President Vladimir Putin held telephone conversations with both British Prime Minister David Cameron and Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel over the weekend. The conversations continued discussion on “the highly complex social and political situation unfolding in Ukraine and also issues concerning the organisation of a referendum in Crimea on March 16, 2014.” According to […]
“Under Bashar al-Assad, Syria has continued to provide overt aid and comfort to violent extremist groups such as Hamas, Hezbollah, and several factions of the Palestine Liberation Organization”, said Senator Rand Paul
On December 19, 2013 I received an email communication from a trusted friend and confidant Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky regarding the ongoing Syrian war situation. Here is exactly what he said: December 18, 2013 Dear Mr. Tilford, Thank you for taking the time to contact me regarding United States intervention into the Syrian civil […]
Syria: Traymseh Massacre Reactions Range from Sorrow to Rage
By Yazan Badran Last year, on the eve of the holy month of Ramadan, Syrian forces loyal to the regime of Bashar al-Assad, massacred [1] around 45 civilians in the central town of Hama. This year, the bloodshed is in a village in the vicinity of Hama, Traymseh, but the death toll is believed to […]
Philippines: Chief Justice Impeachment Ombudsman AMLC shows US$30 Million unexplained transactions
Manila – Months after the start of a Impeachment trial and just into the first week of the defense of Impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona a series of accounts presented in open public trial from a investigation of the Philippine Anti Money Laundering Council. Has produced the prosecution claims the strongest evidence so far into […]
What do the West Memphis Three and Amanda Knox Have in Common?
After 18 long years the West Memphis Three are finally free. Damien W. Echols, 36, Jason Baldwin, 34, and Jessie Misskelley Jr., 36, were wrongfully convicted of killing three 8 year old boys, Steven Branch, Christopher Byers, and Michael Moore, in West Memphis, Arkansas in 1993. The plea deal agreed to by all parties and […]
Reactions to Twitter’s Sinking #flotilla Hashtag: Glitch or Censorship?
The recent flotilla debacle may have started at sea but it was to the Twitosphere that many activists turned, filling it with condemnation of Israel. The power of Twitter as a mobilizing force and alternative platform for affecting change is not to be underestimated. From the Iranian election, to the more recent Thai protests, citizens […]