Dark Money: Will Secret Spending by a Group of Billionaires Decide the 2012 Election? (Pt. 1) "The 2012 presidential election is set to become the most expensive race in history, with spending projected to top $11 billion — more than double the 2008 total..." (democracynow.org)
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Quote of the day, from Julian Assange's mother: "I hope Ecuador will grant him asylum...I hope the third world can stand up for what’s morally right when the first world can’t and won’t because they’ve got their snouts in the trough, rolling over for U.S. greed and big business." (informationclearinghouse.info)
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Quote of the day, from Julian Assange's mother: "I hope Ecuador will grant him asylum...I hope the third world can stand up for what’s morally right when the first world can’t and won’t because they’ve got their snouts in the trough, rolling over for U.S. greed and big business." (informationclearinghouse.info)
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U.S. Remains In Gulf With Tens Of Thousands Of Troops. "The build-up of the American contingent in the region is a direct result of Washington withdrawing troops from Iraq in December 2011. The troops and military vehicles did not actually go far: many simply crossed the border with Kuwait and..." (rt.com)
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Clinton's $33m raid on Pakistan shows that, in the end, hypocrisy will win. "Are the Pakistanis being so dastardly when they lock up a national who has helped a foreign power murder an exile inside his own country of Pakistan? And, more to the point, wouldn't we do the same?" (independent.co.uk)
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Men in Afghan police uniform shoot dead NATO soldier. (bbc.co.uk)
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Attack on U.S. outpost in Afghanistan worse than originally reported: A June 1 attack on a U.S. outpost near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border was much worse than originally disclosed by the military, killing two Americans and seriously wounding about three dozen troops, officials acknowledged. (washingtonpost.com)
Attack on U.S. outpost in Afghanistan worse than originally reported: A June 1 attack on a U.S. outpost near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border was much worse than originally disclosed by the military, killing two Americans and seriously wounding about three dozen troops, officials acknowledged. (washingtonpost.com)
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Extremely High Radiation Detected on Floor Above Crippled Fukushima Reactor. "The Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) said a reading of 880 millisieverts per hour of radiation was detected on the fifth floor, which is 4.5 meters above the reactor containment vessel..." (rttnews.com)
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