BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- August 14, 2013

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International Newsworthy

Egyptian President Announces Month-Long State of Emergency

‘Pools of Blood’ in Cairo Streets as Egypt’s Military Attacks Sit-Ins

Egypt: 95 People Confirmed Dead in Police Crackdown

Egypt Restores Ex-Generals’ Role in Provinces

Egypt, Iran Top Dempsey’s Agenda with Netanyahu in Israel

Chad Suspends Chinese Oil Company

Oil Rises on Libya Strikes

Loser in Mali Presidential Race Vows to Create Opposition

Media Disinformation: US Warns Zimbabwe on Secret Uranium Deal with Iran

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UN Chemical Weapons Mission to Syria Delayed

Russia Says Syria Peace Talks Unlikely Before October

Syrian Kurdish Leader to Hold Talks with Turkish Officials

Italian Priest Killed by Syria Militants

Iran on Quest to Legitimize Velayat-e Faqih in Iraqi Seminaries

Saudi Feud Too Bitter for New Iran President to Fix

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Snatching of Turkish Pilots in Lebanon Tied to Turkey’s Syrian Policy

Friday Sermons Used to Incite at Iraqi Mosques

Has al-Qaeda Infiltrated Lebanon?

Saudi Arabia Keeps Tight Grip on Yemen

Yemen Needs a Home-Grown Transition

PNA to Get Report on Arafat’s Corpse Test in September

Journalists Arrested in Bahrain as Shi’ite Population Protests Its Sunni Monarchy

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Russia Today’s Editor-in-Chief: ‘The West Never Got Over the Cold War Stereotype’

Russian Concerns about U.S.’s Global Missile System Not Assuaged: Defense Ministry

Gazprom, Halliburton Sign Major Deal

Rosneft and SOCAR Sign Cooperation Agreement

U.S. Leads Naval Maneuvers off Georgian Coast

Kazakhstan Students Face Stiffer Charges in Boston Bombing Inquiry

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UN Chief Calls for UAV Surveillance Use Only

National Newsworthy

The Truth about Searches of Americans’ Email

How Much Data the NSA Really Gets

Oracle CEO Ellison Defends NSA Spying as ‘Great’ and ‘Essential’

Pro-NSA Editorial Flails, Snarks at Internet Users, Claims Those Challenging NSA ‘Hate Obama’

Multiple New Polls Show Americans Reject Wholesale NSA Domestic Spying

How Your Boss’ Prying Eyes Could Land You a Visit from the Feds

Justice Department Launches Fresh Probe into FBI Spying

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Irony Alert: Pentagon Now Sees Big Data as ‘National Security Threat’

CIA Won’t Acknowledge Drone Targeted Killings

CIA Kept File on American Academic Noam Chomsky, Say Experts

US Plans to Buy Weapons from Former KGB Agent, Who Also Arms Syria’s Assad

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The Govt Wants Media Gag for Barrett Brown

Bradley Manning Convicted of Espionage…Obama Achieves What Nixon Couldn’t

Snowden: NSA Targeted Journalists Critical of Government After 9/11

WikiLeaks Judge Overrules Objections on Classified Testimony

Why It’s Vital to Get the Truth about Ibragim Todashev’s Killing

Friends of Boston Bomber Plead Innocent to Obstructing Justice

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Black Citizens Group Files ‘Articles of Impeachment’ Against Obama

Issa Broadens IRS Probe with Request for Personal Emails

Lobby World: Akin Gump Nabs Supreme Court Veteran

Tim Scott’s Campaign Cash Pipeline

Defense Industry Girds for Drone Drawdown

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SEC Charges Twitter’s First Ponzi scheme Operator Anthony Davian with Fraud

Suppressing Wages & Increasing Corporate Profits

BofA Banker Sued by Regulator Later Joined Fannie Mae

Ex-JPMorgan Employees Charged in $6B Loss

Noteworthy Editorials

Paul Craig Roberts: Humanity Is Drowning in Washington’s Criminality

Tom Engelhardt: War Games

John Grisham: After Guantánamo, Another Injustice

Washington’s Blog: Is Government Just Spying Like a Giant Peeping Tom … Or Is It Actively Using that Information in Mischievous Ways?

Stephen Lendman: NYPD Stop and Frisk Ruled Unconstitutional

America’s Global ‘Stop and Frisk’ Operations

The NSA’s Dirty Dishes

BFP Select Videos & Podcast

BFP EyeOpener Report-“How to Boycott Big Food”

BFP EyeOpener (Preview)- “How to Boycott Big Food”

BFP Podcast: Empire-Power & People with Andrew Gavin Marshall- “Is the Animal World Rebelling Against Humanity?”

Podcast 1: Radio Liberty- SDRs as Global Reserve Currency

Podcast 2: Smells Like Human Spirit- Former DEA Undercover Agent Michael Levine Talks the War on Drugs & More

Podcast 3: Lew Rockwell Show-A Government of Wolves

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