"The Final Act of the Uruguay Round, marking the conclusion of the most ambitious trade negotiation of our century, will give birth - in Morocco - to the World Trade Organization, the third pillar of the New World Order, along with the United Nations and the International Monetary Fund."
- Part of full-page advertisement by the government of Morocco in The New York Times (April 1994)
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End of the pro-democracy pretense

Glenn Greenwald  Salon.com - 02 January, 2012

Media coverage of the Arab Spring somehow depicted the U.S. as sympathetic to and supportive of the democratic protesters notwithstanding the nation’s decades-long financial and military support for most of the targeted despots.


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FEMA gives aid money to flood victims, then demands it all back

Neev M. Arnell  Natural News - 26 May, 2011

(NaturalNews) The Federal Emergency Management Agency is asking thousands of Americans who were victims of natural disasters to return more than $22 million in government aid, after the agency mistakenly made payments to many people who it is now saying were ineligible (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110510...).

The federal agency is seeking money back from people nationwide who were affected by 129 different disasters since 2005, including floods, tornadoes, hurricanes and other natural disasters, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.


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US-Pakistani-Chinese Tensions Growing

Tony Cartalucci  Activist Post - 05 May, 2011

Bangkok, Thailand May 5, 2011 - The immediate reaction by most across the world upon hearing of "Bin Laden's" death was that America now had the excuse it needed, real or not, to gracefully depart from its disastrous "War on Terror." However, the architects behind America's foreign military adventures over the past several decades have already begun clamoring about the need to not only expand their global war, but to implicate Pakistan as being complicit in harboring the mythological "Bin Laden."

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Senseless Obama Statement on OBL Photo

Michael S. Rozeff  Lew Rockwell.com - 05 May, 2011

For now at least, Obama isn’t releasing video or photos of the dead OBL. The reason he gives is “It is important to make sure that very graphic photos of somebody who was shot in the head are not floating around as an incitement to additional violence or as a propaganda tool.”


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Fears bin Laden killing may spark reprisals

ABC News - 03 May, 2011

International law enforcement agency Interpol has called for extra vigilance in the wake of the killing of Osama bin Laden by US special forces.

The United States has issued security warnings to Americans worldwide, and a top Republican lawmaker briefed by the White House on bin Laden's death said US security agencies were working to prevent any attacks on the United States or its installations overseas.

"This is a key moment because Al Qaeda has to avenge. This is a terrible defeat for them and they have to move as quickly as they can and it's up to us to stop them," said congressman Peter King.

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Canada
Raw milk: Good enough for Queen Elizabeth, but prohibited for ordinary Canadians

Ethan A. Huff  Natural News - 23 January, 2012

The alleged health standards that the food and medical industries are being allowed to enforce on YOU,ME&US more closely resemble a direct inversion of the sentiment of letting US eat cake.

Heroes Force, Canada’s answer to G.I. Joe

Joe O'Connor  National Post - 16 January, 2012

Shannon Thibodeau is a vintage toy collector, a father with two young sons and a member of the Canadian Armed Forces, with two tours of Afghanistan to his credit.

Smart meters ignite fierce debate in B.C.

CBC News - 22 December, 2011

A heated debate is underway in B.C. as the province's hydro utility embarks on a program to modernize the grid using smart meters.

Restore the Use of the Bank of Canada for Canadians

Global Research.ca - 21 December, 2011

Restore the use of the Bank of Canada for the benefit of Canadians and remove it from the control of the international private entities whose interests and directives are placed above the interest of Canadians and the primacy of the Constitution of Canada.

911
Iran Rejects Court Ruling It Worked with Al-Qaeda in 9/11 Attack

Kurt Nimmo  Infowars.com - 27 December, 2011

On Sunday, Iran rejected a ruling by Judge George Daniels in Manhattan that it is responsible along with al-Qaeda and the Taliban for the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington.

9/11 Responders To Be Screened For Terrorism Ties

Michael McAuliff  The Huffington Post - 21 April, 2011

WASHINGTON -- A provision in the new 9/11 health bill may be adding insult to injury for people who fell sick after their service in the aftermath of the 2001 Al Qaeda attacks, The Huffington Post has learned.

The tens of thousands of cops, firefighters, construction workers and others who survived the worst terrorist assault in U.S. history and risked their lives in its wake will soon be informed that their names must be run through the FBI’s terrorism watch list, according to a letter obtained by HuffPost.

Any of the responders who are not compared to the database of suspected terrorists would be barred from getting treatment for the numerous, worsening ailments that the James Zadroga 9/11 Health And Compensation Law was passed to address.

9/11 suspects to face Guantanamo military panel

The Associated Press - 04 April, 2011

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four alleged co-conspirators are being referred to the system of military commissions for trial, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday.

The decision by the Obama administration is an about-face from earlier plans to have the five go on trial in civilian federal court in New York.

Holder announced the earlier plan for trial in New York City in November 2009.

9/11 families call N.Y. memorial plan 'unacceptable'

The Associated Press - 04 April, 2011

Some relatives of those who died in the 9/11 terror attacks aren't happy with plans for a New York memorial.

They disagree with a plan to place more than nine-thousand unidentified pieces of human remains in an underground site at the National September 11th Memorial and Museum.

The unclaimed remains would be placed seven floors underground behind a wall with a quote from the poet Virgil.