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“Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence. ” -Thomas Jefferson
International Newsworthy
US Preparing for Military Action in Syria, Top US General Says
Syria’s Rebel Commander Expected to Visit United States
White House: Assad will Never Rule ‘All of Syria’ Again
Obama Administration’s Syria Problem: U.S. Can’t Find Non-Al Qaida Rebels
British Army Boss: Syria No-Fly Zone Requires Ground Control
Iran Adds Military Aid to Syria as Russia Gives Money
The Syrian National Coalition’s Saudi Makeover
Hezbollah Regions Targeted as Syria War Spreads to Lebanon
Turf Wars: Syrian Kurds Battle al-Qaeda-Linked Islamists for Control of Oil Fields
NGO: 29 Dead in Syria Clashes between Kurds, Jihadists
Syrian Kurds Consolidate In Clashes on Turkish Border
Turkey Alarmed at Syrian Border Fighting
The Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham Expands into Rural Northern Syria
Syria Army Controls Aleppo District
Syria Militants Blast Gas, Fuel Pipelines
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Egypt’s Brotherhood Proposes First Crisis Talks via EU Envoy
Egypt’s Brotherhood Calls for More Protests
Egypt Military Warns Against Violent Protests
UAE Transferred $3 Billion in Aid to Egypt, Saudi to Follow Shortly
GOP Budget Includes Egypt Aid – for Now
Turkey Probes Arms Transfer to Egypt
Egypt Risks Civil War if Islamists Shut Out of Power: African Union
Egypt Punishes Gaza During Ramadan
Al Jazeera Employees Resign over Network Siding with Muslim Brotherhood
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Stalemate in Afghanistan Talks: Uncertainty Looms
In Ramadan Quiet, Afghans Jockey for Post-Karzai Era
US, Pakistan Plot to Split Afghanistan
Blast Kills Two FC Personnel in Khyber Agency
Burma Arrests Six Buddhists for Role in Muslim Massacre
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A Turkish Reading of PKK Leadership Changes
Iraqi MP: Maliki and Barzani Are Close to Solving Oil Dispute
12 Killed, 62 Wounded in Bomb Attack at Mosque in Iraq’s Diyala
Iraq’s Doctors are Subject to Humiliation and Murder
Lebanon to Request EU Not to Put Hezbollah on Terror List
Hezbollah Ups Security after Being Targeted by Violence
French President Pledges Military Aid to Lebanon in Call to Sleiman
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Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni Meets Algerian Minister of Energy Youcef Yousfi
Security Fears Delay Algeria Desert Comeback for BP, Statoil
Tanzania Farmers Accuse Biofuel Investors of Land Grab
Nigeria to Pull Out Troops from Mali
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe Lashes Out at ‘Insane’ Washington
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Arrests As Navalny Conviction Ignites Russian Protests
Russia: The Untouchables?
Russia ‘to Buy Two UAE-Made Drones’
Russia’s Financial Police State
Russia will be Europe’s Largest Car Market by 2016
Russia Jails Top Opposition Leader; Putin Denounced as Dictator
Russian Protest Leader Freed Temporarily
Dagestan: the Religious Policy Vector
SCO Contemplates Expanding Membership
Satisfaction Expressed over Progress on TAPI Gas Pipelines Project
Georgia: Saakashvili Condemns Navalny Conviction
Tajik Court Sentences Two for Membership In Militant Group
Tajikistan: Bad Days for President’s Critics
Uzbekistan: Karimova Plots Life After Diplomacy
Uzbekistan Seizes 5.5 kg of Heroin on Train from Tajikistan
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UK Parliament to Hold Inquiry to See if Spy Laws are Adequate
UK: Protesters Charged for Symbolic Breach of Secrecy on British Armed Drones
Germany Backs Away From Claims NSA Thwarted Five Attacks
European Parliament Wants Snowden, NSA Chief to Testify on Spying
US Authorities to Access Swedish Fingerprint Info
Australian War Games: U.S. Military Machine Out of Control
National Newsworthy
Are There Really Two PRISMs, or Just One PRISM with NATO Involvement?
Documents Show Undersea Cable Firms Provide Surveillance Access to US Secret State
Two Secretive Israeli Companies Reportedly Bugged the US Telecommunications Grid for the NSA
NSA Implements New Security Measures after Snowden Case
White House Stays Silent on Renewal of NSA Data Collection Order
TSA Searching Parked Cars at Airports
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Gag Order Issued for Police and Firefighters Responders to Scene of Michael Hastings Crash
FBI Orders Florida Medical Examiner to not Release Autopsy of Chechen Killed by FBI
Judge Refuses to Drop Charge of Aiding the Enemy Against Manning
Significance of Military Judge’s Decision to Not Acquit Bradley Manning of ‘Aiding the Enemy’
Ex-NSA Stewart Baker Testifies on Snowden
Kerry Vows to Put the Screws to Venezuela over Snowden
MIT Trying to Block the Release of Aaron Swartz’s Secret Service File
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Supreme Court Justice Alito’s Worth Surges Past $2 million
Judge Sent Text Messages during Trial to Help Prosecution
Convicted Ex-CIA Chief ‘Detained’ in Panama
Arrested CIA Station Chief: The Inside Story
Hackers Post Alleged Passwords of Hill Staffers; FBI Probing Breach
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Congressman: Benghazi Survivors Forced to Sign Non-Disclosure Agreements
Despite Pentagon Claims, Marine Colonel Sought in Benghazi Investigation Not Yet Retired
Defense Firms Dive into Georgia Senate Primary
Obama Makes New Bid to Install Bundler as an Ambassador in Europe
Army Releases May 2013 Suicide Information
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Detroit Files for Record Bankruptcy
Muni Retirees Face 90% Loss Under Detroit’s Pending “Free-Fall” Bankruptcy
Philly Fed Surges to Highest Since March 2011
Morgan Stanley Stock Traders Rebuild Burned Bridges
What Do Gloomy CEOs See that Giddy Stock Market Investors Don’t?
Noteworthy Editorials
Sibel Edmonds: Georgia- The New CIA-NATO Arab Terrorist Training Center
John Stanton: Profiting from Food Stamps, Student Loans, Unemployment
Peter Dale Scott: Drug-Financed Salafi Jihadism
Pepe Escobar: Magic Carpet Ride
M K Bhadrakumar: Snowden: Moment of truth for Russia, US
Money Laundering and the Global Drug Trade are Fueled by the Capitalist Elites
Prometheus Among the Cannibals
The Permanent Rebellion
The Language of Power
ProPublica and the Fear Campaign Against Iran
The World Without Qatar
BFP Select Videos & Podcast
BFP EyeOpener Video Report- How to Boycott Big Tech
Video 1: Pro-Navalny Rallies Sweep Major Russian Cities
Video 2: Charlie McGrath- Media Whores Want You Divided
Video 3: Governor Rick Snyder Authorizes Detroit Bankruptcy Filing
BFP Podcast: Empire-Power & People with Andrew Gavin Marshall- “Egypt: From Revolution to Counter-Revolution”
Podcast 1: Traces of Reality- Cartoon Villains and the Politics of Violence
Podcast 2: Corbett Report-The Power of the Boycott
Podcast 3: Global Research- Edward Snowden & the Emerging Police State
Podcast 4: Peter B. Collins Show- “Rolling Stone” Cover Photo Triggers Censorship Efforts
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