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International Newsworthy
Jordan in Eye of Syrian Storm
8,000 Troops From 19 Countries Join Jordan ‘War Games’ in Readiness for Syria Conflict
Special Report: Syria’s Islamists Seize Control as Moderates Dither
Hezbollah Urged to Pull Out of Syria
Al-Nusra Kills Several Free Syrian Army Officers
‘Several Saudi Militants Slain in Syria’
Washington’s Misguided Syria Morality Play
Obama Refuses to Specify US Aid to Syrian Rebels
US Slow to Deliver Promised Aid to Syrian Rebels
Iran Says Appeals for ‘Jihad’ in Syria Fuel Radicalism
Fierce Fighting for Control of Syria’s Aleppo
While Claiming Battle Gains against Rebels, Syria’s Assad Is Facing Currency Crisis
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Iran Seizes Intruding UAE Boats in PG
Iran and Hezbollah Go Global
Former Head of Mossad Starts Secret Talks with Iran?
New President May Shift Iran’s Global Policies
Iran, UAE Discuss Mideast Developments
Obama Feels his Way Around Iran’s Rouhani
Top UK Court Overturns Sanctions on Iranian Bank
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No US-Taliban Talks Scheduled: State Department
No Date Fixed for Taliban Peace Talks
US-Taliban Talks in Qatar Cancelled
Taliban Talks in Disarray over Name Dispute
Karzai ‘Willing to Join’ Taliban Peace Talks
Taliban Hints at Afghan Power-Sharing
Taliban Will Free US Soldier if 5 ‘Operatives’ Released from Gitmo – AP
Pakistan Pushed Afghan Insurgents to the Table: Experts
Senators Want Pakistan Role in Afghan Peace Talks
Pakistan: Six Soldiers Killed in Peshawar Ambush
Pakistan Petroleum Discovers Gas in Sindh
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Turkey Police Use Water Cannon on Rally
Turkish Liberals Turn Their Backs on Erdogan
Turkey’s Gulen Movement Could Endanger PKK Peace Process
In Turkey, the Return of the ‘Mujahid’
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Iraq Set to Vote in Local Elections
Head of United Iraq Party Killed on Eve of Elections
Kurds Expected to Sweep Mosul Provincial Council Polls
Hezbollah Keen on Hamas Alliance Despite Criticism
Britain Fails to Get EU Backing for Hezbollah Blacklisting
UAE Charges 30 Suspects With Plotting Coup
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Opponents Protest Egyptian President Morsi’s Appointments
27 Injured in Clashes in North Egypt
Morocco in Political Deadlock after Ruling Coalition Collapses
Tunisia Nabs Suspected Libya Militant
Nigeria: JTF Bans Satellite Phones in Borno
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Russia: U.S. Global Missile Plans Render Nuclear Reduction Offer Void
Sky Defender: Russia Unveils S-300 SAM Replacement
Russia Promises Legal Action over NSA Surveillance Scandal
Russia Slams Critical U.S. Human Trafficking Report
Three People Belonging to Hizb ut-Tahrir Detained in Dagestan
Georgian Crime Boss Arrested in Hungary
Gazprom’s Takeover of Armenia
Why Does Central Asia Still Matter? Because It Matters to China.
Kyrgyzstan Ends US Lease of Airbase
Kazakhstan: Astana Mulls Expansion of Anti-Terror Controls
Nazarbayev, Karimov Seek Water Solution
Washington Slams Uzbekistan over Human Trafficking
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UK Supreme Court Quashes Iran Bank Sanctions & Criticizes Secret Hearings
Irish Parliamentarians Spar over ‘War Criminal’ Obama’s Visit
Canada: Wearing a Mask at a Riot is Now a Crime
National Newsworthy
Deep State NSA: NSA Whistleblower Russ Tice Goes on Record -Reveals New Information & Names Culprits & Targets
Despite What the President Said, There’s Nothing “Transparent” About a Secret Court Issuing Secret Rulings
Glenn Greenwald: NSA Chief ‘Misleading’
Ron Paul: “50 foiled Terror Plots” Claim Is False
FBI Efforts to Kill Surveillance Probes Began Years Ago
FBI Director Warns Against Dismantling Surveillance Program
Texas First State to Require Warrants for Email Surveillance
WikiLeaks Says It Is Negotiating Asylum in Iceland for Snowden
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Tech Companies Wrestle with U.S. Government over Disclosure of Data Requests
‘Anonymous’Search Engine Sees Rocketing Growth after NSA Revelations
Firefox to Move Ahead With ‘Do Not Track’ Option
Google: ‘We’re Not in Cahoots’ with NSA
Job Networking Site Linkedin Filled With Secret NSA Program Names
Privacy Glasses Screw With Facial Recognition Systems
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Election 2012: The Big Picture Shows Record Cost of Winning a Seat in Congress
Majority of Supreme Court Members are Millionaires
Holder: Rosen Warrant Needed Probable Cause to Launch Leak Probe
Most Americans Don’t Trust Newspapers and Television News
Associated Press: Sources Won’t Talk Anymore
Investigators Claim Government Falsified TWA 800 Air Crash Probe
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Federal Reserve’s Ben Bernanke Dodges Questions on his Future
Bernanke Kills Fed Credibility and the Confidence Fairy in One Shot
Bernanke Spells “Recovery” F-A-I-L-U-R-E
US Fed Weighs Slowing Down Bond-Buying
Stocks Tumble With Bonds as Gold Slides in Global Rout
The Global Financial Markets Are Selling Off
Sequester Jesters: IRS to Pay $70 Million in Employee Bonuses
Noteworthy Editorials
Andrew Gavin Marshall: Global Power Project, Part 2: Identifying the Institutions of Control
Nick Turse: Afghanistan- US Spreads Blowback Nightmare
Andrew Napolitano: Fidelity to the Constitution When We Need It
Norman Solomon: Uncle Sam and Corporate Tech: Domestic Partners Raising “Digital Big Brother”
Stephen Lendman: Big Brother Writ Large in America
Glenn Greenwald: FISA Court Oversight: a Look Inside a Secret and Empty Process
Robert Higgs: The Dark Heart of the Regime
NSA Scandal Separates Liberty Lovers from Poseurs
Washington’s Blog: Do You Have ANY IDEA How Widespread the Spying Really Is?
Why Democrats Love to Spy on Americans
Behind Russia’s Syria Stance
Our Suicidal Middle East Policies
BFP Select Videos & Podcast
BFP EyeOpener Preview Clip: ‘Secrets of the Dirty Wars: What Jeremy Scahill Doesn’t Tell You’
Video 1: Corbett Report-Nothing to Hide, Nothing to Fear
Video 2: RT-Legalized Brutality? Turkish MP Says Police Conduct ‘Within Law’
BFP Podcast Show – NSA Whistleblower Goes on Record -Reveals New Information & Names Culprits & Targets!
BFP Podcast: Empire-Power & People with Andrew G. Marshall- “Power, Ecology & Society”
Podcast 1: Russ Tice Reveals the Truth About NSA Spying
Podcast 2: Peter B. Collins Show- Bombshell NSA Revelations from Russell Tice
Podcast 3: Ron Paul: It’s Going to Get Much, Much Worse
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