Noam Chomsky: De-Americanizing the World Posted: Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Killing Arafat: Swiss study - Polonium found in Arafat's bones Scientists find at least 18 times the normal levels of radioactive element in late Palestinian leader's remains.
Kerry urges Israeli settlement limits U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged Israel on Wednesday to limit settlement building, an issue that is weighing on Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
The US and Pakistan: An Incompatible Couple The US needs Pakistan for Afghan pullout, and Pakistan needs US funds
Pakistani Govt Under Growing Pressure to Close NATO Supply Lines Provincial Ultimatum May Force Sharif to Act
Unmanned Gods of Destruction: How Drone Strikes Kill Civilians And Target Rescuers
The Obama administration may be guilty of war crimes Reports on US drone strikes suggest White House policy violates international law. If so, they should be held accountable
Jeremy Scahill "First Obama Authorized Drone Strike In Yemen Killed 36 Women & Children!"
The CIA, Not The Pentagon, Will Keep Running Obama's Drone War In May, the White House leaked word that it would start shifting drone operations from the shadows of the CIA to the relative sunlight of the Defense Department in an effort to be more transparent about the controversial targeted killing program. But six months later, the so-called migration of those operations has stalled, and it is now unlikely to happen anytime soon, Foreign Policy has learned.
6 Months After Obama Promised to Divulge More on Drones, Here's What We Still Don't Know The number of drone strikes has dropped this year, but they've continued to make headlines. On Friday, a U.S. drone killed the head of the Pakistani Taliban. A few days earlier came the first drone strike in Somalia in nearly two years.
Iran negotiator says outline nuclear deal possible this week
NSA Spying, Rendition Fallout Dog John Kerry in Poland
Kerry Dismisses EU Anger Over NSA Surveillance Insists Administration Will 'Strike the Right Balance'
Shouting '9/11' in a Crowded Internet Why the NSA's 'we keep you safe from terrorists' rationale is bogus.
Tech Companies Slap Back at the N.S.A.'s Smiley Face What does it take to make tech companies, Dianne Feinstein, Germans, Indonesians, and John Kerry lose patience with the National Security Agency's practices? Everyone unhappy with the N.S.A. is unhappy in his or her own way. (The Indonesians, for example, are angry because we helped the Australians spy on them.) As for those who are happy with it—there are too few in that pool to produce epiphanies.
Apple: US asked for data on 2,000+ users in 2013
Former FBI agent Mike German talks about the NSA
As U.S. Weighs Spying Changes, Officials Say Data Sweeps Must Continue
White House rejects clemency for Edward Snowden over NSA leaks Obama adviser and heads of House and Senate intelligence signal hard line despite European support for whistleblower
UK government reaction to NSA leaks eroding freedom, rights groups warn Coalition of organisations says Cameron's response has damaged UK's reputation for freedom of expression
Brazil defends spying as 'different' from that of US Brazil's justice minister has defended his country's spying activities, saying they were "completely different" from those carried out by the United States.
50 displaced Syrians 'die of starvation' near Jordan border Fifty Syrian refugees trapped along the Jordanian-Syrian border by ongoing shelling died of starvation and malnutrition on Monday and Tuesday, activists and border region residents said.
Arab League backs Syria peace talks, urges opposition to go
Russia says Iran must be invited to Syria conference Russia said on Tuesday Iran must be invited to a proposed peace conference on Syria, reiterating its stance after the main Syrian opposition leader said his coalition would not attend if Iran took part.
U.S., Russia fail to agree on Syria peace talks date
Israel says Separation Wall will be border Negotiators tell Palestinian officials they will not get a state based on 1967 borders, Israeli reports say.
Ireland: Israeli products marked with yellow sticker BDS movement places yellow stickers on Israeli products reading 'For justice in Palestine – Boycott Israel'. Israeli Foreign Ministry : Yellow sticker – reminiscent of dark days of racism, incitement
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Noam Chomsky: De-Americanizing the World During the latest episode of the Washington farce that has astonished a bemused world, a Chinese commentator wrote that if the United States cannot be a responsible member of the world system, perhaps the world should become "de-Americanized" -- and separate itself from the rogue state that is the reigning military power but is losing credibility in other domains.
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