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Hundreds of Romanians call on President to Quit

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Romanians have protested in cities around the country for a third day against the government, whom they blame for austerity cuts and falling living standards. One policeman was injured in the Romanian capital Saturday after clashes with demonstrators protesting the government’s austerity programme, AFP reported. Hundreds of Romanians rallied in Bucharest to protest... 

Gitmo Turns 10 Years Old, Protests Erupt

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Human rights groups are holding demonstrations to protest the tenth anniversary of the US military detention camp at Guantanamo Bay while hopes for its closure weaken, Press TV reports . Protesters dressed in orange prison jumpsuits, paraded in front of the White House to demand that the Guantanamo Bay detention facility be closed. Detainees at the US Navy base also... 

Ex-Israeli PM indicted for bribery

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Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been indicted for involvement in bribery to advance the so-called Holyland luxury housing project in West al-Quds (Jerusalem). On Thursday, Olmert was indicted along with 17 other Israelis suspected of offering or taking bribes to advance the Holyland project and various other real... 

Nicolas Sarkozy suspected of financial fraud

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A large corruption scandal involving President Nicolas Sarkozy has been gathering pace in France. According to Liberation newspaper, which refers to the investigative materials, Mr. Sarkozy, when serving as the Budget Minister, was involved in establishing a mechanism to pay so-called “kickbacks” when selling submarines to Pakistan during the 1990s, RBC TV... 

Americans will be Transferred to Foreign Prisons under Indefinite Detention act

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Detention Act will imprison Americans abroad If you’re upset that congressional approval of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 can send you away to military prisons and be tortured in America, don’t worry — it could be worse. The US could send you somewhere else. No, really. They could. And they can. Anywhere else, too. Really. While the... 

TSA lets rapper keep his weed

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When he’s not recording tunes like “Personal OG” and “National Anthem (Fu*k the World),” rapper Freddie Gibbs likes to travel. He also likes to smoke weed. A real lot. Somehow for Gibbs, real name Fredrick Tipton, he didn’t think there would be much of a problem with combining those two passions lately, even if it involved the US government’s notoriously... 

Former French President Receives 2-year Jail Term

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Former French President Jacques Chirac A court in France has handed former French President Jacques Chirac a two-year suspended prison sentence after finding him guilty of embezzlement and misuse of public funds. Chirac was tried on Thursday over a party-financing scandal during his 1977-1995 tenure as Paris mayor, AFP reported. Chirac, who did not attend the trial due... 

CIA’s Most Secret Prison Surfaces in Romania

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Secret CIA prison revealed in Romania One of CIA’s secret prisons was probably located in the capital of Romania, Bucharest. Reporters of two Western media companies visited the European country, to take a look at the place, where the CIA could keep its Afghan POWs. The subject of CIA’s secret prisons has surfaced again after an anonymous agent of US special... 

UK extremely worried about stolen nukes

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Did we the British public know that our current Prime Minister was instrumental in the loss of three illegal nuclear weapons? Is the UK frantically trying to find out where they were sold on the “Black Market”? We know something that you don’t…… but can’t talk about it Under the Nuclear Explosions Act otherwise we will all end up in gaol for life. Chris... 

London remains world’s safest place for oligarchs

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London’s elite real estate reached another maximum level in September. The average price on a real estate object in the British capital hit the level of 3.968 million pounds sterling. This is 4.5% higher than before the crisis in March 2008. Houses and apartments in London became 11.4% more expensive within a year. In comparison with March 2009, the prices have... 

Chirac got cash from African leaders

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Former French President Jacques Chirac A French lawyer and former aide to Jacques Chirac says the ex-president of the country and his prime minister received millions of euros in cash from despotic leaders of African nations. Robert Bourgi, who served as an adviser to Chirac and former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin before switching sides and joining the conservative... 

Scientist pleads guilty to attempted espionage

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A former US government scientist pleaded guilty on Wednesday to attempted espionage for passing top-secret national defence information to an undercover FBI agent posing as an Israeli intelligence officer. The plea deal calls for Stewart Nozette, 54, of Chevy Chase, Maryland, to receive a sentence of 13 years in prison. The judge said at the hearing that he would accept... 

Ex-French president trial opens in absentia

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Former French President Jacques Chirac The trial of former French President Jacques Chirac has opened in his absence in Paris on charges of misusing public funds during his time as mayor of the city. Chirac’s lawyers had last week submitted a medical report to the court, explaining that the 78-year-old is in a state of vulnerability that makes him unable to answer... 

The Fed gave banks $1.2 trillion

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The Federal Reserved reached into public funds — about $1.2 trillion — to help bail out banks during the 2008 financial crisis, a new report reveals. A Freedom of Information Act request put together by Bloomberg has allowed for the hard numbers to finally be made available to the public about the loans the Fed dished out to keep financial firms afloat in the midst... 

Ukraine’s ex-PM Tymoshenko arrested

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Police disperse supporters and opponents of Ukraine's former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko in front of a court building during her trial in Kiev. A Ukrainian court has ordered the arrest of country’s former Prime Minister and high-profile opposition leader, Yulia Tymoshenko. ­Around 30 police officers surrounded Tymoshenko’s table and escorted the ex-PM out... 
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