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Former Anglo Irish Bank chief executive David Drumm walks free from Central Criminal Court in Dublin, Ireland Tuesday March 15, 2016, after he and relatives lodged 150,000 euros for his bail on 33 fraud charges. Drumm was extradited from Boston to Dublin on Monday after spending seven years in the United States seeking to gain U.S. bankruptcy protection and avoid facing 33 Irish fraud charges connected to Anglo’s 2009 nationalization and collapse. Court officials expect his trial to begin in mid-2017. (Brian Lawless/PA via AP) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE

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Archives for March 2016

Blackout Tuesday: The Bernie Sanders Speech Corporate Media Chose Not To Air

Though the talking heads were allowed to ramble on and on (and on) Tuesday night, the major cable and network news made no time for people to watch this…

Jon Queally
By Jon Queally
Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a campaign rally at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Tuesday, March 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

Though Bernie Sanders had an admittedly disappointing night on Tuesday, losing four of five primary contests to rival Hillary Clinton, he still took to the stage in Phoenix, Arizona to speak to his supporters and television cameras about his vision for the nation and the drive of his campaign moving forward. The problem? No cable or major news

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US, UK Protect Saudi Arabia From Human Rights Inquiries Despite ‘Clear Evidence Of War Crimes’

Despite assessments that there have been clear violations of international law in the Saudi-led coalition’s war on Yemen, British and American forces continue to supply the coalition with weaponry and help coordinate strikes.

Billy Briggs
By Billy Briggs
A young boy who lost his leg in the Yemen war uses a prosthetic limb at a government-run rehabilitation center in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, March 5, 2016. Yemen's conflict pits the government, backed by the Saudi-led coalition, against Shiite rebels known as Houthis allied with a former president. Yemen's war has killed at least 6,200 civilians and injured tens of thousands of Yemenis, and 2.4 million people have been displaced, according to U.N. figures. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

LONDON --- As pressure builds for the British and American governments to cut ties with the Saudi-led coalition accused of war crimes in Yemen, an aid worker highlighted the trauma faced by children in an escalating crisis the United Nations has deemed a “humanitarian catastrophe.” Fatima Al Ajal, who works with Save the Children in the nation’s

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Israel Bans Palestinian Products Inside Occupied Palestinian Territory

The Israeli decision came after a decrease in sales of Israeli products in Occupied Jerusalem.

IMEMC News
By IMEMC News
A Palestinian vendor stands outside his shop Jerusalem's Old City, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Five Palestinian companies warned of financial losses as Israeli occupation forces banned their products from being marketed in occupied Jerusalem, under political and economic pretexts, Palestinian sources reported Saturday. A report identified the five companies as Hamoudah, al-Jideedi, Arryan, distributers of dairy products, as well as Asslwa

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Putin Orders Start Of Russian Withdrawal From Syria Beginning Today

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that Moscow will begin withdrawal of Russian forces from Syria.

Sputnik News
By Sputnik News
President Putin

On Monday, President Putin indicated that the Kremlin will start withdrawing its main forces in Syria, saying that the military has largely achieved its objectives. "I think that the task that was assigned to the Ministry of Defense and the armed forces as a whole has achieved its goal, and so I order the defense minister to start tomorrow

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Anonymous Declares ‘Total War’ On Donald Trump

The collective declares a “call to arms” to hack the candidate’s websites in a new video.

teleSUR
By teleSUR
The declaration of war is not the first attack on the hateful comments of the presidential candidate. | Photo: Youtube / Anonymous

Hacktivist collective Anonymous declared “total war” on presidential candidate Donald Trump, calling other hacktivists around the world to join their campaign #OpTrump to “sabotage his brand” and to dismantle his campaign while also exposing private details. “This is a call to arms. This is a call to the freedom fighters, to the forgotten, to

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Death Row Exoneree Confronts Clinton On Death Penalty Stance

Ricky Jackson, an Ohio man who was wrongfully imprisoned for 39 years, asked Clinton defend her stance on the death penalty at Sunday’s town hall.

Deirdre Fulton
By Deirdre Fulton
Upon being freed in 2014, Ricky Jackson (right) had served more time in prison than any other inmate in the U.S. who has been exonerated. (Photo: Screenshot/CNN)

Presidential contender Hillary Clinton was forced to defend her stance on the death penalty at Sunday night's Democratic town hall in Ohio, after being confronted on the issue by a man wrongfully imprisoned for 39 years. The man was Ricky Jackson, who, upon being freed in 2014, had served more time in prison than any other inmate in the U.S. who

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