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Gaiacomm International and NSA linked for spying technology?
Are the rumors true that Gaiacomm International technology’s terahertz 4G technology is being used by the NSA ? This communications technology has been around for many years, posted on the internet. Is it true? According to the website, their telecom technology would be a perfect fit for the NSA or any other agency that wishes to spy on people from around the world. It has been rumored that a company in Israel bought Gaiacomm (…)

Today we issue an international call for Spring Days of Action – 2014, a coordinated campaign in April and May to:
End Drone Killing, Drone Surveillance and Global Militarization
The campaign will focus on drone bases, drone research facilities and test sites and drone manufacturers.
The campaign will provide information on:
1. The suffering of tens of thousands of people in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and Gaza who are under drone attack, documenting the killing, (…)

Protection of Witnesses, Protection of the Child: how can a judge rule against both?
A tribunal in Bangalore will open the case of Mr P Mazurier, early February after several delays. Mr Mazurier is accused of rape and incest on his then 3 and a half year old daughter.
After 18 long months of investigation against the accused, the tribunal found that there were sufficient evidence for doing so.
Mr Mazurier after a short term in prison was released on bail. The terms of the bail is (…)

H. Ross Perot, the independent candidate for US president in 1992, said if NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, were passed you would hear a “giant sucking sound” as jobs left the US for Mexico.
Well, there was no giant sucking sound caused by an immediate job loss after Clinton won the election and NAFTA was passed in 1994; but since then NAFTA has caused the destruction of hundreds of thousands of good middle class manufacturing jobs in the US that were sent to Mexico, causing (…)

Since late November, huge crowds have been camped out in central Kiev, opposing the government’s partnership with Russia and calling for early elections. But a small number of protesters are thought to have a more violent agenda. The BBC Ukrainian Service looks at this little-known far-right group, the Right Sector.
In the early days of the protests in Kiev, the most radical activists on Independence Square created the Right Sector movement, which took an active part in the clashes with (…)

The far-right in Ukraine are acting as the vanguard of a protest movement that is being reported as pro-democracy. The situation on the ground is not as simple as pro-EU and trade versus pro-Putin and Russian hegemony in the region.
When US Senator John McCain dined with Ukraine’s opposition leaders in December, he shared a table and later a stage with the leader of the extreme far-right Svoboda party Oleh Tyahnybok.
This is Oleh Tyahnybok, he has claimed a "Moscow-Jewish mafia" rule (…)

When I first started writing for Pravda.Ru over ten years ago, I thought I could help change the world. However, at some point, I cannot exactly say when, I lost this faith and writing simply became more of a catharsis and less about believing that my words would make a difference.
As this transformation occurred, I could not help but wonder how many other writers, musicians, artists, and activists endured the same experience. It was then I remembered the life and untimely death of Phil (…)

There have been similar stories before but the one that came from India in December of 2012 of a 23 year old
medical student who, after getting on a bus with her male friend, was attacked, raped and tortured by a gang of men
on the bus. After their initial crimes the men threw her and her male companion, who had been beaten by the thugs, out of the
bus and onto the road. The young woman died two weeks later from her injuries. The rapist murderers were arrested, four
received harsh (…)

Obama’s Fuzzy Math: During the Obama Regime Official unemployment has fallen 4% from a high of 10.7% to the current 6.7 % - yet nearly everyone feels depressed and struggling under depression conditions ...............Here’s the Hocus-Pocus behind this fraud upon the people ........ What accounts for this anomaly so beneficial to President 0 ...........1) The Labor Dept. assumes the economy produces a net gain of 100,000 US "small business jobs" each month ...Reality (…)

When It Comes to Whistleblowing, Integrity & Purity of Intentions Matter Most
A week ago I began writing a series of commentaries on significant consequences and conflicts of interest associated with Glenn Greenwald, his new PayPal billionaire boss, and the ownership and commoditization of the 50,000-page incriminating documents obtained and released by NSA’s Edward Snowden. In my series I solely focused on serious ethical questions and consequential conflicts of interest matters that (…)