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Truthout | News in Brief (3)
The BBC, Reuters and AP reported that government troops in Krygyzstan fired on thousands of anti-government protesters, killing at least 17 people and injuring hundreds of others.
Afghan Official Says US Raiders Hid Killings
Washington - The head of the Afghan Ministry of Interior investigation said publicly for the first time his investigators had accepted the testimony of family members of the victims …
Europe Is the New World, Not the Old
Steven Hill on his book “Europe’s Promise: Why the European Way is the Best Hope in an Insecure Age.” In a Nutshell While Europe is considered the “old world,” …
Obama Administration Authorizes CIA to Kill US Citizen
The Obama administration has lowered another legal barrier shielding Americans from extrajudicial punitive action by their own government, in this case authorizing the CIA to kill a US …
Not in Our Town – Standing Against Hate, Domestic Terrorism (Video)
A new report shows that U.S. soldiers tampered with the scene of the deaths of three women, including digging bullets out of the bodies, to cover up their involvement. …
Texas DA, Lawmaker Disagree on “Veterans Court“
A Texas district attorney and a state senator differ on how a veterans court should be implemented in Bexar County, which includes San Antonio. Sen. Leticia Van de Putte …
An Inside Outsider Takes On Wall Street
Wall Street banksters — who could possibly love them? OK, presumably their mommas do, and possibly their pet dogs, but that's it. The general public loathes them and would …
Ruth Marcus | The Criminalization of Bullying
Washington - My heart aches for the parents of Phoebe Prince, the 15-year-old Massachusetts high school student who committed suicide in January after being relentlessly bullied at school and …
Social Fault Lines: The Disaster of Poverty in Haiti (Part 1)
Laura Wagner, a US anthropologist who survived - barely - Haiti's earthquake in January, writes, "Social scientists who study catastrophes say there are no natural disasters. In every calamity, …
Connie Schultz | Non-Catholics Are Grieving, Too
As a columnist who isn't Catholic, I used to feel that whatever happened in the Church was a whole lot of none of my business. It was as if …