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“An age is called Dark, not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.” –James A. Michener
International Newsworthy
West’s Main Aid Group for Syrian Rebels Collapses into Disarray
Syrian War Reaches Explosive Stage
Deadly Explosions Hit Syria’s Homs
Russian Airborne Troops Train for Possible Evacuation of Diplomats from Syria
Syria to Allow UN Chemical Weapon Investigators to Explore 3 Sites
Fighting Rages for Town in Syria Chemical Weapons Row
Kurds Vow to Defeat Rebels Linked to al-Qaida in Syria
Killing of Kurdish Leader Further Complicates Syrian Factions
Iraqi Kurds to Voice Concern on al-Nusra During Ankara Visit
Jailed and Raped for Not Fasting by Al Nusra Front Jihadists
Why Fewer Ground Reports Are Emerging From Syria
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Egypt: U.S. Senate Rejects Aid Cut
U.S. to Go Ahead with Joint Military Exercise in Egypt
Egypt: Competing for Corpses
Fourth Revolutionary Wave to Engulf Egypt
Pro-Morsi Rallies No Longer Acceptable: Egyptian Cabinet
Pro-Morsi Crowd Defies Egypt Cabinet Warning
Egypt’s ‘Third Square’ Protests Reject Army, Islamists
Tamarod Wants Muslim Brotherhood Listed as Terrorist Organization
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U.S. Lower House Passes Bill on Tougher Sanctions against Iran
Google Yet to Explain Iranian TV YouTube Block
NATO Copter Mistakenly Kills 4 Afghan Troops
Rail Route Upsets Remote Afghan Province
NATO Admits Its Left Unexploded Munitions in Closed Afghan Bases
Taliban Jailbreak Prompts Fears of More Attacks on Pakistan Prisons
Top Jamaat Leader Found Guilty of Bangladesh War Crimes
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Turkey’s Flirt with Islamists Turns Sour in Somalia
Kirkukis Dice with Death during Ramadan
OPEC Again Excludes Iraq from Oil Quotas
Iraq’s Security Services in Crisis
Iraq Suffers Power Crisis as Temperatures Soar
Yemen’s President Meets Senators as US Grapples With Guantanamo Detainee Issue
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Tunisians Stage Sit-In in Support of Army
Terrorism Comes to Tunisia
Tunisia Minister Quits after Murder of MP
Somali Envoy: Eritrea Continues Support to Al-Shabaab
Sudan in Rebel Ambush Kills 9 Soldiers Transporting Fuel to UN Troops in Abyei
UN Warns It Will Disarm Congo Rebels
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Russia Vows to Accelerate Development of Unmanned Combat Systems
Russia to Press for International Internet Behavior Code to Fight Emerging Threats
Moscow Police Detain 1,200 Illegal Migrants from Vietnam
No Release in Sight for Tymoshenko
Georgia: Ex-Defense Minister Found Not Guilty on Some Abuse, Torture Charges
Kyrgyzstan: Is Gazprom Deal a Blessing or Curse for Bishkek?
Karabakh Armed Forces Claim Huge Weapons Acquisitions
8 Arrested in Greece for Illegal Transfer of Weapons to Turkey
National Newsworthy
US Spy Chiefs Admit Snooping on Americans
NSA Collects ‘Everything a User Does on Internet’
NSA’s XKeyscore Presentation from 2008 – Read in Full
NSA Paid British Spy Agency $100m in Secret Funds
Overseas Companies Reluctant to Use US Cloud after Snowden NSA Leaks
NSA Power Doubles Every 4 Years – Assange
No Warrant Needed to Obtain Cell Phone Data from Telecom Providers, Federal Court Rules
Twitter: Government Info Requests on the Rise
Mega Advertising Corps Creating Database Comparable to NSA
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Manning Guilty Verdict Designed to Intimidate Future Whistleblowers
Manning Sentencing: WikiLeaks ‘Strained’ US-Afghan Ties
Bradley Manning Convicted of Computer Fraud for Using a Free, Open-Source Program
Snowden Granted 1-Year Asylum in Russia, Leaves Airport
White House ‘Extremely Disappointed’ in Russia over Snowden Asylum
US ‘Evaluating Utility’ of Summit with Russia after Snowden Granted Asylum
Snowden’s Dad Declines FBI’s Moscow Offer
Letter from Edward Snowden’s Father and His Lawyer, Bruce Fein, to President Obama
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Pentagon: Guantanamo Tab $5.2 Billion and Counting
No Sanctions for FBI’s Evasive Court Tactics
Report: TSA Employee Misconduct Up 26% in 3 Years
TSA Workers Breach Security, Sleep on the Job: Report
USDA Paid $36 Million in Aid Money to Dead Farmers for Four Years
U.S. Expects Immunity for its Cops Working in New Cross-Border Policing Program
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For Congress, ‘It’s Classified’ is New Equivalent of ‘None of Your Business’
Sen. Ron Wyden Rips Administration on NSA Data Mining Claims
Chris Christie Does Bellyflop on NSA Spying
House Judiciary Chairman Calls Holder’s Testimony ‘Deceptive & Misleading’
Republicans Say IRS Can’t Be Trusted with ObamaCare Data
Journalists or Criminals-Senate Report on Holder
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Obama: Top Tax Rate Should Be 28% for Corporations, 40% for Small Businesses
Bankrupt Detroit Receives Less US Aid than Colombia
Jobless Claims in U.S. Fall to Lowest Level in Five Years
Car Sales Miss Expectations across the Board
Former Fed Gov. Heller: US Economy Still in ‘Mud Field’
Company Pensions in Peril as Shortfalls Hit Record
Noteworthy Editorials
Andrew Gavin Marshall: Banking on Influence with Wells Fargo
Dave Lindorff: Manning, Snowden and Swarz: America’s Police State Marches On, Media in Tow
Philip Weiss: Bradley Manning Helped Start the Arab Spring, but NPR Wants to Talk about his Gender Issues
Chase Madar: Vietnam- A War on Civilians
Andrew Napolitano: Liberty’s Backlash
Paul Pillar: The Nuclear Iran Promotion Act
Washington’s Blog: SA Spying Directly Harms Internet Companies, Silicon Valley, California … And the Entire U.S. Economy
The Danger of American Apathy on NSA Surveillance
Committing War Crimes is a Duty; Reporting Them is a Felony
BFP Select Videos & Podcast
Video 1: White House “Unable” to Confirm Whether Congress was Briefed on XKeyscore
Video 2: RT-NSA’s Google: XKeyscore Search Engine for All Private Info
BFP Podcast 1- De-Manufacturing Consent with Guillermo Jimenez: “The Notion of School as a Mechanism of Control”
BFP Podcast 2: Empire-Power & People with Andrew Gavin Marshall- “Europe Under ‘Austocracy’”
Podcast: Peter B. Collins Show- Key Senators Turn Against NSA Surveillance
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