Nobel Peace Prizes for 4 US Presidential Warmongers
Pro-war Obama has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, an honour also bestowed on 3 other pro-war, warmonger and war criminal US Presidents before him, namely Theodor Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson and Jimmy Carter. Below, in brief, is their blood-soaked march to Nobel Peace Prize glory.
Danny Schechter is a media activist, critic, independent filmmaker, and TV producer as well as an author of 10 books and lecturer on media issues. Some call him "The News Dissector," and that's the name of his popular blog on media issues. He's also the co-founder of Media Channel.org that covers the "political, cultural and social impacts of the media," and provides information unavailable in the mainstream.
Millions of Americans are politically informed, smart, active and angry. They see many wrongs in our political and government system. They are fed up with politics as usual, meaning corrosive corruption of politicians by corporate and other special interests. They see little good in either the Democrat or Republican parties. And they almost always share a common bond: They love and honor the US Constitution, even though they may see some flaws in it. Yet they are also constitutional hypocrites.
Israel is violating international law by detaining hundreds of Palestinians, some of them for years without charge or trial, two leading human rights groups in the country have said.
Aides to the US treasury secretary who each earned large pay packets working for some of the country's largest investment companies have been advising the administration on its regulatory policy, despite never having faced senate confirmation.
Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, has criticised Russia's human rights record, saying more should be done to resolve the murders of journalists and activists in the country.
The US has failed to win Moscow's support for fresh sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme, with Russia's foreign minister saying that further sanctions would be "counter-productive".
The UN Human Rights Council will hold a special session in Geneva, as requested by the Palestinian Authority, in which the Goldstone report is expected to be addressed.
Leaders from some of the world's most influential and energy-rich emerging nations are meeting in Beijing for the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) talks.
The US senate finance committee has voted to approve a healthcare package, boosting attempts by Barack Obama, the US president, to overhaul the present system.
US senators have been trying to allay fears in Pakistan over conditions attached to $7.5bn worth of non-military aid it has promised for the next five years.
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4 US Presidential Warmongers
