slams Israel for Naksa Day deaths (by PressTV)

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has condemned the Israeli forces' killing of pro-Palestinian protesters in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Naksa Day, June 5, 2011.

The rights group said on its website on Friday that Israeli soldiers once again used unnecessary lethal force against protesters who posed no imminent threat to them.

Some witnesses have informed HRW that Israeli troops entered...


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Chavez undergoes pelvic surgery in Cuba (by PressTV)

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has undergone a surgery in Cuba to treat an abscess in his pelvic area and is said to be recovering.

Venezuela's Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro, in a government statement released on Friday, said that the abscess was discovered during a medical check-up performed on Chavez "by a trustworthy medical team," a Press TV correspondent reported.

"The...


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'West violates UN resolution on Libya' (by PressTV)

While the US and NATO and the Libyan opposition are chasing an all out win in the civil war in Libya, Russia says ceasefire and negotiation is the only way to peace.

Press TV talks with Dmitry Babich, chief editor of Russia Profile magazine from Moscow who...


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'OPEC converges with Iran on oil output' (by PressTV)

Iran's Caretaker Oil Minister Mohammad Aliabadi says OPEC members favor Iran's position on the bloc's oil output rate despite the US-KSA efforts to raise the production ceiling.

Aliabadi, who presided over the Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries (OPEC) ministerial meeting held on June 8 in the Austrian capital, Vienna, said that Iran managed to thwart efforts by Saudi Arabia to...


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Abducted Pak journalist recounts torture (by PressTV)

A Pakistani award winning investigative reporter has publicly spoken about being abducted, beaten, and humiliated by assailants allegedly associated with Pakistan's intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence.

Press TV interviewed Umar Cheema, an...


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Israel-linked spy detained in Gaza (by PressTV)

Palestinian resistance group Islamic Jihad says it has arrested a Palestinian man suspected of spying for Israel in the south of the Gaza Strip.

The spy, who is linked to the murder of at least 16 Palestinian resistance forces by Israeli troops inside Gaza, was finally arrested on Friday after months of investigation and surveillance, Xinhua reported the Islamic Jihad saying in a statement.


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Twin blasts kill 2 Afghan policemen (by PressTV)

At least two policemen have been killed and nine others injured in twin explosions in Mehterlam, the capital city of Afghanistan's Laghman province.

The Interior Ministry said on Saturday that the incident took place when two mines planted by the militants near a police check point went off, Xinhua reported.

Militants have stepped up attacks since they announced the beginning of the spring...


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'Iran-Japan trade unfazed by sanctions' (by PressTV)

Japan's Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran Kinichi Kumano says sanctions have had no bearing on Tehran-Tokyo economic relations so far.

"So far, sanctions have had little effect on Iran-Japan economic ties," the top Japanese diplomat was quoted by Fars News Agency as saying on Saturday.

Despite sanctions, he said, there has been little drop in the trade volume between...


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Pakistan court orders officials removal (by PressTV)



The Supreme Court of Pakistan has ordered the removal of two senior security officials in connection to the killing of a young man by Rangers personnel in the Pakistani city of Karachi.

The court ordered on Friday that the Director General of Sindh Rangers Maj. Gen. Ejaz Chaudhry and the Inspector General of Sindh Police Fayyaz Leghari be removed within three days, a Press TV correspondent...


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3 militants slain in Russia's Dagestan (by PressTV)

Three militants have been killed in an exchange of fire with police in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, as violence continues unabated in the volatile region.

Police officers tried to stop a car near the Manas village on Friday. The armed occupants, however, opened fire during the police check and were killed by return fire, RIA Novosti news agency reported.

One of those militants...


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'US commits economic suicide' (by PressTV)

The biggest Federal budget shortfall in US history of 1.65 trillion dollars predicted for 2011 will pressure the US dollar as the world exchange currency.

Press TV talks with Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, former assistant secretary of US treasury from...


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Gaddafi's daughter lodges 2nd complaint (by PressTV)

Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi's daughter has filed a second war crimes complaint against NATO and France over airstrikes that killed family members, including three children.

Aisha Gaddafi's lawyer said she filed the complaint in the French capital, Paris, on Friday, which was related to an April 30 NATO attack on Libya's capital of Tripoli that killed the Libyan ruler's youngest son, Seif...


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Yemenis hold fresh anti-Saleh protests (by PressTV)

Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters have once again taken to the streets across Yemen on a day of loyalty to the revolution's goals.

Following the Friday prayers, demonstrators rallied in several cities including Taizz, Ibb, Bayda and the capital Sana'a, a Press TV report said.

But the most prominent rally was held in the northern city of Sa'ada, home to the Shia Houthis, who have...


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Ofergate: The Latest Zionist Propaganda Blitz Against Iran (by Jonathan Azaziah)

The Islamic Republic
of Iran is once
again being assaulted
by Zionism's
propaganda machine.

From the moment that the Islamic Revolution of Ayatollah Sayyed Ruhollah Khomeini and tens of millions of Iranians toppled the Israeli-US-UK-backed Shah and defeated the CIA's counterrevolution, there has been a sustained campaign of violence, propaganda and subversion against the...

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'US stock markets rigged by bank elite' (by PressTV)

There is no such thing as a free market economy as story after story emerges of mass market manipulation by the rich banking fraternity.

In Press TVs program On The Edge with Max Keiser investment, strategist John Kim covers the gold and silver markets...


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Afghanistan: Why Civilians are Killed (by James Petras)

Introduction

The recent rash of civilian killings by NATO forces in occupied Afghanistan raises several basic questions: Why do US - NATO air and ground forces kill so many civilians, so persistently, over such long stretches of time, in regions throughout the country? Why have the number of civilians killed, increased in the course of the conflict? Why do NATO-US airplanes continue to bomb...


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3 killed, 23 injured in Afghanistan blast (by PressTV)

At least three people have been killed and 23 others injured in a bomb blast near a police station in Afghanistan's eastern city of Khost.

"A bomber blew himself up near a fast-reaction police unite in western part of Khost city, there were casualties" Xinhua quoted a police officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, as saying on Saturday.

The Afghan police officer added that the...


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Iraq slams US congressman remark (by PressTV)

Iraq has condemned a visiting US lawmaker's suggestion that Baghdad should repay billions of dollars Washington has spent on the war since 2003.

US Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher arrived in the Iraqi capital on Friday for a one-day visit to Iraq along with five other congressmen.

Ali al-Dabbagh, the Iraqi government spokesperson, on Friday labeled Rohrabacher's comments...


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Empire or Republic: from Joplin, Missouri to Kabul, Afghanistan (by James Petras)

Introduction

On May 29, 2011, President Obama visited Joplin, Missouri, the site of a devastating tornado that killed 140 and pronounced it a terrible "tragedy". But were the deaths the inevitable result of 'natural events' beyond the human intervention?

Coincidentally the same week Afghan President Karzai condemned the killing of a family of 14 by a NATO fighter bomber, running the total to...


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'US plots to divide Shia, Sunni fail' (by PressTV)

Iranian Parliament (Majlis) Speaker Ali Larijani has warned arrogant powers that their efforts to cause a split between Shia and Sunni Muslims are doomed to fail.

"The enemy seeks to prevent Muslims from making further progress through plots," Majlis news agency (ICANA) quoted Larijani as saying in the Indonesian capital city of Jakarta on Friday.

The senior Iranian official added that...


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The correct answer (by John Kaminski)

Why does everyone remain blind to the obvious?

When you're asking the wrong question, you never get the right answer. The question is not "who and what is Al-Qaida?" The question is — who hired them.

If you live long enough, you see the same stories, generation after generation — credit manipulation causes depression and starvation, followed by war and weapons based economic...


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2 French soldiers killed in Afghanistan (by PressTV)

Two French soldiers have been killed and another seriously wounded in two separate incidents in Afghanistan.

French Defense Minister Gerard Longuet said in a statement on Friday that a flight lieutenant died of his injuries after a Gazelle chopper crashed about 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Bagram in northern Afghanistan, AFP reported.

The pilot of the helicopter was seriously injured, the...


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'IAEA must focus on Fukushima disaster' (by PressTV)

An Iranian official has censured the UN nuclear watchdog for paying undue attention to the country's nuclear program and has urged the agency to focus more on the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is raising issues about Iran's nuclear dossier to divert the world's attention from the incident at the Fukushima nuclear site, IRNA quoted Atomic...


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Operation Phantasmagoria III: Juliano Mer-Khamis, Assassinated Hope (by Jonathan Azaziah)

The Jenin Refugee Camp:
Decimated by Zionist
occupation. Home of tragedy
and Resistance.h
Prelude: Part II was a thorough deconstruction of the media lies behind the event now known as the "Jerusalem bus stop bombing," exposing it as a Mossad false flag attack attached to a greater intelligence agenda. It was also a blood-soaked journey through the besieged coastal...

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Elite at Bilderberg Confab: War is Solution for Over-population (by Kurt Nimmo)

Jim Tucker's anonymous steering level Bilderberg inside source told him war in the Middle East is at the top of the elite's agenda.

Speaking with Alex Jones today, the long time Bilderberg sleuth said the elite believe the world is over-populated and war represents a partial solution.

"They are unified on their war project,"...


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CIA chief meets Pakistani officials (by PressTV)

CIA Director Leon Panetta has met with high-ranking Pakistani officials to repair ties between Washington and Islamabad, US and Pakistani officials say.

Panetta met Pakistani Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and the head of Pakistan's main spy agency, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha, in Islamabad on Friday.

Panetta's visit was his first to Pakistan...


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'32 protesters killed in Syria' (by PressTV)

Syrian human rights activists say security forces have opened fire on anti-government demonstrators in several cities, killing at least 32 people.

The activists said half of the deaths occurred in the north of the country on Friday as demonstrations were held in most sections of the country, AP reported.

The Local Coordination Committees, a group that documents anti-government protests in...


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'West must support Palestinian unity' (by PressTV)

Twenty-four former heads of government, foreign ministers, and peace negotiators have written an open letter calling on the international community to support Palestinian unity.

"In particular, we urge the United States and the European Union to constructively engage with the transitional government as well as with the Palestinian leadership that results from the elections next year,"...


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'Bahrain major financial spot for US, UK' (by PressTV)

A political analyst says the US and Britain do not talk about human rights abuses in Bahrain because the country is a major banking center for British and American finance.

In an interview with Press TV, Chris Bambery, Middle East analyst, tells how the US...


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'West involved in Bahrain's oppression' (by PressTV)

Human rights groups accuse the US and Britain of helping the repression of people in Bahrain as the general unrest and crackdown in the country continues.

Press TV has conducted an interview with Mark Glenn, from the Crescent and Cross Solidarity Movement...


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Bilderberg Security Assaults EU Members of Parliament (by Kurt Nimmo)

Italian politician, member of the Northern League, and member of the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Mario Borghezio, was beaten and arrested by Bilderberg Security yesterday as he attempted to enter the meeting and protest its secretive globalist agenda. He was reportedly accompanied by other EU members.

Remarkably, Borghezio's maltreatment...


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Bean sprouts blamed for E. coli outbreak (by PressTV)

German health officials say bean sprouts are the likely cause of an E. coli outbreak that has claimed the lives of at least 31 people across Europe.

The Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Germany's main public health authority, announced on Friday that there was evidence from tests to link the deadly bacteria to a farm in the northern state of Lower Saxony, a Press TV correspondent reported.

Head...


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Somali interior minister assassinated (by PressTV)

Somalia's Interior Minister Abdi Shakur Sheikh Hassan has died from grave injuries he suffered after an explosion rocked his house in the capital Mogadishu.

A security source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Press TV that Sheikh Hassan was severely injured late on Friday after a veiled woman, identified as one of his close relatives, went into his house and carried out the attack.


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Jordanians hold fresh protests (by PressTV)

Thousands of Jordanians have taken to the streets across the country to protest against the government's failure to fight corruption and introduce reforms.

The protesters also called for the resignation of Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit and his cabinet and demanded an elected government.

Jordanians say the premier is resisting efforts to carry out political and economic reforms in the country as...


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Over 115mn children in risky jobs: UN (by PressTV)

Over 115 million children and teenagers in the world are engaged in dangerous and life-threatening jobs, the Global Report on Child Labor says.

In a report released on Friday, the International Labor Organization (ILO), which sets standards for employment around the globe, said the industries involved range from mining and metalworking through farming and shoe-making to flower-growing and...


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Beware of US 'mission creep' in Libya (by PressTV)

The United States and the European Union announce no deadline to withdraw from Libya as they open intermediary offices and seek to remove Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
This expands the war in Libya beyond original goals mandated by a March 17 UN Security Council...


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'Arab states should cooperate with Iran' (by PressTV)

Egypt's presidential candidate Amr Moussa says the Arab countries in the Persian Gulf and Iran need to cooperate for the sake of their common interests.

"Undoubtedly, Iran is a brother nation and a significant neighbor and country in the region, and I have always called for dialog with Iran, not only as the Arab League chief, but also when I was in charge of Egypt's Foreign Ministry and...


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Karzai in key Pakistan visit (by PressTV)

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has arrived in Islamabad for an official visit, seeking Pakistan's help to end decades-long Taliban militancy in the troubled region.

Karzai's visit is aimed at seeking Pakistan's assistance to reach a settlement to bring the Taliban to the negotiating table and get them to lay down their arms.

He is expected to meet with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari...


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US border agents help Mexico drug trade (by PressTV)

US border guards have reportedly received cash and sexual favors from Mexican drug cartels in return for turning a blind eye to the smuggling of drugs into the US.

According to acting inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security Charles Edwards, American border agents protect or escort traffickers, and allow contraband as well as unauthorized immigrants through inspection lanes,...


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