Rebel Newsflash (by ) Why are we here? (by John Kaminski) To covet the beyond and neglect the here and now? Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: "Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive,... Read More... | Girl survives rabies without vaccine (by PressTV) An 8-year-old Californian girl who contracted rabies from a wild cat has become a rare survivor of the disease without receiving a vaccine. Precious Reynolds, who was scratched or bitten by an infected feral cat in April, is one of the only three people in the United States, and the first in California, known to have survived rabies without being given any vaccines. Two other people have... Read More... | Lulz hacks US Senate's website 'for fun' (by PressTV) The US Senate's Website has been hacked in the latest embarrassing breach of security against a major US government institution, prompting officials to order a security review. The US Sergeant-at-Arms Office in Congress confirmed the incident on Monday and ordered a review of all Senate computer sites, Reuters reported on Tuesday. A loosely organized hacker group known as Lulz Security said... Read More... | US, Israel plotting unrest in Syria (by PressTV) The US and Israel along with Turkey have been accused of carrying out numerous plots in Syria to incite unrest, create insecurity and spark a civil war in the Arab nation. The Syrian government has repeatedly blamed foreign infiltrators and extremist groups for killing civilians and security forces, and creating chaos in the Middle Eastern country. Syrian army units on Monday restored... Read More... | British officials to be charged over Bahrain (by PressTV) Some 14 UK officials might be charged with training the Saudi forces who have been aiding the Bahraini regime in its crackdown on protesters. The Chief Representative of International Coalition against Impunity, May el-Khansa, will file a complaint at The Hague on June 16, 17 against the Manama regime for ordering the execution of Bahraini youths. According to the report, The Hague has... Read More... | Riots erupt in China over migrant abuse (by PressTV) A wave of unrest has swept the southern manufacturing hub of Guangzhou in China, where angry migrant workers have clashed with riot police over core economic and political issues. Violent protests erupted in the town of Zengchang, after police allegedly abused a pregnant migrant street vendor, Reuters said. The 20-year-old woman was reportedly pushed to the ground as police tried to clear... Read More... | Iraq expells 6 US congressmen (by Seyyed Mohyeddin Sajedi) The Iraqi government has expelled six US congressmen from the country. The decision was so shocking to the US embassy in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, that only 24 hours later the US embassy declared that the congressmen had made personal statements. What raised the Iraqis' anger was a request by these congressmen that Iraq pays a portion -- and even up to a half -- of the expense of the US... Read More... | Iran slams intrusive policies of UK, US (by PressTV) Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast has condemned the British and US interference in the internal affairs of the Islamic Republic. "We are surprised by comments from certain British and American officials, in which they attempt to interfere in the internal affairs of our nation and regional countries," Mehmanparast said at his weekly press conference on Tuesday. If the... Read More... | Da Vinci cannon found in Croatia (by PressTV) Archeologists say the triple-barrel cannon found in Croatia is the only of its kind inspired by the inventions of Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci. The bronze cannon was found in the grounds of the 15th-century Klicevica fortress located in an area in southern Croatia that once had strong trading links with the Venetian Republic. "We think it was either made in Venice and brought here,... Read More... | Iran: Israel must be forced to join NPT (by PressTV) Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says Israel's refusal to join the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is a major obstacle to a nuke-free Middle East. Ali Asghar Soltanieh made the remark at the closing of the second International Conference on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation in the Iranian capital of Tehran, ISNA reported. The Iranian envoy, who was... Read More... | 'Bahrain regime punishes for nothing' (by PressTV) 20 year old Ayat al-Ghermezi has been reportedly tortured and sentenced to one year imprisonment for reading a poem in public that criticized the Bahrain sheikhdom. Press TV talks with Rodney Shakespeare, Chairman of the Committee against torture in... Read More... | 'Syria unrest differs from Arab Spring' (by PressTV) The unrest in Syria differs from the Arab uprisings since it is a 'conspiracy' from foreign intervention attempting to 'reshape' the country's political structure, a political analyst says. In the latest attempts, Washington and Tel Aviv are... Read More... | Iran to introduce Pergamon Museum (by PressTV) Iranian artist Meysam Movahhedfard is planning to exhibit a collection of his photographs introducing the German Pergamon Museum at Tehran's Arasbaran Cultural Center. The event will display 20 pictures depicting the Berlin museum's Islamic civilization section as well as Sumerian, Babylonian, Roman and Greek relics, ISNA reported. The exhibition will be held from June 14 to 21, 2011, as... Read More... | 'Tortured Bahraini activist dies' (by PressTV) A "tortured" Bahraini anti-regime activist has died a day after he was released from jail, witnesses say. Witnesses say Jaber Ibrahim al-Alawiat was "severely tortured" by Bahraini regime forces while in detention, Press TV reported. The activist had been imprisoned for taking part in anti-government protests that have been brutally suppressed by the Saudi-backed security forces in... Read More... | New FBI rules raise privacy concerns (by PressTV) The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued new guidelines that grant its agents more leeway in searching databases and even examining household trash of American citizens. The American internal intelligence agency updated its 2008 Domestic... Read More... | Saudi Salafis want Syria to collapse (by PressTV) In the city of Jisr al-Shughour, north of Damascus 120 security forces were killed and mutilated by armed gangs as part of a foreign plot to turn the country upside down. Press TV talks with Ahmad Moussalli, political analyst from Beirut who... Read More... | Tunisia's Ben Ali to face trial in June (by PressTV) Tunisia's ousted ruler Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali is set to stand trial on a string of charges that include conspiring against the state, voluntary manslaughter and drug trafficking. "I am announcing it for the first time, the trial will start on (June) the 20th," said Tunisia's caretaker Prime Minister Beji Caid Essebsi in an interview with Al-Jazeera television on Monday. Ben Ali will be... Read More... | Ahmadinejad in Astana for SCO meet (by PressTV) | Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has arrived in the Kazakh capital of Astana to take part in the 10th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit. President Ahmadinejad was welcomed at the International Airport Astana by Kazakh Minister of Communications and Information Askar Zhumagaliyev upon his arrival on Tuesday. Kazakh... Read More... | 'West's nukes main cause of insecurity' (by PressTV) Deputy Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Baqeri says nuclear arsenals of the United States and its allies pose a major threat to global security. Speaking at the end of the second International Conference on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation in the capital city of Tehran, Baqeri said the US follows a dual strategy of promoting nuclear deception and terrorism in its... Read More... | MSF alarmed at Bahrain's mass trials (by PressTV) The international aid agency of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has expressed alarm at the Bahraini regime's arbitrary and sweeping court action against the country's medical personnel. The Geneva-based organization's humanitarian affairs advisor Jonathan Whittall said the body was "concerned by the mass trials of medical workers," DPA reported on Monday. "The trials of the health workers in... Read More... | Bahrainis trialed despite no martial law (by PressTV) Thirty-three people have faced military court hearings in Bahrain despite the lifting of the martial law by the Al Khalifa regime earlier this year. The defendants are facing charges including trying to topple the Bahraini government. Those... Read More... | NATO jets continue Libya strikes (by PressTV) NATO warplanes continue their air offensive against Libya amid intense fighting between revolutionary forces and troops loyal to Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi. The Libyan state television reported on Monday that NATO jets have bombarded targets in the central town of al-Jufrah, Reuters said. It, however, gave no details about intended targets, accuracy of the hits or any possible... Read More... | Japan to compensate nuclear victims (by Al Jazeera English) Relief at nuclear operator TEPCO as cabinet approves bill to compensate thousands of people effected by Fukushima plant. | TEPCO shares soared 18.59 per cent to 236 yen after the bill was approved by cabinet [Reuters] | Japan's cabinet has approved a bill to help embattled Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) compensate tens of thousands of people affected by the crisis at its... Read More... | IMF hails Iran's subsidy reform success (by PressTV) The International Monetary Fund has congratulated Iran on its early accomplishment in cutting energy and food subsidies without allowing higher prices to fuel inflation. An IMF mission to Iran says Tehran has managed to contain the initial impact of energy price hikes on the country's inflation rate. The IMF team has also commended the Iranian government for redistributing revenues generated... Read More... | 'Israel deliberately depriving Gaza' (by PressTV) The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees says Israel is 'deliberately' forcing poverty onto the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip through its strict siege of the enclave. On Tuesday, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said Gaza was beset with a 45.2 percent unemployment rate in late 2010 -- an increase from the jobless figure of the first half of the year,... Read More... | Chavez's Right Turn: State Realism versus International Solidarity (by James Petras) Introduction The radical "Bolivarian Socialist" government of Hugo Chavez has arrested a number of Colombian guerrilla leaders and a radical journalist with Swedish citizenship and handed them over to the right-wing regime of President Juan Manuel Santos, earning the Colombian government's praise and gratitude. The close on-going collaboration between a leftist President with a regime with a... Read More... | Israelis get life for killing 4-yr-old (by PressTV) An Israeli man and his female partner have been sentenced to life imprisonment for killing the woman's four-year-old daughter in 2008. The verdict was issued by a court in Petah Tikvah, a city near Tel Aviv, on Monday, Reuters reported. The court convicted the female, named Marie-Charlotte Renaud, of plotting and the male, identified as Ronnie Ron, of committing the murder. The two... Read More... | Poland agrees to host US airbase (by PressTV) Poland and the United States have signed a memorandum of understanding for the establishment of a permanent US military base on Polish soil. The two NATO allies signed the accord in Warsaw on Monday, according to which the US Air Force will station troops and aircraft in Poland starting in 2013, Reuters reported. "This memorandum of understanding means that by the end of 2012 we will have... Read More... | 'Fermilab didn't find elusive Higgs-Boson' (by PressTV) Scientists struggling to discover the Higgs-Boson particle, a theoretical subatomic particle that could explain why objects have mass, have failed to find the elusive particle yet again. US physicists said on Monday that they were unable to confirm the findings of an atom-smasher experiment that caused speculation in April over the possibility that a new force of nature had been... Read More... | Israel's Fischer out of IMF race (by Al Jazeera English) France's Lagarde remains front-runner in contest with Mexico's Carstens. | France's finance minister Christine Lagarde, right, is supported by European bloc and other important nations [Reuters] | The International Monetary Fund has shortlisted Christine Lagarde, the French finance minister, and Agustin Carstens, Mexico's central bank chief, for the IMF's top job, disqualifying... Read More... | Rare sighting of Bilderbergers gets edgy (by PressTV) Some major members of the clandestine Bilderberg club have been confronted by protesters at the site of the group's most recent meeting in Switzerland. Hurriyet Daily News put video footage on its website on Monday showing Bilderbergers walking on foot down a mountain road toward the Suvretta Hotel in the resort town of St. Moritz in southeast Switzerland. Bilderberg attendees are rarely... Read More... | Poll: Austrians don't want Turkey in EU (by PressTV) A recent poll shows that about 70 percent of Austrians do not want Turkey to join the European Union. The telephone poll was carried out by Germany's Friedrich Ebert Foundation from May 26 to 28 and the results were published on June 6, the Research Center of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting reported on Monday. Sixty-nine percent of the participants said they are against Turkey joining... Read More... | Republican 2012 hopefuls debate US issues (by Al Jazeera English) Seven presidential contenders discuss domestic politics and slam Barack Obama's handling of the economy. | Republican hopefuls gather at the first New Hampshire debate of the 2012 campaign in Manchester [Reuters] | Seven US Republican presidential contenders have met face-to-face in their first major debate, with Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, shaping up as the... Read More... | Mysterious West Bank Shootings: Random Murders Or Assassinations? (by Jonathan Azaziah) | Recent killings in the occupied West Bank ghetto-prison bear an Israeli signature. | The occupied West Bank is run like a ghetto prison, identical to the besieged Gaza Strip excluding the all-out Israeli siege. It is governed by the dictator-like regime of 'President' of the Palestinian Authority (PA) Mahmoud Abbas, whose presidency ended in January 2009 (1), and... Read More... | Yemenis give VP 24-hour ultimatum (by PressTV) Yemeni protesters say they will form a transitional council to rule the country if vice president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi does not establish such a body in 24 hours. "People want a transitional council," protesters in Sana'a and the western city of Ibb chanted on Monday, repeating their call for the establishment of a body to enable a prompt transfer of power to the people, Reuters... Read More... | 7 NATO tankers destroyed in Pakistan (by PressTV) Seven oil tankers supplying fuel to NATO troops in Afghanistan have been destroyed in a bomb attack in northwest Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan. The incident occurred on Monday at a terminal near the Torkham border crossing town in the Khyber Agency of Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas. "A bomb fitted with a timer blew up an oil tanker. It triggered a fire that... Read More... | After Running Out Of Anesthesia, All Surgeries In Gaza Put On Hold (by IMEMC) | File - Palestine-Info | Dr. Atef Al Kahloot, head of the Medical Services in the Gaza Strip, reported Monday that all surgeries in hospitals across the coastal region have been put on hold until further notice as they ran out of anesthesia medications and supplies. Al Kahloot stated that all hospitals and medical centers in the Gaza Strip will be totally out of all supplies... Read More... | Pentagon Papers made public (by Al Jazeera English) Entire 7,000-page report, once top-secret files on Vietnam War, were made available at three US presidential libraries. | Al Jazeera's Rosiland Jordan reports from Washington DC on the publication of the Pentagon Papers | The complete Pentagon Papers were made available to the public on Monday, exactly 40 years after leaked... Read More... | Ben Ali to face trial in absentia (by Al Jazeera English) Former Tunisian president remains in Saudi Arabia, as authorities in Tunis prepare charges against the long-time ruler. | Rached Ghannouchi, center, leader of the An-Nahda movement, arrives for a meeting in Tunis [Reuters] | Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia's former president who fled to Saudi Arabia in January, will be tried in absentia, Tunisia's interim prime minister said on... Read More... | 6.2-magnitude quake hits E Indonesia (by PressTV) A 6.2-magnitude earthquake has shaken Sulawesi Island in eastern Indonesia but no tsunami warnings were issued and there have been no immediate reports of damage. Indonesia's Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said the struck at 9:31 p.m. Monday night Jakarta time (1431 GMT) and its epicenter was about 178 kilometers southeast of Tahuna Island and 10 kilometers beneath the Maluku... Read More... | 'Hegemons' cultural war targeting Iran' (by PressTV) Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the hegemonistic powers are the vanguard of the cultural war that is targeting Iran. "The extent of the cultural invasion of the arrogant powers encompasses all the countries in the world, but the most important target of this invasion is the system of the Islamic Republic because the Islamic system has stood up to the... Read More... | Egypt questions Israeli spy suspect (by Al Jazeera English) Family dismisses espionage allegations against Ilan Chaim Grapel, a US-Israel dual national, as "totally delusional". | Ilan Chaim Grapel is accused of sowing sectarian strife and chaos in Egypt after a popular uprising | Egypt's state security prosecution has begun questioning an Israeli man suspected of spying for the Mossad intelligence agency, the official MENA news agency... Read More... | Italian PM humiliated in crucial referendums (by Al Jazeera English) Voters back motions against nuclear power, water privatisation and trial immunity for government ministers. | The referendum outcome has 'probably ended any prospect of using atomic energy in Italy', Berlusconi said [Reuters] | Silvio Berlusconi has suffered a humiliating defeat after Italians turned out in large numbers to vote in referendums which the Italian prime... Read More... | FBI Power to Snoop Expanded (Again) (by Kurt Nimmo) From the Salt Lake Tribune : The Federal Bureau of Investigation is giving significant new powers to its roughly 14,000 agents — allowing them more leeway to search databases, go through household trash or use surveillance teams to scrutinize the lives of people who have attracted their attention. The FBI soon plans to issue a new edition of its manual, called the Domestic Investigations... Read More... | Ex-Dara'a gov. barred from leaving Syria (by PressTV) A Syrian judicial committee has issued travel bans against former Dara'a Governor Faysal Kalthoum and Brig. Gen. Atif Najib. The two officials were barred from traveling outside Syria by the Special Judicial Committee, which is tasked with investigating the circumstances that led to the death or injury of citizens in the southern province of Dara'a. Judge Mohammed Deeb al-Muqatran of the... Read More... | Syria's state TV director dismissed (by PressTV) Syrian Information Minister Adnan Mahmoud has reportedly dismissed the director of the country's state TV network, Reem Haddad. In a decree issued on Monday Mahmoud relieved Haddad of all her responsibilities in the state-run Syria television and replaced her with Muan Saleh, IRNA reported. Haddad had recently told the state-funded BBC in an interview that the crowds of Syrians going... Read More... | Israel to consider legalization of drugs (by PressTV) A special committee has been tasked with studying the prospect of legalizing 'soft drugs' in Israel as traditional methods of fighting drugs continue to fail. Following a major rise in the number of drug addicts amongst the Israeli population, several members of the Israeli Parliament (Knesset) have called for the formation of a special anti-drug committee to consider legalizing the... Read More... | Libyan rebel fighters suffer losses (by Al Jazeera English) Germany's endorsement of opposition council tempered by news of at least 25 deaths near the eastern city of Brega. | Rebels battling Gaddafi's forces estimate that up to 5,000 government troops are defending Brega [Reuters] | Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi have killed at least 25 anti-government fighters on the frontline between Ajdabiya and Brega in eastern Libya, according... Read More... | 'Israel bribes UN to reject Palestine' (by PressTV) Israel is working on several strategies to derail the Palestinian plan to obtain recognition of statehood at the UN General Assembly in September. Israel's foreign ministry has ordered its ambassadors to fuel the media hype against... Read More... | Berlusconi suffers defeat in referendum (by PressTV) The majority of Italians have backed opposition-proposed referendum which calls for abolishing immunity for Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and banning nuclear power production. The government worked hard to keep the turnout below 50 percent to be able to scrape the vote, but Italians flocked the polls to vote in opposition to the government. With the turnout of 57 percent, over 90... Read More... | Iran raps UK over Syria crackdown claim (by PressTV) Iran has censured the United Kingdom over its recent allegations that the Islamic Republic gives equipment and logistical support to Syria to quell unrest in the Arab country. Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast in a Monday statement said Britain has on occasion intervened and escalated tensions in the Middle East and Persian Gulf states. He also criticized the British... Read More... | Jordan king's motorcade attacked (by PressTV) The motorcade of the Jordan king has been attacked while he was on an official tour in the southern city of Tafileh, a security official says. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the security official said King Abdullah II was unharmed in the Monday incident but 25 police officers were injured, one of them seriously. "(The rear) part of King Abdullah II's motorcade was attacked with... Read More... | Gaddafi forces kill 21 in key Libyan town (by PressTV) Forces loyal to embattled Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi have killed at least 21 revolutionary fighters outside the strategically important city of Brega. The revolutionaries said on Monday that regime troops tricked them by pretending to surrender and then opening fire. "Our men were tricked. Gaddafi's soldiers pretended to surrender, coming with a white flag, and then they fired on us," AFP... Read More... | Palestinian unveils largest oil painting (by PressTV) Palestinian artist Jamal Badwan has created the world's largest oil painting in Ukraine to promote peace and friendship among all nations. The painting was warmly received by art lovers in the capital city of Kiev, where Badwan has been living for the past... Read More... | Iran nuclear chief refutes IAEA claims (by PressTV) The Iranian nuclear chief has refuted the International Atomic Energy Agency's report about Tehran's program having military aspects as "lies." "Other [countries] in the world commit crimes and seek to make nuclear weapons, but the Islamic Republic of Iran which has always called for peace is accused of pursuing a covert program for producing atomic bomb," Head of the Atomic Energy... Read More... | Bomb blast hits Pakistani city of Quetta (by PressTV) Latest reports say several people have been injured in a roadside attack in Quetta, in the troubled southwestern Balochistan Province in Pakistan. According to Pakistani police officials, the blast took place near Quetta's Police Lines area on Monday. Police sources say that the eight-to-ten-kilogram-bomb had been planted on a bicycle in the area. The incident also took its toll on the... Read More... | 'US, Israel behind unrest in Syria' (by PressTV) The US and Israel have so far carried out a number of plots in Syria to incite unrest, create insecurity and spark a civil war in the Arab nation. At the outset, the White House and the Tel Aviv regime provoked anti-government protests in Syria's southern city of Daraa near the border with Jordan. There is now clear evidence that weapons, cell phones and terrorists from Jordan were... Read More... | The US Media War Against Pakistan (by Brig Asif Haroon Raja) Intensification of psychological war against our nuclear program Our suspicions about ill-designs of USA and its strategic allies Israel and India concerning Pakistan's nuclear program are now turning into reality. President Ahmadinejad's recent statement that USA has evil designs against our nuclear program has further heightened our anxieties. Psychological war on our nuclear program... Read More... | For The Sake Of Jewish Sensitivities (by Gilad Atzmon) Zionism Many of us tend to refer to Zionism as the ideological driving force behind Israel. But make no mistake: Israel is not Zionism, and Zionist ideology and politics have very little at all to do with Israeli politics or practice. It must be understood that Israel and Zionism are, by now, two distinct categories. While Zionism was defined by its founders as an attempt to... Read More... | US military spending highest in world (by PressTV) The United States continued to remain the top military spender in the world despite the financial crisis and its growing budget deficit, a research organization reports. "The United States has increased its military spending by 81 percent since 2001," Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) reported. Other report says the US -- with its costly military operations in... Read More... | European Parliament President visits the Gaza Strip (by Middle-East Monitor) European Parliament President visits the Gaza Strip The president of the European parliament, Jerzy Buzek crossed into the Gaza Strip today, via the Israeli Eretz crossing. He visited the Society for Deaf Children and a food distribution center for Palestinian refugees, located in the west of Gaza City. Buzek also visited the Tel al-Hawa district to follow up on the construction work... Read More... | 'US ruling elites silent about Libya war' (by PressTV) An increasing number of civilians are reportedly being killed in NATO airstrikes on Libyan cities. New images have emerged showing the aftermath of an alleged NATO airstrike targeting the capital Tripoli's Nasser University which reportedly left... Read More... | More Syrians waiting to cross Turkey border (by Al Jazeera English) Turkey braced for massive influx of refugees as Syrian troops intensify their military operation in Jisr al-Shughur. Reports say hundreds of Syrians have been gathering on the northern border with Turkey, preparing to cross over if the Syrian army advances further into the area after seizing the rebellious town of Jisr... Read More... | |
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