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Archives for June 2012

Native American Tribes To Receive Millions In Reimbursements From US Government

(MintPress) – The United States Supreme Court has ordered the U.S. government to reimburse Native American tribes, including the Navajo Indians among others, for withholding funds after the federal government placed a cap on programs provided to the tribes, including education, environmental protection and security. While a set amount has not been announced, the deal is […]

Muna Hassan
By Muna Hassan
Duane Marin Sr., right, argues his case with Oglala Sioux Tribe Police Chief James Twiss, Thursday, June 28, 2007, at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, S.D. (AP Photo/Carson Walker)

(MintPress) – The United States Supreme Court has ordered the U.S. government to reimburse Native American tribes, including the Navajo Indians among others, for withholding funds after the federal government placed a cap on programs provided to the tribes, including education, environmental protection and security. While a set amount has not been

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SCAF And Saudis Team Up Against Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood

(MintPress) — Egyptians voted over the weekend for the first competitively elected president in their nation’s history – choosing between a veteran of the once-banned Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and a former prime minister under the Mubarak regime, who is strongly supported by the Saudi-funded military apparatus currently ruling the country. The ballot left few options […]

Janessa Schilmoeller
By Janessa Schilmoeller
In this Sunday, June 3, 2012, file photo, Muslim Brotherhood presidential candidate Mohammed Morsi confers with an aide during a meeting with relatives, unseen, of those killed and injured during last year's revolution that forced former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak from power, in Cairo, Egypt. The Muslim Brotherhood has declared that its candidate, Mohammed Morsi, won Egypt's presidential election. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa, File)

(MintPress) — Egyptians voted over the weekend for the first competitively elected president in their nation’s history – choosing between a veteran of the once-banned Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and a former prime minister under the Mubarak regime, who is strongly supported by the Saudi-funded military apparatus currently ruling the country. The

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With A New Immigration Policy, Obama Divides Conservatives, Puts Romney In A Box

(CONNECTICUT) – President Barack Obama did an end-run around Congress late last week when he announced that his administration would stop deporting children brought to the U.S. illegally, provided they meet certain criteria. Citing the failures of Congress, the president used his executive power to push through what amounted to a miniature version of the DREAM […]

John Stoehr
By John Stoehr
In this June 15, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama announces his administration's immigration plans, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

(CONNECTICUT) - President Barack Obama did an end-run around Congress late last week when he announced that his administration would stop deporting children brought to the U.S. illegally, provided they meet certain criteria. Citing the failures of Congress, the president used his executive power to push through what amounted to a miniature version

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Racial Tensions Overcome As Southern Baptist Convention Elects First Black President

(MintPress) – “I grew up in the hood, and my mom worked two or three jobs. I hung out with a lot of bad guys. I did a lot of crazy things I should not have done,” said Rev. Fred Luter Jr., a former street preacher who is poised to become the first black president […]

Carissa Wyant
By Carissa Wyant
Rev. Fred Luter, pastor of the Franklin Ave. Baptist Church, delivers a sermon during Sunday Services at the Church in New Orleans, Sunday, June 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

(MintPress) – “I grew up in the hood, and my mom worked two or three jobs. I hung out with a lot of bad guys. I did a lot of crazy things I should not have done,” said Rev. Fred Luter Jr., a former street preacher who is poised to become the first black president of the Southern Baptist Convention, the nation's largest Protestant body on

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Analysis: Oversight Failures Help Oil Obama’s Killing Machine

Revelations that President Barack Obama presides over key aspects of secret kill-list machinery that has sentenced thousands to death by drone have disturbed many. Torture and extraordinary rendition under Bush, it turns out, have been replaced with industrial-scale extrajudicial execution by his successor. Today, CIA and Pentagon armed drones range at will over Pakistan, Yemen […]

Chris Woods
By Chris Woods
Revelations show that President Obama gives personal oversight to drone strikes which have killed thousands. (Photo by l'ennui d'ennui via Flikr)

Revelations that President Barack Obama presides over key aspects of secret kill-list machinery that has sentenced thousands to death by drone have disturbed many. Torture and extraordinary rendition under Bush, it turns out, have been replaced with industrial-scale extrajudicial execution by his successor. Today, CIA and Pentagon armed drones

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Repressive Border Controls Represent Hostile European Culture Toward Migrants

(BRUSSELS) — Free movement of people through 26 European countries with 400 million inhabitants is not only one of the European Union’s biggest achievements, it is also the most noticeable for citizens and businesses alike; 60 percent of Europeans consider it as the most positive outcome of the 50 years of European integration. In practice, it means […]

Magda Fahsi
By Magda Fahsi
A police officer stops a vehicle in a checkpoint near to the border of Spain and France in La Jonquera, Girona, Spain, Saturday, April 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

(BRUSSELS) -- Free movement of people through 26 European countries with 400 million inhabitants is not only one of the European Union’s biggest achievements, it is also the most noticeable for citizens and businesses alike; 60 percent of Europeans consider it as the most positive outcome of the 50 years of European integration. In practice, it

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