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Snowden Seeks Temporary Asylum In Russia
By Russia Today
http://www.countercurrents.org/rt170713.htm
Edward Snowden, the NSA whistleblower sought temporary asylum in Russia by filing an official request. The Russian Migration Service confirmed it has received whistleblower Edward Snowden's application for temporary asylum. It can take authorities up to three months to consider his request. In the meantime, Snowden may be transferred to a refugee center
Freedom Of Press Under Attack In Manning Case
By Matthew MacEgan
http://www.countercurrents.org/macegan170713.htm
Denise Lind, the judge hearing the case against Bradley Manning, said that she would decide on Thursday whether to dismiss seven of the charges which the defense claims have not been sufficiently proven by the prosecution. These include allegations that Manning aided "the enemy" when he released hundreds of thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks in 2010
Island Countries Demand Climate Compensation
By Countercurrents.org
http://www.countercurrents.org/cc170713.htm
Pacific Island states have agreed to redouble efforts to secure agreement for a climate change compensation scheme at UN climate talks. Leaders from 17 island nations met in Fiji last week for a four-day Pacific Island Roundtable summit to discuss how best to cope with rising sea levels and increased incidences of drought
Water Wars On The Way In Absence Of A Steady State
By Brent Blackwelder
http://www.countercurrents.org/blackwelder170713.htm
The past century's foolish management of water would not have happened in a steady state economy. But today's globalized, growth-obsessed economy allows, and even subsidizes, construction firms and power companies to profit by destroying significant water resources that are critical for people's survival
On Leaks And Pseudo-Reality: The US' Futile Search For 'World Domination'
By Ramzy Baroud
http://www.countercurrents.org/baroud170713.htm
Not even the most paranoid amongst us would have imagined the extent of the US government's violation of the very privacy laws that itself helped draft, promote and swore to protect. The Snowden leak revealed aspects of the NSA's unwarranted practices, but what else is still being concealed? And what is the ultimate goal of the US government when it spies potentially on every citizen and every government?
The Destruction Of Barack Obama
By Robert J. Burrowes
http://www.countercurrents.org/burrowes170713.htm
At a personal level, we must understand why Barack Obama is violent and support him to find the courage to travel the journey of emotional healing because, like all perpetrators of violence, he was terrorised and brutalised as a child. At a political level, those of us committed to ending human violence must nonviolently resist his killing and his exploitation
Iran And Turkey: Faces Of Change
By Farooque Chowdhury
http://www.countercurrents.org/chowdhury170713.htm
Despite a lot of dissimilarities between Iran and Turkey the two countries are now facing an emerging broad similarity. With visible signs an approach to change is steadily emerging in these two societies
Kashmir: The Row On Article 370
By Abdul Majid Zargar
http://www.countercurrents.org/zargar170713.htm
The latest row between L.K.Advani & Omar Abdullah over the abrogation of Article 370 is a case of left-over refrigated dish being reheated to be served afresh for a new feast-that is election 2014 through which the former aspires to become prime Minister while the latter, otherwise battling hard, to retain his chief Minsterial post. BJP Spokesman has even gone to the extent of saying that this article will be removed from the Indian Constitution once it comes to power
Halt The Commissioning Of The Koodankulam Nuclear Plant
By CNDP
http://www.countercurrents.org/cndp170713.htm
The Koodankulam reactor reached criticality on the same day that China bowed to public protest by announcing the abandonment of a nuclear processing project in the Southeast
Has Common People Lost Faith In The Indian Police?
By Vidya Bhushan Rawat
http://www.countercurrents.org/rawat170713.htm
I will only say to our police and paramilitary forces that there work is important but unless they work with the people and understand their sentiments, they would only be outsiders and people will distrust them
The Bodhgaya Sacrilege
By Dr. Chandra Muzaffar
http://www.countercurrents.org/muzaffar170713.htm
Indian authorities should expedite investigations and nail down the culprit or culprits in the shortest possible time. As long as their identity is not known and the motives for the heinous act are not established clearly, rumours and suspicions will continue to gain currency. They will poison relations between Buddhists and people of other faiths not only in India but also in other parts of the world
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