JAN 27 SIT EC y POL
GLOBAL RESEARCH
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INFORMATION CLEARING HOUSE
WATCH: Chomsky Blasts 'American Sniper' and
the Media that Glorifies It. By
Janet Allon .
The famed professor draws a disturbing parallel between "Sniper" and our "global assassination program."
The famed professor draws a disturbing parallel between "Sniper" and our "global assassination program."
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THE 4TH MEDIA
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WASHINGTON BLOG
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As
The Middle Class Evaporates, Global Oligarchs Plan Their Escape Form The
Impoverished Pleb Masses. Posted on January 27, 2015 by WashingtonsBlog . Submitted by
Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,
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Handcuffs,
Leg Shackles and Tasers: The New Face of Punishment in the Public Schools.
Posted on January 27, 2015 by WashingtonsBlog
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ZERO HEDGE
Greece
Begins The Great Pivot Toward Russia. Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/27/2015. "Foreign
Minister Nikos Kotzias is due in Brussels on Thursday to discuss possible
additional sanctions on Russia over the conflict in Ukraine. Before the
cabinet even meets for the first time tomorrow, the Greek government said that
it disagreed with an EU statement in which President Donald Tusk raised the
prospect of “further restrictive measures” on Russia." The punchline:
In recent months, Kotzias wrote on Twitter that sanctions against Russia
weren’t in Greece’s interests. He said in a blog that a new foreign policy
for Greece should be focused on stopping the ongoing transformation of the
EU “into an idiosyncratic empire, under the rule of Germany.” And
when it comes to the natural adversary of any German imperial ambitions in
recent history, Europe has been able to produce only one answer...
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"Equities
Will Be Devastated" Crispin Odey Warns, Looming Recession Will Be
"Remembered For 100 Years". Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 01/27/2015. Having been one of the biggest bulls of this
particular central bank artificial-bull cycle, his dramatic bearish tilt (as we
discussed what he thinks are the biggest risks underpriced by the market
previously), is notable. Finally, Odey fears major economies are entering
a recession that will be "remembered in a hundred years," adding
that the "bearish opportunity" to short stocks looks as great as
it was in 2007-2009.
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Failing
Stimulus And The IMF's New 'Multilateral' World Order. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 01/27/2015. As I have been saying since the announcement of the
taper, stimulus measures have a shelf life, and central banks are not capable
of propping up markets for much longer, even if that is their intention (which
it is not). Why? Because even though market fundamentals have been obscured
by a fog of manipulation, they unquestionably still apply. Real
supply and demand will ALWAYS matter – they are like gravity, and we are forced
to deal with them eventually. The elites hope that this will be
enough to condition the public to support centralized financial control as the
only option for survival... It is hard to say what kind of Black Swans
and false flags will be conjured in the meantime, but I highly doubt the shift
away from the US Dollar will take place without considerable geopolitical
turmoil.
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Fear
And Dread Of Deflation - The Keynesian Big Lie At Work. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 01/27/2015. The fear of deflation has become the cornerstone
of Keynesian economic thought. However, it is the height of hypocrisy that
Keynesians use the specter of deflation to frighten us into believing we need
to endlessly dilute the value of our currencies and take the rate on our
savings to zero percent; but then, at the same time, take every data point that
points to falling prices as another reason to be bullish on markets and the
economy. Their mantras are: Lower commodity prices–a boost to the consumer,
plunging interest rates–an increase in mortgage refinancing. How can
Keynesians celebrate deflation, while at the same time use it to scare us into
accepting ZIRP forever? The easy answer would be, they are, by
definition, cheerleaders for the stock market...
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How
Much More GDP "Growth" Will Be Due To Obamacare?. Submitted
by Tyler Durden on 01/27/2015. Now that the soaring
dollar and plunging crude are sure to punish the Q4 2014 and Q1 2015 GDP growth
rate by more than half, with estimate now sliding to the mid to low-2% area,
what "benefits" to the US economy can one expect from the tax that is
Obamacare? As the following chart courtesy of Goldman shows, thanks to
contributions from Medicaid and Medicare and, drumroll, Exchange subsidies, the
"benefits" from Obamacare will be with us, well, maybe not
"us", but certainly with the way GDP is calculate for a long, long
time, as the recent health spending ramp is only just getting started.
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Is The BLS
Overstating Jobs?. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 01/27/2015. Is the BLS overstating employment growth? I guess
it depends on whose data set you choose to believe. However, there is
little denying the fact that with over 60% of the population living
paycheck-to-paycheck, stagnant wage growth and declining net worth over the
last five years, there is something that simply does not add up. If
employment growth were indeed growing as strongly as in the late 90's, it would
seem logical to expect that many of the disparities in the economic landscape
should be starting to equalize somewhat. Unfortunately, that has yet to be
the case.
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Medvedev
Warns Of "Unlimited Reaction" If Russia Cut From SWIFT. Submitted
by Tyler Durden on 01/27/2015. While nations around
the world continue to de-dollarize, Russia signed into law its anti-crisis
plan today. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’ threats warning The West that the
"Russian response - economically and otherwise - will know no limits"
if Russia is cut off from the SWIFT payments system. [Besides] Russia and
Iran plan to create a mutual account for bilateral payments in national
currencies.
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King
Dollar CATastrophe: Currency War Drags Dow Down Almost 300 Points. Submitted
by Tyler Durden on 01/27/2015
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It’s
Not The Greeks Who Failed, It’s The EU. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 01/27/2015. It’s important that we all, European or not, grasp
how lacking in morality the entire system prevalent in the west, including the
EU, has become. This shows in East Ukraine, where sheer propaganda has
shaped opinions for at least a full year now. It’s not about what is real, it’s
about what ‘leaders’ would like you to think and believe. And this same
immorality has conquered Greece too; there may be no guns, but there are plenty
victims. The EU is a disgrace, a predatory beast unleashed upon all corners of
Europe that resist central control and, well, debt slavery really, if you live
on the wrong side of the tracks. SYRIZA may be the last chance Europe has to
right its wrongs, before fighting in the streets becomes an everyday reality.
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Is
The US Preparing To Blame The Next Market Crash On "Russian Spies"
And HFT?. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 01/27/2015. As reported
yesterday, in a surprise announcement late in the day,.. the US Department
of Justice –DOJ- announced it had busted
a Russian spy ring in New York City, where at least one of the three people
was said to be involved with finance and potentially, capital markets.
Specifically, the DOJ
announced "charges against Evgeny Buryakov, aka “Zhenya,” Igor
Sporyshev and Victor Podobnyy in connection with Buryakov’s service as a covert
intelligence agent on behalf of the Russian Federation (Russia) in New York
City, without notifying the U.S. Attorney General of Buryakov’s status as an
agent of Russia, as required by federal law. Buryakov was placed under
arrest earlier today in Bronx, New York, and is scheduled to appear before U.S.
Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn in federal court in Manhattan later today.
Sporyshev and Podobnyy no longer reside in the United States and have not
been arrested. By virtue of their prior positions in the United
States on behalf of Russia, both of them were protected by diplomatic immunity
from arrest and prosecution while in the United States."
On the surface this sounds like your plain vanilla
diplomatic escalation, in which a lowly spy, or rather alleged spy, is exposed
to show the displeasure of the host regime toward the opposing country, an
action which will surely result, within 24-48 hours, in a comparable arrest of
a US spy in Russia. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-01-27/us-preparing-blame-next-market-crash-russian-spies
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Greece
At The Crossroads: The Oligarchs Blew It. Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/27/2015. Once one oligarchy
falls, it will threaten to topple a long line of oligarch dominoes.
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The
Full Breakdown Of Greece's New Cabinet. Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/27/2015 Alexis Tsipras has
announced his new cabinet to lead Greece forward - with or without Europe. As
was expected the economist
Yanis Varoufakis was given the key position of Finance Minister, and
another influential economist, Nikos Dragasakis was appointed Deputy Prime
Minister...
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Greece's
New FinMin Explains "This Is What Happens When You Humiliate A Nation
& Give It No Hope". Submitted
by Tyler Durden on 01/27/2015. "This is not
blackmail," explains new Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, "we
simply want to end this seemingly never-ending Greek Crisis." In what must
be worryingly calm and simple to comprehend words for Brussels, Varoufakis
tells CNBC's Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, "this is what happens when you humilate a nation and don't give it any
hope." Carefully noting that membership in the Euro is not imperative,
Varoufakis concludes "bankruptcy cannot be dealt with by borrowing
more," asking rhetorically, "how can I look the German and Finnish
taxpayer in the eye and tell them you know I can't really pay you the money I
have already borrowed from you..." but lend me more so I can pay back the
ECB?
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France
'Proves' Q€ Is Entirely Useless.
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/27/2015
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HOW
CAPITALISM DIES. by bill bonner via acting-man blog, www.zerohedge. com . Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 01/27/2015. In the early 1970s, there were about 200,000 new
US businesses created each year (net of closures). Now, the number is negative.
Why are Americans getting poorer? Look no further. No new businesses
(net). No new jobs (again net). No new wealth. Under Obama and Draghi, crony
capitalism flourishes. Real capitalism dies. If we had to put a title on this little
discussion, we might call it: “America’s Disappearing Wealth Creators.” Or if
we wanted to be more lurid: “How the Zombies Ate America’s Entrepreneurs.” In short, the people who create wealth
are vanishing.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-01-27/how-capitalism-dies
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WTI
Crude Jumps As Saudi Oil Minister Meets With Russian, Finnish, And Norwegian
Ambassadors. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 01/27/2015. WTI Crude tests $46 once again following reports of Saudi
Oil Minister Ali Al-Naimi meeting with Rolf Willy Hansen - ambassador of
Norway, Oleg Ozerov - ambassador of Russia, and Pekka Voutilainen, ambassador
of Finland; to discuss "market stability." Why would that
spike oil prices? Because the three are plotting the final destruction of US
shale... just as Obama makes an appearance at Abdullah's funeral?
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The
Bonds Of The Third Largest Austrian Bank Are Crashing. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 01/27/2015
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Russian
Ruble Extends Gains, Stocks Erase All Post-Downgrade Losses. Submitted
by Tyler Durden on 01/27/2015. "That'll teach
them Russians" - oh wait... The kneejerk selling of Russian Rubles and
stocks post-downgrade has almost entirely been erased and dip-buyers appear to
be greatly rotating from US to Russian stocks today...
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EURUSD
Surges Above 1.14 As EU Inflation Expectations Tumble To Lowest Since Q€.
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/27/2015
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Dow
Plunges 360 Points, Erases All Post-QE Gains. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 01/27/2015.
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Consumer
Confidence Surges To Highest Since The Last Time Markets Crashed. Submitted
by Tyler Durden on 01/27/2015. Despite stagnant
wages, surging jobless claims, and global geopolitical anxiety, US consumers
have not been this exuberant since August 2007... a month before the great
quant fund blow-up and the top of US equities... But it's different this
time, we're got money-printing and low oil prices... right? Texas confidence
plunged from 119.4 to 111.9 (led by a huige crash in expectations from 95.8 to
83.5). Finally, expectations for higher incomes in the next 6 months surged
higher - almost at record levels of hope - despite the slump in hourly
average earnings. [if a government is facing high economic volatilely and adds
on top the uncertainties of war, everybody start taking personal precautions that
worsen the econ problems. The relation between economics and politics is very
tied]
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US
Services PMI Improves But New Orders Drop To Post-Recession Low. Submitted
by Tyler Durden on 01/27/2015. “The 5.0% an
nualised rate of GDP expansion in the third quarter certainly looks like a
peaking in the pace of expansion, with the surveys pointing to 2.5%
annualised growth at the start of the year."
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"Paid
To Wait"? Microsoft Tumbles 10%, Destroys 4 Years Of Dividend Gains. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 01/27/2015
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"Prospects
For A Home Run In 2015 Aren’t Good" - November Case-Shiller Confirms
Ongoing Housing Market Slowdown. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 01/27/2015
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"Shadow
Of The Crisis Has Not Passed": Durables Goods Orders Collapse. Submitted
by Tyler Durden on 01/27/2015
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Welcome
To The Wreckovery: Who Could Have Possibly Anticipated Caterpillar's Disastrous
Earnings And Guidance?. Submitted
by Tyler Durden on 01/27/2015. Well, pretty much
anyone who had read any of our CAT monthly sales reports over the past 2 years.
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Market
Wrap: Futures Tumble On Spike Of "Strong Dollar" Earnings
Disappointments And Profit Warnings. Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/27/2015. [Economic things went
..] in direct refutation of what Jack Lew said previously about a strong dollar
being good for the US economy, was this:"The outlook for the year will
remain challenging. Foreign exchange will reduce fiscal 2015 sales by 5% and
net earnings by 12%, or at least $1.4 billion after tax." In other
words, P&G will "offset" the surge in the USD with more layoffs. So
when Jack Lew said "good" he really meant "bad."
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As
The Middle Class Evaporates, Global Oligarchs Plan Their Escape Form The
Impoverished Pleb Masses. Submitted
by Tyler Durden on 01/26/2015. Obama: "Middle-Class
Economics works.." [vs.] Davos Hedge Fund Director: “I know
hedge fund managers all over the world who are buying airstrips and farms in
places like New Zealand because they think they need a getaway...”
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PRESSTV
West
‘reluctant to face Ukraine reality’.
the West does not want to accept the fact that its own measures in Ukraine
has caused the current political crisis in the country.
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Georgia mom kills 3 kids, herself [la
miseria del sistema neoliberal la sufren las madres del pueblo Americano]
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Israel
attacks Syria army positions. [it is not the 1st time they do
the same, they cannot say they try to prevent nuclear attack. They believe they
are above the Law in their plan against Iran..]
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Kiev
dubs pro-Russians terrorists The Ukrainian parliament officially declares
the pro-Russian forces in eastern Ukraine as terrorists. [these clawns forgot to say that pro-russians are neo-nazis]
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Will
Ukraine spark Russo-Western war?.
In this edition of The Debate we will focus on the ongoing tensions between
Moscow and the West over Ukraine.
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‘Do
not expect Greece to clear debt’. Syriza Party says it would be unrealistic to expect Greece to fully repay
its huge debt.
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US
drones cause a 'lot of damage’ A military analyst says drones that are
operated domestically in the US can be “extremely dangerous.”
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EU dangles more sanctions on Russia 9min. EU heads threaten Russia with more sanctions over the recent escalation of fighting in Ukraine’s east.
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'Turkey
rejects Kurd gov’t in N Syria' 13min The Turkish president reportedly opposes the creation of a Kurdish
government in northern Syria.
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UAE
halts Baghdad flights after gunfire 29min. UAE airlines suspend flights to Baghdad following a FlyDubai
plane came under a gunfire attack.
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Russia
in the cross hairs. Washington’s
attack on Russia has moved beyond the boundary of the absurd into the realm of
insanity.
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Syria
local opp. starts Moscow talks. The
Syrian domestic opposition starts a meeting in Moscow in an effort aimed at
settling the ongoing conflict in the country
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Russia
raps S&P downgrade. Russia's
finance minister slams rating agency Standard & Poor's for downgrading
Moscow’s credit rating.
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Oil
price falls ‘to affect consumers’. The drops in oil prices will even affect consumers in the future, a Saudi
oil giant says.
[[Los Saudis creen tener poder y en realidad no controlan
ni siquiera la fuente de energía más
grande del mundo que da base a su trono. Los Saudis jamás
trabajaron para conseguir la riqueza que tienen. La naturaleza les dio algo que
no merecen tener ni “controlar”. No lo merecen porque no les interesa la
comunidad internacional. No les importa
el daño que causa su dumping of oil. Pudieron re-negociar sus precios en la
Naciones Unidas o en su Consejo de Seguridad, pero tampoco les interesa dicho
orden internacional. Solo les importa mantener sus privilegios en alianza con
un imperio que busca la caída de los rusos a cualquier precio, aun sacrificando
la existencia del mundo entero. La suerte del mundo está hoy en mano de esos
psicópatas ultra-ricos y ultra armados cuya ambición desmedida no tiene
límites. La riqueza mal habida cegó no solo a los saudis, sobre todo a las
grandes mafias de banqueros y trasnacionales que lucran con el neoliberalismo y
sus guerras de despojo. El imperio es un jinete (NATO) sentado al medio de dos
mulas –decirles caballos es un insulto a esa bestia hermosa- se trata de mulas
ciegas que jamás podrán procrear nada nuevo. El imperio dice que controla esas
mulas ciegas pero lo cierto es que no pueden darle dirección. Las mulas solo
saben que hay que alimentar el monstruo imperial que ve en Rusia y China un
obstáculo para seguir sembrando caos, muerte y miseria a nivel global. El
monstruo imperial se alimenta del neoliberalismo actual. Sus dos mulas también:
los saudis y Kiev. Que pasaria si el jinete montado encima de esas mulas,
pierde una de ellas?. Aparentemente nada, ya perdió (o esta ya perdiendo una de
ellas, el ISIS y muy pronto Israel) y nada ocurrió ni va a ocurrir. Pero si cae
Kiev y/o se bombardea también el reino saudí, la mula imperial tendría que
competir con dos caballos Rusia-China y Europa (este último, un transitorio
aliado de NATO) y en esa competencia el monstruo imperial lleva las de perder.
Eso si la guerra continua dentro de los límites actuales. El caso es que las
mulas no saben adónde van, ni lo saben su jinete NATO, solo saben que hay un
barranco delante de ellos, el intercambio nuclear. Si eso ocurre, las dos mulas
serían las 1ras en perecen en el desastre. Si el intercambio nuclear se da, el
efecto más probable es que NATO sea eliminado para siempre y sus jefecitos
serian puestos en la cárcel, o quizá ejecutados si ellos inician el ataque. De
darse el encuentro nuclear no quedaría nada de la base de NATO: por lo menos 10 paises de europa quedarían totalmente destruidos,
además de Israel, Saudis, Qatar y Kiev. Se da por descontado que más de 10 Estados del Norte del USA serian quedarían
peor que Hiroshima y Nagazaki , y mas, si el intercambio nuclear no se detiene y se
declara la paz. Esto tampoco interesa a los Saudis, que
creen que podrán vivir donde quieran pues hoy son acaudalados. Eso no
pasaría de ser un sueño de opio pues todo lo que tienen seria confiscado y el
territorio pasaría a manos de un nuevo Consejo de Seguridad mundial quienes administrarían el petróleo
hasta que se pague la reconstrucción post-guerra. Si los reyezuelos y califas quedan
con vida serian perseguidos muerte donde se encuentren. Ese es el post-war que
les espera a los Saudis. La pregunta de
orden es : Por que el resto de la humanidad tendría que sufrir esta guerra? Por qué permitir que los fundamentalistas sunis
decidan los destinos del mundo entero? Por que no eliminar los jinetes del
apocalipsis antes de que ocurra el desastre mundial? ]]
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Israeli
settlers storm Islamic sites.
Israeli settlers storm Islamic religious sites in Awarta village in the
occupied West Bank.
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US
to put pressure on Russia by oil.
The US will continue exerting economic pressure on Russia over the crisis in
Ukraine.
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Israel
troops fired for criticizing regime. The Israeli army dismisses 43 soldiers for publicly criticizing the Tel
Aviv regime’s crimes against Palestinians.
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More
pressure on Russia ‘destructive’. Russia dismisses as “absolutely destructive” any attempts to pile up
economic pressure on Moscow over Ukraine.
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Fidel
Castro distrusts US despite thaw. Former Cuban President Fidel Castro says he does not trust the United
States despite a thaw in ties.
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Oil
prices to rebound ‘very soon’. The
OPEC chief says oil prices may have reached a floor and will rebound “very
soon.”
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US
Senators move against Iran sanctions. A group of US senators introduce a resolution against imposing more
sanctions on Iran.
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Iraq
sleeper cells battle ISIL in Mosul. An Iraqi MP says former military and police officers in Mosul are tipping
off Iraqi officials to positions of ISIL terrorists.
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US
set to execute disabled prisoner. The United States is set to execute a mentally disabled prisoner despite
a ban on such executions.
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