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| John Pilger: There Is A War on Journalism -On McChrystal & Wikileaks Stories 1/2 | |
| Democracy Now! 29 June 2010 | 9:56 It\'s been a week since Rolling Stone published its article on General Stanley McChrystal that eventually led to him being fired by President Obama. Since the article came out, Rolling Stone and the reporter who broke the story, Michael Hastings, have come under attack in the mainstream media for violating the so-called ground rules of journalism. But the investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker John Pilger says Hastings was simply doing what all true journalists need to do. | |
| Date: 2010-06-29 06:29:30 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Tropical Storm Alex could upset oil clean up | |
| itnnews | 29 June 2010 | 1:06 Tropical Storm Alex expected to be upgraded to a hurricane delaying efforts to clean the oil spill on the US Gulf Coast. | |
| Date: 2010-06-29 06:25:21 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Greece Union Strike Against Austerity Measures: Violent riots in Athens, police clash with masked youths | |
| RussiaToday | 29 June 2010 | 1:50 Dozens of masked youths have been clashing with police at a union protest in Athens during a general strike against the cash-strapped government\\\'s planned pension and labor reforms. Riot police fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse troublemakers who threw chunks of marble smashed off a metro station entrance and set rubbish bins on fire. Bus and ferry services have been disrupted, leaving some tourists stranded, in protests against planned pension and labour reforms. The industrial action is another in a series of mass-demonstrations against a swathe of severe austerity measures. | |
| Date: 2010-06-29 06:22:02 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Former UK intelligence officer talks about Russian spy arrests in US | |
| AlJazeeraEnglish | 29 June 2010 | 4:38 US authorities have detained 10 alleged Russian spies accused of infiltrating government policy-making circles to gather intelligence for Moscow. The suspects, who appeared in a court in New York on Monday, face charges of conspiring to act as an agent for a foreign government. However, the accused have not been charged with espionage. In an interview, Glenmore Trenear-Harvey, a former British Intelligence Officer and editor-in-chief of the World Intelligence Review, spoke to Al Jazeera about the significance of the arrests and charges. [June 29, 2010] | |
| Date: 2010-06-29 06:07:45 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Parish President Takes Lead on Oil Crisis | |
| AssociatedPress | 29 June 2010 | 2:40 Billy Nungesser, a rotund and feisty millionaire-turned-politician from Louisiana\\\'s bayou, hasn\\\'t been afraid of taking on everyone from big oil to big government since crude started washing up on his coast. (June 29) | |
| Date: 2010-06-29 05:58:23 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Riz Khan - Egypt's Gaza crisis | |
| AlJazeeraEnglish | 29 June 2010 | 22 minutes Has Gaza\\\'s humanitarian disaster become a political crisis for Egypt? On Monday\\\'s Riz Khan we will look at Egypt\\\'s policies towards Gaza and whether or not its traditional leadership role is being eclipsed as a result. | |
| Date: 2010-06-29 05:52:09 - Added by: KMC | |
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| We're f*#!ing losing this thing. | |
| rethinkafghanistan | 26 June 2010 | 1:21 General McChrystal\\\\\\\'s resignation has distracted the media from the real story found in the explosive Rolling Stone article: \\\\ | |
| Date: 2010-06-29 05:36:10 - Added by: KMC | |
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| John Pilger: There Is A War on Journalism -On McChrystal & Wikileaks 2/2 | |
| Semocracy Now! 29 June 2010 | 9:44 | |
| Date: 2010-06-29 04:39:14 - Added by: KMC | |
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| US detains alleged Russian secret agents | |
| AlJazeeraEnglish | 28 June 2010 | 2:40 US authorities have arrested 10 alleged Russian spies accused of serving as undercover secret agents with the goal of penetrating government policymaking circles. The arrests came after a secret investigation over several years that used extensive surveillance of communications and wiretaps, including putting listening devices into the homes of the accused. The suspects, who were charged in court with conspiracy to act as an agent of a for a foreign government, were accused of being trained and tasked by Russia gain intelligence about topics ranging from nuclear weapons, the CIA, congress and positions on Iran. Al Jazeera\\\\\\\'s Rob Reynolds reports from Washington DC. [June 29, 2010] | |
| Date: 2010-06-28 19:35:59 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Naomi Klein: The Real Crime Scene Was Inside the G20 Summit 1 of 2 | |
| Democracy Now!: 28 June 2010 | 9:57 As thousands protested in the streets of Toronto, inside the G20 summit, world leaders agreed to a controversial goal of cutting government deficits in half by 2013. We speak with journalist Naomi Klein: What actually happened at the summit is that the global elites just stuck the bill for their drunken binge with the world\'s poor, with the people that are most vulnerable, -Klein says.SEE Pt 2--->>> | |
| Date: 2010-06-28 08:50:43 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 838 - Votes: 7 - Rating: 4.86 | |