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International Newsworthy
Terror Worries: Foreign Fighters Flocking to Syria
Russian Region Says Militants Flocking to Syria
Russia Urges Syria Terrorists Expelled
Syrian Army Targets Oil Smugglers, Clashes Expanded in Daraa, Aleppo
Syrian Kurds Prepare for Self-Governance
Islamist-Kurdish Fighting Spreads in Rebel-Held Syria
Contract to Supply Russian S-300 Missiles Still in Force – Syrian Deputy PM
The Islamic State of Iraq & Ash-Sham Expands into Rural Northern Syria
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Investigation – U.S. Bankrolled Anti-Morsi Activists
Violent Clashes in Egypt Following Calls to ‘Lay Seige’ to the US Embassy
Egypt’s Coup-Friendly Liberal Democrats
Top Prosecutor Orders Investigation into Mansoura Deaths
Egypt Denies Morsi and US Joined in a Plot
Is Egypt’s Defense Minister El Sisi Its President in Waiting?
Family Accuses Egypt Army of Kidnapping Morsi
Egypt Reviews Ties with Syria
Israel Reacts Positively to Egypt Coup
Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood Is in Shock over Egypt
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Iran Engagement Camp Gets Surprise Boost
Iran to Sign Gas Export Deal with Iraq
Iran’s Pivot to the East
Iran Denies Failure in World Bank Payments
Iran Opposes Israeli-Palestinian Talks
Afghans See Their Army Woo Them with Piety
Karzai Sets Conditions for Pakistan Visit
Pakistan: The Gathering Storm
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Ankara Warns Against Kurdish Autonomy in Syria
PKK to Establish Joint Command for Four Countries
Turkey Adds Fuel to Iraqi Kurds’ Fight for Independence
Turkish Court Gives Go-Ahead to Demolish Gezi Park
Official: Saddam-Era Law in Kirkuk Deprives Kurds of Their Lands
Death Toll Rises in Iraq Weekend Violence
Leader of Hezbollah in Iraq Threatens More Sectarian Violence
EU Weighs Sanctions against Military Wing of Hezbollah
Kuwait: Teacher Faces Jail over Twitter Comments
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Somalia: Militants ‘Infiltrate’ Intelligence Services – UN
UN Voices Fears over Somalia Media Law
No Glimpse of Hope ahead of Sudan-South Sudan Talks
Can Oil and Water Mix in Malawi?
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The New Great Game Round-Up, July 21
Russia: Failed North Caucasus Policy
US ‘Fails to Extradite Criminals to Russia’
Russia Poll: Migration Likeliest Threat to National Security
Azerbaijan: When it Comes to Pipelines, It’s Not Personal, It’s Strictly Business
Azerbaijan, Russia Draw Closer Over Energy Ties
Kazakhstan Blocks India’s Kashagan Deal in Favor of Chinese
Why Is Kazakhstan’s Air Force Studying Urban Operations?
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KBR Building Missile Defense Base in Romania
Litvinenko Inquiry Blocked to Avoid Upsetting Russia, British Official Suggests
Britain’s Former Top Spy Threatens to Expose Secrets of Iraq ‘Dodgy Dossier’
‘I Would Rather Wait’: Merkel Remains Mum on NSA Spying
Former Spy, Guerrilla Jailed for Kosovo Murder
Eurozone Debt Burden Hits All-Time High in Q1
National Newsworthy
US Drone Surveillance Is Expanding Beyond Combat Zones
Obama Justice Dept. Claims Courts have no Right to Challenge Government Killing of Americans Abroad
FAA Warns Public against Shooting Guns at Drones
Judge Grills US Justice Department Official over Drone Strikes
New Jersey Supreme Court First to Order Warrants for Cell Phone Tracking
NSA Phone Snooping Cannot Be Challenged in Court, Feds Say
Obama’s Hawkish Policy on Leaks Was Adopted to Make an Example Out of Someone
Journalist James Risen Ordered to Testify in CIA Leaker Trial
Federal Judges Vote 2-1 to Order Journalist to Testify in CIA Whistleblower Case
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Admiral Lays Out U.S. Global Missile Shield Plans
KBR Must Face Lawsuit Over Alleged Iraq Kickbacks: Court
US Navy Awards Nearly $900 Million in Cyber Operations Contracts
Inspector General: Despite Nearly $1b Effort, Navy Still Can’t Audit Books
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GOP Leaders Face Libertarian Revolt over NSA, Egypt, Syria
Right Seeks to Force Boehner’s Hand on Special Benghazi Probe
Supreme Court Urged to Review Lobbyist’s Conviction
Leaked Memo Reveals Big Pharma’s Strategy to Combat Regulators who Want Drug Trial Results Published
FDA Approves Brainwave Helmet to Test Kids for ADHD
Farmworker Advocates Press EPA to Update Pesticide Rules
Who Owns Online Data of the Dead?
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Economic Fundamentals are Screaming that Massive Trouble is on the Horizon
The Party May Be Over for Tech Stocks
Fed Rethinks Move Allowing Banks to Trade Physical Commodities
Detroit Mayor Warns “We May Be One of the First… But We Absolutely Won’t Be the Last”
Ahead of Tomorrow’s Hearing on Goldman and JPM’s Commodity Cartel
Goldman Sachs Aluminum Scheme Cost American Consumers $5 Billion Past Three Years
Existing Home Sales Fall by Most in 2013, Biggest Miss in 12 Months
Noteworthy Editorials
Andrew Gavin Marshall: An Anarchistic Understanding of the Social Order
Dr. James Petras: Brazil- Extractive Capitalism and the Great Leap Backward
Russ Baker: Is Snowden The Criminal-Or Is It The System?
Norman Solomon: Edward Snowden: A Portrait of the Leaker as a Young Man
Eric Margolis: Uncle Sam’s Big, Big Ears
Washington’s Blog: America No Longer Has a Functioning Judicial System
Leaked CIA Document and Freedom of the Press
Mission Creep: When Everything Is Terrorism
Why the US Executive Branch Is a Clear and Present Danger to Our Democracy
‘Everyone Is Corrupt, I’ve Come to Learn’
Rise of the Warrior Cop
BFP Select Videos & Podcast
BFP EyeOpener Video Report- How to Boycott Big Tech
Video 1: RT-Drowning in Drugs: Heroin cheaper than food in Pakistan
Video 2: Libyan Terrorists Sending Weapons over Turkey to Syria
BFP Podcast: De-Manufacturing Consent with Guillermo Jimenez: The Economics of the “War on Drugs”
Podcast 1: Peter B. Collins Show- Appeals Court Reinstates NDAA Detention Law
Podcast 2: Blacklisted Radio with Guillermo Jimenez
Podcast: Corbett Report-Larken Rose on the Religion of Statism
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