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Israeli activists participate in a social protest in Tel Aviv, Israel, early Sunday, June 24, 2012. Israeli police say 85 protesters were arrested on Saturday after clashing with officers and vandalizing banks in Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)

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Archives for June 2012

Widening Sex Scandal Rocks Texas Air Force Base

From a chapel pulpit on Lackland Air Force Base, where every American airman reports for basic training, Col. Glenn Palmer delivered his first order to nearly 600 recruits seated in the pews: If you’re sexually harassed or assaulted, tell someone. “My job is to give you a safe, effective training environment,” Palmer said firmly. What the colonel […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press
In this June 22, 2012, image made from video, female airmen march during graduation at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. (AP Photo/John L. Mone)

From a chapel pulpit on Lackland Air Force Base, where every American airman reports for basic training, Col. Glenn Palmer delivered his first order to nearly 600 recruits seated in the pews: If you're sexually harassed or assaulted, tell someone. "My job is to give you a safe, effective training environment," Palmer said firmly. What the

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Los Angeles Adult Protective Services Refuses To Accept Reports of Conservator Abuse

The elder abuse hotline runs round the clock in Los Angeles County. Twenty four hours a day, a social worker is available to take incoming complaints of abuse and neglect of elderly and dependent adults. But not, apparently, if the abusing party is a conservator. During a call to APS last Thursday, a complaint was […]

Janet Phelan
By Janet Phelan

The elder abuse hotline runs round the clock in Los Angeles County. Twenty four hours a day, a social worker is available to take incoming complaints of abuse and neglect of elderly and dependent adults. But not, apparently, if the abusing party is a conservator. During a call to APS last Thursday, a complaint was made that a local conservator

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Syria Shoots Down Turkish Plane, Investigation Ensues

(MintPress) – On Friday, the Syrian military shot down a Turkish fighter jet reportedly flying in international airspace. The provocative move has escalated the conflict between two countries that have had a deteriorating relationship since the beginning of Syrian citizen protests against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad. Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan was outraged […]

Martin Michaels
By Martin Michaels

(MintPress) – On Friday, the Syrian military shot down a Turkish fighter jet reportedly flying in international airspace. The provocative move has escalated the conflict between two countries that have had a deteriorating relationship since the beginning of Syrian citizen protests against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad. Turkish Prime

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Retirement Fund Divests $73M From Caterpillar Inc. After Bulldozers Used To Destroy Palestinian Homes

(MintPress) – The major retirement fund, TIAA-CREF recently decided to remove investments in American corporation Caterpillar Inc. because of pressure from pro-Palestinian activists. The effort, led in large part by the activist group Jewish Voice For Peace, welcomed the decision and has encouraged other groups to adopt the cause. However, the resistance to the Boycott Divestment […]

Martin Michaels
By Martin Michaels
TIAA-CREF has divested its stocks in Caterpillar Inc. because of the use of the company's bulldozers against Palestinians. (Photo by Shaun Greiner)

(MintPress) – The major retirement fund, TIAA-CREF recently decided to remove investments in American corporation Caterpillar Inc. because of pressure from pro-Palestinian activists. The effort, led in large part by the activist group Jewish Voice For Peace, welcomed the decision and has encouraged other groups to adopt the cause. However, the

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Documentary Exposes Sexual Abuse In All Branches Of US Military

(NEW YORK) MintPress – Every single branch of the U.S. military was implicated in the stories told by female troops, all victims of sexual abuse by their peers, who appear in veteran filmmaker Kirby Dick’s newly released documentary The Invisible War. The women include Kori Cioca of the Coast Guard; Lee Le Teff, Teah Bedney […]

Lisa Barron
By Lisa Barron
Veterans Kori Cioca, 25, of Wilmington, Ohio, left, and Panayiota Bertzikis, 29, of Somerville, Mass., both assaulted and raped while serving in the U.S. Coast Guard, meet at their attorney's office in Washington, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

(NEW YORK) MintPress – Every single branch of the U.S. military was implicated in the stories told by female troops, all victims of sexual abuse by their peers, who appear in veteran filmmaker Kirby Dick’s newly released documentary The Invisible War. The women include Kori Cioca of the Coast Guard; Lee Le Teff, Teah Bedney and Valine Demos of

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US Chastised For Arms Sales To Bahrain As Crackdown Continues

(NEW YORK) MintPress – After Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood was pronounced the winner of Egypt’s historic presidential elections, he received a call from U.S. President Barack Obama offering help. The Obama administration tacitly supported the opposition protesters who brought down strongman Hosni Mubarak during the Arab Spring. Over the weekend, the White House said in a statement, […]

Lisa Barron
By Lisa Barron
Bahraini anti-government protesters carrying a prepared Molotov cocktail and a steel bar run through tear gas fired by riot police during clashes Thursday, March 15, 2012, in the eastern town of Sitra, Bahrain. The clashes erupted during protests marking the one-year anniversary of a major crackdown on Sitra, an area that has seen some of the strongest anti-government unrest. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

(NEW YORK) MintPress – After Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood was pronounced the winner of Egypt’s historic presidential elections, he received a call from U.S. President Barack Obama offering help. The Obama administration tacitly supported the opposition protesters who brought down strongman Hosni Mubarak during the Arab Spring. Over

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