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Pope Francis’ casual embrace of a communist regime contrasts sharply with the approach of Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict. Pope John Paul II’s visit to Poland in 1979 famously helped launch the solidarity movement that led to the collapse of communism in the nation.
The two largest cities in the South American powerhouse, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, are currently fighting over rights to a water source that sits between them. Rio de Janeiro has long relied on the Jaguari reservoir to supply its own citizens, but now Sao Paulo wants in on the action.
Across crisis-stricken Europe ‘ghost’ airports have freshly painted tarmac, shiny new doors and all the nuts and bolts in place – but no passengers and no airplanes, giving them an eerie aura. Soaring costs have delayed the ribbon cutting ceremonies, as Europe’s worst recession in 100 years has killed the projects.
Several people have been taken hostage by at least one armed man at a Lindt cafe in the centre of Sydney. Hundreds of armed police have sealed off the normally busy Martin Place in Sydney’s central business district. At least three people have been seen inside the cafe holding up a black flag with Arabic writing.
Craig Murray, British ambassador to Uzbekistan from 2002-2004, was fired when he revealed CIA rendition practices in Poland and Uzbekistan to UK leaders – and was branded a liar. The US torture report will hardly change the picture, he told RT.
Crowds have gathered in Dublin to take part in today’s protest against water charges, as gardaí say “in excess of 30,000” congregated in the area around Merrion Square. That figure, however, was hotly contested by organisers who quoted figures in excess of 100,000.
Greg Morse, one of the earliest whistleblowers of the S&L frauds of the 1980’s, makes the case that the mortgage derivatives that crashed in 2008 were the biggest tax evasion in history and the biggest securities fraud in history.
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Former Vatican Bank Officials Charged with Embezzlement, Accounts Frozen By Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. | Breitbart Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi announced Saturday that three top former officials of the Vatican Bank are being charged with embezzlement and that their bank assets totaling 16 million euros have been seized. Former Vatican Bank President Angelo Caloia, …
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The Red Cross CEO Has Been Serially Misleading About Where Donors’ Dollars Are Going By Jesse Eisinger and Justin Elliott | ProPublica, and Laura Sullivan | NPR This story was co-produced with NPR. The American Red Cross regularly touts how responsible it is with donors’ money. “We’re very proud of the fact that 91 cents …
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Globalists Applaud Obama’s Amnesty, War on Constitution By Kit Daniels | Infowars Obama’s executive amnesty paves way to EU-Style “North American Union” The Council on Foreign Relations, a “global governance” think tank with extreme influence over U.S. policy, is applauding President Obama for granting himself lawmaking power in defiance of “an obstreperous Congress.” An article …
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US Arms Still Flowing to Thailand Despite Recent Coup By Paul Gottinger and Ken Klippenstein | Truthout In the six months since Thailand’s military coup, the United States has exported tens of millions of dollars’ worth of military equipment to the unelected government there. This finding is based on a new analysis of US Census …
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Malaysia Becomes Angry About Exclusion from MH17 Investigation By Eric Zuesse | Washington’s Blog Now nearly five months after the Malaysian Airlines MH17 passenger plane got shot down in Ukraine (killing all 298 onboard), Malaysians are going public with their anger about having been excluded from the investigation-team that is to write the official report …
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Germany’s DW Reports ISIS Supply Lines Originate in NATO’s Turkey Tony Cartalucci | Activist Post Germany’s international broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) published a video report of immense implications – possibly the first national broadcaster in the West to admit that the so-called “Islamic State” (ISIS) is supplied not by “black market oil” or “hostage ransoms” …
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WikiLeaks founder: Google works for US State Dept. By TASS According to the edition, the company provides FBI and CIA with unfettered access to users’ e-mails Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in his book planned to be out on December 1 reveals that Google in fact works for the US State Department, as reported by the …
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