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Obama`s Pussy Riot Hypocrisy

Obama's Selective Disappointment.

(PROVIDENCE, RI) - A White House spokesman says President Obama is "disappointed by the verdict" in the case against Russian punk band Pussy-Riot.

What a shame Mr. Obama is not "disappointed" by some other injustices!

`They snipe at us then run and hide in sewers`

Independent writer was given exclusive access to the Assad Generals accused of war crimes as they seek to defeat the rebels in Aleppo

(DAMASCUS) - Mortars crashed into the middle-class streets around us and a T-72 tank baked in the heat under a road viaduct.

But Bashar al-Assad's most senior operational commander in Aleppo – a 53-year-old Major-General with 33 years in the military and two bullet wounds from last month's battles in Damascus – claims he can "clean" the whole province of Aleppo from "terrorists" in 20 days.

Samir Kuntar Narrowly Escapes Lynching by Armed Salafis in Tunisia

The Salafis justified their attack by recalling Kuntar’s allegiance to Shi’ism (he is a Druze convert) and his support for the Syrian government.

(BEIRUT, Lebanon) - The resistance hero, Samir Kuntar, who was imprisoned in Israel for 30 years on false charges, narrowly escaped being lynched by a group of 500 Salafi thugs.

They were armed with swords, batons, knives and other weapons, on his recent visit to Tunisia.

Damascus: A Deserted City, a Deserting UN, and a Storm About to Break

The great gloomy eyes of the UN donkey will close sleepily on Wednesday; it's the failure of another mission...

(DAMASCUS) - Last week a UN security guard was kidnapped, tortured and murdered near his home.

The man on the state television, a self-confessed Salafist – nom de guerre "Abu Dolha", – admitted right there in front of the cameras, that he "regretted" killing 200 people with his own hands.

Pussy Riot`s Big Squeeze in Russia`s Judicial System is a Systematic World Problem

As we constantly reveal, Human Rights violations go almost hand in hand with government arrest and prosecution.

(SALEM) - Most people are familiar with the plight of the Russian punk band, 'Pussy Riot'.

Their prison sentence as much as anything, is a result of having insulted Vladimir Putin, who found it appropriate as a president to be photographed shirtless which isn't exactly presidential.

Stop the War in Syria - No Intervention

Foreign intervention from all sides is contributing to the escalation of violence, the possibility of civil war, and total destabilization.

(DAMASCUS) - The ominous signs of impending war with Syria are escalating. A nightmare is unfolding across the country and has now reached the streets of Damascus and Aleppo.

As we are writing these lines, the Minister of Defence Dawoud Raha and Assad’s brother in-law Assef Shawkat have just been assassinated, supposedly by terrorist attack.

Ukraine: Release former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko

William Gomes calls for an end to the increasing number of flagrant violations of the right to a fair trial.

(SALEM) - The saga of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, is by any reasonable examination, a lesson in textbook injustice.

The political opposition leader's imprisonment as a political prisoner is a bold slap in the face to all who work for the betterment of humanity.

Hindus Hail Russian Prosecutors` Statement of Not Seeking Bhagavad Gita Ban

It is one of the holiest scriptures of Hinduism and banning it would have deeply hurt the devotees.

(RENO, NV.) - Hindus have welcomed the reported statement of Russian prosecutors of not disputing the rejection by Tomsk regional court in Siberia (Russia) of proposed move to ban their ancient scripture Bhagavad Gita.

Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that it was a “step in the right direction”.

Syrian Atrocity: Bodies of Postal Workers Thrown from Roof

SHOCKING VIDEO: VIEW WITH DISCRETION

(DAMASCUS) - A horrific amateur video appeared on YouTube, apparently showing an atrocity against public service workers in Syria.

The footage displays a crowd of people callously throwing the bodies of slain postal workers from a post office rooftop.

Orwellian Ramifications Begin to Unfold in Syria

Turkey is making a tactical mistake by supporting terrorism in Syria and supplying them with weapons, military training and human resources.

(TEHRAN) - There is horrible speculation that the insurgents in Syria may have seized hold of chemical weapons.

Apart from the catastrophically unthinkable havoc the rebels can wreak in Syria and in the region with the WMDs, the rhetorical question which remains is how these weapons of mass destruction have fallen into the hands of the insurgents who are chiefly composed of Wahhabi al-Qaeda mercenaries...