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1M€ reparation cost per civilian death in conflicts
Revelations of massive numbers of civilian deaths in conflict zones where Western countries are active lead to the rapid growth of a well-organised social movement (using Facebook and Twitter and other web technologies) to cam...
Migration reform aimed to grant Cuban nationals the right to ...
The Cuban government has put in action a new reform, which has surprised not only Cubans but also the whole international community: A migration reform that is aimed to grant Cuban nationals the right to go out of the country. ...
Unprecedented United Nations sanctions to the USA
New leaks providing irrefutable evidence that the USA has been spying on top United Nations officials lead to a number of UN emergency meetings and unprecedented sanctions to the USA (e.g. revocation of the veto power in the UN...
USA instructs spying on key UN officials
As reported by Wikileaks in BBC, a cable to US diplomats issued under US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's name tells them to collect "biographic and biometric" information - including iris scans, DNA samples and fingerprint...
Several Arab leaders urged attack on Iran over nuclear issue
As reported by BBC, Several Arab leaders and their representatives are quoted as urging the US to carry out an attack on Iran to bring an end to its suspected nuclear weapons programme. In a cable from April 2008, the Saudi ...
Following a period of high employment and increased balance of payment deficit, the US decides to withdraw from previous trade agreements and eventually to leave the WTO. Weak signal for US isolationism.
US army worried about youngsters being too fat to fight
US Generals have warned that rising rates of obesity among young Americans could undermine the future of the US military. More than a quarter of young Americans are now too fat to fight. The so-called fat crisis ruled out more ...
USA abandons plans to build missile facilities in Czech Repu ...
USA abandons plans to build missile facilities in Czech Republic and Poland
Internationalisation of public-and-private network goes extremely well. But this means everything is American-ised. 20% of EU public services (including jail) are provided by US companies.
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