A protester burns a U.S. flag during a demonstration over the capture of senior al Qaeda figure Abu Anas al-Liby by U.S. authorities, in Benghazi October 11, 2013. (Reuters/Esam Omran Al-Fetori)
Iraq is clearly the most famous rogue state, if we are to believe the two Bushes, especially the junior George, who rammed into that country in 2003, all but destroying it, maiming its people and proud 3,000-year-old heritage. All based on an outright lie: the infamous ‘weapons of mass destruction’ they were accused of hiding, but that were never found.
All because Bush, Blair and their allies got it all “wrong” about Saddam’s WMD’s: “We never found ‘em,” said George W., who then went on to joke about the whole affair during a White House dinner in March 2004.
GCHQ fears a legal challenge under the Human Rights Act if evidence of its surveillance methods becomes admissable in court. Photograph: Barry Batchelor/PA
The UK intelligence agency GCHQ has repeatedly warned it fears a "damaging public debate" on the scale of its activities because it could lead to legal challenges against its mass-surveillance programmes, classified internal documents reveal.
Thousands of people have staged a demonstration near the Bahraini capital Manama, calling for political reforms in the Persian Gulf kingdom.
Since mid-February 2011, thousands of pro-democracy protesters have held numerous demonstrations in the streets of Bahrain, calling for the Al Khalifa royal family to relinquish power.
Support for the student protest also came during the daily protest march outside the Sofia University main building. Photo: @PStantchev/twitter.com
Students at the St Kliment Ohridski University in Sofia, who “occupied” the university’s largest lecture hall on October 23, said on October 25 that they would extend their protest indefinitely.
Rana Plaza compensation would cost retailers little
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Bangladeshi garment workers shout slogans during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sept. 13. Hundreds of protesters participated in the demonstration demanding a minimum monthly salary of 8000 takas (C$109) and compensation for the victims and injured of the Rana Plaza building collapse. (A.M. Ahad/Associated Press)
A challenge has been made to garment retailers to compensate the workers of Bangladesh's former Rana Plaza who made their clothes.
Bangladesh garment workers staged widespread protests in September, demanding an increase in the minimum wage from $40 per month — one of the planet’s lowest — to $109. The protests forced at least 400 garment factories to close temporarily, according to the International Labor Rights Forum.
When last we heard from Brand, he was at the GQ awards, calling out Hugo Boss for creating uniforms for the Nazis. Now he’s taking on the global political system in his role as guest editor of The New Statesman and as a guest on the BBC.
I think I should tell you at this point that I am one of people who gave advanced warnings about 9/11 and I personally contacted the office of attorney general John Ashcroft and the office of counterterrorism in August of 2001. We could have stopped that attack; a decision was made at the highest levels not to do so and that is the problem.
You are correct we are being inundated with information, but there is always an ulterior agenda and if something is being allowed to happen, the Boston Marathon bombing, I am not convinced that we did not know about that attack beforehand.