Video: Huge crowds welcome Russia FM Lavrov in Syria
Russia Today
February 7, 2012
Syria could get another chance at a diplomatic escape route from its continuing political crisis, as it hosts a Russian delegation. A last-ditch delegation to Damascus bearing a personal message for Bashar al-Assad from President Medvedev has been welcomed by thousands of people lining the streets of the Syrian capital.
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Flour bomb video: French pres hopeful gets a bagful
Russia Today
February 2, 2012
A woman threw white powder, apparently flour, on the leading candidate in France’s presidential elections during a campaign appearance. The woman ran to the side of the podium where Socialist Francois Hollande stood. Bodyguards who jumped in to protect Hollande also got under dusting.
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Destination dialogue: Russia eager for negotiations in Syria [video included]
Russia Today
February 7, 2012
The visit of a Russian delegation to Damascus has raised hopes of talks between the Assad government and the opposition. Experts say Moscow is eager for negotiations in Syria, while the West is only interested in toppling the government.
Richard Heydarian, a Manila-based foreign affairs analyst, has told RT that Russia will put a lot of pressure on the Assad regime for any kind of resolution of the problem. He believes the Russians feared that the UN draft resolution, if accepted, could become a pretext for some sort of military intervention. Moscow, he said, will do its best to solve the crisis.
“What Russia will try to do right now is use all kinds of leverage and influence it has on Bashar Assad and the Syrian regime, to make sure there will be a political process which will [ensure] a smooth transition, perhaps, towards a post-authoritarian scenario,” Heydarian concluded.
Jeremy Salt, associate professor of Middle Eastern history and politics at Bilkent University in Turkey, thinks that the interests of many countries are intersecting in Syria at the moment.
“Part of the problem in Syria is that there are too many different agendas: the Western agenda, the Saudi agenda which is shared by Qatar.”
“But they all converge at one point,” he explained. “They want to remove the Syrian government. Their cause is bringing down the Syrian government. It is not really reform – it is about destroying the Assad government.”
Salt says the Western powers are interested not in promoting dialogue but in prolonging the crisis in the country, while Russia and China are pushing diplomacy in Syria because they cannot allow a Libyan or Iraqi scenario to take place.
At the same time China’s and Russia’s interests in Syria are different, Professor Simon Shen from the Chinese University of Hong Kong explained to RT.
“Unlike Russia, China doesn’t have any particular interest in [Syria]. However, as for the region on the whole, China is very concerned with the regular supply of oil. That, basically, is number one priority in Chinese foreign policy,” he told RT.
“But Syria is not just Syria. From a Chinese prospective, [the situation around this country creates problems] for Iran, because if Syria falls, then probably, the next target will be Iran – and China had expressed very clearly that it doesn’t want any new hurdles to be placed upon Iran in terms of its oil export,” Shen explained.
source: http://rt.com/news/russia-promotes-dialogue-syria-727/
Video of Norway killer Anders Breivik in court hearing
Russia Today
February 6, 2012
Anders Breivik, the Norwegian extremist who admitted to killing 77 people last July, told a court that he deserves a medal of honor for the act and demanded his release. Survivors and relatives of Breivik’s victims sat in on the court session, the last in a series of preliminary hearings before his full trial begins in April. Breivik said he had attacked “traitors” who he claims embrace immigration as part of a plot for the “Islamic colonization of Norway.”
‘Enemy Expatriation Act’ To Strip Americans of Citizenship [video]
The Truther Girls
January 14, 2012
It seems that if the US government can’t get around your constitutional rights one way, they will try to find another way to do it. Meanwhile, in Canada, we already have a program called ‘security certificates’ to detain refugees and permanent residents indefinitely without charge or due process, and without letting them see what evidence there is against them. This is often because the ‘evidence’ is flimsy nonsense based on lies made up by informants or things blurted out by people while under torture. Not something you would expect from a country like Canada, but that’s what our government is doing.
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/01/06/new-bill-known-as-enemy-expatriation-…
http://www.justiceforharkat.com/news.php
Leaking & Damaged Nuclear Power Plants In The US Exposed [audio]
The Intel Hub News Brief
February 5, 2012
You can listen and download the mp3 here.
Across the United States numerous nuclear power plants are having problems which include damaged tubes and small releases of radiation.
The Intel Hub News Brief, speaking to the RadChick, recently released a podcast on these nuclear power plants problems.
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