Archives for October 2015

American Claims Asylum In Canada Saying ‘Police Will Kill Me Because I’m Black’

Kyle Canty applies for refugee status claiming he risks brutality in the United States.

October 31st, 2015

American Claims Asylum In Canada Saying ‘Police Will Kill Me Because I’m Black’

A black American man has applied for refugee status in Canada claiming he risks being killed by police in his home country because of his race. Kyle Lydell Canty, 30, filed a claim for asylum and told a hearing of Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board that black people in America were "being exterminated at an alarming rate".

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Saudi Airstrike In Yemen Destroys Bus Killing 10 Civilians

Coalition forces has denied responsibility for that attack and most other deadly attacks on civilian targets.

October 31st, 2015

By Reuters

Saudi Airstrike In Yemen Destroys Bus Killing 10 Civilians

Warplanes from a Saudi-led military coalition bombed a bus carrying workers to a factory in the southwestern Yemeni city of Taiz on Thursday, killing 10 of them, medics said. The attack took place as battles for control of Yemen's third-largest city rage, with Gulf Arab countries backing local Islamist militias against the Iran-allied Houthi

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Hobby Lobby Owners Suspected Of Illegally Importing Looted Iraqi Artifacts

The ‘deeply Christian’ Green family, owners of Hobby Lobby, took no issue acquiring looted artifacts from Iraq.

October 31st, 2015

By Cassius Methyl for the Anti Media

Hobby Lobby Owners Suspected Of Illegally Importing Looted Iraqi Artifacts

(ANTIMEDIA) Hobby Lobby is a self-proclaimed “deeply Christian” chain of craft stores run by the wealthy Green family that made headlines in 2014 when a landmark Supreme Court

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Israeli Police Repeatedly Raid East Jerusalem Hospital, Seeking Shot Teen

Hospital director accuses Israel of applying pressure to hand over medical files of youth involved in clashes.

October 31st, 2015

By Jason Ditz

Israeli Police Repeatedly Raid East Jerusalem Hospital, Seeking Shot Teen

Israeli police have carried out multiple raids against a hospital in occupied East Jerusalem over the past two days, seeking the location of a 15-year-old Palestinian protester who they’d shot, and who they accuse the hospital of “unlawfully” hiding. The hospital

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Report: Flood Of Western Weapons Fueling Unrest, Extremism Across Middle East

Transparency International warns: “Corruption has fueled political unrest, extremism, and formed a narrative for violent extremist groups.”

October 30th, 2015

By Sarah Lazare | Common Dreams

Report: Flood Of Western Weapons Fueling Unrest, Extremism Across Middle East

Western nations—led by the United States—are selling large quantities of weapons to governments in the Middle East and North Africa, providing little oversight for how these arms are used, and thereby fueling corruption and conflict in countries from Saudi Arabia to Egypt, a

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