2022-03-23: News Headlines

IMEMC News (2022-03-23). Israeli Soldiers Attack Palestinians Planting Olive Trees Near Ramallah. imemc.org On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers attacked many Palestinians, including political leaders and social figures, while planting olive trees in Jabal ar-Reesan mountain near Ramallah, in the central West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers invaded the Palestinian lands and started firing gas bombs and concussion grenades at the Palestinians before physically assaulting some of them. They …

IMEMC News (2022-03-23). Israeli Colonizers Attack Palestinian Cars, Homes, Near Ramallah. imemc.org Israeli colonizers attacked, on Tuesday evening, many Palestinian cars and one home at the northern entrance of the al-Biereh city, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. The colonizers also attacked a home in Beitin village, east of Ramallah. Media sources said dozens of colonizers gathered near the Beit El Israeli military roadblock, …

_____ (2022-03-23). Biden's Actions are Behind the Collapsing Dollar. journal-neo.org The US dollar, as the international reserve currency, has long served as an essential medium of exchange between countries with different national currencies. To fulfil this role, a reserve currency needs to be stable, safe and easily accessible to all countries. In the 20th Century, the dollar's international status caused it to grow in value, …

Alexander Swart (2022-03-23). Minneapolis teachers rally in support of strike. liberationnews.org Over the last week, multiple rallies and demonstrations across Minneapolis attracted thousands of teachers, families and community members in support of striking teachers.

oneworld.press (2022-03-23). Assessing The Prospects Of Prime Minister Khan's China-OIC Mediation Proposal. oneworld.press The takeaway is that those countries like Pakistan that practice policies of principled neutrality are very interested in strengthening their independent credentials by offering to mediate between Russia and Ukraine even if those two might not ask them to do so. Turkey's existing involvement in these efforts creates a chance for Ankara to de facto involve the OIC so observers should keep an eye on if this happens as well as if China tries to do so too, whether on its own or in coordination with Turkey.

oneworld.press (2022-03-23). Victoria Nuland's Understanding Of Russian-Indian Relations Is Outdated. oneworld.press No amount of proposed American replacements for India's military-technical imports from Russia will influence that Great Power to sacrifice on its grand strategic goal of jointly assembling a new Non-Aligned Movement ('Neo-NAM') with Moscow in order to mutually maximize their strategic autonomy and thus preemptively prevent their potential disproportionate dependence on the US and China respectively in the New Cold War.

Staff (2022-03-23). Venezuela Welcomes New Ambassador of Trinidad & Tobago (+Nicaragua). orinocotribune.com On Monday, March 21, in the Sol del Per√∫ room of Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela's head of state Nicol√°s Maduro received the credentials of His Excellency Edmund Dillon, ambassador appointed to Venezuela by the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Dillon has been in Venezuela since his arrival at the Sim√≥n Bol√≠var International Airport on February 4. Upon arrival, the Trinidadian diplomat expressed a strong desire to continue cooperation between the two nations. | Prior to his appointment as ambassador of Trinidad and Tobago, Dillon served as a soldier in the Trinidad and Tobago Defense Forces, later serving…

Jos√© Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-03-23). Possible Vote Recount Threatens Colombia's 'Democracy' Amid Presidential Race. orinocotribune.com In the midst of warnings of a possible coup d'√©tat carried out through a vote recount promoted by former Colombian president √ Ålvaro Uribe and his supporters, and by President Iv√°n Duque himself, the political system of Colombia is faltering a few weeks before the country's presidential elections. | In the parliamentary elections held on March 13, the Historic Pact leftist coalition came out on top, receiving the most seats in the Senate and the House of Representatives. Now, the Colombian president himself has requested a recount, in violation of the legal and constitutional regulations of the country, bec…

SAM (2022-03-23). Half Of Women Of Color In The US Are Making Starvation Wages. progressivehub.net SARAH RUIZ-GROSSMAN | HUFFPOST…

Ryan Black (2022-03-23). Guant√°namo Torture and Bush War Crimes In Spotlight At Ketanji Brown Jackson Hearings. progressivehub.net BRETT WILKINS | COMMON DREAMS…

Ryan Black (2022-03-23). From Moscow To Washington, The Barbarism And Hypocrisy Don't Justify Each Other. progressivehub.net NORMAN SOLOMON…

Staff (2022-03-23). 26 March, online event: Palestine and US Strategy in the Arab World with Prof. As'ad AbuKhalil. samidoun.net SATURDAY, MARCH 26 5: 00 PM PACIFIC || 8: 00 PM EASTERN REGISTER TO JOIN: bit.ly/usandpalestine The struggle for the liberation of Palestine is also a struggle to defeat U.S. imperialism and obtain liberation of the Arab people. Join the Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path (Masar Badil) for a discussion of U.S. strategy today — and our response. …

teleSUR (2022-03-23). Venezuelan Economy Grows Despite External Blockade: Rodriguez. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez pointed out that Venezuela shows high economic recovery rates despite the U.S. and European Union blockades. | RELATED: | "Our disposable income reached US$1,7 billion and oil production was strengthen enough to produce 2 million oil barrels," Rodriguez highlighted, adding that economic activity recovery rates of up to 29 percent have been achieved in certain sectors. | In 2021,…

teleSUR (2022-03-23). Why is the EU Wary of Cutting off Russian Energy?>. telesurenglish.net The European Union is under mounting pressure from Washington to ban Russian energy imports as European leaders and U.S. President Joe Biden are set to meet and discuss deterrence measures against Russia at a summit on Thursday. However, member states of the bloc have not reached an agreement yet on whether a ban would be slapped on Russian energy in the EU. | RELATED: | "Europe's supply of energy for heating, mobi…

themoscowtimes (2022-03-23). 'Hellscape' in Mariupol Where 100,000 Trapped. themoscowtimes.com The Pentagon has said Russia is now pummelling Mariupol using artillery, long-range missiles and from naval ships.

_____ (2022-03-23). Analysts warn of diesel shortages and rationing. truepublica.org.uk Last week TruePublica reported that there was a fairly strong possibility that diesel would be in short supply. Today, many of the financial pages across Europe are now reporting the same and that rationing is to be expected Indeed, the head of the world's largest independent oil trader has warned of a "systemic" shortage of …

_____ (2022-03-23). Most of Javid's '69 new NHS centres' may not actually exist. truepublica.org.uk By Caroline Malloy: Just a quarter of the 69 new NHS diagnostic centres that the health secretary last month boasted were "up and running" may have actually opened, openDemocracy has learned. Sajid Javid told Parliament on 8 February that scores of "new community diagnostic centres" had "already opened across England in convenient places such as …

teleSUR, yart, JGN (2022-03-23). China confirma que el accidente a√©reo no tuvo supervivientes. telesurtv.net Este miércoles se informó en rueda de prensa que rescatistas hallaron una de las cajas negras del Boeing 737, según reportó el medio local CGTN.

WSWS (2022-03-23). US Indo-Pacific commander in provocative flight over South China Sea. wsws.org On board a US Navy reconnaissance plane, Aquilino accused China of militarising islets in the South China Sea and warned his command was prepared to "fight and win" should conflict with China arise.

The Oshman Family JCC (2022-03-23). Tuesday 3/29: The Polyphony Quartet in Concert. indybay.org Albert and Janet Schultz Cultural Arts Hall (Bldg F) | 3921 Fabian Way | Palo Alto, CA 94303…

ecns.cn (2022-03-23). China plans larger VAT rebates to boost vitality of market entities. ecns.cn Chinese authorities have issued a circular clarifying relevant policies to increase the scale of value-added tax (VAT) credit refunds, to support the development of small businesses and manufacturing and boost vitality of market entities.

WSWS (2022-03-23). Minneapolis School Board, Democratic Party demand millions in budget cuts in provocation against striking educators. wsws.org The strike in Minneapolis is reaching a critical turning point, with the MFT desperately seeking to finalize some sort of rotten agreement to shut down the struggle.

WSWS (2022-03-23). CP Rail worker involved in accident denounces terrible working conditions. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site has received a growing number of letters from CP Rail workers over the past week protesting the horrendous conditions of exploitation to which they are subjected by the combined efforts of a ruthless employer, the pro-corporate Teamsters union and the NDP-backed Liberal government.

ecns.cn (2022-03-23). Tokyo Tower half illuminated to save power. ecns.cn The lower half of Tokyo Tower is illuminated in response to the government's request to save electricity in Tokyo, capital of Japan, March 22, 2022.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2022-03-23). Bolivia reafirma que relaciones con Chile pasa por solucionar tema mar√≠timo. telesurtv.net Arce aseguró que las consecuencias del enclaustramiento no son solo políticas, sino también políticas y culturales.

ecns.cn (2022-03-23). Ukraine seeks to open new humanitarian corridors in four regions. ecns.cn Ukrainian representatives are seeking to establish new humanitarian corridors in four regions in negotiations with Russia, the presidential press service said Wednesday.

teleSUR, yart, JGN (2022-03-23). Convenci√≥n Constitucional chilena prorroga tiempo de trabajo. telesurtv.net La decisión de extender el período de trabajo hasta el 5 de julio próximo recibió el apoyo de 144 constituyentes.

UFCLP (2022-03-23). Wednesday 3/23: SF Rally Stop Privatization, Union Busting And Outsourcing. indybay.org In front of SF City Hall…

teleSUR, mcs, JGN (2022-03-23). Justicia ordena a exfiscal brasile√±o indemnizar a Lula Da Silva. telesurtv.net El encargado de la operación Lavo Jato, Deltan Dallagnol, deberá pagar 75.000 reales (15.000 dólares) al expresidente brasileño.

CIIS Public Programs (2022-03-23). Wednesday 4/20: On Indigenous Voices and Restoring the Kinship Worldview. indybay.org

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-03-23). Eight Years Ago: US-NATO Installed a Neo-Nazi Government in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca The forbidden truth is that the West has engineered –through a carefully staged covert operation– the formation of a proxy regime integrated by Neo-Nazis. Svoboda and Right Sector have been entrusted with key positions which grant them control over the Armed Forces, Police and National Security.

imperial.ac.uk (2022-03-23). Podcast: Child COVID condition, health inequalities, and a healthy planet. imperial.ac.uk In this edition: A COVID-linked condition in children, how AI could magnify health inequities, and 9 things you can do for your health and the planet.

Center for Biological Diversity (2022-03-23). U.S. Company Seeks to Extend License for Deep-Sea Mining in Pacific. indybay.org Mining Oceans Depths Poses Risks to Global Biodiversity…

ecns.cn (2022-03-23). U.S. research into biological weapons just the tip of 'dark history' iceberg. ecns.cn Documents obtained by the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation have revealed that U.S.-guided biological laboratories in Ukraine have conducted high-risk studies concerning plague, brucellosis, and even bat coronaviruses, etc.

oneworld.press (2022-03-23). Ukraine's Peace Deal Referendum Proposal Is A Demagogic Distraction. oneworld.press Just like Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan bravely agreed to a Russian-mediated ceasefire with Azerbaijan for ending 2020's Karabakh Conflict without putting his side's pragmatic compromises up to a referendum, so too should Zelensky do the same and similarly rely on snap elections like his Caucasian counterpart later did to determine the public's support for his move.

Marc Norton (2022-03-23). Eulogy to the COVID-19 Holocaust. indybay.org "We have to live with COVID-19." What the corporate politicians and their media flunkies are really saying is that they are willing to sacrifice frontline and essential workers, the poor, the Black, the Brown, the Yellow and the Red — as well as the old, the disabled, the ill and those with weakened immune systems — all on the altar of capitalist greed.

Staff (2022-03-23). Lt Gen Azhar Abbas made Pak army's Chief of General Staff. aninews.in Islamabad [Pakistan], September 8 (ANI): In a major reshuffle in the Pakistan army, Lt Gen Azhar Abbas has been named as the army's next Chief of General Staff (CGS).

Staff (2022-03-23). Recibió canciller cubano al secretario ejecutivo del ALBA-TCP. cubadebate.cu El ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, recibió este martes, al secretario ejecutivo de la Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América-Tratado de Comercio de los Pueblos (ALBA-TCP), compañero Sacha Llorenti Soliz, quien realiza una visita oficial a nuestro país.

WSWS (2022-03-23). West Coast schools remove mask mandates as US child deaths from COVID-19 continue to mount. wsws.org With the announcement of an agreement last Friday to end mandatory masking in Los Angeles schools, virtually every school across the US West Coast has now made masks optional on campuses as coronavirus cases continue to increase among school-aged children.

teleSUR, jaa, JL (2022-03-23). Pdte. peruano recibe cartas credenciales de embajador venezolano. telesurtv.net Además del diplomático venezolano recibieron sus cartas credenciales los embajadores de Brasil, Portugal y la de Australia.

WSWS (2022-03-23). Vigilante punishment spreads in Ukraine. wsws.org Violent acts of humiliation are being carried out by Ukraine's Armed Forces as Ukraine's government dispenses with basic democratic rights in wartime.

Staff (2022-03-23). Iran reports 26,854 new COVID-19 cases, 5,210,978 in total. aninews.in Tehran [Iran], September 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran's health ministry on Wednesday reported 26,854 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country's total infections to 5,210,978.

teleSUR, jaa- JL (2022-03-23). Al menos un fallecido y decena de heridos dejan tornados en EE.UU. telesurtv.net Medios locales informaron que cerca de 65.000 hogares y negocios vieron afectado su fluido eléctrico tras el paso de los tornados.

ecns.cn (2022-03-23). China-Mongolia border port sees robust fruit, vegetable exports. ecns.cn From 2018 to the end of February 2022, a total of 364,000 tonnes of fruits and vegetables were exported from China to Mongolia via the border port of Erenhot in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, according to the Erenhot Customs.

ecns.cn (2022-03-23). China maps 2021-2035 plan on hydrogen energy development. ecns.cn Chinese authorities on Wednesday released a plan on the development of hydrogen energy for the 2021-2035 period as the country races toward its carbon peaking and neutrality goals.

ecns.cn (2022-03-23). Search for plane crash survivors suspended by heavy rain. ecns.cn Heavy rain on Wednesday has forced the suspension of the large-scale search and rescue operations in a remote mountainous area in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region for the survivors and black boxes of a China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed on Monday.

Staff (2022-03-23). Jaishankar meets Russian NSA, discusses Afghan situation. aninews.in New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday met with visiting Russian Secretary of Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, and discussed a number of international and regional problems, including the situation in Afghanistan.

People for the American Way (2022-03-23). Wednesday 3/23: Combating White Supremacy During Demographic Shifts in America. indybay.org Online teach-in…

teleSUR (2022-03-23). LIVE: Russia Warns of Consequences of Sending of Peacekeepers. telesurenglish.net The armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine is about to be a month old without any signs of a short-term solution. Below are the main events as they happen. | RELATED: | Russia warns of consequences of sending of "peacekeepers." On Wednesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov warned that a possible deployment of peacekeepers from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Ukraine would be dangerous. | "A special operation is underway…

WSWS (2022-03-23). "Aggressive" speech by Fed chair Powell targets wages. wsws.org In remarks to the annual conference of the National Association for Business Economics in Washington, Powell continually returned to the issue of what he called a "hot" and "very tight" labour market.

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2022-03-22: News Headlines

Editor (2022-03-22). Washington Should Think Twice Before Launching a New Cold War. scheerpost.com Here we are in what might indeed be Cold War II, playing out the Ukrainian version of Afghanistan with a weaker Russian military, a visibly more disturbed leader, Washington again shoveling arms, money, and training to the other side, and the possibility that the war could spread elsewhere in Europe. What happens when history repeats itself, however weirdly?>

_____ (2022-03-21). Fans Remind US About Its Number Of Military Interventions During Game. popularresistance.org Fans of Red Star Belgrade rolled out banners featuring the number of US military interventions during the club's match on Thursday. According to local media, the performance was dedicated to the anniversary of the ethnically-motivated violence against Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija. | The banners featured the number of all military operations US forces have participated in since the Second World War, including the first Gulf War, the bombing of Yugoslavia, as well as the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. | The banners also featured a line from an anti-war song by the late singer John Lennon: "All we are saying is…

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-21). Consortium of NATO, EU nations pledge to modernize Ukrainian air defenses. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Georgia, Ireland and Sweden are members of NATO's Partnership for Peace and have provided the alliance with troops for, as one example, Afghanistan. Since 2020 Georgia and Sweden, like Ukraine and Finland, have been NATO Enhanced Opportunities Partners. The others are NATO member states. ==== Interfax-UkraineMarch 21, 2022 Western countries sign joint statement on urgent …

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-21). From Kyiv to Kabul: The 'Blessings' of Civilisation. transcend.org 15 Mar 2022 – It's time to put an end to a long history of violence in the name of benevolence.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-21). (Italiano) Centrali nucleari — una 'tassonomia' controversa? transcend.org 18 Marzo 2022 – Pochi giorni fa, l'11 marzo, in sordina, ricorreva l'undicesimo anniversario della tragedia di Fukushima (in Giappone) Il 26 aprile prossimo saranno trascorsi 27 anni dal disastro di Chernobyl (in Ucraina)…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-21). Waltzing Toward Armageddon with the Merchants of Death. transcend.org 14 Mar 2022 – The Cold War, 1945-1989, was a Bacchanalia for arms manufacturers, the Pentagon, the CIA, the diplomats who played one country off another, and the global corporations able to equate predatory capitalism with freedom. The doctrine of permanent war dominated our lives then–and now.

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2022-03-21: News Headlines

Alexander Rubinstein (2022-03-20). US and NATO allies arm neo-Nazi units in Ukraine as foreign policy elites yearn for Afghan-style insurgency. thegrayzone.com Corporate US media and foreign policy hardliners want to create a new Afghanistan in the middle of Europe by flooding Ukraine with weapons. The arms industry is very pleased. Following urgent requests for arms from the Ukrainian government, at least 32 countries have announced their intention to ship billions of dollars in weapons into Ukraine for use against Russian forces in Ukraine. Photographic evidence shows that these weapons have already ended up in the hands of neo-Nazi paramilitaries — units …

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2022-03-20: News Headlines

Editor (2022-03-19). Ralph Nader: The Biggest Business in America? Defrauding Uncle Sam and You. scheerpost.com [ By Ralph Nader | The biggest business in America is stealing and defrauding the federal government, Uncle Sam and you the taxpayers. In terms of sheer stolen dollars, the total amount is greater than the annual sales of Amazon and Walmart over the past two years. | Before getting to the real big stuff, start with how much was stolen or not delivered by the contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan. Just in one program, John Spoko—Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction (SIGAR), estimated that $30 billion of…

Ann Garrison (2022-03-19). Sanctions: A Sanctimonious Word for Economic Warfare and Outright Theft (Interview). orinocotribune.com The US claims the right to sanction, to steal from other nations, with one-third of humanity suffering from these crimes. Sanctions are war by other means and cause great suffering around the world. Black Agenda Report's Ann Garrison interviewed Congolese economist Jean-Claude Maswana about such unilateral sanctions and their effects. | The word "sanctions" emerged in the Middle Ages, meaning ecclesiastical decrees. Today it's a sanctimonious word for economic warfare, including even outright theft. Despite all the terror about what could happen in Ukraine next, Afghans are still facing freezing cold and starvati…

teleSUR -HIM (2022-03-19). Pdte. chino insta a EE.UU. y la OTAN a dialogar con Rusia de Ucrania. telesurtv.net China soslayó que el conflicto y la confrontación armada no benefician a aninguna de las partes involucradas.

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2022-03-19: News Headlines

Editor (2022-03-19). Ralph Nader: The Biggest Business in America? Defrauding Uncle Sam and You. scheerpost.com [ By Ralph Nader | The biggest business in America is stealing and defrauding the federal government, Uncle Sam and you the taxpayers. In terms of sheer stolen dollars, the total amount is greater than the annual sales of Amazon and Walmart over the past two years. | Before getting to the real big stuff, start with how much was stolen or not delivered by the contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan. Just in one program, John Spoko—Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction (SIGAR), estimated that $30 billion of…

Natalia Marques (2022-03-18). Who are the foreign fighters traveling to Ukraine? What we know and what we don't. peoplesdispatch.org "Remember, the Russians invaded Afghanistan back in 1980," The "unintended consequences" Clinton referred to were the arming and funding of the mujahideen fighters, who ev…

Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (2022-03-18). Shireen Al-Adeimi on Yemen, David Arkush on Fed Climate Veto. fair.org Sanaa, Yemen (cc photo: Yahya Arhab/European Pressphoto Agency) | This week on CounterSpin: It's worth our while to think about why everyone we know is talking about Ukraine and Russia's unlawful incursion—and equally worthwhile to ask why the same principles of concern don't seem to apply in other cases. Those feelings don't have to fight. But to hear Yemen is not a rhetorical device. It's a country of human beings in c…

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2022-03-18: News Headlines

Staff (2022-03-17). Headlines for March 17, 2022. democracynow.org Ukraine Blames Russia for Attack on Mariupol Theater Where Hundreds Sheltered, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Asks U.S. Congress for More Weapons, WHO Warns 6 Million People in Ethiopia's Tigray Region Face "Unparalleled Health Crisis", U.N. Drive for Yemen Aid Falls Far Short of Goal Needed to Avert Catastrophe, UK's Boris Johnson Meets With Saudi Crown Prince, Urging the Kingdom to Pump More Oil, FBI Documents Reveal Saudi Spy Linked to Prince Bandar Assisted 9/11 Hijackers, Homeland Security Dept. Grants 18-Month TPS to Afghans Who Fled Taliban Takeover, Second Gentleman Doug Em…

Yasemin Y. Celikkol (2022-03-17). Calling Ukraine "Relatively Civilized" Invokes a Racist Ranking of Europeanness. truthout.org CBS senior foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata's contrast of Ukraine, which he described as "relatively civilized, relatively European," with Iraq and Afghanistan, where "conflict has been raging for decades," went viral and offended millions around the globe. This dangerous comment was a sobering reminder of the persisting racism, Islamophobia and colonial mentalities still propagated by mainstream media. While people from the Middle East expressed their shock and disappointment at being…

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2022-03-17: News Headlines

Staff (2022-03-16). Food insecurity threatens an entire generation in Afghanistan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 16 (MNA) — People in Afghanistan are today facing a food insecurity and malnutrition crisis of "unparalleled proportions", the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator said on Tuesday.

WSWS (2022-03-16). CIA detainee Ammar al-Baluchi was used as a training prop to teach torture techniques. wsws.org A CIA document that has been declassified in the pretrial proceedings of five Guantanamo Bay defendants shows that one of the men, who was illegally rendered into US government custody in 2003, was used as a torture training prop while held in a black site in Afghanistan.

teleSUR, JCM (2022-03-16). Emiten alerta de tsunami para Japón tras terremoto en Fukushima. telesurtv.net El terremoto, cuya magnitud es de 7.3, en forma preliminar golpeó Fukushima y sacudió edificios en Tokio…

SF015 (2022-03-16). Mass Grave In Mariupol. Who May Buried There And Why. southfront.org An official representative of the DPR said at an urgent briefing on the morning of 16 March that information had been received from various sources that another falsification had been carried out by the Ukrainian leadership in the city of Mariupol. | This time, the office of the Ukrainian President set the task for the Ukrainian armed forces' command to discredit the actions of the Russian forces by showing the Western public the mass graves of civilians allegedly killed as a result of artillery shellin…

Human Rights Watch (2022-03-16). Saudi Arabia: Mass Execution of 81 Men: Rampant Abuses in Criminal Justice System, lack of Fair Trials. juancole.com Human Rights Watch — (Beirut) — Saudi authorities' execution of 81 men on March 12, 2022 was its largest mass execution in years despite recent promises to curtail its use of the death penalty, Human Rights Watch said today. Rampant and systemic abuses in Saudi Arabia's criminal justice system suggest it is highly unlikely that …

Ramona Wadi (2022-03-16). Not all Refugees are Equal: Plight of Palestinians Displaced by Israel Worsening. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) — Financial support for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is dwindling, despite the renewed mandates and financial contribution pledges by world leaders. "The almost unanimous political support expressed by the UN General Assembly to the Agency is not translated into matching financial resources," UNRWA's Commissioner-General, …

Juan Cole (2022-03-16). Top 7 Ways Iran evaded US Sanctions that Putin could Follow. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The sorts of sanctions and boycotts the United States and its allies are placing on Russia resemble those applied by Washington to Iran off and on in the past decade, though so far the measures in place against Tehran are still far more severe than what has been done to …

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2022-03-16: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-03-16). CIA detainee Ammar al-Baluchi was used as a training prop to teach torture techniques. wsws.org A CIA document that has been declassified in the pretrial proceedings of five Guantanamo Bay defendants shows that one of the men, who was illegally rendered into US government custody in 2003, was used as a torture training prop while held in a black site in Afghanistan.

ecns.cn (2022-03-15). Comicomment: A disgraceful U.S. cannot 'save' anyone. ecns.cn The U.S. mission in Afghanistan asserted it was to annihilate terrorists, bring about peace and help Afghans establish a peaceful and prosperous society, but fighting has been continuing and Afghans are still suffering.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-03-15). Russia remains onboard for final agreement in Vienna. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 15 (MNA) — The Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian tweeted after a visit to Russia on Tuesday that he had held a productive meeting with FM Lavrov on bilateral issues, ViennaTalks, Ukraine, Syria, Yemen & Afghanistan.

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-15). Hamid Karzai warns Ukraine against repeating Afghan tragedy. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The HinduMarch 9, 2022 Ukraine should learn Afghanistan lessons, should not get involved in big power games, says Hamid Karzai Excerpt You're drawing parallels between Ukraine and Afghanistan when it comes to the big power games. Many have warned that with its occupation or continuing invasion of Ukraine, Russia could face another version of what …

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2022-03-15: News Headlines

ecns.cn (2022-03-15). Comicomment: A disgraceful U.S. cannot 'save' anyone. ecns.cn The U.S. mission in Afghanistan asserted it was to annihilate terrorists, bring about peace and help Afghans establish a peaceful and prosperous society, but fighting has been continuing and Afghans are still suffering.

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-15). Hamid Karzai warns Ukraine against repeating Afghan tragedy. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The HinduMarch 9, 2022 Ukraine should learn Afghanistan lessons, should not get involved in big power games, says Hamid Karzai Excerpt You're drawing parallels between Ukraine and Afghanistan when it comes to the big power games. Many have warned that with its occupation or continuing invasion of Ukraine, Russia could face another version of what …

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2022-03-14: News Headlines

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-13). Stoltenberg to Ottawa Conference: More North America in Europe, first Canadian troops there since WWII. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOMarch 12, 2022 Speech by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Ottawa Conference on Security and Defence [Since 2014] we have implemented a big change of NATO. Less focus on out of area operations and missions. Because even with our presence in Afghanistan, it was like 10,000 or very small compared to more than …

Ramona Wadi (2022-03-13). Palestinian Refugee Families expelled from Israel can't Come Home, but 100K Ukrainians Admitted. juancole.com By Ramona Wadi | — ( Middle East Monitor )- Once again, Israel feels entitled to play the humanitarian card, with only Palestinians pointing out its selectivity when it comes to opening its doors to refugees. In February, The Jerusalem Post reported that 10,000 Jewish Ukrainian refugees would be entering Israel. The move was confirmed …

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